GivingtheSeedingaHandLonglongago,inancientChina,therelivedafarmer.Hewasworriedabouthisseedinggrowingtooslowly.Oneday,hewenttothefarmlandandpulleduptheseedingonebyone.Whenhereturnedhome,hewasveryexhausted."Iamtiredouttoday,”hesaidtohisfamily,"Ihelpedtheseedingtogrow."Hissonwassurprised.Hehurriedtothefieldstoseewhathadhappened.Itturnedoutthatalltheseedinghadshriveledup.拔苗助长从前,有一个农民总是担心自己种的秧苗长得太慢.一天,他到田里把秧苗一个一个地拔了起来,当他回到家时,十分兴奋,“我今天很累,”他对家人说到,“我再帮秧苗长大.”他的儿子很奇怪就跑去田里看到地发生了什么.一看所有的秧苗都枯萎了.TheRabbitAndTheTurtle(龟兔赛跑)Oneday,aturtleisclimbing.Arabbitseestheturtle.Itaskstheturtle:“Hi,turtle.Whatareyoudoing?”“I’mrunning.”Theturtlesays.“Haha,youarerunning?Howslowly!Let’shavearace.Let’sseewhorunsfast.”Therabbitlaughsattheturtle.“OK.ibelieveiwillbeatyou”Theturtlesays.Thenextdayisasunnyday.Theturtleandtherabbitarereadyforagame.Manyanimalsarewatching.“Three!Two!One!Start!”monkeysays.Therabbitandtheturtlerunstotheend.Therabbitrunsveryfast.Theturtleisclimbingwithaslowbutsteadypacetothegoal.It’sbehindtherabbit.Therabbitrunstoatree.Itseestheturtleisbehind.Itthinks:“Theturtleisveryslow.Icansleepunderthetree.”Sotherabbitwasfoundacomfortableplace,liedownandfellfastalseep.Theturtleclimbstothetree.Itseestherabbitisdleepinganddoesn’tstop.Intheenditgetstotheendandisveryhappy!Nowtherabbitwakesup.Itthinkstheturtleisstillbehind.Therabbitrunstotheend.wheniherabbitreachedtheend.Itseestheturtlethere.“Haha,Iwin!”theturtlesays.Therabbitisverysad.Itiscrying.Thisstorytellsus:wecan’tbepride.1．DoYouKnowMyWork?Onenightahotelcaughtfire,andthepeoplewhowerestayinginitranoutintheirnightclothes．Twomenstoodoutsideandlookedatthefire．“BeforeIcameout,”saidone,“Iranintosomeoftheroomsandfoundalotofmoney．Peopledon'tthinkofmoneywhenthey'reafraid．Whenanyoneleavespapermoneyinafire,thefireburnsit．SoItookallthebillsthatIcouldfind．NoonewillbepoorerbecauseItookthem．”“Youdon'tknowmywork,”saidtheother．“Whatisyourwork?”“I'mapoliceman．“Oh!”criedthefirstman．Hethoughtquicklyandsaid,“Anddoyouknowmywork?”“No,”saidthepoliceman．“I'mawriter．I'malwaystellingstoriesaboutthingsthatneverhappened．”译文：（自己简单翻译）你知道我是干什么的吗?一天晚上,一家旅馆失火,住在这家旅馆里的人穿着睡衣就跑了出来.两个人站在外面,看着大火.“在我出来之前,”其中一个说：“我跑进一些房间,找到了一大笔钱.人在恐惧中是不会想到钱的.如果有人把纸币留在火里,火就会把它烧成灰烬.所以我把我所能找到的钞票都拿走了.没有人会因为我拿走它们而变得更穷.”“你不知道我是干什么的.”另一个说.“你是干什么的?”“我是警察.”“噢!”第一个人喊了一声.他灵机一动,说：“那你知道我是干什么的?”“不知道.”警察说.“我是个作家.我总是爱编一些从未发生过的故事.”