初中英语随堂故事

A Funny Way to Make Friends
“What’s the matter, Bob?” asks Mrs. White, “Why do you look so sad?”
“Mum, I wish we can stay in New York. I have many friends there .We are new here, and I have no friend now.” Bob says.
“You will soon make friends here,” says Mrs. White, “Wait and see!”
At this time, someone is knocking at the door. Mrs. White opens it .A woman with a nice smile stands there.
“Hello,” she says, “I’m Mrs. Green, I live next door.”
“Come in, please,” says Mrs. White, “Bob and I are so glad to see you. Do you want any help?’
“Yes, I come here to ask for two eggs,” says Mrs. Green, “I want to make a cake.”
“You may have the eggs,” says Mrs. White, “But please sit down. Let’s have coffee and talk a little, OK?”
In the afternoon, someone knocks at the door again. Mrs. White opens it. There stands a boy with a nice smile.
“My name is Tom,” he says, “Mother gives you this cake and these two eggs.”
“Well, thank you, Tom.”Says Mrs. White, “Come in and meet my son, Bob.”
Tom and Bob are about the same age. Soon they are having the cake and milk.
“Can you stay and play with me?” asks Bob.
“Yes, I can stay an hour.” Tom says.
“Let’s play football, OK?” says Bob, “I have a little dog. It will play with us. ”
Tom doesn’t have a dog. He finds it is fun to play with Bob and the little dog.
“I’m glad you live next door,” says Bob, “Now I have someone to play together.”
“Mother says we will soon be good friends,”Tom answers.
“I’m glad you mother wants two eggs, “says Bob.
“She doesn’t really want the eggs,”Tom laughs, “She just wants to make friends with your mother!”
Then Bob laughs, too. “That’s a funny way to make friends,” he says, “but it’s a nice way.”

funny adj.有趣的 sad adj. 忧愁的
wish v.希望 soon adv.不久
wait v.等 knock v.敲，击
smile n.微笑 fun adj.（口语）有趣的
really adv.真正地

The Poor Frog
There is a big, fat frog living in a small pond. He knows every plant and stone in the pond very well, and he can swim across it easily. He is the biggest creature in the pond. The other small creatures always swim behind him. So he thinks he is too great, and very happy to live there.
One day, when he is catching flies for breakfast, a beautiful dragonfly passes by. “You’re a very fine frog.” she says, “Why don’t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You’ll find a lot of frogs there. You’ll meet some nice fish, and you’ll see many beautiful flowers. Living in a big pond is wonderful!”
“Now I find living in this small pond is dull,” the frog thinks. So he says to the dragonfly, “OK, I’ll go with you.”
But when he begins to live in the big pond, he finds he doesn’t like it at all. It is full of str

ange plants. The fish don’t like him, and he is the smallest frog there…He is lonely and unhappy. He sits on a stone and says sadly to himself, “I don’t like living here. I think I’ll go home tomorrow.”
But a hungry heron flies down and catches him. The frog becomes the heron’s supper. What a poor frog!
poor adj.可怜的 beautiful adj.美丽的
frog n.青蛙 wonderful adj.奇妙的
pond n.池塘 dull adj.单调的
plant n.植物 strange adj. 陌生的
stone n.石头 lonely adj.孤单的
across prep.穿过 heron n.苍鹭
live v.生活 dragonfly n.蜻蜓
fly n.苍蝇 pass v.经过











A Telephone Call
One Sunday morning, Mrs. Green is waiting for an important telephone call, but she remembers she has no bread in the house, so she leaves her baby Kate at home and says to her five-year-old son, Jim, “I am going to the supermarket, Jim, and I will come back in a few minutes.”
But when she’s out, the telephone rings and Jim answers.
“Hello!” says a man “Is your mother there?”
“No,”answers Jim.
“Well, when she comes back, please say to her, ‘Mr. Wilson telephoned.”
“What?”
“Mr. Wilson. Write it down, W-I-L-S-O-N.”
“How to write a W?”
“How to write…? Listen, little boy, is there anyone else with you? Any brothers or sisters?”
“My sister Kate is here.”
“OK, I want to talk to her, please.”
“All right,” Jim takes the telephone to the baby’s bed and gives it to Kate.
When their mother comes back, she asks, “Did anyone telephone?”
“Yes,” says Jim, “A man .But he only wants to talk to Kate.”

important adj. 重要的 remember v.记起
ring v.（使）鸣，（使）响














Unity Is Strength
One day, a little lamb is drinking water from the river near his house. A wolf sees him and wants to eat him. So the wolf comes to the lamb and shouts:
“How dare you drink from my river? I’m going to eat you tonight!”
The lamb is very afraid and begins to cry.
“Why are you crying?” ask the lamb’s friends.
“The wolf is going to eat me tonight,” says the lamb.
“Don’t worry, we will help you,” the friends say.
At night, the little cat hides behind the tree near the lamb’s house. The little dog hides behind the door. The little horse and the little elephant stand behind the house.
At eight o’clock, the wolf comes to the lamb’s house.
“It’s so dark. I can’t see anything,” says the wolf, “Well, I’ll light my candle.” The wolf walks to the tree; he wants to light the candle behind the tree.
At this time, the little cat jumps out and scratches the wolf’s face. The wolf wants to run away. The little dog runs out from the house and bites the wolf’s leg. Then the little horse kicks the wolf. Finally, the little elephant throws the wo

lf into the river with his long nose.
The little lamb, the little cat, the little dog, the little horse and the little elephant all laugh. They know: Unity is strength. They will be good friends forever.

unity n.团结 strength n.力量
lamb n.羔羊 wolf n.狼
shout v.大叫 dare v.敢
tonight n.今晚 afraid adj.恐惧的
hide v.隐藏 horse n.马
elephant n.象 candle n.蜡烛
scratch v.抓 bite v.咬
kick v.踢 finally adv.终于，最后
laugh v.大笑 forever adv.永远地






