英语幽默故事比赛英语作文（汇集20篇）

When we are chatting with our friends happily, suddenly if we are talking about the awkward topic, we need to do something to change this situation, what are we gonna do?

The answer is using your humor to make things seem easy, and then your friends won’t take your awkward topic seriously. Humor is very important, it can adjust the atmosphere, making things work easily.

Life needs humor, without humor, life would be boring. Foreign people like to make friends with humorous people, they can feel relax when they are chatting, while most Chinese people are always taking things too seriously.

I like to make friends with humorous guys, they make me feel life is easy, and we should positive about life.

当我们和朋友聊得很开心的时候，突然如果我们聊到很尴尬的话题，需要做一些事情来改变情形，我们该怎么做呢？答案是使用你的幽默来让事情看起来轻松些，然后你的朋友就不会把你尴尬的话题当真。幽默很重要，它可以调整氛围，让事情更好地运行。生活需要幽默，没有幽默，生活就会很无聊。外国人喜欢和幽默的人交朋友，他们聊天的时候可以感到很轻松自在，然而大部分中国人总是把事情看得很正式。我喜欢和幽默的人交朋友，他们让我觉得自由，对生活要积极。

[初中英语作文：生活需要幽默

阿峰所在的公司新来了一位女同事李曼，有回阿峰路过李总的办公室，听到李曼喊李总“爸”，心想，难道她是李总的女儿？李总定是想把女儿放到基层锻炼，将来好接班。如果自己能把李总的女儿追到手，岂不就能走上人生巅峰了？于是，阿峰主动接近李曼，在工作上提供帮助。李曼也是一个热情开朗的人，两人很快成了朋友。

有次两人在聊天，阿峰正忙着逗李曼开心，李总过来了，脸色很不好看，还把阿峰叫进办公室，训道：“上班时间别瞎聊天，把心思都用在工作上，不要想些乱七八糟的，明白吗？”阿峰只得连连点头。

虽然被训了一顿，阿峰还是不死心，不尝试怎么知道不可能呢？这天，阿峰加班到很晚，公司只剩下他和李曼两个人。阿峰鼓起勇气，说：“李曼，等会儿我们一起去看电影，好吗？”李曼显得很吃惊，有些口吃地说：“不、不行。”

阿峰诚恳地说：“李曼，我是认真的，我能感觉到，你对我也有好感。给我一个机会，好吗？”

李曼搖摇头，说：“我想你误会了，我对你没有那个意思。”说完，她急匆匆地离开了。

阿峰有些沮丧，心想自己还是太心急了，他不愿意放弃，打算明天去给李曼道个歉，两人继续做朋友，等时机合适了再说。

没想到，第二天阿峰一到公司，就得知自己被辞退了。阿峰大吃一惊，想找李总要个说法，同事们拦住他，说：“想知道你为什么被辞退吗？”阿峰点点头。“勾引老总的儿媳妇。”同事们幸灾乐祸地说。

阿峰愣住了，李曼喊李总“爸”，那是喊自己的公公呢。

Thetruest and most expressive thought was hardly be expressed.

Weall face it alone in silence to the most important thing in life. We can talkoccasionally about love, loneliness, happiness, miseries, death and so on, butthe true meaning is hard to deliver by words. I cannot tell others how gentlemy love is; how desperate my loneliness is; my enjoyable happiness is; howdepressive my miseries is; how ridiculous my death is. I have no choice but tohide then deeply in my heart. All what I said and wrote but the product ofthinking, while thinking, to some extend, is a kind of escape which from theparticular to general, fate to life and the abyss of silence to the bank oflanguage. If they have not become

pure/solely and abstract idea, it is merelybecause they have newly struggled out from the silence and with something hardto tell in their bodies.

Iam not to deny the possibility of communication between human beings, but

thecondition. It is silence, instead of words. 美特林克had an excellent explanation: the nature of silence tells the nature of one’ssoul. There is no any words may have a possibility to make a communicationbetween their soul if the two cannot share the same silence. To those who havenot solved the same questions in silence, even profound philosophy is only somepolite formulas. In fact, those superficial reader have no ability to identifythe profound philosophy and abstract thoughts, proverb and polite formulas,philosophy and 老生常谈, insipid/prosaic and commonplace,the knowledge of Buddha dharma and deceitful trick. One’s ability in wordscomprehension is based on his understanding to silence and eternally based onhis silence; that is his capacity of soul. Therefore, I insist that the lessonof one who is determined to seek the life philosophy is silence----to face hisimportant problem of sale in silence. Until he has enough accumulation and tootires to bear, all windows opened to him. This is the way that he not onlyunderstands the limited words, but also the unlimited information behind thesilence of words.

