Our Hoe Is Gone

Once upon a time,there lived a farmer.One day the farmer returnedhome from the fields.“I've come back for lunch!”he shouted to his wifeloudly.“Where is our hoe(锄头)?”his wife asked him,seeing there wasnothing in his hand.“I put it in the field.”he said still louder to his wife.     

非常可乐

Counting The Pigs One day a farmer, who had twenty pigs, sent his son to count them and see if they were all there. After a while, the boy came back slowly. "Well,"said his father,"are they all right?"     

Three Little Pigs

Scene I Once upon a time there was a mother pig. She had three little pigs. The three little pigs soon grew big and their mother sent them out to seek their fortune. Then the three little pigs set off. Soon they met a farmer. He was carrying some straw.     

A Farmer

A man is driving down a country road,when he sees a farmer stand-ing in the middle of a huge field of grass.He drives the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there,doing nothing,looking at nothing.The man gets out of the car,walks all the way out to the farmer and asks him,“Ah,excuse me mister,but what are you doing?”The farmer replies,“I'm trying to win a Nobel Prize(诺贝尔奖).”“How?”asks the man,puzzled(迷惑不解).“Well,I heard they give the…     

20只猫与一个猫碗(英文)

A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl. It looked veryold. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner of the cat , was lying besidethe bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in bowl. So he said to him softly, “What anice cat you have? Will you sell it to me?”“How much will you give me for the cat?”the farmer opened his eyes and asked.“Twenty dollars. Would t…     

Three Fingers Of Patience

<正>每个人都希望成功,每个人都想找到打开成功大门的钥匙,但成功的道路不是一帆风顺的,有很多时候需要有足够的耐心和意志力,不能浅尝辄止。Once there was a farmer with his wife and children living a happy life by earning from their own land in a village. The family planted the crops in spring, and harvested the crops in autumn. The only issue（问题）faced by the farmer was a lack of water for the fields. After discussing with his family, the farmer decided to dig a well near his land.     

A Farmer’s Experience

A farmer went to town to sell his vegetables. But it was snowing1 afternoon, and there 2 few people in the street. So whenhis vegetables were sold out, it was dark. 3 his way home, hesaw a man 4 in the snow. He put his basket 5 and was go-     

Who Was the Boss?

1.Peter tom one of his fi'iemlsthat he was out of work. “Whv didn’t the boss(老饭)let you work there?”said his friendin sm33rise(惊奇). 2.“Oh.”answerelj Peter.“t{【)you know what he usuall.y dot,∥He just stands there with his hanf i、in his pockets and only wat(、hes hi-men working.”Who Was the Boss?@姜红伟 @刘碧群…     

A Bad Farmer

There was once a farmer.He lived nearthe road.It was not a busy road,but fromtime to time,ears passed his farm. Near the farm gate,there was a largehole in the road.This hole was always full of     

Humours

ⅠAn Englishman lost his way when he was driving in the country (农村).He saw a farmer working in the field nearby,so he stopped his car and asked the farmer,"Excuse me,can you tell me where I am?     

Whose Horse Is It?

Once there was an old farmer who had a white horse.He often rode on his horse to a town.But one day,the horse was lost.He looked for it everywhere,but couldn't find it.     

开心一刻(英文)

Fear of Heights A: I have a fear of heights. I never even once enjoyed the views from the plane window. B: I'm even worse. I dare not look out of the window when the plane is still on the runway. A: That's terrible. But I'm even hopeless. I get dizzy whenever I catch sight of an airmail envelope. Where Am I? Once an Englishman lost his way when he was driving in the country. He saw a farmer working in the field nearby, so he stopped his car and asked the farmer, "Excuse me, could you tell me where I am, please?" "Yes", the farmer looked at him and said, "you are in your car, sir. "     

The Laziest Man on the Farm

A farmer had ten em ployees on his farm,and none of them w as asenergetic as the farm er thought he should be. He hitupon a plan whichhe believed would cure them of their lazy habits.“Men,”he said one m orning,“I have a nice,easy job for the lazi-estm an on the farm .W ill the laziestm an step forward?”Instantly nine ofthe m en stepped forward.“Why don'tyou step to the frontw ith the rest?”the farm er inquiredofthe rem aining one.“Too m uch trouble,”cam e the reply.The Laziest Man o…     

英语短文阅读专练(英文)

A There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm. Near the farm gate, there was a large hole (洞) in the road. This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep ( 深的) the hole was. They thought it was not very deep. Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out be- cause it was so deep. The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching t…     

Who＇s wrong？

Once, a baker（面包师） bought some butter from a farmer. The bak-er decided to weigh the butter. To his surprise, the butter wasn＇t enough. So he took the farmer to court（法庭）.     

幽默故事四则

A retiring farmer in preparation for selling his land,needed to rid his farm of animals.Sohe went to every house in his town.To thehouses where the man is the boss,he gave ahorse.To the houses     

喜剧地带(英文)

<正>Airplane RideA farmer and his wife went to a fair. The farmer was fascinated by the airplanes and asked a pilot how much a ride would cost. "$10 for 3 minutes," replied the pilot. "That’s too much," said the farmer.     

Comments on R·Frost’s After Apple-Picking

Robert Frost once said that a poet“speaks in parables and in hints and inindirections,”for“poetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thingand meaning another.”In After Apple-Picking,one of his best-known poems,Frost again speaks indirectly,in parrables and hints;he is not just talkingabout apple-picking when he says“But I am done with apple-picking now.”What he actually hints is that the“I”(herein indicates the farmer)has justbeen through with his struggle against nature and life.     

脑筋转转转(英文)

1. How can a hat talk?2. What is smaller than an insect's mouth?3. What season is the most dangerous one?4. What kind of man can raisethings without lifting them?Keys: #1. Add the letter C and you make it chat. 2. Anything it eats. 3. Autumn. Because it is also fall. 4. A farmer. He can raise pigs, chickens and so on without lifting them.     

阅读理解精选

AA man went to buy a piece of meat.He askedthe butcher(屠夫 ) to tell him the way of cooking itbecause he didn't know how to cook meat.Thebutcher told him how to cook it.“But I can't remember your words,”the mansaid,“Will you please write your words down forme?”Thebutcher was a good man and he wrotehiswords down for the man.The man went homehappily with the meat in his hand and the note(便条 ) in his pocket.A dog saw the meat,jumped athim and took the meataway.The man stood there.He did…