第一篇：经典英语寓言小故事
An ant was drinking at a river.Suddenly he slipped, and fell into the water.A dove took pity on him.She threw a small branch into the river.The ant seized the bough, and swam back to the shore.A few days later, the ant saw a hunter aiming a gun at the dove.He bit the man in the foot sharply.The man missed the shot, and the dove's life was saved.The dove felt very grateful.She made good friends with the ant.鸽子和蚂蚁
●一只蚂蚁到河边饮水，却不幸掉入河中。
●一只鸽子看见，扔下一段树枝，将他救起。
●过了不久，蚂蚁看见猎人正在拿枪瞄准鸽子，就狠狠地朝他脚上咬了一口，没让他打中。
●鸽子非常感激蚂蚁。从此，他们成了好朋友。
寓意: 有些朋友也许平时看似微不足道，但却有可能在我们身处困境的时候提供巨大的帮助
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。
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
第二篇：小学英语寓言小故事
儿童英语故事 12张卡片的故事
小学英语故事
My teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer.Her grandfather gave her 12 post cards.“Here, write us a few lines every month.” he said.Months passed and the cards remained unused-that is until the day this letter arrived:
“Dear Jennifer，Life is a series of(一系列)stages.As a child, I looked forward to becoming a teenager-that happened.As a teen-ager, I looked forward to becoming a young man-that happened.As a young man, I looked forward to meeting a young woman, in love and becoming a married man-that happened.As a married man, I looked forward to becoming a father-that happened.As a father, I looked forward to becoming a grandfather to beautiful, intelligent grandchildren-that happened.Then I looked forward to the day they would learn to write-that hasn't happened yet.Yours Sincerely”
12张卡片
一个夏天，我十多岁的女儿在她祖父母家过了几周。她准备回家时，祖父给了她12张卡片。“每月给我们来封短信。”他说。
几个月过去了，可卡片一直放在那儿没用——直到有一天来了这样一封信：
“亲爱的詹妮芙：
生活是一系列阶段组成的。
还是个孩子的时候，我期待着成为一个青少年——我如愿以偿了。
还是个年轻人的时候，我期待着遇到一个年轻的女人，恋爱、结婚——我如愿以偿了。
结了婚，我便期待着成为一个父亲——我如愿以偿了。
作为父亲，我期待着成为一个祖父，有漂亮、聪明的孙儿孙女——我也如愿以偿了。
接着，我期待着有一天他们能给我写信——我却还没有如愿以偿。”
英语寓言故事 Jupiter and the Monkey
英语寓言故事 Jupiter and the Monkey
JUPITER ISSUED a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest.The Monkey came with the rest and
presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed,hairless, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward.A general laugh saluted her on the presentation
of her son.She resolutely said, “I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is at
least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all.”
《Jupiter and the Monkey》
小学英语寓言故事 The fox without a tail 小学英语寓言故事 The fox without a tail
A fox's tail was caught in a trap.When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump.At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune.He called all the foxes to a meeting.When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies.He did not talk about any advantages of the tail.“You are right,” said one of the older foxes, “but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn't lost it yourself first.”
一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了，当他试着脱身的时候，挣断了整条尾巴。
开始时，他看到其他狐狸的时候感到很羞愧。后来，他决定面对这种不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸开会。
大家到齐后，他极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，说尾巴在遭遇敌人时很不方便，尾巴一点儿作用也没有。
可他没有说有尾巴的任何好处。
一只老狐狸站出来说：“如果你没有失去你的尾巴，你是不会来劝大家都割去尾巴的。
小学英语故事 The Wind And The Sun
儿童英语故事 风和太阳(The Wind And The Sun)
One day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the road.I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.”
“We will see about that,” said the sun.“I will let you try first.”
So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak.He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.“I give up,” said the wind at last.“I cannot get his cloak off.” Then the sun tried.He shone as hard as he could.The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.(有一天风跟太阳说: “看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来.)
(“我们等着看吧,”太阳说, “我让你先试.)
(因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹,可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.)
(“我放弃了,”风最后说, “我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久,那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.)
