了解故事:同学们,我们常见的故事(stories)种类有寓言故事(fables)和童话故事(fairy tales)。现在让我们具体来学习一下它们有什么不同吧。任务型阅读。
Are fables and fairy tales different or the same? They are both stories for kids, but fables are stories for adults(成人) as well.
A fable is a story passed down(流传) from grandparents to parents and then to children. People can learn much from it. The characters are mostly animals and humans. The most famous fables were written by a man called Aesop. There are around 300 fables in Aesop's Fables(《伊索寓言》). The Fox and the Grapes and The Tortoise and the Hare are two examples.
Fairy tales are usually stories for children, often about magic characters such as fairies(仙子;小精灵) and giants(巨人). Sometimes the characters are animals. We are able to enjoy these fairy tales because about 200 years ago, Brothers Grimm travelled all around Germany and collected these stories before people forgot them. There are many fairy tales in Grimm's Fairy Tales, such as Cinderella and The Frog Prince.

6. What is your favourite fable or fairy tale? Why?

1. Stories 2. children/kids 3. adults 4. Aesop
5. magic 6.（略。）