英语故事朗读慢速

豌豆公主这篇挺适合你的 ONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess. One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess. “Well, we’ll soon find that out,” thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept. “Oh, very badly!” said she. “I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It’s horrible!” Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds. Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it. There, that is a true story. 中文翻译 豌豆公主从前有一位王子，他想找一位公主结婚，但她必须是一位真正的公主。 他走遍了全世界，想要寻到这样的一位公主。可是无论他到什么地方，他总是碰到一些障碍。公主倒有的是，不过他没有办法断定她们究竟是不是真正的公主。她们总是有些地方不大对头。 结果，他只好回家来，心中很不快活，因为他是那么渴望着得到一位真正的公主。 有一天晚上，忽然起了一阵可怕的暴风雨。天空在掣电，在打雷，在下着大雨。这真有点使人害怕！ 这时，有人在敲门，老国王就走过去开门。 站在城外的是一位公主。可是，天哪！经过了风吹雨打之后，她的样子是多么难看啊！水沿着她的头发和衣服向下面流，流进鞋尖，又从脚跟流出来。 她说她是一个真正的公主。 “是的，这点我们马上就可以考查出来。”老皇后心里想，可是她什么也没说。她走进卧房，把所有的被褥都搬开，在床榻上放了一粒豌豆。于是她取出二十床垫子，把它们压在豌豆上。随后，她又在这些垫子上放了二十床鸭绒被。 这位公主夜里就睡在这些东西上面。 早晨大家问她昨晚睡得怎样。 “啊，不舒服极了！”公主说，“我差不多整夜没合上眼！天晓得我床上有件什么东西？我睡到一块很硬的东西上面，弄得我全身发青发紫，这真怕人！” 现在大家就看出来了。她是一位真正的公主，因为压在这二十床垫子和二十床鸭绒被下面的一粒豌豆，她居然还能感觉得出来。除了真正的公主以外，任何人都不会有这么嫩的皮肤的。 因此那位王子就选她为妻子了，因为现在他知道他得到了一位真正的公主。这粒豌豆因此也就被送进了博物馆，如果没有人把它拿走的话，人们现在还可以在那儿看到它呢。 请注意，这是一个真的故事。豌豆公主的音频网上都有，你去百度搜一下就有了~

One day ,Jane went to her grandpa's home with her parents.They wanted to celebrate birthday for her grandpa.Her grandpa was surprised at them coming.they all enjoged themselves!

Nails Has a bad temper of the boy,his father gave him a bag of nails.And told him that whenever he lost his temper when a nail on the nail in the backyard on the fence.The first day,the boy has nailed 37 nails.Slowly,under the nail every day to reduce the quantity of nails,he found that control of their temper than those under the nail nails easy.Thus,there is one day,the boy never lost patience,temper chaos.His father told him the matter.The father said,and now whenever he can begin to control their own temper when a nail on the pull-out.One day later,the last boy's father told him,he finally put all the nails to pull out come. His father shook his hand,came to the backyard,said:"You're doing a good job and my child,but look at the fence on the hole.These fences will never be able to restore to before it.You angry when Say these words like nails,like a scar left.If you take a knife and stabbed someone else knife,no matter how many times do you say I am raptao 2009-3-21 15:25:23 钉子 有一个坏脾气的男孩,他父亲给了他一袋钉子.并且告诉他,每当他发脾气的时候就钉一个钉子在后院的围栏上.第一天,这个男孩钉下了37根钉子.慢慢地,每天钉下的钉子数量减少了,他发现控制自己的脾气要比钉下那些钉子容易.于是,有一天,这个男孩再也不会失去耐性,乱发脾气.他告诉父亲这件事情.父亲又说,现在开始每当他能控制自己脾气的时候,就拔出一根钉子.一天天过去了,最后男孩告诉他的父亲,他终于把所有钉子给拔出来了. 父亲握着他的手,来到后院说：“你做得很好,我的好孩子,但是看看那些围栏上的洞.这些围栏将永远不能恢复到从前的样子.你生气的时候说的话就像这些钉子一样留下疤痕.如果你拿刀子捅别人一刀,不管你说了多少次对不起,那个伤口将永远存在.话语的伤痛就像真实的伤痛一样令人无法承受.” 人与人之间常常因为一些无法释怀的僵持,而造成永远的伤害.如果我们都能从自己做起,开始宽容地看待他人,相信你一定能收到许多意想不到的结果.为别人开启一扇窗,也就是让自己看到更完整的天空.

