有哲理性的英文小故事

第一篇：有哲理性的英文小故事

The perform master

Front some performs the master to go on stage, his disciple told him the shoelace to be loose.The master nods expresses thanks, squats down carefully is good.When after the disciple turns around, also squats down the shoelace solution pine.Has an observer to see all these, relentlessly asked: “The master, why do you have the shoelace solution pine?” The master replies: “Because I play am a tired travel, makes a long and wearisome journey lets his shoes matter pine open, may tired display him through this detail to be thin and pale.” “Why then you not directly do tell you the disciple?” “He can carefully discover my shoelace has been loose, and warm-heartedly tells me, me certainly must preserve he this kind of warm initiative, promptly encourages for him, why as for has to untie the shoelace, future will be able to have more opportunities to teach him to perform, will be allowed next again to say.”

This story told us that: Person time only can make a matter, understands grasps key, is the genuine talented person.表演大师

有一位表演大师上场前，他的弟子告诉他鞋带松了。大师点头致谢，蹲下来仔细系好。等到弟子转身后，又蹲下来将鞋带解松。有个旁观者看到了这一切，不解地问：“大师，您为什么又要将鞋带解松呢？”大师回答道：“因为我饰演的是一位劳累的旅者，长途跋涉让他的鞋事松开，可以通过这个细节表现他的劳累憔悴.”“那你为什么不直接告诉你的弟子呢？”“他能细心地发现我的鞋带松了，并且热心地告诉我，我一定要保护他这种热情的积极性，及时地给他鼓励，至于为什么要将鞋带解开，将来会有更多的机会教他表演，可以下一次再说啊。”

这个故事说明了：人一个时间只能做一件事，懂抓重点，才是真正的人才。

God's Coffee A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cupstelling them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up，leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.Inmost cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup，but you consciously went for the best cups...And then you began eyeing each other's cups.Now consider this: Life is the coffee;the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.“God brews the coffee, not the cups..........Enjoy your coffee!“The happiest people don't have the best of everything.They just make the best of everything.Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly, Leave the rest to God.上帝的咖啡

一群事业有成的同学回去看望他们的大学老师，很快他们开始抱怨生活和工作中的压力。

老师去厨房为客人们准备咖啡，回来时端着一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子，这些杯子有陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有的普通，有的昂贵，有的精致，老师让大家随意享用。

等每个人都端起一杯咖啡，老师说话了：你们注意到吗：所有好看昂贵的杯子都被用了，剩下那些朴素便宜的杯子。你们都只想要最好的，这很正常，这恰恰是你们的问题和压力所在。杯子不会让咖啡的质量变得更好，很多时候，只是让它变得更贵一些，甚至，有时候，让人忽略了到底我们在喝什么。你们真正想要的其实是咖啡，不是杯子，但你们有意识地去拿那些最好的杯子，随后开始打量其他人手上的杯子。想想吧：生活好比咖啡，工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子，只是生活的容器，而我们没有定义杯子的种类，也没有改变我们生活的性质。有时，仅仅把注意力集中在杯子上，我们就无法享受神提供给我们的咖啡。“神煮的是咖啡，不是杯子............请享用您的咖啡！”最愉快的人不一定有最好的东西。他们仅仅是将每一件事都做到最好。朴素地生活，慷慨地去爱，深深地去感动别人，和善地说话，让神好好地休息。

第二篇：英文小故事

Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old.Once he goes to a cinema.It is the first time for him to do that.He buys a ticket and goes in.But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket and goes in again.After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket.Two or three minutes after that he comes out and asks for another ticket.But a girl asks him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops me at the door and cuts up my ticket.”

汤姆是个小孩，他才7岁。当他去电影院的时候。那时他第一次去。他买了张票进去了。但没过两三分钟他就出来了，然后买了第二张票又进去了。几分钟后他又出来买了第三张票。接着两三分钟后他又出来买票。一个女的问她，“你为什么要买那么多票啊? 你见到了几个朋友？“ ”没有，我里面没朋友，但是每当我进门的时候一位大的女人老把我的票给剪了“

Where is the egg?

