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摘 要： 本文从新课程标准对阅读的要求入手，阐述了英语短篇小说阅读适合中学课堂，激发学生学习语言的兴趣，扩大词汇量，提升跨文化交际能力，更重要的是，它能提高学生的阅读理解和文学欣赏能力。结合课堂教学实践，本文探索了如何开展英语短篇小说阅读，并提出了阅读短篇小说对高中英语教学的启示。
关键词： 高中生 英语短篇小说 教学实践 语篇理解
英语阅读是英语学习的主要手段，也是英语学习者必须掌握的基本技能。培养学生的英语阅读能力也是中学英语的重要环节。《普通高中英语课程标准》在阅读的内容、技能、阅读速度和词汇等方面提出了很高的要求，并在语言技能目标八级中明确指出，“除教材外，课外阅读量应该累积到30万词以上”。我20_年在英国Chafford Hundred学校担任交流教师时，发现来英国只有两年的波兰中学生在英语文学课堂里专注地阅读英语短篇小说，值得中国英语教师借鉴。为了实现新课标提出的阅读能力目标，英语教师可在充分发挥挖掘教材内涵的基础上，拓展教学资源，指导学生进行英语短篇小说阅读，感受地道的英语语言，培养英语阅读兴趣，提高英语阅读能力。
一、英语短篇小说阅读的意义
1.适合中学课堂
对于课业繁重的中学生来说，英语长篇小说情节复杂，任务繁杂，难以把握。在英语课堂中阅读长篇小说摘要也不能起到让学生感受地道语言的作用。而英语诗歌格式多样，韵律深奥，内容抽象，让人望而却步。短篇小说就是叙述一个故事，作为一种文学形式，它在19世纪和20世纪初达到鼎盛时期。但作为一种叙述故事的方法，在《圣经》中就被大量使用。英文短篇小说更接近生活，情节较单纯，人物更清楚，文字相对浅显，小说的韵味相对容易体会。由于短篇小说相对篇幅较短，也易于教师在英语课堂进行指导阅读。
2.激发兴趣
3.提升阅读能力
4.扩展词汇量
在阅读过程中，学生将会处于一种不断温习已知词汇、逐渐认识未知词汇的过程。对于已知的词汇，学生会通过重复“相遇”巩固这些词汇的拼写及使用，并且能够根据上下文的内容对该词汇的用法有一个更加深入的了解。对于未知词汇，学生可以使用查字典或通过上下文提示来猜测未知词汇的大意。如Earnest Hemingway短篇“A Day’s Wait”中“He was shivering，his face was white and he walked slowly as though it ached to move.”根据语境，很容易猜出shiver的含义，同时也能感悟出高考词汇与“shake”和“tremble”的区别。
5.培养跨文化交际能力
由于不同的民族所处的生态、物质、社会及宗教等环境不同，因而各自的语言环境产生了不同的语言习惯、社会文化和风土人情等诸多语境因素。不同文化背景造成人们说话方式习惯等不尽相同。Kramsch（1993）指出，文化因素始终存在于语言学习之中；目的语的文化知识不但是培养跨文化交际能力的重要方面，而且本身也是教学的要求之一。通过阅读短篇小说，学生可以直接了解到英语国家的历史地理、宗教信仰、生活方式、人际交往和价值观等文化背景知识，拓宽知识面。例如，学生可以了解英语国家的饮食习惯，知道从appetizer到dessert的上菜顺序，用“eat soup”而不是“drink soup”，知道什么是得体的table manners。Earnest Hemingway的短篇“A Day’s Wait”中，父亲与儿子的对话可以让学生感受到具体生活情境中人们说话方式。通过阅读的小说“The Gift of the Magi”，学生可以西方文化中圣诞节的内涵和人们的价值观。短篇小说提供了生动具体的语言材料，让学生获得大量的背景知识，以及不同文化价值观和思维方式的差异，提高他们根据不同的语境和文化背景进行得体恰当的语言表达能力，培养了跨文化交际能力。
二、英语短篇小说选择
One day, her pet cat jumped on the tree and didn't come down. Molly was angry and said, xxxcut the tree down and catch the cat!xxx xxxThe attendant was frightened and said,xxx princess, this cannot be cut down! It is the sacred tree of the kingdom!xxx
xxxI don't care! Cut off quickly!xxx
The sorcerer cary heard, and the spell came to him, and a garland hat appeared on his head. Molly saw it and was attracted by it. xxxcan you give it to me?xxx she asked. Carrie hesitated.
xxxYou are so mean! Molly is getting angry again.
xxxPrincess, this is a magic hat, or... xxx
xxxI'm not afraid! Molly grabbed her hat and ran away.
