小学英语小故事精选
adies and gentlemen: L
先生们，女士们:
Good afternoon/morning, I`m very happy to take part in the ABC oral English Contest for the youth [ju:θ] here. Do you like stories? Now,I want to tell you a story here. The story name: The little horse and the
river.
小学英语寓言故事小马过河
One day, a colt [k??lt] took [t?k] a bag of wheat[wi?t] to the mill.
一天，小马驮着麦子去磨坊。
colt:小马;无经验的年轻人 ; wheat: [wi?t] 小麦;
mill: [mil] 磨坊;工厂; took [t?k]:动词take的过去式
As he was running happily with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The mill was on the other side of the river, and there was no any bridges[brid?] over the water. The colt could not decide[di'said] whether['weð?] he could walk across[?' kr?s] it.
decide:[di'said] 决定;判断; whether:['weð?] 是否;不管;无论;
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across:[?' kr?s] 穿过; bridge:[brid?] 桥梁;
当他高高兴兴地驮着口袋向前跑去时，突然发现一条小河挡住了
去路。磨坊在小河的对岸，河上又无桥可过，小马为难了，这可怎么
办呢,
Looking around, he saw an old cow eating grass on the bank. So he asked her: “Aunt Cow, is the water deep? Can I walk across it?” “not at all ! ” the cow said . “It’s just as high as my knee [ni?], you can go across it. It’s safe.”
它向四周望了望，看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。小马问道:“牛阿姨，
请您告诉我，这水深吗,这条河我能趟过去吗,”奶牛回答说:“水
很浅，刚到膝盖。你能趟过去的，这很安全。”
knee:[ni?]膝盖;膝关节;
Then the colt was ready to go across the river. Just then , a squirrel ['skwir?l] in the tree shouted [?a?t] to him :
“Little horse ,don’t go into the water .It’s too deep .
You'll drown [dra?n]! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” So the colt drew[dru?] back his legs quickly.
Not knowing what to do, the colt went[went] home to consult
[k?n's?lt] his mother.
squirrel: ['skwir?l] 松鼠; shout: [?a?t] 呼喊;高声呼叫;
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Drown: [dra?n] 淹死; went: [went] 动词go的过去式形式;
Consult: [k?n's?lt] 查阅;请教; drew:[dru?] draw的过去式，收回
小马正准备过河，突然松树上一只松鼠朝它大叫道:“小马，别
过河～水太深了，你会被淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就在这条河里
淹死啦～”小马迅速收回跨出的腿，不知如何是好，于是决定回家问
问妈妈。
He told [t??ld] his mother his experience[ik'spi?ri?ns] on the way. His mother laughed and said to him, “My child, don't always listen to others. You'd better go and try it by yourself. Then you'll find the truth.”
told: [t??ld]告诉;吩咐;讲述; experience:[ik'spi?ri?ns] 经验;经历;
Better:['bet?] 更好的;较好的 ;更好地 ;
小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说:“孩子，光听别人说是
不行的，你最好自己亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。”
The little horse came back to the river again . When he put his
legs in the water again , the squirrel cried out again : “Little horse, it's too dangerous! you can’t do that !”
小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来:“小马，太危险了，
你不要命啦,”
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“No, I want to try myself”, answered the colt. Then he walked across the river carefully.
小马说:“让我自己试试吧。”它一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。
On the other side of the river, the colt realized ['ri??laiz] that the river was neither ['naið?] as shallow ['?æl??] as the cow said， nor as deep as the squirrel told him. Realize:['ri??laiz]了解;意识到; neither: ['naið?]既不;两者都不Shallow: ['?æl??] 浅的;薄的;
在河流的对岸上，小马意识到:河水既不像老牛说的那样浅也不像松鼠说的那
样深。
You see, real knowledge comes from practice ['præktis].