The escalating sales of turkey legs inspired a poultry farmer to research and breed a turkey with more legs and thus, reap more profits for him. It was only after many years that he finally succeeded in breeding one with six legs! The news of his success reached the media and reporters questioned him about the taste of the turkey he had bred. The intellectual whispered with a grave face, "What I wouldnt give to catch it!"

火鸡腿的热销让一名家禽饲养员想研究培育出一个有更多条腿的火鸡品种，从而可以获利更多。许多年后，他终于成功培育出一只有六条腿的火鸡!他成功的新闻被媒体获悉，到访的记者们询问他这只火鸡的味道如何。这名智者一脸严肃地低声说道：“我倒是想告诉你呢，但是我压根抓不住啊!”

我爱我的家，爱爸爸、妈妈，他们也非常爱我，一个幸福的大家庭。

暑假里，大多数就我一个人在家里，爸爸、妈妈都要上班，可是有一天早上，8点了，爸爸、妈妈都还没有出门，我十分好奇，就问爸爸：“爸爸，你们怎么不上班啊？”爸爸笑着说：“暑假都是你一个人在家，今天，我们就陪你玩一天！”我开心地笑了。

想了好久，我们终于想出了一个游戏，它既可以学习，又可以玩——“英语单词比赛”。我、爸爸、妈妈三人轮流做裁判，共3轮，每一轮有2关，第一关是必答关，第二轮是抢答关，谁先举手就先回答，答对一题加一分。

比赛开始了。妈妈先做裁判。妈妈问爸爸：“苹果英语怎么说?”“苹果，苹果……”爸爸答不出来，急得抓耳挠腮。第二个问题：“library图书馆怎么拼？”“嗯，l-i-b-r-a-r-y！对吧。”“答对了，加一分。下一题，自行车怎么说？”“啊，这个我知道，bike。”“嗯，再加一分。”现在轮到我了，我十分自信，有十分认真。“地铁怎么拼？”“s-u-b-w-a-y。”“对，加一分。”……时间过去了很久，我做完裁判了，接下来，该爸爸做裁判了。爸爸一直对着我们笑，感觉不怀好意，似乎会出很难的题。“电影院怎么拼1、2、3.”我飞快地举起了手：“c-i-n-e-m-a。”“对了，加一分。第二题，国家怎么拼？”我想了一会，举起了手，而一旁的妈妈早就举手了，这次只能失去机会了。

十分钟过去了，二十分钟过去了，半个小时过去后，我们的比赛结束了，我、妈妈、爸爸的比分是20：19：13。“我赢啦！”我高兴地一蹦三尺高。咦，爸爸呢？奥，原来他正拿着英语书补习呢：“下周我们再来吧！”“好啊！”我和妈妈齐声说。

瞧！我们在一起多开心，我有一个幸福温暖的大家庭！

幽默与严肃不经意地碰到了一起。严肃鄙夷地朝幽默斜了一眼，正要绕道而行时被幽默拦住了去路。

幽默嘿嘿地笑着说：“严肃大哥，你为何每次见了我就像是见了敌人一样呀?我并没有得罪过你呀?”

严肃扳着面孔说：“你是没有得罪我，但我看不惯你那啥事都嘻嘻哈哈的劲头，与你为伍我觉得脸红!”

幽默仍然是一副满不在乎的样子说：“严肃大哥你误会我了。其实我是觉得活得太累，想尽量通过开心一笑来减轻烦恼与压力，难道这有错吗?”

严肃说：“错倒是没错，不过你那满嘴无正经，全身无正形，专以嘲弄别人为快事的做法我不认同!”

听了严肃的这句话，幽默长长地叹了口气说：“唉!大哥呀，你就不能改改你那一层不变、看啥都是正经，古板、刻薄的眼光吗?我们可不是你说的那样下三滥。幽默的人先必须学会跟自己幽默才能去与别人幽默!幽默不是与人为敌而是与人为善;跟可以幽默的人幽默，对不可以幽默的人沉默;先智慧地嘲弄自己再智慧地嘲弄别人。这些幽默的原则你知道吗?”

严肃摇了摇头说：“第一次听说，觉得有点意思，也觉得很新鲜!”

幽默说：“世界上有意思的事多着呢!怪只怪你一天到晚以正统自居，看别的都认为是歪门斜道。其实我俩并不矛盾，幽默是轻松的严肃，是容易被人接受的严肃，我一直都在取你之长补己之短，如果你再不变革我相信要不了多久，你就会剩下一副人见人厌的外壳了，你说谁还会喜欢你呢?”

严肃苦笑着干咳了两声说：“嗯嗯，听君一席谈胜读十年书呀!惭愧!惭愧!唉!幽默老弟呀，你这可是说到我的痛处了。实话跟你老弟说吧，我活得确实不轻松呀!整天板着个脸，一本正经的连儿女都对我敬而远之，更别说是朋友了，他们正是说我不幽默。我现在可对你刮目相看了，怎么样?给我来点幽默好不好?”

