寓言故事

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 not very 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! You’ll 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, don’t always listen to others. You’d better go and try yourself. Then you’ll know what to do.” Later, at the river,the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little horse, it’s too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully. You see, real knowledge comes from practice.
中文翻译：
小马过河
一天，一匹小马驮着麦子去磨坊。

当它驮着口袋向前跑去时，突然发现一条小河挡住了去路。

小马为难了，这可怎么办呢？它向四周望了望，看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。

小马问道：“牛阿姨，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗？”奶牛回答说：“水很浅，刚到膝盖。

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小马正准备过河，突然从树上跳下一只松鼠，拦住它大叫道：“小马，别过河！你会被淹死的。

昨天，我的一个伙伴就在这条河里淹死啦！”小马不知如何是好，于是决定回家问问妈妈。

小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。

妈妈说：“孩子，光听别人说是不行的，你自己亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。

”小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦？”小马说：“让我自己试试吧。

”他一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。

这下明白了吧，实践才能出真知
Aesop‟s Fables
The Wolf and the Lamb
Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. …There‟s my supper,‟ thought he, …if only I can find some excuse to seize it.‟ Then he called out to the Lamb, …How dare you muddle the wat er from which I am drinking?‟
…Nay, master,nay,‟ said Lambikin; …if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me.‟
…Well, then,‟ said the Wolf, …why did you call me ba d names this time last year?‟
…That cannot be,‟ said the Lamb; …I am only si x month s old.‟
…I don‟t care,‟ snarled the Wolf; …if it was not you it was your father;‟ and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and .W ARRA W ARRA W ARRA W ARRA W ARRA .ate her all up. But before she died she gasped out .‟Any excuse will serve a tyrant.‟
<狼和小羊>
狼来到小溪边，看见小羊在那儿喝水。

狼想吃小羊，就故意找碴儿，说：“你把我喝的水弄脏了！你安地什么心？”
小羊吃了一惊，温和地说：“我怎么会把您喝的水弄脏呢？您站在上游，水是从您那儿流到我这儿来的，不是从我这儿流到您那儿去的。

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狼气冲冲地说：“就算这样吧，你总是个坏家伙！我听说，去年你在背地里说我的坏话！”
可怜的小羊喊道：“啊，亲爱的狼先生，那是不可能的，去年我还没有生下来哪！”
狼不想再争辩了，龇着牙，逼近小羊，大声嚷道：“你这个小坏蛋！说我坏话的不是你就是你爸爸，反正都一样。

”说着就往小羊身上扑去。

Four friends live in a small town. Their names are John，Miller，Smith and Carte. They all have different jobs. One is a policeman，one is a cook，one is a farmer，and one is a doctor.
It…s Tuesday afternoon. John‟s son breaks his leg and J ohn takes him to the doctor. The doctor…s sister is Smith‟s wife. The farmer isn…t married. He has a lot of hens.
Miller often buys eggs from the farmer. The policeman sees Smith and Miller every day for they are neighbours.
Now who is the policeman？Who is the cook？Who is the farmer？Who is the doctor？
「答案与解析」这是一篇推理性文章，要求根据所给出提示，猜出各自的职业。

以上4题答案分别为C、A、C、D.有一定难度，且需要一定的推理，现分析如下：
1. 因为John 的儿子腿摔断了要去看医生，故可推知John不是doctor.
2. 因为医生的妹妹是Smith的妻子，故Smith不是doctor（否则兄妹结婚，不合情理）。

3. 由于farmer 没有结婚，所以Smith 和John 都不是farmer （因为Smith 有妻子，John 有儿子）。

4. 因为警察每天看到Smith，所以Smith不是policeman.
5. 由以上分析可知，Smith 不是doctor，也不是farmer，也不是policeman，所以只能是cook.
6. 由于Miller常从farmer 处买鸡蛋，所以Miller 不是farmer.
7. 由以上分析可知，John，Miller 和Smith 都不是farmer，所以Carter 一定是farmer.
8. 由于警察每天除看到Smith 外，还看到Miller，所以Miller 不是警察。

既然他不是警察，而且前面已分析出Smith 是cook，Carter 是farmer，所以Miller 一定是doctor.
9. 最后剩下的John 便是policeman.。