初二閱讀的英語小故事

❶ 初二英語小故事！！！！！！！！！！！不要太簡單，也不用很難。

Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found two weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She looked after them with love and the birds both grew well. They thanked her with a wonderful song every morning.
瑪麗很喜歡小動物。有一天早晨她在林中漫步時發現草地上有兩只很虛弱的小鳥。她把它們帶回家裝進一個小籠子里。在她的悉心照料下兩只小鳥長得很好。作為酬謝，它們每天早上給瑪麗唱一首動聽的歌。
But something happened one day, the larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would fly away, so she grasped it. She was very excited to catch it. Suddenly she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the dead bird. Her great love killed the bird!
但是有一天出事了。大一點兒的那隻鳥從籠子里飛了出來！瑪麗認為它要飛走了，於是她就去抓它。抓到它時她非常興奮。突然，她覺得有點兒奇怪。打開手掌，她發現那隻鳥已經死了。她很傷心。是她的愛害死了這只鳥！
The other bird was moving back and forth in the cage. Mary could feel the bird wanted to go out. It wanted to fly into the blue sky. At once, Mary took the bird out of the cage and let it fly away.
另一隻鳥在籠子里來回移動。瑪麗感覺到它飛出牢籠，飛向藍天。她立刻把鳥從籠子里放出來，讓它飛走了。
Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing happily. It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard.
The easiest way to lose love is to hold to tight. The best way to keep love is to give it wings.
瑪麗開心地看著鳥邊飛邊唱。它的歌聲是她所聽過的最美妙的。你把愛抓得越緊，你就越容易失去它。最容易擁有愛的辦法恰恰是給愛插上翅膀。

披著獅皮的驢The ass in the lions skin
The ass in the lion『s skin
An ass once found a lion『s skin. He put it on, and walked towards the village.
All fled when he came near,both men and animals.
The ass felt quite proud. He lifted his voice and brayed, but then everyone knew him.
His owner came up and gave him a sound whipping.
Shortly afterwards,a fox came up to him and said, 「Ah, I knew it was you by your voice.「

披著獅皮的驢

有頭驢發現一張獅子皮，他披著獅子皮走進村莊。

所有的人和動物見到他走過來都逃走了。

驢感到很得意，他高聲地嘶叫，卻被人認了出來。他的主人跑過來打了他一頓。

不久，一隻狐狸也跑過來，對他說：「哦，你一張嘴我就知道你是驢。」

寓意: 外表雖然可以暫時掩蓋一個人的缺點，但它很容易被揭穿。

❷ 初二英語小故事

狼和小羊 The Wolf and the Lamb
Once upon a time a wolf was drinking water at a brook on a hillside. When he looked up, he saw a little lamb beginning to drink water a little down. The wolf wanted to eat the lamb. He thought he could catch the lamb by a trick. He said to the lamb. 「You are making the water dirty, and I cannot drink it.」 The lamb said, 「Am I making the water dirty? That is impossible. You see, you are higher up than I. The water runs down from you to me, so I cannot make it dirty." " Well, then," said the wolf, " for I was born this year." " I don』 t care," cried the wolf." If it was not you, it was probably your father." Then the wolf could say no more, and went

❸ 初中學生適合閱讀的英語小故事

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❹ 初中（初二）英語小故事

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❺ 初二英語幽默小故事

A Clever Panda
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can』t take it home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. 「 know! I have a good idea.」 she jumps and shouts happily, 「I can roll a pumpkin. It』s like a wheel.」
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, 「Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?」 the little panda answers proudly, 「I can』t lift it, but I can roll it.」 Her mother smiled and says，「What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,」
聰明的熊貓
一隻小熊貓摘了一隻大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是這只南瓜太大了，她沒有辦法把這么大的南瓜帶回家。
突然她看見一隻狗熊騎著一輛自行車朝她這邊來。她看著自行車，跳著說：「有了！我有辦法了。我可以把南瓜滾回家去。南瓜好像車輪。
於是她把那瓜滾回家。當她媽媽看到這只大南瓜的時候，很驚訝：「天啊！這么食的南瓜！你是怎麼把它帶回家來的？」小熊貓自豪地說；「我拎不動它，可是我能滾動它啊！」她媽媽微笑著說：「真聰明啊！記住：只要你肯動腦筋，沒有難辦的事。

