英语精品阅读小故事(带精美插图).
（一）Count Tomorrow Morning
明天早上数
这是一个晚上。约翰抬头看着天空。
汤姆是约翰的弟弟。他问约翰：“你在干什么？”
约翰说：“我在数星星。”
汤姆笑着说：“现在天空太黑了。你为什么不等到明天早上再数呢？”
（二）Spring in the Green Season
It’s a night. John is looking at the sky. Tom is John’s younger brother. He asks John “What are you doing?” John says, “I’m counting stars.” Tom laughs and says, “It’s really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?”
辞海导航 night 夜晚， young 年轻的， count 数数， laugh 笑， dark 黑暗的 Spring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In
China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting
warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves
on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground.
Spring is also sowing time season.
辞海导航 season 季节，turn 变化，come up 生长出，ground 大地
春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。
（三）A Beautiful Doll
Tina is a lovely girl. She has a lot of dolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blond hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her “Sandy”. You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.
Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed. When she is free, Tina always made clothes for her. When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is！
Do you like it, too？
辞海导航doll洋娃娃，blond金色的，call称呼，forget忘记become变得
fail失败, free空闲的，difficulties困难，close 亲密的
漂亮的洋娃娃
缇娜是一个可爱的女孩，她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此，小女孩叫她“桑迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。
缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊！
你也喜欢它吗？
（四）Adding Feet to a Snake
One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine.
At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They think out an idea and decide
to have a match-Draw of snake. If you finish first, you can get it.
Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’ve finished. I’m No.1,” he says. But
he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet to my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”
辞海导航add增加，hold举办，wine酒，decide决定
a match-Draw绘画比赛
画蛇添足
一天，狮子先生举行一场聚会，许多动物都来了，他们喝很多酒。最后只剩
下一壶酒了。让谁喝呢？它们想了想，有个主意。它们比赛画蛇，谁最快画好，
谁就喝这壶酒。
不一会儿，狼先生画好了。“哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”他说。可是他又
画了起来，它还说，“再给它加几只脚吧。”这时猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那壶
酒喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的，我赢了这壶酒。”
辞海导航dragon龙，world世界，deeply深深地moved感动的
（五）Lord Ye’s Love of the Dragon There is a young man, Lord Ye. He likes dragons very much. He draws many dragons in his house. The house becomes a world of dragon.
A red dragon hears of Lord Ye, and is deeply moved. He wants to visit Lord Ye
and makes a friend with him.
“Hi, Mr. Ye! Nice to meet you,” the real dragon comes to visit Mr. Ye runs away
as fast he can. “Oh, my God! Help! Help!” he runs and shouts.”
叶公好龙
有个年轻人，姓叶，非常喜欢龙.他在屋里里面了许多许多龙。这屋子都快成了龙的世界。
一龙真龙听说了叶公的事，很受感动，就想去拜访叶公，和他交个朋友。 “嘿。叶先生！很高兴见到你。”这条真龙拜访叶先生了。可是叶先生飞快地逃了。忒边跑边喊：“啊，我的天啊！救命！救命！”
中国熊猫
熊猫看起来好像一只小熊。它的皮毛是黑白相间。 它只居住在中国，因此，它是中国的国宝，受到国家法律的保护。
我们在电视上或在动物园里能看到熊猫。他们看起来显得很笨的样子，走起来很缓慢，但很可爱，大家都很喜欢它们。
熊猫是个吉祥的动物。中国人民喜欢它，世界人民也喜欢它。现在许多国家都有中国的熊猫，如，日本、美国……
熊猫不是一种普通的动物，而是一座友谊的桥梁。
辞海导航 fur 皮毛，protect 保护，
law 法律，stupid 笨拙的，
lucky 幸运的, Japan 日本，
the USA 美国，bridge 桥梁，
common 普通的，friendship 友谊，
the national treasure 国宝， （六）The Panda in China
A panda looks like a little bear. It has black and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.
We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them.
A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too. Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA…
A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship.
大本钟
大本钟不是一个人的名字，它是钟的名字，它在伦敦。伦敦是英国的首都。大本钟有四个面，因此无论站在什么方面，你都能见到钟面。大本钟的指南针大约4米长。
如果你去伦敦，你可能想要参观以后大厦。在那个地方你会找到坐落在英国议会大厦钟楼的大本钟。大本钟的声音很大，“叮咚，叮咚”，每15分钟敲一次。
（七）Big Ben Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the
clock. It is
in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter
where you stand, you can read the face of the clock. The
hands are about four meter long.
If you go to London, you may want to visit the house
of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits
at the top
of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament.
The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- the clock strikes every quarter
of an hour. 辞海导航 capital 首都，city 城市，hand 指针，the Parliament 英国国会， tower 塔，noise 噪音, strike 敲击，quarter 一刻钟 （八） The King and His Stories
Once there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good. One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison. After some time, the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.”
辞海导航king国王，story故事，afraid害怕的，famous闻名的，wait等待，praise赞美throw扔掉, fire火，prison监狱，free自由的，thought想法，soldier士兵
国王和他的故事
从前有一个国王，他喜欢写故事，但是他写的故事很不好。人们怕他，都说他的故事好。有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看，他想要作家赞扬他的这些故事，而作家说他的故事是如此的差以至于该扔进火里。国王很生气，把他送到监狱。
过了些日子，国王给了作家自由。国王重新将自己的一些新故事给作家看并问他感觉怎么样。
作家看了之后立刻转身对士兵说着；“请把我送回监狱吧。”
（九）The clever cock
One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,"This is my breakfast.''
He came up to the cock and said,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.
The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''
The cock said to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand? The people
say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''
辞海导航fox狐狸, cock公鸡, breakfast早餐, glad高兴地, caught抓住,
carry带到，understand理解，theirs他们的，fled 飞(fly的过去式）
聪明的公鸡
一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。
他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？”
公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。
在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”
公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。”
狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，公鸡逃离了狐狸的嘴巴，跑到了树底下。
辞海导航king国王，same相同的，die死亡，the other另一个，
own自己的，dead死的，living活的，knife刀子，harf一半，
kill杀死，point指着, tear眼泪
（十）The Clever King Solomon
Long, long ago, there was a king. Solomon was his name. He was very clever.
In his country, there were two women. They lived in the same house and each had
a child.
One night, one of the babies d ied. The dead baby’s mother took the other woman’s baby, and put it in her own bed.
The next morning , they had a quarrel.
“No, this is my baby!” The dead is yours!”
Each one wanted the living baby. So they went to see King Solomon.
“Bring me a knife, cut the child into two and each woman has a half.”
said the King.
“Oh. Your Majesty! Give her my baby. Please don’t kill my baby!”
Then King Solomon pointed to the woman in teas and said,
“Give the baby to her. She is the mother.”
聪明的国王所罗门
很久很久之前，有一位国王，他的名字叫所罗门，他非常聪明。
在他的国家里，有两位妇女，她们住在同一间房子里。各有一个婴儿。
一天夜里，其中一个婴儿死了。他的妈妈抱另一位妇女的小孩，把他放在自己的床上。
第二天早上，他们发生了○○。
“不，这是我的孩子！这个死的是你的！”
他们都想要这个活着的孩子，于是她们去见所罗门国王。
“给我拿把刀来，把这个孩子切成两半，没人一半。”国王判决道。
“哦，陛下，把我的孩子给她吧。请不要杀了我的孩子！”一位母亲哭喊道。
于是所罗门指着流泪的妇女说：“把孩子给她，她是真正的母亲。”