The Cat and the Tiger
A cat and a tiger are good friends; they usually talk to each other and play together. They look the same .But the cat is very small, and the tiger is very big.
They hunt food in the same way. The cat is a good hunter, but the tiger isn’t .Every day the cat can find something to eat, but the tiger can’t .Some days the tiger can’t find any food at all.
One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. He says, “Friend Cat, I want your help. I am bigger than you, but I can’t hunt as well as you. Can you teach me?”
The cat thinks for a long time. At last he says, “Well, Friend Tiger, I will teach you to be a good hunter.”
Day after day he teaches the tiger. He teaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches him how to walk very, very quietly. He teaches him how to jump ahead. He teaches him how to run very fast.
The cat is a god teacher, and the tiger learns fast.
At last the cat says, “Friend Tiger, I do not have any more tricks.”
The tiger begins to think. He says to himself, “The cat can not teach me anything else. I may as well eat him up.”
Fast as he can, the tiger jumps at the cat. But just as fast, the cat climbs up the tree! The tiger lands on his face! The tiger is mad!
“You don’t teach me that,” says the tiger,” I do not know how to climb up a tree!”
The cat laughs. “Do you think I will teach you all my tricks? I am small, but I’m not silly!”
And the cat doesn’t teach the tiger anything else.
tiger n. 老虎 together adv.一起
way n.方法 hunt v.猎取
hunter n.猎人 bigger adj.更大的
than conj.比 quietly adv.安静地
ahead adv.在前面 fast adj.快的
last n.最终 trick n.技巧，恶作剧
land v.到达 mad adj.疯狂的
silly adj.愚蠢的．






How Much Is One Apple?
Bill is seven years old. He is a clever boy and a good student. He can work out all the problems in his books quickly. And his favorite subject is math.
One day, on his way to school, Bill passes a fruit shop. There is a small blackboard at the door of the shop, and it says, “Apples-six for five dollars.”
An idea comes to Bill. He goes into the shop.
“How much are the apples?” he asks the shop assistant.
“Six for five dollars.”
“But I don’t want six apples.”
“How many apples d

o you want?”
“It’s not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem about math.”
“What do you mean? Asks the shop assistant.
“Well , if six apples are five dollars, then five apples are worth four dollars, four apples are worth three dollars, three apples are worth two dollars, two apples are worth one dollar, and one apple is worth nothing. It’s not necessary for me to pay you.”
Bill picks out a good apple, and begins to eat and walks happily out of the shop. The shop assistant looks at the young boy with such surprise that he cannot say a word.

clever adj.聪明的 problem n.问题
subject n.学科 idea n.想法
surprise v.惊讶 mean v.意指
worth adj.值得的 necessary adj.必需的
dollar n.元(美元或加拿大元)











The Soldier and the Witch
One day, a soldier meets a witch. The witch says to the soldier, “Could you help me, young man? Climb up that big tree. When you reach the top of the tree, you will find a lot of money there. You can take as much as you want.”
“But what shall I give you?” asks the soldier, “Surely you are not doing this for nothing.”
“I only want a small red box,” answers the witch, “My grandmother put it there last time.
With the help of the witch, the soldier gets lots of money. He also gets the red box.
“What do you want do with the box?” asks the soldier.
“It’s none of your business,” answers the witch, “You have your money. Give me my red box.” The soldier doesn’t give her the box. Instead, he kills the witch.
Then the soldier goes back to his hometown, and becomes a rich man.
But soon he spends all his money and becomes a poor man. The soldier thinks of the red box and opens it .There is nothing in it .But soon a big dog appears. It stands before him and says, “What can I do for you?”
The soldier asks for a lot of things and becomes rich again.
One day, the soldier sees the Princess, She is very beautiful. The soldier loves her. He asks his dog to steal her at night.
The next morning, someone hears the Princess crying in the soldier’s house. The King knows this, so he kills the soldier angrily that day.

witch n.巫婆 reach v.到达
top n.顶部 shall v.将要
surely adv.无疑地 princess n.公主
matter n.事情 instead adv.代替
kill v.杀死 hometown n.家乡
become v.变成 rich adj.有钱的
steal v.偷 hear v.听
king n.国王 angry adj.生气的






The Businessman and His Sons
There is a very successful businessman. One day, after he does all the work, he suddenly feels very tired. He finds he is old. He thinks for a long time, and decides to give all his business to one of his sons. Then he may have a good rest. But the son must be the cleverest one.
The businessman has three sons. He calls three sons to him when he comes back ho

me.
“I will give my business to one of you, but I want to test you. This is an empty room in our home. You must buy something to fill it. The one who use the least money will take my business,” he says.
“It’s a big room.” Says the eldest son.
“I will spend at least one hundred Yuan.” says the second son.
The youngest son says nothing. He thinks for a moment and says, “Come on, brothers, let’s go to the market.”
The eldest son buys a lot of sand to fill up the room. He spends two hundred Yuan.
The second son buys straw back home. He spends one hundred Yuan.
The youngest son buys a candle and brings it home. He spends only one Yuan.
His brothers ask him, “What good is a candle?”
“Wait and see,” says the youngest brother. He lights the candle and the room is “full” right now, from wall to wall, form ceiling to floor, fills with light.
The old businessman says happily, “My youngest son is indeed the cleverest of all!”
At last, the businessman leaves all his business to the youngest son.

successful adj.成功的 suddenly adv.突然地
feel v.感觉 tired adj.疲倦的
decide v.决定 test v.检验
fill v.充满 least adj.最少的
eldest adj.最年长的 spend v.花费
second adj.第二的 straw n.稻草
moment n.时刻，时候 sand n.沙
ceiling n.天花板





Halloween
October 31st is a holiday that children love. It’s a holiday of spirit, known as Halloween.
On that night, you’ll see children running all over the street, wearing all kinds of costumes. Some look like old witches; some like interesting clowns; some like the beautiful Snow White, and some like characters from television-Batman, Spider man, Superman……
That night, lots of children go from door to door for candy. The neighbors have long been prepared with bags of chocolates, candies and fruit to give to happy children. Every child goes home with a full bag.
On the day before Halloween, Tom and his friend Bob buy two small pumpkins. They use knives to turn the pumpkins into lanterns, and then they put small candles inside.
On the night of Halloween, they dress up as Superman and Batman. Then they take their pumpkin lanterns and two big empty bags to go out.
They arrive at the door of a house, knock at the door and say, “Trick or treat?” The door is opened and a man with a smile stands at the door. He fills their bags with many candies. Tom and Bob thank the man and go away happily.
They go to another house. The door is open. When they walk in, a white “ghost” with ugly face comes out. Tom and Bob are very afraid. They run away quickly.
On the way back home, they are both excited and happy!
After returning home, they count out their candies. Ah Tom got 106 candies this Halloween, and Bob got 83 candies!
Tom and his friend have a very happy Halloween this year.
Halloween

n.万圣节 October n.十月
holiday n.假日 spirit n.灵魂
costume n.服饰 street n.街道
batman n.蝙蝠侠 character n.人物
spiderman n.蜘蛛人 clown n.小丑
candy n.糖果 neighbor n.邻居
chocolate n.巧克力 prepare v.做准备
pumpkin n.南瓜 lantern n.灯笼
arrive v.到达 treat n. 请客
ugly adj.难看的 ghost n.鬼
excited adj.兴奋的 return v.回来