Lady First 女士優先 A
teacher asked her class: "Is the sentence ' The ox and the cow are in the fields' correct?" Most of the children said: "Yes, it is all right!" And only one little boy said: "No, it is not correct. The lady must be mentioned first."
女士優先
一位老師問班上的學生：」公牛和母牛在田裡「這個句子對嗎？」 大多數學生回答說：「對，一點不錯。」 只有一個小男孩說：「不對，應該先說女士。」

它們是從美國直接帶來的
Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience.
At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America."
它們是從美國直接帶來的
一位中國老婦人在美國看望女兒回來不久，到一家市銀行存女兒送給她的美元。在銀行櫃台，銀行職員認真檢查了每一張鈔票，看是否有假。
這種做法讓老婦人很不耐煩，最後實在忍耐不住說：「相信我，先生，也請你相信這些鈔票。這都是真正的美元，它們是從美國直接帶來的。」

The Reason of Being Late
eacher: Johnny, why are you late for school every morning?
Johnny: Every time I come to the corner, a guidepost says, 'School -- Go Slow'.
遲到的原因
老師：約翰尼，為什麼你每天早晨都遲到？
約翰尼：每當我經過學校附近的拐角處，就見路牌上寫著『學校－緩行』。

❻ 適合初中生閱讀的英語故事小短文

Bertrand Russell

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love ,the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy -- ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it , next, because it relieves loneliness-- that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world , into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what -- at last -- I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much I have achieved.
Love and knowlidge , so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of lonelines, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

我為什麼活著

羅素

三股簡單而非凡強烈的激情一直控制著我的一生：對愛的渴望，對知識的追求和對人類苦難不堪忍受的憐憫。這三股激情，象陣陣巨風，把我在痛苦的海洋的路途中吹得任意東西，變動無常，直吹到了絕望的邊緣。
我尋求愛，首先是因為它帶來了欣喜若狂之情——欣喜若狂使人如此心醉神迷，我常常願意犧牲我的全部餘生來換取幾小時這樣的歡樂。我尋求愛，其次是因為它能解除寂寞——那種可怕的寂寞，如同一個人毛發悚然地從這世界的邊緣探望令人戰栗的死氣沉沉的無底深淵。我尋求愛，最後是因為在愛的結合中我看到了聖徒們和詩人們所想像的預言中的天堂景象的神秘雛型。這就是我所尋求的東西，雖然它也許似乎是人生所難以得到的美好事物，但這就是——最後——我終於找到的東西。
我懷著同樣的激情尋求知識。我希望理解人們的心。我希望知道星星為什麼發光。我力圖領悟畢達哥拉斯的才能，他的才能使數字支配著不斷變動的事物。在這方面，我只達到了一小部分，並不很多。
愛和知識，盡其可能，遠遠地把人引向九天之上。倡憐憫總是把我帶回到地面上來。痛苦的呼號的回聲在我心裡回盪。受飢挨餓的兒童，在壓迫者折磨下受苦受難的人們，無依無靠而成為自己子女嫌惡的負擔的老人，以及整個孤苦寂寞的世界，窮困與痛苦都在嘲弄著人生，使人們不能過應有的美好生活。我渴望減輕災難禍害，但是我力不從心，我自己也在受苦。
這就是我的一生。我覺得我的一生過得很值得。如果我還有機會的話，我將樂意再度過這樣的一生。

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❼ 求一篇初二 英語小故事 簡單帶翻譯

Lan and Fred
Lan and Fred were boys. They were both twelve years old, and they were in the same class in their school. Last Friday afternoon they had a fight in class, and their teacher was very angry. He said to both of them, 「 here after the lessons this afternoon, and write your names a thousand times.」 After the last lesson, all the other boys went home, but Lan and Fred stayed in the classroom with their teacher and begin writing their names.
Then Fred began crying.
The teacher looke d at him and said,」 Why are you crying, Fred?」
「Because his name』s Lan May, and mine』s Frederick Hollingsworth,」 Fred said.Because his name is Lan May，But my name really is Frederick Hollingsworth.」Furay must reply.
易恩和富雷得

