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英语小故事

Giving the Seeding a Hand
Long long ago, in ancient China, there lived a farmer .He was worried about his seeding growing too slowly .
One day ,he went to the farmland and pulled up the seeding one by one .When he returned home ,he was very exhausted."I am tired out today，”he said to his family ,"I helped the seeding to grow."
His son was surprised . He hurried to the fields to see what had happened .It turned out that all the seeding had shriveled up.
拔苗助长
从前，有一个农民总是担心自己种的秧苗长得太慢。
一天，他到田里把秧苗一个一个地拔了起来，当他回到家时，十分兴奋，“我今天很累，”他对家人说到，“我再帮秧苗长大。”
他的儿子很奇怪就跑去田里看到地发生了什么。一看所有的秧苗都枯萎了。

⒈ Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent him ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without giving back the money.
Bob didn’t see Jim for a year. And at that time he knew another friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel（旅馆）. So he went there to see him