Back in the room, she danced with excitement, and the wreath on her hat gave off a fragrance. All of a sudden, something strange happened: a cloud of white smoke came out, and a girl with the same appearance as Molly was emerging. xxxYou, who are you?xxx she screamed. Suddenly the girl screamed loudly, xxxI am princess jasmine!xxx Ah! She was so angry that she turned the table over. Molly was frightened and hid under the bed.
xxxYou, you go out! xxxSaid Molly nervously.
Who knows, that girl again angry: xxxI why want to go out, this is my home!xxx Rumble! The room vibrated.
xxxOh -- somebody! xxxCried Molly, crying and running out the door.
xxxTake back the devil in your hat!xxx Molly is to the sorcerer's card.
xxxOh? That's not the devil, she's you!xxx
xxxHow funny! I'm not that big of a temper!xxx Molly didn't believe it.
xxxThis is you in a few years! Don't believe it, you see --xxx Carrie took out the crystal ball, and Molly saw a shaggy, angry girl in it, and it was a crazy mess! She was startled and a little frightened.
xxxBad temper is not only bad for you, but you won't have any friends around you!xxx xxxSaid Carrie.
xxxThat...... Is there any way to not be like that?xxx xxxAsked Molly nervously.
xxxThat, there is a bottle here, and there are many seeds in it, and you plant all the seeds, and when they bear fruit, the temper will be gone!xxx Take out a magic bottle with the name of the flower on the label: sincere, kind, friendly, smile. The end marked: water with the heart. Molly was glad to accept it, when she was surprised to find that the irascible girl in the crystal ball had disappeared and could not see anything.
xxxI'm afraid to go inside... xxxMolly remembered that there was a scary woman in the house.
xxxHa, she's been locked up by me. You don't have to be afraid.xxx Carrie said.
Molly nodded happily.
From then on, Molly was careful to do the work every day, according to the words on the label. Before long, she changed, became a very good and good princess, one day, her flower seed finally blossomed, the fruit, at that time, she has grown into a big girl!
Unit 1 My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
托尼: 玲玲, 10月1日是中国的国庆节，对吗？
玲玲: 是的。 xxx成立于1949年10月1日。从那时开始，中国人（每年）都庆祝国庆节。（国庆节时）到处都有鲜花和国旗，我们休假3天。
托尼: 这个国庆假期你有什么计划吗？
玲玲: 有。我和爸爸妈妈准备去山东省拜访一些朋友。我们会一直待在那里，直至假期结束。和朋友们在一起期间，我们会去青岛玩一天。贝蒂，你们的国庆节是什么时候呀？
贝蒂: 我们的国庆节叫独立日，在7月4日。从1777年以来，我们一直庆祝这个节日。独立日是一个公共假日，但我们只放一天假。那一天有各种各样的节日活动。这个时间是休假季节的开始，大多数人都会在七月或八月的某段时间休假。
玲玲: 那天有什么特别的事情吗？
贝蒂: 嗯，到处都可以看到美国国旗。我们通常会去一些好地方野餐。孩子们玩得可开以了。我们也可以在公园里观看乐队演奏乐曲。
大明: 托尼，你们英国也过国庆节吗？
托尼: 不，我们没有。我们放假两天庆祝圣诞节。假期一开始，我们一家就会去某人好玩的地方。
Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America .