Teacher:Can you make a sentence with the word ”egg“? Student:Yes.I ate a piece of cake yesterday.Teacher:Then where is the “egg”? Student:In the cake,Sir.鸡蛋在哪里？

老师：你能用“鸡蛋”一词造句吗？ 学生：可以。我昨天吃了一块蛋糕。老师：“鸡蛋”在哪？ 学生：在蛋糕里，先生

Story 1

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.故事一

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。

Story 3 Spring in the Green Season

Spring is coming.Spring is the first season of the year.In China, spring comes in February.It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer.The days get longer and longer.The leaves on the trees begin to turn green.Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground.Spring is also sowing time season.故事三

春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。

Story 5

The Hippo and I

A hippo lives in the zoo.I like him very much.I often go to see him.He often thinks of me, too.Today is Sunday.It is fine day.I go to see him again.After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house.I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food.He eats them up.When I sing songs, he stays in the pool.He is as quite as a rabbit.In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me.My mum tells him to go home.He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo.My mum lets me see him every week.故事5 我与河马

河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。

今天是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。

当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。

晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一起睡。

妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。

Story 8 A Beautiful Doll

Tina is a lovely girl.She has a lot of dolls.One of these dolls is very beautiful.She has long blond hair and wears a white dress.The little girl likes her very much.She called her “Sandy”.You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed.When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her.When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends.What a lovely girl she is！

Do you like it, too？

故事8 漂亮的洋娃娃

缇娜是一个可爱的女孩，她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此，小女孩叫她“桑迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。

缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊！

你也喜欢它吗？

Story 9

It’s Good to Walk

A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight.Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice.“Just like human, penguins don’t exercise much during winter.They become fat easily,” says a zookeeper.故事9 散步有益

在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的15只金企鹅媒体散步两次，每次500米。动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容易发胖。”

Story 10 The Panda in China

A panda looks like a little bear.It has black and white fur.It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.We all see panda on TV or in the zoo.They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them.A panda is lucky animal.We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too.Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA…

A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship.故事10 中国熊猫

熊猫看起来好像一只小熊。它的皮毛是黑白相间。它只居住在中国，因此，它是中国的国宝，受到国家法律的保护。

我们在电视上或在动物园里能看到熊猫。他们看起来显得很笨的样子，走起来很缓慢，但很可爱，大家都很喜欢它们。

熊猫是个吉祥的动物。中国人民喜欢它，世界人民也喜欢它。现在许多国家都有中国的熊猫，如，日本、美国„„

熊猫不是一种普通的动物，而是一座友谊的桥梁。

且叫是眼睛还会发光。

它是一只好看又有用的钟，我很喜欢它。

Story12 A Clever Farmer

Uncle Sam doesn’t like farmer.He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.One winter morning, the sun is shining.Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house.At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him.Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle.Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please?

Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital.Farmer Please set an example to me.Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the first time.It’s much more beautiful than the field.Is that right?

Farmer: Yes, uncle.But it is built on the field.Uncle Sam’s face turns red.故事12 聪明的农民

山姆大叔不喜欢农民。他认为他们很愚蠢只会在农场干活。一个冬天的早晨，阳光明媚，山姆大叔坐在门前的石阶上。这时，一个农民手拿地图向他走来。

农民：请问，大叔，去医院的路怎么走？

山姆大叔:你躺在街当中，很快就会在医院的。农民：请你做一个示范。

山姆大叔：我想你是第一次进城吧，城市比你那块地漂亮多了，是吧？ 农民：是的，大叔，但城市是建在地之上的。山姆大叔脸红了。

Story 13 Where Is the Hat?

Jack is a little goose.He has a lovely hat.He likes wearing it very much.But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head.He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat.When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.He can’t find his hat.Where is it? Jack thinks hard.He looks up and down, and walks

here and there.He can’t find his hat yet.At this time, his mother comes in.As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear!Don’t be foolish.Your hat is on your head.”

Jack feels very foolish.He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.故事13 帽子在哪里？

杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子，他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时，他的帽子总是戴着头上。

它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时，事情就不是那样了。

它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里？杰克仔细想。

它上下看了看，到处找了找，还是没有找到它的帽子。

这时，它的母亲走进来，当她看到杰克就喊道：“啊！亲爱的，你真笨，帽子在你的头上。”

杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不像戴那顶帽子了。

Story 14

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

故事14 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。

第三篇：英文小故事

Story 1 What Animals are the sea?

