英语幽默故事比赛英语作文(优秀20篇)

My name is Michael. I will tell you a story about myself. I graduated from China University of Mining and technology in 2006. I was hired by Founder Software Co., as a Net engineer in the previous 11 months.

I significantly benefit from these knowledge on Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 etc learned in school. I am working in VaconCN now as an IT website engineer. I think I can do this job very well, at the same time; its a challenge to me. I can learn more new knowlege. I like to play badminton. I play it Xinghai Coliseum Every weekend.

Its very interesting. I also like go to KTV with my friends, I like Ben john. I think his best song is it is my life. When I headed it, this song concert blew me away.

[英语作文：我的故事

Since I was small, I like to play basketball, because I was effected by my father, he likes to watch basketball game so much, I will watch the basketball game with him. So when I went to school, I joined the basketball team in my class, we made up of a basketball team. Last week, we had our first match.

I was asked to play in the first time, I felt so nervous, I am so afraid that I could not cooperate with my team well. When the match started, I watched the basketball and moved as the ball flied, I forgot my job, I was asked to cover the team leader. I recognized my mistake, I changed my move, at last, I covered our captain successfully, our team won the game.

I learned so much from this match, team work comes first.

Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.

Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.

This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though the son was always On the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn‘t want to.

But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he‘d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a bench-warmer all four years. His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a "walk-on." Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did.

The coach admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with the spirit and hustle they badly needed.

The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in a game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto the practice field shortly before the big playoff game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, "My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?" The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son. And don‘t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday."

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter,when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon. "Coach, please let me play. I‘ve just got to play today," said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close playoff game. But the young man persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. "All right," he said."You can go in." Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, he passed, blocked, and tackled like a star. His team began to triumph. The score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. The fans broke loose. His teammates hoisted him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you never heard.

Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had showered and left the locker room, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone The coach came to him and said, " Kid, I can‘t believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?"

He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"

Like the athlete‘s father, God is always there cheering for us. He‘s always reminding us to go on. He‘s even offering us His hand for He knows what is best, and is willing to give us what we need and not simply what we want. GOD has never missed a single game. What a joy to know that life is meaningful if lived for the Highest. Live for HIM for He‘s watching us in the game of life!

里希纳的家靠近大海，村里祖祖辈辈都以打鱼为生。他从小跟随父亲出海，年纪不大就成了父亲的得力助手。可近来他却不务正业，迷上了打猎，简直无可救药，为这事他没少挨父亲的责备。

离村子不远有座小山，地势险要人迹罕至，听老人讲山上常有野猪出没。要是能打到一只野猪该有多好啊。山上的野猪令他魂牵梦萦，他下定决心要去碰碰运气。

那天天还没亮，里希纳瞒着父亲悄悄起床，带上枪、绳索等工具就上山了。他仔细搜寻着，可连野猪的影子也没看到。太阳已爬得老高，父亲还等着他出海，他无奈只好回家，带着一身的疲惫和沮丧。走到半山腰，隐约听到不远处传来微弱的叫声，像是野猪。他立刻兴奋起来，循着声音找去。

果然，一只小野猪陷在泥沼里，它已筋疲力尽，只剩头部露在外面，陷在那儿无法动弹，根本无法逃脱，眼神里充满了绝望。真是个冒失鬼，竟然掉到泥沼里，这是意外收获，里希纳喜出望外，迅速举起枪对准了野猪。

野猪当然不明白，那枝乌黑的枪对它意味着什么。它用尽最后一丝力气试图挣扎，眼睛直直地盯着面前的陌生人，发出兴奋的光芒，竟然把里希纳当成了救星。它在向我求救?里希纳端着枪犹豫了。

