自从文字语言产生以来,故事就存在于人们的生活中了,故事是我们生活的一种叙事性思维。小编精心收集了，供大家欣赏学习!
：你输了
On her return from flying a kite, little Darley, aged eight, was pulled onto her Daddy's knee and informed that the fairies of that day brought a big surprise—a little baby brother. Sheseemed glad, and presently said, “Will you give me a stamp, Daddy? I want to write and tell Brother Tom.”
八岁的小多莉放风筝回到家，被爸爸拉过来坐在膝盖上，告诉她哪天的仙女给他们带来了一个大大的惊喜——一个新生的小弟弟。她看起来很高兴，马上说：“爸爸，你能不能给我一张邮票?我要写信告诉哥哥汤姆。”
The father was touched by this, and provided the little girl with the materials to write a letter to her brother, who was away at school. She took a bottle of soda from the fridge and went toher own room. Later, curious to know how she would tell the news, her father took an opportunity to read what she had written. He received something of a shock on reading the following:
父亲被这话感动了，他为小姑娘备齐了给她住在学校里的哥哥写信所需的各种用具。小多莉从冰箱里拿了瓶汽水就进了自己的房间。后来，爸爸很想知道她是怎么告诉哥哥这个消息的，就找了个机会读了小多莉写的信。在读到下面这两行字时，他差点儿惊呆了：
"Dear Tom,
“亲爱的汤姆：
It's come off today. You've lost. It's a boy. So you owe me a squirrel doll."
今天结果出来了，你输了;是个男孩。所以你欠我一只玩具松鼠。”
：花招
A man handed a pair of gray gloves to the clerk of a duty-shop. "I'd like these altered, please."he said. The clerk asked for the sales receipt, but after making a thorough search inhispockets, the man replied he had lost it. The clerk told him that it was store policy not to do freealterations without a receipt.
一位男子把一副灰色的手套递给免税商店职员。“我想换一副。”他说。店员向他要售货收据，但这位男子翻遍了他所有的口袋，最后只得说收据丢了。店员告诉他说没有收据不能更换，这是商店的规矩。
"Okay, then, " the man said, "I'd like to return the gloves." The clerk processed the return andgave him cash equaling the cost of the gloves.
“那好吧，”这位男子说，“我要把这幅手套退掉。”店员按程序办理了退货手续并把手套钱如数退给了他。
The man pushed the money back across the counter. "Now I want to buy the gloves." he said.The clerk rang up the sale, bagged the gloves and handed them to him with a receipt.
这位男子把钱从柜台上推回去。“现在我还要这幅手套。”他说。店员用收银机收下了钱，把那幅手套装进包里，并把它连同收据递给了他。
Triumphantly, he put the gloves and the receipt on the counter. "I'd like to have thesealtered, please."
这位男子把手套和收据放在柜台上，神气地说：“我要把这幅手套换了。”
：十二张明信片
My teen—age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer. Her grandfather gave her 12 post cards .
一个夏天，我十多岁的女儿在她祖父母家过了几周，正准备回家时，她祖父母给了她十二张明信片。
"Here, write us a few lines every month," he said.
“每月给我们写上几句话。”他说。
Months passed and the cards remained unused—that is until the day this letter arrived:
几个月过去了，可明信片一直放在那儿没用——直到有一天来了这样一封信：
"Dear Jennifer,
“亲爱的詹妮弗：
Life is a series of stages.
生活是一系列阶段组成的。
Initially as a child, I looked forward to becoming a teenager—that happened.
最初，还是个孩子的时候，我期待着步入少年——我如愿以偿了。
As a teenager ,I looked forward to becoming a young man—that happened.
还是个青年的时候，我期待着步入青年——我如愿以偿了。
As a young man, I looked forward to meeting a young woman, in love and becoming a married man—that happened.
还是青年的时候，我期待着遇到一个年轻的女人，和她恋爱、结婚——我如愿以偿了。
As a married man, I looked forward to becoming a father—that happened.
结了婚，我便期待着成为一个父亲——我如愿以偿了。
As a father, I looked forward to becoming a grandfather to beautiful and intelligent grandchildren—that happened.
作为父亲，我期待着成为一个祖父，有漂亮、聪明的孙儿孙女——我如愿以偿了。
Then I looked forward to the day they would learn to write to me—that hasn't happened yet.
接着，我期待着有一天他们能给我写信——我却还没有如愿以偿。
Your sincerely"
谨启。”