Whose Dog?
Two beggars are walking on a quiet road. A sad-looking dog is following them.
“What a bad day, Joe,” one beggar says, “Today we don’t have any money and we can’t have anything to eat.”
“We will find something.”The other beggar says cheerfully.
At the moment, a car is coming to them very quickly, the two beggars move away quickly, but the dog still stays in the middle of the road. The driver tries to stop the car, but it is too late. The car hits the dog and kills it. The driver gets out of the car and goes to the two beggars.
“Poor little dog.” one of the beggars says sadly.
“I’m sorry,” the driver says, “I try to avoid your dog but it is too late.” Then he takes his wallet and gives twenty dollars to the beggars.
“Is that all right?” the driver asks.
“Yes, thank you, sir.” the first beggar says.
The driver gets into the car and drives away.
“Poor little dog.” the first beggar puts the money into his pocket.
“Whose dog is it?” the other beggar asks.
“I don’t know.” the first beggar says.
beggar n.乞丐 road n.路
cheerfully adv.兴高采烈地 move v.移动
away adv.离开 try v.尝试
sadly adv.伤心地 hit v.撞， 击中
avoid v.避开 wallet n.钱包
pocket n.口袋











Animal’s Love
We all know, our parents love us very much. How much? How about animals? Do they love their children like human?
The following stories will tell you about the animal’s love.
A mother elephant always takes good care of her baby. One day, a baby elephant is walking along the bank of a river, and he is very near the edge. The other elephants are not far away.
The baby’s mother sees and says, “Get away from the edge!”
But the baby elephant keeps on trying to see how close he can get. All at once, the earth gives away under him! He falls into the water. It is too deep for him.
The other elephants see this, run the bank quickly. They stretch out their long noses to the small elephant. But the small elephant can’t reach them. What do they do? The mother elephant and another elephant get down into the water. They lift the baby elephant up with care. Then they walk back to the bank slowly. When they get back to the bank, the mother elephant pulls the little elephant to her at once. She feels all over him with her long nose. At last, she is sure her baby is all right. Then she makes lovi

ng noises. How happy she is!
This story is about the elephant’s love. The next one tells you of the bird’s love.
The mother bird has to work hard to find food, feeding her children for a few weeks. She is so glad to work for them that she never cares how tired she is.
Every day early in the morning, the mother bird flies off to seek for food for her children, and she has to work hard all day long.
After a few weeks, the young birds are bigger and stronger, and then they want to get out of their nest and fly away.
“Let me fly!” says a little bird and another says again, “Mum, let me fly away!”
“Children, rest a little longer till your little wings are stronger.”
The mother bird and her children speak to each other.
So the children rest a little longer. After some days, their mother lets them fly out of the nest. The little birds fly up and down in the blue sky. Their mother always flies with them. She thinks: I will protect them, because I’m their mother.
animal n.动物 human n.人类 care n.照顾，在意
seek v.寻找 along prep.顺着 bank n.岸
deep adj.深的 edge n.边缘 at once 马上，立刻
earth n.地球、土 lift v.举起 pull v.拉、拖
never adv.从未 all day long 整天 strong adj.强壮的
nest n.巢，窝 wing n.翅膀 protect v.保护
The Giant's Garden(Ⅰ)
There is a giant. He has a big house and a beautiful garden. It’s summer. When school is over, the children all come to the giant’s garden. Because they find the giant isn’t at home these days.
The children are playing in the garden happily. The birds, the trees and the flowers are happy, too because the children are there.
When autumn comes, the giant comes back home. He sees the children and becomes very angry, “Do not come into my garden!” he says.
The children are afraid. They run out of the garden quickly.
The giant makes a tall wall, and he puts a card on the wall. It says, “Do not come here.”
Spring comes, the trees in giant’s garden are yellow, and there is a lot of snow on the ground.
The giant says, “It’s April, but spring doesn’t come. Why doesn’t it come?”
The birds say, “We don’t want to fly into your garden because there are not any children.”
And the flowers say, “We are not going to come out, because the children are not here.”
Spring doesn’t come to the giant’s garden. The sun doesn’t shine. It’s cold and dark all day in the giant’s garden.
One day a bird flies to the garden. The giant is very happy. He opens the window and looks at his garden.
There are leaves on the trees, there are birds and flowers, and the snow has gone.

giant n.巨人 summer n.夏季
autumn n.秋季 spring n.春季
snow n.雪 ground n.大地
April n.四月 shine v.照耀
Leaves n.叶










The Giant's Garden

(Ⅱ)
The giant is looking at his garden now. He finds there are many children playing in the garden. They are laughing, and they are happy.
There is a big hole in the wall, and the children come into the garden, the snow melts, the flowers and the leaves come out. They are happy, because the children are here again.
The giant is happy, too.
The giant goes into the garden. The children are afraid, and they run out of the garden. Then the birds fly away, the leaves fall off the trees, and the snow comes again.
But a small boy doesn’t run, because he is blind, and he doesn’t see the giant.
The giant takes the small boy, and puts him in a tree. The small boy is very happy. He kisses the giant. They birds fly to the tree, and the new leaves come on it.
The other children are near the hole of the wall. They look at the small boy. Then they say, “The giant is a kind man now.” The run to him and all of them kiss him.
Now all of the trees have got leaves, there are flowers in the garden again, the snow has gone and the sun is shining. The giant is very happy. He says, “This is your garden now.” The giant breaks the wall.
The people are going to the town now. They are looking at the giant’s garden, and they are saying, “It is beautiful.”
Now the giant is old and weak. He is in his living-room, and he always looks at the children. They are playing in his garden, and they are very happy. The giant says, “There are a lot of beautiful flowers in my garden, but the most beautiful flowers are the children.”
One day, the children come into the garden again. One of them says, “The giant is lying under a tree.” Another child says, “Yes, and there are beautiful, white flowers on him.” The third child says, “He is dead.”And the last child says, “Yes, but he is smiling, he is happy.”
melt v.融化 fall v.落下
blind adj.瞎的 kiss v.亲吻
weak adj.虚弱的 lie v.躺，卧
third adj.第三个的 dead adj.死亡的






