Kill Those Flies (2)原版英文小故事内容： The flies were less active late at night, but they often woke Hazel up when they walked on her face while she was sleeping. “Do something about these flies!” she yelled at Mel one day. “When you go to sleep tonight, have a new dream! Dream that God told you to close the front door and throw out all this rotting meat!” Mel drove back to Wal-Mart

The Oil Change (1)原版英文小故事内容： Darwin was about to give his 1992 Buick Regal to his girlfriend’s son, Gilroy. But before doing that, Darwin had to make sure the car was safe. If anything was wrong with the car and it caused Gilroy to be injured, Darwin would in turn be injured—by Gilroy’s mom! Darwin made a list of things to do for Moe, his mechanic. Change the oil and oil fil

The Oil Change (2)原版英文小故事内容： Andy, Moe’s younger brother, called late Wednesday morning. Andy told Darwin that he’d checked out the Buick for needed repairs. “Go ahead. I’m sitting down,” Darwin said. Andy said the car needed new pads on the front disc brakes. It needed a new fuel filter. It needed new coolant. It needed new windshield wiper blades. “How much are the blades?

Boy Starts Huge Fire原版英文小故事内容： A ten-year-old boy confessed to his parents that he was playing with matches on a windy day in October in southern California. The Santa Ana winds were howling that day, and his carelessness resulted in the Witch fire. That fire destroyed 18,000 acres of woodland and 12 homes. The total damage and the cost of firefighting efforts were estimated at $2

Writers Go on Strike原版英文小故事内容： “A DVD retails for $10 or more. Out of that, we writers currently get 4 or 5 cents. We’re asking to get 8 cents per DVD. The producers and others say we’re asking for too much.” That is television writer Saul Bloom’s argument as to why the Writers Guild of America is going on strike tomorrow. The strike by TV and movie writers will greatly affect

Please Don’t Hurt Me!原版英文小故事内容： Henry killed a 14-year-old girl. He killed her after breaking her thumbs, kicking and breaking most of her ribs, striking her repeatedly in the head with his thermos, and stabbing her more than 45 times with a #2 pencil. She bled to death. He killed her after he had kidnapped her and raped her repeatedly for four weeks. He had kept her in the baseme

A Little White Lie原版英文小故事内容： Irene was angry at her boyfriend Rory. She was trying to make a business deal. Rory was not a business man. But she needed Rory’s help because she was a woman and business men, she knew, routinely lied to women. “All you have to do is tell Mr. Lo that you are the sales manager for my company. What’s the big deal? It’s not like you’re in court raisi

Jury Service in California原版英文小故事内容： To serve on a California jury, you must be a U.S. citizen. You must be selected to serve; juror names are selected from state identification cards, driver’s licenses, and voting rolls. If selected, you will receive in your mail an envelope marked Jury Summons. Call the 800 phone number to find out the first day of your service. If that date is

The Rude Golfer (1)原版英文小故事内容： If he says one more thing to me, I’m going to hit him, Roy thought. Roy was thinking about Danny, a fellow golfer he had just met today. Danny was a successful orthopedist, 60 years old and quite overweight. Roy was a retired Army officer, 80 and wiry. Roy was walking; Danny was riding in a golf cart. On the second tee, Danny stood directly behind

The Rude Golfer (2)原版英文小故事内容： On the eighth tee, Danny’s cell phone rang just as Roy was getting ready to hit the ball. Roy hit another bad shot. He glared at Danny. Danny looked at him again. “I’m a doctor, Roy. I’m on call for emergencies. What if your great granddaughter was in a car accident—wouldn’t you be glad I had my ringer on?” On the ninth tee, Danny told Roy that

Man Invents Toilet for Cars原版英文小故事内容： “People have been traveling by car for 100 years. My invention is long overdue. Who hasn’t had an emergency while traveling? Sometimes you’re miles from the nearest gas station or McDonald’s. Everyone knows that when you gotta go, you gotta go,” said Phil Bole. Phil has invented a chemical toilet for vehicles. One size fits all (vehicles

Monkeys Cause Man’s Death原版英文小故事内容： A florist in Delhi, India fell to his death after he was attacked by a gang of monkeys. He was on his balcony watering his plants. Three monkeys, which usually were friendly beggars, sat on his balcony railing and watched. They were hoping that he would offer them some food. When he finished watering the plants, he sat down in a chair to enjoy t

The Light Eater (1)原版英文小故事内容： Oscar hadn’t eaten all day, but that was okay. Many scientific studies have concluded that the less people eat, the longer they live. These studies are based on experiments with mice and other small animals, so maybe the conclusions don’t apply to humans. But maybe they do. Oscar wanted to live to be 100. So, years ago, he had cut back from three meal

The Light Eater (2)原版英文小故事内容： Oscar examined the pasta box. On the front, in large letters, was “Barilla Penne—Italy’s #1 Brand of Pasta.” On the side, in small print at the very bottom, was “Product of U.S.A.” Oscar shook his head; they tricked me again, he thought. He added two cups of pasta to the boiling water and set the timer. While the pasta was cooking, Oscar took a cucumb

少儿英语故事Little Goldfis文档中英文对照 Little Goldfish 小金鱼 Pretty little goldfish come and go, Swimming in the sunshine to and fro. To and fro, to and fro, Swimming in the sunshine to and fro. 漂亮的小金鱼来来去去， 在阳光下游来游去。 游来游去，游来游去。 在阳光下游来游去。 Pretty little goldfish come and go, Swimming in the sunshine to and fro. To and fro, to and f

少儿英语故事(双语超全版118篇)部分内容 儿童寓言故事 Story 1 Three Good Friends One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He i

A Missing Cat原版英文小故事内容： The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakf

Man Injured原版英文小故事内容： A 79-year-old man was slightly injured on Saturday while waiting in his brand new convertible in a drive-through lane at Burger Prince restaurant. Herman Sherman of Northville suffered a mild burn about 9:00 p.m. when a young female employee accidentally spilled a cup of coffee into his lap. Sherman said the coffee was hot but not scalding. He refused m

A Life-Saving Cow原版英文小故事内容： Six consecutive days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Brown’s farm. As she tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. The fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she came to, Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows, was licking her face. The water was rising. Nancy g

Driver Loses Mabel原版英文小故事内容： A fifteen-year-old boy was injured in a car accident when the minivan he was traveling in was hit by a pickup truck at an intersection. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital. The paramedics said that it appeared that the boy had nothing more serious than a broken left leg, but that internal injuries were always a possibility. The boy was conscious and