易恩和富雷得都是男孩，他們都十二歲了。他們在學校里是同班同學。上周五下午他們在學校里打了一架。為此老師很生氣。老師對他們說：「下午下課後留在著把你們的名字寫一千遍。」
最後一節課下課，所有的學生都回家了。只有易恩和富雷得被他們的老師留在教師里抄寫他們的名字。
接著富雷得哭了起來。
老師看了看他問：「富雷得，你為什麼要哭呢？」
「因為他的名字是Lan May, 而我的名字確是Frederick Hollingsworth，」富雷得回答道。

❽ 求一篇英語小故事，適合初二學生的

新概念1,2裡面就有許多.現舉一個例子:
Last week,Mrs. Mills went to London.She does not know London very well and she lost her way.Suddenly,she saw a man near a bus-stop.
"I can ask him the way",she said to herself.
上周,繆爾斯太太去倫敦.她對倫敦不太熟悉,迷路了.突然,她看到一個男子站在車站旁邊.她想:"我可以向他問路".
"Excuse me,can you tell me the way to King Street?"
"請問,去國王街的路怎麼走?"
The man smiled pleasantly,he did not understand English,he spoke German,he was a tourist.Then he put his hand into his pocket and took out a phrase book.He opened the book and found the phrase.He read the phrase slowly,"I am sorry,I do not speak English."
那位男子友好地笑笑.他聽不懂英語,他是說德語的.他是個遊客.他把手伸到口袋裡,拿出一本常用語手冊.他把書打開,找到那句話.他慢慢地念道"不好意思,我不會說英語."

❾ 找初二有趣的英語小故事。

Two little bears lived in a wood.one was bad and one was good.one went walking straight to school,one went fishing in a small pool.one learned add-up and take-away,one spent all of his time on play.one helped mother when shool was done,ohe chased little boys just for fun,if you were a bear and lived in a wood,would you be bad or would you be good?
有兩只小熊住在一片樹林里,一隻好,一隻壞.一個去學校學習,一個在小池塘釣魚,一個學習天天向上,一個就知道整天玩.一個放學回來幫他媽媽幹活,另一個小熊追著媽媽玩.如果你是一隻生活在樹林里的熊你想做個好的還是壞的呢?

畫蛇添足
Once upon a time，there was a nobleman who gave some wine to his servants．The wine was not enough for all．The servants finally decided whoever first finished drawing a snake on the ground would get the cup of wine．One of the servants finished drawing first．He took up the cup， and was about to drink the wine，when he thought of adding feet to the snake．He went on drawing．Then another servant finished drawing his snake．He snatched the wine cup and drank up the wine，saying．「It is I who first finished drawing the snake．What you have drawn is not a snake．A snake doesn't have feet．」