The Wonderful View of the World
Jake likes to travel. His dad often takes him to many places. Jake wants to see some wonderful views of the world this summer, and dad agrees.
They drive to Mount St. Helens.
During the drive, Jake asks dad “Is it fun there?”
Dad answers, “It’s fun, it’s a famous volcano.”
Jake is afraid, “If the volcano erupts, what should we do then?”
Dad laughs and says, “It won’t. If the scientists know that the volcano will erupt, we will know at once.”
After hearing dad’s words, Jake feels a little excited, he asks again, “Then when did the volcano last erupt?”
Dad answers, “In 1982. So the road, you’ll see many sites. You will see all the trees had been burned down by the magma. And also there is ash on both sides of the road.”
They finally get to Mt. St. Helens. Dad takes Jake to the highest point. They look around. It l

ooks like sand. They see the far away mountains, and they also see three streams at the base. The water is shining from the sun, and it is very beautiful.
It is very quiet there.
Dad says, “It seems very peaceful now, but when a volcano erupts, it’s very earthshaking! The light and the noise from the magma will shake one’s heart.”
Jake thinks, “Nature is very powerful. It’s also very strange. We need to cherish nature and become its friends forever.”
view n.景色 Mount St. Helens 圣海伦山
during prep.在……期间 agree v.同意
volcano n.火山 site n.地点
famous adj.闻名的 ash n.火山灰
scientist n.科学家 erupt v.爆发，喷射
burn v.燃烧 magma n.岩浆
point n.点，地点 mountain n.山
stream n.河 base n.底部
peaceful adj.安静的，和平的 quiet adj.安静的
earthshaking adj.惊天动地 noise n.声音，噪音
shake v.震动，动摇 heart n.心，内心
powerful adj.有威力的 nature n.自然
cherish v.珍爱
Butcher or Doctor?
Bill lives in a small town. He works in a hospital. In the hospital, he does only the simplest jobs, like helping to lift patients and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. So he makes only a little money. But he has a big family, his father, mother, wife, and three children all live with him.
Bill’s wife often asks him to find another job at his weekends. And soon Bill gets one in a butcher’s shop. In the shop, he learns to cut meat up. At first, he can’t do it very well. One day, a woman goes to the shop, she wants to buy some pieces of meat. Bill helps her to cut a big piece of meat into some small pieces. But it takes him a long time, and at last, the piece of meat becomes hamburger meat. The woman looks at Bill for a long time, and takes the hamburger meat away without saying anything.
Another day at the hospital, Bill has to carry a woman patient from her bed to the place where she is going to have an operation. He doesn’t know this woman patient is the woman in the butcher’s shop that day.
That woman is very afraid of the operation, when Bill comes to get her. She sees Bill and suddenly remembers he is the man in the butcher’s shop. She cries at once. “No! No!” she cries, “Not my butcher! I won’t be operated on by my butcher!” and then she faints away.
butcher n.屠夫 town n.小镇
simple adj.简单的 part n.部分
at first 开始时，首先 operation n.手术
patient n.病人 cry v.叫喊
faint v.昏厥












How Long Is the Toothpaste?
After school, Mimi is playing with her little friends. They’re having a good time.
Suddenly, there is a sound of the footsteps outside the door. Oh, Mimi’s mother comes back from work.
Mimi runs to the door quickly. She opens the door and says, “Mum, do you know how much toothpaste there is in a toot

hpaste box?”
Her mother doesn’t understand her meaning and shake her head, “I don’t know, but ……”
“But I know.” Mimi says happily. She pulls her mother into the dining-room. “It can stretch from the sofa to the door.”
Mum says angrily, “Mimi, you’re really cleaver, but how foolish you are!”
toothpaste n.牙膏 sound n.声音
outside prep.在外面 meaning n.意思
footstep n.脚步声 pull v.拖 拉
understand v.知道，理解 shake v.摇
stretch v.展开，伸出 sofa n.沙发
foolish adj.愚蠢的 really adv.真正地


















A Story about Zhou Enlai
When Zhou Enlai was a little boy, he always worked hard. He kept on writing one hundred Chinese characters every day.
But one day, many friends of his mother’s came to his house. Zhou Enlai was helping his mother with housework in the day. He had no time to write.
At night, he was very tired and wanted very much to sleep. But he still thought he should finish writing the Chinese characters before he went to bed.
When seeing this, his mother made the bed quickly and said, “Do it tomorrow!”
“No, mother, today’s work must be done today.”
Zhou Enlai went to the kitchen; put his head into the cold water. Then he took out some paper and a writing brush.
His mother advised him to sleep again. But he said, “Mother, go to bed yourself. I must finish writing one hundred Chinese characters today, for I can’t leave today’s work over till tomorrow.”
After Zhou Enlai finished writing, he went to bed at ease.
keep v.保持 still adv.仍然
kitchen n.厨房 cold adj.冷的
advise v.建议,提议 finish v.完成，结束
till prep.直到 ease n.轻松
















