非常適合兒童的英語(yǔ)簡(jiǎn)單的小故事大全

1/22非常適合兒童的英語(yǔ)簡(jiǎn)單的小故事大全(共16篇)目錄英語(yǔ)故事：A French Traveler英語(yǔ)故事：The Dog and His Shadow英語(yǔ)故事：瘋狂的萬(wàn)圣節(jié)英語(yǔ)故事少兒英語(yǔ)故事：金色的羊毛英語(yǔ)故事聰明的兔子英語(yǔ)故事：烏鴉與狐貍英語(yǔ)故事：狼來(lái)了-伊索寓言少兒英語(yǔ)故事小金魚(yú)少兒英語(yǔ)故事：點(diǎn)金術(shù)英語(yǔ)故事：四只老鼠少兒英語(yǔ)故事:牙齒仙女英語(yǔ)故事：小馬過(guò)河少兒英語(yǔ)故事：The Moon and The Well英語(yǔ)故事：生金蛋的鵝英語(yǔ)故事：井底之蛙2/22英語(yǔ)故事：A French Traveler這位法國(guó)人說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)實(shí)在不敢恭維;但他能利用極之有限的幾個(gè)單詞，解脫了困境，其急智與機(jī)巧令人嘆服。A Frenchman was once traveling in England . He could speak English quitewell but not perfectly. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large.One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to ordersome eggs. But he couldnt remember the word for eggs.Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. Heimmediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.The Frenchman then asked what the roosters wife was called.The waiter told him that she was called a hen.The Frenchman then asked what the hens children were called.The waiter told him that they were chickens.The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they wereborn.The waiter told him they were called eggs.Fine! said the Frenchman. Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee.l.perfectly 熟練地2. vocabulary 個(gè)人所使用的詞匯量 (集合名詞，單數(shù)概念.)3. rooster 公雞(美國(guó)英語(yǔ)，同cock.)4bird 此處泛指禽類(lèi)。3/22英語(yǔ)故事：The Dog and His Shadow少兒英語(yǔ)故事：It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted toeat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadowin the water.一只狗叼著肉打算回家去吃。在回家的路上他遇到一條河。他朝河里望去，看見(jiàn)水中自己的影子。Just look!said he to himself. That dog down there hassome meat, too. If I could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!“看吶！”他自言自語(yǔ)道?！跋旅婺菞l狗也銜著肉呢。如果我把他的搶走，今晚上一定可以美餐一頓了！”With this thought, he made a snap at the other dogsmeat. And as he did, his own meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing atall.這么想著，他就沖那只影子狗咬去，這時(shí)候他自己的肉掉進(jìn)了水里。當(dāng)然他什么也沒(méi)有得到。Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too.That is as it should be!?thought he. For I saw him trying to take my meat awayfrom me.然后，他看到另一只狗的肉也沒(méi)了。“活該！”他想，“因?yàn)槲铱吹剿霃奈疫@里搶走我的肉?！盉y wanting to have everything, he has lost everything hehad!什么都想要，卻失去了原來(lái)所擁有的！4/22英語(yǔ)故事：瘋狂的萬(wàn)圣節(jié)5/22英語(yǔ)故事After the stealing of fire,Zeus became increasingly unkind to men.One day heordered his son Hephaestus to build an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay.Hethen asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts.Acharming young lady,she was the first woman that ever lived.Zeus called herPandora.Because she had received from each of the gods and goddesses a gift.Thegift was harmful to men.偷竊天火之后，宙斯對(duì)人類(lèi)的敵意與日俱增。一天，他令兒子赫菲斯托斯用泥塑一美女像，并請(qǐng)眾神贈(zèng)予她不同的禮物。世上的第一個(gè)女人是位迷人女郎，因?yàn)樗龔拿课簧耢`那里得到了一樣對(duì)男人有害的禮物，因此宙斯稱(chēng)她為潘多拉。Zeus decided to send her down to men as a present.So Hermes them essenger broughther to Epimetheus,brother of Prometheus.The greatness of her beauty touched thehearts of all who looked upon her,and Epimetheus happily received her into hishouse.He had quite forgotten Pometheus warning:never to accept anything fromZeus.宙斯決定把她作為禮物送給世間的男子。于是信使赫耳墨斯將她帶給普羅米修斯的弟弟厄庇墨透斯。她姿容絕美，見(jiàn)者無(wú)不為之傾心。厄庇墨透斯興高采烈地把她迎入屋內(nèi)。普羅米修斯警告過(guò)他不得接受宙斯的任何饋贈(zèng)，而他已將之忘于腦后。這一對(duì)夫妻有過(guò)一段幸福的生活，但不久災(zāi)難卻降臨人間。When he was busy with teaching men the art of living,Prometheus had left a bigcaskin the care of Epimetheus.He had warned his brother not to open the lid.Pandorawas a curious woman.She had been feeling very disappointed that her husband didnot allow her to take a look at the contents of the cask.One day,when Epimetheuswas out,she lifted the lid and out it came unrest and war,Plague andsickness,theft and violence,grief,sorrow,and all the other evils.The human worldwas hence to experience these evils.Only hope stayed within the mouth of the jarand never flew out.So men always have hope within their hearts.當(dāng)普羅米修斯忙于教授人們生存之道的時(shí)候，他把一個(gè)桶托付給厄庇墨透斯。他警告過(guò)他的弟弟不要打開(kāi)桶蓋。潘多拉好奇心強(qiáng)。她的丈夫不允許她看桶中之物，這使她感到十分懊惱。一天乘厄庇墨透斯出門(mén)在外，她打開(kāi)桶蓋，從桶里跑出的是不和與戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，瘟疫與疾病，偷竊與暴力，悲哀與憂慮，以及其他一些人類(lèi)從此要遭受的不幸。只有希望被關(guān)在桶口，永遠(yuǎn)飛不出來(lái)，因此人們常常把希望藏于心中。6/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事：金色的羊毛The Golden Fleeceking athamus of northern GREece had two children， phrixus and helleafter heleft his first wife and mar ried ino，a wicked woman，the two children receivedall the cruel treatment that a stepmother could devise ，at one timethe kingdomwas ruined by a famineino persuaded her credulous husband into believing thathis son，phrixus，was the actual cause of the disaster，and should be sacrificedto zeus to enditthe poor boy was then placed on the altar and was about tobeknifed when a ram with golden fleece was sent down by thegods and carried off thetwo children on its backas they flew over the strait that divides asia fromeurope，helle，faint at the vast expanse of water below ，fell into the sea andwas drownedthus the sea of helle，hellespont，became the ancient name of thestrip of waterher brother kept on and arrived in colchis on the eastern shore ofthe black seathere he sacrificed the ram to zeus and gave its golden fleece toking aeetes，who nailed it on a sacred tree and put a sleepless dragon in charge希臘北部國(guó)王阿塔瑪斯有兩個(gè)孩子，法瑞克斯和赫勒。當(dāng)國(guó)王離開(kāi)第一個(gè)妻子和一個(gè)名叫伊諾的壞女人結(jié)婚后，兩個(gè)孩子受到后母殘忍虐待，整個(gè)王國(guó)也受到毀滅性瘟疫的侵襲。伊諾在愛(ài)輕信的丈夫耳邊進(jìn)讒言，終于使國(guó)王相信：他的兒子法瑞克斯是這次災(zāi)害的罪魁禍?zhǔn)?，并要將他獻(xiàn)給宙斯以結(jié)束瘟疫。可憐的孩子被推上了祭壇，將要被處死。