<p class="ql-block"> 用英语讲好中国故事，向世界传递中国文化。</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">高二2班张雅煊《守株待兔》</p> <p class="ql-block"> Wait for Windfalls </p><p class="ql-block"> Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Yaxuan .Today, I will tell you a story. It is Wait for Windfalls.</p><p class="ql-block"> Once upon a time, there was a farmer. He went to the field every day to take care of his crops.It was hard work.</p><p class="ql-block"> One day,it was very hot. He worked in the field and felt tired. So he sat down to drink some water.Suddenly, a rabbit ran out of the grass. It ran very fast and hit on the tree. The farmer went over to the tree. He found the rabbit was dead. The farmer felt very happy. He took the rabbit home and cook it.He had a good meal. It was so delicious.The farmer thought this is really good.＂I don't need to work hard at all", "I am going to wait by the tree. ""Another rabbit will come".</p><p class="ql-block"> After that, he stopped working in the field.He just sat there and waited.He wanted to get another rabbit.Many days passed. Never came a rabbit.His crops died. The farmer felt very sad.What a silly man!The story tells us, we should work hard to get what we want.</p><p class="ql-block ql-indent-1"> That's all. Thank you!</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">高二2班赵鑫桐《揠苗助长》</p> <p class="ql-block"> Pulling up the seedlings to help them grow</p><p class="ql-block"> Once there was a farmer who made a living by working in the field.Although he worked hard everyday,He still struggled to feed the whole family.</p><p class="ql-block"> He took care of the plants and expected the harvest time all year long</p><p class="ql-block"> One day, he was staring at the seedlings while thinking“If the seedlings can grow faster and faster,I will harvest earlier than before and I don’t have to worry about the moneyOh, how wonderful it will be!”</p><p class="ql-block">Then he spent a lot of time figuring out</p><p class="ql-block">a good way to make seedlings grow faster.</p><p class="ql-block"> A good idea struck him. He was so thrilled to run to the field, screaming.</p><p class="ql-block">He was silent when he got there, because he didn’t want others know this wa!</p><p class="ql-block">He pulled each seedling up a little, After doing that, he gave a satisfied smile</p><p class="ql-block"> All the seedlings were much taller than before.He told his family that they would be rich in the future,because he figured out how to make seedlings grow faster.After listening to what he had done to the seedlings, the families’ jaws dropped</p><p class="ql-block"> They rushed to the field to see what happened, but it was too late.All the seedlings withered, not growing taller.We should follow the rules of nature, or the nature will teach you a lesson.And remember achieve your goal by working step by stepinstead of taking a shortcut.</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">高二2班姚琳《画蛇添足》</p> <p class="ql-block"> Long long ago, several men had a jar of wine, but it's not enough for all. Each of them wanted to drink it alone. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished drawing first would drink the wine.</p><p class="ql-block"> They began to draw on the ground with sticks. One man of them finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy with their drawings, so he decided to add feet to his snake.</p><p class="ql-block"> However, before he finished, another man grabbed the jar and said, “Have you ever seen a snake? Snakes have no feet!” With these words, he drank up the wine. The person who drew the feet for the snake finally losing the wine.This story teaches us not to make unnecessary efforts.</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">高二2班曹瑞芳《凿壁借光》</p>