英语寓言故事 一颗小苹果树
英语寓言故事：一颗小苹果树
A man walking in the night slipped from a rock.Afraid that he would fall down thousands of feet, because he knew that place was a very deep valley, he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock.In the night all he couls see was a bottomless abyss.He shouted, his own shout reflected back--there was nobody to hear.You can imagine that man and his whole night of scare.Every moment there was death, his hands were becoming cold, he was losing his grip......and as the sun came out he looked down and he laughed.There was no abyss.Just six inches down there was a rock.He could have rested the whole night, slept well---the rock was big enough---but the whole night was a nightmare.Fear is only six inches deep.Now it is up to you whether you want to go on cling to the branch and turn your life into a nightmare, or whether you would love to leave the branch and stand on your feet.There is nothing to fear.一个人在赶夜路时,突然从岩石上跌了下去,吓得他赶紧抓住了岩石上的树枝,因为他知道这一带有个深谷,一不小心就会跌入上千英尺的深渊。一晚上,他唯一能看到的就是深不见底的峡谷。他大呼救命,但只听到了自己的回音---没有人能听到他呼救。
你可以想象一下他的处境和整晚的恐惧。死神随时都可能降临。他的手开始发凉,渐渐地抓不住了...当太阳升起的时候,他朝下看了看,笑了。下面压根就没有什么深渊。在他下方六英尺的地方有一块大石头。岩石那么大,他本可以在那儿休息一个晚上,美美的睡上一觉,但昨晚他却在梦魇中度过。
恐惧只是六英尺的距离而已。接下来,到了你做决定的时候了:你是想要继续抓着树枝过梦魇一般的生活,还是更喜欢把手从树枝上松开,双脚着地? 英语寓言故事 狼很难抓到兔子
英语寓言故事,儿童英语故事,小学英语故事
The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to catch him.One day the wolf said to the fox, “You go home and lie in bed.I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead.When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch him.” That's a good idea,“ said the fox.He went home at once.The wolf went to the rabbit's house and knocked at the door.”Who is it?“ asked the rabbit.”It's the wolf.I've come to tell you that the fox is dead.“ Then the wolf went away.The rabbit went to the fox's house.He looked in through the window and saw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed.He thought, ”Is the fox really dead or is he pretending to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near him.“ so he said, ”The wolf says that the fox is dead.But he doesn't look like a dead fox.The mouth of a dead fox is always open.“ When the fox heard this, he thought, ”I'll show him that I'm dead.“ So he opened his mouth.The rabbit knew that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.狼和狐狸想要吃掉兔子，但是这只兔子太难抓到了。
一天，狼对狐狸说：“你回家假装躺在床上。我去告诉兔子你已经死了。当他来看你的时候，你就可以跳起来抓住他了。”“真是个好主意！”狐狸说。
于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲门，“是谁啊？”兔子问道。“狼，我是来告诉你狐狸已经死了。”说完狼就走开了。
兔子去狐狸家看情况。他通过狐狸家的窗户看到闭着眼睛的狐狸躺在床上。他想，狐狸是真的死了，还是在假装呢？如果他没有死，那么我走近他就会被他抓住。于是他说：“狼说狐狸死了。但是他看起来并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐狸通常都是张着嘴的。”狐狸听到这些话就想：我得证明自己是真的死了。于是他张开了嘴巴。
这时兔子知道狐狸并没有死，他就以最快的速度跑开啦。
英语故事告诉我们：不要被假象迷惑，凡事多多求证才能防患于未然。
英语短故事 Two birls(两只鸟)
Two birls
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow.Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.Teacher: Please tell us.Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.两只鸟
老师： 这儿有两只鸟，一只是麻雀。谁能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀吗？
学生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
老师：请说说看。
学生：燕子旁边的就是麻雀，麻雀旁边的就是燕子。
趣味搞笑英语故事 汤姆是玛丽
发布:佚名 时间:2011-7-15 11:19:00 来源:京翰教育中心 录入:辛琪 人气:1569
【文字：大 小】
有一对外国老夫妇到内蒙古农村住了下来。因为村里的人无法和他们交流，老夫妇很寂寞，就养了一只猫。一天早上，老夫妇正梳理猫毛，一个人从旁边过来，冲着俩人说“鼓捣猫呢”。夫妇俩随即冲着来人说：“Good morning.”傍晚时分，二人正在把晾在外边的衣服收起来，路过的一个村民冲着他们说：“鼓捣衣服呢！”二人这回反应很快说：“Good evening.”私下里老夫妇俩感叹，合着他们这里的人都会说英语呀！
老师在黑板上写了一句：Time is money.并让同学们翻译。有名学生答道：“汤姆是玛丽。”
小明上英文课时跟老师说：May I go to the toilet? 老师说：Go ahead.小明就坐了下来。过了一会儿，小明又跟老师说：May I go to the toilet? 老师说：Go ahead.小明又坐了下来。他旁边的同学于是忍不住问：你不是跟老师说要上厕所吗？怎么不去？ 小明说：你没听老师说「去你个头」啊！
一对热恋中的男女。女生非常没有安全感，于是对着男友说：“SAY ‘I LOVE YOU！’SAY IT!SAY IT!SAY IT!” 男的答道：“IT!”
