最新小学生五年级英语故事.docx

1、最新小学生五年级英语故事To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow Once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. Everyday he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day. But still, he thought they were growing too slowly. He go

2、t impatient with the young plants. How could the plants grow faster? He tossed in bed during the night and could not sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait for daybreak. He jumped out of the bed and dashed to the field. By the moonlight, he began working on the rice seedlings.

3、One by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was already morning. Straightening his back, he said to himself, What a wonderful idea! Look, how much taller the plants have grown one night! With great satisfaction, he went back home. He told his son what he h

4、ad done in a triumphant tone. His son was shocked. Now the sun had risen. The young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying. People now use Ba Miao Zhu Zhang to describe the behavior of those who are too eager to get something done only to make it worse. The idiom is a bit l

5、ike the English proverb Haste makes waste -to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm. 拨苗助长 从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得不耐烦，心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高，长很快呢? 想了又想，他终了想到一个“最佳方法”，就是将稻苗拨高几分。经过一番辛劳后，他满意地扛锄头回家休息。心想：明天稻苗长得一定更高了。隔天早晨一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”。哪知，他跑到稻田时，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。Sunday SevenLong ago ther

6、e were two hunchbacks. One was kind but the other was mean and spiteful. The two hunchbacks cold not work in the village because everybody made fun of them; therefore they went into the hills to cut wood. That is, the kind one cut all the wood since the mean and spiteful one was very lazy and was al

7、ways telling his companion; Ay!, how sick I am today. It is better if you go and cut the wood this week. His partner, being kind-hearted, would go into the mountains and do all the work week after week.One day, when the mean one had stayed at home as usual, the good woodcutter worked very hard and w

8、as very tired. Since his house was far away, he decided to camp near a small spring. About midnight, the woodcutter heard someone singing. At first he thought that somebody had camped near by but when he had listened to what was being sung, he realized that the voices he heard were not human.Very ca

9、utiously he arose and silently walked to the place where the singing came from. Imagine his surprise when he saw a group of fairies singing and dancing around a blazing fire.“Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday three,Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday three.”That was all the fairies sang, they repeated t

10、he same line over and over again. It seemed that it was the only song they knew. The woodcutter then decided that he would talk to them. Naturally, as soon as he heard them singing again, he went near the fire and the fairies saw him at once.What do you want, oh mortal? asked the fairies. Why do you

11、 come to bother us?Because I can help you. Listen tome and you will see that your song will sound better this way. Then he sang:Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday three,Thursday and Friday and Saturday six.Oh! The fairies were filled with joy. They noticed then that the good woodcutter was a hunchback

12、. They told him to kneel down and with a magic wand touched his hump. Immediately it disappeared, leaving him strong and strong. 3Magic change神奇变化 Gaga is a little duck. He is small, dirty and ugly. His friends dont like to play with him. One day, Gaga walked behind his friends quietly(静悄悄地).But his

13、 friends did not want him. Gaga was very sad and ran to the river and cried loudly(大声地)。 Just then, a big beautiful bird heard(听见)him crying and flew down(飞下来，落下来). She said, “Please dont cry. Tell me, what do you want? I can help you.” Gaga told the truth(真相). The beautiful bird said, “OK, I can he

14、lp you to become a good-looking duck.” Then she took out a blanket and put it on the ducks body. She said something which the little duck didnt understand. Then she took away the blanket. There stood (站立)a good-looking duck. Gaga was very happy. He thanked the big bird and quickly went to play with

15、his friends.4The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子 A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, t

16、o get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away. 一条狗嘴里叼块肉,来到一座桥上.它看见水里有自己的影子, 以为是另一条嘴里也叼着一块比自己那块肉大一倍的狗.它忙丢下自己嘴里的那块肉,猛力地攻击水里的狗.试图去抢它的肉.结果,它两块肉都得不到. 因为那只是一个影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉也被水冲走了.5The Nice

17、 Wedding GiftWe attended the wedding of an acquaintances son. Because we did not know the young man or his bride, we decided to send them a practical household gift, a fire extinguisher. Apparently, the couple mass-produced their thank-you notes because we received a card saying: Thank you very much

18、 for the nice wedding gift. We look forward to using it soon.漂亮的结婚礼物我们参加了一个熟人的儿子的婚礼。由于我们都不认识那个年轻人和他的新娘，所以我们决定送给他们一个实用的全家礼-一个灭火器。很明显，这对新人大批量制作了他们的感谢信，因为我们收到了一张卡片，上面写着：“非常感谢您的漂亮的结婚礼物，我们期待着不久就用到它。” 6The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子 A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth,

19、 saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; a

20、nd his own, because the stream swept it away. 一条狗嘴里叼块肉,来到一座桥上.它看见水里有自己的影子, 以为是另一条嘴里也叼着一块比自己那块肉大一倍的狗.它忙丢下自己嘴里的那块肉,猛力地攻击水里的狗.试图去抢它的肉.结果,它两块肉都得不到. 因为那只是一个影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉也被水冲走了.7.THE ANT AND THE DOVE 蚂蚁和鸽子 One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to

21、 a spring（小溪）. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water. She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the

22、water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it 开carried her safely to dry ground. Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeli

23、ng the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety. MORAL: One good turn deserves another. 8A Simple Gesture 举手之劳 Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two swe

24、aters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boys name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and histo

25、ry, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bills home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then

26、Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduati

27、on, Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day? asked Bill. You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didnt want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my

28、 mothers sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a

29、 lot more, you saved my life. -John W. Schlatter (true story)9The Miser守财奴A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to w

30、atch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the

31、 cause, said, Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋在一个地方。他每天走去看

32、 看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。 守财奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如此悲痛，问明原因后， 说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一 块石头来，代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。这样与你拥有 真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有那金块时，也从没用过。”这故事说明，一切财物如不使用等于没有。10The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolfs right to eat him. He thus addressed him:Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me. Indeed, bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone