高中英语阅读理解故事类
眼前的山粗犷而冷峻，令人感到一种刚正不阿、力争上游的质朴美，似一幅凝重的画，如一首深邃的诗，若一个清新的故事。下面是本站小编带来的高中英语阅读理解故事类，欢迎阅读!
Once it started raining, it just wouldn’t stop. The sky wept great tears in an endless stream until the clouds had entered everyone’s hearts and made them feel as grey and weepy as the weather. But still it rained on and on.
Everyone stayed at home, gloomy and bored. I wish we could DO something, moaned Geeti, Nothing exciting ever happens to us said Vikki.
Mummy wouldn’t let them go out but she tried to cheer them up by baking a cake. The children helped too. The cake was yummy and they ate it hot. The rest they covered and left on the table.
I wonder what the animals and birds do? asked Geeti thoughtfully.
They must be cooped in their cages.
No, silly, I mean the wild ones. The tigers in the jungles, the birds on trees, what do they do in all this rain?
At least they’re free. Think of the animals in the zoo. How awful for them.
And it was true. The animals in the zoo were worried and irritable. The wetness was terrible for the creatures big and small.
The more it rained, the more everything filled up with water. The moat around the lion’s enclosure filled up too. The lion watched. He was an old fellow, who had never been out of the enclosure. He had never seen anything like this before., As the water lapped the sides of the moat temptingly, the old fellow decided to make a go for it. He sniffed here, and he sniffed there. He put one paw delicately into the water and then, with one big breath, he jumped right in.
At first he sank. Then he panicked. He thought, for one awful moment that he was going to die. But he didn’t. His mighty head popped up and he paddled along until he could feel the wall just under his chin. Putting his big paws onto the wall, he heaved himself up. And then he was out. Out and free. Free to walk around the world, just as he had seen hundreds of people do. Now he, the mighty raja was going to have the adventure of a lifetime.
No one saw him for it was night and all the zoo keepers were fast asleep. Lion walked out, king of everything he saw. Softly, softly, he crept on padded feet to the enclosure next to him. He grinned in at the bear who woke up with a start.
He looked in at all the cages and thought how wonderful it was to be free.. Then he had an idea. He was going to be really free. What was the point of freedom if he was still within the four walls of the zoo? So, asking the way at every cage he passed, Lion reached the main gate.
He could smell a human. He carefully peered into the ticket booth. Sure enouch, the guard sat there. Lion was a clever old fellow and knew that the guard wouldn’t let him just walk out. So he waited and watched. The guard didn’t move. He snored gently. When lion was sure that the man was fast asleep, he padded his way past him gently.
Hmmm – humph… said a guard in his sleep. Lion almost roared in fright. But he didn’t, he waited quietly until he was sure that all was safe. And then he was FREE! Really free, for the very first time in his life.
He walked around, looking with wonder at the big, black, wet roads. He stared up at the high buildings and he sniffed at people huddled up, asleep in the driest corners they could find. One little child peeped out of his thin blanket and saw him. Papa, he whispered, there’s a lion on the loose! Yes. Yes, said his Papa sleepily, he’ll go away, now get back to sleep.
And lion went on. This was the longest walk that he’d ever had. He was in the bazaar now. But, of course, everyone was fast asleep. He peered into shop windows, fascinated by the glittering things that shone there.
He walked on and on. On and on. Until he was one very wet, hungry and tired lion. He now suddenly caught the smell of freshly baked cake. He’d never smelled anything so invitingly warm or warmly inviting. Sniff! Sniff! Sniff! He found the window to Geeti and Vikki’s room open. Quickly, quietly, he jumped right in. He saw the children asleep in their soft, warm beds. And he felt like getting in with them. But first to find out where that delicious smell was coming from. Sniff! Sniff! Sniff!
Of course, with his sharp lion’s nose, he found the cake. And with his sharp lion’s teeth, he quickly gulped it down. It was delicious. Not like the smelly raw meat he got.
And now, to bed. Slipping back into the children’s room, lion tried to get into Vikki’s bed.
But it was too small for one big lion. So, he crawled under the bed and found it wonderfully cosy and just right for one big lion. Soon he was fast asleep.
Next morning, mummy woke up to find the cake missing.
Did you eat the cake?
No mummy.
Then who could it have been?
It must have been the lion! said Geeti.
What lion? Geeti, don’t be silly.
She’s not being silly said Vikki.
There’s a lion under our bed!
What? shouted mummy as loudly as she could. And she rushed right away to look for the lion under her children’s bed.
She looked, but there was no lion there. Oh children, she said crossly, You gave me a fright. Of course there’s no lion there.