一位在美的留学生，想要考国际驾照。在考试时因为过于紧张，看到地上标线是向左转。他不放心的问道:turn left？
监考官回答: right.于是他立刻向右转„„
一天，我准备坐车去学校，正在路上走着，一辆车快速从我面前穿过，并且撞到一位正在观光的日本人。当然情况很是吓人，路边的好心 人立刻冲上前去问道：“How areyou?”日本人上气不接下气的回答：“F..ine,th..ank you...and you?”围观的人顿时愣住。。由此可知日本人的英文是死记硬背的！
有哲理的英语故事 我要自由
A wolf was almost dead with hunger.A house-dog saw him, and asked, ”Friend, your irregular life will soon ruin you.“Why don't you work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly?”
“I would have no objection,” said the wolf, “if I could only get a place.” “I will help you,” said the dog.“Come with me to my master, and you shall share my work.”
So the wolf and the dog went to the town together.On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog's neck.He felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that?
“Oh, it is nothing,” said the dog.“Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up.You will soon get used to it.”
“Is that the only reason?” said the wolf.“Then good-bye to you, my friend.I would rather be free.”
一只狼快要饿死了，一只狗看见后问他：“你现在的无规律的生活一定会毁掉你，为什么不像我一样稳定地干活并有规律地获得食物呢?”
狼说：“如果我有个地方住，我没有意见。”狗回答说：“跟我到主人那里去，我们一起工作。”于是狼和狗一起回到了村子。
在路上，狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈没有毛，他很奇怪地问为什么会那样。
“噢，没有什么，”狗说，“我的主人每天晚上都用一条铁链子拴住我，你很快就会习惯的。”“就是因为这个原因吗?”狼说道，“那么，再见了，我的朋友，我宁愿选择自由。”
第三篇：英语寓言小故事
英语寓言小故事
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.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
第四篇：经典寓言小故事最新
经典寓言小故事1
晋国的中行寅面临大敌，家族就要被人灭亡了。他急忙找来给自己负责祭祀的太祝，准备问罪处罚他。
他怒气冲冲地询问太祝：“你为我祭祀，肯定祭品不肥厚，斋戒时也不诚心。结果现在触怒了天上的神灵，导致我亡国，你为什么要这样呢?”
太祝简回答道：“原来的君主行密子，只有十乘车。可他并不觉得太少，只是担心自己的德行不够，生怕有一点儿过错。现在您已经有了战车百乘，您却不仅不担心自己的没有道义德行，只是嫌战车太少。您就知道多造战车战船，这样势必增加了对百姓的赋税。赋税劳役一多，百姓自然不满意，对您诅咒责骂。而您以为真的光靠向上天祈祷，就可以为家族带来福运吗?民心不服，上下都背离您，咒骂您，您也会灭亡。您只指望我为您的祈祷祝福，然而全国都咒骂您，我一个人的颂扬祝福能比得过全国人的诅咒责骂吗?您的家族面临灭亡难道不是十分自然的事情吗?我又有什么罪过呢?”
