初中英语小故事

初中英语小故事

30 The Cat and the Tiger

A cat and a tiger are good friends;

they usually talk to each other and play together. They

look the same .But the cat is very small, and the tiger is very big.

They hunt food in the same way. The cat is a good hunter, but the tiger

isn’t .Every day the cat can find something to eat, but the tiger can’t .Some days the

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tiger can’t find any food at all.

One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. He says, “Friend Cat, I want your help. I am bigger than you, but At last the cat says, “Friend Tiger, I do not have any more tricks.”

I can’t hunt as well as you. Can you teach me?”

The cat thinks for a long time.

At last he says, “Well, Friend Tiger,

I will teach you to be a good

hunter.”

Day after day he teaches the tiger. He teaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches him how to walk

very, very quietly. He teaches him how to jump ahead. He teaches him how to run very fast.

The cat is a god teacher, and the tiger learns fast.

The tiger begins to think. He says to himself, “The cat can

not teach me anything else. I may as well eat

him up.”

Fast as he can, the tiger jumps at the cat. But

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just as fast, the cat climbs up

the tree! The tiger lands on his face!

The tiger is mad!

“You don’t teach me that,” says the tiger,” I do not know how to climb up a tree!”

The cat laughs. “Do you think I will teach you all my tricks? I am small, but I’m not silly!”

And the cat doesn’t teach the tiger anything else.

tiger n. 老虎

together adv.一

起

way n.方法 hunt v.猎取

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hunter n.猎人 bigger adj.更大的

than conj.比 quietly adv.安静地

ahead adv.在前面 fast adj.快的

last n.最终 trick n.技巧，恶作剧

land v.到达 mad adj.疯狂的

silly adj.愚蠢的．

31 How Much Is One Apple? Bill is seven years old. He is a

clever boy and a good student. He can work out all the problems in his books

quickly. And his favorite subject is math.

One day, on his way to school, Bill passes a fruit shop. There is a small blackboard at the door of the shop, and it says,

“Apples-six for five dollars.”

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An idea comes to Bill. He goes into the shop.

“How much are the apples?” heasks the shop assistant.

“Six for five dollars.” “But I don’t want six apples.”

“How many apples do you want?”

“It’s not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem about math.”

“What do you mean? Asks the shop assistant.

“Well , if six apples are five dollars, then five apples are worth four dollars, four apples

are worth three dollars, three apples are worth two dollars, two apples are worth