英語小故事

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　　3 Perfect Match

　　A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase. Several painters try to mix the colour right,but none comes close enough to satisfy the woman.

　　Eventually,a painter comes. He is confident that he can mix the proper colour. The woman is pleased with the result,and the painter becomes famous.

　　Years later,he retires and turns the business over to his son. ”Dad,”asks the son,”there’s something I've got to know. How did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly?"

　　"Son,” the father replies,"I painted the vase."

　　一個有錢的婦人感到非常驕傲，因為她有一只值錢的.古董花瓶，她決定把她的臥室漆成和花瓶一樣的顏色。好幾個油漆匠試圖調出正確的顏色，但是沒有一個人調出的顏色能讓婦人滿意。

　　最后，來了一個油漆匠。他很有信心可以調出合適的顏色。果然婦人對最終的效果感到滿意，漆匠也因此成名。

　　幾年后，漆匠退休了，他把生意交給了兒子。“爸爸，”兒子問，“有件事我想知道。你是如何調配出和花瓶一樣的顏色的？” “兒子，”父親回答，“我把花瓶也一起漆了。”

　　Who have a valuable antique vase？

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　　5 A Joke— “I stand corrected”

　　I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me,so I suggested he see a doctor,and have his legs checked out. For years,he refused and told me I was crazy,but last week,he finally went. Sure enough,the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right.

　　A quick bit of surgery later,he was cured,and both legs are exactly the same length now,and he no longer leans. “So,”I said,”You didn’t believe me when I told you a doctor.

　　笑話——“我誠懇認錯"

　　我有一個朋友，他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。這個問題曾經非常困擾我，所以我建議他去看醫生，檢查一下他的腿。幾年來，他總是不聽我的建議，還說我不正常，但是上星期，他終于去看了醫生。果真，醫生發現他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一個很快的'小手術后，他康復了，現在他的兩條腿完全一樣長了，他也不再傾斜了。“你看，”我說，“那時我告訴你醫生可以治好你的腿時你還不相信我呢。”他看著我說：“我認錯了。”

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　　4 A Barbecue

　　When I was a child,I once went camping with my family in the summer. We decided to make a barbecue in the valley. So we collected some tree sticks to make a fire. My father asked me if I could try to make a fire. I was glad to take the job. Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match,but produced only smoke. Then my father said,”That's not the right way.

　　I’ll show you how to do it. First use the small pieces of wood because they catch fire easily. Then put the larger ones on top of them.”My father helped me make a big fire.

　　燒烤

　　當我還是小孩子的時候，一年夏天我們全家去野營。我們決定在山谷中燒烤，所以我們撿來了一些樹枝生火。父親問我愿不愿意嘗試著生火，我很高興地承擔了這項任務。我試著用火柴把木頭點燃，但結果都是煙。父親說：“這樣做不對。我來教你如何生火。先用小片的木頭，因為它們容易點燃，然后把大些的'放在它們上面。”父親幫我點起了旺旺的火。

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　　2 Detective Work

　　A bank robber stole a lot of money. He was caught and sent to prison,but the money was never found. When he came out of prison,they watched him to see what he would do. Here is the detective,reporting to the inspector. ”Yes,sir,I found Johnny . I followed him all around the town,but frankly,I couldn't make anything out of what he bought. Here’s the list."

　　shirt,heavy crowbar,box of chocolates,shovel,heavy hammer,bunch of flowers .The inspector said,”Good. That helps me a lot. Do you remember how we watched him helping his neighbour,old Mrs. Judson to cover her backyard with cement?

　　偵探工作

　　一個盜賊從銀行偷了很多錢。他被抓住送到監獄，但是錢沒找到。

　　當他從監獄出來時，他被監視，看他會做什么。這不，偵探正向檢察官報告：“是的，先生，我發現了強尼。阿米塔基，我跟著他轉遍了全鎮，但坦白說，我不能鐵錘、一束花。

　　檢察官說：“好，這對我很有幫助。你還記得我們看到他是怎么幫他的`鄰居，賈德森老太太用水泥鋪院子的嗎？"

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　　6 Making a Kite

　　One day,Paula and Richard decided to make a kite. First they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a cross. Then they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together.

　　Then,they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued and tied a long string to the centre of the kite. On the next windy day,they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.

　　做一個風箏

　　一天，保羅和理查德決定做一個風箏。首先，他們出門找了兩根一樣長的直木棍。他們把木棍帶回家，用一根繩子把它們綁成十字形。然后他們又拿了些繩子，把木棍的四個頂端連在一起。然后，他們把一些顏色鮮艷的紙涂上膠水，粘在風箏的框架上。他們將紙做的'尾巴粘在一角，在風箏中間系上一根長繩。在接下來的一個有風的日子里，他們就在家附近的小山上放風箏了。

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　　1 Dogs

　　People often say that a dog is man’s best friend. Over thousands of years,man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guarding the home. For example,sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep.

　　Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries. A guide dog can lead its blind owner. Nowadays,dogs can be taught to turn on light switches,open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled owners. For the majority of people,however,dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.

　　狗

　　人們總是說狗是人類最好的朋友。幾千年來，除了看家外，人類還教會了狗去做許多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制數百只羊的羊群而出名。

　　狗用來幫助殘疾人已有好幾個世紀了。導盲犬可以為盲主人引路。現在，人們還教狗為殘疾主人打開電燈、開冰箱和撥電話。然而，對于大多數人來說，狗只是家里老人和孩子們的'寵物和朋友。

　　Who is man's best friend？

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