幽默却摇了摇头说：“为了幽默而幽默就不幽默了!哦，对不起我还有事，等哪天有空我再和你幽默一把!”

严肃看着幽默的背影大声说：“那我们能成为朋友吗?”

“心急吃不了热汤圆，等我们能够互相幽默的时侯就成为好朋友啦!”远处传来幽默的回答声。

The bulging belly fox

A hungry Fox found in a hollow tree a quantity of bread and meat, which some shepherds had placed there against their return. Delighted with his find he slipped in through the narrow aperture and greedily devoured it all. But when he tried to get out again he found himself so swollen after his big meal that he could not squeeze through the hole, and fell to whining and groaning over his misfortune. Another Fox, happening to pass that way, came and asked him what the matter was; and, on learning the state of the case, said, “Well, my friend, I see nothing for it but for you to stay where you are till you shrink to your former size; you’ll get out then easily enough.”

胀肚的狐狸

饥饿的狐狸在一棵中空的树干中发现了一些牧羊人存留的面包和肉。高兴之余，他立即通过那狭窄的缝隙挤进去，贪婪的大吃起来。然而，当他吃饱之后，却发现自己的肚子胀鼓鼓的，即便费了九牛二虎之力，却怎么也钻不出那个洞来，便在树洞里唉声叹气。另一只狐狸恰巧经过那里，听到他的呻吟，便过去问他原因。听明白缘由后，那只狐狸便说道：“我的朋友，你就老老实实待在里边吧，等到恢复了钻进去之前的身材，你就能轻松地出来了。”

南瓜灯(Jack-O-Lantern)是庆祝万圣节的标志物。下面语文迷网整理了关于南瓜灯的故事作文，希望对你有帮助。

One story about Jack， an Irishman， who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan)， so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.

Well， Irish children made Jacks lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip， hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla. The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern，" abbreviated as " Jack-o-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just childrens fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.

关于万圣节有这样一个故事。是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人，因为他对钱特别的吝啬，就不允许他进入天堂，而被打入地狱。但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地狱，罚他提着灯笼永远在人世里行走。

在十月三十一日爱尔兰的孩子们用土豆和萝卜制作“杰克的灯笼”，他们把中间挖掉、表面上打洞并在里边点上蜡烛。为村里庆祝督伊德神的万圣节，孩子们提着这种灯笼挨家挨户乞讨食物。这种灯笼的爱尔兰名字是“拿灯笼的杰克”或者“杰克的灯笼”，缩写为Jack-o-lantern 。

现在你在大多数书里读到的万圣节只是孩子们开心的夜晚。在小学校里，万圣节是每年十月份开始庆祝的。孩子们会制作万圣节的装饰品：各种各样桔红色的南瓜灯。

一则小小的故事蕴含着大大的道理。下面是语文迷为大家整理的幽默哲理故事，希望对你有帮助。

1、晚饭后，母亲和女儿一块儿洗碗盘，父亲和儿子在客厅看电视。

突然，厨房里传来打破盘子的响声，然后一片沉寂。

儿子望着他父亲，说道：「一定是妈妈打破的。」

「你怎么知道?」

「她没有骂人」

【哲理故事启示】我们习惯以不同的标准来看人看己，以致往往是责人以严，待己以宽。

2、理由充份

一辆载满乘客的公共汽车沿着下坡路快速前进着，有一个人后面紧紧地追赶着这辆车子。

一个乘客从车窗中伸出头来对追车子的人："老兄!算啦，你追不上的!"

"我必须追上它，"这人气喘吁吁地说："我是这辆车的司机"

【哲理故事启示】有些人必须非常认真努力，因为不这样的话，后果就十分悲惨了!然而也正因为必须全力以赴，潜在的本能和不为人知的特质终将充份展现出来。

3、原来如此

甲：「新搬来的邻居好可恶，昨天晚上三更半夜、夜深人静之时然跑来猛按我家的门。」

乙：「的确可恶!你有没有马上报警?」「没有。我当他们是疯子，继续吹我的小喇叭。」

【哲理故事启示】事出必有因，如果能先看到自己的不是，答案就会不一样。在你面对冲突和争执时,先想一想是否心中有亏，或许很快就能释怀了。

4、误会

某日，张三在山间小路开车。

正当他悠哉地欣赏美丽风景时，突然迎面开来一辆货车，而且满囗黑牙的司机还摇下窗

户对他大骂一声："猪"

张三越想越纳闷，也越想越气，于是他也摇下车窗回头大骂："你才是猪!"

才刚骂完，他便迎头撞上一群过马路的猪。

【哲理故事启示】不要错误的诠释别人的好意，那只会让自己吃亏，并且使别人受辱。在不明所以之前，先学会按捺情绪，耐心观察，以免事后生发悔意。

5、后生可畏

小男孩问爸爸："是不是做父亲的总比做儿子的知道得多?"

