英文故事(一)
A GREedy dog went into a butcher’s shop and stole a big juicy bone. He ran away so fast that the butcher could not catch him. He ran out into the fields with his bone. He was going to eat it all by himself. 一只贪心的狗跑到一家猪肉店偷了一根很大又有髓的骨头.他跑很快，所以那个卖猪肉的人追不到他.他咬著他的大骨头跑到空旷的地方，准备要好好地吃个痛快. the dog came to a stream. There was a narrow bridge across it. The dog walked on to the bridge， and looked into the water. He could see another dog with a big bone in his mouth. 这只狗来到一条溪流.有一座窄窄的桥跨在上面.这只狗走到桥上，望水里面看.他看见另一只狗嘴里咬著一跟大骨头. the GREedy dog thought the bone in the water looked much bigger than the one he had stolen from the butcher. 这只贪心的狗认为在水里面的那根骨头看起来比他跟卖肉的偷来的这根骨头大多了. the GREedy dog dropped the bone from his mouth. It fell into the water and was lost. He jumped into the water to snatch the bigger bone from the other dog. 这只贪心的狗从嘴理丢了那根骨头.它掉到水里而且不见了.他跳进去水里面想从另一只狗那儿抓那跟更大的骨头. the GREedy dog jumped into the water with a big splash. He looked everywhere but he could not see the other dog. His shadow had gone. 贪心的狗跳进水里溅起好多水花.他到处看，可是都找不到其他的狗.他的倒影不见了. the silly dog went home hungry. He lost his bone and got nothing because he had been too GREedy. 这只笨狗饿著肚子回家.因为太贪心，他弄丢了他的骨头而且一点东西也没拿到.
英文故事(二)
乌鸦的羽毛
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage.
Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam， the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living， and took up residence in the lakes and pools.
But cleansing his feathers as often as he would， he could not change their color， while through want of food he perished.
乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。
他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。
他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。
词汇学习：
Swan 天鹅
plumage[ˈpluːmɪdʒ]鸟类羽毛，翅膀
英文故事(三)
Once there was a king. He likes to write stories， but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him， they all said his stories were good.
从前有一个国王，他喜欢写故事，但是他写的故事很不好。人们怕他，都说他的故事好。
One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison.
有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看，他想要作家赞扬他的这些故事，而作家说他的故事是如此的差以至于该扔进火里。国王很生气，把他送到监狱。
After some time， the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them.
过了些日子，国王给了作家自由。国王重新将自己的一些新故事给作家看并问他感觉怎么样。
After reading them， the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: “Take me back to prison， please.”
作家看了之后立刻转身对士兵说着;“请把我送回监狱吧。
英文故事(四)
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again
蛋头坐在墙头上头
蛋头跌了个大跟斗
国王所有的马、国王所有的人
都不能再把蛋头来拼凑
单词：wall 墙壁
King 国王