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较长的英文故事一、“The days that make us happy make us wise.”----John Masefield when I first read... 较长的英文故事
一、“The days that make us happy make us wise.”----John Masefield when I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the opposite was true. But his sober assurance was arresting. I could not forget it. Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and without the blind spots caused by fear. Active happiness---not mere satisfaction or contentment ---often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision. Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles. The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you----people, thoughts, emotions, pressures---are now fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom. 快乐的日子使人睿智----约翰。玛斯菲尔德 第一次读到英国诗人劳伦特的这行诗，让我着实感到吃惊。玛斯菲尔德此言究竟有着怎样的深意呢？长期以来，因为没有多加考虑，我对此不以为然。然而我又被他的冷静，自信所吸引，对此无法忘怀。 最后，我似乎领略了其中之意。我意识到这是经过一番深刻观察的。快乐赋予人的智慧存在于敏锐的感觉中，它不受忧虑所扰，亦不会在绝望与厌倦之中黯淡模糊，更不会因恐惧而产生茫然。 积极的快乐，远远不止是满意或满足，它常常不期而至，宛如四月的阵雨，又如蓓蕾的悄然绽放。此时，你就会发现随之而来的智慧。草儿更绿，鸟鸣更婉转，甚至于你更能理解朋友的缺点，变得愈加宽容。快乐恰如一幅眼镜，不断校正我们对心灵之景的误读。 对快乐的洞察决不仅限于你周围的事物。不快乐时，你的思绪转入悲哀之中，似乎有座高墙截断了你的视线。而快乐时，这座墙便轰然倒塌。 你快乐的视野并不限于你周围的风景。你脚下的地面，你周围的世界---人们，思维，情感，压力---似乎都融入了更为广阔的风景之中。天地万物都呈现出一片和谐。这正是智慧的开始。二、A long time ago, far, far away, there lived two brothers. One of them was quite rich: the other was very poor. The rich brother lived on a little island; he was a seller of salt. He had sold salt for many years and had got a great deal of money. The other brother was so poor that he had not got enough food for his wife and children. His wife said, "What will happen to us? Do you want me and the children to die? There is nothing to eat. Why don't you go and ask your brother for some money." "My brother loves his money very much. I'm sure that he will not give me any. Perhaps he will want to give me a handful of salt. But I will go and see him." He got into his boat and sailed across to the island where his brother lived. He found his rich brother at home, counting his money. "What is the matter? Why have you come here?" "Please, brother, I have no food in my house. Please give me one of those gold pieces you are counting." "No. These are mine. You are very lazy. Why do you not go and work?" "I have tried to find some work, but I cannot. Now there is no bread in my house for my children." "I will not give you any money, but I'll give you some bread. If I give you a loaf of bread, will you go away and not come back?" "Yes. Please give me the bread." The rich man threw a loaf of bread to him, and he went away. While he was on his way to his house, he came to an old man sitting by the side of the road. "What is that you are carrying?" said the old man. "Is it bread? I have not had any thing to eat for two days." He cut a piece of the loaf and gave it to the old man, who thanked him and began to eat. When he had finished, the old man said, "Now I will do something for you. I will show you the home of the fairies who live underground. If you show them the bread, they will want to buy it from you. But do not let them give you any money. Ask them for the little mill that stands behind their door. Do as I say, and you will become rich. When you come back, I will show you how to use it." The old man then led him into a wood. He pointed to a hole in the ground. It looked like the hole made by a big rabbit. Inside, the hole grew bigger and a little stone door could be seen. "That is the fairies' home. Get in and open the door. I will wait until you come out," said the old man. The poor man got into the hole, opened the door, and went in. It was dark inside the door: for some time he could see nothing. Then, when he could see more clearly, he saw many little fairies: they came and stood round him. & quot;What is that?" said one of them. "Is it white bread? Please give it to us, or sell it to us." "We will give you gold and silver for it," said another. "No," said the poor man. "I don't want gold or silver. Give me that old mill that stands behind the door, and I will give you the loaf of bread." At first they did not want to give him the mill for the bread, so he turned away. But some of the fairies began to cry, "Let him have the old mill. We never use it now. And only good people can make it work." Then they gave him the mill. He put it under his arm and went out of fairy-land. He fount the old man waiting for him. "That is it," the old man said. "This is how to use it. Only good people can use it. You must never let any other person use it." It was quite late when the poor man reached home. "Where have you been?" said his wife. "There is no fire and no food in the house. The children are cold