正在此時(shí)，上帝派了一只渾身上下長(zhǎng)著金色羊毛的公羊來(lái)將兩個(gè)孩子馱在背上帶走了。當(dāng)他們飛過(guò)隔開(kāi)歐洲和亞洲的海峽時(shí)，赫勒由于看到浩瀚的海洋而頭暈?zāi)垦＃罱K掉進(jìn)大海淹死了。這片海洋古時(shí)候的名稱(chēng)叫赫勒之海，赫勒拉旁海峽便由此而來(lái)。金色公羊馱著法瑞克斯繼續(xù)向前飛去，來(lái)到了黑海東岸的科爾契斯。在那里，法瑞克斯將公羊獻(xiàn)給了宙斯；而將金羊毛送給了埃厄忒斯國(guó)王。國(guó)王將羊毛釘在一棵圣樹(shù)上，并派了一條不睡覺(jué)的龍負(fù)責(zé)看護(hù)。7/22英語(yǔ)故事聰明的兔子這篇英語(yǔ)故事聰明的兔子告訴我們：不要被假象迷惑，凡事多多求證才能防患于未然。The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasnt easy tocatch him.狼和狐貍想要吃掉兔子，但是這只兔子太難抓到了。One day the wolf said to the fox, You go home and lie in bed. Illtell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you, you can jump upand catch him. Thats a good idea, said the fox.一天，狼對(duì)狐貍說(shuō)：“你回家假裝躺在床上。我去告訴兔子你已經(jīng)死了。當(dāng)他來(lái)看你的時(shí)候，你就可以跳起來(lái)抓住他了?！薄罢媸莻€(gè)好主意！”狐貍說(shuō)。He went home at once. The wolf went to the rabbits house and knockedat the door. Who is it? asked the rabbit. Its the wolf. Ive come to tell youthat the fox is dead. Then the wolf went away.于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲門(mén)，“是誰(shuí)??？”兔子問(wèn)道?！袄?，我是來(lái)告訴你狐貍已經(jīng)死了?！闭f(shuō)完狼就走開(kāi)了。The rabbit went to the foxs house. He looked in through the window andsaw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed. He thought, Is the fox really deador is he pretending to be dead? If hes not dead, hell catch me when I go nearhim. so he said, The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesnt look like adead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open. When the fox heard this, hethought, Ill show him that Im dead. So he opened his mouth.兔子去狐貍家看情況。他通過(guò)狐貍家的窗戶看到閉著眼睛的狐貍躺在床上。他想，狐貍是真的死了，還是在假裝呢？如果他沒(méi)有死，那么我走近他就會(huì)被他抓住。于是他說(shuō)：“狼說(shuō)狐貍死了。但是他看起來(lái)并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐貍通常都是張著嘴的?！焙偮?tīng)到這些話就想：我得證明自己是真的死了。于是他張開(kāi)了嘴巴。8/22The rabbit knew that the fox wasnt dead, and he ran as quickly as hecould.這時(shí)兔子知道狐貍并沒(méi)有死，他就以最快的速度跑開(kāi)啦。9/22英語(yǔ)故事：烏鴉與狐貍適當(dāng)?shù)馁澝溃_實(shí)是促進(jìn)人際關(guān)系和諧的潤(rùn)滑劑，但那些令人聽(tīng)了肉麻的阿庾奉承，則只會(huì)迅速地暴露出一個(gè)人的不良企圖，我們要謹(jǐn)慎對(duì)待無(wú)端恭維自己的人，看清他們的真面目。English story：The fox and crowOne day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with themeat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowedand eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said tothe crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crowsbeautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon asthe meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.有一天,一只烏鴉嘴里叼著一片肉，非常高興的站在樹(shù)枝上自己的窩旁。這時(shí)候，一只狐貍看見(jiàn)了，饞得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，無(wú)論狐貍說(shuō)什么，烏鴉就是不理睬狐貍。最后，狐貍便贊美烏鴉的嗓音最優(yōu)美，并請(qǐng)求烏鴉唱幾句讓他欣賞。烏鴉聽(tīng)了狐貍的奉承話得意極了，就真的唱起歌來(lái)。沒(méi)想到，它一開(kāi)口肉就掉了下來(lái)，狐貍叼起肉鉆回了自己的洞。10/22英語(yǔ)故事：狼來(lái)了-伊索寓言伊索寓言-狼來(lái)了說(shuō)謊是一種不好的行為，它既不尊重別人，也會(huì)失去別人對(duì)自己的信任。