小学生英语阅读材料 ---英语故事汇编3.doc

小学生英语阅读材料 -英语故事汇编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(参考译文) 白雪公主 从前，有一个王后，她坐在窗户旁。窗外的花园里积满了雪，山上是雪，小路上是雪，树上和屋顶上也积着雪，万物一片白茫茫。她手中拿着些布和一枚针，她手中的不就像雪一样洁白。王后正在为小孩做一件上衣，她说：“我想我的孩子能够像这布一样白，想雪一样白，我要叫她白雪公主。” 几天之后，王后生了个小孩，这个孩子白得像雪一样，王后给她取名为“白雪公主”。但是，王后得了重病，几天以后就去世了。白雪公主活了下来，她是一个十分幸福和美丽的孩子。 王后去世一年以后，国王又娶了一位王后。新王后十分漂亮，但是，她不是一个善良的女人。一个巫师给了新王后一面镜子，这面镜子会说话，它挂在王后房间的墙上，每天王后照着镜子，欣赏自己多么漂亮。当她照镜子的时候，她问：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的人？”于是魔镜开口说道：“王后是世界上最漂亮的。” 过了数年，白雪公主长成大人了。当白雪公主是一个年轻姑娘时，有一天王后照着镜子说：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的？”魔镜说：“白雪公主是世界上最漂亮的。” 当王后听到这些话时，非常恼怒，她说：“白雪公主没有我漂亮，没有一个人比我更漂亮。”然后，王后坐在床上哭了。一小时后，王后从她的房间走出来，她叫来一个仆人说：“把白雪公主带到森林中杀掉。” 仆人带着白雪公主到了森林，但他没有杀死她，因为她太美丽太善良了。他说：“我不会杀死你的，但是，你不能回王宫，因为，王后很生气，她会看到你的。如果王后发现你，她会让别人杀死你的。你就呆在森林里，会有朋友来帮助你的。”然后，他走了。 可怜的白雪公主坐在一棵树底下哭了，这时，她看到天快黑了，她说：“我不哭了，我要找所房子今晚好睡觉，我不能呆在这儿了，熊会吃了我的。”她往森林深处走去，这时，她发现了一座小屋，她打开小屋的门，走了进去。在小屋里，她看到七张小床，还有一张桌子，桌子上有七块小面包和七个小杯子。她吃了其中一块面包，然后说：“我想喝点水。”于是，她又喝了一个杯子中的一些水。之后，她躺在一张小床上睡着了。 这座小屋是七个小矮人的家。当天黑下来的时候，七个小矮人回到小屋。每个小矮人都留着一副大胡子，穿一件小蓝上衣。小矮人进了小屋，每个人都点上他们的小灯，然后，小矮人都坐下，开始吃面包，喝小杯里的水。 但是，一个小矮人说：“有人把我小面包吃了。”另一个小矮人说：“有人把我的小杯子里的水喝了。”然后，七个小矮人去睡觉。可是一个小矮人说：“有人正睡在我的小床上。”七个小矮人都过来看睡在小矮人床上的白雪公主。他们说：“她真漂亮。” 白雪公主醒了，发现七个留着大胡子的小矮人正站在她床旁，她很害怕。小矮人们说：“别害怕，我们是你的好朋友，告诉我们你是怎么来这儿的。”白雪公主说：“我告诉你们。”接着她就给他们讲述了自己的经历。他们说：“不要害怕。就在这儿和我们住在一起，但是，我们不在家的时候，你一定要关上门，千万别出去。如果你出去了，坏王后会发现你，这样，她知道你没有死，会让人来杀死你。”于是，白雪公主和七个小矮人在这座小屋里生活着。 几天以后，白雪公主去了一趟花园。王后的一个仆人正经过这片森林，他发现了阿。他回去告诉了王后：“白雪公主在森林的一座小屋里。”王后听说白雪公主没有死，十分恼火。 王后拿来一个苹果，她在苹果红的一边挖了一个洞，把一些毒的粉末放在这个洞里。然后，她穿上一身旧衣服，去了小屋。