??海之英教育给我们带来一个英语故事：前语：junior他们在公园里发现了一棵秀丽的仙人掌，我们都想把它带回家。

　　victor made a suggestion. “why don’t we take turns caring for the cactus? a different person can take care of it each week, and we’ll see how big it can get!” everyone agreed, so victor was the first to bring the cactus home.

　　victor提出一个主张，“咱们轮流来养仙人掌吧，每自个养一星期，看看它最终能长多大!”我们都附和了。所以victor成了第一个把仙人掌带回家的人。

成人英语故事：粉色仙人掌

　　victor

excitedly watered and fertilized the cactus, but after a week it didn’t grow even a tiny bit.

　　victor兴冲冲地给仙人掌洒水上肥，可等了一个星期，仙人掌连一丁点都没有长大。

　　victor disappointedly brought the cactus to pandora’s house. she said confidently, “let me handle it. i can make it grow.” pandora put the cactus in the sun, and sang to it every day, but it didn’t change at all.

　　victor沮丧地把仙人掌送去pandora的家。pandora自傲地说：“交给我，我必定能让它长大。”pandora把仙人掌放在有阳光的窗边，每天给仙人掌歌唱。可一个星期曩昔了，仙人掌仍是一点改变都没有。

成人英语故事：粉色仙人掌

　　pandora was also disappointed, and brought the cactus to oxford’s house. he heard the cactus wasn’t growing, so he ran to the library and found a book on plants. it said that only green cacti would grow big, so oxford grabbed his paint set and painted the cactus green. he thought that now the cactus would finally start to grow. sadly, though, after a week, it still hadn’t grown.

　　pandora绝望地把仙人掌送去了oxford家里。oxford传闻仙人掌没有长大，很快从图书馆找到一本有关植物的书，书上说只需绿色的仙人掌才会长大。所以oxford用颜料把仙人掌涂成了绿色，他心想，这一回仙人掌总该长大了吧。令人悲观的是，一个星期后，仙人掌仍是没有动态。

　　the cactus was now at junior’s house. he had also heard it wasn’t growing, and was very anxious. he thought maybe it just needed a little help, so he put on his gloves and pulled the cactus up out of the ground ever so slightly. it looked as if it had gotten taller. junior was very happy, and pulled the cactus out of the dirt a little more each day.

　　它很快又到了junior家里。junior传闻仙人掌没有长大，心里很着急。他心想，这棵仙人掌可以需要人帮它一把。所以junior戴上手套，把仙人掌从土里拔出来一点。仙人掌看上去如同长大变高了。junior很开心，所以每天都把仙人掌拔出来一点。

成人英语故事：粉色仙人掌

　　but on the last day of the week, the cactus died. junior began to cry as he told his classmates the news, but teacher rolin just laughed. “you were all anxious for it to grow. you did different things to the cactus to try to make it grow, but the end result is that you killed it. did you know that cacti grow very slowly?

you wanted to help it, but you only hurt it. you can’t be worried about it, but just let it happen.”

　　可是七天之后，仙人掌却死了。junior哭着告诉我们这个消息，一旁的rolin教师却笑了：“你们因为着急，所以做了许多作业，反而把仙人掌弄死了。你们晓得吗?仙人掌正本就是长得很慢的植物，你们想帮它，反而害了他。所以凡事都不能着急，要让它自个生长。”

成人英语故事：粉色仙人掌

　　only then did they understand what foolish thing they’d done. they decided to bring the cactus back to the park, but saw iris sitting down and sulking.

　　我们这才理解，他们干了一件傻事。他们抉择一同把这棵仙人掌送回公园，却看到iris以一个坐在周围生闷气。????