龟兔赛跑Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.从前，有一只乌龟和一只兔子在互相争辩谁跑得快。他们决定来一场比赛分高下，选定了路线，就此起跑。The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.兔子带头冲出，奔驰了一阵子，眼看它已遥遥领先乌龟，心想，它可以在树下坐一会儿，放一下，然后再继续比赛。He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.兔子很快地在树下就睡着了，而一路上笨手笨脚走来的乌龟则超越过它，不一会儿完成比赛，成为货真价实的冠军。 The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race. The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.等兔子一觉醒来，才发觉它输了。这个故事给我们的启示是：缓慢且持续的人会赢得比赛。This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.这是从小伴随我们长大的龟兔赛跑故事的版本。But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues.但最近有人告诉了我一个更有趣的版本。故事这么继续下去。The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some Defect Prevention (Root Cause Analysis). He realised that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. 兔子当然因输了比赛而倍感失望，为此他做了些缺失预防工作（根本原因解析）。它很清楚，失败是因它太有信心，大意，以及散漫。If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed.如果它不要自认一切都是理所当然的，乌龟是不可能打败它的。因此，它单挑乌龟再来另一场比赛，而乌龟也同意。This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.这次，兔子全力以赴，从头到尾，一口气跑完，领先乌龟好几公里。The moral of the story？ Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady. 则故事的有什么启示？动作快且前后一致的人将可胜过缓慢且持续的人。If you have two people in your organisation, one slow, methodical and reliable, and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap will consistently climb the organisational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap.如果在你的工作单位有俩个人，一个缓慢，按部就班，且可靠，另一个则是动作快，且办事还算牢靠，那么动作快且牢靠的人会在组织中一直往上爬，升迁的速度比那缓慢且按部就班办事的人快。It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.缓慢且持续固然很好，但动作快且牢靠则更胜一筹。But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realised that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted. 这故事还没完没了。这下轮到乌龟要好好检讨，它很清楚，照目前的比赛方法，它不可能击败兔子。He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route.它想了一会儿，然后单挑兔子再来另一场比赛，但是是在另一条稍许不同的路线上。The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river. 兔子同意，然后俩者同时出发。为了确保自己立下的承诺－从头到尾要一直快速前进，兔子飞驰而出，极速奔跑，直到碰到一条宽阔的河流。The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river.而比赛的终点就在几公里外的河对面。The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.兔子呆坐在那里，一时不知怎么办。这时候，乌龟却一路跚跚而来，撩入河里，游到对岸，继续爬行，完成比赛。The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.这故事的有什么启示？首先，辨识出你的核心竞争力，然后改变游戏场所以适应（发挥）你的核心竞争力。In an organisation, if you are a good speaker, make sure you create opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior management to notice you.在你的工作单位，如果你是一个能言善道的人，一定要想法创造机会，好好表现自己，以便让高峰注意到你。If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some sort of research, make a report and send it upstairs. Working to your strengths will not only get you noticed but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement.如果你的优势是从事分析工作，那么你一定要做一些研究，写一个报告，然后呈送上楼。依着自己的优势(专长)来工作，不仅会让上头的人注意到你，也会创造成长和进步的机会。The story still hasn't ended.故事还没结束。The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realised that the last race could have been run much better.这下子，兔子和乌龟成了惺惺相惜的好朋友。它们一起检讨，俩个都很清楚，在上一次的比赛中，它们可以表现得更好。So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.所以，他们决定再赛一场，但这次是同对合作。They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back.它们一起出发，这次可是兔子扛着乌龟，直到河边。在那里，乌龟接手，背着兔子过河。。On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.到了河对岸，兔子再次扛着乌龟，俩个一起抵达终点。比起前次，它们都感受到一种更大的成就感。