英语故事带翻译

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not

run quickly, and she could not bite[bait], because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse;she jumped and caught[kɔ:t] the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had

not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, \"Do not hit your old servant['sə:vənt]. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind[ʌn'kaind] to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young.\" 【译文】 老猫

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了工具，因为它年纪太年夜了.一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠.因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜失落了，因为老猫咬不了它.

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死.她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，可是，我实在太老了，对年纪年夜的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情.”

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, \"I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat.\" Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, \"I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river.\"

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】

一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不筹算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的工具.”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去.

他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能度过河.”

他开始回家，那天他没有吃工具.他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从灰尘中翻出来吃了.

不要把好工具扔失落，换个时候你会觉得它们年夜有用处. The City Mouse and the Country['kʌntri] Mouse

Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, \"Do come and see me at my house in the country.\" So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, \"This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole[həul]in the field['fi:ld]? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone[stəun]. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.\"

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set[set]ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, \" Run! Run! The cat is coming!\" They ran away quickly and hid.

After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, \"I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.\"

【译文】

城里老鼠和乡下老鼠

畴前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友.一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里.很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看.”于是，城里老鼠就去了.乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里.它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠.城里老鼠说：“这工具欠好吃，你的家也欠好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看.”

乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去.房子十分漂亮，好吃的工具也为他们摆好了.可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很年夜的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开潜藏起来.

过了一会儿，他们出来了.当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里.因为这样虽然贫穷可是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些.”

One day a visitor from the city came to a small rural area to drive around the country roads, see how the farms looked, and perhaps to see how farmers earned their living. The city man saw a farmer in his yard, holding a pig up in his hands, and lifting it so that the pig

could eat apples from an apple tree. The city man said to the farmer,\" I see that your pig likes apples, but isn\"t that quite a waste of time?\" The farmer replied,\" What\"s time to a pig?\"

一天，有一个城市里的游客来到一个小乡村，在乡间路上开着车，想看看农庄是什么样子，也想看看农夫怎样种田过日子.这位城里人看见一位农夫在宅后的草地上，手中抱着一头猪，并把它举得高高的，好让它能够吃到树上的苹果.城里人对农夫说，\"我看你的猪挺喜欢吃苹果的，可是，这不是很浪费时间吗?\"那位农夫回答说，\"时间对猪有什么意义?\" A Useful Lesson

In England nobody under the age of eighteen is allowed to drink in a public bar．

Mr． Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite often，but he never took his son，Tom，because he was too young． Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday， Mr．Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for half an hour， and then Mr．Thompson said to his son，“Now， Tom，I want to teach you a useful lesson．You must always be careful not to drink too much． And how do you know when you've had enough？ Well， I'll tell you．Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar？ When they seem to have become four，you've had enough and should go home．”

“But， Dad，” said Tom，“I can only see one light at the end of the bar．” 有益的教训

在英国，十八岁以下的人禁绝进酒吧喝酒.

汤普森先生以前经常去他家附近的一个酒吧喝酒，但他历来不带他的儿子汤姆去，因为他年纪太小.后来，当汤姆年满十八岁的时候，汤普森先生第一次带他去他常去的那家酒吧.他们喝了半个小时，而后，汤普森先生对他儿子说：“汤姆，现在我要告诉你一个有益的教训.你必需时时小心不要喝得太多.你怎么知道你喝够了呢？好，我来告诉你.你看见酒吧那头有两盏灯吗？当那两盏灯看起来酿成四盏的时候，你就喝够了，应该回家了. “可是，爸爸.”汤姆说：“在酒吧那头我只能看见一盏灯.” An Awkward Situation

One of the guests turned to a man by his side and criticized the woman who was singing.

\"What a terrible vioce! Do you know she is?\" \"Yes,\" was the answer,\"she is my wife.\"

\"Oh,l beg your pardon. Of course her vioce isn't bad. I wonder who wrote the awful song.\" \"l did,\" was the answer. 翻译： 尴尬的处境

一位客人扭身对他旁边的一个男人批评正在唱歌的那个女人. “多糟糕的嗓子.你知道她是谁么？” “知道，”那人回答，“她是我妻子.”

“噢，对不起.固然她的嗓子不坏，但歌曲写的欠好.也不知道是谁写的这么糟糕的歌曲.” “是我.”那人回答说.

