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【文章一：Nightingale】

a long time ago in china there lived an emperor. the emperor loved to read books. one day, in the book he was reading, it wrote, "the most beautiful precious treasure is the bird nightingale."

the emperor had never seen or heard of nightingale. "what is nightingale?" no one has ever seen or heard of it.

the emperor was very curious as to what nightingale was. "bring nightingale to me at once". the servants were worried by the emperor's command. they looked here and there.

one day a little girl said that she knew of nightingale. she said that the bird she had was nightingale. it was a small cute bird. at once nightingale was brought to the emperor.

the emperor was very happy. "ah ~ is this bird called nightingale?" for the first time in his life, he heard the beautiful voice and was impressed and deeply moved.

"please give me nightingale and i will reward you handsomely." so nightingale came to live in the palace. everyday nightingale sang for the emperor.

emperor was happy every time he heard nightingale sing. he was so proud of nightingale that he allowed the servants to hear it too. however, nightingale was not happy. nightingale felt trapped and had no freedom.

one day the neighboring country sent a gift to the emperor. it was a nightingale doll made of jewels and gold. every time the doll was wound up it sang beautifully. furthermore, the emperor if wanted could hear it everyday.

"it's really amazing. it's beauty is the finest in the world." the real nightingale was sad. the real nightingale decided to leave. it flew off into the forest of freedom.

the nightingale doll kept on singing. one day the doll broke. no body was able to fix it. the emperor was heart broken.

the emperor became ill. he just laid there waiting to die. just then, from the window, a beautiful song came flowing in. everyone looked.

sitting by the window, nightingale began singing. shortly after, the emperor became better. nightingale was happy. soon, the emperor's face was filled with happiness once again.

单词注释：

emperor n. 皇帝，君主

impress vi. 给人印象

trap vt. 诱捕

【文章二：野天鹅】

once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there were eleven princes and a single princess, by the name of elisa. one day, their mother died of a disease.

eventually the king married again. the new queen hated the twelve children.

she said craftily, "elisa is weak, and it would be good for her to go to the country for recuperation." the king was grateful to the queen, as she seemed to care for the health of his daughter. therefore, the princess was sent off to the remotest corner of the country.

the queen then changed the eleven princes into swans through her magic power, and sent them away from the royal palace. the princes flew away crying sadly. "oh! i feel good. it is my world now."

after some time, the king missed princess elisa and sent for her. the queen had princess elisa wear a dirty and worn-out dress. the king was very surprised to see the dirty princess elisa. "elisa, how do you dress yourself?" then the queen said quickly, "dear lord, it seems that princess elisa has gone mad." the king was furious and sent the princess away from him.

"ah! where are my brothers?" the princess asked a man passing by, "have you ever seen eleven princes?" the man said, "i have not seen eleven princes but i have seen eleven swans. strangely the swans wore golden crowns. you may find them near the river."

princess elisa waited for her brothers near the river hoping to find them. at night, eleven swans swooped down to the ground and were turned into the form of princes. "my brothers!" "elisa!" they cried and embraced each other.

the brothers were trapped under the spell of the wicked queen, and were forced to become swans and fly around to look for something to eat during the day. elisa prayed earnestly, "dear god, please release the magic curse from my brothers." in her dreams that night, a fairy appeared and said, "make mantles for your brothers with hemp and have them wear the mantles. however, you should not speak at all until those mantles are made completely."

the princes thought that elisa, who did not speak and merely kept knitting, had become strange. one day, a prince from a neighboring kingdom saw the knitting princess when he was out hunting. the prince took elisa to his palace saying to himself, "she is a really beautiful lady. i am going to make her happy."

but elisa did not say anything, and only kept knitting eagerly. at nightfall of the next day, the hemp was all used up. elisa picked some more hemp near a grave but was caught by the prince. the prince said, "you dared to go to a grave at night? you must be a witch. take this witch and burn her at the stake!"

princess elisa was unable to say anything and was imprisoned. princess elisa continued knitting without taking rest even in the prison. princess elisa was finally knitting the eleventh mantle, while being carried on a cart going to the burning place. the villagers threw stones at her while shouting, "that witch is still knitting. burn her at the stake!"

at that precise moment, the eleven swans flew in. princess elisa threw the finished mantles to the swans. only then, princess elisa opened her mouth. "i now can speak. i am not a witch."

they donned the knitted hoods they were turned back into princes. the princess told the prince what had happened up to that time. thereafter, the prince and princess elisa lived happily together in their kingdom.
单词注释：

craftily adv. 狡猾地；熟练地；诡诈地

recuperation n. 恢复；复原

例句：we welcome you to baiyang ecological garden for sightseeing, tour, vacation, conference, rest or recuperation.

