小學(xué)生英語閱讀材料 ---英語故事匯編3.doc

小學(xué)生英語閱讀材料 -英語故事匯編3白雪公主Snow-whiteOnce there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden-snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the hunts and on the trees: all things were white with snow. The Queen was making a coat for a little child. She said, I want my child to be white as this cloth, white as the snow. And I shall call her Snow-white. Some days after that the Queen had a child. The child was white as snow. The Queen called her Snow-white. But the Queen was very ill, and after some days she died. Snow-white lived, and was a very happy and beautiful child. One year after that, the King married another Queen. The new Queen was very beautiful; but she was not a good woman.A wizard had given this Queen a glass. The glass could speak. It was on the wall in the Queens room. Every day the queen looked in the glass to see how beautiful she was. As she looked in the glass, she asked: Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all? And the glass spoke and said: The Queen is most beautiful of all. Year went by. Snow-white grew up and became a little girl. every day the Queen looked in the glass and said, Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all? And the glass said, Snow-white is most beautiful of all. When the Queen heard this, she was very angry. She said, Snow-white is not more beautiful than I am. There is no one who is more beautiful than I am. Then the Queen sat on her bed and cried. After one hour the Queen went out of her room. She called one of the servants, and said, Take Snow-white into the forest and kill her. The servant took Snow-white to the forest, but he did not kill her, because she was so beautiful and so good. He said, I shall not kill you; but do not go to the Kings house, because the Queen is angry and she will see you. If the Queen sees you, she will make some other man kill you. Wait here in the forest; some friends will help you. Then he went away. Poor Snow-white sat at the foot of a tree and cried. Then she saw that night was coming. She said, I will not cry. I will find some house where I can sleep tonight. I cannot wait here: the bears will eat me. She went far into the forest. Then she saw a little hut. She opened the door of the hut, and went in. In the hut she saw seven little beds. There was a table, and on the table there were seven little loaves and seven little glasses. She ate one of the loaves. Then she said, I want some water to drink. So she drank some water out of one of the glasses. Then she fell asleep on one of the seven little beds. The hut was the home of seven Little Men. When it was night, the seven Little Men came to the hut. Each Little Man had a big beard, and a little blue coat. Each Little Man came into the hut, and took his little lamp. Then each Little Man sat down, and ate his little loaf, and drank his little glass of water. But one Little Man said, Someone has eaten my little loaf. And another Little Man said, Someone has drunk my little glass of water. Then the seven Little Men went to bed, but one Little Man said, Someone is sleeping on my little bed. All the seven Little Men came to look at Snow-white as she slept on the Little Mens bed. They said, She is very beautiful. Snow-white awoke, and saw the seven Little Men with their big beards standing near her bed. She was afraid. The Little men said, Do not be afraid. We are your friends. Tell us how you came here. Snow-white said, I