One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal.

Authorities at the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them.

\"Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet,\" said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs.

\"The old hostel culture of camaraderie and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion.\"

IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of seven IITs across India which are considered to be among the finest

engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants.

But their exacting curriculum, tough competition and reclusive campus lifestyle have taken a toll on students.

Depressive and dysfunctional lifestyles are known to be common among IIT students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years.

Students have unlimited free Internet access in their hostel rooms to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming.

Starting Monday, Internet access will be barred between 11 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbai's 13 hostels to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their \"shells,\" Gopalan said.

\"There has been a decline in academic performance and also participation in sporting, cultural and social activities has gone down,\" he said.

But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated.

\"Now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby to go to sleep,\" said Rajiv, an electronics student. 中文：

印度一家一流工科院校日前公布了一项限制学生宿舍上网的规定，该学校称，学生整日沉浸于上网、玩电脑游戏和写博客，影响了他们的学习成果，并助长了他们内心的孤独感和自杀倾向.

这所位于孟买的印度工学院的官员们称，学生们不愿介入社交活动，很多人要么早上上课迟到，要么干脆在课堂上睡觉. 学生处处长普拉卡什·格帕兰说：“现在，有的学生忙于上网，甚至不知道住在隔壁的同学是谁.”

“互助友爱的宿舍文化已经一去不复返了.我们认为，这是个不健康的趋势.”

拥有5000名学生的印度孟买工学院是印度七年夜工学院之一，这七所工学院国际知名，同时也是全球顶尖科技集团的人才库.

但高难度的课程、激烈的竞争和“与世隔绝”式的校园生活严重影响了这些学生的身心健康.

烦闷、不正常的生活方式在印度工学院是一种普遍现象，在过去五年中，印度工学院至少有九名学生自杀.

规定公布之前，学生们可以在宿舍里无限制的免费上网，但除学习外，很多学生都利用这一便利上网冲浪、聊天、下载片子和音乐、写博客或玩游戏等.

格帕兰说，从（本）周一开始，学校在校内的13个宿舍实施限制上网办法，每晚11点至12：30这一时段网络将被关闭，以此来鼓励学生早睡、并试图用这种法子促使他们走出宿舍.

他说：“学生们的学习成果在下降，介入文体和社会活动的人也减少了.”

但这一举措实施的其实不顺利，学生们说他们不喜欢自己的生活受管制.

电子系的学生拉吉维说：“现在我们得听着摇篮曲入睡了.” One day, a teacher took his pupils to a chicken farm to pay a visit. When they came near the incubator, chick just got out of its egg shell.

一天，老师带学生到养鸡场观赏，当他们走近孵化器时，刚好一只小鸡破壳而出.

\"It's wonderful to see a little thing come out from the egg shell, isn't it？\" the teacher said.

“看见一个小生命从蛋壳里出来，岂不是很奇妙的吗？”老师说.

\"Yes, sir.\" said one of the boys, \" but it would be more wonderful if we knew how a chick gets in to its eggs hell before hand.\" “是的，老师.”一个男学生说，“可是，如果我们知道它是怎样事先钻进蛋壳里的那就更奇妙了.” 故事二：

Good and evil 善与恶

Weak forces of good and evil was expelled to the sky. Asked Zeus is good at, how can we return to earth to. Zeus told him that we should not and go, one by one of the world to visit it. Evil and people very close, so one after another to find them. Good because down from the sky, on the very slow to very slow. 参考译文：

力量弱小的善,被恶赶走到了天上.善于是问宙斯,怎样才华回到人间去.宙斯告诉他,年夜家不要一起去,一个一个的去访问人间吧.恶与人很相近,所以接连不竭地去找他们.善因为从天上下来,所以就来得很慢很慢. 故事三：

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, \"I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat.\" Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, \"I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river.\" He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好贫贫

饮，他说：“我不计划吃那些

饮，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我特别好吃的工

饮，一把扔到土里去. 他继续走，来到河

具.”接着他拿起贫

边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，接着他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能度过河.” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃工具.他就开始去找吃的，他找到贫

饮，特

别开心地把它们从灰尘中翻出来吃了. 不要把好工具扔失落，换个时候你会觉得它们年夜有效果处. 故事四：

Fox and cock One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,\"This is my breakfast.'' He comes up to the cock and says,\"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away. The people in the field see the fox.They cry,\"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,\"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'' The fox opens his mouth ang says,\"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree. 狐狸和公鸡 一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一侄

耀鸡.他想：这

是我的早餐. 他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得很好听，你能唱给我听么？”公鸡特别开心.他闭上眼睛开始唱歌.狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了. 在田地里的人们看到了狐狸.年夜喊年夜叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了.”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡.告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的.” 狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的.”就在那时，.公鸡跑到了树底下. 故事五：

The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the

mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, \"Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young.\"

【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫特别老，它跑不快了，也咬不了工具，因为它年纪太年夜了.一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠.因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜失落了，因为老猫咬不了它. 于是，老妇特别生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死.她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了特别多年，还而且愿意为你效劳，可是，我实在太老了，对年纪年夜的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情.” 故事六：

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, \"Do come and see me at my house in the country.\" So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, \"This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the

field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.\" The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, \" Run! Run! The cat is coming!\" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, \"I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.\"

【译文】 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 畴前，有两只老鼠，它们是好好友.一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里.特别多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家瞧瞧.”于是，城里老鼠就去了.乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里.它把全部最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠.城里老鼠说：“这工具欠好吃，你的家也欠好，你为啥住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，而且会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家瞧瞧.” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去.房子十分漂亮，好吃的工具也为他们摆好了.可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见特别年夜的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开潜藏起来. 过了一会儿，他们出来了.当他们出来时，乡下老鼠

说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里.因为这样虽然贫穷可是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些.” 故事七：

Isn't it funny how two people will often think of the same thing at the same time, and neither one know that the other is thinking of it? That is just what happened the day that Buster Bear first thought of going berrying. While he was walking around in the Green Forest, talking to himself about how hungry he was for some berries and how sure he was that there must be some up in the Old Pasture, some one else was thinking about berries and about the Old Pasture too.

\"Will you make me a berry pie if I will get the berries to-morrow?\" asked Farmer Brown's boy of his mother.

Of course Mrs. Brown promised that she would, and so that night Farmer Brown's boy went to bed very early that he might get up early in the morning, and all night long he dreamed of berries and berry pies. He was awake even before jolly, round, red Mr. Sun thought it was time to get up, and he was all ready to start for the Old Pasture when the first Jolly Little Sunbeams came dancing across the Green Meadows. He carried a big tin pail, and in the

bottom of it, wrapped up in a piece of paper, was a lunch, for he meant to stay until he filled that pail, if it took all day.

【译文】这不是很可笑的两个人往往会认为同样的事情在同一时间，任何一方都知道，另一个是它的思想呢？这是刚刚发生的事情的一天，熊先巴斯特去berrying思 想.当他走在绿森林，自言自语他是如何渴望一些浆果和如何确定他是必需有一些在旧牧场，另外一个人在想浆果和对太旧帕斯彻.

“你让我一个浆果馅饼，如果我将获得浆果明天？”问农民布朗对他母亲的男孩. 故事八：

\"Weddings are all about two individuals reunited as one. All over the world, there are different ceremonies and customs surrounding the way people are wed depending on their culture.

Red as a dominant color in the clothing of the bride and the entourage and in the decors are seen in Asian weddings especially Chinese and Indian weddings. Color red is associated with good fortune according to Indian and Chinese customs. Though many people today would find the Chinese wearing white during weddings, it was not always like this in the past. White was once viewed as a bad color in historical sense because this color was always seen in funerals and in mourning.

【译文】“婚礼都是作为一个统一的约2个人都在世界各地.，有分歧的礼仪和习俗周围结婚的人根据自己的文化.

作为一个红色的新娘和陪同人员和花色衣服的颜色主要是呈现在亚洲特别是中国和印度的婚礼婚礼.红色是与好运根据印度和中国的习俗.虽然今天很多人会发现在婚礼中穿白色，但不是这个样子总是在过去.怀特曾被视为一个欠好的历史意义，因为这种颜色的颜色总是呈现在葬礼和吊唁…… 故事九：

A long term relationship is always going to have its moments of light and shade, good and bad. That is human nature, for better or for worse - heck it is even included in the marriage vows. If you find that your relationship is limping along a little bit, then there are many things that you can do to give it a boost. Here are 3 ways to restore a relationship and get it back on track.