and crying for food. What is that you are carrying. It looks like an old mill." "It is a mill," he said. "Now watch. Say what you want, and you will have it." He put the mill on the table and began to turn it. Out of the little mill came wood for the fire, oil for lighting and cooking, clothes, corn, and many other good things. "It is a magic mill," said his wife. "Now we are rich." "Yes, but no-one must know about it. We must hide it and use it only when no-one is watching." The poor man soon became as rich as his brother. He did not keep all the good things for his own family. He gave many things to poor friends. When his brother heard about this, he said to himself, "I do not know why my brother has become rich. I must find the reason for his riches." For a long time he tried to find the reason, but he could not. But one day he gave a servant some money and ordered him to watch the house of his brother at night. That night, the servant looked through the window and saw the family standing round the mill, which was working. He went back and told what he had seen. The next day the brother got in his boat and sailed across the water. He said to his brother, "I see that you are now quite rich, and I know the reason. You have a little magic mill. Sell it to me. How much money do you want for it?" "I cannot sell it," said the poor man. "It must never leave my hands. The old man said, 'There will be great danger if you sell it or give it to any other person.' That is what he said." Then the rich brother sailed away home. But later, one dark night, he came back, went very quietly into the house, and stole the mill. He quickly carried it to the sea, where his boat was waiting. The n he sailed away to his island. But the bad brother wanted very much to make the mill work. He did not wait until he reached home. While he was sailing in the boat, he tried to make it work. "Salt," he said. "Salt is what I sell, and salt is what I want." Then he began to turn the mill. Then salt bean to come out of the mill. He laughed and began to sing. Masses of salt came out and began to fill the boat. The boat became low in the water. He tried to throw some of the salt into the sea. But more came in, masses of it. He stopped laughing and singing. Then he began to be afraid.More salt came out of the mill, and soon the boat was full of it. Then water came in and filled the boat. The boat went down, down to the bottom of the sea, carrying with it the thief and the magic mill. There, at the bottom of the sea, the mill is still turning, making more and more salt. That is the reason (some people say) why the water of the sea is salty. I. Translation for Reference(参考译文) 神磨 很久以前，在很远很远的地方，住着兄弟俩。其中一个很富有，另一个却很贫穷。富兄弟住在一个小岛上，他是一个盐商，他经营盐已有很多年，挣了很多钱。另一个兄弟穷得连他妻子和孩子都吃不饱。 他的妻子说：“我们该怎么办呢？你想让我和孩子们去死吗？没有东西吃了。你为什么不去向你的兄弟要些钱？” “我的兄弟特别吝惜自己的钱，我想他肯定一分钱也不会给我的，也许他会给我一把盐，但不管怎么说我还是要去见见他。” 他上了他的小船，朝他兄弟住的那个小岛驶去。 他发现他富兄弟正在家点钱。 “什么事呀？你怎么到这儿来了？” “对不起，兄弟，我家里没吃的了，请你从正在点的那些金币中给我一枚吧！” “不行，这些是我的，你太懒惰了，你为什么不去干活？” “我已经努力去找些活干了，但是我找不到，现在，我家里都没有面包给孩子们吃了。” “我不会给你钱的，但我给你一块面包，如果我给你一块面包，你就离开，不要回来好吗？” “好吧，给我面包吧。” 这位富人扔了一块面包给他，他就走了。 在回家的路上，他碰见一位老人坐在路边。 “你拿的是什么东西？”老人问，“是面包吗？我已经两天没有吃东西了。” “这面包是给我自己的孩子们的，但我不愿看到别人没有吃的。来，我给你切一片面包。” 他切下一片面包给了这位老人。老人向他道谢并吃起来。 吃完面包后，老人说：“现在我要为你做点事。我带你去住在地底下的妖精的家。如果你给他们看到这块面包，他们就会想从你手里买下。但是，你别让他们给你钱，要他们门后立着的那个小磨。照我说的那样去做，你就会变得富有，你回来以后，我会教你怎样用那小磨。” 然后，那位老人就带他到森林里，他指了指地上的一个洞，这个洞看上去像大兔子挖的，越往里面洞也越大，可以看到一扇小石门。 “那就是小妖精的家，进去把那门打开，我等着你出来。”老人说。 这个穷人进了洞，打开门进去了。门里边很黑：好一会儿，他什么也看不见。当他能看清楚一些时，他见到很多小妖精，他们过来围着他站着。 “那是什么？”其中有一个妖精问，“是白面包吗？请把它给我们吧，或卖给我们。” “我们要用金子，银子买你的面包，”另一个说。 “不，”穷人说，“我不要金子或银子。只要把门后立着的那个旧磨给我，我就给你们这块面包。” 开始时，他们不愿用他们的磨换面包，于是，他转身就走。 但是，有些妖精叫了起来：“给他那旧磨吧，我们现在根本用不着，只有好人才能使用它。”于是，他们把磨给了他，他把磨夹在腋下，走出了妖精的住所。他发现那位老人正等着他。 “就是它，”老人说，“这是使用它的办法。只有好人才能用它，你千万别让其他人使用。” 这个穷人到家时天已很晚了。 “你到哪儿去了？”他的妻子说，“家里没有火烤，没有饭吃，孩子们冷，哭着要东西吃。你带的那个东西是什么？看上去像一个旧磨。” “就是一个旧磨，”他说，“现在来瞧瞧，你说要什么，他就有什么。” 他把磨放在桌子上，开始转动。从小磨里出来了烤火用的柴禾，点灯和做饭菜用的油，还有衣服，粮食和其他很多东西。 “真是一个神磨，”他的妻子说，“现在我们富有了。” “是的，不过，一定不能让任何人知道它。我们必须把它藏起来，只有在没人看见时才能拿出来用。” 这个穷人很快变得像他兄弟一样富有。他不是把好东西都留在自己家。他把许多东西送给那些穷苦的朋友。 他的兄弟听说了这些，心里想：“我不知道为什么我的兄弟变富了，我必须找到他富有的原因。” 好长时间，他试图找出原因，可是他还是不知道。有一天，他给了一个佣人一些钱，让他在晚上监视他兄弟的家。那天晚上，这个佣人透过窗户看到他们全家人围着磨站着，那个磨正在工作，他就回去把所看到的说了。 第二天，这位富兄弟上了船，开过岸来，他对他的兄弟说：“我发现你现在很富有，并且也知道为什么。你有一个小神磨，把它卖给我吧，你要卖多少钱？” “我不能卖，”那个穷人说，“它绝不能离开我的手。老人说过：'如果你卖掉它或把它给了其他人，必将招来大祸。'他就这么说的。” 于是，富兄弟把船开回家了。但是，在一个漆黑的夜晚，他又回来了，他悄悄地见了屋，偷走了神磨。带着它飞快地跑到了海边。他的小船正等在那里，然后，他驶向他的小岛。 这个坏兄弟很想让磨转起来。他等不及回到家，还在船里的时候，就迫不及待地要用。 “盐，”他说道，“我是卖盐的，盐就是我所想要的。”说着他开始转动磨盘，盐开始从磨里出来了，他高兴得大笑起来，唱起歌来。一堆一堆的盐出来了，船开始往下沉，他拼命把一些盐扔进海里，但是更多的盐从磨里出来了，一堆堆的。他不笑了，也不再唱了，接着，他开始害怕起来。 越来越多的盐从神磨里出来了，很快填满了整只船。这时，水进来了，淹没了船，船下沉了，连同这个贼和神磨一起，沉到了海底。 在海底，神磨仍然转动着，磨出越来越多的盐。 有些人说这就是为什么海水是咸的原因。
人活着，不能缺少快乐，笑话则是寻找快乐的良方。我整理了较长的英语笑话故事，欢迎阅读!
