英語閱讀是英語學習之路的“重頭戲”，也是培養個人理解和運用英語技能的一個基本方法，英語故事是英語閱讀中比較有趣的一種類型，有時讀者還可以在輕松閱讀中得到全面的人生啟迪，從故事中學習人生哲理和發現生活中困難的處理方法。

A man was going to the house of some richperson. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side ofthe road. He said, “I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man willgive me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat.” Then he took theapples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The riverhad become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; thenhe said, “I cannot go to the rich man’s house today, for I cannot get over theriver.”

He began to go home. He had eaten no foodthat day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to takethem out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may beglad to have them at some other time.

短篇英語故事 中文翻譯：

一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：“我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。”然后他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土里去。

他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然后他說：“今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。”

他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。

不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。