《典范英语》8 包含 4 个故事，分别为《丑小鸭》《小红帽》《金发姑娘和三只熊》和《森林王子》。
《丑小鸭》讲述了一只外表丑陋的鸭子，在成长过程中经历了困难和挫折，最终发现自己是一只美丽的天鹅的故事。
《小红帽》讲述了一个小女孩在森林中遇到了狼，最终被狼欺骗并吃掉的故事。
《金发姑娘和三只熊》讲述了一个金发姑娘进入了三只熊的家，并把它们的食物和家具搞得一团糟的故事。
《森林王子》讲述了一个王子被放逐到森林中，与动物们一起生活，并最终成为了森林之王的故事。
One day, a hare and a tortoise were racing. The hare laughed at the tortoise for being slow.
有一天，兔子和乌龟比赛跑步，兔子嘲笑乌龟爬得慢。
"I will win one day," said the tortoise.
乌龟说：“总有一天我会赢的。”
The rabbit said contemptuously: "that we begin the race now!"
兔子就轻蔑地说：“那我们现在就开始比赛！”
The tortoise agreed, and the hare shouted loudly, "The race begins!"
乌龟答应了，兔子大声喊道：“比赛开始！”
The hare is running fast and the tortoise is crawling hard. After a while, the hare and the tortoise were far apart.
兔子飞快地跑着，乌龟拼命地爬着。不一会儿，兔子与乌龟已经离的有很大一段距离了。
The hare thought the race was too easy. He wanted to sleep for a while, and he thought it impossible for the tortoise to catch him even if he woke up.
兔子认为比赛太轻松了，它要先睡一会，并且自以为是地说即使自己睡醒了乌龟也不一定能追上它。
And the tortoise, it kept crawling, climbing ah climbing ah, to the rabbit there, it was too tired to die.
而乌龟呢，它一刻不停地爬行，爬呀爬呀，到兔子那里的时候，它已经累得不行了。
But the tortoise thought that if he went to rest like the hare, he would not win the race, so the tortoise went on climbing and climbing.
但乌龟想如果这时和兔子一样去休息，那比赛就不会赢了，所以乌龟继续地爬呀爬呀。
When the hare wakes up, the tortoise has already reached the finish line.
当兔子醒来的时候乌龟已经到达终点了。