The lawyer approached the jury box and began an eloquent plea for her client:"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I want to tell you about this man. There's so much to say that is good: he never beat his wife; he was always kind to little children; he never did a dishonest thing in his life; he has always lived by the golden rule; he is a model of everything decent, forthright, and honest. Everyone loves him and. . . "Her client leaned over to a friend and said, "How do like that? I pay her good money to defend me, and she's telling the jury about some other guy.
A minister and lawyer were chatting at a party."What do you do if you make a mistake on a case?" the minister asked."Try to fix it if it's big; ignore it if it's insignificant," replied the lawyer. "What do you do?"The minister replied "Oh, more or less the same. Let me give you an example. The other day I meant to say 'the devil is the father of liars,' but instead I said 'the devil is the father of lawyers,' so I let it go."
The local game warden in a small town in Oregon had arrested a man for killing and eating an Egret.
The man went before a judge to plead his case. After pleading guilty, but with an explanation, the judge asked him why he did it.
"I was just trying to feed my hungry family," he told the judge, "and I've never done anything like that before."
The judge, being a family man himself, had a soft heart and agreed to let the man go free, since he was only trying to feed his starving family and it was his first and only offense.
"Before you go, though, I want to ask you a question," the judge quipped, "What does Egret taste like?"
"Well your Honor," the man told him, "It's not as tender as Spotted Owl, but it's much better than bloody Bald Eagles!"
For three straight years, a young attorney had been taking his brief vacations at the same country inn, several times per year. During his last visit he'd finally managed to seducethe innkeeper's gorgeous daughter, so he could wait to go there again.
Looking forward to an exciting few days, he dragged his suitcase up the stairs of the inn, then stopped short. There sat his lover with an infant on her lap!
"Helen, why didn't you write when you learned you were pregnant?" he cried. "I would have rushed up here, we could have gotten married, and the baby would have my name!"
"Well," she said, "when my folks found out about us and that I was pregnant, we sat up all night talking and talking and decided it would be better to have a bastard in the family than a lawyer."
A Monkey and a Tiger Today I am very happy to stand here,telling you a story:A Monkey and a tiger .Every one thinks the monkey is very small,but the tiger is strong.In this story Little Monkey uses his wisdow to bit the tiger.just remenber those who are weak can beat those who are strong.let's share the story. An old tiger lives in the forest.He does not want to look for food .He often tells other animals to bring him something to eat. One day He sees a monkey and says," I'm hungry,monkey.Go to the village and bring me a fat pig." "Oh,Tiger," says the monkey."I can't do that now.There is another tiger over there.He also wants a fat pig.He will not let me get anything for you to eat.I am afraid of him." "What?" cries the tiger."Show me that tiger.I will teach him a lesson ." "Come with me," says the monkey. The monkey and the tiger get to a bridge over the river."Now look down at the water," says the monkey. "Do you see the head,the white teeth and the big green eyes of a tiger?" "Yes,I do," says the old tiger," I will eat him up!" “Grr…!So you told Monkey not to bring me anything?!Grrr … I’ll kill you!” With these words the tiger jumped into the river.He did not come out again. “Ha,ha,ha!Goodbye,Mr Tiger,” said the monkey and he went away .
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较长的英语故事
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs. 我有个朋友叫蒙提.罗伯兹,他在圣思多罗有座牧马场.我常借用他宽敞的住宅举办募款活动,以便为帮助青少年的计划筹备基金. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying,“I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house.It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable,race track to race track,farm to farm and ranch to ranch,training horses.As a result,the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted.When he was a senior,he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.” 上次活动时,他在致辞中提到：“我让杰克借用住宅是有原因的.这故事跟一个小男孩有关,他的父亲是位马术师,他从小就必须跟着父亲东奔西跑,男孩的求学过程并不顺利.高中时,有次老师叫全班同学写报告,题目是长大后的志愿.” That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch.He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch,showing the location of all the buildings,the stables and the track.Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.” “那晚他洋洋洒洒地写了七张纸,描述他的伟大志愿,那就是想拥有一座属于自己的牧马农场,并且仔细画了一张200亩农场的设计图,上面标有马厩、跑道等的位置,然后在这一大片农场中央,还要建造一栋占地4,000平方英尺的巨宅.” “He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher.Two days later he received his paper back.On the front page was a large red F with a note that read,‘See me after class.’” “他花了好大心血把报告完成,第二天交给了老师.两天后他拿回了报告,第一页上打了一个又红又大的F,旁边还写了一行字：下课后来见我.” “The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,‘Why did I receive an ’” “脑中充满幻想的他下课后带着报告去找老师：‘为什么给我不及格?’” “The teacher said,‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.You have no money.You come from an itinerant family.You have no resources.Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.You have to buy the land.You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees.There’s no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added,‘If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal,I will reconsider your grade.’” “老师回答道：‘你年纪轻轻,不要老做白日梦.你没钱,没家庭背景,什么都没有.盖座农场可是个花钱的大工程；你要花钱买地、花钱买纯种马匹、花钱照顾它们.你别太好高骛远了.’他接着又说：‘如果你肯重写一个比较不离谱的志愿,我会重新给你打分.’” “The boy went home and thought about it long and hard.He asked his father what he should do.His father said,‘Look,son,you have to make up your own mind on this.However,I think it is a very important decision for you.’” “这男孩回家后反复思量了好几次,然后征询父亲的意见.父亲只是告诉他：‘儿子,这是非常重要的决定,你必须自己拿定主意.’” “Finally,after sitting with it for a week,the boy turned in the same paper,making no changes at all.He stated,‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’” “再三考虑好几天后,他决定原稿交回,一个字都不改.他告诉老师：‘即使不及格,我也不愿放弃梦想.’” Monty then turned to the assembled group and said,“I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch.I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added,“The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving,he said,‘Look,Monty,I can tell you this now.When I was your teacher,I was something of a dream stealer.During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.’” 蒙提此时向众人表示：“我提起这故事,是因为各位现在就坐在200亩农场内,占地4,000平方英尺的豪华住宅.那份高中时写的报告我至今还留着.他顿了一下又说：“有意思的是,两年前的夏天,那位老师带了30个学生来我农场露营一星期.离开之前,他对我说：‘蒙提,说来有些惭愧.你读高中时,我曾泼过你冷水.这些年来,我也对不少学生说过相同的话.幸亏你有这个毅力坚持自己的梦想.’” Don’t let anyone steal your dreams.Follow your heart,no matter what. 不论做什么事,相信你自己,别让别人的一句话将你击倒.