感恩节
感恩节是美国的一个节日。人们在每年十一月的第四个星期四庆祝它。它是家人和朋友共进特殊晚餐的时刻。人们发表简短的致辞，为食物而感恩。
自首批来自英格兰的拓荒者在17世纪乘船抵达美洲大陆以来，我们就一直庆祝这个节日。在横渡大西洋时，他们当中的许多人都死在途中。到达美洲后，他们所渡过的第一个冬天比英国以往的任何一个冬季都要恶劣。当地人，也就是美洲印第安人，教这些拓荒者们如何种植玉米。第二年，他们聚在一起品尝新收获的食物，一起欢庆丰收。
今天我们仍然用传统的晚餐庆祝感恩节。厨房总是我们家最拥挤的房间，因为我们都帮着准备晚餐。我们摆放餐具，晚餐开始前，我父亲感谢食物，我们用这样的方式在记住我们为什么庆祝这个节日。我们通常会吃很多，毕竟一年只有一次！晚餐后我们经常谈论很多，也讲故事。当这些都结束后，所有人都帮着洗餐具。
这个节日是旅行非常频繁的时候，因为这个时候朋友、家人都相聚来庆祝节日。在节日期间还有很多其他可看可做的事情。我们住在纽约市，所以去观看梅西感恩节大*。大*沿着几条街道进行，在的梅西百货公司结束。感恩节是圣诞季的开始，我们开始逛街购买礼物。足球在感恩节也是重要的，因为有许多球队进行比赛。和许多美国人一样，我们通常在电视上观看比赛，尽享乐趣。
Good friend
I have a good friend. She is a beautiful girl. She has long black hair, two big black eyes and a red mouth. Her voice is better. She is good at singing.
She is a clever girl. She likes reading books, playing computer games and chess. She is also nice. She often helps us. Our classmates like her very much.
Unit 1 She trained hard, so she became a great player later.
李老师： 大明，谁是你的英雄？你要选择谁来讲述呢？
大明： 邓亚萍！她是我的英雄，因为她是世界上最棒的乒乓选手之一，而且我喜欢打乒乓球。
李老师： 那就给我们讲讲她！
大明： 嗯，她五岁开始练球。她训练刻苦，所以后来成了一名伟大的乒乓球选手。
李老师： 她赢过哪些比赛呢？
大明： 她获得过许多次世界冠军，包括四枚奥运会金牌。她24岁时退役。
李老师：后来她做了什么呢？她开始在北京读清华大学，后来到国外大学深造。刚开始的时候，她的英语并不好，她还是刻苦努力，7年后，她获得了剑桥大学的博士学位。她无论做什么，都不放弃。
李老师：真是太不可思议了！
大明： 是的。邓亚萍说她并不比任何人聪明，但她拥有非常坚强的意志。
李老师：我明白了。嗯，我觉得她不仅是一位出色的运动员，而且还是一个好学生。
大明： 是的。而且北京奥运会成为世界体育运动的一次胜利，也有她的功劳。她就是最棒的！
李老师： 她是一位真正的英雄。
Unit 2 There were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own.
我的英雄---白求恩大夫
诺曼●白求恩是中国最有名的英雄之一。他是一位加拿大医生。他来到中国，帮助中国人民并为他们而献身。
诺曼●白求恩出生于1890年。他于1916年成为一名医生，并于1936年去了西班牙，治疗那里在战争期间受伤的士兵。他很快意识到许多人因为没有尽快送往医院而濒临死亡。白求恩大夫研发了新方法来照顾病人。他发明了在医院外面和靠近交战地区使用的特殊医疗器械，这样医生就能够更快地治疗伤员。他的发明挽救了许多人的生命。
1938年，白求恩大夫来到了中国，在抗日战争期间帮助治疗伤员。那时中国医生很少，因此，他不得不独自很努力地工作。他在西班牙治疗伤员的经验在中国非常有用。他为当地的医生和护士开设培训课程，而且写书以便他们能够学习他是如何治疗病人的。
白求恩大夫经常非常辛苦地工作，不休息也不照顾自己。曾经有一次，他甚至不停地工作了69个小时，成功挽救了一百多人的生命。在1939年的一天，在手术时，他割伤了自己的手指，但他没有处理伤口，仍然继续工作。最后，他因伤去世。
白求恩大夫为中国人民所作的工作使他成为中国人民心目中的英雄。有许多关于他的书籍和电影，而且在中国和加拿大，人们现在仍然怀念他。
Cindy lived on a farm. Her father had a lot of horses. She always wanted her to have a pony of her own.
One day, the ranch was born a pony, and it was born without a tail, otherwise it would be perfect.
Her father told her they were going to let her take care of the pony.
But Cindy said she didn't want to look after a pony without a tail.
But when she took care of the other ponies, the little horse with no tail clung to her, and gradually she began to care about the pony.
One day, in order for Cindy to ride her, her father decided to help her train her horse. He bought her a beautiful saddle and Cindy would brush her mount.
Cindy's mother asked her what the horse was called, and she was going to call her horse, but she thought about it,
Finally, she said, xxxalthough she has no tail, she is still a princess. So, I'll call her princess.xxx
After that, Cindy would ride around with the princess every day.