【译文】一个长期的关系总是有光影，好和坏的时刻.这是人类的天性是好还是坏 - 哎呀，甚至是在婚姻内的誓言.如果您发现你们的关系却举步维艰沿一点点，然后有很多工具，你可以给它做一个推动.这里有三种方法恢复关系，并回正轨. 故事十：

There are so many things that you can try to improve your relationship and you should not stop at 3, in fact don't stop - keep working on improving your relationship for evermore. How long it

will take to improve your relationship depends on the damage that has been done and how long it has been neglected, but you can make a lot of progress very quickly.

【译文】有这么多工具，你可以检验考试改善你们的关系，你不应该停留在三，其实并没有停止 - 不竭改善关系，你的工作，直到永远.多长时间将采用改善关系取决于你已经做了多长时间被忽视的损害，但你可以做一个很年夜的进步非常快. (一)万事俱备，只欠春风

历史上，中国曾被分为三年夜国：北边是魏国，西南是蜀国，西北是吴国.

有一次，魏国的曹操带了20万精兵南下攻打吴国和蜀国，准备消灭它们.为了应敌，吴国和蜀国结成同盟国.曹军驻扎在长江北岸.曹操让手下用铁链将战船连在一起，好让曹军渡江攻打南岸的盟军.盟军由吴国将领周瑜率领，他仔细分析了形势，最后决定用火烧失落仇敌的船.于是，他开始准备一切，当他将一切准备好时，发现还需要春风.可连续几天都没有春风，周瑜急抱病倒了.这时，蜀国的军师诸葛亮叫人送了一张纸条给他，上面写着：\"要赢曹操，须用火攻.万事俱备，只欠春风.\"周瑜收到后，立刻向诸葛亮求助.诸葛亮叫周瑜不要着急，两天后，将有春风.果然，两天后，刮起春风.周瑜趁这个机会将曹军的战船烧毁，最后，曹操被打败了.

后来，人们用这个成语来比如样样都准备好了，只差最后

一个重要条件.

Everything is Ready Except the East Wind

China has been divided into three kingdoms historically: Wei in the north, Shu in the southwest and Wu in the southeast.

Once Cao Cao from Wei led a 200，000 strong army down to the south to wipe out the kingdoms of Wu and Shu. Therefore, Wu and Shu united to defend his attack. Cao ordered his men to link up the boats by iron chains to form a bridge for the Cao's passing from the north bank of Yangtze River to the south bank. The General Commander of the allied army was Zhou Yu. He analyzed the situation carefully. Then he got a good idea. He decided to attack the enemy with fire. So he began to prepare for the coming battle. Suddenly he thought of the direction of wind. He needed the east wind to blow strongly in order to accomplish his scheme. However, the wind did not come for days. Thus Zhou Yu was worried about it. At that time, he got a note from Zhuge Liang, the military adviser of the State of Shu, which reads: \"To fight Cao Cao Fire will help you win Everything is ready Except the east wind\"

Quickly he turned to Zhuge Liang for help. Zhuge told him not

to worry and there would be an east wind in a couple of days. Two days later, the east wind helped Zhou accomplish his scheme. At last, the allied army won the war.

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（二）Give the wrong-doer a way out

Beginning with Yu the GREat, the Xia Dynasty had lasted about four hundred years before Jie became the supreme ruler. And that was in the 18th century BC. Jie was extremely tyrannical and dissolute. This aroused GREat resentment among the people. Tang, the Chief of the tribe Shang took advantage of this situation to overthrow the Xia Dynasty and established the Shang

Dynasty in the early 17th century BC. Among the preparations for the overthrow had been the winning over of popular support. One day, Tang was having a walk in the open country. He saw a man catching birds with a big net spread in a box-like and mumbling: \"Come on, birds! Come into my net. All of you, whether you are flying high or low, east or west. Come into my net!\"

Tang walked over and said to the man, \"This method is ruthless! You'll spare no birds this way!\" With these words, he cut the net down on three sides. Then he murmured in a light voice as if praying: \"Oh, birds! Fly to the left or right as you like. And if you're really tired of your life, come into this net!\"

When chiefs of other tribes heard about this, they were all moved. They said, \"Tang is a good king indeed. He is so kind even to birds and beasts. He must be more merciful to human beings.\" And very soon, about forty tribes pledged allegiance to Tang. From that story came the idiom \"Open the net on three sides\". Later, people changed it into \"Give the wrong-doer a way out.\"， indicating to be lenient to the wrong-doers. 网开一面

从年夜禹到桀，夏朝一共继续了四百多年的历史.