The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.这故事的有什么启示？个人表现优异与拥有坚强的核心竞争力固然不错，但除非你能在一个团对内（与别人）同心协力，并掌控彼此间的核心竞争力，否则你的表现将永远在标准之下，因为总有一些状况下，你是技不如人，而别人却干得蛮好的。Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.团队合作主要就是有关情境（权变）领导这挡事，让具备处理某一情境能力（核心竞争力）的人当家做主。There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.从这故事，我们可以学到更多Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.我们了解，在遭逢失败后，兔子和乌龟都没有就此放弃。兔子决定更拼，并且投入更多的努力。The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort. 在尽了全力之后，乌龟则选择改变策略。在人的一生中，当失败临头时，有时我们需更加努力。Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.有时则需改变策略，尝试不同的抉择。有时候，俩者都要一起来。The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.兔子和乌龟也学到了最关键的一课。当我们不再与竞争对手较力，而开始逐鹿某一情境时，我们会表现得更好。When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was faced with intense competition from Pepsi that was eating into Coke's growth. 1980年代，当古兹维塔接掌可口可乐执行长时，他面对的是百事可乐的激烈竞争，可口可乐的市场成长正被它吞食掉。His executives were Pepsi-focussed and intent on increasing market share 0.1 per cent a time. 古兹维塔手下的那些管理者，把焦点全灌注在百事可乐身上，一心一意只想着一次增长百分之零点一的市场占有率。Goizueta decided to stop competing against Pepsi and instead compete against the situation of 0.1 per cent growth.古兹维塔决定停止与百事可乐的竞争，而改与百分之零点一的成长此一情境角逐。He asked his executives what was the average fluid intake of an American per day? The answer was 14 ounces. What was Coke's share of that? Two ounces. Goizueta said Coke needed a larger share of that market. 他问起美国人一天的平均液态食品消耗量为多少？答案是十四盎斯。可口可乐在其中有多少？答案是俩盎斯。古兹维塔说，可口可乐需要在那块市场做大占有率。The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the water, tea, coffee, milk and fruit juices that went into the remaining 12 ounces. The public should reach for a Coke whenever they felt like drinking something.我们的竞争对象不是百事可乐，要是占掉市场剩余十二盎司的水、茶、咖啡、牛奶及果汁。当大家想要喝一点什么时，应该是去找可口可乐。To this end, Coke put up vending machines at every street corner. Sales took a quantum jump and Pepsi has never quite caught up since.为达此目的，可口可乐在每一街头摆上贩卖机，销售量因此节节上升，百事可乐从此再也追赶不上。To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things.Chief among them are that fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady; work to your competencies; pooling resources and working as a team will always beat individual performers; never give up when faced with failure; and finally, compete against the situation. Not against a rival.结论：龟兔赛跑的故事启发我们良多。最重要的是：动作快且前后一致的人总是胜过缓慢且持续的人；依着自己的优势(专长)来工作；结合所有的资源且团队合作的人，总是打败单打独斗者；面对失败时，绝不轻言放弃；最后，与某一情境竞争，而不是限定某对手。

The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。 于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。” A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。 他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。 不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once 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." 【译文】 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。” Teacher:Why are you late for school every morning? Tom:Every time I come to the corner,a sign says,"School-Go slow". 老师:为什么你每天早晨都迟到? 汤姆:每当我经过学校的拐角处,就看见一个牌子上写着"学校----慢行". A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。” Drunk One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk." "But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!" 醉酒 一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，‘醉’字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”