1、1.He WonTommy: How is your little brother, Johnny?Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself.Tommy: Thats too bad. How did that happen?Johnny: We played who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won.他赢了汤姆:约翰尼,你小弟弟好吗?约翰尼:他害病卧床了。他受了伤。汤姆:真糟糕,怎么回事儿?约翰尼:我们做游戏,看谁能把身子探出窗外最远,他赢了。2.PrizeLittle Albert
2、came home from school with a new book under his arm. “Its a prize, mother,“ he explained.2.PrizeLittle Albert came home from school with a new book under his arm. “Its a prize, mother,“ he explained.“A prize? What for, dear?“For natural history. Teacher asked me how many legs an ostrich has, and I s
3、aid three.“But an ostrich has only two legs.“I know it now. But all the pupils said four, so I was the closest.“奖品小阿尔伯特腋下夹着一本新书从学校回家来了。“这是奖品,妈妈。”他解释道。“奖品?因为什么得的。亲爱的?”“因为自然课得的。老师问我鸵鸟有几条腿,我说有三条。”“但是鸵鸟是两条腿啊。”“我现在知道了。但其他学生都说有四条。所以还是我最接近正确答案。”3.A portrait of God3.A portrait of GodA little boy was drawing
4、 a sketch with pencil and paper.When his mother asked what he was doing, he answered immediately and with considerable pride: “I am drawing a portrait of God.“Being surprised and afraid, his mother said: “You cannot do that. No one has ever seen God. No one knows how God looks.“But the little boy re
5、plied complacently: “Well, when I get through, they will know.“上帝的画像一个小男孩拿着铅笔和纸在画一幅素描。他的妈妈问他在干什么时,他马上很自豪地回答说:“我在画一幅上帝的肖像。”他的妈妈既惊讶又害怕,说:“你不能这样做的,没有人见过上帝,谁也不知道上帝是什么样子。”可是小男孩得意的回答:“等我画完了,他们就会知道啦。”4.The remaining sheepThe teacher said: “If the shepherd1 put twenty sheep out to feed on the grass in a fie
6、ld, five of them jumped a fence, how many sheep would be left?“None,“ called out little Mac. The teacher said: “I am surprised that you cant count correctly. I know that you are good at arithmetic, but you have made such a mistake now.“Little Mac said: “You know arithmetic, teacher, but you dont know sheep. I know that if one sheep jumped, the rest will follow it to do the same.“剩下的羊老师说:“如果牧羊人把 20只羊放到牧场上去吃草,有 5只羊跳出了围栏,还会剩下多少只?”小麦克大声回答说:“一只都没有。”老师说:“我很惊讶,你竟然不会算数。我知道你的算术很好的,现在竟会出错。”小麦克说:“老师,你懂算术,但你不了解羊。英语小故事我知道,若是有一只羊跳了出去,其余的就会跟着她跳出去。”