100个儿童英语小故事: Donkey and the Load of Salt 驴和它背上的盐

084 Donkey and the Load of Salt Once upon a time, a salt merchant moved from place to place selling salt. One day, he was walking on a bridge over a stream with salt loaded on the back of a donkey. Yo-ho! Yo-heave-ho! Donkey and the Load of Salt The

87.A Coach and His Players

I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players. At our first game, I called each boy by the number on his uniform. When I yelled,

英文短故事：The Donkey and The Load of Salt

Once, there lived a peddler. The peddler sold all sorts of goods.sturdy shoes for the farmers and pretty trinkets for their sweethearts, warm, woolly shawls to keep the women warm and sweet, sticky toffees for the children to munch on their way back

Sevilla sack coach Marcelino

MADRID, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Spanish La Liga club Sevilla sacked coach Marcelino Garcia on Monday after a run of games which has seen them slip from contenders for a place in Europe to below halfway in the league. Sevilla lost 2-1 at home to Villarreal

Bus load of politicians

A bus load of politicians were driving down a country road when all of a sudden the bus ran off the road and crashedinto a tree in an old farmer's field. The old farmer after seeing what happened went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a l

The Load

After the French had left Moscow，two peasants went out to search for treasures．One was wise，the other stupid．They went together to the burnt part of the city，and found some scorched wool．They said：That will be useful at home． They gat

办公室英语口语第166期:Talking about work load 议论工

Talking about work load A: Thank God! I am finished writing that service guide! It took me forever! B: When did you finish? A: This morning! No more overtime, and no more headaches! B: Well, Im glad to hear it. Have a cup of coffee! 议论工作量 A：

A Coach and His Players

I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players. At our first game, I called each boy by the number on his uniform. When I yelled,Number5, your time to bat, Jeff Smith came to the plate to hit. Whe

Botafogo fires head coach Caio Junior

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- One day after the team's 2-1 loss against America-MG, the Botafogo administration decided to fire head coach Caio Junior on Thursday. Losing five of its last six games, the vice-president of soccer at Botafogo Andr

Andrade hired as head coach of Brasiliense

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Brasiliense soccer team announced on Thursday Andrade as their new head coach. Andrade led Flamengo to win the 2009 Brazilian Championship and is now seen as the key to keep Brasiliense from falling into the t

Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has a relapse

MADRID, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova had on Wednesday a relapse of his illness, a tumor on the parotid gland, according to sources from the Spanish public television, Radio Television Espanola. FC Barcelona did not officially

Antunez retires as Robles' coach

HAVANA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Dayron Robles' trainer Santiago Antunez has announced his retirement as coach but will remain as a supervisor of national hurdlers, the official daily Granma said on Friday. Antunez, named as the best coach in the world in

Atletico Madrid coach Simeone signs four year deal

MADRID, Mar. 5 (Xinhua) -- Atletico Madrid have announced an agreement to extend the contract of coach, Diego Simeone for a further four seasons. The Argentinean, whose current deal was due to expire at the end of the current season, has agreed a new

Seedorf impact stunning, says coach

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The coach of Brazil's Botafogo has revealed he has been stunned by the impact of former Dutch international Clarence Seedorf since joining the club in July. The 36-year-old proved his quality immediately in an atta

D'Antoni appointed to coach Lakers

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Mike D'Antoni was appointed to coach the Los Angeles Lakers after the NBA team fired Mike Brown last Friday, the Lakers' spokesman John Black announced Monday. Lakers are due to hold a press conference to announce the

Hector Cuper resigns as Racing Santander coach

MADRID, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hector Cuper resigned as coach of Spanish La Liga club Racing Santander on Tuesday. Cuper, who has previously coached Valencia, Mallorca and Betis in Spain, leaves Racing with the club rock bottom of the league and with ju

Galliani allows more time for AC Milan coach Allegri

Galliani allows more time for AC Milan coach Allegri MILAN, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan club vice president Adriano Galliani insisted Thursday that the Rossoneri head coach Massimiliano Allegri has not been given one game to save his job. Local rep

Brazil unlikely to hire foreign coach, says CBF

Brazil unlikely to hire foreign coach, says CBF

Brown fired from Lakers coach

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Mike Brown was fired from the NBA Lakers after a 1-4 season start, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak confirmed on Friday. The Lakers lost their first three games before their lone victory -- a 108-79 triumph over wi

Rockets confirms McHale as new coach

WASHINGTON, June 1 (Xinhua) -- NBA club Houston Rockets confirmed Kevin McHale as the new coach of the team on Wednesday. The 53-year-old McHale becomes the Rockets' 12th coach and the third since 2003. Rockets depart from former coach Rick Adelman i