爸爸回答："当然啦!"

小男孩问："电灯是谁发明的?"

爸爸："是爱迪生。"

小男孩又问："那爱迪生的爸爸怎么没有发明电灯?"

【哲理故事启示】很奇怪，喜欢倚老卖老的人，特别容易栽跟斗。权威往往只是一个经不起考验的空壳子，尤其在现今这个多元开放的时代。

6、父子二人经过五星级饭店门口，看到一辆十分豪华的进口轿车。

儿子不屑地对他的父亲说：「坐这种车的人，肚子里一定没有学问!」

父亲则轻描淡写地回答：说这种话的人，口袋里一定没有钱

【哲理故事启示】你对事情的看法，是不是也反映出你内心真正的态度?

7、不必紧张

小明洗澡时不小心吞下一小块肥皂，他的妈妈慌慌张张地打电话向家庭医生求助。

医生说："我现在还有几个病人在，可能要半小时后才能赶过去。"

小明妈妈说："在你来前，我该做甚么?"

医生说："给小明喝一杯白开水，然后用力跳一跳，你就可以让小明用嘴巴吹泡泡消磨时间了。"

【哲理故事启示】Take it easy!放轻松些，生活何必太紧张?事情既然已经发生了，何不坦然自在的面对。担心不如宽心，穷紧张不如穷开心。

8、有两个台湾观光团到日本伊豆半岛旅游，路况很坏，到处都是坑洞。

其中一位导游连声抱歉，说路面简直像麻子一样。

而另一个导游却诗意盎然地对游客说：诸位先生，我们现在走的这条道路，正是赫赫有名的伊豆迷人酒窝大道。」

【哲理故事启示】虽是同样的情况，然而不同的意念，就会产生不同的态度。思想是何等奇妙的事，如何去想，决定权在你。

9、同样是小学三年级的学生，在作文中说他们将来的志愿是当小丑。

中国的老师斥之为：「胸无大志，孺子不可教也!」

外国的老师则会说：「愿你把欢笑带给全世界!」

【哲理故事启示】身为长辈的我们，不但容易要求多于鼓励，更狭窄的界定了成功的定义。

10、有一个欧巴桑在首饰店里看到二只一模一样的手环。一个标价五百五十元，另一个却只标价二百五十元。

她大为心喜，立刻买下二百五十元的手环，得意洋洋的走出店门。

临出去前，听到里面的店员悄悄对另一个店员说：「看吧，这一招屡试不爽。」

【哲理故事启示】试探如饵，可以轻而易举的使许多人显露出贪婪的本性，然而那常常是吃亏受骗的开始。

11、乞丐：「能不能给我一百块钱?」

路人：「我只有八十块钱。」

乞丐：「那你就欠我二十块钱吧」

【哲理故事启示】有些人总以为是上苍欠他的，老觉得老天爷给的不够多、不够好，贪婪之欲早已取代了感恩之心。

一条大蟒蛇和一条小毒蛇是朋友。这天他们在路边发现了一只巨大的乌龟。蛇兄弟想，这么大的个儿，但是一顿美餐啊。蟒蛇说：我来对付他。于是蟒蛇施展自己的绝技，用身体将大乌龟牢牢地缠住。而大乌龟早已将身体缩进了壳里，任凭蟒蛇怎样缠绕，也无法伤害到大乌龟。泄气的蟒蛇，气喘吁吁地爬到了一边。大乌龟谨慎地露出脑袋，在他露出脑袋的那一瞬间，小毒蛇闪电般地在乌龟脑袋上咬了一口，大乌龟又急忙缩回壳中。但是几分钟后，大乌龟正因中毒而死了。蟒蛇：哇！我花了那么大力气也没能伤害乌龟，你却轻而易举地办到了啊。小毒蛇说：正因我了解他的要害。但是接下来的还是有一个问题，大乌龟死后依然缩在壳里，两条蛇都是吞食性的动物，而他们又无法脱下乌龟的外壳，只好怏怏地离开了……

这个故事告诉我们：即使你擅长死缠烂打，也未必能泡到那个妞，要了解那个妞才能够。这个故事还告诉我们：如果你无法脱下那个妞的衣服，就不好再花力气去泡她了。

When early man invented clothes,he probably wanted to keep warm.I am sure he never intended that it should become as elaborate as it has become today.For many a year,traditional clothes and modern clothes have been in competition as to which of them make the wearer more beautiful.But it does seem that a lot of modern clothes are simpler and more practical.Perhaps we are moving back to the age of cavemen who wore clothes for practical purposes.

Modern clothes are definitely more practical as against traditional clothes.Almost all people now wear modern clothes.Nowadays even more and more people wear casual clothes.Jeans are everywhere except at formal parties.T-shirts are common,too.They look comfortable and fashionable.However,there are also a lot of people who take the trouble to dress well in formal clothes like shirts,trousers and suits.I find them smart,too.