The Stolen Smells
There is a poor student who lives in a small town. He has very little money and has to live in a small room near a restaurant. His room is near the kitchen. The restaurant owner is a very selfish man. No one likes him. But he is a good cook and many people come to his restaurant.
One day, when the owner is walking quietly in his kitchen, he hears the poor student talking to his friend.
“You aren’t very happy, I think. Because you are living in a poor room like this,”his friend says.
“Oh, no,”says the student, “I am busy with my studies and I pay little attention to my room.”
“But you have no money to buy nice things to eat.”
“Yes, it’s true. I eat only rice. But the smells from the kitchen make the rice nice indeed,” says the student.
The restaurant owner is angry. The student is stealing the smells from the kitchen! He decides to take him to court.
After the selfish owner telling his thing, the judge says, “the student is wrong.” The restaurant owner is happy and the poor student is very afraid. What can he do? He has only a little money.
The j

udge asks the student if he has money. They student takes five coins and gives them to the judge.
“Let the coins fall into your left hand,” says the judge. The court is very quiet and everyone hears the sound of the coins when they fall into the student’s left hand.
“Well,” says the judge to the restaurant owner, “do you hear his money? That’s the pay for your smells.”
stolen v.偷（steal的过去分词）
smell n.味道 owner n.拥有者
interested adj.感兴趣的 selfish adj.自私的
court n.法庭，法院 judge n.法官
coin n.硬币 left adj.左边的
sound n.声音 pay n.报酬







The Blind Dog
Mr. Blank works in an office in London, but he lives in the country and comes to work by train every day. The station is not very far from his office, and he likes walking. So he always walks from his office to the station in the evening.
He always walks on the same road. Every evening he passes a poor man near a bridge. The man sits at the side of the road and sells oranges, and there is an old dog near him. A piece of wood is round the dog’s neck, it says, “I’m blind.”
Mr. Blank is a kind man. He always stops and says good words top the poor man, and gives him a little money. But he doesn’t take any of his oranges.
One day, Mr. Blank has a lot of work to do in his office. When he comes out of his office, it’s dark. He thinks, “My train always leaves at five minutes past six, and it is ten minutes to six now. I’m not going to talk with the poor man today, and I’m not going to give him anything. I have given him a lot of money, and I haven’t taken any of his oranges.”
He comes to the man and his dog, but he doesn’t stop, and he doesn’t say anything. He walks quickly to the station.
But the poor man stands up quickly, runs after him and says, “You doesn’t give me anything today. You’re always very kind to me. Give me a little money today, too. I’m a poor man.”
Mr. Blank stops and looks at the man. Then he says, “You’re a blind man. How can you follow me?”
The poor man says, “No, I’m not blind. My poor dog is.”
Country n.乡下 station n.车站
Side n.边，侧面 kind adj.友好的，善良的












Sunrise and Sunset(Ⅰ)
Dick is a good student and a clever boy. One day the teacher asks them to write about sunrise and sunset. Dick hasn’t seen them carefully before. His parents agree to take him to see the beautiful sunrise and sunset on Sunday.
They get up early on Sunday morning. When they get to the hilltop, the dawn is in the sky. The clouds are dyed red by it, and in the east the sea is red. It looks like that the world is covered with a red blanket.
Suddenly the sun pops out its round head, the sky becomes bright in an instant. The bright sunlight shines on the land and every house is coloured with golden yellow. Then half of the

sun pops out and the sea water changes from golden red colour, too.
Finally, the whole sun comes out. The sky becomes so beautiful! The sun likes a giant, spreading the light into every place on land.
Dick and his parents sit on the hilltop; their faces turn red from the sun’s rays. The sun rises higher and higher. The whole world is bright now. the road is filled with light, the new and happy day begins under the sun’s beautiful light.
sunrise n.日出 sunset n.日落
hilltop n.山顶 dawn n.黎明
cloud n.云 dye v.染色
east n.东方 cover v.盖
blanket n毛毯 pop v.突然出现的
instant n.瞬间 golden adj.金色的
change v.改变 whole adj.整个的
spread v.传播 ray n.光线
rise v.升起










Sunrise and Sunset(Ⅱ)
Dick and his parents have a good time on Sunday morning. After supper, they get to the hilltop again to watch the sunset.
In the afternoon, the sun is still as red fire. It shines brightly in the sky, and dyes the clouds into a yellow-orange colour. The golden brightness shines everywhere. It’s so beautiful! Dick looks at the west carefully, and the sky is colorful, at times it is golden yellow and other times it is orange, just like the ribbon in a magician’s hand, changing colours every moment.
Dad says to Dick, “Look, this is the sunset!” Suddenly the clouds fade and the sky becomes darker and darker. The sun hides half of its round head, and then it’s going home!
Mum says, “Look this way, the moon is out.” It’s true. The light yellow moon is looking and smiling at them.
On the way home, Dick is very happy. He sees the beautiful sunrise and sunset today! When he gets back home, he writes an excellent composition: The Beautiful Sunrise and Sunset.
brightness n.明亮 fire n.火焰，火
everywhere adv.到处 west n.西方
colorful adj.多彩的 ribbon n.绸带
magician n.魔术师 fade v.消退
composition n.作文 true adj.确定的
excellent adj.优秀的















A True Princess and a Little Pea
A Prince wants to marry a beautiful Princess. He walks through the world. But he can’t find one. He is sad.
One night, there is a heavy rain. At this time, someone is knocking at the palace gate.
The Prince opens the gate. There is a beautiful girl stands outside the gate. She says she is a princess. But water is running down from her hair and her dress into her shoes. She looks so poor. No one believes she is a princess.
The King and Queen receive her. “Well,”they say to them, “we will soon find out”
The Queen makes the bed herself. She puts a little pea on the bed. Then she puts twenty mattresses and twenty quilts on the pea. And this is the bed for the girl.
The next morning, the Queen asks the girl how she has slept.
“Oh, very badly!” says the Princess, “I couldn’t close my eyes al

l night! I’m sure something was in the bed. I slept on something so hard that my body is black and blue!”
Now they believe that she is a true princess, because she can fell the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty quilts. No one but a true princess can be as sensitive as that.
The Prince marries her that day, because he knows that he has found a true princess.
pea n.豌豆 prince n.王子
marry v.结婚 through prep.穿过，经过
palace n.宫殿 believe v.相信
gate n.大门 outside prep. 在……外
Queen 女王 sensitive adj. 敏感的
mattress n.床垫 quilt n.被子
themselves pron.他们自己