那是在公元前十八世纪.桀是个极端残酷，放荡的人.他激起了人民的极度不满.部落商的领袖汤利用这个形势，推翻了夏

朝，并在公元前十七世纪早期建立了商朝.在准备这场推翻夏朝的行动中，汤赢得了广泛的支持.

一天，汤在一片开阔的田野里散步.他看见一个人正在捕鸟.那人支开一张像笼子般的年夜网，喃喃的说：\"来吧，鸟儿们！飞到我的网里来.无论是飞得高的还是低的，向东还是向西的，所有的鸟儿都飞到我的网里来吧！\"

汤走过去对那个人说：\"你这种方法太残酷了！这样作你连一只鸟也不放过！\"

一边说着，汤砍断了三面网.然后，像做祈祷那样，他轻轻的低声说道，\"哦，鸟儿们，喜欢向左飞的，就向左飞；喜欢向右飞的，就向右飞；如果你真的厌倦了你的生活，就飞入这张网吧！\"

其它部落的首领得知这件事后都非常感动.他们说：\"汤真是一位贤王啊.他对鸟兽都如此仁慈，何况是对人呢？\" 不久就有四十多个部落宣誓效忠汤.

\"网开三面\"这个成语就是由此而来的.后来，人们把它改为\"网开一面\"，暗示宽容的看待做错事的人.

年夜胆人

A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was

engrossed in her book but happened to see that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.

一天晚上，一位女士在机场候机，她的航班还要等上很长的几个小时.她在机场的商店里找了一本书，买下一袋曲奇饼，找了一个处所坐下.她全神贯注地读着书，忽然看见坐在她旁边的一个男子居然年夜胆地从他们之间的曲奇饼袋子里拿走了一两块去吃.为了不妥众发脾气，她尽量假装没有看见，使劲地嚼着曲奇饼，一边看着表，而那个可恶的曲奇饼小偷正在使她的存货不竭减少.

She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking,\"If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye.\" With each cookie she took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other.

时间一分一秒地过去，她越来越生气，心想：“要不是我脾气好，我早把他的眼睛打青了！”就这样，她拿一块曲奇饼，他也拿一块，剩了最后一块时，她不知道对方会怎么做.他呢，脸上

带着微笑，又有些紧张，把最后一块曲奇饼拿起来，掰成两半，给她一半，自己把另一半吃了.

She snatched it from him and thought...oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he's also rude. Why he didn't even show any gratitude! She had never known when she had been so galled and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the ingrate thief.

她从对方手里夺下半块曲奇饼，想，哦，老兄！这家伙有点太胆年夜、太无理了.他竟然都没有露出一点感激的意思！她历来也没有像这样恼怒过，所以在她的航班通告响起时，她如释重负地叹了口气.她收拾好了行李，走向登机口，根本不想再看一眼那忘恩负义的小偷.

She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat. Then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise. There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.

登机之后，她舒适地坐在座位上，开始找那本马上就要看完的书.就在她够到行李时，却惊讶地喘不外气来.她的曲奇饼不就放在自己眼前吗？她绝望地喃喃着，如果这是我的，那么那些曲奇饼就是他的啦，是他在和我分享.她哀思地意识到，报歉已经太晚，她才是那个不讲理的、忘恩负义的、偷了曲奇饼的人. How many times in our lives have we absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true...was not?

在我们的生活中，有几多次我们认为事情完全就是那样的，而后来才发现我们认为是真相的工具……却其实不是真相？ It is only when we silence the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us. 只有当我们让日常生活中那些喧嚣的声音沉寂下来时，我们才华听到生活展现给我们的真理的低语.

When you find something funny search it for hidden truth. 如果你觉得某事很古怪，就要去发掘隐藏在它面前的真相.