四年级--英语课外阅读.doc

Story 1:I Dont Want to Walk HomeTom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven oclock.But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Toms wife, “The old man couldnt find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in the car.”After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night. But tonight you cant find the way, whats the matter?”The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldnt find my way? I just didnt want to walk home.”Story 2:Adding Feet to a Snake One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They think out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it. Soon Mr. Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, Ive finished. Im No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet to my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, and then he says, “That isnt a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”Story 3:Covering ones Ears While Stealing a Bell Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things. One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. “Oh! How nice! I will take it home.” He thinks, “What can I do?” After a while he has a “good” idea. “Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.” Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. “What are you doing?” the owner says angrily.Story 4:Adding Eyes to a DragonMr. Li is a good painter. One day he draws a beautiful dragon without eyes. Mr. Zhou looks at the picture and says, “The dragon has no eyes. It isnt a good picture.” But Mr. Li smiles and says, “If I add eyes to the dragon, it will fly away.” Mr. Zhou shakes head and says, “You are boasting. I dont believe you.” Mr. Li isnt angry. He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon. Woe! The dragon really fliesStory 5:How a Colt Crossed the River One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill. As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, “Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?” The cow told him that he could and that the river was notvery deep, just knee high. The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down from a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, “Colt, stop! Youll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mum. He told his mum his experience on the way. His mother said, “My child, dont always listen to others. Youd better go and try yourself. Then youll know what to do.” Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little horse, its too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully. You see, real knowledge comes from practice.Story 6:The Fisherman and His Wife Once, there was a fisherman. He had an ugly wife. They were poor. One day, the fisherman caught a goldfish. But the goldfish could talk, “Please let me go! Ill reward you.”“Ok, my God?” cried the fisherman, “Dont worry. I have no wish to eat a talking fish.” So he puts it into the water. The fisherman went home and told his wife about it. She became very angry.“How foolish you are!” she said, “Look at the hut. Go back to the sea and tell the fish to give me a cottage.”So the fisherman went down to the beach.“Whats the matter?” asked the fish.“My wife wants to cottage.” said the fisherman.“Dont worry, she will have it.”So the fishermans wife had her cottage.But after a few days, she became tired of it. “Tell the fish to give me a palace.” she said. Then the fisherman went back to the beach again. And the fishermans wife had her palace. But she soon got tried of it, too. “Ask the fish to be my servant, and I want to be a queen.” This time, the fish got angry. It said nothing and swam away.The fisherman waited and waited, but the goldfish didnt come back. When he went home, he found his wife was back in their old hut.Story 7:The country mouse and the city mouseOnce there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years, the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, Do come and see me at my house in the country. So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city. The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, Run! Run! The cat is coming! They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid. Story 8:One day, a little monkey is playing by the well. He looks in the well and shouts: “Oh! My god! The moon has fallen into the well!” An older monkeys runs over, takes a look, and says, “Oh, no! The moon is really in the water!” Then an old monkey comes over. He is very surprised, too and yells: “The moon is in the well.” A group of monkeys run over to the well. They look at the moon in the well and shout: “The moon did fall into the well! Come on! Let get it out!” Then, the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down, with his feet on the branch. And he pulls the next monkeys feet with his hands. All the other monkeys follow his suit, and they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well. Just before they reach the moon, the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky, He yells excitedly “Dont be so foolish! The moon is still in the sky!”Story 9:The lion and the foxThe lion once said that he was sick on his death bed. So he asked all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes. The goat came to the lions cave. He stood there and listened for a long time. Then a sheep went in. Before she came out, a rabbit entered to hear the last wishes of the king of beasts. But soon the lion seemed to r