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爸爸不会喜欢的For FatherA clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off."You look hot, my son," said the cleric. "why don't you rest a moment, and I'll give you a hand.""No thanks," said the young man."My father wouldn't like it.""Don't be silly," the minister said."Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water."Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, "Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I'll give him a piece of my mind!""Well," replied the young farmer, "he's under the load of hay." 中文翻译：一牧师走在乡村的小路上，看见一个年轻的农夫正在费力地将掉落的干草放回车上。“你看起来很热，我的孩子，”牧师说，“为什么你不歇一会，我会帮助你的。”“不，谢谢了。”年轻人说。“我的爸爸不会喜欢我这样做的。”“别傻了。”牧师说。“每一个人都有权利休息。来喝点水吧。”年轻人再一次坚持他爸爸会生气地。牧师没了耐心，说：“你爸爸一定是个苛刻的监工。告诉我我怎样才能找到他，我要给他上一课。”“好吧。”年轻人回答说。“他在干草的下面。”
The Fox and the Crow “狐狸和乌鸦” One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole. 有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞
英语故事较长
这里有100个～你看够不够长～
故事一：One day, a teacher took his pupils to a chicken farm to pay a visit. When they came near the incubator, chick just got out of its egg shell. 一天，老师带学生到养鸡场参观，当他们走近孵化器时，刚好一只小鸡破壳而出。 "It's wonderful to see a little thing come out from the egg shell, isn't it？" the teacher said. “看见一个小生命从蛋壳里出来，岂不是很奇妙的吗？”老师说。 "Yes, sir." said one of the boys, " but it would be more wonderful if we knew how a chick gets in to its eggs hell before hand." “是的，老师。”一个男学生说，“可是，如果我们知道它是怎样事先钻进蛋壳里的那就更奇妙了。”故事二：Good and evil 善与恶 Weak forces of good and evil was expelled to the sky. Asked Zeus is good at, how can we return to earth to. Zeus told him that we should not and go, one by one of the world to visit it. Evil and people very close, so one after another to find them. Good because down from the sky, on the very slow to very slow.参考译文：力量弱小的善,被恶赶走到了天上。善于是问宙斯,怎样才能回到人间去。宙斯告诉他,大家不要一起去,一个一个的去访问人间吧。恶与人很相近,所以接连不断地去找他们。善因为从天上下来,所以就来得很慢很慢。故事三：A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好贫?饮，他说：“我不计划吃那些贫?饮，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我特别好吃的东西。”接着他拿起贫?饮，一把扔到土里去。 他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，接着他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能度过河。” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到贫?饮，特别开心地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。 不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有效果处。 故事四：Fox and cock One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,"This is my breakfast.'' He comes up to the cock and says,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away. The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'' The fox opens his mouth ang says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree. 狐狸和公鸡 一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一侄?耀鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。 他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得很好听，你能唱给我听么？”公鸡特别开心。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。 在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。” 狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。公鸡跑到了树底下。 故事五：The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫特别老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。 于是，老妇特别生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了特别多年，还而且愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”故事六：The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid." 【译文】 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好好友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。特别多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家瞧瞧。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把全部最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为啥住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，而且会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家瞧瞧。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见特别大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。” 故事七：Isn't it funny how two people will often think of the same thing at the same time, and neither one know that the other is thinking of it? That is just what happened the day that Buster Bear first thought of going berrying. While he was walking around in the Green Forest, talking to himself about how hungry he was for some berries and how sure he was that there must be some up in the Old Pasture, some one else was thinking about berries and about the Old Pasture too. "Will you make me a berry pie if I will get the berries to-morrow?" asked Farmer Brown's boy of his mother. Of course Mrs. Brown promised that she would, and so that night Farmer Brown's boy went to bed very early that he might get up early in the morning, and all night long he dreamed of berries and berry pies. He was awake even before jolly, round, red Mr. Sun thought it was time to get up, and he was all ready to start for the Old Pasture when the first Jolly Little Sunbeams came dancing across the Green Meadows. He carried a big tin pail, and in the bottom of it, wrapped up in a piece of paper, was a lunch, for he meant to stay until he filled that pail, if it took all day.【译文】这不是很可笑的两个人往往会认为同样的事情在同一时间，任何一方都知道，另一个是它的思想呢？