潮阳一中英语双语报1-4期.ppt

1期 Long time ago, a king who had never worn shoes was always hurting his feet. Therefore, one day, he ordered his trusty minister to cover the ground of the entire kingdom with carpet in one night; otherwise, he would kill the minister. The minister thought about this for almost the whole night and finally got a good idea. He ran to a carpet-making house. The next morning, when the king woke, he became very angry because he didn’t see one inch of carpet anywhere. Just at that very moment, the minister appeared and persuaded the king to try on a pair of shoes made from carpet. After trying them on, the king was very satisfied. 2期 One day, a king bought a fish from a fisherman with 8,000 coins. After getting the money, the fisherman was about to leave; however, one of the coins fell onto the floor. He immediately began to look for it. Seeing this, the queen said to the fisherman that he was too greedy. To her surprise, the fisherman said he did so because it had the head of the king on the coin and he would not tolerate anyone dishonoring the king by putting a foot on the coin. The king was so happy that he immediately gave the fisherman another 4,000 coins. 3期 One night, a man saw something bright in his neighbor’s kitchen. At first, he thought maybe his neighbor was cooking, so he went back to sleep. But when he smelled a burning smell in the air, he realized it was a fire. He tried to ask someone for help but in vain, so he called the fire department and then went to his neighbor’s house. He got no response from ringing his neighbor’s doorbell, but the firemen arrived and put out the fire. The man refused his neighbor’s money as a reward but accepted his invitation for dinner in his new kitchen and a special medal. 4期 Captain Bravo was a man who never feared enemies. One day, before a battle with some pirates, he ordered his assistant to bring him his red shirt. Wearing