The princess with no tail, grew up to be the most beautiful horse Cindy ever saw!
The white mouse kingdom lies on a wide field with a large farm. Various kinds of food are grown on the farm. The mice were fed all day and led a carefree life. There was a princess in the white mouse kingdom. She thought it was dull and boring. She often stood on the castle, looking at the castle of the black mouse kingdom in the distance, and thought, if you can go there, it will be great!
One day, the white mouse princess finally made a decision to take a bus to the castle of the black mouse kingdom. Then she found a lot of artisans and asked them to make a car as fast as they could. So the white rats were collecting materials for the car. They found a big pumpkin.xxx Well, it's a good material for a car.xxx Everyone is working together, some digging doors and Windows, some turning on the steering wheel... The beautiful pumpkin car is ready. But the wheels were not yet loaded! The rats' craftsmen thought for a long time and couldn't figure out what to use as a wheel. xxxWe can't find the right material for the wheel, princess,xxx the craftsman told the princess. xxxHow silly you are! It's not a good idea to have a lot of potatoes in front of you. xxxSaid the princess impatiently. The white rat quickly finished the four wheels. After the wheel mounted, the whole pumpkin car was finished. The white mouse craftsman pulls the pumpkin cart to the princess.
The white mouse got on the pumpkin cart and set off. The scenery was beautiful along the way. The princess who did not leave the white mouse kingdom was very happy. Before she knew it, she was already near the castle of the black mouse kingdom. At that moment, many little black mice came out of the burrow to meet the white mouse princess. At the castle, there were flowers and bands playing music, and the white mouse princess was warmly welcomed. The black mouse kingdom made a very fancy sports car with big peas. The prince of black mouse drives a pea-sports car and takes the white mouse around. The scene of the rat kingdom is quite different from that of the rat kingdom, with many monuments and statues. The white mouse princess looked, feeling very fresh, very interesting. The more she played, the happier she was. The day went by, and the prince of the black mouse had his own business to do, and could not play with the white mouse. The white mouse princess played, feeling a little lonely. She began to miss home, and finally, she decided to return to the rat kingdom. The white mouse princess left the castle and came to the place where the pumpkin cart was parked. She found that the beautiful pumpkin car had gone bad, and the wheels had sprouted up into the soil.
The car won't open. What shall we do? Without a car, the white mouse had to walk home. Well, the way home is so long, I don't know how long it will take her to get home!
There is a gentleman living in a beautiful house. Because his courage was so small, everyone called him a coward.
One day, a big mouse broke into his house. The timid man went at once and caught it in the cellar.
xxxYou let me go! The rat struggled to say, xxxif I stamp my foot, the whole house will collapse.xxx
Frightened, the timid man let go of him and allowed him to live in the basement.
There is so much food in the basement. The rats eat and drink. Then the big mouse gave birth to a litter of mice, and the mouse grew into a rat. Soon the basement was full of rats.
xxxNo, no! xxxSo many mice live in such a small basement, and you live in so many rooms alone. It's too unreasonable to change the house.xxx
xxxHouse change? The timid gentleman lived in the basement, and the mice lived in all the rooms, singing and dancing in the spacious living room, drinking and eating in the fragrant kitchen, and every day was like a feast.
xxxYou should move out! xxxWhy do you live in the basement?xxx Such a good basement. Are you worthy?xxx
xxxWhat? The timid man stamped his right foot in anger. xxxdong --xxx the mice were afraid, and they were all in a panic, thinking that the earthquake was coming.
xxxOh, I am so powerful! The timid man grabbed the old broom, and here it was, a dozen there, and there it was, and there, the mouse was beaten, and all fled.
