英语小故事带翻译3分钟_英语小故事5分钟幽默 A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for thewonderful apple he grew. 一个穷困的农夫有一个朋友，这个朋友因为种了神奇的苹果树而远近闻名。 One day, his friend gave the farmer a young appletree and told him to take it home and plant it. 有一天，农夫的这个朋友送给他一棵小苹果树。 The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home he did not know where to plant it. 农夫对这个礼物非常高兴。但当他回到家时，却不知道将它栽在什么地方。 He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If heplanted the tree in one of his field, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of theapples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. 他担心他把苹果树栽在路边，陌生人会偷树上的苹果，他把树种在自己的一块地里，邻居们夜里就会过来偷苹果。他把树栽在自己的房子边，他的孩子们就会摘苹果。 Finally he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But without sunlight and goodsoil, the tree soon died. 最后，他把那棵树栽在了林子里，那里没人能看见。但没有阳光和泥土，树不久就死了。 Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place."What's thedifference?" the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers wouldhave stolen the fruit. 后来，朋友问农夫他为什么把树栽在那样贫瘠的地方。“那有什么不一样?”农夫生气地说， “我把苹果树栽在路边，陌生人就会偷树上的苹果。 If I had planted the tree in one of my field, my neighbors would have come at night and stolensome of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken thefruit. "我把树栽在自己的一块地里，邻居们夜里就会来偷苹果。我把树栽在自己的房边，我自己的孩子们就会摘苹果。” "Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not onlyhave robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree!" “是的，”他的朋友说. “但至少可能有人来分享这些果实。现在你不仅剥夺了每个人的果实，也毁了一棵好苹果树!” He Was Only Wrong by Two 他的得数只比正确答案多二 Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an American college, and he was always trying to find good players, but they weren‘t always smart enough to be accepted by the college. 杰克霍金斯是美国一所学院的橄榄球队教练，他竭力想物色好球员。但是好球员学业不行，院方不愿录取。 One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the dean of the college and asked that the student be allowed to enter without an examination. "Well," the dean said after some persuasion, "I‘d better ask him a few questions first." 有一天，教练带着一位优秀的年轻球员去见院长，希望院方同意他免试入学。经过一番劝说后院长说：“那我最好先问问他几个问题。” Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions, but the student didn‘t know any of the answers. 然后他转向学生，问了几个非常简单的问题。可是那个学生一个也答不上来。 At last the dean said, "Well, what‘s five times seven?" 最后院长说：“那么，五乘七得多少?” The student thought for a long time and then answered, "Thirty-six." 学生想了很久，然后回答说：“三十六。” The dean threw up his hands and looked at the coach in despair, but the coach said earnestly, "Oh, please let him in, sir! He was only wrong by two." 院长摊开双手失望地看了看教练。可是教练认真地说，“噢，录取他吧，先生。他的答案只比正确答案多二。” 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/b4cc0f04be64783e0912a21614791711cc7979ca.html