百杨生态园是您观光、游览、休闲、度假、会议、养生的选择！

embrace vt. 拥抱；信奉，皈依；包含

例句：however, not all people embrace the new plan.

然而也不是所有人都支持新计划。

wicked adj. 邪恶的；顽皮的；恶劣的；不道德的

例句：you have been raking and smoking too much, you wicked boy.

你成天胡闹，吸烟吸得太多了，你这个淘气的孩子。

precise adj. 精确的；明确的；严格的

【文章三：愚蠢的汉斯】

In the countryside, there lived three brothers. The first and second brothers were very wise. But the third was not very wise. People called him unwise Hans. All three of the brothers wanted to marry the princess. The princess had said that she wanted to marry the wisest man on the land. "We only have one week."

So in order to marry the princess, they hurried off on their way. The father of the three brothers gave horses to only two of the sons. The first brother got a brown horse and the second brother got a white horse. But, no horse was given to Hans. The unwise Hans left on a goat, instead of a horse.

The older brothers laughed at Hans. Still, Hans left with his brothers. After sometime, Hans picked up a dead crow on the road. "Brothers, look at this." "What are you going to do with that?" "I'm going to give it to the princess." The brothers continued to laugh at Hans.

As Hans was going along the road, besides the crow, he picked up an old wooden clog and good quality mud. The older brothers no longer paid attention to Hans' strange behavior and hurried off on their horses reaching the castle before Hans.

In front of the castle there stood the princess and many people who wanted to marry her. However, all the people who went inside of the princess' room came out stuttering and muttering quietly to themselves. Finally the first brother went in. "You're not right. Please go."

The first brother had forgotten everything that he had memorized. So, he could not say one word. Next the second brother went in. The princess told him to leave, as well. The second brother could not understand the princess’ question. Hans was the last person to go in.

"The room is hot." "The rooster is being roasted." "Then roast my crow, as well, please." "What should we do? There is no plate." "Here it is."

Hans showed the old wooden clog that he had hidden. The princess made a smile on her face. "Then where can we get the sauce?"

Hans showed her the mud that he had picked up on the road, too. "Ha, Ha, Ha- this is really fun."

The unwise Hans gave the princess the wisest answers. That's how the princess and the unwise Hans got married. The unwise Hans became the king of that land.

单词注释：

stuttering n. 口吃；结巴

muttering n. 独自怨言，喃喃自语

【文章四：拇指姑娘】

once upon a time, there lived a woman who had no children. the woman went to a sorcerer and begged, "i want to raise a pretty baby." the sorcerer then gave her a flower seed. as soon as the seed was planted, a tulip blossomed forth. from the floral leaf, a lovely baby girl who was as short as a thumb was born.

"mother, how are you?" the baby girl who came out from the flower said hello to her mother with a beautiful voice. the woman was very happy and wanted to give her a pretty name. "a baby who is as short as a thumb...i will name her as thumbelina."

thumbelina led a happy life sailing her ship across a pond filled with flowers. but one night, there appeared a horrible-looking toad when thumbelina was asleep. "she is really a pretty girl. i am going to make her my bride." the toad carried the sleeping girl on his warty back and went to his pond. thumbelina woke up in the morning, and was so surprised that she could do nothing but weep silently.

she thought that she would rather die than become the wife of a toad. the fish who saw this unhappy event were sympathetic towards the poor girl, and said, "thumbelina is pitiful. let's help her." the fish cut the leaf of a lotus flower on which thumbelina was riding, so that she could run away from the toad. she was roaming around the riverside riding on the leaf of a lotus flower. at that time, a beetle came flying about and spied the top of the head of thumbelina.