But then,it is important to hold on to our topic.In my opinion,each type of dress has its place.Modern clothes are ideal for most situations,while casual clothes are worn more freely.As to traditional clothes,they must be worn for special occasions

[关于比赛的英语作文

This pampered young lady had left her family for the first time to join the college and was feeling quite lonely on Thanksgiving. She decided to cook a Thanksgiving dinner for herself. She was narrating her first experience in the kitchen to her mother and mother really wanted to know about the results. When asked how the food was, the lady replied with a shudder that though the ready-made soup and pizza were great, she had quite a trouble with turkey. Trying to get to the root of the problem, the mother asked, "Was it burnt?" The lady replied, "Oh! I couldnt taste it mom. It simply wouldnt sit still!"

一位养尊处优的年轻小姐头一回离家去上大学，到了感恩节她倍感孤单。她决定为自己做一顿感恩节大餐。她正在向自己的母亲描述自己第一次做饭的经历，而母亲也很想知道结果如何。当被问及做得好不好吃，这位小姐打了一个颤说，尽管速食汤和批萨不错，但是烹饪火鸡时却遇到了不小的麻烦。她的母亲想找到问题的根源，于是就问她：“是不是烤焦了?”这位小姐回答道：“哦，我没法品尝它，妈妈。火鸡就是不肯老实地坐着!”

In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak.

1882年，一名女婴因高发烧差点丧命。她虽幸免于难，但发烧给她留下了后遗症 她再也看不见、听不见。因为听不见，她想讲话也变得很困难。

So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker?

那么这样一个在19个月时就既盲又聋的孩子，是如何成长为享誉世界的作家和演说家的呢？

The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release.

高烧将她与外界隔开，使她失去了视力和声音。她仿佛置身在黑暗的牢笼中无法摆脱。

Luckily Helen was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She followed her mother wherever she went, hanging onto her skirts, She touched and smelled everything she came across. She copied their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself, like milking the cows or kneading dough, She even learnt to recognize people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also tell where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.

万幸的是海伦并不是个轻易认输的人。不久她就开始利用其它的感官来探查这个世界了。她跟着母亲，拉着母亲的衣角，形影不离。她去触摸，去嗅各种她碰到的物品。她模仿别人的动作且很快就能自己做一些事情，例如挤牛奶或揉面。她甚至学会*摸别人的脸或衣服来识别对方。她还能*闻不同的植物和触摸地面来辨别自己在花园的位置。

By the age of seven she had invented over 60 different signs by which she could talk to her family, If she wanted bread for example, she would pretend to cut a loaf and butter the slices. If she wanted ice cream she wrapped her arms around herself and pretended to shiver.

七岁的时候她发明了60多种不同的手势，*此得以和家里人交流。比如她若想要面包，就会做出切面包和涂黄油的动作。想要冰淇淋时她会用手裹住自己装出发抖的样子。

Helen was unusual in that she was extremely intelligent and also remarkably sensitive. By her own efforts she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.

海伦在这方面非比一般，她绝顶的聪明又相当敏感。通过努力她对这个陌生且迷惑的世界有了一些知识。但她仍有一些有足。

At the age of five Helen began to realize she was different from other people. She noticed that her family did not use signs like she did but talked with their mouths. Sometimes she stood between two people and touched their lips. She could not understand what they said and she could not make any meaningful sounds herself. She wanted to talk but no matter how she tried she could not make herself understood. This make her so angry that she used to hurl herself around the room, kicking and screaming in frustration.   海伦五岁时开始意识到她与别人不同。她发现家里的其他人不用象她那样做手势而是用嘴交谈。有时她站在两人中间触摸他们的嘴唇。她不知道他们在说什么，而她自己不能发出带有含义的声音。她想讲话，可无论费多大的劲儿也无法使别人明白自己。这使她异常懊恼以至于常常在屋子里乱跑乱撞，灰心地又踢又喊。

As she got older her frustration grew and her rages became worse and worse. She became wild and unruly . If she didnt get what she wanted she would throw tantrums until her family gave in. Her favourite tricks included grabbing other peoples food from their plates and hurling fragile objects to the floor. Once she even managed to lock her mother into the pantry. Eventually it became clear that something had to be done. So, just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor Anne Sullivan.

随着年龄的增长她的怒气越为越大。她变得狂野不驯。倘若她得不到想要的东西就会大发脾气直到家人顺从。她惯用的手段包括抓别人盘里的食物以及将易碎的东西猛扔在地。有一次她甚至将母亲锁在厨房里。这样一来就得想个办法了。于是，在她快到七岁生日时，家里便雇了一名家庭教师 安尼沙利文。

Anne was careful to teach Helen especially those subjects in which she was interested. As a result Helen became gentler and she soon learnt to read and write in Braille. She also learnt to read peoples lips by pressing her finger-tips against them and feeling the movement and vibrations. This method is called Tadoma and it is a skill that very, very few people manage to acquire. She also learnt to speak, a major achievement for someone who could not hear at all.