will tell you. Then she told them her story. They said, Do not be afraid. Live here with us. But see that the door shut when we are not in the house with you. Do not go out. If you go out, the bad Queen will find you. Then she will know that you are not dead, and will tell someone to kill you. So Snow-white lived in the hut with the seven Little Men. After some days Snow-white went into the garden. One of the Queens servants was going through the forest, and he saw her. He went and told the Queen, Snow-white is in a hut in the forest. The Queen was very angry when she heard that Snow-white was not dead. The Queen took an apple. She made a hole in the red side of the apple, and put some powder into the hole. Then she put on old clothes and went to the hut. She called, Is any one there? Snow-white opened the door, and came out to her. The Queen said, I have some pretty apples. Eat one of my pretty apples. Snow-white took the apple and said, Is it good? The Queen said, See, I will eat this white side of the apple; you eat the red side. Then you will know that it is good. Snow-white ate the red side of the apple. When the powder was in her mouth, she fell down dead. The Queen went back to her house. She went into her room. she looked into the glass and said, Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all? The glass said, The Queen is most beautiful of all. Then the Queen know that Snow-white was dead. The Little Men came back to the hut. When they saw that Snow-white was dead, the poor Little Men cried. Then they put Snow-white in a box made of glass. They took the glass box to a hill and put it there, and said, Everyone who goes by will see how beautiful she was. Then each Little Man put one white flower on the box, and they went away. Just as they were going away, a Prince came by. He saw the glass box and said, What is that? Then he saw Snow-white in the box. He said, She was very beautiful: but do not put her there. There is a hall in the garden of my fathers house. It is all made of white stone. We will take the glass box and put it in the hall of beautiful white stone. The Little Men said, Take her. Then the Prince told his servants to take up the box. They took up the box. Just then one of the servants fell down. The box fell, and Snow-white fell with the box. The bit of apple fell out of her mouth: she awoke, and sat up, and said, Where am I? The Prince said, You are with me. I never saw anyone as beautiful as you. Come with me and be my Queen. The Prince married Snow-white, and she became his Queen. A man went and told this to the bad Queen. When she heard it she was so angry that she fell down dead. Snow-white lived and was very happy ever after. And the Little Men came to see her every year.I. Translation for Reference(參考譯文) 白雪公主 從前，有一個王后，她坐在窗戶旁。窗外的花園里積滿了雪，山上是雪，小路上是雪，樹上和屋頂上也積著雪，萬物一片白茫茫。她手中拿著些布和一枚針，她手中的不就像雪一樣潔白。王后正在為小孩做一件上衣，她說：“我想我的孩子能夠像這布一樣白，想雪一樣白，我要叫她白雪公主?！?幾天之后，王后生了個小孩，這個孩子白得像雪一樣，王后給她取名為“白雪公主”。但是，王后得了重病，幾天以后就去世了。白雪公主活了下來，她是一個十分幸福和美麗的孩子。 王后去世一年以后，國王又娶了一位王后。新王后十分漂亮，但是，她不是一個善良的女人。一個巫師給了新王后一面鏡子，這面鏡子會說話，它掛在王后房間的墻上，每天王后照著鏡子，欣賞自己多么漂亮。當(dāng)她照鏡子的時候，她問：“告訴我，墻上的魔鏡，誰是世界上最漂亮的人？”于是魔鏡開口說道：“王后是世界上最漂亮的。” 過了數(shù)年，白雪公主長成大人了。當(dāng)白雪公主是一個年輕姑娘時，有一天王后照著鏡子說：“告訴我，墻上的魔鏡，誰是世界上最漂亮的？”魔鏡說：“白雪公主是世界上最漂亮的?！?當(dāng)王后聽到這些話時，非常惱怒，她說：“白雪公主沒有我漂亮，沒有一個人比我更漂亮?！比缓?，王后坐在床上哭了。一小時后，王后從她的房間走出來，她叫來一個仆人說：“把白雪公主帶到森林中殺掉?！?仆人帶著白雪公主到了森林，但他沒有殺死她，因為她太美麗太善良了。他說：“我不會殺死你的，但是，你不能回王宮，因為，王后很生氣，她會看到你的。如果王后發(fā)現(xiàn)你，她會讓別人殺死你的。你就呆在森林里，會有朋友來幫助你的?！比缓螅吡?。 