1·English humor: Second language A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice. Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life. Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?" A mother mouse took While taking her child for a walk, she suddenly saw a cat glaring at Dandan in the bushes. The female mouse shouted to the cat: "Woof, woof, woof". The cat was very frightened and ran away as fast as she could. The mother mouse turned back and said to the child complacently: "Now you know the importance of foreign languages." 2· English Story - A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for o cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are o cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." Little Robert asked his mother for her two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You are such a good boy," my mother said proudly. "I'll give you two more cents. But why are you so interested in that old lady?" "She is a candy seller." 2. A short English story for primary school students - The Hippo and I A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine today. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quiet as a rabbit. In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week. The hippopotamus lives in the zoo and I like him very much. He goes to see it often, and he misses me often. Today is Sunday, it's nice weather, I went to visit it again. After I left the zoo, he followed me to my home. I gave him lettuce, romaine lettuce, bananas, apples and other foods. He ate them all. When I sing, he stays in the pool, as quiet as a rabbit. At night, he jumped into bed and slept with me. Mom wants it home. It had to carry its bag and return to the zoo. My mother allowed me to visit it every week. 3·English inspirational quotes from famous people 1. All things in their being are good for something. I am born to be useful. 2. Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people. Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

3. Failure is the mother of success.——Thomas Paine Failure is the mother of success. 4. For man is man and master of his fate. 5. The unexamined life is not worth living.——Socrates The unexamined life is not worth living. ——Socrates 6. None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.——Era *** us Only those who conquer life and seize freedom every day deserve to enjoy the freedom of life. 7. Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. - R.M. Nixon Our destiny offers us not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize our destiny without fear and with joy. ——Nixon 8. Living without an aim is like sailing without a pass.——John Ruskin Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- Ruskin 9. What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- Gee Eliot Without purpose, life becomes dull. ——George Eliot 10. Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.——Lincoln Towering genius disdains a beaten path. He sought out hitherto unexplored areas. 11. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power.——Balzac There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power.——Balzac ——Balzac 12. The good seaman is known in bad weather. The stormy sea shows the true character of a hero. (Inspirational quotes) 13. Fear not that the life shall e to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. - J.H. Newman Don’t be afraid that your life will end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. . ——Newman 14. Gods determine what you're going to be.——Julius Erving The goal of life determines what kind of person you will become. ——Irving 15. An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.——Robert Louis Stevenson The goal in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Stevenson 16. While there is life there is hope. ——British Proverb 17. Try not to bee a man of success but rather try to bee a man of value.——A. Einstein Don’t work hard for success, but work hard to be a man of value. - Einstein 18. You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. - Charles Chaplin People must have confidence, this is the secret of success. ——Chaplin 19. Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably. No matter what goal you pursue, you should persevere. 20. We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.——Mattin Luther King We must accept finite disappointment, because it is finite, but we must never lose hope, because it is infinite.

——Martin Luther King 21. Energy and persistence conquer all things.——Benjamin Franklin Energy and persistence conquer all things. ——Franklin 22. Nothing seek, nothing find. Nothing sought, nothing found. 23. Cease to struggle and you cease to live.——Thomas Carlyle Cease to struggle and you cease to live.——Thomas Carlyle Cease to struggle and you cease to live. ——Carlyle 24. A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. i came home from work one day to find my wife,jolynn,cradling our six-month-old daughter and repeating,"da-da" how sweet,i though to myself,for her to choose daddy as our baby's first word. several weeks later,jhlynn and i were wakened by a *** all voice crying,"da-da".turning over to go back to sleep,my wife said,"she's calling you,dear" Translation: One day, I came home from work , I found my wife gently placing our six-month-old daughter in the cradle and repeatedly saying: "Daddy-daddy", oh, how sweet, I thought to myself, the first thing she chose to teach our baby. The first word is: "Dad-Dad". A few weeks later, my wife and I were sleeping soundly when we were suddenly awakened by a little cry, "Daddy-daddy." . . . I turned over and went back to sleep. . The wife said: "Honey, she is calling you." o men were talking at the office rest room. one was telling the other about a fight he'd with his wife." in the end ," he said, "i had her begging on her knees." "what did she say?" "asked the coworker. she told me to e out from under the bed. Translation: The two were talking in the lounge. One is telling another about a fight with his wife. He said: "In the end, I finally succeeded in forcing her to kneel down and beg me." Another was curious: "How did she beg you?" "She begged me to crawl out of the bed quickly." sleeping pills bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. he went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills. sunday night bob took the pills, slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm. he took his time getting to the office, strolled in and said to his boss: "i didn't have a bit of trouble getting up this morning." "that's fine," roared the boss, "but where were you monday and tuesday?" Sleeping Pill Bob had insomnia at night. He went to the doctor, who prescribed him some powerful sleeping pills. Bob took his medicine Sunday night, slept well, and woke up before the alarm went off. He arrived at the office, walked in, and said to his boss: "I had no trouble getting up this morning.