"uh! she is a very pretty girl. okay, i am going to make her my friend." the beetle grabbed thumbelina and flew into the forest. "how about that? she is my friend. isn't she very pretty?" the beetle bragged about her to his other beetle friends, but they all thought that she was an odd creature. "what? she only has two legs but has no wings like we do. it is really strange."

with his friends making fun of him, the beetle began to dislike thumbelina. he went away with his friends, leaving the girl alone in the branches. she spent many lonely days eating tree fruits and flowers. "dear god, please send me to my mother." thumbelina wandered around the forest shivering from cold and hunger.

after some time, it began to snow. thumbelina was looking for a place to take shelter when she finally saw a twinkling light. "i am thumbelina. please allow me to take a rest in your house." a field mouse woman greeted the girl warmly saying, "oh my dear, please come in."

the field mouse woman loved thumbelina as if she were her own daughter. one day, a rich mole from a neighboring burrow came to the house for a holiday. he said, "she is a really pretty girl. it would be good if she became the wife of my son." the field mouse woman was very happy about what the rich mole said. but thumbelina did not like that haughty fellow. yet she was unable to reject what the field mouse woman wanted.

thumbelina was taking a walk sadly in an underground passage, which was actually the house of the mole. at that time, she found a swallow that had fallen on the ground. "ah, poor. please gain your strength." thumbelina nursed the swallow earnestly. finally, spring came, and the swallow gained strength and was about to leave the underground swallow passage. he said, "dear thumbelina, come with me to the flower country where there is nothing but sun and flowers."

she agreed and rode on the back of the swallow to the flower land, where the prince of the country greeted her saying, "welcome, thumbelina! i was waiting for you." there began a great party to welcome the happy girl. the prince said, "dear thumbelina, would you please marry me and become the queen of the flower country?"

she said, "yes, i will!" the prince then gave his royal crown and wings to thumbelina. to her bird companion she said, "dear swallow, please deliver this news to my mother." thereafter, the prince and thumbelina led a very happy life in the flower country.
单词注释：

sorcerer n. 魔术师；男巫士

例句：he sat in the sorcerer's chair.

他坐在魔术师的椅子上。

tulip n. 郁金香

pretty adj. 漂亮的；可爱的；优美的

例句：this simple example is a pretty good description of how evolution works.

这个简单的例子是进化发生的一个非常好的描述。

pitiful adj. 可怜的，令人同情的

例句：no one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.

几位女士看到如此的惨状而哭泣。

shivering v. 颤抖（shiver的ing形式）

haughty adj. 傲慢的；自大的

例句：that fellow was so haughty that i was obliged to set him down.

那家伙是如此傲慢无礼，我不得不训斥他一顿。

swallow n. 燕子

【文章五：可怕的国王】

a long time ago, there lived a terrible king. the terrible king's wish was that all the people would shake in fear at the sound of his name. the terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor land horrible. "here! take everything!"

the terrible king viciously took away all the belongings of the neighbor land. he even scared the poor women and children. the king was not even sorry to the children and women. the terrible king bothered the people of the neighbor land worse and worse everyday. the palace became more and more magnificent.

"put up a statue in the church!" now the terrible king was ordering the church to place a statue of himself there. however, the ministers could not do that." your majesty may be great, but god is even greater."

the terrible king was becoming angry. it was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole world. then the king was angry. "what! he is greater? then i will defeat god."

in a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against god. that's why he ordered that a magnificent ship be built in order to go to the heaven. he said he would ride the ship to go and defeat god. the terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.

from the sky, an angel was sent. however, the terrible king shot over a thousand bullets at the angel. "ahhhhhh" being shot, the angel was bleeding. the blood dropped unto the terrible king's ship. the angel's blood was so heavy that the king's ship sank.

the terrible king became angry, again. "build a more stronger ship." the terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it. "i will defeat god for sure!"

the terrible king went up to heaven, once more. god sent mosquitoes to the terrible king. the terrible king just laughed at the mosquitoes. "go and bring me the best carpet."

the king made another command. he thought that if he wrapped the carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him. but one mosquito went inside of the carpet. because of that one mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming. the terrible king that couldn't even catch one mosquito was a laughingstock for his troops.
单词注释：

horrible adj. 可怕的；极讨厌的

例句：it was a horrible dirty room.

那是个差劲的肮脏房间。

magnificent adj. 高尚的；壮丽的；华丽的；宏伟的

例句：it is magnificent. it compares with other great buildings here in europe.

真是宏伟壮丽，可以媲美欧洲其它伟大的建筑。

defeat vt. 击败，战胜；使…失败；挫败

例句：the news of the enemy's defeat quickly circulated round the town.

敌人被打败的消息很快地在整个城镇传播开来。

mosquito n. 蚊子

laughingstock n. 笑柄；嘲笑的对象

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