The importance of learning foreign knowledge One day Small mouse:Mum,i am afraid, because i was almost caught by an old cat just now . Mother Mouse:Baby,Don't worry,if i meet the old cat, u see what i shall do. Then after an hour, old cat was coming the mouse' house。 Mother mouse cried out:"wang, wang, wang,....." And then the old cat left the mouse's home immediately. Mother mouse told her baby: now u should know the importance of learning a foreign knowledge. Small Mouse nodded his head. 学外语的重要性 有一天 小老鼠:妈妈,我吓坏了,刚刚我差点被一只老猫捉住。 鼠妈妈:宝宝,别担心,等一会我遇到她,你看我怎么对付她。 一小时后, 老猫真来了,鼠妈妈叫道:“汪 汪 汪。。。” 那只猫吓得立刻离开了鼠窝。 老猫走后,鼠妈妈对小老鼠说: 现在你明白学一门外语的重要性了。 小老鼠点了点头。 Who Deserves Help? Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of the main road into town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow. "Who put this stone in the center of the road?" said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road, but not one of them tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, "The night will be very dark. Some neighbor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. " The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to move it to one side. But imagine his surprise when under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message: "This money is for the thoughtful person who removes this stone from the road. That person deserves help." 中文意思: 谁值得帮助? 很久以前,有一个有钱人,他想为他所住的镇上人民做点事。但首要事情是,他要看看人们是否值得他去帮助。于是,他搬了一块非常大石头放在进村的一条主干道的中心,然后他躲在一棵后面默默地等待。不一会儿,一位老人家牵着他的牛走过了。 老人家说:“谁搬一块大石头在路中心呀?”,但他没有把石头搬走。只是比较艰难地绕过石头,继续前进。另一个人走过来了,跟老人家一样,绕过石头走了。这样的人,一个接着一个……所以经过的人都抱怨谁搬了一块大石头在路中心,但都不把石头搬走。 在傍晚,一位年轻人走过来,看见那块大石头说:“晚上会很黑的,村民们走过的话会被石头绊倒的。”于是他开始搬开那块大石头,使尽全身的力气,又推又拉,好不容易把石头移到了一边,出乎年轻人的意料,他发现石头下面有一大袋钱,还有一张纸,上面写着:钱是给为人着想的人的,也就是移走石头的人,他是值得帮助的。城里老鼠和乡下老鼠Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." the Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a GREat noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid." 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前,有两只老鼠,它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村,另一只住在城里。很多年以后,乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,它说:“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是,城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说:“这东西不好吃,你的家也不好,你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你应该搬到城里去住,你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子,还会吃上美味佳肴,你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮,好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候,听见很大的一阵响声,城里的老鼠叫喊起来:“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿,他们出来了。当他们出来时,乡下老鼠说:“我不喜欢住在城里,我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在,比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说,要好些。”