中行寅听了太祝简的话感到万分羞愧。
中行寅行将灭亡不去寻找自己的原因，反而责备太祝。他哪里知道，其实他灭亡恰恰是因为自己的贪奢引起民心不满。
经典寓言小故事2
有一年，魏国的东阳地方向国家交售的钱粮布帛比往年多出10倍，为此，满朝廷的大臣高兴得不得了，一齐向魏文侯表示祝贺。
魏文侯对这件事并不乐观。他在思考：东阳这个地方土地没有增加、人口也还是原来那么多，怎么一下子比往年多交10倍的钱粮布帛呢?即使是丰收了，可是向国家上交也是有比例的呀。他分析这必定是各级官员向下面老百姓加重征收得来的。这件事使他想起了一年前他遇到的一件事。
一年前，魏文候外出巡游。一天，他在路上见到一个人将羊皮统子反穿在身上，皮统子的毛向内皮朝外，那人还在背上背着一篓喂牲口的草。
魏文侯感到很奇怪，便上前问那人道：“你为什么要反穿着羊皮衣，把皮板露在外面来背东西呢?”
那人回答说：“我很爱惜这件皮衣，我怕把毛露在外面搞坏了，特别是背东西时，我怕毛被磨掉了。”
魏文侯听了，很认真地对那人说：“你知道吗?其实皮板更重要，如果皮板磨破了，毛就没有依附的地方了，那你想舍皮保毛不是一个错误的想法吗?”
那人依然执迷不悟地背着草走了。
如今，官吏们大肆征收老百姓的钱粮布帛而不顾老百姓的死活，这跟那个反穿皮衣的人的行为不是一样的吗?
于是，魏文侯将朝廷大臣们召集起来，对他们讲了那个反穿皮衣的人的故事，并语重心长地开导他们说：“皮之不存，毛将焉附?如果老百姓不得安宁，国君的地位也难以巩固。希望你们记住这个道理，不要被一点小利蒙蔽了眼光，看不到实质。”
众大臣深受启发。任何事情都是一样的道理，基础是根本，是事物赖以存在的依据，如果本末颠倒，那将是得不偿失的。
经典寓言小故事3
大森林里有一条弯弯的小溪，清澈的溪水中时常有鱼儿飞快地游过。黑熊站在奔腾的激流中，一会就捉到了一条大鱼。狐狸看着黑熊鱼篓中活蹦乱跳的大鱼，十分羡慕，心里想，黑熊并不聪明，视力又不怎么好，居然能够捉到大鱼，说明捕鱼很容易。他觉得自己聪明、机灵，一定能够抓到很多大鱼。狐狸满怀信心地跨入小溪中，开始捕鱼。
狐狸在冰冷的溪水中站了一会，觉得双脚又冷又酸，十分难受。他见旁边有一块露出水面的大石头，走过去蹲在石头上面。狐狸想，蹲在石头上捕鱼，比站在冰冷的水中捕鱼舒服多了。他看着站在溪水中捕鱼的黑熊，觉得他太笨了。突然，狐狸发现一条鱼儿从水中游过，急忙伸手去抓，没有抓到。后来，狐狸好久都没有见鱼经过，就打起了瞌睡，梦见自己捕捉到许多大鱼。
黑熊看到一条大鱼飞快游过，“扑通”一声猛扑进水里，全身都浸在冰冷的溪水中。经过一番追逐，黑熊终于把大鱼抓住了，一边把大鱼高高举起，一边哈哈大笑起来。狐狸被惊醒了，睁开眼睛一看，原来黑熊又捉到了一条大鱼。狐狸的肚子已经饿得“咕噜咕噜”直叫，见了黑熊的大鱼，口水滴答滴答不停地往下流，无奈地叹了一口气，对黑熊说：“你的运气好，大鱼都往你那边游。我的运气不好，只看到一条游得特别快的鱼，没有抓到。我比你聪明、机灵得多，没有想到你已经抓到了两条大鱼，我却连一条小鱼也没有捕捉到，真是倒霉!”