我們應(yīng)該培養(yǎng)誠(chéng)懇待人的良好品質(zhì)。你聽(tīng)過(guò)狼來(lái)了的故事嗎？Long long ago, there was a shepherd boy who grazed sheep on a hill everyday.One day the boy felt a little lonely and wanted to make fun of the farmerslaboring at the foot of the hill. So he climbed up a big stone, and shouted:wolves have come! wolves have come! In a minute, the farmers came only to findthere were no wolves at all. Seeing the farmers were taken in, the boy laughed andsaid, I am just joking, Dont take it seriously. Then the farmers shook theirhead and left.A few days later, the farmers heard the boy shout again. So they ranup the hill and found that they were cheated again. Another day, several wolvesreally came. The boy was frightened and cried out: help! Wolves have come!”But this time, no one came.從前，有個(gè)放羊娃，每天都去山上放羊。一天，他覺(jué)得十分無(wú)聊，就想了個(gè)捉弄大家尋開(kāi)心的主意。他向著山下正在種田的農(nóng)夫們大聲喊：“狼來(lái)了！狼來(lái)了！救命??！”農(nóng)夫們聽(tīng)到喊聲急忙拿著鋤頭和鐮刀往山上跑，他們邊跑邊喊：“不要怕，孩子，我們來(lái)幫你打惡狼！”農(nóng)夫們氣喘吁吁地趕到山上一看，連狼的影子也沒(méi)有！放羊娃哈哈大笑：“真有意思，你們上當(dāng)了！”農(nóng)夫們生氣地走了。第二天，放羊娃故伎重演，善良的農(nóng)夫們又沖上來(lái)幫他打狼，可還是沒(méi)有見(jiàn)到狼的影子。放羊娃笑得直不起腰：“哈哈！你們又上當(dāng)了！哈哈！”大伙兒對(duì)放羊娃一而再再而三地說(shuō)謊十分生氣，從此再也不相信他的話了。過(guò)了幾天，狼真的來(lái)了，一下子闖進(jìn)了羊群。放羊娃害怕極了，拼命地向農(nóng)夫們喊：“狼來(lái)了！狼來(lái)了！快救命呀！狼真的來(lái)了！”農(nóng)夫們聽(tīng)到他的喊聲，以為他又在說(shuō)謊，大家都不理睬他，沒(méi)有人去幫他，結(jié)果放羊娃的許多羊都被狼咬死了。相關(guān)內(nèi)容：11/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事小金魚(yú)I have nine little goldfish .Eight goldfish are all orange and one isblack .I like the black one best. We call it Xiao Hei .Its body is black .It hastwo big and round eyes, a small mouth ,and a big tail. Though its very small ,itswims fast .I often feed them and change water for them. We are good friends .我有九條小金魚(yú)。八條金魚(yú)都是桔黃色的，只有一條是黑的。我最喜歡那條黑的。我們叫它小黑。它全身都是黑色的。它有兩只又大又圓的眼睛，一張小嘴和一條大尾巴。盡管它非常小，但它卻游得很快。我常常去喂它們，給它們換水。我們是好朋友。12/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事：點(diǎn)金術(shù)Midas，son of the GREat goddess of ida，by a hero whosename is notremembered ，was a pleasureloving king of macedonian bromium，where he ruled overthe brigians and planted his famous rose gardens彌達(dá)斯是伊達(dá)山大女神和一位姓名不詳?shù)挠⑿鄣膬鹤?。他是馬其頓勃洛彌恩的好尋歡作樂(lè)的國(guó)王。他統(tǒng)治勃里癸亞人民，種植聞名遐邇的玫瑰花。One day，the old hero silenus，dionysus former teacher，happened tostraggle from the main body of the dionysian army as it marched out of thrace intoboeotia，and was found sleeping and drunken in the rose gardensthe gardenerstied him and ledhim before midas，to whom he told wonderful tales of a bigcontinent lying beyond the oceans stream altogether separatefrom the unitedmass of europe，asia，or africawhere gigantic，happy，and longlived peoplelived in splendid cities，enjoying a wonderful law systemmidas，delighted withsilenus fictions，entertained him for five days and nights，and then ordered aguide to lead him to dionysus headquarters一天，狄俄尼索斯酒神和追隨者從色雷斯出發(fā)去維奧蒂亞。