乔治·华盛顿的故事

Washington was the first president of America.When he was aboy,he cut his father’s two cherry trees. His father returned and got very angry.He said tohimself,“If found out who cut my trees,I would give him a     

菩萨争肉(英文)

1.Once upon a time,there was an old man,who enshrined ( 祀奉 ) several Bodhisattvas at home.2.He would be away from home.Before going,he told his son to enshrine the Bodhisattvas with cooked meat.3.After his father left,the son ate the meat up,and had the Bodhisattvas broken. 4.When the old man came back,he was surprised at this,saying," Who has done it?" 5.The son said," They contended the meat,so they fought each other.As a result,they had their bodies smashed to p…     

STORIES

A John was the only son of a wealthy American businessman.Usually he was taken to school by the driver in his father's beautiful car before the driver took his father to the office.One evening father told him that he had to go to the airport early the next morning,so he would need the car in the time that John had to go to school.He said that John's mother,who had another car,would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house."Well,how shall I get to school if you need your car and Mum's still in bed?" John asked.     

字迹

Zhang could write very quickly and he thought he wasclever.But becuse his handwriting was so untidy all hisfriends laughed at him.One day he wrote a letter and thepaper was full of lines.It looked as if a spider had walkedall over it. He then asked his son to copy out the letter.But the soncould not read what his father had written.He held up theletter and said,“I’m sorry,father,but I can’t read this.What dothese words say?”     

完形填空练与析

During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father蒺s car to drive to a New Year蒺s Eve 1 to be held in Vermont. The father was 2 about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year蒺s Eve. The 3 that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.So he drove to Vermont, got completely 4 and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadbl…     

苹果、弓箭和自由

William Tell was an unlikely hero.When he and his small son walked from Burglen to Altdorf, they never imaqined they would qalvanize the idea of a free Switzerland.In fact,father and son went right by the pole with the hat on top.Who would expect Hermann Gessler,Austria's autocratic man in charge of Switzerland.to demand that people bow to his hat?     

What goes up...

A father was at the beach with his children when the tour-year-old son Fan up to him, grabbed hishand, and led him to a place on the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. "Daddy, what happenedto him?" the son asked. "He died and went to Heaven," the dad replied. The boy thought a moment as he and his father stood looking at the seagull. Finally the son said,"Why did God throw him back down?"     

The Elephant Did It!

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a cirus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, “I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!” Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.     

英语幽默(英文)

I, You and shePeter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: I, YOU and SHE. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those words. The teacher said, “I, I am your teacher;(then pointing to a girl) she, she is your classmate; you, you are my student.”When Peter went home, his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once, “I, I am your teacher;(then pointing to his mother)she, she is your classmate;you, you are my student. ”H…     

Stupid Orders

When Nasreddin was a boy,he never did what he was told,so his father always told him to do the opposite of what he wanted him to do.One day,when the two were bringing sacks of flour home on their donkeys,they had to cross a shallow river.When they were in the middle of it,one of the sacks on Nasreddin’s donkey began to slip,so his father said,"That sack is nearly in the water!Press down hard on it!"His father of course expected that he would do the opposite,but this time Nasreddin did what his     

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison was a famousAmerican scientist.When he was a child,he liked to find out how things worked.One day when he was five years old,his father found him sitting on the eggs.His father was surprised and asked why hedid so.He said that since a hen co…     

JOKE

<正>An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had noth-ing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles. "My money has finished and my friends have gone,"said the young man. “What will happen to me now?”     

WHO''''S AFRAID NOW?

A neighbor told us about a trip he took with his two -and-a-half-year-old son.It was the first time the father and the boy had been away by themselves. The first night they spent in a hotel, the father moved his bed close to the boys, and when they wer…     

完形填空专项练习

The Middleton Bank was robbed,and Detective PaulNichols was sent for.The bank 1 said.“The robberhad a long and ugly 2 on his fight cheek.”The manhappened to come into the bank and stood in 3 with theother customers.When he reached the window.however.he handed the bank clerk a piece of paper,saying,"Don’tsay anything or 4 anything,I have a gun and will use itif I have to.Put four thousand dollars in 5 and hand itto me.”6 he was not joking,the bank clerk did 7 as the robber wished.The man walked out of the bank.     

Jokes and Humour

Good IntentionsOne day a boy came to his teacher and said: “Teacher, Pa wants to know if you like roast pig.““I certainly do,“ said the teacher, “and you tell your father he is very kind to think of me.“Days passed, and nothing more was said about the roast pig.Finally the teacher said to the boy: “I     

开心一刻(英文)

TIGERA father and his small son werestanding in front of the tiger’s cage at thezoo.Father was explaining how ferocious(凶猛的)and strong tigers are,and junior(年少者,晚辈,这里指儿子)was taking it allin with a serious expression.“Dad,”the boy said finally,“if the tigergot out of his cage and ate you up…”“Yes,son?”the father said expectantly(期待地).“What bus should I take home?”theboy finished.     

A Lazy Boy

Bill is a schoolboy.He is ten.But he is lazy(懒惰的).He doesn’t like to do any work.He doesn’tstudy hard at school.His parents are doctors,theywant their son to be a doctor after he grows up.Butone day Bill said to his father,“When I finishschool.I want to be a cleaner.”     

一位母亲的诉求

After his father's death,the son left his mother at an old age home.The son used to visit her sometimes. One day,he received a phone call from the old age home.On the other side of the call was his mother.In a very serious 1)tone she said,"Please come to visit." The son went and saw that his mother was very serious.     

天堂之路

A man is waiting for wife to give birth. The doctor comes in and informs the dad that his son was born without torso, arms or legs. The son is just a head! But the dad loves his son and raises him as well as he can, with love and compassion. After 21 years,the son is old enough for his first drink. Dad takes him to the barand tearfully tells the son he is proud of him. Dad orders up the biggest, strongest drink for his boy. With all the bar patrons looking on curiously and the bartender shaking his head in disbelief,the boy takes his first sip of alcohol. Swoooop! A torso pops out!The bar is dead silent; then bursts into a whoop of joy. The father,shocked, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant "Take another drink"! The bartender still shakes his head in dismay. Swoooop! Twoarms pops out. The bar goes wild. The father, crying and wailing,begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant "Take another drink"!     

If I hadn''''t lost my money…

One day my father went to Baiquan.On hisway to the bus stop,he saw an about ten-year-oldchild crying by the road.Then my father went tohim and asked why he was crying.He answeredthat he lost the money that his mother gave himfor a new pen.Then my father said,“Don’t cryany more.I’ll give you the money as much as youlost.”