摘 要： 本文通过分析英语专业本科生对英文短篇小说学习的方法，即小组学习与个人学习，对比两种学习方法的优势与劣势，探究学生分别在这两种学习方法中对自身阅读能力的提高，从而得出小组学习与个人学习分别对学生英文小说阅读能力培养的作用。
关键词： 小组学习 个人学习 英语阅读能力
近年来，教师对学生英语阅读课程所推荐的学习方法不同，学生根据不同学习方法所达到的效果也有所不同。英语阅读贯穿在英语学习的各个阶段。因此，探究小组学习与个人学习在学生英语阅读能力提高方面的作用成为当前英语教育的一项重要内容。
一、小组学习的含义及其对个人英语阅读能力培养的作用
顾名思义，小组学习指的是在老师下达具体阅读任务后，以小组的形式完成对英文短篇小说的分析、总结与反思。由于英文短篇小说的角色分配与情节较复杂，小组成员可以互相弥补各自对角色的遗漏，以及对小说情节细节的遗漏，从而使小组成员通过团队的力量加深对小说的理解，加强对小说角色与情节的分析。
在小组学习过程中，各个组员向团队贡献自己的想法，又从其他小组成员那里借鉴了自己所没有的认识，从而丰富了自身的思想与见识，意识到了自己与他人之间的不足及自己仍有许多进步的空间，从而激发各组员的上进心与学习兴趣来寻找合适的方法提高自己。小组学习的方法着重培养个人的团队合作能力，使每个小组成员都意识到团队合作及与他人之间分享学习成果的重要性。而且每个人在小组中发挥的作用使其具有强烈的集体荣誉感与个人满足感，因而有利于促进个人对自身英语阅读兴趣的提高与渴望得到集体重视的希望。
二、个人学习的含义及其对个人英语阅读能力培养的作用
个人学习，指的是在老师下达具体的阅读任务后，由个人独立完成对英文短篇小说的分析、总结与反思。由于英文短篇小说具有一定的发展情节，内容上具有一定的趣味性，因此对其内容与主题的理解与分析的难度系数并不太高。无论是浅析还是深剖小说，每个人均需要将小说的人物找全，弄清楚各人物间的关系，将各个情节按一定的线索串联起来，使脑海中形成一个完整的故事而不是一些零零碎碎的片段。笔者建议，个人在阅读英文短篇小说过程中，可以用笔在文中圈出与小说的六要素（即时间、地点、人物、故事的起因、经过和结果）有关的关键词，并且在阅读过程中，在纸上同步标出逐渐明朗的人物关系及逐渐清晰的故事情节，使自己加深对小说的理解，也便于后来对小说主题的分析。
个人学习是一种完全依赖自身的学习方法。如果自己不仔细阅读，就意味着你将上交一份不尽如人意的答卷。因此，在英语阅读中，个人学习对自身的挑战是很大的。首先，就英语而言，对于我们每个人都是第二语言，我们在阅读过程中无法避免地遇到生词，通过单词的构成，我们在生活中所积累的常识与联系上下文的理解猜出其大致含义，这本身对我们就是一项挑战。其次，我们和欧美国家有着不同的文化环境与写作习惯，所以，往往我们在阅读英文小说之前需要了解小说的写作背景与动机，以便我们深入剖析文章主题，这对我们阅读能力及知识面范围的要求就比较高。因此，个人学习的英语阅读方法能充分锻炼个人的英语语言学习能力，对阅读内容的分析概括能力及对小说主题的深入理解的能力，从而有利于个人英语阅读能力的提高。
三、小组学习与个人学习各自的弱点与缺陷与适用对象
在小组学习中，组长针对老师布置的阅读任务，根据各组员的英语阅读能力与水平，分配给每个小组成员阅读任务，由大家共同完成，这是最理想的状态。但我们在平时的学习过程中，以小组为单位时，总会有些自制力差的同学把希望寄托在同组其他人身上，逃避阅读任务，这必然影响其英语阅读能力的提高。若长此以往，必将影响其英语阅读兴趣，甚至影响其对英语语言的学习兴趣。英语阅读能力是在不断练习的过程中逐步提高的，如果不坚持练习，反复钻研，很难真正提高自己的阅读水平。因此，小组学习适用于在阅读任务难度较大的情况下，学习上有上进心并且自制力强的学生在小组学习中可与大家分享自己的学习成果，并在小组成员间互相学习的过程中认识到自己与他人相比的存在的优越性或不足，进一步通过练习不断提高自己的阅读能力，完善自己的知识储备。
个人学习重点放在对个人阅读能力的锻炼，完全独立自主的自由式学习对于阅读基础好、阅读能力强的同学自然是小菜一碟，而对于那些阅读基础差，能力弱的同学来说，这将是一项巨大的挑战。阅读能力差的同学，面对复杂的阅读任务往往无从下手，仅仅是理清文章脉络就将耗费他们许多时间与精力，在此期间，他们的阅读兴趣极易磨没，往往倾向于将阅读当做一项不可推卸的任务，而不是因为阅读兴趣而产生的提高阅读能力的训练。这样不但英语阅读能力难以提高，就连阅读兴趣也没有，并且容易导致消极的学习态度。因此，个人学习适用于在阅读任务的难度适中的条件下，英语阅读基础好、能力较高的学生，他们能在个人学习中体会自己的能力与家人，能在独立完成阅读任务后体验满足感与自豪感，从而激励他们继续努力下去，不断提高自己的英语阅读能力，不断拓宽自己的知识面。
小组学习与个人学习有其各自的特点，由于两种学习方法的不同，使得他们有着不同的适用对象。学生应该对自己的阅读基础、阅读能力及知识面有清楚的认识，根据对自身条件的判断，选择适合自己的学习方法与适当难度的文章进行英语阅读训练。不要想着为了快速提高自己的英语阅读能力而选择高难度的文章进行训练，否则只会打击自己英语阅读的兴趣与积极性。并且，在适当的时候，与身边的学生合作完成，虚心接受他人的意见与建议，与他人分享自己的阅读所得，也可以有效地提高自己的英语阅读水平。总之，无论是小组学习还是个人学习，都有其自身的特点，我们需要把握自身的阅读水平与学习能力，选择适合自己的阅读学习方法与技巧，并且在提高英语阅读能力的道路上坚持不懈，持之以恒，使自己的英语阅读能力通过量的积累，实现质的飞跃。
I have a question for you. ‘Do you know how to breathe?’ Okay, I know what you are thinking now, “Girl, are you kidding me? Everybody knows how to breathe.” Actually, if I were you sitting down in there one year ago, I would think, “How did she make it to the final?”
Alright, seriously speaking, what I am talking about is “the art of breathing”, and it’s about breathing in a Yoga way: peacefully and always under control. What it reveals is the real essence of perseverance, “In order to achieve, sometimes, you need to wait.” And when it comes to things you really want in life, it is as hard as it could possibly be.
For me, singing is a life thing. When I am singing on the stage, I feel whole-heartedly involved, and the self-fulfillment it renders is inexplicably thrilling. But with all the realistic problems I need to face in life, all those I want seem too far to be true– so far that I am terrified that I will never ever be able to get there and that gradually I will be carried away by the currents and torrents of life. I’ve been drowned into this ambivalence for so long. Now, with a refined perspective towards self-realization, I am waiting, in a graceful posture, and knowing that I am going to get there. And on this, I should say, I owe Yoga a thank-you.
I still remember, about one year ago, I attended a Yoga course for the very first time. And to tell you the truth, I went there for a nice figure. However, after practicing for some time, I discovered that there was an ineffable inner-strength burgeoning sneakily in me while I totally focused. In order not to let go this significant power, I started to picture all I wanted in my mind while I was fully concentrating, for I believe the wings of imagination could make things possible. I learned to breathe with my dreams, shaping the eagerness into this elegant gesture of persisting.
And now, if you ask me what exactly is “the art of breathing”, I would say it is indeed “the art of living”. It combines the search of balance, the grace of patience, and the awareness of appreciation.
So even though feelings are tied up with life routines, I could still hold onto that free EGO which I have always adored: the girl who is singing under the spotlight, with all her heart and soul; the girl who is persevering with all she believes in and always feels grateful for what has been bestowed on her.
That girl is now standing right here in front of you, hoping that you are all as lucky as she is, living with dreams and love. No matter how tough things get, I tell myself, I tell myself that, every single thing I am doing now is every step closer to that very moment of my trajectory, just like every Yoga breath to every blossom moment of my life.
A Bet
Two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-'clock reporter comes on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown friend turns to the other and says,'I'll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn't jump.'
'It's a bet,' agrees his buddy.
A few minutes later, the man on the ledge jumps,so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill.'I can't take your money,'his friend admits.'I saw him jump earlier on the six-o'clock news.'
'Me,too,'says the other buddy.'But I didn't think he'd do it again.
两个好朋友正坐在一家小酒馆内观看十一点的电视新闻。一则新闻报道说，有个男人威胁要从商业区一座大楼的二十层跳下去。一位朋友转身对另一位说道：“我敢赌十块钱，那家伙不会往下跳。”
“赌就赌，”他的朋友欣然同意。
几分钟后，站在墙檐上的男人跳了下去，因而赌输的那位交给他的朋友一张十元的钞票。“我不能拿你的钱，”他的朋友承认道，“早在六点的新闻里，我就已见他跳下去了。”
“我也是，”另一位说，“可我想他不会再跳了!”