狄俄尼索斯以前的老師森林之神老西勒諾斯不巧跟隊(duì)伍走散了。他喝得醉醺醺的，躺在彌達(dá)斯的花園里酣然大睡。園丁發(fā)現(xiàn)了他，把他捆起來(lái)領(lǐng)去見(jiàn)彌達(dá)斯。他給彌達(dá)斯講述有關(guān)大洋河彼岸的、與連成一片的歐羅巴、亞細(xì)亞或阿非利加完全脫離的一個(gè)大洲的奇妙的故事。大洲上座落著神奇的城市，居住著身材高大、幸福而長(zhǎng)壽的人民，擁有值得贊頌的法律制度。西勒諾斯的故事使彌達(dá)斯聽(tīng)得欣喜若狂。他盛情款待老山神五天五夜，然后派向?qū)ёo(hù)送他回到狄俄尼索斯的大本營(yíng)。Dionysus，who had been worrying about silenus，sent toask how midaswished to be rewardedhe replied without hesitation：please turn all i touchinto gold however，not onlystones，flowers，and the furnishings of his houseturned to gold but，when he sat down to table，so did the food he ate and thewater he drank midas soon begged to be freed from his wish，because he was fastdying of hunger and thirsthighlyamused ，dionysus told him to visit the sourceof the river pactolus and there wash himselfhe obeyed，and was at oncefreed fromthe golden touch，but the sands of the river pactolusare bright with gold to thisday狄俄尼索斯一直在為西勒諾斯擔(dān)心。現(xiàn)在，他派人問(wèn)彌達(dá)斯有什么要求，他應(yīng)該怎樣報(bào)答他。彌達(dá)斯毫不遲疑地回答說(shuō)，“請(qǐng)恩準(zhǔn)使我摸到的一切都變成金子。”然而，變成金子的不僅僅是石塊、花朵和屋內(nèi)的陳設(shè)。他坐下吃飯時(shí)，他吃的食物和喝的水也都變成金子。過(guò)了不久，彌達(dá)斯懇求狄俄尼索斯使他從他那愿望中解脫開(kāi)來(lái)，因?yàn)樗嚳式患樱焖懒?。狄俄尼索斯逗弄彌達(dá)斯，開(kāi)心得很。他叫彌達(dá)斯前往帕克托羅斯河的源頭，在河里洗個(gè)澡。彌達(dá)斯依法行事，立即解除了點(diǎn)金術(shù)，但帕克托羅斯河的沙子至今因含金而閃閃發(fā)光。13/22英語(yǔ)故事：四只老鼠英語(yǔ)故事：Once upon a time, there were four mice that lived in a wall in thefield.很久以前，在田野中的一筑圍墻里住著四只老鼠。Summer was coming, and so the mice came out of the wall to collectberries, nuts, corn and straw. Everyone was working very hard, day and night.Everyone was working very hard, except, Frederick.夏天來(lái)了，老鼠們走出墻外去收集漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草。他們從早到晚玩努力工作，除了弗雷德里克。“Why arent you working, Frederick?” his friends asked him. “oh,but I am.” Frederick told them. “Im collecting the sunshine for the cold, darkwinter.”“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作？”他的朋友們問(wèn)他?！拔以诠ぷ鬟??！备ダ椎吕锟苏f(shuō),我在為寒冷的深冬收集陽(yáng)光呢?！盇 few days later his friends asked him again “why arent you working,Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” Frederick told them. “Im collecting colors forthe long, grey winter.”幾天過(guò)后，他的朋友們?cè)僖淮螁?wèn)道，“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作？”他的朋友們問(wèn)他?！拔以诠ぷ鬟??！备ダ椎吕锟苏f(shuō),我在為漫長(zhǎng)的灰白色冬天收集色彩呢。”A few days later his friends asked him again “why arent you working,Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” Frederick told them. “Im collecting words forthe long, quiet winter.”幾天過(guò)后，他的朋友們?cè)僖淮螁?wèn)道，“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作？”他的朋友們問(wèn)他。“我在工作吖。”弗雷德里克說(shuō),我在為漫長(zhǎng)寂靜的冬天收集言語(yǔ)呢。”