小學英語故事

篇一：

a woman who fell

It was rush hour and i was dashing to a train in new york city's grand central terminal - as i neared the gate, a plump, middle-aged woman sprinted up from behind, lost her footing on the smooth marble floor and slid onto her back. her momentum carried her close to my shoes. before i could help her, however, she had scrambled up. gaining her composure, she winked at me and said, "do you always have beautiful women failing at your feet?"

摔倒的女人

上下班高峯期，我匆匆奔向紐約豪華中心站去趕一趟火車。接近門口，一位肥胖的中年婦女從後面衝過來，沒想到在平滑的大理石地面上失了腳，仰面滑倒了。她的慣性使她接近了我的腳。我正準備扶她，她卻自己爬了起來。她鎮定了一下，對我擠了一下眉，説道：“總是有漂亮女人拜倒在你腳下嗎？”

篇二：

i've just bitten my tongue

"are we poisonous?" the young snake asked his mother.

"yes, dear," she replied - "why do you ask?"

"cause i've just bitten my tongue! "

我剛咬破自己的舌頭

“我們有毒嗎？”一個年幼的蛇問它的母親。

“是的，親愛的，”她回答説，“你問這個幹什麼？”

“因為我剛剛咬破自己的`舌頭。”

篇三：

buying a hat

a lady wentf to a hat shop to buy a hat. as she was very fussy, it took her a long time to pick on one. already at the end of his patience the salesman was afraid that she might change her mind again so he tried to flatter her: "an excellent choice, madam. you look at least

ten years younger with this hat on!" to his dismay, the lady took off her hat at once and said: "i don't want a hat that makes me look ten years older as soon as i take it off. show me some more hats!"

買帽子

一位婦女到一家帽子店買帽子。她很挑剔，用了很長時間才選好了一頂。已經忍耐到極限的售貨員害怕她再改變主意，便恭維她："你做了極好的選擇，夫人。你戴上這頂帽子看上去起碼年輕十歲！"但令他沮喪的是，這位女士馬上摘下了她的帽子説："我不想要一頂摘下來便使我立刻顯得老十歲的帽子。多拿一些帽子給我看看！