英语故事短文：城里老鼠和乡下老鼠

　　对于大多数中国人来说，学外语意味着学英语。想要学好英语得下功夫才行，现在很多孩子在儿童时期就开始学英语了。

　　如何培养儿童学习英语的乐趣呢？不妨试着用英语给孩子们讲讲故事，下面为您推荐的故事是：城里老鼠和乡下老鼠

　　Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."

　　The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.

　　After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

　　词汇学习：

　　mouse [maus] 鼠 （mice是 mouse的名词复数）

　　country [ˈkʌntrɪ] 国家；乡村；

　　city [ˈsɪtɪ] 城市；

　　field [fiːld]野外的；原野，田地

　　stone [stəʊn]岩石，石头

　　set [sɛt]规定的；准备好的

　　began [bɪˈɡɪn]开始，开始进行

　　好了，英语故事讲完了，同学们是喜欢乡下的老鼠还是城里的老鼠？