Soon, the first snow came, and the four mice went back into the wall.14/22They ate their berries and they ate their nuts and they ate their corn and theyate their straw. But time passed, and time passed, and soon there were no moreberries, and soon there were no more nuts and soon there were no more corn andsoon there were no more straw.很快，第一場(chǎng)雪就到了，四只老鼠回到了洞中。他們吃著漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草。但是隨著時(shí)間的推移，他們沒(méi)有漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草這些吃的東西了。Now the winter was cold and dark, long and quiet. The mice were sad andhungry. Then they remembered Frederick.現(xiàn)在冬天又冷又黑暗，漫長(zhǎng)又寂靜。老鼠們饑腸轆轆。這時(shí)候他們想起了弗雷德里克?！癏ey, Frederick, can you show us what you collected for thewinter.”“嘿，弗雷德里克，能給我們看看你為冬天收集的東西嗎？”“Ok,” said Frederick, “close your eyes. Here is my sunshine for thecold, dark winter.” And Frederick began to tell his friends some stories, and themice to feel warmer and warmer.好的,弗雷德里克說(shuō)，“閉上你們的眼睛。這里有我為寒冷冬天收集的陽(yáng)光?！苯又ダ椎吕锟藶樗呐笥褌冎v故事，小老鼠們感覺(jué)越來(lái)越溫暖起來(lái)?！癎reat, Frederick! How about the colors and the words?”“ 很好，弗雷德里克！那么色彩和語(yǔ)言呢？”“Ok,” said Frederick, “close your eyes” and he told them about theblue skies, and he told them about the red poppies, and he told them about thegreen grass, and he told them about the purple berries, and he told them about theyellow corn of summer.好的,弗雷德里克說(shuō)，“閉上你們的眼睛。他開(kāi)始給他們 .夏天藍(lán)色的天空、紅色的罌粟花、綠色的小草、紫色的漿果和黃色的玉米粒?！癟hats wonderful, Frederick, thank you.” Said the mice. “Weve learnedsomething about you”, they told him.“太棒了，弗雷德里克，謝謝你?！毙±鲜髠冋f(shuō)道。“我們跟你學(xué)到了很多東西。”What do you think they learned?你知道它們學(xué)到了什么嗎？15/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事:牙齒仙女Primitive peoples believe that hair， nail clippings， and lost teeth remainmagically linked to the owner even after they have been disconnected from hisbody. As any voodoo artist will tell you， if you want to grind someone intopowder， you dont need to touch him at all. Its quite enough to stamp on amissing molar and let contagious magic do the rest. This is why peoples all overthe world traditionally hide lost body parts， lest they fall into the wronghands.遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)期的人們認(rèn)為毛發(fā)、剪下的指甲和脫落的牙齒即使離開(kāi)了人的身體，仍與其主人保持著神秘的聯(lián)系。正如任何一個(gè)伏都教大師都會(huì)告訴你的，假如你想置某人于死地，根本用不著去碰他，只需用腳踩碎那人脫落的一顆臼齒就夠了，剩下的事就交給“無(wú)邊的法力”去辦。這就是為什么全世界各個(gè)民族都習(xí)慣于把身體上脫落的東西藏起來(lái)，以免落入惡人之手。American childrens ritual of hiding lost teeth under their pillows probablyderives distantly from this practice. But there is an obvious difference， forwhen Suzie conceals her baby milk-tooth， she fully expects it to be found， andby a good magician， not an evil one. Moreover， she expects to be paid for havingsurrendered it， and at the going rate. Nothing mare clearly suggests the blithecommercial gusto of our culture than this transformation of a fearful superstitioninto a cheery business transaction.