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And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley.之后，他忽然觉得有些不舒服，就到处走着，看能不能找到一些西芹。
But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr. McGregor!但是，在走到一个黄瓜架下面的时候，他突然碰到了麦戈雷格先生！
Mr. McGregor was on his hands and knees planting out young cabbages, but he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out, 'Stop thief!'麦格雷格先生本来正趴在那儿专注地挖卷心菜，但是看到彼得后他马上跳了起来，拼命地追赶彼得，还一边挥舞着耙子一边大声喊道：“站住，小偷！”
Peter was most dreadfully frightened; he rushed all over the garden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate.He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.彼得简直被吓坏了，他满园子的疯跑着，可他不记得出去的路了。慌慌忙忙中，他的一只鞋掉进了卷心菜地，而另一只鞋也陷进了马铃薯地里。
The Bathing Boy
One day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn’t swim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man is just passing by. He doesn’t help the boy, but stands by and says to him. “How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in the river.” “Oh, yes sir,” cries the boy, “ Please help me out and scold me afterward.” Counsel without help is useless.
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洗澡的男孩
有一天，汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼看就要被淹死，他大声呼喊救命。有个人正好从旁边经过，他没有帮助小男孩，却是站在旁边对小孩子说道：“ 你怎么这么草率!在河里洗澡很危险。”“哦，先生，”小男孩喊叫：“ 请你还是先把我救起来后再责备我吧。”
只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。
This must be the world's largest food fight—and certainly the messiest (脏乱的). Every year around 30,000 people come to the Spanish town of Bunol. They throw more than 240,000 pounds of tomatoes at each other. The streets are flooded with tomato juice, seeds, and skins. The actual tomato throwing starts at 11am and stops at 1pm. Whatever the real reason for the first tomato war, one thing's for sure: these days people need no excuse to throw tomatoes at each other, they do it just for fun!这一定是世界上最大规模的食物大战——当然是也是最脏乱的。每年都有大约3万人来到西班牙小镇布诺。他们互相彼此扔超过240,000 磅的西红柿。街道上充斥着西红柿汁,籽和果皮。扔西红柿大战上午11点开始，结束于下午1点。不管第一次西红柿大战的真正理由是什么，有一件事情是肯定的：在这期间，人们彼此扔西红柿不用道歉，他们只是为了娱乐。
Once there was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence.从前，有一个小男孩，他的脾气很坏。他的父亲送给他一袋钉子。告诉他说，他每发一次火，就必须将一颗钉子钉在栅栏上。
The first day the boy hammered 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.第一天，男孩将37颗钉子钉进了栅栏。又过了几周，随着他学会控制自己的怒火，钉子的数目日益减少。他发现控制自己的脾气要比往栅栏上钉那些钉子容易。
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and his father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.最后，男孩再也不发火的日子终于来了。他把这件事告诉了他的父亲。他的父亲建议他现在每天能控制住自己的脾气，就拔掉一颗钉子。
The days passed and one day the young boy told his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. The fence would never be the same. “When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like those nails,” his father said.又过去了好几天。有一天，男孩对他的父亲说，所有的钉子都没有了。男孩的父亲拉住他的手，将他领到了栅栏边。栅栏再也不是从前的样子了。“当你生气的说出事情时，它们就像那些钉子一样留下了伤疤。”他的父亲说。
小金鱼
I have nine little goldfish.Eight goldfish are all orange and one is black.I like the black one best.We call it Xiao Hei.Its body is black.It has two big and round eyes,a small mouth,and a big tail.Though it's very small,it swims fast.
I often feed them and change water for them.We are good friends.
我有九条小金鱼。八条金鱼都是桔黄色的，只有一条是黑的。我最喜欢那条黑的。我们叫它小黑。它全身都是黑色的。它有两只又大又圆的眼睛，一张小嘴和一条大尾巴。尽管它非常小，但它却游得很快。我常常去喂它们，给它们换水。我们是好朋友。
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laugh out of the other side of your mouth
乐极生悲
Chunyu Kun(淳于髡)lived in the state of Qi(齐国)during the Warring States Period(战国,475-221 BC).He was wise,humorous and eloquent.He skillfully advised the king on many occasions and successfully went to many states as an envoy.
再战国时期，齐国有个叫淳于髡的人。他幽默机智，能说会道，给齐威王出过许多好主意，并且成功出使了许多其他的国家。
In the year 349 BC,the State of Chu(楚国)dispatched a large force to attack Qi.
公元349年，楚国派出大批部队攻打齐国。
The king of Qi sent Chunyu Kun to the state of Zhao(赵国)to ask for help,with a lot of valuable gifts.
齐王派淳于髡去赵国寻求帮助，于是他带着许多贵重的礼品去了赵国。
The king of Zhao accpeted the gifts gladly and sent a hundred thousand troops to help Qi.
赵王见了礼物十分高兴，派了十万士兵去援助齐国。
The king of Chu withdrew his army that very night as soon as he got the news.