But there was mummy, protested the children. Look, there are lion paw prints on the carpet.
And a big wet patch on our beds.
And lion hair on my sheet!
Mummy had to believe them then, but try as they might, they couldn’t find the lion any more. And do you know why? The lion had a good snooze and decided to get back to his cage before there was any fuss. So he had slipped away at dawn and no one saw him going. He slipped past the guard who still lay asleep and swam back into his cage. What an adventure it had been! But he was glad to be home.
As soon as the rain stopped, Geeti and Vikki went to the zoo. They stood outside the lion’s enclosure and whispered to each other. I’m sure that our lion recognized them too, and let out a big rumbling ROAR of a thank you to his little friends.
Maybe, next time it rains very hard, Lion may come to YOUR house, so remember to give him some freshly baked cake!
高中英语阅读理解故事类阅读The Slaying of the TanukiOnce upon a time...
Near a big river, and between two high mountains, a man and his wife lived in a cottage a long, long time ago. A dense forest lay all round the cottage, and there was hardly a path or a tree in the whole wood that was not familiar to the peasant from his boyhood. In one of his wanderings he had made friends with a hare, and many an hour the two passed together, when the man was resting by the roadside, eating his dinner.
Now this strange friendship was observed by the Tanuki, a wicked, quarrelsome beast, who hated the peasant, and was never tired of doing him an ill turn. Again and again he had crept to the hut, and finding some choice morsel put away for the little hare, had either eaten it if he thought it nice, or trampled it to pieces so that no one else should get it, and at last the peasant lost patience, and made up his mind he would have the Tanuki's blood.
So for many days the man lay hidden, waiting for the Tanuki to come by, and when one morning he marched up the road thinking of nothing but the dinner he was going to steal, the peasant threw himself upon him and bound his four legs tightly, so that he could not move. Then he dragged his enemy joyfully to the house, feeling that at length he had got the better of the mischievous beast which had done him so many ill turns. 'He shall pay for them with his skin,' he said to his wife. 'We will first kill him, and then cook him.' So saying, he hanged the Tanuki, head downwards, to a beam, and went out to gather wood for a fire.
Meanwhile the old woman was standing at the mortar pounding the rise that was to serve them for the week with a pestle that made her arms ache with its weight. Suddenly she heard something whining and weeping in the corner, and, stopping her work, she looked round to see what it was. That was all that the rascal wanted, and he put on directly his most humble air, and begged the woman in his softest voice to loosen his bonds, which her hurting him sorely. She was filled with pity for him, but did not dare to set him free, as she knew that her husband would be very angry. The Tanuki, however, did not despair, and seeing that her heart was softened, began his prayers anew. 'He only asked to have his bonds taken from him,' he said. 'He would give his word not to attempt to escape, and if he was once set free he could soon pound her rice for her.' 'Then you can have a little rest,' he went on, 'for rice pounding is very tiring work, and not at all fit for weak women.' These last words melted the good woman completely, and she unfastened the bonds that held him. Poor foolish creature! In one moment the Tanuki had seized her, stripped off all her clothes, and popped her in the mortar. In a few minutes more she was pounded as fine as the rice; and not content with that, the Tanuki placed a pot on the hearth and made ready to cook the peasant a dinner from the flesh of his own wife!
When everything was complete he looked out of the door, and saw the old man coming from the forest carrying a large bundle of wood. Quick as lightning the Tanuki not only put on the woman's clothes, but, as he was a magician, assumed her form as well. Then he took the wood, kindled the fire, and very soon set a large dinner before the old man, who was very hungry, and had forgotten for the moment all about his enemy. But when the Tanuki saw that he had eaten his fill and would be thinking about his prisoner, he hastily shook off the clothes behind a door and took his own shape. Then he said to the peasant, 'You are a nice sort of person to seize animals and to talk of killing them! You are caught in your own net. It is your own wife that you have eaten, and if you want to find her bones you have only to look under the floor.' With these words he turned and made for the forest.
The old peasant grew cold with horror as he listened, and seemed frozen to the place where he stood. When he had recovered himself a little, he collected the bones of his dead wife, buried them in the garden, and swore over the grave to be avenged on the Tanuki. After everything was done he sat himself down in his lonely cottage and wept bitterly, and the bitterest thought of all was that he would never be able to forget that he had eaten his own wife.
高中英语阅读理解故事类学习引言
闻如是：一时佛住王舍城，在鹊封竹园，与诸大比丘、菩萨摩诃萨及诸八部三万六千人俱。
Thus have I heard. Once upon a time Sakyamuni, The Enlightened One, was staying in a park called Karanda Bamboo Grove, near Rajagriha City. He held a meeting with thirty six thousand men including great monks, Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas and the eight groups of supernatural beings.