安尼悉心地教授海伦，特别是她感兴趣的东西。这样海伦变得温和了而且很快学会了用布莱叶盲文朗读和写作。*用手指接触说话人的嘴唇去感受运动和震动，她又学会了触唇意识。这种方法被称作泰德马，是一种很少有人掌握的技能。她也学会了讲话，这对失聪的人来说是个巨大的成就。

Helen proved to be a remarkable scholar, graduating with honours from Radcliffe College in 1904. She had phenomenal powers of concentration and memory, as well as a dogged determination to succeed. While she was still at college she wrote ‘The Story of My Life. This was an immediate success and earned her enough money to buy her own house.

海伦证明了自己是个出色的学者，1904年她以优异的成绩从拉德克利夫学院毕业。她有惊人的注意力和记忆力，同时她还具有不达目的誓不罢休的毅力。上大学时她就写了《我的生命》。这使她取得了巨大的成功从而有能力为自己购买一套住房。

She toured the country, giving lecture after lecture. Many books were written about her and several plays and films were made about her life. Eventually she became so famous that she was invited abroad and received many honours from foreign universities and monarchs. In 1932 she became a vice-president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom.

她周游全国，不断地举行讲座。她的事迹为许多人著书立说而且还上演了关于她的生平的戏剧和电影。最终她声名显赫，应邀出国并受到外国大学和国王授予的荣誉。1932年，她成为英国皇家国立盲人学院的副校长。

After her death in 1968 an organization was set up in her name to combat blindness in the developing world. Today that agency, Helen Keller International, is one of the biggest organizations working with blind people overseas.

1968年她去世后，一个以她的名字命名的组织建立起来，该组织旨在与发展中国家存在的失明缺陷做斗争。如今这所机构，“国际海伦凯勒”，是海外向盲人提供帮助的最大组织之一。

The so-called Eight Immortals refers to the eight immortal, they are: torrent, Han Chung, Lan Tsai, Chang, old, Xiangu, Han Xiang, obviously drunk and Lu Tung-pin.

One day, the Queen Mother of the West Eight Immortals birthday celebration back from the clouds over the East China Sea through, I saw choppy sea, Bailangtaotian, it is truly spectacular. Thus, the Eight Immortals decided to go to the sea and play.

Lu Tung-pin, said: "Everyone threw their treasures on the sea, it is crossed by the sea, comparison and who is more supernatural powers, how?"

Tieguaili first welcomed the recommendation, high-spirited mood he said: "Well you look at me!!" Put the crutches toward the sea, crutches like a boat floating in the water, a torrent somersault, turned upright on crutches.

Han Chung then put his palm-leaf fan thrown into the sea, standing on the top jump.

Subsequently, several other fairy also recount, Chang, old riding a donkey down, marching Lu Tung-pin male and female sword, Xiao Han Xiangzi sitting, riding Xiangu flowers, blue and standing on the green light, obviously drunk stepping jade, are floating up in the sea.

Eight Immortals secure in the surging waves along the drift, which clouds feel different, do not have a new stimulus and atmosphere, we really played with pleasure.

In this case, obviously drunk suddenly points to the right hand, and shouted:

"We see ah! There seat mirage!"

We turned around and saw a gradually rising mountains from the sea, the mountains there are trees, there are buildings, while on the up in the air, the clouds slowly into the horizon, a flash, a cloud that has been scattered by the wind a.

Han Xiang said: "We do not really treat shallow sea dragon mirage gas is booed out of gas, a rare century ah!!"

Suddenly, the blue and disappeared from them. We wait and see far and near, while calling to find, but I could not see blue and traces of old Chang guess, he said:

"East China Sea Dragon King might be trouble, he did not welcome us his prowess at sea, the blue and caught underwater to go, we go together to the underwater dignitaries go!"

We came to the Dragon Palace, Dragon King politely request release. Dragon unreasonable, not only refused, but also sent his sons to lead the minor players to kill the Eight Immortals. Eight Immortals had to use magic to carry a weapon, resisting many small, after a fierce battle, two were the Eight Immortals Dragon Prince killed.

A dragon, his two sons were killed the Eight Immortals, really extreme grief, please South China Sea, West Sea, North Sea Dragon King to help. Dragon King ton of bricks, the Eight Immortals also riled. Torrent wine gourd sea water absorbance, and the remaining few will be immortal Tarzan moved over to fling the East China Sea, the East China Sea became an immediate high.

