1、 “Im sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boys tooth .”“Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!”“Yes，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .”“对不起，夫人，为您
2、孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”“20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。”“是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。”The hare and the tortoise The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. I have never been beaten, he said, when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me. The tortoise said quietly, I will race with you. That is a
3、good joke, said the hare. I could dance around you the whole way. The race started. The hare darted almost out of sight at once. He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and on. When the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had
4、 lost the race. 兔子向动物们夸耀他的速度，“我从来没有失败过，”他说，“当我奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”乌龟平静地说：“我要与你比赛。”“真是笑话，我可以边玩边和你赛跑。”兔子说。比赛开始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已经跑得不见了踪影，但是他觉得自己跑得快，对比赛掉以轻心，躺在路边睡着了。乌龟慢腾腾地却持续不停地走，当兔子一觉醒来，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了。兔子输了比赛。（小朋友都比较熟悉的故事，而且学兔子说话跟乌龟说话可以用不同语气，显得比较生动可爱。）There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot.There werethr
5、ee parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; andthe third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, “How come this guy is$5,000? Thats so expensive for this kindof parrot.” The owner said, “Because Ihave trained him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about thisguy?
6、What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apartfrom talking, he can also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on.Thats why hes so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the thirdone? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shopsaid, “Idon
7、t know. Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, norsing, nothing at all! But the other two call him The Boss.” 老板最大 有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：为什么这只要卖五千元？这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了！老板说：因为我有训练他讲话。顾客又问：那这只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？老板说：他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。顾客接
8、着又问：那第三只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？老板说：我不知道。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有！不过另外两只叫他：老板！The Ant and the Dove An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and
9、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-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant, perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain the bi
10、rd catcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dove take wing. One good turn deserves another 翻译：鸽子与蚂蚁一只蚂蚁来到河边喝水解渴，却被一阵激流冲走了，几乎快沉下去了。一直坐在树枝上的鸽子徘徊在水面上，叼来一片树叶并让它落在水里接近蚂蚁的地方。蚂蚁爬到了树叶上，安全的飘到了岸边。不久之后一个捕鸟人来到树下，向坐在树枝间的鸽子张开了罗网。蚂蚁明白了捕鸟人的意图，便在他的脚上狠狠地咬了一下。捕鸟人疼得扔掉了捕鸟的工具，工具落地的声音惊起了鸽子，他振翅飞走了。礼尚往来，善有善报+1 已
11、赞过 Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday? I gave it to a poor old woman, he answered. Youre a good boy, said the mother proudly. Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman? She is the one who sells the
12、candy. 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。”+1 已赞过 The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and
13、 caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you f
14、or many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young. 【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。 于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，
15、我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。” No Cavities A smiling boy arrived home from a dental visit,Hey mom,the dentist says I have no cavities. His mom stared at him wide-eyed and quite surprised,Its impossible -you never brush your teeth after cleaning the chocolate box before you go to bed! Then the boy opened his mouth -he had not a tooth left! 英文笑话：我没有蛀牙小男孩儿看完牙医， 面带微笑地回到家：“嘿，妈妈，牙医说，我一颗蛀牙也没有。” 妈妈惊讶地瞪大眼睛：“不可能你每回上床睡觉前都把巧克力盒子里的糖一下子吃完，而且从来不刷牙！” 这时，男孩儿张开了嘴巴他的牙全被拔光了。+1 已赞过
