把敵人當朋友
One day, a farmer works in his fields. The wind blows hard. He feels very cold, so he goes home.
一天，農夫去田地裏幹活。風很大，他感覺很冷，所以就回家了。
On his way home, he saw a frozen snake. He picked it up and put it in his chest. He tried to warm it. Some time late, the snake was warm and active. It bit the farmer in the chest
在路上，他看到一條凍僵的蛇，他把它撿起來，放進了自己的胸口，他想讓蛇暖和暖和。過了一段時間，蛇暖和過來了，並且活動起來，它在農夫的胸口咬了一口。
The snake was poisonous. The farmer was dead. Before he died, the farmer said, “I’m so silly. I look at an enemy as a friend.”
蛇的牙齒是有毒的，農夫就死了。在死之前，農夫説：“我真傻啊，我把敵人當朋友。”
棕色外套
Mr Smith has a nice, brown coat. He loves it a lot. But his wife doesn’t like it because it’s old. She often says, “Give it to poor man.” But Mr Smith says, “No, I like this coat.”
史密斯先生有一件漂亮的棕色外套，他非常喜歡它。但是他的妻子不喜歡，因為它是舊的。她經常説，“把它送給窮人吧。”但是史密斯先生説：“不，我喜歡這件衣服。”
But one day, a cigarette falls on it and makes a hole in it. So Mrs Smith says, “Please don’t wear it again.” Mr Smith takes it to a tailor’s shop and says to the tailor, “Please make another coat like this one.” The tailor does what he is told him and makes a new coat. Then the tailor makes a hole in it again with his cigarette in the same place.
但是一天，一隻香煙把這件衣服燒了一個洞。於是史密斯太太説：“請不要再穿它了。”史密斯先生把它拿到了一個裁縫店對裁縫説：“請給我做一件與這件一模一樣的外套。”裁縫按照他説的做了一件新外套。然後裁縫又用香煙在同一個地方燒了一個洞。
楚人涉江
Once upon a time, the State of Chu planned to attack the State of Song.
古時候，有一次，楚國準備進攻宋國。
But the Yong River was the natural barrier against its surprise attack at night.
而癱河是楚國夜間偷襲宋國的天然障礙。
To overcome this obstacle, the State of Chu sent men to secretly measure the depth of theYong River and make marks for wading across the river at night.
為了越過這個障礙，楚國派人悄悄地去測量灘水的深度，並且做好了夜間涉水過河的標記。
But when night came, the water in the Yong River suddenly rose;
誰知到了夜裏，灘河的水暴漲，水位升一高。
yet the Chu army still tried to stealthily cross the river according to the marks made in thedaytime.
但是，楚國人卻仍然按照白天做的標記偷渡。
As a result, over 1,000 soldiers were drowned.
結果淹死了一千多人。
There was utter chaos of desperate cries and shoutings on the river.
河面上哭聲喊聲一片混亂。
All at once, the army collapsed like a fallen building, and was routed.
頓時，隊伍就像房屋倒塌一樣，潰不成軍。
According to the marks, the Chu army would have been able to cross the Yong River during theday;
按照所做的標記，楚軍白天是可以渡過灘河的；
but the rising water changed the situation in the night.
然而，夜間水情已經發生變化。
Yet the Chu army still tried to wade across the river according to the marks made in thedaytime,
楚軍卻仍然按照白天的標記渡河，
so naturally they failed.
自然他們要失敗了。
漂亮的洋娃娃
Tina is a lovely girl. She has a lot of dolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blond hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her “Sandy”。 You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her. Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed. When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her. When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is! Do you like it, too?
緹娜是一個可愛的女孩， 她有許多洋娃娃。其中有個是很美得：她有着金色的長髮，穿着一件白色的連衣裙。小女孩非常喜歡它，因此， 小女孩叫她“桑迪”。當你看到它的時候就會高興，會忘記所有不開心的事。 緹娜試着教桑迪説話，可她失敗了。 當緹娜空閒時，她時常會替桑迪縫衣服。當她遇到不快樂的事或碰倒困難的時候，緹娜總會對它傾述，因為他們是親密的朋友。多麼可愛的一個女孩啊！ 你也喜歡它嗎？
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