The Clever Boy
Jim is twelve years old. He lives in a small town. One day there is an earthquake. Nothing is destroyed and no one is hurt. But a big rock falls down from the hill near the town and stops in the middle of the road.
When the earthquake stops, many people come to the road and see the big rock. Some of the strongest men try to lift the rock out of the road. But the rock is too heavy, they can’t move it. Then they try to push it and pull it with ropes. They use all kinds of methods to move the rock, but they can’t.
“Well,” they say, “there’s nothing we can do about is. We’ll have to change the road.”
At the moment, Jim says, “I think I can help you move the rock.”
“You?” the men all laugh at the little boy, “What are you talking about?”
The next morning, some people come to the road. One of them shouts, “The rock isn’t here!” A lot of people run to look. It is true. The rock isn’t on the road any more. And they even can’t see the rock.
“This is impossible,” they say, “Where is the rock?”
Jim stands on the road, smiling. He walks to where the rock has been and says, “You see, I dig a deep hole next to the rock and a small incline up to the rock. The rock rolls down into the hole by itself. Then I cover it with dirt. So the rock can’t be seen.”
The people shout, “Clever boy! Clever boy!”
And some of them say, “Why can’t we think of this good method?”
earthquake n.地震 destroy v.破坏
hurt v.损害 rock n.大石头
push v.推 rope n.绳子
method n.方法 dirt n.泥土
shout v.大叫 even adv.甚至
impossible adj.不可能的 dig v.挖
incline n.斜坡 roll v.滚







The Stupid Farmer
One day a farmer is working in the fields, soon he is tired. At this time, he sees a big fat hare. It is running fast. The farmer stops working to watch the hare.
Suddenly, the hare runs into a tree. It falls to the ground.
The man goes over, and finds the hare is dead. He picks up the hare and takes it back home. Then he cooks it and has a great meal.
“How lucky I am!” the man says to himself, “To pick up a hare as certainly easier than working on a farm.”
From that da

y on, the man doesn’t work any more. All day long, he waits under that tree for a hare to appear.
Many days pass, but no more hares appear.
The farmer is the story is silly. But in real life some people are just as silly as him.
stupid adj.愚蠢的 hare n.野兔
lucky adj.幸运的，有运气的 real adj.现实的
pick 捡，寻找 appear v.出现
life n.生活 just adv.刚好


















A Free Lunch
Tom works in a restaurant. One day at lunch time, when he is busy cleaning the tables, a middle-aged man comes into the restaurant with a little boy after him.
The man says to Tom, “We want to have lunch here.”
“What can I do for you?” Tom asks.
“We’d like two hamburgers with potato chips, some pieces of bread, meat and fish, please. Oh, and two glasses of milk.” the man answers.
Tom sees the man wearing nice clothes. He thinks the man must have lots of money. So he puts all the food the man wants on the table quickly.
After about half an hour, they eat up all the things. The man says to Tom, “I want to buy today’s newspaper near here. I will come back soon.” And he also tells the boy to wait for him for a minute.
But after half an hour, the man doesn’t come back. Tom waits for another half an hour. But the man still isn’t seen. At last Tom can’t keep quiet any longer. He goes up to the boy and asks, “Why doesn’t your father come back?”
The boy answers, “No, he isn’t my father. I meet him in the street. He asks me if I would like to have a free lunch. I am happy and come here with him. I don’t know him at all.”
free adj.免费的 busy adj.繁忙的
newspaper n.报纸 middle-aged 中年的
if prep.如果















The Forgetful Man
Mr. Long is a very forgetful man. For example, he usually goes to his office for work on Sunday morning because he thinks it is Monday. And sometimes he even forgets where he lives, and then he has to go to the police office for help.
One day he plans to fly to New York for business. He gets to the airport only ten minutes before the plane leaves. So time is short. But suddenly he remembers the windows of his house are all open! His daughter studies in the same city but she is at school now. Mr. Long can’t reach her on the phone. So he hurries to the post office. Mr. Long writes a short note to his daughter, and he also buys a stamp and an envelope. Then he puts the stamp on the envelope and drops it into the mailbox. But suddenly he begins to cry. The short note to his daughter is still in his hand. He puts the plane ticket in the envelope.
Another day when Mr. Long wants to go work, his wife gives him a letter.
“Please post this letter on the way to the bus stop.” she says.
“I will not forget.” Mr. Long says, “You certainly will.”
Mr. Long puts the letter in his pocket and says good-bye to his wife. The

n he walks out of the house. Mrs. Long is still smiling when she closes the door.
Mr. Long walks slowly on the road, and soon a girl comes up behind him, when the girl walks by. She looks back and smiles at Mr. Long, “Don’t forget to post the letter.” she says.
Then an old walks by, he turns and smiles, too. He also says the same thing to Mr. Long.
Mr. Long says to himself, “Why are these people smiling at me? And how do they know I have a letter to post?”
At last, he comes to the mailbox. He puts the letter in it and walks on. But another girl comes up behind him and speaks to him, “Did you post your letter?” she asks.
“Yes, I did.” says Mr. Long. But he feels even more surprised.
“Then I can take this off,” says the girl. She takes a big piece of paper off Mr. Long’s back and shows it to him.
On seeing this Mr. Long understands everything.
forgetful adj.健忘的 example n.例子
note n.便条 plan v.计划
airport n.机场 stamp n.邮票
envelope n.信封 ready v.做准备
drop v.落下 mailbox n.邮箱
mistake n.错误 slowly adv.慢慢地
show v.出示 understand v.懂得
The Fisherman and the King
There lives a King. He likes to eat fish for every meal. But one day, there is a big storm and fishermen are not able to go out to catch fish. So the King has no breakfast, no lunch, and no supper. Then he asks his servants to tell everyone in this country that if who brings him a fish, he will give him anything he wants.
At last, a fisherman catches a big fish and hurries to the King’s palace with it. But the King’s prime minister stops him and says if the fisherman doesn’t give him half of whatever the King gives him for the fish, he will not let the fisherman in.
The King is very happy when he sees the fish. He says to the fisherman, “Now, what do you want for you fish?”
“I want you to beat me twenty-four times,” says toe fisherman.
The King is very surprised, and at last he says, “I promise to give you whatever you want, and I think that I must keep my promise.” So he begins to beat the fisherman softly.
“No,” says the fisherman, “jumps away and says, “That’s enough for me. I promise the other twelve to your prime minister.”
Again the King is very surprised, but the prime minister has to admit that the fisherman is right. So the King gives him the other twelve beatings, then he says, “You will not be my prime minister any more. The fisherman will be my prime minister.”
storm n.暴风雨 fishermen n.渔夫
able adj.能够 servant n.佣人，奴仆
hurry v.匆忙 prime adj.首要的
admit v.承认 promise n.发誓，答应
softly adv.轻轻地 enough adj.充足的
minister n.职高者，部长
whatever prom.无论什么









