One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet, that read: "I am blind, please help。
" A creative publicist was walking by the blind man and stopped to observe that the man only had a few coins in his hat。 He put a few of his own coins in the hat, and without stopping to ask for permission, took the sign, turned it around, and wrote a new message。
He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left。 Later that afternoon the creative publicist returned by the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost completely full of bills and coins。
The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was him who had changed his sign? He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it? The pulicist said:"All I did is to make your words clearer。 " The he prayed the blind man, saying "Goodby!" and went on his journey。
The blind man didn't know that his new sign read like this: Now it's spring but I can't see it。 一天,有个瞎子坐在一栋大楼的台阶上,脚下的标牌上写着:“我是个瞎子,请帮帮我。”
一位有创意的广告员从瞎子身旁经过时停了下来,看到瞎子的帽子里只有一些硬币。他也在帽子里放了几个硬币,未经允许,就拿过标牌,翻过来在上面重新写了一句标语,然后把标牌放回瞎子的脚下,离开了。
那天下午晚些时候,这位广告员回到了这个身旁,他发现帽子里几乎装满了纸钞和硬币。瞎子听出了他的脚步声,问他是否是那个改标牌的人?他也想知道这位男士在上面写了什么。
广告员回答说:“我只是改了你的标语使人们能够看明白。”他向这个瞎子表达了祝福,说了再见,继续走自己的路。
瞎子并不知道,他的新标语是这样的: 现在是春天,但我却看不到。 。
儿童英语小故事--小马过河 (How a Colt Crossed the River)
One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill.
As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, "Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?" The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.
the colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, "Colt, stop! You'll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river." Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.
He told his mom his experience on the way. His mother said, "My child, don't always listen to others. You'd better go and try yourself. Then you'll know what to do."
Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. "Little horse, it's too dangerous!"
"No, I want to try myself", answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully.
On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as deep as the squirrel told him.
You see, real knowledge comes from practice.
小马过河儿童英语故事中文译文
一天,小马驮着麦子去磨坊。
当他驮着口袋向前跑去时,突然发现一条小河挡住了去路。小马为难了,这可怎么办呢?
它向四周望了望,看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。小马问道:“牛阿姨,请您告诉我,这条河我能趟过去吗?”奶牛回答说:“水很浅,刚到膝盖。”
小马正准备过河,突然丛树上跳下一只松鼠,拦住它大叫道:“小马,别过河!你会被淹死的。昨天,我的一个伙伴就在这条河里淹死啦!”小马不知如何是好,于是决定回家问问妈妈。
小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说:“孩子,光听别人说是不行的,你自己亲自去试一试,就知道答案了。”
小马回到河边,刚要下水,松鼠又大叫起来:“小马,你不要命啦?”小马说:“让我自己试试吧。”它一面回答一面下了河,小心地趟了过去。原来河水既不像老牛说的那样浅也不像松鼠说的那样深。
这下明白了吧,实践才能出真知。
One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill. As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, "Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?" The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high. the colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, "Colt, stop! You'll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river." Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom. He told his mom his experience on the way. His mother said, "My child, don't always listen to others. You'd better go and try yourself. Then you'll know what to do." Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. "Little horse, it's too dangerous!" "No, I want to try myself", answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully. On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as deep as the squirrel told him. You see, real knowledge comes from practice. 小马过河儿童英语故事中文译文 一天,小马驮着麦子去磨坊。
当他驮着口袋向前跑去时,突然发现一条小河挡住了去路。小马为难了,这可怎么办呢? 它向四周望了望,看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。
小马问道:“牛阿姨,请您告诉我,这条河我能趟过去吗?”奶牛回答说:“水很浅,刚到膝盖。” 小马正准备过河,突然丛树上跳下一只松鼠,拦住它大叫道:“小马,别过河!你会被淹死的。
昨天,我的一个伙伴就在这条河里淹死啦!”小马不知如何是好,于是决定回家问问妈妈。 小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。
妈妈说:“孩子,光听别人说是不行的,你自己亲自去试一试,就知道答案了。” 小马回到河边,刚要下水,松鼠又大叫起来:“小马,你不要命啦?”小马说:“让我自己试试吧。”
它一面回答一面下了河,小心地趟了过去。原来河水既不像老牛说的那样浅也不像松鼠说的那样深。
这下明白了吧,实践才能出真知。
A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad。
"Now, children," said she , "has anyone of you ever make someone else glad?" "Please, teacher,"said a small boy,"I've make someone glad yesterday。 " "Well done。
Who was that?" "My granny。" "Good boy。
Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad。" "Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her three hours。
Then I said to her, 'Granny, I'm going home,' and she said, 'Well, I'm glad'!" 一个主日学校校(基督教教会为了向儿童灌输宗教思想, 在星期天开办的儿童班)的老师在对学生讲使别人高兴的重要性。 “现在,孩子们,”她说:“你们当中有谁让别人高兴过?” “我,老师,”一个小男孩说:“昨天我就使别人高兴过。”
“做得好,是谁呢?” “我奶奶。” “好孩子。
现在告诉我们,你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的。” “是这样的,老师。
我昨天去看她,在她那儿呆了三个小时。 然后我跟她说:‘奶奶,我要回家了。
’她说:‘啊,我很高兴。
一只小猫 Mrs Brown went to visit one of her friend and carried a small box with holes punched in the top。
" What's in your box?" asked the friend。 "A cat," answered Mrs Brown。
"You see I\'ve been dreaming about mice at night and I\'m so scared! This cat is to catch them。 " "But the mice are only imaginary," said the friend。