这是刚刚发生的事情的一天，熊先巴斯特去berrying思 想。当他走在绿森林，自言自语他是如何渴望一些浆果和如何确定他是必须有一些在旧牧场，另外一个人在想浆果和对太旧帕斯彻。 “你让我一个浆果馅饼，如果我将得到浆果明天？”问农民布朗对他母亲的男孩。故事八： "Weddings are all about two individuals reunited as one. All over the world, there are different ceremonies and customs surrounding the way people are wed depending on their culture.Red as a dominant color in the clothing of the bride and the entourage and in the decors are seen in Asian weddings especially Chinese and Indian weddings. Color red is associated with good fortune according to Indian and Chinese customs. Though many people today would find the Chinese wearing white during weddings, it was not always like this in the past. White was once viewed as a bad color in historical sense because this color was always seen in funerals and in mourning.【译文】“婚礼都是作为一个统一的约2个人都在世界各地。，有不同的礼仪和习俗周围结婚的人根据自己的文化。 作为一个红色的新娘和陪同人员和花色衣服的颜色主要是出现在亚洲特别是中国和印度的婚礼婚礼。红色是与好运根据印度和中国的习俗。虽然今天很多人会发现在婚礼中穿白色，但不是这个样子总是在过去。怀特曾经被视为一个不好的历史意义，因为这种颜色的颜色总是出现在葬礼和悼念……故事九：A long term relationship is always going to have its moments of light and shade, good and bad. That is human nature, for better or for worse - heck it is even included in the marriage vows. If you find that your relationship is limping along a little bit, then there are many things that you can do to give it a boost. Here are 3 ways to restore a relationship and get it back on track.【译文】一个长期的关系总是有光影，好和坏的时刻。这是人类的天性是好还是坏 - 哎呀，甚至是在婚姻内的誓言。如果您发现你们的关系却举步维艰沿一点点，然后有很多东西，你可以给它做一个推动。这里有三种方法恢复关系，并回正轨。 故事十：There are so many things that you can try to improve your relationship and you should not stop at 3, in fact don't stop - keep working on improving your relationship for evermore. How long it will take to improve your relationship depends on the damage that has been done and how long it has been neglected, but you can make a lot of progress very quickly. 【译文】有这么多东西，你可以尝试改善你们的关系，你不应该停留在三，其实并没有停止 - 不断改善关系，你的工作，直到永远。多长时间将采取改善关系取决于你已经做了多长时间被忽视的损害，但你可以做一个很大的进步非常快。
Making His Mark “刻舟求剑” A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn’t this a very foolish way to look for a sword? 楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢？船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长” Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying. 从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗（seedlings）后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个“最佳方法”，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃” Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell. However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell. So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”. He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell. Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief. 从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个“妙极”，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住The Fox and the Crow “狐狸和乌鸦” One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole. 有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足” Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake. However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It.” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough. 古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他的蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说：“有谁见过长脚的蛇？”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的希望能帮到你，祝更上一层楼O(∩_∩)O有不明白的请继续追问(*^__^*)
现在的家长为了培养孩子的英语学习能力，每天都会给孩子看一些外国的动画片，去请外教学习，有时候家长也可以学习一些简单的英语小短文，每天孩子睡觉前也可以给他们讲英语的小故事，但是时间也不要太长，用英语故事和汉语故事结合，这样既能锻炼孩子的英语能力，也能增强孩子的表达能力，下面是我整理的英语小故事，希望会对您有所帮助！
优秀英语小故事3分钟（一）
The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
老猫
一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。
于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”
优秀英语小故事3分钟（二）
Two dogs
A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers. Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent
两只狗
有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎，教看家狗守家。当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你应该去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。” 不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。
优秀英语小故事3分钟（三）
Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
三个好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
较难的英文故事
!.One day a visitor from the city came to a small rural area to drive around the country roads, see how the farms looked, and perhaps to see how farmers earned their living. The city man saw a farmer in his yard, holding a pig up in his hands, and lifting it so that the pig could eat apples from an apple tree. The city man said to the farmer," I see that your pig likes apples, but isn"t that quite a waste of time?" The farmer replied," What"s time to a pig?" 一天，有一个城市里的游客来到一个小乡村，在乡间路上开着车，想看看农庄是什么样子，也想看看农夫怎样种田过日子。这位城里人看见一位农夫在宅后的草地上，手中抱着一头猪，并把它举得高高的，好让它能够吃到树上的苹果。城里人对农夫说，"我看你的猪挺喜欢吃苹果的，但是，这不是很浪费时间吗?"那位农夫回答说，"时间对猪有什么意义?" 2.Mother: Freddie, why is your face so red? Freddie: I was running up the street to stop a fight. Mother: That's a very nice thing to do. Who was fighting? Freddie: Me and Jackie Smith. 妈妈:弗雷迪,你的脸为什么那么红? 弗雷迪:我刚才在大街上跑,为的是阻止一次打架? 妈妈:你做的对,谁和谁在打架. 弗雷迪:我和杰克·史密斯.