美國(guó)兒童把脫落的牙齒藏到枕頭下的習(xí)慣做法很可能與這個(gè)習(xí)俗稍有聯(lián)系。但兩者又有明顯的差別，因?yàn)楫?dāng)小蘇珊把她的乳牙藏起來(lái)時(shí)，她其實(shí)滿心希望有個(gè)善良的，而不是邪惡的巫師能發(fā)現(xiàn)她的牙齒。而且由于交出了牙齒，她還希望按現(xiàn)行價(jià)格得到報(bào)償。我們把可怕的迷信變成了愉快的商業(yè)交易，沒(méi)有什么比這更明白地表明我們文化中的令人愉快的商業(yè)熱情。Because American children expect fair exchange for their lost teeth， it is likelythat the tooth fairy ritual derives more immediately from the European， andparticularly German， tradition of placing a lost tooth in a mouse or a rat hole.The folk belief governing this practice is that when a new tooth grows in， itwill possess the dental qualities， not of the original， lost tooth， but ofwhatever creature finds it， so the creatures of choice would be those world-classchampers， the rodents.因?yàn)槊绹?guó)孩子希望用他們脫落的牙齒作公平交易，所以牙齒仙女的習(xí)俗可能更直接淵源于歐洲風(fēng)俗，尤其是德國(guó)風(fēng)俗中把脫落的牙齒放在老鼠洞里的傳統(tǒng)做法。這種習(xí)俗依據(jù)的民間觀念認(rèn)為，新牙長(zhǎng)出來(lái)時(shí)不具有原先脫落的牙齒的特質(zhì)，哪種動(dòng)物發(fā)現(xiàn)了掉下來(lái)的牙，新牙就具有那種動(dòng)物的牙的特質(zhì)。因此，要選那些世界一流的擅長(zhǎng)啃咬的動(dòng)物，那些嚙齒目動(dòng)物。Thus the optimistic， fair exchange principle most likely started in Germany andwas brought here by German immigrants. It was only left to America to replace thebeneficent “tooth rat” with the more agreeable fairy and to replace thetraditional hope of hard molars with our more characteristic hope of hard cash.因此，這種樂(lè)觀的“公平交易”原則很可能發(fā)源于德國(guó)，并由德國(guó)移民帶到了這里。美國(guó)人只是把好心的“牙齒老鼠”換成了更可親的仙女，而傳統(tǒng)上人們希望長(zhǎng)出堅(jiān)固的牙齒，到我們這兒卻變成了希望拿到現(xiàn)金，這就更具有我們的特色。16/22英語(yǔ)故事：小馬過(guò)河How a Colt Crossed the RiverOne day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill. As he was running withthe bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whetherhe could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, “AuntCow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?” The cow told him that he couldand that the river was not very deep, just knee high.一天，一匹小馬馱著麥子去磨坊。當(dāng)它馱著口袋向前跑去時(shí)，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)一條小河擋住了去路。小馬為難了，這可怎么辦呢？它向四周望了望，看見(jiàn)一頭奶牛在河邊吃草。小馬問(wèn)道：“牛阿姨，請(qǐng)您告訴我，這條河我能趟過(guò)去嗎？”奶?；卮鹫f(shuō)：“水很淺，剛到膝蓋?！盩he colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down fron a treeand stopped him. The squirrel shouted, “Colt, stop! Youll drown! One of myfriends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the coltwent home to consult his mum.小馬正準(zhǔn)備過(guò)河，突然從樹(shù)上跳下一只松鼠，攔住它大叫道：“小馬，別過(guò)河！你會(huì)被淹死的。昨天，我的一個(gè)伙伴就在這條河里淹死啦！”小馬不知如何是好，于是決定回家問(wèn)問(wèn)媽媽。He told his mum his experience on the way. His mother said, “My child,dont always listen to others. Youd better go and try yourself. Then youllknow what to do.”小馬把路上的經(jīng)歷告訴了媽媽。媽媽說(shuō)：“孩子，光聽(tīng)別人說(shuō)是不行的，你自己親自去試一試，就知道答案了?！盠ater, at the river,the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Littlehorse, its too dangerous!” “No, I