Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."
In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
One day the following week, the boy was herding sheep with the other shepherds on the hill.
又过了一个星期,这个男孩儿和其他牧羊童一块儿在山上放羊。
The grass was green, the flowers were red, yellow, white and orange, the sky was blue, xiaogushi8.com the sun was shining, it was a nice colorful picture.
Some of the shepherds started playing games, some were fling kites the boy was sitting on a pear tree and looking at his friends.
有的牧羊童在做游戏,有的在放风筝。这个男孩儿坐在一棵梨树上,看着他的朋友们玩。
Suddenly, the sheep started bleating and running about, the boy saw clearly from the free-two wolves were running towards the sheep. The boy shouted, “Help! Help! Wolves are coming! Help! Help!” He thought the farmers at the foot of the hill could hear him and come to help. But the farmers heard his shouts and said, “Don’t listen to him, the boy is playing a joke again, the boy is telling a lie. He forgets his joke, but we don’t.”
This time, no farmer ran help him. The boy’s friends were all shouting at him, “It’s your fault, no farmer will come to help us, we don’t want to play with you. We don’t want to herd sheep with you!”
A party of visitors were being shown round a lunatic asylum.They came across one individual in the grounds,with wild eyes,dishevelled hair,feverishly endeavouring to catchflies and keep them in his pocket.
His was a sad case,said the attendant.Whilst he was at the war his wife abandoned his home and ran off with another man.
他的病很惨,陪同人说。在他当兵打仗的时候,他的妻子抛下他的家和另一个男人私奔了。
Terrible,said a visitor.
真可怕,一个游客说。
Presently they came to a padded cell,in which could be heard a raging as of a wild beast.
不久他们来到一间安上软垫的小屋前,听见里面传出野兽般的怒吼。
That's the other man,said the attendant.
这就是那另一个男人,陪同人说。
儿童英文故事4
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, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”
Time is important. Everyone has 24 hours in a day. There are 365 days in a year. Once a day runs out in our life, it will never come back again. If we love our lives, we shouldn’t waste time. We must control time. The best way to use time is to plan it well.
When making the study plan, we should remember two things. First, be realistic. Don’t try to do too many things. Second, a good study plan should be flexible. We may make some small changes on a weekly basis but follow the same pattern.