可憐的白雪公主坐在一棵樹底下哭了，這時，她看到天快黑了，她說：“我不哭了，我要找所房子今晚好睡覺，我不能呆在這兒了，熊會吃了我的。”她往森林深處走去，這時，她發(fā)現(xiàn)了一座小屋，她打開小屋的門，走了進去。在小屋里，她看到七張小床，還有一張桌子，桌子上有七塊小面包和七個小杯子。她吃了其中一塊面包，然后說：“我想喝點水。”于是，她又喝了一個杯子中的一些水。之后，她躺在一張小床上睡著了。 這座小屋是七個小矮人的家。當(dāng)天黑下來的時候，七個小矮人回到小屋。每個小矮人都留著一副大胡子，穿一件小藍上衣。小矮人進了小屋，每個人都點上他們的小燈，然后，小矮人都坐下，開始吃面包，喝小杯里的水。 但是，一個小矮人說：“有人把我小面包吃了。”另一個小矮人說：“有人把我的小杯子里的水喝了?！比缓?，七個小矮人去睡覺?？墒且粋€小矮人說：“有人正睡在我的小床上?！逼邆€小矮人都過來看睡在小矮人床上的白雪公主。他們說：“她真漂亮?！?白雪公主醒了，發(fā)現(xiàn)七個留著大胡子的小矮人正站在她床旁，她很害怕。小矮人們說：“別害怕，我們是你的好朋友，告訴我們你是怎么來這兒的?！卑籽┕髡f：“我告訴你們。”接著她就給他們講述了自己的經(jīng)歷。他們說：“不要害怕。就在這兒和我們住在一起，但是，我們不在家的時候，你一定要關(guān)上門，千萬別出去。如果你出去了，壞王后會發(fā)現(xiàn)你，這樣，她知道你沒有死，會讓人來殺死你?！庇谑?，白雪公主和七個小矮人在這座小屋里生活著。 幾天以后，白雪公主去了一趟花園。王后的一個仆人正經(jīng)過這片森林，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了阿。他回去告訴了王后：“白雪公主在森林的一座小屋里?！蓖鹾舐犝f白雪公主沒有死，十分惱火。 王后拿來一個蘋果，她在蘋果紅的一邊挖了一個洞，把一些毒的粉末放在這個洞里。然后，她穿上一身舊衣服，去了小屋。她喊：“屋里有人嗎？”白雪公主打開門，出來見她。王后說：“我有一些漂亮的蘋果，吃一個嘗嘗吧？”白雪公主拿著蘋果說：“這好吃嗎？”王后說：“瞧，我吃蘋果白的一半，你吃紅的一半，你會知道它味道不錯?！卑籽┕鞒粤颂O果紅的一半，當(dāng)粉末進入她嘴里時，她倒下去死了。 王后回到家，進了自己的房間，對著鏡子說：“告訴我，墻上的魔鏡，誰是世界上最漂亮的。”魔鏡說：“王后是世界上最漂亮的?！庇谑?，王后知道白雪公主已經(jīng)死了。 小矮人們回到小屋，發(fā)現(xiàn)白雪公主死了?？蓱z的小矮人們?nèi)伎蘖恕Ｈ缓?，他們把白雪公主放進玻璃棺材里，并把它抬到山坡上，安放在那里，說：“每位經(jīng)過這里的人都會看見她是多么美麗?！苯又總€小矮人在棺材上放了一朵白花，然后離開了。 他們剛剛要離開，一位王子從此經(jīng)過，他看著玻璃棺材說：“那是什么？”這時，他發(fā)現(xiàn)白雪公主躺在里面，他說：“她太美麗了，把能把她放在這里，在父親的王宮里有一座大廳，整個大廳都是用白石頭砌成，我們把玻璃棺材搬到那所漂亮的白石大廳里?！毙“藗冋f：“抬走她吧?！?然后，王子告訴他的仆人抬起棺材。他們抬起它時，不巧一個仆人跌倒了。把棺材也摔到地上，白雪公主隨同棺材跌了下來，那塊蘋果從她嘴里掉了出來，她醒了過來，坐起來說：“我這是在哪兒？”王子說：“你跟我在一起，我從來沒有見過一位像你這么美麗的人，跟我來，做我的王后吧。”王子和白雪公主結(jié)婚了，她成了王后。 一個人去把這些消息告訴了壞王后，當(dāng)她聽到這些，氣得倒下死去了。從那以后，白雪公主一直生活得很幸福。每年小矮人們都來看她。II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions.1. The glass which the Queen got from a wizard _. A. could make the Queen beautiful B. could tell who was the most beautiful of all C. was on the wall of the Kings room D. could make the Queen happy2. When the Queen heard she wasnt the most beautiful of all, she _. A. became very angry at this B. didnt want to believe this C. decided to kill Snow-white D. All of the above.3. The servant didnt kill Snow-white, because _. A. she was kind and beautiful B. he knew that the Queen will send another person to kill Snow-white C. the Queen told him to do so D. he wanted bears to eat her4. Why didnt Snow-white go out of the forest? A .because she lost her way B. because the Queen would find and kill her if she did so C. she loved seven Little Men D. she could enjoy herself in the forest5. How did the Queen know that Snow-white was still alive? A. She knew it from her glass. B. She knew it from one of her servants. C. She knew it from the seven Little Men. D. She knew it by herself.6. What did the Queen do after knowing that Snow-white was alive? A. She decided to kill her in person. B. She decided to send a servant to kill her. C. She decided to send her some pretty apples. D. None of the above.7. The Queen knew the death of Snow-white from _. A. a servant B. the seven Little Men C. her glass D. the Prince8. From the story, we know that those Little Men put _ white flowers on Snow-whites box in total.A. one. B. seven C. more than seven D. countless 9. What happened to Snow-white after her death? A. She was put into a box and was buried by the seven Little Men . B. A Prince took her into his hall of beautiful white stones. C. She came back to life and married the Prince. D. Both A and C.10. _ made the bad Queen dead at last. A. The Prince B. Her anger C. Her envy D. h B and CIII. New Words and Expressions 生詞和詞組wizard n. 男巫 ; hut n. 茅舍，小屋;Key to Exercise(練習(xí)答案)： 1:B 2:D 3:A 4:B 5:B 6:A 7:A 8:B 9:C 10:D聰明的小裁縫The Clever Little TailorOnce upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldnt guess it he was laughed to scorn and sent packing. She also had it made known that whoever did guess the answer to her riddle should marry her, no matter who he might be. And indeed, in the end it so happened that three tailors were making the attempt at the same time. The two eldest reckoned that as they had already successfully sewn many a delicate stitch, they could hardly go wrong and were bound to succeed here as well; the third was a feckless, giddy young fellow who didnt even know his trade properly but thought he was bound to have luck in this case, for if not, then what luck would he ever have in any other case. The two others said to him: Youd better just stay at home, you with your feather-brain wont get far. But the young tailor wouldnt be put off, saying that he had set his heart on this enterprise and would manage all right; and off he went, sauntering along as if the whole world belonged to him.So all three of them appeared before the princess and asked her to put her riddle to them: she would find, they said, that she had met her match this time, because their wits were so sharp that you could thread a needle with them. So the princess said: I have two kinds of hair on my head, what colours are they? Thats easy, said the first, I think theyre black and white, like the cloth they call pepper and salt. The princess said: Youve guessed wrong; let the second of you answer. So the second said: If its not black and white, then its brown and red like my respected fathers frock-coat. Wrong again, said the princess. Let the third of you answer, I can see he knows it for sure. So the young tailor stepped forward boldly and said: The princess has silver and gold hair on her head, and those are the two colours. When the princess heard that, she turned pale and nearly fainted away in alarm, for the young tailor had guessed right, and she had been convinced that no one in the world would be able to do so. When she had recovered herself she said: This still doesnt give you the right to marry me, theres something else you must do first. Down in the stable theres a bear, and you must spend the night with him. If youre still alive when I get up tomorrow morning, then you shall marry me. But she thought that she would get rid of the young tailor in this way, because no one had ever got into this bears clutches and lived to tell the tale. But the young tailor wasnt to be daunted. Nothing venture, nothing win, he commented cheerfully.So that evening our young friend was taken down to the bears den. And sure enough, the bear at once advanced on the little fellow, meaning to welcome him with a good swipe of his paw. Not so fast, not so fast, said the young tailor, Ill soon take the steam out of you. And in leisurely manner, as if he were quite unconcerned, he took some walnuts out of his pocket, cracked them open with his teeth and ate the kernels. When the bear saw this, his appetite was whetted and he wanted some nuts as well. The young tailor put his hand in his pocket and held out some to him: these, however, werent nuts but pebbles. The bear stuck them in his mouth, but couldnt crack a single one of them, bite as he might. Goodness me, what a booby I am, thought the bear, I cant even crack nuts. And he said to the young tailor: Hey, crack these nuts for me! There