There are all kinds of animals in the sea.Look!They are coming.This is an octopus.The octopus is spraying ink.This is a shark.The shark has sharp teeth.This is a whale.The whale shoots water into the air.This is a sea turtle.The sea turtle has a hard shell.These are starfishes.The starfishes have five legs.These are angelfishes.The angelfishes have beautiful colors.This is a lobster.The lobster has strong claws.This is a jellyfish.The jellyfish has a soft body.They are different.But all of them live in the sea.海里有什么动物，在海洋里有各种各样的动物。看！他们过来了。这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。这些是海星，海星有五条腿。这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。

Story 2naughty Monkey

Its very hot..An old man is asleep on the chair.A fly comes and sits on the end of the mans nose.The old man has a naughty monkey.He chases the fly.The fly comes back again and sits on the old mans nose again.The monkey chases it away again and

again.This happens five or six times.The monkey is very angry.He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.When the fly sits on the old mans nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.Story 3 A Beautiful Doll

Tina is a lovely girl.She has a lot of dolls.One of these dolls is very beautiful.She has long blond hair and wears a white dress.The little girl likes her very much.She called her “Sandy”.You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed.When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her.When she is unhappy ormet with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends.What a lovely girl she is！Do you like it, too？

农夫与蛇

It was a cold winter evening, an old man had don his work and was going home from the fields.On his way he saw some thing on the ground.He looked at it and found it was a snake.It was not dead,but it couldn't move because it was so cold.“Poor thing,” the man said, “I must try to save your life.”“He picked it up and looked for a warm place to put it in.But how could he find one in such cold weather? So he decided to put the snake inside his clothes,right nest to his heart.A few minutes later,the snake came back to life and began to move.When it had become strong enough.it gave the man a deadly bite.He killed it and went on.When he got back,he was very ill and had to lie down.He knew he was dying.(How a Colt Crossed the River)

One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill.As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river.The colt could not decide whether he could cross it.Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby.He asked, ”Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?“ The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.the colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him.The squirrel shouted, ”Colt, stop!You'll drown!One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.“ Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.He told his mom his experience on the way.His mother said, ”My child, don't always listen to others.You'd better go and try yourself.Then you'll know what to do.“Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again.”Little horse, it's too

dangerous!“ ”No, I want to try myself", answered the colt.Then he crossed the river carefully.On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as deep as the squirrel told him.You see, real knowledge comes from practice.捞月One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well and shouts : “Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!” An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says，“Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!” And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out: “The moon is in the well.” A group of monkeys run over to the well.They look at the moon in the well and shout: “The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let’get it out!” Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch.And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands.All the other monkeys follow his suit, And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just

before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky, He yells excitedly “Don’t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!”

第四篇：英文小故事两篇

One day,a rabbit meet tortoise

Rabbit:Hello!tortoise!

Tortoise:Hello!rabbit!

Rabbit:What are you doing?

tortoise:I am running.Rabbit:You can run? ha ha ha!

Tortoise:Heng,I am so angry.let is have a race

Rabbit:Ok!let me see.who can get to the big tree frist!one,two,three,go！Tortoise:Run run far away,run run let me race

Rabbit:Where is tortoise? where is tortoise?oh,he is slowly.I am so teld ,let me have a rest.Tortoise:Where is rabbit?where is rabbit? oh,he is sleeping,run run far away run run let me rece.oh yee!I am winner

Rabbit:Where is tortoise?where is tortoise?oh ho!I am late!

A hare jeered at a tortoise for the slowness of his pace.But he laughed ,and said that he would run against her and beat her any day she would

name.“Come on ,” said the hare ,“you will soon see what my feet are made of.”So it was aGREed that they should start at once.The tortoise went off jogging along ,without a moment's stopping ,at his usual steady pace.The hare treating the whole matter very lightly ,said he would first take a little nap ,and that she should soon overtake the tortoise.Meanwhile ,the tortoise plodded on ,and the hare ,oversleeping herself ,arrived at the goal ,only to see that the tortoise had got in before her.Slow and steady wins the race.兔子嘲笑乌龟的步子爬的慢，但是他笑了，说总有一天他会和她赛跑，并且赢他。“快点”，兔子说，“你很快会看到我是跑的多么的快。”他们打算马上就开始比赛。乌龟拼命的爬，一刻都不停止，兔子认为比赛太轻松了，他说他先打个盹，然后很快的可以追上乌龟。同时乌龟坚持爬行，当兔子醒来跑到的时候只能看着乌龟在他前面到达终点。

