對于大多數(shù)中國人來說，學外語意味著學英語。想要學好英語得下功夫才行，現(xiàn)在很多孩子在兒童時期就開始學英語了。

如何培養(yǎng)兒童學習英語的樂趣呢？不妨試著用英語給孩子們講講故事，本期為您推薦的故事是：老貓（雙語）

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

一位老婦有只貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發(fā)現(xiàn)一只老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。

于是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：“不要打你的老仆人，我已經(jīng)為你服務了很多年，而且還愿意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情?！?/div>

詞匯學習：

old woman 老太太

quickly ['kwikli] 迅速地；不久；立即

bite [ba?t] 少量，小部分

mouse [maus]鼠

jumped [d??mp]跳躍 （jumped是jump的過去分詞形式,過去式形式）

caught [k?t?]抓住

get out of 逃避；避免 （got out of]是[get out of]的過去式形式,過去分詞形式）

mouth [ma?θ]嘴

ran away潛逃,失去控制

angry [???ɡr?]憤怒的

killed ['kild] 被殺死的;被屠宰的

hit [h?t] 打，擊；打擊

servant [?s??v?nt] 仆人，雇工

好了，今天的英語故事講完了，那么，同學們這篇故事告訴我們什么樣的道理？