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The boy who cried wolf (Cậu bé chăn cừu)
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement.
He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a considerable time. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help.
But shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest, and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out "Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before.
But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help.
So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of the village said: A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Các từ vựng trong bài:
- Shepherd boy (n): Cậu bé chăn cừu
- Lonely (adj): Cô đơn
- Excitement (n): Sự hứng thú, sự phấn khích
- Villagers (n): Dân làng
- Trick (n): Mẹo, trò lừa
- Worry (v): Lo lắng
- Deceive (v): Lừa dối
- Flock (n): Bầy, đàn (cừu, chim)
- Complain (v): Phàn nàn, kêu ca
- Liar (n): Kẻ nói dối
- Believed (v): Được tin tưởng, được tin là
- Truth (n): Sự thật
The fox and the vine (Con cáo và chùm nho)
One day, a fox became very hungry as he went to search for some food. He searched high and low, but couldn’t find something that he could eat.
Finally, as his stomach rumbled, he stumbled upon a farmer’s wall. At the top of the wall, he saw the biggest, juiciest grapes he’d ever seen. They had a rich, purple color, telling the fox they were ready to be eaten.
To reach the grapes, the fox had to jump high in the air. As he jumped, he opened his mouth to catch the grapes, but he missed. The fox tried again but missed yet again.
He tried a few more times but kept failing.
Finally, the fox decided it was time to give up and go home. While he walked away, he muttered, “I’m sure the grapes were sour anyway.
Các từ vựng trong bài:
1.Fox (n): Con cáo
- Hungry (adj): Đói
- Search (v): Tìm kiếm
- Stumble upon (v): Tình cờ bắt gặp
- Farmer (n): Nông dân
- Wall (n): Bức tường
- Juicy (adj): Mọng nước
- Grapes (n): Chùm nho
- Purple (adj): Màu tím
- Reach (v): Với tới
- Jump (v): Nhảy
- Mouth (n): Miệng
- Miss (v): Bỏ lỡ, trượt
- Sour (adj): Chua
The crow and the pitcher (Con quạ và cái bình)
In a spell of dry weather, when the birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty crow found a pitcher with a little bit of water in it.
But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he would die of thirst.
Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was high enough so he could drink.
Các từ vựng trong bài:
- Dry (adj): Khô hạn
- Thirsty (adj): Khát nước
- Crow (n): Con quạ
- Pitcher (n): Cái bình
- Narrow (adj): Hẹp
- Neck (n): Cổ (bình, chai)
- Pebble (n): Viên sỏi
- Drop (v): Thả xuống
- Rise (v): Dâng lên, tăng lên
- High (adj): Cao
- Drink (v): Uống
- Idea (n): Ý tưởng
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