《英語趣味閱讀系列：長壽的秘訣》精選了適合青少年學(xué)生心理、認知特點和知識架構(gòu)的英文故事多則。難度依次遞進，內(nèi)容各有側(cè)重。
《英語趣味閱讀系列：長壽的秘訣》在保持原文原汁原味的前提下對影響股市整體理解的難點部分進行了改寫活添加了簡明的漢語注釋。
01.A Smart Fishing Boy
02.Fish and Cat Story
03.HOw Mankind Earned Longeuity
04.The Cost of Woman
05 God Mode Man
06 Giving Away a Horse
07.Gathering Chickens
08.How Are You Feeling?
09.Dem' Smart City Folk
10.Ten Dollars Is Ten Dollars
11.What is Two Plus Two?
12, Death of Partner
13.Tolented Dog
14.Warm, Soft, &Gooey
15.Grocery Shopping
16.Don't Step on Them
17 Irish Wi fe
18.Smart Irrshman
19.Dying Confession
20.Baked Beans
21.Legless Frog
22.Knowing the Facts
23.The Rabbit and the Snake
24.I Want to Take Money with Me
25.Advice from Lawyers
26.Elk Hunting
27.Robbit Test
28.Getting Out of a Ticket
29.Back Seat Driver
30.I Know You Were Drunle Yesterday
31.An Atheist
32.Lacking All Religion
33.Finally Got to Heauen
34.What Is Easter
35.Blonde Escapee
36.Beor with Me
37.Settling a Cow Case
38.The Bushes and Clintons on a Train
39.Election Tie-Breaker
40.Take the Bait
41.The Nonconformist Bird
42.Chattv Parrot
43.Not Quite Ready
44.You Need to Haue a Bad Day to Get into Heauen
45.A Slap in the Dark
46.Olympic Ice Skating
47.Do You Knoln Me?
48.Lawyers on a Jury
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02 Fish and Cat Story
One spring day， a fish was swimming about a foot below the surface of a lake and saw a fly hanging in the air just beyond his reach.The fish said to itself， "If that fly comes six inches closer， I'll jump up and have myself a meal. " Just then， a bear on the shore of the lake looked up and said to itself， "If that fly gets any closer to that fish， the fish will jump up， and I'II catch the fish and have myself a meal. "
As luck would have it， a hunter saw what was happening. He thought to lumself， "If that fly moves closer to the fish， the fish will jump ， the bear will lean over to grab the fish， and I'II shoot the bear. "
Just then， a rat was standing behind the hunter saying to itself，"If that fly moves closer to the fish， the fish will jump， the bear will lean over to grab the fish， the hunter will lean over to shoot the bear，and ni grab the sandwich from the back pocket of the hunter. "
However， not been noticed by the rat， a cat was observing everything and thinking， "If that fly moves closer to the fish， thensh wiU jump， the bear will grab the fish， the hunter will shoot the bear，the rat will grab the sandwich， and l'II snatch the rat "At that very moment， t，he fly dropped a few inches， the fish grabbed the fly， the bear grabbed the fish， the hunter shot the bear，the rat grabbed the sandwich， the cat jumped， missed the rat and landed in the lake !
03 How Mankind Earned Longevity
God created the donkey and told him， " You will work tirelessly from sun up to sun down， carrying heavy bags on your back， you'll eat grass ， you will not have inteUigence and you willlive 50 years. You will be a DONKEY ! "
The donkey answered， "I'll be a donkey， but living 50 years is too much， give me only 20 years. ，， And God gave lum 20 years.
God created the dog and told him， "You will look after the man's house， you will be his best friend. you will eat whatever they give you and you will live 25 years. You will be a DOG ! "
The dog answered， " God， living 25 years is too much， give me only 10. " God gave lum 10 years.
God created the monkey and told him， "You will jump from branch to branch， you will do silly things， you will be amusing and you will live 20 years. "
The monkey answered， "God， living 20 years is too much， give me only 10 years. " And God agreed.
Finally， God created man， and told tum， "You will be Man， the only rational （理性的 ） being on this earth， you will use your intelligence to control other animals， you will dominate the world and you will live 20 years. "
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