她喊：“屋里有人吗？”白雪公主打开门，出来见她。王后说：“我有一些漂亮的苹果，吃一个尝尝吧？”白雪公主拿着苹果说：“这好吃吗？”王后说：“瞧，我吃苹果白的一半，你吃红的一半，你会知道它味道不错。”白雪公主吃了苹果红的一半，当粉末进入她嘴里时，她倒下去死了。 王后回到家，进了自己的房间，对着镜子说：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的。”魔镜说：“王后是世界上最漂亮的。”于是，王后知道白雪公主已经死了。 小矮人们回到小屋，发现白雪公主死了。可怜的小矮人们全都哭了。然后，他们把白雪公主放进玻璃棺材里，并把它抬到山坡上，安放在那里，说：“每位经过这里的人都会看见她是多么美丽。”接着每个小矮人在棺材上放了一朵白花，然后离开了。 他们刚刚要离开，一位王子从此经过，他看着玻璃棺材说：“那是什么？”这时，他发现白雪公主躺在里面，他说：“她太美丽了，把能把她放在这里，在父亲的王宫里有一座大厅，整个大厅都是用白石头砌成，我们把玻璃棺材搬到那所漂亮的白石大厅里。”小矮人们说：“抬走她吧。” 然后，王子告诉他的仆人抬起棺材。他们抬起它时，不巧一个仆人跌倒了。把棺材也摔到地上，白雪公主随同棺材跌了下来，那块苹果从她嘴里掉了出来，她醒了过来，坐起来说：“我这是在哪儿？”王子说：“你跟我在一起，我从来没有见过一位像你这么美丽的人，跟我来，做我的王后吧。”王子和白雪公主结婚了，她成了王后。 一个人去把这些消息告诉了坏王后，当她听到这些，气得倒下死去了。从那以后，白雪公主一直生活得很幸福。每年小矮人们都来看她。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 生词和词组wizard n. 男巫 ; hut n. 茅舍，小屋;Key to Exercise(练习答案)： 1:B 2:D 3:A 4:B 5:B 6:A 7:A 8:B 9:C 10:D聪明的小裁缝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(参考译文) 聪明的小裁缝 从前，有一个非常高傲的公主。求婚的人一来，她就给人家出谜语。要是猜不出来，她就嘲笑人家，把人家赶出去。她还向世人宣告说，只要是能猜中她谜语的，不管是谁，都可以和她结婚。后来，有三个裁缝一起来了。两个年纪大的心里想，他们过去曾经做过许多精细的针线活，都获得了成功，这次猜谜也一定不会出错，准能猜到。另一个裁缝是一个没什么才干的冒失的小伙子，连自己的手艺都不太熟练。可是他想，这回一定会有好运气，不然的话，真不知道到哪里去碰好运气呢。两个年纪大的裁缝对小伙子说：“最好呆在家里，你的智慧还不够用，干不了什么了不起的大事。”可是，小裁缝却不甘心。他说，他算豁出去了，一定要去试试看看。他义无反顾潇潇洒洒地走了去，就好象整个世界都是他的似的。 他们三个人来到公主面前，请她给他们出谜语。他们说，公主会发现这回遇上了对手，因为他们是顶尖高手，智慧超群思维精细得简直可以用来穿针引线。于是，公主说：“我头上有两种头发，都是什么颜色的？”“这太容易了！”第一个裁缝说，“是黑色和白色呗！就像人们说的黑白点混成的灰布似的。”公主说：“猜得不对。第二个回答吧！”于是，第二个裁缝回答说：“要不是黑色和白色的，那就是像我可敬的爸爸的那件礼服大衣似的，是棕色和红色的。”公主说：“猜得不对。第三个人回答吧！看样子，这个人一定能知道喽！”于是，小裁缝大胆地走过去说：“公主头上的头发是金色和银色的，就是这两种颜色。”公主一听这话，惊得面如土色，险些昏厥过去。因为，小裁缝猜对了。过去，她深信不疑世界上没有人能猜对。公主恢复常态后说道：“这还不行，