The two sides played incredibly hard, sun and the moon light, the Lao, and Avalokiteshvara Buddha also alarmed, they all came to mediation. The results of mediation is, by the blue and the East China Sea Dragon King sent two Jade, as compensation for killing two Prince Tarzan moved back by Kannon responsible place.

Because of a dispute, the Eight Immortals Jade Emperor was downgraded first-class. Since then, the Eight Immortals no longer afraid to stir up trouble to the outside.

所谓八仙是指八位仙人，他们分别是：铁拐李、汉钟离、蓝采和、张果老、何仙姑、韩湘子、曹国舅和吕洞宾。

有一天，八仙向西王母拜寿回来，腾云驾雾从东海上空经过，只见海上波涛汹涌，白浪滔天，煞是壮观。于是，八仙决定到海面上玩一玩。

吕洞宾说：“大家把自己的宝物扔到海面上，借着它渡过大海，比一比谁更有神通，怎么样？”

铁拐李首先对这一建议表示欢迎，他兴致昂扬地说：“好啊！大家先看我的！”便把拐杖投向海中，拐杖像一条小船漂浮在水面，铁拐李一个筋斗，翻立在拐杖上。

接着汉钟离把他的芭蕉扇丢到海上，跳下去站在上面。

接着，其他几位仙人也各显神通，张果老倒骑着毛驴，吕洞宾踏着雌雄宝剑，韩湘子坐着萧，何仙姑乘着花篮，蓝采和站在拍板上，曹国舅踩着玉版，都在海面上漂浮了起来。

八仙安稳地顺着汹涌的波浪漂去，这与腾云驾雾感觉大不相同，别有一番新的刺激和情调，大家玩得好不快意。

这时，曹国舅突然用手指向右边，并高声喊道：

“大家看啊！那里有座海市蜃楼！”

大家转头一看，只见一座仙山渐渐地从海里升起，山上有树木，有楼房，一会儿就升到半空中，慢慢地变成天边的浮云，一转眼，那浮云又被风吹散了。

韩湘子说：“我们真是眼福不浅！蜃气是海里蛟龙嘘出来的气体 ，百年难得一见啊！”

突然 ，蓝采和从他们当中消失了。大家远近观望，一边找一边喊，可就是不见蓝采和的踪迹，张果老猜说：

“可能是东海龙王作怪，他不欢迎我们在他的海上大显神通，把蓝采和抓到龙宫去了，走 我们一起到龙宫要人去！”

大家来到龙宫，婉言请求龙王放人。龙王蛮不讲理，不但不肯，还派自己的几个儿子带领虾兵蟹将追杀八仙。八仙只得用随身的法宝当武器，抵抗虾兵蟹将，经过一场激烈的战斗之后，龙王的两个太子被八仙杀死了。

龙王一听，自己的两个儿子被八仙杀了，真是悲愤至极，商请南海、西海、北海龙王来帮忙。龙王的不依不饶，把八仙也给惹火了。铁拐李用酒葫芦把海水吸光，其余几位仙人将泰山搬了过来，往东海一扔，东海立刻变成了一座高 。

双方打得天昏地暗，日月无光，把太上老君、如来佛和观世音也惊动了，他们全都赶来调解。调解的结果是，由蓝采和送东海龙王两片玉版，作为杀两位太子的补偿泰山则由观世音负责搬回原处。

因为这一场纠纷，八仙被玉皇大帝降级一等。从此，八仙再也不敢到外面惹是生非了。

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was an old fisherman in Wuling. One day, he took his boat out to go fishing. As the boat floated downstream, the fisherman lost his way. Suddenly, a beautiful forest of peach trees with flowers in full bloom caught his eyes. He carried on sailing to the end of the forest where he found a mountain with a small cave at its foot. After the fisherman walked through the cave, a new world opened up before him. The people seemed happy and gentle, and lived peaceful lives with no arguments or disputes. The old rested quietly while the young played happily. Unlike the world东晋年间，武陵有一个老渔夫。一天，他驾着渔船出去打鱼。船沿着溪水行驶，老渔夫不知怎么迷了路。忽然，一片美丽的桃花林出现在他眼前。渔夫觉得很奇怪，继续往前寻找桃花林的尽头。树林的尽头是一座山，山脚下有个小洞。渔夫穿过了山洞，竟然看到了另外一个世界。

outside the cave, there was no conflict or turbulence. When they saw the fisherman, the people asked him not to tell others what he had seen there.那里的人们过着幸福安宁的生活，大家和睦相处，没有纷争，老人们安静地休息，儿童愉快地玩耍，没有外界那样动荡不安。大家看见了老渔夫，嘱咐他不要把在那儿看到的一切告诉别人。

But when he got home the fisherman told the other villagers about his experiences. They did not really believe him but followed him back to the cave out of curiosity. But he never found the place again.渔夫回到了家，把整件事告诉了村庄里的人。大家都不相信，于是跟着他去看看到底有没有这个地方。可是，这次去他们再也找不到桃花林尽头的这个世界了。