又找了個長的
Apple Tree
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow... He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by... the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree everyday. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. "Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy. "I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore." The boy replied,"I want toys. I need money to buy them." "Sorry, but I don't have money...but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money." The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad.
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and play with me" the tree said. "I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?" "Sorry, but I don't have a house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house." So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. "Come and play with me!" the tree said. "I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?" "Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy." So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. "Sorry, my boy But I don't have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you..." the tree said."I don't have teeth to bite" the boy replied. "No more trunk for you to climb on" "I am too old for that now" the boy said. "I really can't give you anything ... the only thing left is my dying roots" the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots is the best place to lean on and rest. Come, Come sit down with me and rest." The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.......
This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad... When we grown up, we left them, and only came to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you happy. You may think that the boy is cruel to the tree but that's how all of us are treating our parents.
Be honest with yourself by paying attention to your actions. Actions speak louder than words, and they always tell the truth. What do your actions say about you? If you say youlove your job, but your actions say otherwise, which do you think is more true - your words or your actions? On the other hand, if you say you're not good at a certain job, but your
actions say otherwise, that's also important. What do you do with this insight? You can use it to make more beneficial choices in your life. By being honest with yourself based on your previous actions, your actions moving forward will be based on truth instead of just what you tell yourself.
Take time out ring the day for quiet time to listen to your inner voice. I call this inner voice the voice of God. This is similar to point number one, but it takes it a step further - beyond the natural mind to the supernatural heart. You may want to use your quiet time to meditate or pray. However you use this time, the key is to shut out all of the noise around you by focusing deep within yourself. Breathing deeply ring quiet time will also help you focus. I know it's hard to find quiet time ring a particularly busy day, but it's so important - even if it's just 10 minutes a day and you have to sneak away to get it. Quiet time can really make a difference in your life. It enables you to hear God speaking to your heart reminding you of His perfect love for you.
Despite what your subconscious may be telling you, you can have love with no limits. The key is to unconditionally love yourself first.

❿ 初二英語幽默小故事(一分鍾以內)