now, what a fellow you are! said the tailor. A big muzzle like that and you cant even crack a little nut! And he took the stones, but nimbly put a nut into his mouth instead, and crack! He bit open the shell. I must try that again, said the bear. To look at you doing it, youd think Id find it easy. So the young tailor gave him another lot of pebbles, and the bear worked away at them, biting for dear life. But as you may imagine, they were more than he could crack. After this, the young tailor pulled out a fiddle from under his coat and began playing a tune on it. When the bear heard the music, he couldnt help himself and began to dance, and when hed danced for a little he found himself enjoying it so much that he said to the tailor. Tell me, is it difficult to play the fiddle? Its childs play: look, my left hand fingers the strings, my right hand scrapes away at them with the bow, and out comes a merry noise, tralala. Then I could dance whenever I liked. What do you say to that? Will you give me lessons? Ill be delighted to, said the tailor, If you have the skill for it. but lets have a look at your paws: theyre a mighty length, Ill have to pare your nails down a bit. So a vice was fetched, and the bear held out his paws, but the young tailor screwed them in tightly and said: Now wait till I get the scissors. So saying, he left the bear to stand there and growl, lay down in the corner on a pile of straw and went to sleep.The princess, hearing the bear growl so loudly that night, assumed that he must be growling with satisfaction, having made an end of the tailor. In the morning she got up feeling very pleased and not worried at all, but when she took a look at the stable there was the young tailor standing outside it cock-a-hoop and safe and sound. So then there was nothing more she could say, because shed publicly promised to marry him; and the king sent for a carriage to take her and the tailor to church to be married. As they drove off, the other two tailors, who were false-hearted and envied him his good fortune, went into the stable and unscrewed the bear. The bear in a great rage charged off in pursuit of the carriage. The princess heard him growling and snorting and cried out in terror: Oh, the bears after us, hes coming to get you! With great presence of mind the tailor stood on his head, stuck his legs out of the window and shouted: Do you see this vice? If you dont clear off Ill screw you back into it. When the bear saw that, he turned round and ran away. Our young friend then drove on to the church as calm as you like, and the princess gave him her hand at the altar, and he lived with her as happy as a woodlark. Theres a fine of three marks for anyone who doesnt believe this story.I. Translation for Reference(參考譯文) 聰明的小裁縫 從前，有一個非常高傲的公主。求婚的人一來，她就給人家出謎語。要是猜不出來，她就嘲笑人家，把人家趕出去。她還向世人宣告說，只要是能猜中她謎語的，不管是誰，都可以和她結(jié)婚。后來，有三個裁縫一起來了。兩個年紀大的心里想，他們過去曾經(jīng)做過許多精細的針線活，都獲得了成功，這次猜謎也一定不會出錯，準能猜到。另一個裁縫是一個沒什么才干的冒失的小伙子，連自己的手藝都不太熟練?？墒撬?，這回一定會有好運氣，不然的話，真不知道到哪里去碰好運氣呢。兩個年紀大的裁縫對小伙子說：“最好呆在家里，你的智慧還不夠用，干不了什么了不起的大事?！笨墒?，小裁縫卻不甘心。他說，他算豁出去了，一定要去試試看看。他義無反顧瀟瀟灑灑地走了去，就好象整個世界都是他的似的。 他們?nèi)齻€人來到公主面前，請她給他們出謎語。他們說，公主會發(fā)現(xiàn)這回遇上了對手，因為他們是頂尖高手，智慧超群思維精細得簡直可以用來穿針引線。于是，公主說：“我頭上有兩種頭發(fā)，都是什么顏色的？”“這太容易了！”第一個裁縫說，“是黑色和白色唄！就像人們說的黑白點混成的灰布似的?！惫髡f：“猜得不對。第二個回答吧！”于是，第二個裁縫回答說：“要不是黑色和白色的，那就是像我可敬的爸爸的那件禮服大衣似的，是棕色和紅色的?！惫髡f：“猜得不對。第三個人回答吧！看樣子，這個人一定能知道嘍！”于是，小裁縫大膽地走過去說：“公主頭上的頭發(fā)是金色和銀色的，就是這兩種顏色?！惫饕宦犨@話，驚得面如土色，險些昏厥過去。因為，小裁縫猜對了。過去，她深信不疑世界上沒有人能猜對。公主恢復(fù)常態(tài)后說道：“這還不行，