简单的英语经典小故事.docxVIP

简单的英语经典小故事 无奈的院长 He Was Only Wrong by Two 他的得数只比正确答案多二 Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an American college, and he was always trying to find good players, but they weren‘t always smart enough to be accepted by the college. 杰克霍金斯是美国一所学院的橄榄球队教练，他竭力想物色好球员。但是好球员学业不行，院方不愿录取。 One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the dean of the college and asked that the student be allowed to enter without an examination. Well, the dean said after some persuasion, I‘d better ask him a few questions first. 有一天，教练带着一位优秀的年轻球员去见院长，希望院方同意他免试入学。经过一番劝说后院长说：“那我最好先问问他几个问题。” Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions, but the student didn‘t know any of the answers. 然后他转向学生，问了几个非常简单的问题。可是那个学生一个也答不上来。 At last the dean said, Well, what‘s five times seven? 最后院长说：“那么，五乘七得多少?” The student thought for a long time and then answered, Thirty-six. 学生想了很久，然后回答说：“三十六。” The dean threw up his hands and looked at the coach in despair, but the coach said earnestly, Oh, please let him in, sir! He was only wrong by two. 院长摊开双手失望地看教练。可是教练认真地说，“噢，录取他吧，先生。他的答案只比正确答案多二。” 望梅止渴 Among the outstanding figures of Chinese history, famous either for their intelligence or treachery, Cao Cao is one of the foremost. 在中国历史上有许多人物以聪明狡诈而闻名，曹操就是其中之一。 One summer, Cao Cao was leading his troops in a punitive expedition against Zhang Xiu. It was extraordinarily hot. The burning sun was like a fire, and the sky was cloudless. The soldiers were walking on the winding mountain paths. The dense forest and the hot rocks exposed to the sun on both sides of the paths made the soldiers feel suffocated. By noontime the soldiers clothes were wet through with sweat, and the marching speed slowed down. Some solders of weak physique even fainted on the roadside. 有一年夏天，曹操率领部队去讨伐张绣，天气热得出奇，骄阳似火，天上一丝云彩也没有，部队在弯弯曲曲的山道上行走，两边密密的树木和被阳光晒得滚烫的山石，让人透不过气来。到了中午时分，士兵的衣服都湿透了，行军的速度也慢下来，有几个体弱的士兵竟晕倒在路边。 Seeing that the m