《妙語短篇》是專門為中國學生編寫的一套系列讀物，適合中學不同年級的學生及不同程度的英語自學者。下面是小編整理的妙語短篇b1原文和翻譯，歡迎檢視，希望幫助到大家。
妙語短篇Counting Chickens
It was Mary's received a letter from her uncle who was a farmer.
"dear Mary,"the letter said."happy birthday."
I am sending you some will arrive tomorrow.I hope you like wishes,uncle toby."
Mary was very liked eating eggs and she liked eating chicken."I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them,"she thought.
When the chickens arrived the next day,they were in the was very took the box off the back of the truck and began to carry it into her garden.
However,the box of chixkens was heavy and she dropped it.
The box fell to the ground and chickens all ran out.
They ran everywhere-into neighbors'gardens,into the road,into shops,even into the next spent hours trying to find them and take them back to her garden.
A few days later her uncle came to visit her.
"Did the chickens arrive salfly?"he asked Mary.
"Yes,Uncle Toby,"Mary said."But I had a lot of trouble with them.I dropped the brock open and the chickens ran everywhere.I spent the whole morning looking for them."
"Did you find them all?"her uncle asked.
"I hope so,"Mary replied."I caught eleven of them."
"That's very interesting,"her uncle said with a smile,"because I only sent you six."
譯文
那天是瑪麗的生日。她接到了一封來自是農場主的他叔叔的'來信。 “親愛的瑪麗”那封信說道。“生日快樂。我要送給你一些雞。他們明天就到達。我希望你喜歡他們。萬事如意。你的叔叔---濤比” 瑪麗特別高興。她喜歡吃蛋也喜歡吃雞肉。“我會飼養這些就直到下蛋或吃掉他們。”她想到。
當第二天那些雞到達的時候，他們在一個箱子裡。瑪麗特別興奮。她把箱子從卡車後面拿下來並開始把箱子搬到她的花園去。 然而，那箱子的雞太重了，她把箱子掉了。 箱子掉到地上而且摔壞了。雞全都跑出去了。
他們到處跑---跑進鄰居的花園的，跑到公路的，跑進商店的，甚至跑到下一條街道的。瑪麗花了好幾個小時試圖找到他們而且把他們帶回到她的花園中。 幾天以後她的叔叔來串門看她。
“那些雞都安全到達了嗎？”他問瑪麗。
“對，濤比叔叔。”瑪麗說道。“但是我因為他們呢而有了很多的麻煩。我把箱子掉了，箱子壞了雞跑的到處都是。我花了整個上午去找他們。” “那你把他們全都找到了嗎？”她叔叔問道。
“我希望是這樣的，”瑪麗回答道。“我抓到了他們中的11只。” “那可太有意思了，”他叔叔微笑著說道，“因為我只送你6只。”
