七年级英语阅读读本.docVIP

七年级英语阅读读本 七年级英语阅读读本 PAGE 20 - 七年级英语阅读读本 1 寓言小故事 Making His Mark “刻舟求剑” A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn’t this a very foolish way to look for a sword? sword [s??d] n.剑；刀 carelessly [ke?l?sli] adv.粗心大意地；疏忽地 Immediately [?mi?di?tli] adv.立即；直接地 foolish [fu?l??] adj.愚蠢的 楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢？船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。 故 事 Adding Eyes to a Dragon Mr. Li is a good painter. One day he draws a beautiful dragon without eyes. Mr. Zhou looks at the picture and says, “The dragon has no eyes. It isn’t a good picture.” But Mr. Li smiles and says, “If I add eyes to the dragon, it will fly away.” Mr. Zhou shakes head and says, “You are boasting. I don’t believe you.” Mr. Li isn’t angry. He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon. Woe! The dragon really flies. boasting [b??st??] n.自夸 paintbrush [pe?ntbr??] n.画笔 画龙点睛 李先生是位很好的画家。一天画了一条栩栩如生的龙，但是这只龙没有眼睛。 周先生见了说：“这条龙没有眼睛。这不算一张好画。” 可是李先生笑着说：“如果我给它加上眼睛，它就会飞走了。” 周先生摇头说：“你吹牛。我不相信。” 李先生也不生气，只是拿起笔给龙点上眼睛。哇！龙真的飞走了。 诗 歌 Rain 雨 Rain is falling all around, 雨儿在到处降落， It falls on field and tree, 它落在田野和树梢， It rains on the umbrella here, 它落在这边的雨伞上， And on the ships at sea. 又落在航行海上的船只。 by R. L. Stevenson, 1850-1894 2 寓言小故事 To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长” Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and