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英语小故事大全 1、The Thirsty Pigeon 口渴的鸽子 A PIGEON,oppressed by excessive thirst,saw a goblet of water painted ona signboard.Not supposing it to be only a picture,sheflew towards it witha loud whirand unwittingly dashed against the signboard,jarring herself terribly. Having broken herwings by the blow,shefellto the ground,andwas caught by one of the bystanders. Zealshould not outrundiscretion. 有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地 猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住 了。 这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭 不幸。 2 、The BoysAnd The Frogs 男孩和青蛙 One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, ¨Boys, please don’t throw stones at us. 〃The boys said, ¨We are only playing. 〃¨I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys.What is play to you is deathto us, 〃 said the old frog.So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away. 春天里的一天，一些顽皮的男孩在一个水塘边玩耍。他们开始往水里扔石块。许多生活在水 塘里的青蛙非常害怕这些男孩，因为石头曾弄伤了他们中的一些。最后一只老青蛙把他的脑 袋探出水面，他说：“孩子们，请别向我们扔石头。”男孩说：“我们只是在玩耍。”“我知道， 但请别扔石头，孩子们。对你们而言的玩耍对我们可意味着死亡。”老青蛙说。因此男孩们 不再扔石头并且离开了 3、Applauded Twice The Head of the bureauaddressde the meeting:Ihave always felt strange why the audience always applauded twice.Now Ihave made clear.Thosewho listened attentively woke upthosewhowere dozing off.That is why we heard the appluase twice. The moment his voice died down,anoutburst of uproarof noise and laughter arouse,Againtwo outbursts of noise and laughter. 4. Difference Icanalways tella graduate class froman undergraduate class, observed the instructor inone of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in LosAngeles.When Isay,Good afternoon, the undergraduates respond,Good afternoon. But the graduate studentsjust write it down. She is the onewho sells the candy. 5.A Good Boy Little Robert asked his m