黑熊对狐狸说：“我一直站在溪水中聚精会神盯着水中是否有鱼儿游过，累了也不休息。一旦发现有鱼儿游过，就不顾一切地扑上去抓住它。你舒舒服服蹲在石头上，还打瞌睡，怎么能捉到鱼呢?光有聪明和机灵是不够的，没有踏实苦干的精神，有了好的捕鱼机会也会白白失去啊!”
机遇是重要的，但刻苦是关键：自己不刻苦，机遇再多也没用。
第五篇：英语寓言小故事15则(中英文对照)
英语寓言小故事15则（中英文对照）
目录
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.Making His Mark “刻舟求剑”................................................................................................2 To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长”.....................................................2 Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃”..........................................................3 The Fox and the Crow
“狐狸和乌鸦”..................................................................................3 Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足”........................................................................3 郭氏之墟...................................................................................................................................4 老鼠和公牛...............................................................................................................................5 男孩和荨麻...............................................................................................................................5 鹦鹉和猫...................................................................................................................................6 一捆树枝...............................................................................................................................7 狼和驴...................................................................................................................................8 野猪和狐狸...........................................................................................................................9 燕雀处室.............................................................................................................................10 山........................................................................................................................................10 A Smart Tortoise聪明的乌龟............................................................................................11
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1.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。
2.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。
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3.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
4.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
5.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
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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
6.郭氏之墟
On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi , which perished long ago.Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.They replied,“Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds, and averse to evildoing, which led to the perdition.”
When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ,“ Though he liked doing good, he had never been able to do so;though he hated evildoing, never could he help not participating.That caused the ruin of his capital.”
齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。
看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因。
百姓们回答说：“郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。”
齐桓公不能理解这种回答，百姓们便解释说：“郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事，但从来都不能做到；尽管厌恶邪恶丑行，却总是忍不住参与其中。这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因。”
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7.老鼠和公牛
A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing.The bull jumped up in a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard.The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole.After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again.As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered across the yard, bit the bull again--this time on the nose--and rushed back to safety.As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked: “It's not always the big people who come off best.Sometimes the small ones win, you know.”
有一次，公牛躺着打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来，低着头追老鼠，一直追过院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地钻到墙洞里去了。
公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁，尽管头撞肿了，角撞裂了，老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿，公牛不撞了，倒下歇着。
公牛刚睡着，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑过院子，又咬了公牛一口 ?? 这回咬了鼻子 ?? 又跑回安全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时，老鼠吱吱叫道：
“大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。”
8.男孩和荨麻
A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle.He ran home to tell his mother what had happened.“I only touched it lightly,” he said, “and the nasty thing stung me.” “It stung you because you only touched it lightly,” his mother told him.“ Next time you touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can.Then it won't sting you at all.”
Face danger boldly.有个男孩子在地里玩耍，被荨麻刺痛了。他跑回家去，告诉妈妈出了什么事。
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“我不过轻轻地碰了它一下，”他说，“那讨厌的东西就把我刺痛了。”
“你只轻轻地碰了它一下，所以它才刺痛你，”妈妈对他说，“下一回你再碰到荨麻，就尽量紧紧地抓住它。那它就根本不会刺痛你了。”
要敢于面对危险。
9.鹦鹉和猫
A man once bought a brilliantly-coloured parrot.Instead of locking it up in a cage or chaining it to a perch, he allowed it to fly free all over the house.The parrot was delighted at this and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming with happiness.At last he settled on the edge of a rich curtain.“Who on earth are you ?” said a cross voice from below.“Stop that terrible noise at once.”
The parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.“I 'm a parrot.I 've just arrived and I 'm to make as much noise as I can,” he said.“Well, I 've lived here all my life,” replied the cat.“I was born in this very house and I learned from my mother that it is best to keep quiet here.”
“Keep quiet then, ”said the parrot cheerfully.“I don't know what you do around here, but I know my job.My master bought me for my voice and I'm going to make sure he hears it.”
