英文精彩短故事
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短故事
A French Traveler
A Frenchman was once traveling in England. He could speak English quite well but not perfectl
y. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large.
One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order some eggs. But he
couldn't remember the word for eggs.
Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the
waiter what the bird was called in English.
The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.
The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called. The waiter told him that she w
as called a hen.
The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called. The waiter told him that they
were chickens.
The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born. The waiter t
old him they were called eggs.
•
perfectly
熟练
地
2. vocabulary
个人所使用的词汇量
(
集合名词，单数概念
.)
3. rooster
公鸡
(
美国英语，同
cock.) 4
•
bird
此处泛指禽类。
点评
这位法国人说的英语实在不敢恭维
;
但他能利用极之有限的几个单词，解脱了困境，
其急智与机巧令人叹服。
2. A Smart Boy
William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. As
a young boy, he was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was s
tupid.
ut sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. I wonder why?
The people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy who they thought was so stupid.
u want?
William always chose the nickel, and all the people would laugh at him.
Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, William, why do you always choose the nic
kel instead of the dime? Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel?
ay the trick on me any more. Then I won't get any more nickels.
注释
1. It's a funny thing.
这真逗。
2
•
play tricks on
跟
……开
玩
笑，
戏弄
3
•
nickel
五
美
分硬
币
4
•
dime
十美
分
硬币
5
•
not...any more
不再
点评
有的成年人常以为儿童年幼无知，喜欢作弄他们， 殊不知自己被小孩作弄了还蒙在鼓
里。
3. But I Missed Again
Peter Judd joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to
be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends wer
e practising their shootings, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot a
t the target nine times and had not hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldier
s to shoot said,
and shoot yourself with it!
Peter felt ashamed?. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds later the officer and the other
young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.
He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all right.
in.
注释
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•
were practising their shooting
正在练习射击
2
•
shot at
瞄准
(sh ot
的原形动词是
shoot
，
shot
是过去分词
.) ashamed
感到羞愧
4
•
missed again
又没打中
点评
前九次他均未射小靶子，幸亏其射击技术差到 极点，第十次才没有射中自己。这次恐
怕教官不会埋怨他了吧。
4. Getting Lost
A couple from another country was once visiting Miami. They wanted to take a walk and to see
the city, but they were afraid they might get lost. They did not speak any English.
After they left their hotel, they went to the first street corner and looked at the names of the two
streets. Then they carefully copied the two names into their notebook, they thought that this woul
d help them find their way back if they got lost.
They walked for hours through the city, and suddenly they realized that they were lost. They fo
und a police officer and asked for help, but the officer didn't speak their native language.
After an hour they found a person who could help them. She was an interpreter who spoke both
their native language and English. They explained that they didn't know the name of their hotel, bu
t they knew which corner it was on. They showed the interpreter what they had copied into their n
otebook, and the interpreter began to laugh.
The words which they had so carefully copied were Stop and One Way.
注释
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•
a couple
一对夫妇。注意
a couple
后面用的谓语动词是单数形式。
2
•
Miami
迈阿密
(
美国
Florida
州东南部的一城市
) 3
•
get lost
迷路
4
•
find their way back
找到
回
去
的路
5
•
native language
本国
语
6
•
Stop
禁
止
通
行
7
•
One Way
单行道
点评
这对夫妇特地抄下的原来是普普通通的路标，并非他们以为已万无一失地记下之街道
名。
5. A Clever Boy
I have a seven year old son named John. He loves chocolates. He often takes chocolates instead
of meals. Therefore, he gets very bad teeth. The dentist told me not to let him eat chocolates any m
ore. But his grandfather dotes on him very much. He often buys John chocolates even though he k
nows that they are bad for his teeth. I know that John is his only grandson, who is everything to hi
m. I really don't want to make him unhappy. Therefore, I always allow John to eat the chocolates h
is grandpa has bought him.
Yesterday evening I kissed John good night and asked him to say his prayers before going to be
d, then I left his bedroom. A few minutes later, I heard John shouting word by word,
s-my- birthday. May - God- bring - me - a - big - box - of - chocolates.
w him kneeling on the ground shouting out his prayers. I said,
ping now! God can hear you no matter how softly you talk to him.
ere his grandpa sleeps, John said secretly,
m up.
注释
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•
dote on
溺爱，过分偏爱
2
•
who is everything to him
这是一个非限制性定语从句，意为
约翰是他爷爷的一切
。
3
•
kissed John good night
跟约翰吻别，道晚安。
4
•
My God
此处指约翰的爷爷。
点评
小约翰借晚祷大声道出自己的心愿 ，竟不惜惊醒爷爷的美梦。不知爷爷是否
惊醒
Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his t
own. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. So he placed a very large ston
e in the center of the main road into town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man
came along with his cow.
e stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Anothe
r man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained
about the stone in the center of the road, but not one of them tried to remove it. Late in the afterno
on, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said,
bor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.
The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to mo
ve it to one side. But imagine his surprise when under the stone he found a bag full of money and t
his message:
person deserves help.
注释
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•
deserve
值得
2
•
came along
走过来
3
•
complain
抱怨
4
•
fall against
踢着……而跌倒
5
•
pushed and pulled with all his strength
用尽他所有的力气又推又拉
点评
故事告诉我们，真
正为他人着想的人理应得到别人的帮助。
7. Be Medically Examined
A young man was called up for army service and had to go to be medically examined. The doct
or was sitting at a desk when he went in. He said to the man.
your belt and sit on that chair.
The young man did so. The doctor looked at him for a moment without getting up from his chai
r and then said,
heard me all right, so you aren't deaf. You saw the chair I pointed to, so your eyesight's good enou
gh for the army. You managed to take your clothes off and to sit on the chair, so your body must be
healthy, and you understood what I told you to do and did it without a mistake, so you must posse
ss enough intelligence for the army.
注释
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•
was called up
被召
2
•
be medically examined
进行体格检查
The woman, however, told him that the boy was no relative of hers and that he could tell her the tr
uth.
He then went on to say that he thought the boy was a careless and lazy person.
up to be a good- for-nothings . His family would be ashamed of him,
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