稳扎稳打终能胜利。

词汇：

jeer at 嘲笑

tortoise 乌龟

go off 离开

usual steady pace平时的稳定的步伐

over-take 超过，赶上

plod on 沉重地向前

Sand and stone

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert.During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the said:” Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started

drowning, but the friend saved him.After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on stone: Today my best friend saved my life.The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone.why?

The other friend replied: When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away.But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind ever erases it.Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone.They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to forget him.Send this phrase to the people you will never forget.It is a short message to let them know that you will never forget them.Take the time to live.伤害只写在沙地上

两个朋友在荒漠里穿行，途中他们发上了争执；其中一个人单了另一位一个耳光。被达的人非常伤心，但他什么也没说，只是在沙地上写到：“今天，我最好的朋友打了我一个耳光。”

他们继续往前走，发现了一片绿洲，他们决定在那里洗个澡。结果，被打的那位陷进了泥潭，眼看就要被淹死，结果他的朋友救了他。恢复过来都他在石头上写到：“今天，我最好的朋友救了我的命。”

那位打他并救了他的朋友问：“为什么我伤害你时，你在沙地上写下来，而现在却在石头上刻下来呢？”

被救的那位答到：“受到伤害时，我们应该把他写在沙地上，宽恕之风会将它抹平。可是受人恩惠时，我们应该把它刻在石头上，任何风雨也不会把它擦掉。” 学会将所受的伤害写在沙子上，把所的的恩德刻在石头上。有人这样说，找到一个特别的人只需要用一分钟，欣赏他需要用一小时，喜欢他需要用一天，但忘掉他却需要用一生的时间。

把这句话送给那些你永远无法忘记的人吧。这段短短的话能让他们知道你永远不会忘记他们。

此生不忘。

第五篇：英文阅读小故事

英文小故事

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The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子

A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly.Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.Zeal should not outrun discretion.有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。

这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。

The Raven and the Swan乌鸦和天鹅

A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage.Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools.But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.Change of habit cannot alter Nature.乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。

这故事是说，人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。

The Goat and the Goatherd 山羊与牧羊人

A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock.He whistled and sounded his horn in vain;the straggler paid no attention to the summons.At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master.The Goat replied, “Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent.”

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid.很多山羊被牧羊人赶到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好东西，单独落在后面。牧羊 人拿起一块石头扔了过去，正巧打断了山羊的一只角。牧羊人吓得请求山羊不要告诉主人，山羊说：“即使我不说，又怎能隐瞒下去呢？我的角已断了，这是十分明显的事实。”

这故事说明，明显的罪状是无法隐瞒的。

The Miser守财奴

A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements.He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it.The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, “Pray do not grieve so;but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there.It will do you quite the same service;for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.”

有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋在一个地方。他每天走去看 看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。守财奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如此悲痛，问明原因后，说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一 块石头来，代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。这样与你拥有 真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有那金块时，也从没用过。”

这故事说明，一切财物如不使用等于没有。

The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him.He thus addressed him:“Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.” “Indeed,” bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, “I was not then born.” Then said the Wolf , “You feed in my pasture.” “No, good sir,” replied the Lamb, “I have not yet tasted grass.” Again said the Wolf, “You drink of my well.” “No,” exclaimed the Lamb, “I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me.” Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, “Well!I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations.”

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后，便想找一个名正言顺的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计不成，又说道：“我父亲去年被你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。”

这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。

The Bat and the Weasels蝙蝠与黄鼠狼

A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life.The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds.The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free.Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him.The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice.The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼说绝不会放过他，自己生来痛恨鸟类。蝙蝠说他是老鼠，不是鸟，便被放了。后来蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼叼住，他再三请求不要吃他。这只黄鼠狼说他恨一切鼠类。蝙蝠改口说自己是鸟类，并非老 鼠，又被放了。这样，蝙蝠两次改变了自己的名字，终于死里逃生。

这故事说明，我们遇事要随机应变方能避免危险。

The Ass and the Grasshopper 驴子与蚱蜢

AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted;and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices.They replied, “The dew.” The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便 羡慕地问他们吃些什么，才能发出如此美妙的声音来。蚱蜢答道：“吃露水。”驴子便也只吃露水，没多久就饿死了。

这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。

The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠

A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion laughed and let him go.It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming:

“You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor;now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.”

狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他 的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说：

“你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答，现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩。” 这故事说明，时运交替变更，强者也会有需要弱者的时候。

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 and 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，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。

他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？濑户早妃”公鸡很高兴。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。

英语小故事 一

（三）段天泽 Two Birds

每天一个英语小故事学好英语

一个感人的英文小故事

A man came home form work late, tired and found his 5 years old son waiting for him at the door.”Daddy,may I ask you a questIon ?“ ”Yeah, sure, what is it?“ replied the man.”Daddy, how much do you make an hour? “ ” If you must know, I make $20 an hour.“" Oh,”the little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow $10” the father was furious, “If the only reason you asked

that is so you can borrow some money

to buy a silly toy, then you go to bed.” The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.After about an hour or so,the man had calmed down.And started to think.Maybe there was something he really needed

to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often.The man went to the door of the iIttle boy's room

and opened the door.“Are you asleep, son?” he asked.“no daddy,” replied the boy.“I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier.” said the man, “Here's the $10 you asked for.” the little boy sat straight up, smiling.“Oh, thank you daddy!” he yelled.Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry agaIn.The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.“Why do you want more money? Is you already have some ?” the father asked.“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.”the little boy repiied, “Daddy , I have $20 now.Can I buy an hour of your time ?Please come home early tomorrow.I would like to have dinner with you.”

英语小故事三则

That is not my dog

A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a lovely little dog.She asks the shopkeeper, “Does your dog bite?”

The shopkeeper says, “No, my dog does not bite.”

Then the woman bends down and tries to touch the dog.the dog bites her.“Ouch!” she crys, “You said your dog did not bite.” The shopkeeper replies, “That is not my dog.”

那不是我的狗

一位女士走进一家宠物店，看见一只很可爱的小狗．她问店主：“你的狗咬人吗?” 店主说:“不, 我的狗不咬人.”

于是这位女士弯下腰想去摸摸这条狗.狗咬了她.“哎哟!”她叫道,“你说过你的狗不咬人的.” 店主回答说:“那不是我的狗.” My Sister's Fingers

Teacher: Kevin, why are you late this time?

Kevin: Please sir, I bruised two fingers knocking in a nail at

home.Teacher: I don't see any bandages.Kevin: Oh, they weren't my fingers!I told my little sister to

hold the nail.老师：凯温，这次你怎么又迟到了？

凯温：对不起，老师，我在家钉钉子，砸坏了两个手指头。

老师：怎么没有扎绷带呀？

凯温：噢，砸的不是我的手指头，我叫小妹妹扶着钉子的。

你可以翻译下面的文章吗

Tooth Pulling

A man and his wife entered a dentist's office.The wife said, “I want a tooth pulled.I don't want gas or Novocain because I'm in a terrible hurry, Just pull the tooth as quickly as possible.”

“You're a brave woman,” said the dentist.“Now, show me which tooth it is.”

The wife turns to her husband and says: “Open your mouth and show the dentist which tooth it is, dear.”

?? 恋爱中的狮子

? A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.The old parents did not know what to say.They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts.At last the father said, “We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might possibly hurt her.So if you remove your claws and teeth, we will give her to you.”

The lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth.When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house.一只狮子爱上了一位美丽的女孩儿，便找到她的父母向她求婚。女孩儿的父亲不知道该如何回答，他不忍将女儿许配给野兽，但又害怕激怒这兽中之王。于是父亲说：“我们很乐意将女儿嫁给你，但又怕你不小心伤害她，如果你拔去牙齿，剁掉利爪，我们就将女儿嫁给你。”狮子非常爱这个女孩儿，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母。可是这时，他们嘲笑他，并把他赶了出去。

寓意: 有些人轻易相信别人的话，抛弃自己的长处，结果轻而易举地被原来害怕他们的人击败了。