英文单词小故事（成长故事英文一个英语小故事搞定220个高频词 The Best Thing in the World)

英语高频词Sight Words，也称常见词、视觉词，由美国学者道奇 (E.W. Dolch) 列出，指在英语初级阅读中出现频率最高的220个单词。这些词在儿童读物中的出现频率高达75%。

说到高频词，就不得不说自然拼读。自然拼读是小学英语学习的重要抓手，能帮助孩子将单词拼读出来，并且是记忆英语单词的一大法宝。

高频词包含许多“不符合拼读规则”的单词,需通过视觉认识和记忆才能掌握，因此也被称为“视觉词”。

熟练掌握220个Sight Words是小学阶段的基础要求。有位外国老师把所有Sight Words组合成了一个英语故事 The Best Thing In The World。如果孩子能熟练朗读这个小故事，说明已经掌握高频词啦。

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The Best Thing in the World

Once upon a time, there were four brothers who lived in a far away land.Their father was an old king.

One day he said, "I will not live long now. Today you must start out into the world. In a year, bring back the best thing you have found. The one who can pick the best thing shall be the new king."

The first brother said, "I will look in every city or town. I will buy the best thing I can for my father."The next two brothers said, "We will both go on fast ships over the sea. We will find something better."

The last brother said, "I am going to ask the people here in our own land to tell me the best thing."The other three brothers began to laugh. "Then you will never be king!" They said.

The last brother started off.

When he had gone about six miles, he met a man. "What do you carry in those big bags?" he asked. "The best thing in the world," said the man. "These are full of the good nuts which fall from my five nut trees."

"I dont think that would work," said the brother to himself, "I must try again."

The brother went on another seven miles.

He found a small brown bird. It had been hurt, so he put it in his coat where it could keep warm.

As he went on, he saw a little girl crying.

He ran to meet her. "Why are you crying?" he asked. "I want to get some water from the well," she said. "We use so much. We drink cold water. We wash the clothes clean with hot water. But I do not know how to pull it up. Please show me."

The brother said, "Hold this bird and I will help you. It does not fly around any more because it got its wing cut."

"Thank you. What a pretty bird!" she said. "I wish you would give it to me. If you will let me keep it, I will always be very kind to it. I will take care of it myself. I will make it grow well again."

"Yes, you may have it," said the brother. So he gave her the bird and went on.

At night, he went to sleep under a round yellow haystack.

When it was light again he walked on.

Every day he would walk eight or ten miles. He asked the people about the best thing in the world.

Some said it was best to sing.

Some said it was best to run and jump and play.

Some said the green grass was best.

Some liked the red and blue and white flowers best.

One man said the best thing was to ride a black horse.

He always stopped to help people who needed it. Soon he made many friends.

All the people began to like him.

They would say, "See there goes the kings son. He would be just the right kind of king for us."

Every door was open to him.

The people would call to him to stop. They would ask him to come and eat with them.

After he ate, he would sit down and read to the children.

After he read, he showed them how to draw and write.

Months went by. He still had no beautiful thing to take to his father. Just before the year was done, he went home again.

The time came when the king called his sons together.

"What did you bring?" He asked them all. The other brothers had many beautiful things.

"And what did you bring?" said the king to the last brother.

"This is too funny!" said the other brothers.

"He has nothing!"

But the king was kind to the last brother.

"What did you bring me?" the king asked again.

"I bring only the friendship of your people," said the last brother. "That is the best thing!" cried his father.

"You shall be the new king."

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世界上最好的东西

从前，有四个兄弟住在一个遥远的地方。他们的父亲是一个老国王。一天老国王说，“我现在活不了多久了。今天你们必须到外面的世界去，一年内，把你们发现的最好的东西带回来。谁能把最好的东西带回来，谁将是新国王。”

第一个兄弟说，“我会巡遍每一个城市乡镇。我会把最好的东西买回来献给我的父亲。”

接下来的两个兄弟说，“我们俩会登上快速的船只过海去，我们会找到更好的东西。”

最后那个兄弟说，“我要询问我们国家的子民，告诉我什么是最好的东西。”

其他三个兄弟笑了起来。“那么，你将永远不会成为国王！”他们说。

小王子出发了。当他走了大约六英里，他遇到了一个男人。“你扛着的那些大袋子里装着什么？”他问道。“这是世界上最好的东西，”那人说道。“这些都是我的五棵坚果树上掉下来的好坚果。”“我不这么认为。” 他自言自语道，“我必须再试一次。”

小王子又走了七英里。他发现了一只棕色的小鸟。它已经受伤了，于是他把鸟儿放在他的外套里，那儿可以给它取暖。

他继续走着，看到了一个小女孩在哭泣。

他跑到她面前，“你为什么哭啊？”他问道。

“我想从井里打水，”她说。“我们用了太多水。我们喝冷水，用热水把衣服洗干净。但我不知道怎样把水提上来，请告诉我。”

小王子说：“我可以帮你，你帮我拿一下这只小鸟。它不会飞来飞去，因为它的翅膀受伤了。”

“谢谢你，多么漂亮的小鸟！”她说。

“我希望你可以把小鸟给我，如果你让我保留它，我会一直对它很好，我会亲自照顾它，我会让它再次成长得很好。”

“好的，你可以拥有它，”小王子说。于是他把小鸟给了小姑娘，继续上路。

到了晚上，他就睡在圆形的黄色草堆里。天亮了，他继续前行。

他每天走八到十英里。他问人们什么是世界上最好的东西。

有人说最好的东西是唱歌。

有人说最美好的事物就是能跑、能跳、能玩耍。

有人说绿草地是最美好的事物。

有人觉得红色、蓝色、白色的花是最好的。

一个男子说最好的东西是骑一匹黑马。

他总是停下来帮助需要帮助的人。不久之后他结识了很多朋友。所有的人都开始喜欢他。

他们会说：“看，走过去的是国王的儿子。他正是那种适合我们的国王。”每扇门都向他打开。人们会叫他停下来。他们会邀请他过来坐坐，一起吃点东西。

吃完东西，他会坐下来为孩子们读书。读完书，他还会教孩子们画画和写字。

几个月过去了，他还是没能找到精致的东西带给他的父亲。就在这一年结束之前，他回家了。

国王召集他儿子们的时间到了。“你们都带了什么东西？”他问所有的儿子。其他兄弟都拿出来很多精美的物品。

“那你带了什么东西？”国王问小王子。

“这太可笑了”其他兄弟说。“他什么都没带！”

但是国王对小王子很慈祥。

“你给我带了什么？”国王又问了一遍。

“我带来的只是你的子民的友谊。”小儿子说。

“这是最好的东西！”他的父亲喜极而泣。“你将成为新国王。”