Midway Tactics
Three competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a mall. Observers waited for mayhem to ensue.
The retailer on the right put up huge signs saying, "Gigantic Sale!" and "Super Bargains!"
The store on the left raised bigger signs proclaiming, "Prices Slashed!" and "Fantastic Discounts!"
The owner in the middle then prepared a large sign that simply stated, "ENTRANCE".
中間戰術
三個互相爭生意的商店老闆在一條商業街上租用了毗鄰的店鋪。旁觀者等著瞧好戲。
右邊的零售商掛起了巨大的招牌，上書：「大減價!」「特便宜!」
左邊的商店掛出了更大的招牌，聲稱：「大砍價!」「大折扣!」
中間的商人隨後准備了一個大招牌，上面只簡單地寫著：「入口處」。
Very Pleased to Meet You
During World War II, a lot of young women in Britain were in the army. Joan Phillips was one of them. She worked in a big camp, and of course met a lot of men, officers and soldiers.
One evening she met Captain Humphreys at a dance. He said to her, "I『m going abroad tomorrow, but I『d be very happy if we could write to each other." Joan agreed, and they wrote for several months.
Then his letters stopped, but she received one from another officer, telling her that he had been wounded and was in a certain army hospital in England.
Joan went there and said to the matron, "I『ve come to visit Captain Humphreys."
"Only relatives are allowed to visit patients here," the matron said.
"Oh, that『s all right," answered Joan. "I『m his sister."
"I『m very pleased to meet you," the matron said, "I『m his mother!"
在第二次世界大戰中，有許多年輕的婦女在軍營中服役。瓊.飛利浦斯是其中之一。她在一個大軍營中工作，當然遇到了許多男士，包括軍官和士兵。
一天晚上她在舞會上遇到了軍官漢弗雷斯。他對她說，「我明天就要出國，但如果我們能夠相互寫信，我會很高興。」瓊同意了，於是他們幾個月里一直通著信。
後來，他再沒有來信。她收到了另一個軍官的信，告訴她，他受傷了，住在英格蘭的某個部隊醫院里。
瓊到了醫院，她對護士長說，「我來看望軍官漢弗雷斯。」
「這里只有親屬可以探望病人。」護士長說。
「噢，是的，」瓊說，「我是他的妹妹。」
「很高興認識你，」護士長說，「我是他的母親。」
Two Soldiers
Two soldiers were in camp. The first one『s name was George, and the second one『s name was Bill. George said, "have you got a piece of paper and an envelope, Bill?"
Bill said, "Yes, I have," and he gave them to him.
Then George said, "Now I haven『t got a pen." Bill gave him his, and George wrote his letter. Then he put it in the envelope and said, "have you got a stamp, Bill?" Bill gave him one.
Then Bill got up and went to the door, so George said to him, "Are you going out?"
Bill Said, "Yes, I am," and he opened the door.
George said, "Please put my letter in the box in the office, and..." He stopped.
"What do you want now?" Bill said to him.
George looked at the envelope of his letter and answered, "What『s your girl-friend『s address?"
軍營里有二名士兵，一個叫喬治，一個叫比爾。喬治問：「比爾，你有信紙、信封嗎?」
比爾說：「有。」然後把信紙和信封給了喬治。
喬治又說：「我還沒有筆呢。」比爾又把自己的筆給了他。喬治開始寫信。寫完後把信放進信封里，又問：「比爾，你有郵票嗎?」比爾給了他一張。
這時比爾站起來，向門口走去。喬治問：「你要出去嗎?」
比爾說：「是的。」隨即打開了門。
喬治說：「請幫我把這封信投進辦公室的信箱里，還有...」他停住了。
「你還要什麼?」比爾問。
喬治看著信封說：「你女朋友的地址是-?」
Five Months Older
The Second World War had begun, and John wanted to join the army, but he was only 16 years old, and boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18. So when the army doctor examined him, he said that he was 18.
But John『s brother had joined the army a few days before, and the same doctor had examined him too. This doctor remembered the older boy『s family name, so when he saw John『s papers, he was surprised.
"How old are you?" he said.
"Eighteen, sir," said John.
"But your brother was eighteen, too," said the doctor. "Are you twins?"
"Oh, no, sir," said John, and his face went red. "My brother is five months older than I am."
大五個月
第二次世界大戰開始了，約翰想參軍，可他只有十六歲，當時規定男孩到十八歲才能入伍。所以軍醫給他進行體檢時，他說他已經十八歲了。
可約翰的哥哥剛入伍沒幾天，而且也是這個軍醫給他做的檢查。這位醫生還記得他哥哥的姓。所以當他看到約翰的表格時，感到非常驚奇。
「你多大了?」軍醫問。
「十八，長官。」約翰說。
「可你的哥哥也是十八歲，你們是雙胞胎嗎?」
約翰臉紅了，說：「哦，不是，長官，我哥哥比我大五個月。」
West Point
My father, brother and I visited West Point to see a football game between Army and Boston College. Taking a stroll before kickoff, we met many cadets in neatly pressed uniforms. Several visting fans asked the recruits if they would pose for photographs, "to show our son what to expect if he should attend West Point."
One middle-aged couple approached a very attractive female cadet and asked her to pose for a picture. They explained, "We want to show our son what he missed by not coming to West Point."
父親、哥哥和我到西點軍校去觀看一場陸軍與波士頓大學之間的橄欖球賽。開始之前，我們到處轉了轉，碰到許多穿著整齊制服的學員。幾名遊客問新兵是否願意擺出軍姿來讓他們攝。「好讓我們的兒子知道，如果他到西點軍校來學習會得到什麼。」
