1 故事一:三个好朋友
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
一天, 一只山公在河滨骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子,狮子向他跑来。他十分的惧怕,掉进河里。他不会游水,大叫起来。兔子听见了,跳进水里,但他却没有办法救山公。走运的是,一只大象过来了。大象十分健壮,救出了兔子和山公。他们来到大象的家,在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
2 故事二:白叟和老猫
An old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.
The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: “You are a fool cat. I will punish you!”the cat is very sad. He thinks:“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.”
一个垂暮的白叟养一只猫。这只猫也十分老了。她跑得很快,可是牙齿很糟糕。一天王仍是那个,这只老猫看见一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠,可是它却吃不了它,由于它的牙齿不行尖利了。这只小老鼠逃跑了。
白叟很气愤,他打了小猫,而且对它说:“你这只蠢猫!我要赏罚你!”猫十分悲伤,它想:“在我还年青的时分,我为你努力作业。现在你却由于我太老了不能作业而不喜欢我。你应该知道你也老了。”
3 故事三:驴子与蚱蜢
AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.
驴子听见蚱蜢歌唱,被美好悦耳的歌声所感动,自己也想能宣布相同悦耳悦耳的声响,便 仰慕地问他们吃些什么,才干宣布如此美好的声响来。蚱蜢答道:“吃露珠。”驴子便也只吃露珠,没多久就饿死了。这个故事告知人们不要企望非份之物。
4 故事四:找朋友
Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him.“Hello! Would you like to be my friend?”Sam answers:“Of course! But you are sound. I am flat.”The round fish days:“But we are both fishes.”
Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.”They become good friends.
塞姆是一条小鱼,他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤单,想要找一个朋友,那个朋友看起来要想他。塞姆看见一条墨鱼。墨鱼有8条腿,看上去不像塞姆。因而塞姆游走了。塞姆遇见一条鲨鱼。他想跟鲨鱼问候。鲨鱼张开大嘴,塞姆有迅速地逃走了。
塞姆又累又饿,他要歇息一瞬间。这时他看见一条圆鱼,圆鱼对他说:“你好!你乐意做我的朋友吗?”
塞姆答复:“好哇!可你是圆形的,我是扁的。”圆鱼说:“可是我们俩都是鱼啊!”
塞姆思考后说:“你讲得对,让我们做朋友吧。”他们就成为好朋友了。