那一天晚上，楚王得到这消息，马上撤回了自己的部队。
The king of Qi was released and pleased with Chunyu Kun.He set a banquet for celebration.
齐威王松了一口气，十分满意淳于髡的表现，并决定设宴为他庆功。
During the meal,the king asked Chunyu Kun,"How much wine can you drink before you're drunk,Sir?"
在宴会上，齐威王问淳于髡：“先生你喝多少酒会醉?”
Knowing the king had a bad habit of drinking all night,Chunyu Kun decided to take this chance to admonish the king.So he replied,"I get drunk when I drink ten litres or hundred."
他幽默地回答说：“我有时喝一升酒就会醉，有时喝一百升酒才会醉。”
Puzzled,the king askked,"Since you are drunk after ten litres,how can you finish another ninty litres?"
齐威王听了很奇怪。他问：“你喝一升已经醉了，怎么还会有喝一百升的道理呢?”
Chunyu Kun then explained that he could drink different amounts of wine under different conditions.He said,"This occurs to me that when you drink to your limit,you get so drunk that you lose your sense;once joy reaches its height,then it's sorrow's turn.This is the rule for everything.Whatever you do,you are bound to end up in the opposite direction when you exceed the limits."
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睡美人
A long time ago and far away there lived a King and a Queen.They were very happy,for their first child,a girl,had been born.
"We must have a grand christening for her,"said the King,who was delighted to have a daughter.
"We must invite all the fairies of the kingdom to bless her,"said the Queen.
"How many are there now?"asked the King.
"Twelve or thirteen,"said his wife."Send the invitations.We'll soon find out."
There were twelve fairies,and they were all sent invitations.A thirteen fairy had not been heard of for so long that it was presumed that she was dead.No invitation was sent.The day of the christening was sunny and bright.The Princes was named Briar Rose,and the fairies began to give their gifts.
"She shall be beautiful,"said the first.
"She shall be wise,"said the second.
"She shall be good,"said the third.
"She shall be kind,"said the fourth.
The gifts continued in this way,wishing all that was good for Briar Rose.Eleven of the twelve fairies had given their gifts when the room suddenly went dark.After a great flash of light a small dark figure stood in front of the King and Queen.
It was the thirteenth fairy.
"why wasn't I invited to the christening?"she screamed.
She was furious at being left out.
"All the fairies of the kingdom have given their blessings.Well,here's mine for the Princess.On her sixteentth birthday she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die."
Another flash of light and the fairy was gone.
"But we thought she was dead,"said the King."What can we do?"
The Queen was in tears.
The twelfth fairy stepped forward.
There is still my gift for Briar Rose,"she said."The fairy's curse cannot be undone,but I can change it a little.She will fall into a deep sleep that will last one hundred years,"There was a great hubbub in the hall as everyone discussed the events.
The following day the King issued a proclamation,ordering that all spinning wheels and spindles were to be destroyed.Throughout the land there were great fires as the spinning wheels were burned.
很久很久以前，在一个遥远的地方，住着一位老国王和一位皇后，他们因为第一个孩子，一个女儿的诞生非常开心。
老国王非常高兴有了一个女儿，说，“我们一定要给她举行一个盛大的洗礼仪式。”
皇后说，“我们要邀请王国里所有的仙女来祝福她。”
老国王问：“我们有多少仙女呢?”
他的妻子说，“十二个也不十三个。把邀请发出去我们很快就知道了。”
一共有十二位仙女，她们都收到了邀请。第十三位仙女早就没有消息了所以大家都认为她已经死了，没有邀请她。洗礼的那天阳光灿烂。这位公主被取名为布瑞尔罗丝，仙女们开始送上礼物。
第一位仙女说，“她会非常漂亮的。”
第二位说，“她将非常聪明。”
第三位说，“她的一切将很美好。”
第四位说，“她将很善良。”
仙女们陆续送上礼物，把世上所有的美好的东西都送给了布莱尔罗丝。第十一位仙女刚刚送上祝福后，房间突然变黑了。一道闪电之后，一个小黑人站在老国王和皇后面前。
正是第十三位仙女。
她尖叫道，“为什么我没有收到洗礼邀请?”
她因为被排除在外非常生气。
“所有的仙女都已经给出了祝福，下面是我的，在16岁生日的时候，公主将会被纺锤刺到手然后死去。”
又一道闪电之后，仙女离开了。
老国王说，“我们还以为她已经死了，我们现在能怎么办呢?”
皇后开始哭泣。
第十二位仙女走出来了。
她说，“我的祝福还没有送出，这位仙女的诅咒会实现的，但是我能做出一点改变。她会陷入沉睡，睡上一百年。”大厅里每个人都在谈论这件事情，非常吵闹。
第二天老国王颁布一项公告，命令毁掉所有的纺车和纺锤。整个大地都是纺车被烧毁的火焰。
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he 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."
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老猫
一位老妇人她有只猫，这只猫很老，老猫跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。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，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，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，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”