一个聪明的孩子和一个笨孩子去考口试,老师问聪明的孩子;"谁发明了电灯","爱迪生","谁发现了雷","居里夫人",谁发现了地球有引力","牛顿",100分,聪明的孩子为了帮笨孩子把答案告诉了他,老师问;"你爸是谁","爱迪生","你妈是谁","居里夫人","谁告诉你的","牛顿".A clever boy and a thickheaded child to oral exam, the teacher ask clever boy, "Who invented the electric light," "Edison" and "who discovered the ray", "Madame Curie", who discovered the earth gravity ", ", "100 points, Newton, intelligent children to help the answer thickheaded child told him, the teacher asked," Who is your dad, ""," your mama Edison who is ", "Madame Curie", "who told you," "Newton".有一个妙龄女子深夜要回家，走在路上惊觉有一个男人在后面紧跟着她。她走一步，他也走一步，跑，他也跟着跑。由于回家的路实在太偏僻了，无街灯又无半个行人，妙龄女子深觉情况不妙……最后经过一个墓园女子加快脚步，往坟墓堆里走去（那男的也跟了过去）然后在墓碑上坐下深深的吐了一囗气，说道：“呼！终于到家了！”再看那男的正撒脚丫子一溜风的跑了！又一深夜，这位妙龄女子又独自回家，经过上次的机智脱险后，对自己十分的赞赏，深信自己若再碰上相同事件一定可以安然度过。说巧不巧，还真是让她发现又有一人跟在其身后，此位妙龄女子气定神闲地如法泡制，在墓碑处躺下，深深地吐了一囗气说道：“终于到家了。”那位仁兄，亦在其旁边的墓碑躺下，开心说道：“哈！原来你是我的邻居！”此位妙龄女子吓的当场拔腿就跑……A young woman to go home at walking on the road, a man behind fixed at her. She step, he also step, run, he also follow to run. Because of the way home too remote, no streetlights and half a pedestrian, young woman deep sleep well... Finally after a cemetery woman hurried, walking toward the tomb of the man with the (past) and also in the tombstone down deep vomitted a kou spirit, said: "whew! Finally came home!" See that man is YiLiuFeng toes and run!Another night, the young woman and go home alone, after the last out of his wit, very appreciated, if meets the same conviction of events can safely. Unfortunately, that is still opportunely, she found another person in the behind, with the young woman to like method, the expression steeped in the tombstone lie down and profoundly vomitted a kou spirit to say: "finally came home." The man beside it, but also the tombstone lie down, happy, said: "ha! Originally you are my neighbor!" The young woman was immediately从前有一个人，他有一个女朋友。他比世界上任何一个人都爱她。可是有一天，他女朋友无情的离开了他，甚至连一个理由都没给他。看着自己的女朋友被别人挽着手逛街，他痛不欲生，失去了理智。终于有一天他把女朋友杀了。本来他打算杀了她以后自杀的。可是将死之时才感到生命的可贵。从此以后他天天被噩梦困扰，梦境中他女朋友赤身露体，披头散发，红舌垂地，十指如钩来向他索命。噩梦把他折磨的形如销骨，一天他找来一个道士已求摆脱。道士要他做三件事第一，把他女朋友的尸体好好安葬第二，把他女朋友生前穿的睡衣烧掉第三，把藏起来的血衣洗干净所有的事情必须在三更之前完成，要不就会有杀身之祸！他遵照道士的嘱咐把所有的事情都做的很仔细，可是那件血衣却怎么也找不到了。马上就要三更了，豆大的汗珠从他脸上滴下来把地毯都打湿了。在将要三更的时候他找到了那件血衣，可是不管怎么怎么搓就是洗不掉。这时候忽然狂风大作，电闪雷鸣。窗户被狂风拍打的左右摇曳，玻璃的碎裂声让人更加心惊肉跳，突然所有的灯全灭了，整个屋子一片漆黑。闪电中，只见他女朋友穿着染满鲜血的睡衣，眼睛里滴着血，满脸狰狞的指着他厉声道： “ 你知道为什么洗不掉血迹吗？？”他被吓呆了一句话说不出女朋友继续道：“因为你没有用雕牌洗衣粉，笨蛋。”Once upon a time there was a man, and he has a girlfriend. He is the world no one to love her.But one day, his girl friend heartlessly left him, even a reason to him.Looking at his girlfriend by others, his arm shopping, lost his head. Finally one day he slew his girlfriend.Was he going to kill her suicide. But when the dead will only feel of life.Since then, he had been nightmare dreams of his girlfriend naked, with disheveled hair, red tongue hang, ten such as hook come to his death.He tortured nightmare shaped like a day for him, pin to beg from a Taoist already.Taoist him to do three things first, put his girlfriend's body to bury his girlfriend was second, third, wear pyjamas burn the hidden XieYi cleanAll things must be finished before midnight, or will have a fatal disaster!He charged with Taoist all things are done very carefully, but that blood dress but how also can not find it.Immediately midnight, bean big sweat dribbled down his face on the carpet.In the night when he will find out that blood dress, but no matter how rub is wash not to drop.At this time, a strong wind was blowing. The window of the flap about the shattering of glass, let a person more nerve-racking, suddenly, all the lights are out, the whole room was dark. Lightning, see his girlfriend in full blood dyed eye drops of pajamas, with blood, a full face of ferociously point at his harsh voice way: "you know why won't wash out blood??" He was frightened words not saidGirlfriend continued: "because you didn't use diao card washing powder, idiot."