真是个小可怜!里希纳叹息着放下枪，转而想办法营救野猪。

要救野猪，首先得保证自身安全，如不小心掉进泥沼非常危险。惟一的办法，就是用绳子套住野猪的脖子，拉上来。他抛下绳子，好不容易套上了它的脖子，小心翼翼地往上拉。如果绳子勒得太紧，可能野猪还没救上来就先被勒死了。但它不懂配合，刚套上去又滑下来。经过反复努力，终于把野猪救了上来，不知不觉两个小时已经过去了。里希纳浑身沾满污泥，坐在地上大口喘气，开始思索如何应付父亲的责罚。

突然，远处传来轰隆巨响，天崩地裂一般。回头望去，十几米高的巨浪冲上海岸，铺天盖地而来，山下的村庄瞬间被吞噬。看着眼前发生的一切，里希纳惊恐万分，不停地颤抖着。

举世震惊的印度洋海啸中，他是全村惟一的幸存者。

这是真实的故事，里希纳住在印尼苏门答腊岛班达亚齐。他原本带着枪去打野猪，却为了救野猪耽搁了下山时间，幸运地逃过灭顶之灾。究竟是人救了动物，还是动物救了人，很难说清。里希纳得以大难不死实属巧合，可如果不救野猪，巧合会发生吗?

感悟人生：幸运源于爱心的馈赠。

I am a girl who loves life, is positive, optimistic and conscientious. In the study and life of high school, I not only learned a lot of knowledge, but also improved in all aspects. In the face of difficulties, I never go back, always start my mind, try to solve the problem and overcome the difficulties. And every solution to a problem, to overcome a difficulty, all of my confidence has been promoted. I believe that as long as there is enough confidence and double efforts, we will be able to overcome all kinds of difficulties and difficulties and lead to the other side of success. In the course of high school learning, I can take every course seriously, preview carefully, and review actively. When you have a problem, ask your classmates and consult your teacher. I will constantly improve the learning methods, find the most suitable learning methods, adjust the study plan, and arrange the time. I think of learning as a knowledge, to enrich my music, and to be full of interest in it.

I like music very much. I actively participate in chorus in school. In chorus team, we cooperate with each other, and compete for school, get excellent results, and win honor for school. And I am also very good at playing the guzheng, and I have won national awards. Through participating in the school choir, I deeply realized that doing anything requires not only enthusiasm, but also the spirit of conscientious and responsible and the spirit of cooperation with others. For individual competitions, it is necessary to take serious treatment, and more importantly, to practice more, so that it will not be unfamiliar.

Zhuangzi was sitting by Pushui Rievr, fishing leisurely1.

Chu Weiwang, king of the state of Chu, sent two ministers to come to persuade him accepting the position of Prime Minister.

Zhuangzi asked, "It is heard that a holy tortoise which has been dead for three thousand years is treated as the national treasure and put in the holy temple. So, ministers, do you think the tortoise would rather to live in the slush, pulling its tail; than to enjoy the aterlife honor?"

"We think it would rather to be alive!" the ministers answered. "Then, you could leave now. I prefer living freely." Zhuangzi said.

庄子悠闲地坐在濮水河边钓鱼。

楚威王派二位大臣游说庄子，希望他接受楚国相国的职位。

庄子问道：“听说贵国有只神龟，已死三千年，楚王将它作为镇国之宝，珍藏在庙堂之中。两位认为这乌龟愿意享有死后的尊荣还是宁肯拖着尾巴在烂泥里活着？”

楚国使丞回答说：“我们认为他愿意活着！”庄子听了这话，对二人说：“好了，两位走吧。我也愿意拖着尾巴在这烂泥中自由自在地活着。”

1 leisurely

adj.悠闲的；从容的，慢慢的

参考例句：

We walked in a leisurely manner,looking in all the windows.我们慢悠悠地走着，看遍所有的橱窗。

He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.他从容的吃了早餐，高兴的开车去工作。

小鹿和小猴是一对十分要好的朋友，可是有一天它俩吵架了，谁也不理谁，因为他们又在比本领了。猴子神气地说：“我的本领最高，我可以灵活地在树上爬上爬下，在树上摘果子，瞧瞧你，又笨又不灵活，又爬不上树，我比你棒!”“什么呀?我跑得快，一瞬间我就没影了，老虎想抓我也难呢!你，头脑简单，四肢发达，头大无脑，脑大生草。”小鹿顶嘴说。“那我们去比赛一下谁的本领大!”小猴说。