"Okay!" the boss yelled, "Then where were you on Monday and Tuesday?" " weather predict a film crew was on location deep in the desert. one day an old indian went up to the director and said, "tomorrow rain." the next day it rained. a week later, the indian went up to the director and said, "tomorrow storm." the next day there was a hailstorm. "this indian is incredible," said the director. he told his secretary to hire the indian to predict the weather. However, after several successful predictions, the old indian didn 't show up for o weeks. finally the director sent for him. "i have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and i'm depending on you. what will the weather be like?" the indian shrugged his shoulders. "don't know," he said. "radio is broken." Weather Forecast A film crew was working deep in the desert. One day, an old Indian man came to the director and told him, "It will rain tomorrow." The second time, an Indian old man came to the director. Sure enough, it rained. A week later, the Indian came and told the director, "There will be a storm tomorrow." Sure enough, there was a hailstorm the next day. "The Indians are amazing," the director said. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to forecast. Weather. Several forecasts were successful. Then, for the next two weeks, the Indian disappeared. Finally, the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," the director said, " It's up to you. What will the weather be like tomorrow?" The Indian shrugged. "I don't know," the Indian said, "the radio is broken." did you know him? at a dinner party in the home of friends, our host mentioned his highschool alma mater. one of the guests asked him if he had been a student there at the same time as a particular vice principal. "i sure was!" answered the host. "he's the biggest jerk i've ever met . did you know him too?" "sort of," replied the guest. "my mother married him last saturday." did you know him too?" At a banquet at a friend’s house, the host mentioned an alumnus from high school. A guest asked him if a certain vice-chancellor was also in office during his studies. "Of course," replied the host. "He's the biggest *** I've ever seen. Do you know him too?" "Somewhat," the guest replied. “My mom married him last Saturday.

” jonesie the great lion hunter a *** all village was troubled by a man-eating lion. so its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, jonesie, to e and kill the beast. for several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion. in the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks ing from the pasture. as they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. there was no sign of the lion. "what happened, jonesie? where is the lion?" asked the chief. "fet the damn lion!" he howled. "which one of you idiots let the bull loose?" The great hunter jonesie A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So, The village chief sent for the great hunter Jonesie to kill the beast. The hunter lay waiting for several nights, but the lion never appeared. Finally, he asked the village chief to kill a sheep and give him the skin. After taking the body, the hunter went to the grassland to wait for the lion. In the middle of the night, the villagers were awakened by the hoarse screams coming from the grassland. After they approached carefully, they saw the hunter lying on the grass in pain and there was no lion. "Jonesie, what's wrong?" Where is the lion? asked the village chief.

"There's no lion!" roared the hunter, "What fool let the bull out?" first flight mr. johnson had never been up in an aerophane before and he had read a lot about air accidents, so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own *** all phane, mr. johnson was very worried about accepting. finally, however, his friend persuaded him that it was very safe, and mr. johnson boarded the plane. his friend started the engine and began to taxi onto the runway of the airport. mr. johnson had heard that the most dangerous part of a flight were the take-off and the landing, so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes. after a minute or o he opened them again, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, "look at those people down there. they look as *** all as ants, don't they?" "those are ants," answered His friend. "we're still on the ground." Flying for the first time Mr. Johnson had never flown before and he had read many reports about aviation accidents. So when a friend invited him to fly in his little plane one day, Mr. Johnson was too worried to accept. But Mr. Johnson was finally convinced and boarded the plane, thanks to repeated assurances from friends that flying was safe. His friend started the engine and began taxiing down the airport runway. Mr. Johnson heard that the most dangerous parts of flying were takeoff and landing, so he closed his eyes tightly in fear. After a minute or two, he opened his eyes and looked out the window, then said to his friend: "Look at those people down there. They look as small as ants, don't they?" "Those are ants," replied his friend. , “We’re still on the ground.

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