1、1、 Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, “Do come and see me at my house in the country.“ So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, “This food is not good, and
2、 your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.“ The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a ver
3、y good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, “ Run! Run! The cat is coming!“ They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, “I do not like living in the
4、city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.“ 二、The Fox and the CrowA Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. Thats for me, as I am a Fox, said Master Reynard, and he walked up
5、to the foot of the tree. Good-day, Mistress Crow, he cried. How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.
6、 The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. That will do, said he. That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .Do not
7、trust flatterers.三、A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the Pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it. He tried, and he tried,
8、 but at last had to give up in despair. Then a thought came to him, and he took a pebble and dropped it into the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped it into the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into the
9、Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into the Pitcher. At last, at last, he saw the water mount up near him, and after casting in a few more pebbles he was able to quench his thirst and save his life. 寓意：Little by little
10、 does the trick.1.介绍新同学：A: Hi, Tom. Whos the boy over there? B: Hes my friend, Jim. A: Is he a new student? B: Yes, he is. Come here, Jim. This is Mike. C: How do you do, Mike. A: How do you do? How old are you? C: Im eleven. A: Me, too. Oh, its time for school (Its time to go to school.).C: Can I g
11、o with you? A: Sure. Lets go.2.在课堂上：T: Whos on duty today? S1: I am.T: Is everyone here? (Are you all here?)S1: No, Jim is not. T: Wheres he?S1: Hes in the teachers office.T: Go and get him, please. S1: OK/ All right.S2: May I come in, Miss Gao? T: Come in, please. Now look at the blackboard. Read t
12、he numbers from ten to twenty.Ss: All right/Yes. T: Jim, its your turn to read. Read these words. S2: All right.3.购物：A: Can I help you? B: Yes, please. A: What do you want? B: I want a dress for my daughter. A: How about this red one? B: Its very nice. How much is it? A: Its fifty Yuan. B: I take it
13、. Here you are. A: Thank you. Goodbye.A：:What attracted you to our university?B：:I like your sports facilities,especially the swimming poo.。A:Do you play many sports? B:Yes,I like basketball and baseball.A:Good,we have great teams here and youll be able to try out for them.Where did you go to school
14、 before? B：:Hongqi High School. A:What did you take before? B：:English,Math,Biology,Chemistry and Computer.A:Do you have your last report card?（最近的成绩表）B：:Yes,here it is.A:I see you got a “D“ in Biology.How come?（是什么原因）B：:Well,I found that subject hard. I think Ill drop it for history.我想读历史科。 B:You c
15、ould do that. Ill show you around the school now.The lion and the mouseWhen a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.“Forgive me, please.“ cried the little mouse. “I may be able to help you
16、 someday.“ The lion was tickled at these words.He thought, “How could this little mouse help me?“ However he lifted up his paws and let him go.A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wag
17、on.Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. “Was I not right?“ asked the little mouse.寓意：do not judge someone by their size .And kindness is never wasted.Going South by Driving the Chariot North Once a man wanted to go to the south
18、， but his carriage was heading north. A passer-by asked him： If you are going to the south， why is your chariot heading north? The man answered， My horse is good at running， my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage， and I have enough money. The man didnt consider that the direction might be
19、 wrong; the better his conditions were， the further he was away from his destination寓意：The idiom derived from this story indicates that ones action was the opposite effect to ones intention.The Ant and the Dove（鸽子）An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the
20、 rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning.A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her.The Ant climbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortly afterwards a bird catcher came and stood under the tree, and laid his lime-t
21、wigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant, perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain the bird catcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dove take wing.The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller 烧炭人和漂布人A Charcoal-Burner carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met
22、a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied, “The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately bl
23、acken again with your charcoal.“ 寓意：不同类的人难相处。Like will draw like.The Cock and the JewelA COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: “If your owner had found thee(you), and not I, he would have taken thee(you) up, and have set thee in thy first estate; b
24、ut I have found thee(you) for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn（麦子） than all the jewels in the world.“寓意：自己需要的东西才是真正珍贵的。青蛙和牛An ox, grazing in a swampy meadow（一头牛在一块泥泞的草地上吃草 ）, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of（一群） young frogs, and crushed nearly the whole brood to death .One tha
25、t escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful（可怕的） news.“and ,oh ,mother !“said he ,“it was a beast（野兽） -such a big four footed beast!-that did it （只有四只脚的大野兽-踩的）.“Big?“ quoth the old frog , “How big? Was it as big“ - and she puffed herself out to a great degree（股足了气把自己胀得大大） -“as big as this ?“oh
26、!“said the little one ,“a great deal bigger than that .“well, was it so big ?“and she swelled herself out yet mere .“Indeed ,mother ,but it was ,and of you were to burst yourself you would never reach half its size.“provoked at such a disparagement of her powers,（老青蛙看到自己的力气受到轻视很是激怒） the old frog mad
27、e one more trial ,and burst herself indeed.（果然这次胀破了自己）寓意： So men are ruined by attempting greatness to which they have no claim. 妄自尊大的人必将自取灭亡的。Donkeys and his shadowA tourist hired a donkey, to Jizhaota to distant. That weather is very hot, Chiri hothead.He stopped to rest, refuge in the shadow of t
28、he donkey, and a shade to avoid exposure. Donkeys barely enough to cover the shadow of a person, then the owner of passengers and donkeys to shade fierce fighting, no one think they have this right. Donkey owner insisted that he only letting donkeys themselves, not the shadow of letting donkeys. The
29、 visitors said that he employed the donkeys themselves, including donkeys and shadow. They debate, and even fight each other up.When they fight, donkeys away.It is said that people often trivial bickering, thus losing the most important things. 这是说,人们往往为小事争吵不休,从而失去了最重要的东西。Catch stone fisherman 捕石头的渔
30、夫Fisherman who dragnet, feel very heavy, they danced for joy, thinking that this suddenly catch a lot of fish.the network pulled the shore, net full of stones and other things, not a fish.They are very Yusang（懊丧）, did not catch fish inverted worth mentioning at all uncomfortable with the fact that t
31、hey expected the opposite is true.One of them elderly fisherman said: “friends, not sadness, joy and pain together total, they like a sister. Advance happy we have, and now had to endure the pain a little bit.“The story is that life is happening, as sometimes sunny skies will suddenly turmoil, not b
32、ecause of setbacks and frustration. 这故事是说,人生变化万千, 正如有时晴朗的天空会突然发生风暴,不要因挫折而苦恼。牛粪中的小鸟A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold,the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field.While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in
33、the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy and soon began to sing A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung and prompt
34、ly dug him out and ate him!该篇故事的寓意是:1)不是所有说你坏话的人都是你的敌人。( 不是所有往你身上拉牛粪的人都是你的敌人) not everyone who drops dung on you is your enemy.2)不是所有帮你解围的人都是你的朋友。( 不是所有将你从牛粪里拉出来的人都是你的 朋友)Not everyone who gets you out of dung is your friend.3)在你还没有完全摆脱困境时,别得意忘形。( 当你还没有从粪堆里出来时,把嘴闭上) And when youre in deep dung, keep your mouth shut.
