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1、安徒生童话:TheEmperor’SNewClothes皇帝的新装OnceuponatimetherelivedavainEmperorwhoseonlyworryinlifewastodressinelegantclothes.Hechangedclothesalmosteveryhourandlovedtoshowthemofftohispeople. WordoftheEmperor'srefinedhabitsspreadoverhiskingdomandbeyond.TwoscoundrelswhohadheardoftheEmpero
2、r'svanitydecidedtotakeadvantageofit.Theyintroducedthemselvesatthegatesofthepalacewithaschemeinmind. "Wearetwoverygoodtailorsandaftermanyyearsofresearchwehaveinventedanextraordinarymethodtoweaveaclothsolightandfinethatitlooksinvisible.Asamatteroffactitisinvisibletoanyonewhoist
3、oostupidandincompetenttoappreciateitsquality." Thechiefoftheguardsheardthescoundrel'sstrangestoryandsentforthecourtchamberlain.Thechamberlainnotifiedtheprimeminister,whorantotheEmperoranddisclosedtheincrediblenews.TheEmperor'scuriositygotthebetterofhimandhedecidedtoseethetwos
4、coundrels. "Besidesbeinginvisible,yourHighness,thisclothwillbewovenincolorsandpatternscreatedespeciallyforyou."Theemperorgavethetwomenabagofgoldcoinsinexchangefortheirpromisetobeginworkingonthefabricimmediately. "Justtelluswhatyouneedtogetstartedandwe'llgiveittoyou."Thetw
5、oscoundrelsaskedforaloom,silk,goldthreadandthenpretendedtobeginworking.TheEmperorthoughthehadspenthismoneyquitewell:inadditiontogettinganewextraordinarysuit,hewoulddiscoverwhichofhissubjectswereignorantandincompetent.Afewdayslater,hecalledtheoldandwiseprimeminister,whowasconsider
6、edbyeveryoneasamanwithcommonsense. "Goandseehowtheworkisproceeding,"theEmperortoldhim,"andcomebacktoletmeknow." Theprimeministerwaswelcomedbythetwoscoundrels. "We'realmostfinished,butweneedalotmoregoldthread.Here,Excellency!Admirethecolors,feelthesoftness!"Theoldmanbe
7、ntovertheloomandtriedtoseethefabricthatwasnotthere.Hefeltcoldsweatonhisforehead. "Ican'tseeanything,"hethought."IfIseenothing,thatmeansI'mstupid!Or,worse,incompetent!"Iftheprimeministeradmittedthathedidn'tseeanything,hewouldbedischargedfromhisoffice. "Whatamarvelousfabric
8、,hesaidthen."I'llcertainlytelltheEmperor