猴子捞月One day,a little monkey is playing by the well. 一天，有只小猴子在井边玩儿。 He looks in the well and shouts : 它往井里一瞧，高喊道： “Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!” “噢！我的天！月亮掉到井里头啦！” An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says, 一只大猴子跑来一看，说， “Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!” “糟啦！月亮掉在井里头啦！” And olderly monkey comes over. 老猴子也跑过来。 He is very surprised as well and cries out: 他也非常惊奇，喊道： “The moon is in the well.” “糟了，月亮掉在井里头了！” A group of monkeys run over to the well . 一群猴子跑到井边来， They look at the moon in the well and shout: 他们看到井里的月亮，喊道： “The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let’get it out!” “月亮掉在井里头啦！快来！让我们把它捞起来！” Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch . 然后，老猴子倒挂在大树上， And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands. 拉住大猴子的脚， All the other monkeys follow his suit, 其他的猴子一个个跟着， And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well. 它们一只连着一只直到井里。 Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky, 正好他们摸到月亮的时候，老猴子抬头发现月亮挂在天上呢 He yells excitedly “Don’t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!” 它兴奋地大叫：“别蠢了！月亮还好好地挂在天上呢！”
英语寓言故事英文版较长
1.英文寓言故事
Wolf and egret The wolf mistake swallowed a piece of bone, very suffered, running about, look for to visit the doctor met the egret, and talk to settle the service fees to invite him to take out the bone, egret to stretch in the wolf's throat the own head, and the 叼 outs bone, then toward to settle the good service fees wolfThe wolf answer says:" hello, friend, you can since the wolf 嘴 take back the head in the peace ground, and the difficult way return the dissatisfied foot, and how and still speak the guerdon?" This story elucidation, guerdon badly person act charitably, and is a bad person of cognition and does not speak the reputation's innate character. 狼与鹭鸶 狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他取出骨头，鹭鸶把自我的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的酬金。狼回答说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎样还要讲报酬？” 这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。
2.英文寓言故事
Fox is with the grape Hungry of the fox see the grape to up hang the radiant and extremely keen grape of a string, saliva direct current, and want to pick to eat, but again Can not take in a short while, helplessly walked, and his side walk the side oneself to fort to by oneself say:" this grape have noes familiar, affirmative Is sour." This is to say, and the some person's ability is small, and do to not acplish anything, borrow to say the opportune moment immaturity. 狐狸和葡萄 饥饿的狐狸看见葡萄架上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄，口水直流，想要摘下来吃，但又 摘不到。看了一会儿，无可奈何地走了，他边走边自我安慰自我说：“这葡萄没有熟，肯定 是酸的。” 这就是说，有些人本事小，做不成事，就借口说时机未成熟。
3.英文寓言故事
Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the 4 12 ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake. However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It.” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough. 画蛇添足 古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他的'蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说：“有谁见过长脚的蛇?”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的。
4.英文寓言故事
The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。所以，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。 于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，并且还愿意为你效劳，可是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”
5.英文寓言故事
Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell. However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell. So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”. He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell. Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief. 掩耳盗铃 从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，可是他明白一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，最终他想出一个“妙极”，他把自我的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。可是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住 。
【 #能力训练# 导语】寓言故事的语言不同于其他文学体裁，夸张但又独具幽默讽刺意味。下面是 考 网分享的英文寓言故事精选五篇。欢迎阅读参考！ 1.英文寓言故事精选 Little boy and scorpion son There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper, and in a short while caught the lots see a scorpion son, he to think is also grasshopper, Then two go to catch scorpion son raises his poison to stab, say:" e, if you really dare to do like this, connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose." This story warns people, and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person, and distinct to treat them. 小男孩与蝎子 有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢， 便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒 刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。” 这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。2.英文寓言故事精选 Once upon a time， there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell。 However， he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell。 So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”。 He plugged his ears with something， thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell。 Unfortunately to his disappointment， the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief。 从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，可是他明白一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，最终他想出一个“妙极”，他把自我的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。可是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住 。3.英文寓言故事精选 Better late than never Once upon a time there lived a nomadic, raise dozens of sheep, grazing during the day, night into a with straw and wooden objects inside the shelter. One morning, the herdsmen to the sheep, found little a sheep. Original pen broke a hole, night Wolf out of the hole drilled to come in, put a sheep diao away. Neighbor advised him said: "the sheepfold quickly repaired, the hole plug. " He said: "the sheep have been lost, but also to repair the sheep pen do? " Didnt accept his neighbors kind advice. The next morning, he went to sheep and found a sheep was missing. Originally the Wolf from the inside of the hole into the sheepfold, and walked a sheep diao. The herdsmen regret not to recognize directly by the neighbors advice, to take timely remedial measures. So he quickly plug that hole, again from the overall reinforcement, firmly and mend the sheepfold. Since then, the sheep herders have never been Wolf diao has come. Herdsmens story tells us: make a mistake, suffer setbacks, it is a common phenomenon. As long as can learn seriously, to take remedial measures in time, can avoid continue to make mistakes, suffer greater losses. 翻译：亡羊补牢 从前有一个牧民，养了几十只羊，白天放牧，晚上赶进一个用柴草和木桩等物围起来的羊圈内。 一天早晨，这个牧民去放羊，发现羊少了一只。原来羊圈破了个窟窿，夜间有狼从窟窿里钻了进来，把一只羊叼走了。 邻居劝告他说：“赶快把羊圈修一修，堵上那个窟窿吧。”他说：“羊已经丢了，还去修羊圈干什么呢?”没有接受邻居的好心劝告。 第二天早上，他去放羊，发现又少了一只羊。原来狼又从窟窿里钻进羊圈，又叼走了一只羊。 这位牧民很后悔没有认直接受邻居的劝告，去及时采取补救措施。于是，他赶紧堵上那个窟窿，又从整体进行加固，把羊圈修得牢牢实实的。 从此，这个牧民的羊就再也没有被野狼叼走过了。 牧民的故事告诉我们：犯了错误，遭到挫折，这是常见的现象。只要能认真吸取教训，及时采取补救措施，就可以避免继续犯错误，遭受更大的损失。4.英文寓言故事精选 An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer. 一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作 One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…” 一天， 狗骄傲地说着;‘我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?” “Me? How about me ?” the ox says “我?我怎么啦?“ 牛反问。 “You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says. “你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。 “Yes. It’s true,” the ox says. “But if I don’t plough, what do you guard?” “是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢?” 5.英文寓言故事精选 A wild ass1 saw a pack-ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted2 him with the condition of slavery in which he lived, in these words: "What a vile3 lot is yours compared with mine! I am free as the air, and never do a stoke of work; and, as for fodder4, I have only to go to the hills and there I find far more than enough for my needs. But you! You depend on your master for food, and he makes you carry heavy loads every day and beats you unmercifully." At that moment a lion appeared on the scene, and made no attempt to molest5 the pack-ass owing to the presence of the driver, but he fell upon the wild ass, who had no one to protect him, and without more ado made a meal of him. It is no use being your own master unless you can stand up for yourself. 一头野驴看到一头家驴背负这沉重的货物一路小跑，便讥讽他过着奴隶般的生活：“和我相比，你过得多么卑微呀!我自由自在地享受着大自然，从不下苦力，说道食物，我只需要跑到山上去，就能发现大量吃的东西。再看看你!只能依靠主人施舍吃点，他不仅每天都让你驮重物，还无情地鞭打你。”这时，一只狮子出现在他们的视野中，由于驴夫的出现，狮子没有骚扰家驴，直接扑向了没有保护者的野驴，立即吃掉了野驴。 除非能照顾好自己，否则做自己的主人一点用也没有。