Different people are valued for different things.从前，有人买了一只毛色鲜艳的鹦鹉。他没有把鹦鹉关在笼子里，也没有用链条把他拴在栖木上，而让他在家里自由自在地飞来飞去。鹦鹉对此非常高兴，扑动翅膀，从一间屋子飞到另一间屋子，愉快地尖声叫着，最后停在华丽的帷幔的边上。
“你到底是谁？”从下面传来怒气冲冲的说话声，“马上住嘴，别发出那难听的声音。”
鹦鹉看见地毯上有一只猫抬头看着他。
“我是鹦鹉。我刚到，我要使劲地吵吵。”他说。“那你就一声不响吧，”鹦鹉欢快地说，“我不知道你在这儿干什么，可我知道我的活儿。主人为了我的声音才买我，我一定得让他听到。” 不同的人因有不同的特点而受重视。
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10.一捆树枝
A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another.He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him.One day he decided to show them what he meant.He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them.“Can you break that ? ” he asked the youngest son.The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.The father asked each son in turn to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it.Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks.“ Now try, ” he said.The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.“Do you see what I mean ?” asked the father.“if only you stand together no one can hurt you.If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you.”
United we stand;divided we fall.从前有一个人，他有四个儿子。儿子们不断地争吵。他一再告诫他们说，如果他们一起干活儿，生活会舒适得多，但他们丝毫不理会他的意见。有一天，他决定通过示范把自己的意思告诉他们。
他把四个儿子都叫来，又把一捆扎得很紧的细树枝放在他们面前的地上。
“你能折断这个吗？”他问最小的儿子。小伙子用膝盖顶住，两只手又压又拉，都不能把那捆树枝弄弯。父亲让别的儿子挨个儿试试，看他们是否能把那捆树枝折断，但谁也做不到。
然后，他解开绳子，把树枝撒开。
“试试吧。”他说。四个小伙子用手轻轻一撅，树枝就断了。
“你们明白我的意思了吗？”父亲问，“只要你们联合起来，谁也不能伤害你们。如果你们老吵架，一定要各行其是，那么你们一遇到敌人，就会被打败。” 合则存，分则败。
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11.狼和驴
A wolf once met a donkey on the road outside the village.“I 'm going to eat you up, ”said the wolf.“Certainly, ” replied the donkey, thinking fast.“But please don't eat me out here on the road where everyone can see.I shall be so ashamed.Take me into the forest.Don't be afraid that I shall try to escape.Here, tie this rope round your neck and fasten it to my bridle.Then I will lead you to a quiet spot I know.”
The wolf thought this was a good idea so he fastened the rope round his neck and knotted it firmly to the donkey's bridle.“Now I will go wherever you say, ” said the donkey.“Show me the way to your quiet spot , ” ordered the wolf.“Very well,” said the donkey, setting off down the road towards the village.As they came to the first houses the wolf began to suspect that he had been tricked.“This is not the way to the forest, ” he said, tugging at his end of the rope.“This road goes to the village.”
“Don't worry,” said the donkey cheerfully , “This is a short cut.”