一开始，他们找到了松鼠妹妹，说明原因后，松鼠妹妹说：“你们比赛在树顶上摘一颗松果，最快的就胜利，1、2、3、开始!”话音刚落，小猴双脚向后一蹬，双手向上一爬，三两下就蹦到了树顶，疾眼快地摘下一颗最大的松果，再在树顶上挥动着松果大声说：“看到了吗，我赢了，耶!”可小鹿呢?只能在树下眼睁睁地看着冠军被抢走。

然后，他们又找到了马大哥，说明原因后，马大哥说：“你两比赛赛跑吧!1、2、3、开始!”话还没说完，小鹿放开四蹄，撒腿就跑!顿时烟尘滚滚，小鹿像只箭一样冲了过去并在终点大声说：“我到了赢了!”。可小猴蹦蹦跳跳地跑，慢的要死。

接着，他们又找到了熊大叔，说明原因后，熊大叔说：“你们谁先到小河对岸摘一个桃子回来，最快的就胜利，1、2、3、开始!”小鹿一下跑到了树下，可它可不会爬树啊，那就摘不到桃子，只能在树下看着桃子干瞪眼。而小猴呢，可没小鹿跑得快，也不会淌水过河，也在河边干瞪眼。正在两个都干着急时，小猴在河边大声喊：“小鹿，你回来，背我过河，我们一起摘桃!”小鹿想了想“对呀!我会过河，不会摘桃，小猴不会过河，会摘桃，合在一起就又会摘桃又会过河了!”于是回头跑过去，三两下就把小猴背过河跑到桃树下面，小猴双脚向后一蹬，双手向上一爬，“嗖”一下就蹦到了树顶，手疾眼快地摘下一颗最大的桃子。当他们俩把桃子送到熊大叔面前，熊大叔说：“看，你们两个一个会跑，一个会爬树，都有本领。但只有一起互相合作才能摘到大桃子。这就是团结的力量!”

小猴和小鹿恍然大悟，明白了一个道理，团结就是力量!一根筷子容易断，一把筷子不易断!

你听说过害的女儿的故事么。如果没有，快来看看吧。

"Yes, you are dear to me," said the prince; "for you have the best heart, and you are the most devoted to me; you are like a young maiden whom I once saw, but whom I shall never meet again. I was in a ship that was wrecked, and the waves cast me ashore near a holy temple, where several young maidens performed the service. The youngest of them found me on the shore, and saved my life. I saw her but twice, and she is the only one in the world whom I could love; but you are like her, and you have almost driven her image out of my mind. She belongs to the holy temple, and my good fortune has sent you to me instead of her;we will never part."

“是的,你是我最亲爱的人!”王子说,“因为你在一切人中有一颗最善良的心。你对我是最亲爱的,你很像我某次看到过的一个年轻女子,可是我永远再也看不见她了。那时我是坐在一艘船上——这船已经沉了。巨浪把我推到一个神庙旁的岸上。有几个年轻女子在那儿作祈祷。她们最年轻的一位在岸旁发现了我,因此救了我的生命。我只看到过她两次:她是我在这世界上能够爱的唯一的人,但是你很像她,你几乎代替了她留在我的灵魂中的印象。她是属于这个神庙的,因此我的幸运特别把你送给我。让我们永远不要分离吧!”

"Ah, he knows not that it was I who saved his life," thought the little mermaid. "I carried him over the sea to the wood where the temple stands: I sat beneath the foam, and watched till the human beings came to help him. I saw the pretty maiden that he loves better than he loves me;" and the mermaid sighed deeply, but she could not shed tears. "He says the maiden belongs to the holy temple, therefore she will never return to the world. They will meet no more: while I am by his side, and see him every day. I will take care of him, and love him, and give up my life for his sake."

