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英文故事对激发学生的英语学习兴趣，培养学生的听、说、读、写及交际等诸方面的能力有着不可或缺的作用。特别是在初中语文教学中，通过英文故事教学方法提高学生英语水平，效果非常显著。那么有哪些实用的故事可以用在教学中呢？平安好学为大家列举了两则，供您参考！
故事一：A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.
He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."
He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.
Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
翻译： 有一个人正往一个富人家的房子走去，当他走在路上的时候，突然发现了一箱苹果，但是这个人并没有立刻去拿苹果，他在心理想：自己还是不要拿这些苹果，因为富人家会有更好的东西，他一定会送给我比这更为丰富的食物。然后他拿起苹果，一把扔了泥土里。走着走着，发现去富人家的路上，有一条小河，河水上涨了，他无法走到对岸，不得不返回，可是自己一天都没有吃东西，又饿又累。于是他非常渴望那箱苹果，沿路返回去之后，发现了那些被泥土弄脏的苹果，
很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。
平安好学温馨提示：任何时候都不要轻易的把好东西扔掉，也许在某一个时刻会成为你的救命稻草。
故事二：Demades the orator1 was once speaking in the assembly at Athens; but the people were very inattentive to what he was saying, so he stopped and said, "Gentlemen, I should like to tell you one of Aesop's fables2." This made every one listen intently. Then Demades began: "Demeter, a swallow, and an eel3 were once travelling together, and came to a river without a bridge: the swallow flew over it, and the eel swam across", and then he stopped. "What happened to Demeter?" cried several people in the audience. "Demeter," he replied, "is very angry with you for listening to fables when you ought to be minding public business."
翻译：有一次，在雅典，一位名叫狄马德斯的演说家在集会上演讲，但是没有一个人认真听，他便停下来，说：“先生们，我很想告诉你们一个伊索寓言里的故事。”于是台下的观众都静了下来。“狄马德斯说：”有一次，德墨忒尔（掌管农业，结婚，丰饶的女神）和一只燕子，一只鳗鱼同行，他们要穿过一条没有桥的河，燕子飞过去，鳗鱼游过去了。”讲到这里，他便停下来，不再讲了。听众中有几个人问他：“那么德墨忒尔怎么过去的呢？”他回答说：“德墨忒尔正在生你们的气呢，因为你们对公共事务毫无兴趣，一心只喜欢听伊索寓言。”
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