初中英语小故事

初中英语小故事

man. No one likes him. But he is a good cook and many people come to his restaurant.

One day, when the owner is walking quietly in his kitchen, he hears the poor student talking to his friend.

“You aren’t very happy, I think.

Because you are living in a poor room

like this,”his friend says.

“Oh, no,” says the student, “I am busy with my studies and I pay little attention to my room.”

“But you have no money to buy nice things to eat.”

“Yes, it’s true. I eat only rice. But

the smells from the kitchen make the rice nice indeed,” says the student.

The restaurant owner is angry. The student is stealing

the smells from the

kitchen! He decides to

take him to court.

After the selfish

owner telling his thing, the judge says,

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“the student is wrong.” The restaurant owner is happy and the

poor student is very afraid. What can he do? He has only a little money. The judge asks the student if he has money. They student takes five

coins and gives them to the judge. “Let the coins fall into your left hand,” says the judge. The court is very quiet and everyone

hears the sound of the coins when they fall into the student’s left hand.

“Well,” says the judge to the

restaurant owner, “do

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you hear his money? That’s the pay Mr. Blank works in for your smells.”

stolen v.偷（steal的过去分词）

smell n.味道 owner n.拥有者

interested adj.感兴趣的 selfish adj.自私的

court n.法庭，法院 judge

n.法官

coin n.硬币 left adj.

左边的

sound n.声音 pay n.报酬

36 The Blind Dog

an office in , but he lives in the country and comes to work by train every day. The station is not very far from his office, and he likes walking. So he always walks from his office to the station in the evening.

He always walks on

the same road. Every

evening he passes a

poor man near a bridge.

The man sits at the

side of the road and sells oranges, and there is an old dog

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near him. A piece of wood is round the dog’s neck, it says, “I’m blind.”

Mr. Blank is a kind man. He always

stops and says good words top the poor man, and gives

him a little money. But he doesn’t take any of his oranges.

One day, Mr. Blank has a lot of work to do in his office. When he comes out of his office, it’s dark. He thinks, “My train always leaves at five minutes past six, and it is ten minutes to six now. I’m not going to talk

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with the poor man today, and I’m not The poor man says,

going to give him anything. I have “No, I’m not blind. given him a lot of money, and I haven’t taken any of his oranges.”

My poor dog is.”

He comes to the man and his dog, but he doesn’t stop, and he doesn’t say anything. He walks quickly to the station.

But the poor man stands up quickly, runs after him and says,

“You doesn’t give me anything today. You’re always very kind to me. Give

me a little money today, too. I’m a poor man.”

Mr. Blank stops and looks at the man. Then he says, “You’re a blind man. How can you follow me?”

Country n.乡下

station n.车站 Side n.边，侧面 kind adj.友好的，善良的