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1、Thethreewishes三个愿望Acouplewishesforgoodluck.Afairycomestothemandsays,”Youmayhavethreewishes.”Thewifeisveryhappy.Shedoesn’tthinkmuchandsays,“IwishIhadadelicioussausage.”Soshehasit.“Silly!”shoutsthehusband.“Howcanyoujustwishforasausage?”Iwishitwereonyournose!”Afterthat
2、,thesausagegrowsonthewife’snose.“Howstupidyouare!Whatcanwedonow?”criesthewife.“Wehaveonlyonewish.”Thehusbandisalsoverysad,andsays,“Wemustwishthissausageoff.”Sothesausagegoesaway.Theyhavethreewishes,buttheygetnothingintheend.Stir/美[stɚ/thegrassandstartlethesnake打草惊蛇L
3、onglongago,acountymagistratenamedWangLuworkedinpresentAnhuiProvince,eastChina.WangLuwasverygreedyandtookmanybribes.Oneofhissecretarieswasequallycorrupt,andoftenschemedforWangLu'sdeeds.Onedayamanwenttothemagistratetolodgeacomplaintagainstthesecretary.Thesecretary'scr
4、imeswerealmostthesameasthecrimesthemagistratehimselfcommitted.WangLuwassofrightenedthatheforgothisproperroleinhandlingthecase.Insteadofissuingajudgment,hecouldn'thelpwritingthesewordsconcerningthecomplaint:"Bystirringthegrass,youhavestartledmewhoamlikeasnakeunderthe
5、grass!"Theabovestoryprovidedtheidiom"Stirthegrassandstartlethesnake".Theoriginalmeaningisthatpunishmentforsomeonecanserveasawarningtoothers.Butpeoplenowusetheidiomtoindicatethatprematureactionswhichputtheenemyonguard.月亮和妈妈ThemoonandhermotherTheMoononcebeggedherMothe
6、rtomakeheragown."HowcanI?"repliedshe;"there'snofittingyourfigure.Atonetimeyou'reaNewMoon,andatanotheryou'reaFullMoon;andbetweenwhilesyou'reneitheronenortheother."Theshyturtle/[ˈtɜ:rtl]/害羞的乌龟Tillyisashytrutle.Shehaonofriends.Ifanyonecamebytotalkorplay,shewouldduckinh
7、ershellandwaituntiltheywentaway.Thenoneday,Freddythefrogcameswimmingby."Tilly,don'thideinyourshell.Ijustwanttoplay.ButTillywastooshy.""No.No.Justgoaway."Freddythefroghadmanyfriends.Heknewallthefish,helikedthedragonflies.Hejokedwiththeladybugs,andhehungoutwiththebees
8、,buthisbestfriendwasBettytheButterfly."Hi,Betty.Howareyou?""Hi,Freddy,I'mfine.Howareyou?""Idon'tthinkTillytheturtlelikesme.WheneverIaskher