The donkey began to trot faster , then to gallop.The rope round the wolf's neck drew tight;in a very short time he was dragged right up to the donkey's door.The master, his wife and their three sons all came running out to rescue the donkey.They were so angry that they would have killed the wolf there and then.Fortunately for the wolf , however , one of the sons threw a knife at him.The knife missed , but it cut the rope round his neck.The next moment all the family could see was a cloud of dust in the road as the wolf fled to safety in the dark forest.If you keep your head you will be all right.有一回，狼在村外的路上碰见驴。
“我要把你吃掉。”狼说。
“当然可以，”驴灵机一动，回答说，“但请不要在这条路上吃，人人都会看见的，我会感到难为情。把我带到森林里去吧。别担心我们会逃跑。喏，把这根绳子一头饶在你脖子上，一头拴在我的缰绳上，然后我把你带到一个我熟悉的安
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静的地方去。” 狼认为这是个好主意，于是把绳子饶在脖子上，把另一头牢牢系在驴缰绳上。
“现在你说到什么地方去，我就到什么地方去。”驴说。
“带我到你说的那个安静的地方去。”狼吩咐道。
“很好。”驴说着，就沿通向村子的路走去。他们来到头几所房子附近时，狼怀疑自己受骗上当了。
“这不是到森林去的路，”他使劲拉绳子的一头说，“这条路是到村子里去的。” “别着急，”驴高兴地说，“这是一条近路。” 驴加快了步子，接着跑起来。套在狼脖子上的绳子抽紧了；一会儿功夫，就把狼拉到驴的家门口。
驴的主人、主人的妻子和三个儿子都跑出来救驴。他们非常生气，要立即就地把狼打死。不过，狼很幸运，主人的一个儿子拿刀砍狼，没砍着，却把套在狼脖子上的绳子砍断了。转眼之间，这一家子看到路上尘土飞扬，狼安然逃向黑暗的树林里去了。
保持镇静，就没问题。
12.野猪和狐狸
A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one day when a fox came by.“What are you doing that for?” asked the fox.“There are no hunters around.Everything looks very peaceful to me.”
“Quite true, ”said the boar, “but when the hunter does come with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time for this.So let me sharpen my tusks while I can.” Be prepared.有一天，野猪在树上磨牙齿，狐狸走过来。
“你为什么干这个呀？”狐狸问，“附近又没有猎人，我觉得平安无事。” “不错，”野猪说，“但是，如果猎人真的带着猎狗来了，我只能逃走，就没工夫干这个了。趁我现在可以磨，就让我磨磨牙齿吧。” 时刻准备着（有备无患）
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13.燕雀处室
The swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a place on the roof of the hall for their nests.The mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasure, which assumes a scene of peace and harmony.But they have never thought of the following scene: the chimney at the top of the kitchen might break, the fire might leap up to the roof and the burning purling might destroy their nests.But those swallows and sparrows are unmindful of the coming disaster.They go on with their superficial happiness brought by peace and calm.燕雀为拥有屋顶下面的一个位置而欣慰不已。
母鸟用叼来的食物喂养啁啾鸣叫的幼鸟，整个儿是一派欢乐自得的祥和景象。
它们完全没有考虑到：炉灶上的烟囱有可能会炸裂，火苗将会窜上屋梁，烧着的椽 将会摧毁它们的巢穴。
不知大祸将要降临到自己头上的燕雀们正在安然自若地品味这表面上的安宁所带来的幸福。
14.山
Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake.People came from far and near to see what would happen.“A great river will be born.” said one.“Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will come out.” said another.“A god himself will spring form these rocks.” said a third.Finally , after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain.And out popped----a mouse.Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.10 / 12
很久以前，一座大山隆隆作响，摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。
一个人说：“要出现一条大河了。” 另一个人说：“准会出现一条巨龙。” 第三个人说：“从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。” 等了几天之后，山坡上终于裂开一条小缝，却蹦出来一只耗子。
正因为某人大肆张扬，所以他没有什么了不起。
15.A Smart Tortoise聪明的乌龟
A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food.He sees a frog in front of him.“Ha ha!A frog!My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog.Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise.The little tortoise sees it;he bites the tiger’s tail.“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back.The frog hears the voice and jumps into water.“Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.But the tiger is very angry.“Bother it!I’ll throw you to the sky!” “Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”
“Oh,no!I can’t swim;I will die if you throw me into the water.” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly.“Thank you, Mr.Tiger.Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together.一只老虎很饥饿，他正在寻找食物。他看到一只青蛙在他前面。“哈哈！一只青蛙，我有晚餐啦！”于是，他补向青蛙。
在老虎的后边，有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了，他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。“哎呦！”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看。此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音，他迅速跳进水里。
“谢谢你，小乌龟。”青蛙说。
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大事老虎十分愤怒：“讨厌！我要把你扔到天上去。” “谢谢你，我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。老虎停下来：“那我就把你扔到到水里。”
“哦，不！我不会游泳，如果你把我扔井水里我会死的。”老虎很快就把乌龟仍进水了。
“谢谢你，老虎先生，再见！”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。/ 12
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