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英语故事Stories in English 目 录 Contents I. A French Traveler 2 2. A Smart Boy 3 3. But I Missed Again 4 4. Getting Lost 4 5. A Clever Boy 5 6. Who Deserves Help? 6 7. Be Medically Examined 6 8 .A Horse Thief 7 9. Mark Twain Was Fooled 8 10 .The Generals Teeth 8 1. A French Traveler A Frenchman was once traveling in England. He could speak English quite well 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 order some eggs. But he couldnt remember the word for eggs. Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately 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 were born. The waiter told him they were called eggs. Fine! said the Frenchman. Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee. l·perfectly 熟练地 2. vocabulary 个人所使用的词汇量 (集合名词，单数概念.) 3. rooster 公鸡(美国英语，同cock.) 4·bird 此处泛指禽类。 点评 这位法国人说的英语实在不敢恭维;但他能利用极之有限的几个单词，解脱了困境，其急智与机巧令人叹服。 2. A Smart Boy William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. As a young boy, he was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid. Its a funny things, Williams mother said to him one day, I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. I wonder why? The people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy who they thought was so stupid. Here, William, one of them would say. Here is a nickel, and here is a dime. Which one do you want? William always chose the nickel, and all the people would la