是时会中有异学梵志五百人俱，从座而起，白佛言“吾闻佛道洪深，无能及者，故来归问。唯愿说之。”
On that occasion, there were five hundred Brahmans in the assembly. One of them rose from his seat and said to Sakyamuni, the Buddha: "We have learned that Buddhism is so profound that there is no parallel to it. So we have come to ask you to explain it to us."
佛言：“善哉!”
Very well, The Enlightened One said.
问曰：“天下为有为无?”
Is the universe existent or non-existent? The Brahman asked.
答曰：“亦有亦无。”
It is both existent and non-existent, the Enlightened one replied.
梵志曰：“如今有者，云何言无?如今无者，云何言有?”
The Brahman said, "How can you say non-existent of what is now existent? How can you say existent of what is now non-existent?"
答曰：“生者言有，死者言无。故说‘或有或无’。”
The Enlightened One replied, "The living say it is existent, but the dead say it is non-existent. Consequently, I say it is both existent and non-existent."
问曰：“人从何生?”
He asked, "What does man live on?"
答曰：“人从谷而生。”
The Enlightened One replied, "Man lives on cereals."
问曰：“五谷从何而生?”
He asked, "Where do the five cereals come from?"
答曰：“五谷从四大火风而生。”
They come from the four elements, fire, wind, water and earth, The Enlightened One replied.
问曰：“四大火风从何而生?”
Where do the four elements come from? the Brahman asked.
答曰：“四大火风从空而生。”
They come from void. The Enlightened One replied.
问曰：“空从何生?”
Where does the void come from? He asked.
答曰：“从无所有生。”
It comes from nothingness. The Enlightened One replied.
问曰：“无所有从何而生?”
Where does nothingness come from? He asked.
答曰：“从自然生。”
From the nature. The Enlightened One replied.
问曰：“自然从何而生?”
Where does nature come from? He asked.
答曰：“从泥洹而生。”
From Nirvana. The Enlightened One replied.
问曰：“泥洹从何而生?”
Where does Nirvana come from? He asked.
佛曰：“汝今问事何以尔深?泥洹者是不生不死法。”
Why do you ask about such profound things. Nirvana is the law of non-birth and immortality. The Enlightened One replied.
问曰：“佛泥洹未?”
Have you attained Nirvana? He asked.
答曰：“我未泥洹。”
I haven't reached Nirvana yet. The Enlightened One replied.
“若未泥洹，云何得知泥洹常乐?”
If you haven't reached Nirvana yet, how do you know Nirvana is an eternal bliss? He asked.
佛言：“我今问汝，天下众生为苦为乐?”
Now let me ask you whether the life of the sentient beings in the world is happy or miserable, the Enlightened One said.
答曰：“众生甚苦。”
I view it as very miserable. He replied.
佛言：“云何名苦?”
What do you mean by miserable? The Enlightened One said.
答曰：“我见众生死时，苦痛难忍，故知死苦。”
After seeing all the dying men whose pains are unbearable. I know death is miserable. He replied.
佛言：“汝今不死，亦知死苦;我见十方诸佛不生不死，故知泥洹常乐。”
Now you are not dead, nevertheless, you know death is miserable. I have seen all Buddhas of the ten directions in space having neither rebirth nor death. I know, therefore, Nirvana is an eternal bliss. The Enlightened One said.
五百梵志心开意解，求受五戒，悟须陀洹果，复坐如故。
Those five hundred Brahmans were satisfied and thus understood what the Enlightened One had said. They were then willing to accept the five commandments and asked to be disciples of Gauthama Buddha. Finally, they obtained enlightenment of the Sotapanna's degree. They sat down as before.
佛言：“汝等善听，今为汝广说众喻。”
The Enlightened One said, "You all listen carefully to me. I'll give you an extensive talk of fables."
注释:
【梵志】①志求生於梵天的人 ②在家的婆罗门 ③指一切外道出家人
白话:
有一天，佛和他的弟子们在王舍城的一个鹊封竹园里集会，座中有诸大比丘，诸大菩萨，以及天龙八部等。在这个盛会中，还有从别处来的异学梵志五百人，他们都一心想听佛法，对佛有所询问，当佛出来坐定后，他们便从座上站起来说∶“我们听说佛法非常宏大和深远，所以特来请教。”佛就叫他们提出问题，一一加以回答，于是那五百梵志，都得到了心领意会，明白佛法的真义。就在佛座下五体投地受了五戒。接著，当他们重新坐回座位以后，佛就对他们说∶“你们要好好听，我现在给你们说各种譬喻。”