"So is the cat," whispered Mrs Brown。 布朗夫人去拜访一位朋友,她拿着一个顶部扎满了小眼儿的盒子。
“盒子里装的是什么 ?”朋友问道。 “一只小猫,” 布朗夫人回答说,“你知道我晚上睡觉总梦见老鼠,我非常害怕。
这只猫可以抓住那些老鼠。” “可老鼠都是假想的呀。”
朋友说。 “小猫也是假想的。”
布朗夫人小声说道。 。
这中文应该是'青蛙王子',很短的故事。
The Frog PrinceOne fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water with a rose in the middle of it, she sat herself down to rest a while. Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favourite plaything; and she was always tossing it up into the air, and catching it again as it fell. After a time she threw it up so high that she missed catching it as it fell; and the ball bounded away, and rolled along on the ground, until at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. She began to cry, and said, 'Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.' Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said, 'Princess, why do you weep so bitterly?' 'Alas!' said she, 'what can you do for me, you nasty frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.' The frog said, 'I do not want your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep on your bed, I will bring you your ball again.' 'What nonsense,' thought the princess, 'this silly frog is talking! He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he asks.' So she said to the frog, 'Well, if you will bring me my ball, I will do all you ask.' Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water; and after a little while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge of the spring. As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up; and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again, that she never thought of the frog, but ran home with it as fast as she could. < 2=""> The frog called after her, 'Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said,' But she did not stop to hear a word. The next day, just as the princess had sat down to dinner, she heard a strange noise - tap, tap - plash, plash - as if something was coming up the marble staircase, and soon afterwards there was a gentle knock at the door, and a little voice cried out and said: 'Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.' Then the princess ran to the door and opened it, and there she saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten. At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could came back to her seat. The king, her father, seeing that something had frightened her, asked her what was the matter. 'There is a nasty frog,' said she, 'at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning. I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.' While she was speaking the frog knocked again at the door, and said: 'Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.' Then the king said to the young princess, 'As you have given your word you must keep it; so go and let him in.' She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on - tap, tap - plash, plash - from the bottom of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess sat. 'Pray lift me upon chair,' said he to the princess, 'and let me sit next to you.' As soon as she had done this, the frog said, 'Put your plate nearer to me, that I may eat out of it.' This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could, he said, 'Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed.' And the princess, though very unwilling, took him up in her hand, and put him upon the pillow of her own bed, where he slept all night long. < 3=""> As soon as it was light the frog jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house. 'Now, then,' thought the princess, 'at last he is gone, and I shall be troubled with him no more.' But she was mistaken; for when night came again she heard the same tapping at the door; and the frog came once more, and said: 'Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.' And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke. And the third night he did the sam。
A Foolish Chicken
Christmas was coming .Mr Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children .His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her medicine .And the harvest was bad and all his family were going go be hungry the next spring .He was quite worried about it .
“We had only a cock ,”said Mrs Smith one day .“You'd better take it to the town .Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children .”
“It's a good idea !”the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box .It was difficult to walk on the road covered with thick snow .Two hours later he was very tied and wanted to have a rest .He put the box to the ground and sat down .
“The air in the box must be close ,”the man said to himself .“I'd better let the cock walk outside for a while ,or it'll die .”
So he put the cock to the ground .When he started again ,he couldn't catch it any longer .
“How foolish you are !”Mr Smith called out angrily .“You can herald the break of day at night but you cann't find the way to the town in the daytime !”