A little ant, when he first went out to look for food, was lucky enough to find a large piece of cookie crumbs. He was so happy that he wanted to give the cookie to his mother, the queen. Crumbs around in circles, found cookies slag is very big, by its own strength alone not shipped back, but it didn't want to look for partners to help it to mother, want to alone to hear her praise.
Because of this big wish, he climbed up to the cookie crumbs, tried with both hands, and the crumbs did not move, and he frowned and thought, how can you bring the cookie back to that?
As it happened, a praying mantis passed by the ant, and the little ant ran to him and asked, xxxuncle mantis, can you do me a favor?xxx
xxxAh? !xxx The mantis was startled by the sudden appearance of the ant. The little ant said, xxxwhat can I do for you?xxx
The little ant said, xxxI found a piece of cookie crumbs. I want to send it back to my mother! But I can't lift it. Can you help me?xxx
xxxCookie crumbs? Can eat?xxx Why don't you have some grass? It's sweet and sweet. It's not so hard to carry back.
The little ant shook his head and said, xxxbut I don't want to eat grass.xxx
The mantis had to shrug and walk away.
The little ant looked at the cookie and sighed. What would you do?
The little ant looked up and said, xxxaunt butterfly, you wait. I want to ask you to do me a favor.xxx
The butterfly flew to the ant and asked, xxxlittle ant, what can I do for you?xxx
The little ant pointed to the cookie crumbs and said, xxxaunt butterfly, I found a piece of cookie crumbs. I want to send it back to my mother! But I can't lift it. Can you help me?xxx
The butterfly turned around the cookie crumbs and said, xxxI said you, can you eat the crumbs? Huang is so dirty, I advise you to eat the flower nectar, that is clean and delicious.xxx
The little ant shook his head and said, xxxno! I don't like nectar. I just want to get this cookie back home.
The butterfly was so unhappy with the little ant's stubbornness that it flew away at once.
The little ant flew away as soon as he saw the butterfly, and cried sadly.
Then a swallow flew up and asked, xxxwhy are you crying, little ant?xxx
The little ant looked up at the swallow and said, xxxsister swallow, I want to send this cookie home to my mother, but I can't carry it.xxx
The swallow smiled, xxxwhy don't you tell your partner to help you?xxx
The little ant said, xxxI... I...... xxx
The swallow then said, xxxyou don't want the credit to be taken by your mates, are you? But this time I helped you. Who will help you next time? Ants are a group. They are always helping each other in finding food. You should not be selfish and out of the group.
The little ant listened to the blush, and felt that sister swallow was right, and that she should go to her companions for help. So he stopped crying, and straightened up and said to the swallow, xxxsister swallow, thank you, I'll go and find my friends to help.xxx Then he hurried back to the nest, called a lot of partners, and then moved the cookie back home. The queen was happy to see that the little ant was a sensible child.
The little ant was praised and red with great joy.
Mice chess, look at is not we often play chess, because the little mouse, although know is inside the elephant and horse, but for those who will, handsome, soldiers and died, but he had never seen. So he thought chess was boring, and he liked to see a different kind of chess game.
It was a fine day. A group of young children wearing red scarves went to the forest. The mouse heard the noise and came out to watch. He was a mouse living in the wild, and his hole was on the edge of the forest. So he could see the red scarves as a game if he squatted at the mouth of the cave.
The mouse was not happy, because this morning he went to the north to live with his neighbour, the elephant. He wanted three, but the elephant was only willing to give him one, so he got angry and thought the elephant was just as bad as an old cat. Now he squatted down at his hole and watched a team of red scarves line up. He saw a small flag on the front of each party, with all kinds of different beasts embroidered on it. In front of it was the flag of a lion, embroidered with a tiger on the back, and a flag embroidered with the elephant. The mouse was looking forward, he thought, if there was a flag in the procession that was embroidered with a mouse, how interesting it would be! Sadly, the red scarf had gone, and the flag of the mouse he was looking for had not appeared.
This is the second thing that has made him angry today.
And the third thing that made him angry! It happened while he was watching chess. Let's start again!