“啊,他却不知道我救了他的生命!”小人鱼想。“我把他从海里托出来,送到神庙所在的一个树林里。我坐在泡沫后面,窥望是不是有人会来。我看到那个美丽的姑娘——他爱她胜过于爱我。”这时小人鱼深深地叹了一口气——她哭不出声来。“那个姑娘是属于那个神庙的——他曾说过。她永不会走向这个人间的世界里来——他们永不会见面了。我是跟他在一起,每天看到他的。我要照看他,热爱他,对他献出我的生命!”

Very soon it was said that the prince must marry, and that the beautiful daughter of a neighboring king would be his wife, for a fine ship was being fitted out. Although the prince gave out that he merely intend

The Wolf and the Lamb故事

真的小猛士：美国9岁男孩徒手斗鳄鱼

A brave 9-year-old is recovering in hospital after he wrestled a 9-foot, 400lb alligator off him with his bare hands - and he now plans to make a necklace from a tooth doctors found embedded in a wound on his back.

美国佛罗里达州一名9岁的小男孩，在湖中游泳时，遭到一条长9英尺(约2.7米长)、重400磅(约180多公斤)的短吻鳄袭击，赤手与其搏斗之后，小男孩身上多处受伤，目前正在医院治疗中。医生从他背部的伤口里取出一颗短吻鳄的牙齿，小男孩表示想把它做成项链。

James Barney Jr, spoke calmly and eloquently about his ordeal from hospital, where he was tucked up in bed with a teddy bear by his side. He was covered in some 30 teeth marks, doctors said.

小男孩名叫小詹姆斯·巴尼，他在医院里平静、生动地讲述了自己与短吻鳄搏斗的经历，在他床边还放有一只泰迪熊。医生说，小詹姆斯全身有30多处牙印。

The little boy described how it was a hot day so he had parked his bike and jumped into Lake Tohopekaliga - a lake that people are forbidden to swim in - when he felt something brush against his leg.

小詹姆斯说那天特别热，于是他就把自行车停在一旁自己跳进了托霍普卡莱加湖，这个湖是禁止人们在里面游泳的，刚一进去他就感觉有东西擦到他的腿了。

It really amazed me what happened. At first, I thought someone was just playing with me, and I didnt know what happened, he told ABC.

“后来发生的事情真的让我大吃一惊。但开始的时候，我以为是有人在跟我闹着玩，我并不知道发生了什么事情。”他告诉(ABC)的记者。

I reached down to grab it, and I felt its jaw, I felt its teeth, and I didnt know what to do, so I immediately reacted and hit it a couple times. And I had enough strength to pry its jaw open. The child pulled the powerful jaws open long enough to slide out and swim to shore.

[英语寓言故事之The Wolf and the Lamb

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.

被称为“幽默大师”的林语堂，一生着作甚丰，其中最畅销的是1937年完成的《生活的艺术》。该书在美国已经发行了40版以上，历经数十年不衰。

林语堂不但文章好，而且言谈风趣。有一次，纽约某林氏宗亲会邀请他演讲，希望借此宣扬林氏祖先的光荣事迹。这种演讲吃力不讨好，因为不说些夸赞祖先的话，同宗会失望，若是太过吹嘘，又有失学人风范。当时，他不慌不忙地上台说：“我们姓林的始祖，据说是有商朝的比干远相，这在《封神榜》里提到过，英勇的有《水浒传》里的林冲；旅行家有《镜花缘》里的林之洋，才女有《红楼梦》里的林黛玉。另外还有美国大总统林肯，独自驾飞机越大西洋的林白，可说人才辈出。”

