一捆棍子

A n old m an had m any sons, w how ere often quarreling. A s the end ofhis life drew near, the old m an calledthem all to him and show ed them abundle ofsticks tied tightly together. “N ow , ”said the father, “see if you canbreak this bundle ofsticks.” Each of the sons in turn took the bundleand tried w ith allhis m ight to break it, butcould not. W hen allhad tried and given it up, thefather said, “U ntie the bundle, and each of youtake a stick and see if you can break that. ”Theyalldi…     

快速阅读(英文)

A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations,he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion;and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the fagot into the hands of each of them in succession,and ordered them to break it     

伊索寓言:父亲和孩子们

正Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves.When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations,he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion;and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks.When they had done so,     

笑话(英文)

An old lady who lived in a village went into town one Saturday, and after she had bought fruit and vegetables in the market for herself and for a friend who was ill, she went into a shop which sold glasses. She tried one pair of glasses, and then another pair and another, but none of them seemed to be right. The shopkeeper was a very patient man, and after some time he said to the old lady, "Now, don't worry, madam.     

The Will

Once there was an old man. He had three sons and seventeen horses. One day he told his sons, "I have written my will. I'm going to leave my horses to you. But you must share them."     

Noah''''s Ark

This is the story of Noah.Noah was a righteous man,the one blameless man of his time; he walked with God.He had three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. Now Godsaw that the whole world was corrupt and full of violence.In his sight the world had become corrupted, for all menhad lived corrupt lives on earth. God said to Noah, "Theloathsomeness of all mankind has become plain to me, forthrough them the earth is full of violence. I intend todestroy them, and the earth with them. Make yourself anark…     

Where is rice from?

A rich man in the Qi Kingdom had two silly sons, but the rich man loved his sons very much and they were the apples of his eye. One day, a man named Ai Zi said to the rich man, "Your sons are so stupid and know nothing about the world. How can they take y…     

A Bundle of Sticks

Once a man had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with oncanother.He was always telling them how much easier life would be if theyworked together but they took absolutely no notice of what he said. One day he called all his sons together and put a tightly tied bundle     

A Real Lion

A young lion came to a small zoo in Europe.In the next cage wasa tired,old lion,which did nothing except lie about and sleep.'Lionsought not to behave like that!' the young lion said to himself, so he roaredat all the visitors and tried to break the bars of the cage. At three o'clock a man brought a big piece of meat and put it in     

I Call Him Tom

A man wanted to sell his old horse, so he took him to the market. Because the horse was old, nobody wanted to buy him, but at last a young man stopped in front of him and said, "How old is he?" "He is twenty-one years old," said the older man. "Ho…     

三兄弟学本领

从前,在一个村子里住着一位老人,他有三个儿子。他们靠种地为生。他们过着艰难的生活。1.Once upon a tim e,there lived anold man in a village.He had three sons.They made a living by farming.They lived ahard life.秋天到了,村里的一个财主来到他们家抢走了他们的粮食,抓走了老人,还将三兄弟赶出门。2.When the autumn came,a rich manin the village came to the poor house and robbed them of their grain,took the old man away by force and even drove the three brothers out of their house.三兄弟想求人帮忙。他们遇到一…     

Two Lies

Once there lived an old man. He liked listening to lies. He said, ＂Any man who can tell me two lies can marry my only daughter.＂ So a lot of young men in the country came to his house. But he said to all of them, ＂I＇m not pleased with your lies. I wouldn＇t give my daughter to any of you.＂ One day, a young man said, ＂It will be hot in the summer, so you should go out now and dig a big hole under the street. When the hot summer weather comes, you Will sell the cool air from the hole and get a lot of money.＂ ＂Oh, what a wonderful lie!＂ answered the old man.     

短文改错强化训练四篇(英文)

1An old lady went shop last Wednesday. She came to a bank and saw a car near the door. The man got out and went into the bank. She saw into the car. The keys were on the lock. The old lady took the keys and following the man into the bank. The man took a gun out of the pocket and said to the clerk. "Give me all money!"And the old lady did not see this. She went out to the man, put the keys in his hand and said,"Young man,you' re stupid! Never you leave your keys in your car:some is going t…     

FUNNY STORIES

The Ol d Man’s Last Wordswho had three sons.Calling them together,hesaid,“Sons,my end is near.To my eldest sonI give half my camels,to my second one thirdand to my youngest one ninth.”Soon afterthese words he died.Now the old man left seventeen camels     

FUNNY STORIES

The Old Man's Last Words Once upon a time there was an old man who had three sons.Calling them together,he said,"Sons,my end is near.To my eldest son I give half my camels,to my second one third and to my youngest one ninth." Soon after these words he died.     

英语乐园

Noah’s Ark 诺亚方舟God drove Adam an Eve out of the Garden of Eden.Soon.Adam and Eve had sons and daughters,and their sons and daughters had their sons and daughters, the sons and daughters of the sons’and daughters’…At that time,man became very bad.Seeing men’s sin,God said,“All men must die in the Great Flood,only Noah can be an exception for he is a good man.”     

STORIES ABOUT FAMOUS PERSONS

A story About Mozart One day Mozart saw an old man playing the violin at the street corner.He found that the old man was playing one of his compositions (乐曲).The old man played for some time,but the cap in front of him was still empty-nobody put any money into the cap.Mozart asked the old man," Do you often play compositions by Mozart?" The old man answered." Now everybody knows Mozart and likes his compositions.""Do you make a living by playing the violin?" The old man said he did.Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play.     

A Bad Impression

Six people were travelling in a compartment on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers. At last this young man got off at a station with his two heavy bags. None of the other passengers helped him, but one of them waited until the rude young man was very far away and then opened the window and shouted to him, "You left something behind in the compartment!" Then he closed the window again. Th…     

Samson:A Vivid Reflection of Milton

Milton,a great English poet,was a whole man,integrated in both his art and his moral.He prepared himself for many years to create some famous religious poems.Samson Agonistes,the last great creation of his old age,was one of them.Samson was an ancient Israeli hero of the Old Testament.Milton and Samson have a lot in common.This thesis is trying to analyze the similarities between the Milton and Samson from three aspects.Namely,they have the same unhappy marriage.Both of them came to know more about life through bitter experiences and were blind in the later part of their lives with strong determinations to destroy their enemies.     

How much will you give me for it?

Once a man named Grant found a box of old papers in a room at the top of his house. He 1 most of them, for he did not like old things very much. But one of these papers was an old 2 At the bottom of it was the name of a well-known writer. "When this letter was written," said Grant, " 3 knew about the writer. But now everyone knows him. Some people like to buy letters