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