林语堂这一段简短的精采演讲，令台下的宗亲雀跃万分，禁不住鼓掌叫好。

然而，我们细细体会他的话，就会发现他所谈的都是小说中虚构的人物，或是与林氏毫无关系的美国人，并没有对本姓祖先进行吹嘘，诚然幽默可喜，不愧为是中国的“幽默大师”。

林语堂以他对中国文化的研究蜚声海外。他的《吾国吾民》译成西班牙文后，他在南美的知名度也提得很高。当进，巴西有一位贵妇人，内心钦慕林语堂，恰好有人赠给名马一匹，于是给这匹马取名为林语堂。后来，这匹马参加马赛，巴西各报，都以大幅标题登出“林语堂参加竞赛”。比赛结束，这匹马没有得名次，当日晚报的标题就成了“林语堂名落孙山”，而夺标的马倒没有消息。

消息传到美国，有人将此事告诉林语堂，林语堂微微一笑，说：

“并不幽默。”

The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age."

The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age."

Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, "Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment."

Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. "I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home."

Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. "I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home."

[英语哲理故事有哪些

一只小象出门旅行，在路上碰到了同样旅行的小猪。小象看着小猪，忍不住哈哈大笑着说：你的鼻子那么短，真是太好笑了，太差劲了，哈哈。小猪反驳道：笑个P啊，你鼻子那么长，就象脸上长个J8似的，还笑呢。两个小家伙互相嘲笑着前行，继续他们的旅行路程。他们来到了一颗苹果树前，又红又大的苹果挂满了树冠膨大的苹果树。两只小家伙不禁口水横流，垂涎三尺。小象来到树下，用他的长鼻子轻松地将苹果击落下来。于是两只小家伙开开心心地吃起来。小猪边吃边说：原来你的鼻子也不是那么讨厌嘛，嘿嘿。吃完苹果，他们继续前行。走着走着，他们来到了一块番薯地。小猪说：看我的。说完，小猪用他的鼻子去拱地，拱啊拱啊，把埋在地下的番薯都拱了出来。于是两只小家伙开开心心地吃起来。小象边吃边说：原来你的鼻子也不是那么差劲嘛，哈哈。

The Blacksmith And Dog

Those who will not work deserve to starve.

A Blacksmith had a little Dog, which used to sleep when his master was at work, but was very wide awake indeed when it was time for meals.

One day his master pretended to be disgusted at this, xiaogushi8.com and then he had thrown him a bone as usual, he said, “What on earth is the good of a lazy cur like you?”

When I am hammering away at my anvil, you just curl up and go to sleep: but no sooner do I stop for a mouthful of food than you wake up and wag your tail to be fed.

Humor is a kind of art, is indispensable to a rate of comedy. Because of its existence, and make the world is full of joy.

Humor is a kind of talent, is a kind of power, or the face of our common human living dilemma and created a civilization. It is expressed in the form of pleasure of sincere, generous and kind heart. It is like closing the miles of space that intervene between a man and a pressure bridge, make up the gap between people, is hard and hope to establish a good relationship with others of the indispensable thing, is also a hope every necessary to reduce his life return on crutch.

When as a natural person live in society, you can consciously or unconsciously must be a social person, that is not willing to or not depends on you. Assimilate social or assimilation by the society. Is, the power of humor does not make you gain or lose weight, not to help you pay the bill, not temple also help you work, but it can help you solve the problem of interpersonal relationship, to coordinate the relationship between the age or forget years. When you want to be a can overcome obstacles, to win others to like and trust the person, dont ignore the magical powers.

幽默是一种艺术，是人主中不可缺少的喜剧。正因它的存在，使世界充满了欢乐。

幽默是一种才华，是一种力量，或者说是人类面对共同的生活困境而创造出来的一种文明。它以愉悦的方式表达人的真诚、大方和心灵的善良。它象一压桥梁拉近人与人之间的距离，弥补人与人之间的鸿沟，是奋发向上者和希望与他人建立良好关系者不可缺少的东西，也是每一个希望减轻自己人生重提的人所必需依靠的“拐杖”。

当作为一名自然人生活在社会中时，你就自觉不自觉地非成为一名社会人不可，这并非决定于你的愿意与否。同化社会或被社会同化。固然，幽默的力量不会使你长高或减肥，不合帮你付清帐单，也不寺帮你干活，但它的确能帮助你解决人际关系问题，协调同龄或忘年之间的关系。当你希望成为一个能克服障碍、赢得他人喜欢和信任的人时，千万别忽视这股神奇的力量。

Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away.

Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly.

Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?”

Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.”

Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.” They become good friends.

WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.

It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) in the world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.

As was the common practice with the gods of Olympus,Zeus and Hermes were visiting the world in disguise．One day they came to a village．At a thousand house sthey knocked,and a thousand times they were refused rest and food and drink．At last they arrived at a humble cottage,where the old couple Baucis and her husband Philemon lived．Poor but at peace with world,they made the best of what life could offer them ,and felt truly grateful to the gods above．When the two travellers entered the hut,the old couple were glad with lively happiness．They offered their guests their best seat,and immediately set about preparing dinner for them．With no small difficulty they made fire,brought in a fresh cabbage,cut a fat piece of their long kept meat and put them over the fire to cook．The one single goose they were ready to kill for the visitors,but it was saved at the last minute by the guests．The dining bench was a makeshift ,poor and patched but the best they had．The table was supported by a brick．The feast was quite modest,eggs and wine and cot tage cheese,and a variety of newly pickedfruit．The old couple humbly waited on the visiting guests withsincere looks and eager goodwill．Moved at the hospitality ofthe house,the gods told their true identity．“We are gods”,saidZeus．“While the neigh bour hood pays the penalty for itswickedness you shall be free from misfortune．Coming along with us”．When they were near the top of the hill,Bancis and Phile mon looked back and saw all the village below covered by amarsh ,and that among the general ruin and destruction their old cottage alone survived,changed into a grand temple．At their request they were made the guardians of the sacred place of Zeus．When their span of worldly life came to an end they were turned into an ash and linden,standing side by side in front of the temple．

Last week,one of classmates said,"do you want a bet?" I asked,"what for?" the classmate replied,"do you dare to had a running race with Tony." I answered,"Why not?" Unfortunately,I lost the running race,because I dint know he was a good runner,and Tony ran so fast.Before running race,I bet him $$200.00 that I would win for the running race.In fact,I not only lost the competition,but also lost $$200.00.

前段时间，单位有位大姐拿着一个英语句子问我语法。我非常好奇，一个已经到了中年的妇女居然还在不断学习英语!她说自己坚持学习有6年了，到现在有一万多的词汇量，刚开始的英语底子就是26个英文字母。在日本留学的儿子告诉她，新概念是非常好的教材，他就开始自学新概念，新概念英语读的朗朗上口。我在她办公室桌上看有本新概念英语四，随手拿起来一看，上面密密麻麻全是注释，音标、词义、语法等等写的非常详细，她把新概念的每一个句子都详细的分析过!她说自己学习英语主要是工作以外的时间，办公室有活儿了就抓紧时间把工作做完，因为没有上网、玩游戏的爱好，工作之外的时间就用学英语来“打发”，办公室里有电脑，所以有时也会跟着录音读。

我问她为什么都到中年了还要坚持学外语呢，她回答的很有意思——以后要是当奶奶了，不想让孙子看到自己的奶奶啥都不懂。

一位中年妇女没有任何英语底子，居然可以不为过级，不为升学，毫无功利心的学习英语，年轻的我们会有何感想?大学的时候诵读《道德经》，老子的无为思想我至今无法理解，后来我想这种精心耕耘，不问收获，毫无功利心的去做一件事儿，是不是就是对道家无为思想的一种解释?年轻的我们又该如何?这或许正是她给予我们年轻人的力量和意义!

The Father and His Son

Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.

He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

一位父亲有几个孩子，这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们，只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的，有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时，他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中，吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试，总是不能成功。

然后他解开那捆柴，一根根地放在他们手里，如此一来，他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说：「孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致，互相帮助，你们就像这捆柴一样，不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行，你们就将和这些散柴一般，不堪一折了。