一對中年夫婦走近一名非常漂亮的女學員，問她是否願意擺個姿勢照相。他們解釋說：「我們想讓兒子知道他沒來西點軍校錯過了什麼。」
(6)Present for Girlfriend
At a jewelry store, a young man bought an expensive locket as a present for his girlfriend. "Shall I engrave her name on it?" the jeweler asked.
The customer thought for a moment, and then said, "No-engrave it 『To my one and only love『. That way, if we ever break up, I can use it again."
送給女友的禮物
在一家珠寶店裡，一位年輕人買了一個貴重的小金盒作為送給女友的禮物。「要我把她的名字刻在上面嗎?」珠寶商問道。
那名顧客想了一會兒，然後說道：「不--在上面刻『給我唯一的愛』。這樣，如果我們鬧崩了，我還可以再用到它。」
Be Careful What You Wish For
A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day.
During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each.
The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and Boom! She had the tickets in her hand.
Next, it was the husband『s turn. He paused for a moment, then said shyly, "Well, I『d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me."
The fairy picked up her wand, and Boom! He was ninety.
慎重許願
一對結婚25周年的夫妻在慶祝他們六十歲的生日。他們恰好在同一天出生。
慶祝活動中，一位仙女出現了。她說，由於他們是已經結婚25年的恩愛夫妻，因此她給許給這對夫妻每個人一個願望。
妻子想周遊世界。仙女招了招手。「呯!」的一聲，她的手中出現了一張票。
接下來該丈夫許願了。他猶豫片刻，害羞地說，「那我想要一位比我年輕30歲的女人。」
仙女拾起了魔術棒。「呯!」，他變成了90歲。
Wood Fire
One woman lectured her best friend on the nature of the male animal. "Husbands are like wood fires; they go out if left unattened."
"Does that mean," asked the other, "that they make ashes of themselves?"
森林之火
一名婦女向她最好的朋友大談雄性動物的特性：「丈夫們就像是森林裡的火，一不注意，他們就會燃燒起來。」
「那是不是意味著，」另一個問道，「他們將自己燒成灰燼?」
Best Reward
A naval officer fell overboard. He was rescued by a deck hand. The officer asked how he could reward him.
"The best way, sir," said the deck hand, "is to say nothing about it. If the other fellows knew I『d pulled you out, they『d chuck me in."
最好的獎賞
一名海軍軍官從甲板上掉入海中。他被一名甲板水手救起。這位軍官問如何才能酬謝他。
「最好的辦法，長官，」這名水手說，「是別聲張這事。如果其他人知道我救了您，他們會把我扔下去的。」
Napoleon Was Ill
Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.
"He『s a good boy," said Jack『s father, "and if you let him pass this time, I『m sure he『ll improve a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well."
"No, no, that『s quite impossible," replied the professor immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, he didn『t know!"
"Please, sir, give him another chance," said Jack『s father. "You see, I『m afraid we don『t take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill."
拿破崙病了
傑克到一所大學去學歷史。第一學期結束時，歷史課教授沒讓他及格。學校讓他退學。然而，傑克的父親決定去見教授，強烈要求讓傑克繼續來年的學業。
「他是個好孩子，」傑克的父親說：「您要是讓他這次及格，我相信他明年會有很大進步，學期結束時，他一定會考好的。」
「不，不，那不可能，」教授馬上回答。「你知道嗎?上個月我問他拿破崙什麼時候死的，他都不知道。」
「先生，請再給他一次機會吧。」傑克的父親說：「你不知道，恐怕是因為我們家沒有訂報紙。我們家的人連拿破崙病了都不知道。」
He Was Only Wrong by Two
Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an Amercian college, and he was always trying to find good players, but they weren『t always smart enought to be accepted by the college.
One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the dean of the college and asked that the student be allowed to enter without an examination. "Well," the dean said after some persuasion, "I『d better ask him a few questions first."
Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions, but the student didn『t know any of the answers.
At last the dean said, "Well, what『s five times seven?"
The student thought for a long time and then answered, "Thirty-six."
The dean threw up his hands and looked at the coach in despair, but the coach said earnestly, "Oh, please let him in, sir! He was only wrong by two."
他的得數只比正確答案多二
傑克霍金斯是美國一所學院的橄欖球隊教練，他竭力想物色好球員。但是好球員學業不行，院方不願錄取。
有一天，教練帶著一位優秀的年輕球員去見院長，希望院方同意他免試入學。經過一番勸說後院長說：「那我最好先問問他幾個問題。」
然後他轉向學生，問了幾個非常簡單的問題。可是那個學生一個也答不上來。
最後院長說：「那麼，五乘七得多少?」
學生想了很久，然後回答說：「三十六。」
院長攤開雙手失望地看了看教練。可是教練認真地說，「噢，錄取他吧，先生。他的答案只比正確答案多二。」
Real Play
When I taught the introction-to-theater course at North Dakota State University, I required my students to attend the university theater『s current proction and write a critique. After viewing a particularly fine performance, one student wrote: "The play was so real, I thought I was actually sitting on my couch at home, watching it on television."
逼真的戲劇
我在北達科他州立大學教戲劇入門課時，要求學生們去看學校劇團當時的演出，並寫一篇評論。看了一場極為精彩的演出後，一名學生寫道：「這部戲劇是如此逼真，以致於我認為我自己是坐在家裡的沙發上，從電視上看到的。」