寓言故事是较为特殊的一种文学样式,深受读者的欢迎，下面这些是我为大家推荐的几篇 ：Far off the mark for slander There is a large house lost children walking in the mountains at night, saw a cave, he wanted to put in to have a rest. Can just into the hole saw to a late ties of predecessors to stay inside, scared to dare not speak, but the elder wave phase invited is very high. Want to charity, his life won't have what bad heart, the children came and visit. Configuration of predecessors and intonation and had no difference, just ask some household chores, after feeling each other, the children ask elder said: "your cemetery in another place, but why here?" Predecessors lamented: "I hope no mistakes during his life, just step by step, while reading a few when this work, it's nothing. Surprisingly buried in a few years later, suddenly the tomb built a huge monument, the inscription above in addition to my name, official position, mostly exaggerated, some even are imagination, disorderly blow. My life is simple, oneself already very upset, and attracted visitors often mocked sound, after read the inscription on the surrounding ghost also get together to watch from time to time, but also mocked. I can't bear so much gossip, hence escape here, only on the day of every year martyrs, to the graveyard to see the children." Encourage the children to politely predecessors: "have the people do not have such inscription on morality, filial piety is not enough to make the family honor. Even great scholars sorted, you can write some beautiful words, big writer han yu had a proverb to himself by writing fulsome inscription made some drinks. In many such examples, you why so bitter?" Predecessors seriously said: "rights and wrongs, in people's mind, even if others can be far off the mark, ask yourself but ashamed. And far off the mark don't really have much benefits, uphold the prosperity lies mainly in children, I why use this function to recruit people laugh at again?" Say that finish, kiss xiu leave. This fable is obviously fictitious, its meaning in warning: living only memorize practically objective evaluation, can make people feel at ease, spirit also can forever. You know, in the heart of the monument must be giant stone is more important than the erect, longer. ：Gem bee waste rock One day, a jewelry merchants from xinjiang to talk to a family business, see the embossed on the desk with a translucent stone, they want to use a *** all piece of jade ornaments, owners don't agree. Later to talk about a few times, master deliberately put the price very high, and there are additional conditions, thus not clinch a deal. The master thought: this is not how the lion rock someone want to buy again and again, if to renovate it, can make a person more not love? Then, the translucent stone in earnest with sand paper burnish, drilling hole, also tied a red ribbon, appear round. But after a year or more, this has been polished polished jade still no one attention, baffled and master. Later, the returned from xinjiang to the jeweler and came to the family, after see the polished stone is very sorry to say: "this stone is actually a very rare piece of treasure jade, the original twelve *** all hole, 12 according to the arrangement, every time there will be a hole into red, and disappear in turn, the cycle. As a result, the jade of natural instrument is a kind of calculation time. However, now the jade after polishing, weight reduced not only, but more important is can change color timing also be ground out of holes, more make the value of this piece of jade. The original can be sold at least ten thousand yuan of above, but now is one thousand yuan also few people want to, not only because this jade now is too mon, and easy to weathering brittle after polishing, after some years will gradually broken." Say that finish, the bargain man turned and walked in xinjiang. The lesson of the story is profound: it is to have the ability to recognize and validate spirit, clever often self-defeating; The second is to naturalness and everything, exterior brightness is not equal to have practical value. Although not grinding abrasive "jade", but some jade grinding can bee waste rock instead. ：Hate the circular Have family nurse to do a can rotate circular toys for fun baby, baby love. Mammy often turn it, attracting many children and baby have fun together. The friend called male plant, heard about this toy, please take a look at the master, he glanced at his hurried and burned the toy, also blame the master said: "the ancient hate rounded gentleman sings a way:" would rather founder for the slaves, not *** ooth for big officer; rather founder and insulted, also cannot achieve *** ooth glory. 'there are particularly stubborn gentleman also not to look up into the sky, because I hate day is round. Someone explains, big, difficult to see, so that day was round, in fact it is not round. But the gentleman replied,' day even not round, but people have called it the circle, so I still hate it. 'why are you home made this revolving round, wild children make it for fun? Children like it when I was young, when I grow up must prefer round. Guide the children like to round things is a kind of injustice, and personally playing round things, the more is founder. Ay, you dote on round thing in the home, away from home will like little unp *** ooth wind. How do I know you will not say circle circle, at the end of life? How can I be your friend?" The master had to cry said: "I had a circular toys, because the baby so you blame on me, if I treat foreign object with the manner of the circle, to strict adherence with the nature of circular fashion, is not round not to participate in, is not round not to do, so the male plant wouldn't you want to take a knife or arrow kill me?" The logic of the story though exaggerated and absurd, but also that everything has a duality. Round round this, there is no good and bad, in different places have different purposes. Car wheels make it round to least resistance, can be dangerous if make circular brick to build by laying bricks or stones wall is very big. Life is like this: too *** ooth, lost the principle and position; It is not sharp, also hard to do things well. Therefore, need not routinely hate rounded, and should be the party, party, the circle is the circle.