Christmas Cards
Christmas i

s one of the most important festivals to many western people. Just like the Spring Festival to Chinese.
On Christmas, people often give gifts to their children and good friends. They also live to send Christmas cards to other people.
Here’s a funny story about Christmas cards.
It’s two weeks before Christmas. Mrs. Smith is very busy. She buys a lot of Christmas cards to send to her friends and her husband’s. When she comes back home, she puts them on the table in the living room.
When her husband comes home from work, Mrs. Smith says to him, “Here are the Christmas cards for our friends, and here are the stamps, the pen and the address book. I am cooking the dinner now; can you help me to write the cards?”
Mr. Smith doesn’t say anything, but walks out of the living room and goes into his study. Mrs. Smith is very angry with him, but she doesn’t say anything, either.
After supper, Mr. Smith takes a box from the study. He opens it. It is full Christmas cards with stamps on and all have been addressed.
“There are from last year,” he says, “I forgot to post them, then we can use them, then we can use them this year.”
Christmas n.圣诞节 most adv.最多地
festival n.节日 western adj. 西方的
gift n.礼物 send v.寄，送
card n.卡片 funny adj.有趣的
address n.地址 study n.书房
either adv.也










Outdoor Life
This summer, Tony joined a summer camp. This kind of summer camp teaches children how to live in the open air. Tony wrote a diary every day, and here are his diaries.
The first day: We go to climb mountains. The bright sun is shining, and we carry many heavy bags, soon we feel so tired. Later, the camp leader brings us to a cave and says we are going to go in. But looking into the entrance of the cave form the outside, all of us are afraid. The camp leader says, “Don’t be afraid, be brave!” Hand in hand, we pass through the cave at last. When we see the sunlight again, we are so happy.
The second day: We go to the lake to go swimming. Before we go into the water, the camp leader tells us that it’s mid-summer now, but the water in the lake is cold, so we must do some exercises before we go into the water. Swimming in a lake has a different feeling from swimming at a swimming pool, and the lake water is much colder.
The third day: We go to the beach. The camp leader asks us to walk without shoes. There are many pebbles on the beach. They are hard and cold and some hurt our feet. When we get to the destination, all of us are lying on the beach, eyes closing, listening to the sound of the sea. I daydream about beautiful things.
The fourth day: We go into the forest. The camp leader tells us we have to have a sense of direction. If we lost our way, the sun is a nature compass. And on a cloudy day, we can know the direction by the density of the trees. He also teaches us which wild fruits can

be eaten and how to start a fire.
The fifth day: We live in the forest for one night. Everyone learns how to cut down trees and how to pitch a tent. When it gets dark, we sit around the fire to tell ghost stories, and drink hot juice, and we don’t want to sleep until twelve.
The sixth day: We go back home today.
This summer camp is very interesting and useful. Now I know how to live outdoors.
outdoor adj.野外 brave adj.勇敢的
join v.加入 camp n.营地
diary n.日记 climb v.爬
cave n.洞 leader n.领导者
pool n.池塘，游泳池 beach n.海滩
pebble n.鹅卵石 direction n.方向
forest n.森林 sense n.感觉
compass n.罗盘，指南针 density n.密度 fire n.火
pitch v.搭（帐篷） tent n.帐篷 destination n.目的地
A Poor Man and a Landlord
There is a poor man who works for a landlord. The landlord makes the man work all day, but pays him very little money and doesn’t give him enough food to eat.
One day, when the man is having breakfast, the landlord comes and says to him, “It’s too much trouble to go to work and come back for lunch and supper. So I want you to have breakfast, lunch and supper together before you go to the fields.”
“How can I eat three meals at the same time?” The man thinks. But he says, “All right.” Then he finishes his breakfast and goes out.
Two hours later the landlord goes out for a walk. Now what does he see? He sees that the poor man is sitting under a tree and sleeping. The landlord is very angry.
“Why aren’t you working in the field?” he asks.
The poor man says with a smile, “I have had my supper, and you know very well that after supper it’s time to have a rest.”
landlord n.地主 trouble n.麻烦
later adv.后来



















The End of the King
There lives a King. He always does bad things. Everyone in his country hates him very much. But he doesn’t know that at all.
One hot day, he takes a walk near a river. He sees the water in the river is clear, so he decides to have a swim in it.
The King is a good swimmer, but when he is swimming in the river, he suddenly feels ill, and can’t move any more.
At this time two farmers are working in the fields nearby. They hear someone crying in the river and run there quickly. They don’t know that the man is the King, so they pull him out of the river.
The King is happy, he says to the two farmers, “You can ask for anything, and I will give it to you, I am the King.”
At first, the two farmers say nothing.
The King asks again, “What do you want?”
Then one of the farmers says, “My son broke his leg last year and he can’t walk well now. Please send him a god doctor.”
The King says, “OK, I’ll do it soon.”
Then he speaks to the other farmer, who is old and wise, “And what can I do for you, old man?”
The ol

d farmer thinks for a few seconds and he answers, “You can do one important thing for me.”
“What is that?” asks the King. He thinks that the old man will ask for a lot of money, or a god job for his son.
But the old farmer answers, “That is, please don’t tell others I have saved you.”
end n.终点，下场 hate v.恨
ill adj.不舒服的 nearly adv.差一点
wise adj.聪明的 save v.拯救，救








