簡單易懂的英語故事短文

　　幼兒英語故事是提高英語教學的有效方法之一,幼兒英語故事教學是幼兒英語教學中的一種基本形式。本文是，希望對大家有幫助!

　　：A Clever Boy

　　機靈的男孩

　　A boy who was cleaning shes in the street said to a young man passing by, "Let me clean your boots."

　　一個機靈的男孩在大街上擦鞋，他對一個路過的年輕人說：“我給你擦擦靴子吧?”

　　The young man said, “No.”

　　年輕人說：“不用了。”

　　"It will cost you only a penny, sir." said the boy. But the young man again refused.

　　“你只需要付一便士，先生。”男孩說。然而年輕人仍然拒絕了。

　　Then the boy told him that hr would clean his boots for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one boot was shining brightly. Then he put his other boot on the box, but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pence for his work. The young man refused to pay anything, and went away.

　　於是男孩對他說，他願意免費給他擦靴子。年輕人同意了。不一會兒，一隻靴子擦得閃閃發亮。接著，他把另一隻靴子也放到擦鞋箱上，可是男孩拒絕再擦，除非他付給他兩個便士作為報酬。年輕人一分也不願意給，掉頭就走。

　　But the well-cleaned boot made the dirty one look so bad that he couldn't walk on.

　　但是一隻靴子擦得乾乾淨淨，顯得另一隻特別難看，他實在沒有辦法在走下去了。

　　He turned back and gave the boy the two pence. In a very short time his boot shone brightly.

　　他只好折回來，給了男孩兩便士。不一會兒，他的兩隻靴子都閃閃發亮了。

　　：A Probllem in Arithmetic

　　算數問題

　　Bill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic, and he can do all ofthe arithmetic problems in his book easily.

　　比爾是一個好學生，也是個聰明的孩子。他喜歡學算數，課本上所有的算術題他都能輕而易舉地做出來。

　　One day on his way to school Bill passed a fruit store. There was a sign in the window whichsaid, "Apple-Six for five cents." An idea came to Bill and he went into the store.

　　有一天，比爾去上學，路上經過一家水果店。店的窗戶上有個招牌寫著：“蘋果——六個五分錢。”比爾冒出個想法，走進店去。

　　"How much are the apples?" he asked the store.

　　“蘋果多少錢?”他問店裡。

　　"Six for five cents."

　　“六個五分錢。”

　　"But I don’t want six apples."

　　“可我不想要六個。”

　　"How many apples do you want?"

　　“你想要幾個?”

　　"It is not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem in arithmetic."

　　“這不是我想要幾個的問題，這是個數學問題。”

　　"What do you mean by a problem in arithmetic?" asked the man.

　　“數學問題，你什麼意思啊?”那人問。

　　"Well, if six apples are wroth five cents, then five apples are worth four cents, four apples areworth three cents, three apples are worth rwo cents, two apples are worth one cent and oneapple is worth nothing. I only want one apple, and if one apple is worth nothing then it is notnecessary for me to pay you."

　　“你看，要是六個蘋果值五分錢，那五個蘋果就值四分錢，四個蘋果就值三分錢，三個蘋果就值兩分錢，兩個蘋果就值一分錢，而一個蘋果就不值錢。我只要一個蘋果，要是一個蘋果不值錢，那我就不用給你錢了。”

　　Bill picked out a good apple, began to eat it, and walked happily out of the store. The manlooked at the young boy with such surprise that he could not say a word.

　　比爾挑出一個漂亮的蘋果，張口就咬，然後高高興興地走出店去。那人目瞪口呆地瞧著這小男孩，一句話也說不出來。

　　：An opposite Example

　　反面例子

　　An aesthetics professor's grandson asked his grandfather. "Grandpa, why did you say that all the father are ugly?"

　　一位美學教授的孫子問他：“爺爺，為什麼你總說所有假的東西都是醜陋的呢?”

　　"That's certainly true. Couldn't you give me an opposite example?"

　　“那是當然了。難道你能給我舉個反面例子嗎?”

　　"Oh, yes," the grandson, climbing on his grandfather's knees, said proudly, "Look at yourself. When you put on your false teeth, you looked younger and lively; when you get off them, your mouth looked empty and shriveled, that's really ugly. Isn't it an opposite example?"

　　“哦，當然啦。”孫子爬上爺爺的膝蓋，自豪地說，“看看你自己。你帶上假牙，看起來既年輕又有活力;拿下假牙，你的嘴看起來就空空的，還皺巴巴的，真的很難看。這不是個反面例子嗎?”

　　The professor could find no answer.

　　教授無言以對。