简单的英语经典小故事
无奈的院长
He Was Only Wrong by Two
他的得数只比正确答案多二
Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an American college, and he was always trying to find good players, but they weren‘t always smart enough to be accepted by the college.
杰克霍金斯是美国一所学院的橄榄球队教练，他竭力想物色好球员。但是好球员学业不行，院方不愿录取。
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."
有一天，教练带着一位优秀的年轻球员去见院长，希望院方同意他免试入学。经过一番劝说后院长说：“那我最好先问问他几个问题。”
Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions, but the student didn‘t know any of the answers.
然后他转向学生，问了几个非常简单的问题。可是那个学生一个也答不上来。
At last the dean said, "Well, what‘s five times seven?"
最后院长说：“那么，五乘七得多少?”
The student thought for a long time and then answered, "Thirty-six."
学生想了很久，然后回答说：“三十六。”
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."
院长摊开双手失望地看了看教练。可是教练认真地说，“噢，录取他吧，先生。他的答案只比正确答案多二。”
望梅止渴
Among the outstanding figures of Chinese history, famous either for their intelligence or treachery, Cao Cao is one of the foremost.
在中国历史上有许多人物以聪明狡诈而闻名，曹操就是其中之一。
One summer, Cao Cao was leading his troops in a punitive expedition against Zhang Xiu. It was extraordinarily hot. The burning sun was like a fire, and the sky was cloudless. The soldiers were walking on the winding mountain paths. The dense forest and the hot rocks exposed to the sun on both sides of the paths made the soldiers feel suffocated. By noontime the soldiers' clothes were wet through with sweat, and the marching speed slowed down. Some solders of weak physique even fainted on the roadside.
有一年夏天，曹操率领部队去讨伐张绣，天气热得出奇，骄阳似火，天上一丝云彩也没有，部队在弯弯曲曲的山道上行走，两边密密的树木和被阳光晒得滚烫的山石，让人透不过气来。到了中午时分，士兵的衣服都湿透了，行军的速度也慢下来，有几个体弱的士兵竟晕倒在路边。
Seeing that the marching speed was slower and slower, Cao Cao was very worried because he feared that he might bungle the chance of winning the battle. But how could they quicken their speed? Cao Cao at once callde the guide and asked him on the quiet whether there was a source of water nearby.
曹操看行军的速度越来越慢，担心贻误战机，心里很是着急。可是，眼下几万人马连水都喝不上，又怎么能加快速度呢?他立刻叫来向导，悄悄问他：“这附近可有水源?
The guide shook his head, saying that the spring water was on the other side of the mountain, which was very far to have to make a detour to reach. Cao Cao realized that time didn't permit them to make such a detour. After thinking for a moment, he said to the guide, "Keep quiet. I'll find a way out." He knew that it would be to no avail to order his troops to quicken the steps. He had a brain wave and found a good solution. He spurred his horse and came to the head of the column. Pointing his horsewhip to the front, Cao Cao said, "Soldiers, I know there is a big forest of plums ahead. The plums there are both big and delicious. let's hurry along, and we will reach the forest of plums after bypassing this hill."
”向导摇摇头说：“泉水在山谷的那一边，要绕道过去还有很远的路程。”曹操想了一下说，“不行，时间来不及。”他看了看前边的树林，沉思了一会儿，对向导说：“你什么也别说，我来想办法。”他知道此刻即使下命令要求部队加快速度也无济于事。脑筋一转，办法来了，他一夹马肚子，快速赶到队伍前面，用马鞭指着前方说：“士兵们，我知道前面有一大片梅林，那里的梅子又大又好吃，我们快点赶路，绕过这个山丘就到梅林了!
When the solders heard this, they immediately slobbered. Picturing in their minds the sweet and sour flavour of the plums, the soldiers felt as if they were actually eating the plums, the soldiers felt as if they were actually eating the plums themselves. The morale greatly boosted, the soldiers quickened their steps a great deal automatically.
”士兵们一听，仿佛已经吃到嘴里，精神大振，步伐不由得加快了许多。
小媳妇
There was a daughter-in-law who liked by the old women in the village.
一位年轻的小媳妇深受村里上了年纪的老妈妈们的喜爱。
One night, a piece of meat was missing from the daughter-in-law’s home, and her mother-in-law suspected that she had stolen it. xiaogushi8.com So he decided to drive her out to her mother’s home.
一天夜里，小媳妇家的一大块肉不见了， 婆婆怀疑是她偷的，决定把她赶回娘家。
The next morning, the daughter-in-law bided farewell to all the old women in the village, and told them what happened. After hearing this, all the people were indignant.
第二天清早，小媳妇逐一向那些老妈妈告辞，并把这件事告诉了她们。大家听后都忿忿不平。
One of them went to found some broken hemp and made a bundle. Then she went to the daughter-in-law’s home and asked her mothering-law for kindling, “Last night, a flock of dogs fought each other for a piece of meat that they had found somewhere, one of them died in the fight , so I came to borrow some kindling to cook that dog.” Upon hearing this, the mother-in-law sent people to ask her daughter-in-law back right away.
其中一个人立刻找了些碎麻扎成火把，来到小媳妇婆婆家借火，说：“昨天晚上，一群狗叼来的一块肉相互撕咬，结果咬死一只，我来讨个火种回去煮狗肉吃。”做婆婆的一听，连忙派人将小媳妇请了回来。
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