春秋时代，越国有一位美女 名叫西施。她的美貌简直到了倾国倾城的程度。无论是她的举手、投足，还是她的音容笑貌，样样都惹人喜爱。西施略用淡妆，衣着朴素，走到哪里，哪里就有很多人向她行“注目礼”，没有人不惊叹她的美貌。

西施患有心口疼的毛病。有一天，她的病又犯了，只见她手捂胸口，双眉皱起，流露出一种娇媚柔弱的女性美。当她从乡间走过的时候，乡里人无不睁大眼睛注视。

乡下有一个丑女子，不仅相貌难看，而且没有修养。她平时动作粗俗，说话大声大气，却一天到晚做着当美女 的梦。今天穿这样的衣服，明天梳那样的发式，却仍然没有一个人说她漂亮。

这一天，她看到西施捂着胸口、皱着双眉的样子竟博得这么多人的青睐，因此回去以后，她也学着西施的样子，手捂胸口、紧皱眉头，在村里走来走去。哪知这丑女的矫揉造作使她原本就丑陋的样子更难看了。其结果，乡间的富人看见丑女的怪模样，马上把门紧紧关上；乡间的穷人看见丑女走过来，马上拉着妻、带着孩子远远地躲开。人们见了这个怪模怪样模仿西施心口疼在村里走来走去的丑女人简直像见了瘟神一般。

这个丑女人只知道西施皱眉的样子很美，却不知道她为什么很美，而去简单模仿她的样子，结果反被人讥笑。看来，盲目模仿别人的做法是愚蠢的。

In china, people believe that, at the beginning, the tiger and the cat were friends, and the cat was much smarter than the tiger .

The cat learned the physical skills quickly, and the tiger was always behind.    Gradually, the tiger had to learn from the cat, and the cat was patient to teach the tiger.     Day after day, month after month, finally, the tiger could also run, jump, roll, grasp, tear, and strike as well as the cat.   One summer afternoon, the cat was taking a nap as the tiger sitting nearby.   Looking at the cat, the tiger suddenly thought, why should he keep befriending with such a small animal since he had already learnt all the skills from the cat?    The evil tiger decided to kill the sleeping cat as a before dinner snack. The tiger stood up and approached the cat viciously.   Just as this moment, the cat woke up. Opening up her eyes, the smart cat immediately realized what the tiger was trying to do and swiftly jumped onto a nearby tall tree and climbed to the top branch.     The tiger thought he had already learned every skill from the cat . But he never knew that the cat had hidden the tree climbing from him.  “I kept the last technique of the tree climbing from you just because I suspected you might be can ungrateful friend.”The cat loudly told the tiger who watched under the tree helplessly.

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For the world was intent on dragging me down.

And if that weren‘t enough to ruin my day, A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted down And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"

In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, With its petals all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then shifted away.

But instead of retreating he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, "It sure smells pretty and it‘s beautiful, too. That‘s why I picked it; here, it‘s for you."

The weed before me was dying or dead. Not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."

But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, He held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.

I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun. As I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You‘re welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, Unaware of the impact he‘d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged plight? Perhaps from his heart, he‘d been blessed with true sight.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that‘s mine.

And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose And smiled as that young boy, another weed in his hand About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

Covering Ones Ears While Stealing a Bell

掩耳盗铃

Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does [en]foolish

things.[/en]

王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。

One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. "Oh! How nice! I will take it home." He thinks, "What can I do?" After a while he has a "good" idea. "Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell."

一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。"啊，真漂亮啊!我要把它拿回家去。"他自言自语道："我该怎么做呢?"过了一会儿他想到了一个"好"主意。"啊哈!我有办法了!我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。"

Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. "What are you doing?" the owner says angrily.

于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说："你在干什么?"

【成语来源】

At the time when Fan, a nobleman of the state of Jin, became a fugitive, a commoner found a bell and wanted to carry it off on his back.

春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。

But the bell was too big for him.

可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。

[/en]When he tried to knock it into pieces with a hammer there was a loud clanging sound. [/en]

他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。小偷找来一把大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。

He was afraid that someone will hear the noise and take the bell from him, so he immediately stopped his own ears.

小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗?他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。

To worry about other people hearing the noise is understandable, but to worry about himself hearing the noise (as if stopping his own ears would prevent other people from hearing) is absurd.

“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了!”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了!把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗!”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。

A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda cant take it home.

Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. "I know! I have a good idea." she jumps and shouts happily, "I can roll a pumpkin. Its like a wheel."

So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, "Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?" the little panda answers proudly, "I cant lift it, but I can roll it." Her mother smiled and says, "What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,"

聪明的熊猫

一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。

突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。

于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。

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