The Stories of Dream
Many people dream at night. Most of them think dream is useless. But a man had a dream twenty years ago, and this dream saved his life.
Twenty years ago. The man dreamt about the Black Forest in Germany. In the dream, he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran as fast as he could, but they followed.
Then he ran to a place where he saw two roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road ought he to take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time a voice said “right!” and he did so.
He ran on and soon saw a hotel. He went in quickly, and so he was saved.
That was the dream.
Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest one day. Suddenly two men ran away, and came to a place with two roads, as in the dream.
He remembered the dream and chose the road to the right. He soon saw a small hotel, and so he was safe.
His dream of twenty years before had saved his life.
Do you believe this story? The next one is even more fantastic.
A man lived in a small town at the foot of a mountain. He was very lazy. So his wife didn’t like him. But he was a kind man and was liked by his friends and the children of this town.
He often went into the mountain with his dog and his gun. He always slept on the ground all day. He didn’t want to go home and meet his wife.
One day, he dreamt a dream. He saw a little old man came into the mountain with a big bottle of wine. The old man was very tired. The man helped him and the old man gave him the wine. The man drank a lot and fell into a deep sleep.
He woke up after a long time. His gun and his dog could not be found. He got back home. But everything looked strange. He didn’t know anyone walking on the road. And he couldn’t find his home. The people didn’t know him, either. They thought he is a crazy man.
At last, a woman with a child came up to him. She said that she was his daughter and told him he had walked off in the mountain twenty years before and hadn’t been heard again.
The man suddenly knew: he had slept twenty years in the mountain!
dream v.做梦，梦 useless adj.无用的 Germany n.德国
ought v.应该 voice n.声音 safe adj.安全的
lazy adj.懒惰的 gun n.枪 wine n.酒
crazy adj.疯狂的 fantastic adj.奇怪的，怪异的
The Greedy Woman (Ⅰ)
An old fisherman lives

with his wife by the sea. They live in a small house.
One day the fisherman catches a beautiful fish. When he puts it into his basket, the fish speaks to him, “Please let me go, I’ll give you anything that you want.”
The fisherman is very surprised. But he puts the fish back into the water, for he is a kind man. Before the fish swims away, the old man says to it: “I want to have a new house that my wife and I can live in.”
“Go back then. Your wife is already in the new house.” says the fish. Then it disappears into the sea.
The fisherman goes back home. He sees his wife standing before a beautiful new house. They are happy for a week. But one day the wife says to is husband, “This house isn’t big enough for us now. Go down to the little fish and ask for a bigger one.”
“No,” says the fisherman, “he has already given us this new house. I can’t ask him for more.”
“You must go and ask him,” shouts his wife, “or there’ll be no dinner for you tonight.”
The poor fisherman has to come down to the sea. He calls the fish and tells him that his wife wants a bigger house.
“Go home then.” says the fish, “She is already in it.”
When the fisherman gets home. He finds his house has become a building, with trees surrounding it. In the front of it there is a big garden with beautiful flowers in it. His greedy wife is drinking tea in a big fine hall, and lots of servants are attending to her.
“Isn’t it a nice building?” the fisherman says to his wife. “We’ll be happy with this all our lives!”
greedy adj.贪心的 already adv.已经
disappear v.消失 surround v.环绕
attend v.照顾










The Greedy Woman (Ⅱ)
But the next morning, when the old fisherman is still in bed, his wife comes up to him and says, “Get up, get up! Go and tell the fish that I want to be the Queen of this land!”
“We’ve asked him for lots of things,” says the fisherman, “I can’t ask him for any more.”
But the wife becomes very angry. The fisherman has to go down to the sea and call the fish again.
“What does she want now?” asks the fish.
“She wants to be Queen.” the poor fisherman answers.
“Go back then,” says the fish, “She is Queen already.”
When the fisherman gets back, he finds himself in front of a palace. The glass windows of the palace are shining in the bright sunlight. He goes into it and sees his wife sitting in a golden chair. There are groups of servant around her. She is Queen now.
But the fisherman doesn’t have peace for long. The next morning, the wife comes up to him and asks him to go to the fish again.
“I want to be an empress.” the greedy old woman speaks to her husband.
“No,” the fisherman answers, “the fish has given us so much already. He’ll never give us anything more.”
“You must.” Cries the wife in a sharp voice. “I’m

Queen of the land. I order you to go. If you don’t, I’ll kill you!”
So once again the fisherman comes down to the sea, and once again calls the little fish.
“What does she want now?” asks the fish.
“The greedy woman wants to be an empress.” The old man says.
“Then go back to your broken house.” says the fish. “And tell your greedy wife that she has asked for too much!” Then the little fish disappears into the sea and never comes up again.
And up till now the fisherman and his greedy wife still live in that broken house.
sunlight n.阳光 bright adj.明亮的
group n.群 peace n.和平，宁静
empress n.女皇 sharp adj.尖锐的
order v.命令





Three Questions
In a large palace there lives a clever and beautiful Princess. Many Princes want to marry her. But the Princess says she will only marry the one who can answer her three questions.
Many Princes try to answer the three questions. But no one can do it.
One day a poor young man comes. He has no horse and no money, except a small dog follows him.
“My questions are for Princes,” says the Princess, “But if you think you’re clever enough to answer them, I will let you try. Do you want to try?”
“Yes, let me hear the three questions.”
“The first is: What is the smallest thing in the world?” the Princess asks.
“That’s easy,” the young man catches a flea from his dog. Then he shows it to the Princess, “Here it is.” he says.
“A flea?” the Princess smiles.
“Wait.” says the young man, “The smallest thing in the world is the flea that is on the back of this flea!”
“Well.” the Princess says, “That’s a very clever answer. Then, the second question is: What is the biggest thing in the world!”
“That’s easy, too. “The young man puts out his hand, “The biggest thing in the world is in my hand.”
“In your hand?” the Princess asks, “But there is nothing in your hand, nothing in your hand, nothing at all!”
The young man smiles, “There is air over the whole world, so air must be the biggest thing in the world!”
“Great!” the Princess cries, “The third question is: What is the most beautiful thing in the world?”
The young man takes out a mirror and gives it to the beautiful Princess. She looks in the mirror and sees herself.
“That is my answer,” the young man says.
The Princess begins to laugh, “Oh, clever young man, you’re best one of all.”
So the poor man wins the beautiful Princess’ heart and becomes her Prince.
except prep.除……之外 world n.世界
flea n.跳蚤 show v.出示，显示
back n.背 mirror n.镜子
win v.赢得
The Bear and Its Short Tail
One cold morning, a fox is walking on the road. He carries a heavy basket with lots fish. Soon he meets a bear.
“Good morning,” says he bear, “Hoe did you catch so m