家长想要提高孩子的英语学习能力，可以在平时给孩子阅读一些短篇的简单英语寓言小故事。
Linda was a good girl, but she was often late for school.
One day, she was late again. When she came in, Mr. Clark, her teacher said angrily, “I’ll tell you father if you are late again.” Linda didn’t want him to do that. Because her father was very strict with her.
The next morning, Linda got up early. She hurried to school. At the school gate, she heard the first bell, “What shall I do?” she asked herself, “I’ll turn it in first.” She decided. And so she did.
When she hurried into her classroom, Mr. Clack was already beginning his class.
“Linda! Didn’t I tell you to be here on time?” Mr. Clack said as he as her.
“I’m sorry, sir,” Linda tried to explain, “I’m late because I had to…?”
“I don’t listen to any excuse,” Mr. Clack stopped her. “If you can’t get here on time, I have to tell your father.”
“But Mr. Clack. It’s …it’s unfair!”
“Unfair! How dare you say that?” Mr. Clack said angrily, “I’ll report you to the headmaster.
“I was only trying to do a good idea,” Linda thought,“and now…” She couldn’t keep back her tears.
When the bell rang for the break, the door opened and Mr. White, the headmaster came in. he was holding a wallet in his hand, “Excuse me, Mr. Clack. Is this your wallet?”
“Oh,yes. It’s my wallet. Who found it? I must thank him.”
“Linda found it and turned it in before school started.” Mr. Whitesaid.
Mr. Clack face slowly turned red. He looked at Linda and said, “I’m very sorry. Linda. I take back what I said.”
“And I’m sorry. Mr. Clack. I’ll try not to be late again.” Linda said.
这是不公平
琳达是一个好女孩，但她经常迟到。
一天，琳达又迟到了。当她进来的时，她的老师克拉克先生生气说：“如果你在迟到， 我就通知你爸爸。”琳达不想他那么做，因为她爸爸对她要求很严格。
第二天，琳达起床很早。她匆匆向学校走去，在学校大门口，她停下来了。因为地上有一个钱夹。当她站在那儿是，她听见了第一遍铃声，“我该怎么办呢？”她自言自语，“我要先把它交上去。”她下定决定，于是她就是这么做了。
当她匆匆走进教室的时候，克拉克先生已经开始讲课了。
“琳达，我没有告诉你早点来吗？”克拉克先生一看到琳达就说，
“对不起，先生。”琳达想解释，“我迟到是因为我不得不……”
“我不想听任何借口，“克拉克阻止道， “如果你不能准时到这儿，我不得不告诉你父亲。”
“但是，克拉克先生，这是…..这是不公平的！”
“不公平！你怎么敢那么说！”克拉克先生愤怒的说，“我要把你的事情汇报给校长！”
“我只想做一件好事，”琳达心想，“但是现在……”她的眼泪阻止不住流下来。
当下课铃声响起是，教室的门开了，校长怀特先生走了进来。他的手里拿着一个钱夹：“打扰一下，克拉克先生，这是你的钱夹吗？”
“哦，是我的。是谁找到的？我一定的谢谢她。”
“琳达发现的，并在上课前把它交来了。”怀特先生说。
克拉克先生的脸渐渐红了，他看了看琳达，惭愧地说：“对不起，琳达，我收回我说过的话。”
“我也不对，克拉克先生，我下次尽量不再迟到了。”琳达说。
Mark rented an accommodation with his pension near the shore. He paid annual visits there to enjoy the vivid beauty in the depths of the pure sea.
马克用他的退休金在海岸边租了一间住所，每年都去那儿欣赏纯净的大海深处那生动的美丽。
Once, with his underwater telescope and flashlight, Mark dived along the boundary between the steep reef and the area of seaweed conservation. Suddenly, an awesome Antarctic seal with sharp teeth appeared opposite him. Every cell in his body was scared to death. But soon, he was aware that he wasn’t the target of an attack. With a neat wound in its lip caused by a shark, this grey seal was washed upside down by the tides time after time. But it tried to jog Mark as if to urge him to help it. So Mark abandoned fleeing away. With its teamwork, Mark used a net to drag the seal to the shallow water. Without pausing he helped it out after a simple operation and settled it in a narrow cave by the seaside. Every time he brought it tasty fish, it would yell and suck his hands happily. Witnesses said their anecdotes reflected a magic dimension of the relationship between humans and animals.
有一次，马克带着他的水下望远镜和手电筒，潜到陡峭的暗礁和海草保护区间的分界线。突然，一只长着尖利牙齿、使人畏惧的南极海豹出现在他对面。马克吓坏了，但是很快，他就意识到，他不是攻击的目标。这只灰色海豹的唇上有道鲨鱼咬出的整齐伤口，还时不时地被潮水冲得头上脚下。尽管如此，它却总是努力轻轻碰撞马克，似乎在催促他帮助它。于是马克放弃了逃跑。在这只海豹的合作下，马克用一张网把它拖到浅水区，并毫不停歇给它动了一个简单的手术，帮助它解决了问题，然后将它安置在海边一个狭窄的洞里。每次当马克给它带来鲜美可口的鱼时，它就会高兴地大声叫唤，还吮吸他的手。目击者都说他们的轶事映射出人与动物关系中奇妙的一个方面。
An ant is walking by the river. He looks at the river and says to himself, “How nice and cool this water looks! I must drink some of it.” But when he is drinking, he slips into the river.
“Oh.Help!Help!” The ant cries,
A dove is sitting in the tree. She hears him and throws him a leaf, “Climb up that leaf,” she says “and you will float bank.”
The ant climbs uo onto the leaf, and the wind blows the leaf to the bank. And the ant is saved.
“Thank you, Dove. You’re so kind,” The ant says and runs home, “You have saved my life, and I wish I could do something for you, Goodbye!”
“Goodbye!” says the dove, “Be careful. Not to fall into the river again.”
After a few days, the dove is building her nest. And a man is raising his gun to shoot her.
The ant sees this, and runs quickly to bite the man’s leg. “Ouch! Ouch!” The man feels pained and drops his gun. The dove hears and flies away. So the man picks up his gun and leave.
The dove comes to her nest. “Thank you, my little friend,” she says, “You have saved my life.”
The little ant is so glad, because he can help the dove.
蚂蚁和鸽子
一只蚂蚁在河边散步。他看见喝水自言自语道：“这河水看上去真清凉啊！我要去喝点。”可是他在喝水的时候，一不小心滑进河里了。
“啊！救命！救命！’蚂蚁叫喊着。
一只鸽子正呆在树上，听见呼救声，就扔给他一片树叶。“快爬到树叶上去。她说：“你会漂到岸上的。”
“谢谢你，鸽子。你真善良。”蚂蚁一边说一边向家跑，“你就了我的命，我会奥达你的。再见！”
“再见！小心别掉进河里了。”鸽子说。几天后，鸽子正在筑巢，一个人举着枪要打鸽子。
蚂蚁看见了，迅速地跑过去，在那个人的腿上咬了一口。“啊呀！哎呀！”那个人疼得扔掉枪。鸽子听见了，连忙飞走了。那个人只好捡起枪，走了。
鸽子又飞回巢里。“谢谢你，我的小朋友。”鸽子说，“你就了我的命。”
小蚂蚁可高兴了，因为他也帮助了鸽子。