The red scarves are happily playing, some singing, some dancing, some collecting specimens, some reading poems. None of these things interest the mouse, but disgust him. It was known to all that the mouse was a thief, and he came out at night to steal things, and rested all day by day. But can these children be so noisy that he can sleep? He really wanted to drive the little ones out of the forest. If he's a tiger, yell, or maybe do it. In fact, he was just a little mouse, and he squeaked and squeaked, but only slightly louder than the mosquitoes.
So he went out of the hole and looked at chess.
Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience.
At last she could not hold any more, uttering. xxxTrust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America.xxx
它们是从美国直接带来的
一位中国老妇人在美国看望女儿回来不久，到一家市银行存女儿送给她的美元。在银行柜台，银行职员认真检查了每一张钞票，看是否有假。
这种做法让老妇人很不耐烦，最后实在忍耐不住说：“相信我，先生，也请你相信这些钞票。这都是真正的美元，它们是从美国直接带来的。”
When I was small, my mother told me that apple was good for my health, because it contained so many vitamins. Since then, I almost eat an apple a day, I fall in love with apple. The apple not only tastes sweet, but also makes my skin look good, there is a saying that once an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. It really happens to me.
当我还小的时候，我的妈妈告诉我苹果对我的健康有好处，因为它包含了很多维生素。打从那时起，我几乎每天吃一个苹果，我爱上了苹果。苹果不仅尝起来鲜甜，也能让我的皮肤看上去很好，有一句话每天吃一个苹果，就能保持健康。在我身上看起来真是这样。
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy---ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness---that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what---at last---I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always it brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
Mother cat gave birth to two lovely kittens in the spring.
It was the younger brother, who was standing around his mother and meowing. The little brothers grew up with the care of their mother, and they began to learn to catch mice with their mother. The cat mother takes the kitten to the yard to train, and the brother is tired to wheeze. Mother cat is going home to prepare lunch for the kittens, leaving them to practice on their own. Brother, I don't want to practice.xxx As soon as mother was gone, the younger brother cried out on the ground. His brother wiped the sweat from his head and encouraged his brother to say, xxxdon't be discouraged, brother. We work hard to acquire skills, and then we can catch mice, feed ourselves and become good cats.xxx
Hearing what the elder brother said, the younger brother wanted to feel very reasonable, and immediately stood up and went on practicing with his brother.
An ancient Hebraic text says:xxx love is as strong as deathxxx. It seems that not everyone experiences this kind of strong love. The increasing probably,crime and war tells us that the world is in indispensable need of true love. But what is true love?
Love is something we all how do we know when we experience it?
True love is best seen as the promotion and action, not an emotion. Love is not exclusively based how we our emotions are they cannot be our only criteria for love is when you care enough about another person that you will lay down your life for them. When this happens,then love truly is as strong as many of you have a mother, or father,husband or wife,son or daughter or friend who would sacrifice his or her own life on yours? Those of you who truly love your spells but unchildren, would unselfishly lay your life on the line to save them from death? Many people in an emergency room with their loved ones and prayedxxxplease, God,take me instead of themxxx.Find true love and be a true lover as you find a love which is not only strong as death, but to leave to a truly for feeling life.
What Animals are the sea?
There are all kinds of animals in the sea. Look! They are coming.
This is an octopus. The octopus is spraying ink. This is a shark. The shark has sharp teeth.
This is a whale. The whale shoots water into the air. This is a sea turtle. The sea turtle has a hard shell. These are starfishes. The starfishes have five legs.
These are angelfishes. The angelfishes have beautiful colors. This is a lobster. The lobster has strong claws. This is a jellyfish. The jellyfish has a soft body. They are different. But all of them live in the sea.
海里有什么动物
在海洋里有各种各样的动物。看!他们过来了。
这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。这是一只海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。这些是海星，海星有五条腿。这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。
他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。
Bobby is my dog. I love him. He can roll on the floor. He can play balls with me. He can look after my house when I am out. Bobby is very clever. But sometimes he isn’t.
One day Bobby runs away. He is out for three days. After he comes back, I tie him to a tree and give him some food. Bobby begins to eat. But then he stops. He sees a fox. The fox is looking at his food. Bobby barks and barks. He wants to catch the fox. But he can’t. The fox runs round the tree. Bobby runs after the fox. So the rope goes ground the tree. Of course Bobby can’t run. The doc can eat the food. Quickly she eats up the food and runs away.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young.
When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
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