簡短的英語小故事
英語短篇小故事要有中文翻譯The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鴿子
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.
有只鴿子口渴得很難受,看見畫板上畫著一個水瓶,以為是真的 。他立刻呼呼地猛飛過 去,不料一頭碰撞在畫板上,折斷了翅膀 , 摔在地上,被人輕易地捉住了 。
這是說 , 有些人想急于得到所需的東西,一時沖動,草率從事 , 就會身遭不幸 。
The Raven and the Swan烏鴉和天鵝
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.
烏鴉非常羨慕天鵝潔白的羽毛 。他猜想天鵝一定是經常洗澡,羽毛才變得如此潔白無 瑕 。于是,他毅然離開了他賴以生存的祭壇,來到江湖邊 。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛,不但一 點都沒洗白,反而因缺少食物饑餓而死 。
這故事是說,人的本性不會隨著生活方式的改變而改變 。
The Goat and the Goatherd 山羊與牧羊人
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.
很多山羊被牧羊人趕到羊圈里 。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好東西 , 單獨落在后面 。牧羊 人拿起一塊石頭扔了過去,正巧打斷了山羊的一只角 。牧羊人嚇得請求山羊不要告訴主人,山羊說:“即使我不說,又怎能隱瞞下去呢?我的角已斷了,這是十分明顯的事實 。”
這故事說明,明顯的罪狀是無法隱瞞的 。
The Miser守財奴
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."
有個守財奴變賣了他所有的家產,換回了金塊 , 并秘密地埋在一個地方 。他每天走去看 看他的寶藏 。有個在附近放羊的牧人留心觀察,知道了真情,趁他走后 , 挖出金塊拿走了 。守財奴再來時,發現洞中的金塊沒有了,便捶胸痛哭 。有個人見他如此悲痛 , 問明原因后 , 說道:“喂,朋友 , 別再難過了,那塊金子雖是你買來的,但并不是你真正擁有的 。去拿一 塊石頭來 , 代替金塊放在洞里,只要你心里想著那是塊金子,你就會很高興 。這樣與你擁有 真正的金塊效果沒什么不同 。依我之見,你擁有那金塊時,也從沒用過 。”
這故事說明 , 一切財物如不使用等于沒有 。
The Wolf and the Lamb 狼與小羊
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.
一只小羊在河邊喝水,狼見到后,便想找一個名正言順的借口吃掉他 。于是他跑到上游,惡狠狠地說小羊把河水攪渾濁了,使他喝不到清水 。小羊回答說 , 他僅僅站在河邊喝水,并且又在下游,根本不可能把上游的水攪渾 。狼見此計不成,又說道:“我父親去年被你罵過 。”小羊說,那時他還沒有出生 。狼對他說:“不管你怎樣辯解,反正我不會放過 你 。”
這說明,對惡人做任何正當的辯解也是無效的 。
The Bat and the Weasels蝙蝠與黃鼠狼
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,被黃鼠狼叼去,他請求饒命 。黃鼠狼說絕不會放過他,自己生來痛恨鳥類 。蝙蝠說他是老鼠 , 不是鳥,便被放了 。后來蝙蝠又掉落了下來,被另一只黃鼠狼叼?。偃肭蟛灰運?。這只黃鼠狼說他恨一切鼠類 。蝙蝠改口說自己是鳥類 , 并非老 鼠,又被放了 。這樣,蝙蝠兩次改變了自己的名字 , 終于死里逃生 。
這故事說明 , 我們遇事要隨機應變方能避免危險 。
The Ass and the Grasshopper 驢子與蚱蜢
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.
驢子聽見蚱蜢唱歌,被美妙動聽的歌聲所打動,自己也想能發出同樣悅耳動聽的聲音 , 便 羨慕地問他們吃些什么,才能發出如此美妙的聲音來 。蚱蜢答道:“吃露水 。”驢子便也只吃露水,沒多久就餓死了 。
這個故事告訴人們不要企望非份之物 。
The Lion and the Mouse 獅子與報恩的老鼠
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."
獅子睡著了 , 有只老鼠跳到了他身上 。獅子猛然站起來,把他抓住,準備吃掉 。老鼠請求饒命,并說如果保住性命,必將報恩,獅子輕蔑地笑了笑 , 便把他放走了 。不久,獅子真的被老鼠救了性命 。原來獅子被一個獵人抓獲,并用繩索把他捆在一棵樹上 。老鼠聽到了他 的哀嚎,走過去咬斷繩索,放走了獅子,并說:
“你當時嘲笑我 , 不相信能得到我的報答 , 現在可清楚了,老鼠也能報恩 。” 這故事說明,時運交替變更,強者也會有需要弱者的時候 。
短篇英語童話小故事帶翻譯袋鼠與籠子(Kangaroos and the Cage)
One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem--how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came to the conclusion that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high. But the next day the kangaroos were still at large and they again raised the cage to three meters.有一天 , 動物園的管理員們發現袋鼠從籠子里跑出來了 , 于是開會討論 , 一致認為是籠子的高度過低,所以他們決定將籠子的高度由原來的1米加高到2米 。結果第二天他們發現,袋鼠還是跑到外面來,所以他們又決定再將高度加高到3米 。
Quite beyond their expectation the next morning they saw the kangaroos still free to go about. They were alarmed and determined to go to all the length by raising the cage to the height of ten meters.沒想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面,于是管理 員們大為緊張 , 決定一不做二不休 , 將籠子的高度加高到10米 。
Later a giraffe, while chatting with some kangaroos, asked them, “Do you think they will go on raising your cage?”一天,長頸鹿和幾只袋鼠在閑聊,“你們看 , 這些人 會不會再繼續加高你們的籠子?”長頸鹿問 。
“Hard to say,” said a kangaroo, “if they continue forgetting to fasten the cage door.”“很難說 。”袋鼠說 , “如果他們再繼續忘記關門的話!”
風和太陽(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.”
(有一天風跟太陽說: “看看那個沿著路上走的人.我可以比你快讓他把披風脫下來.)
“We will see about that,” said the sun. “I will let you try first.”
(“我們等著看吧,”太陽說, “我讓你先試.)
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.
(因此風嘗試讓那個人把披風脫下來.他用力地吹,可是那個人把披風拉得更緊.)
“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.
(“我放棄了,”風最后說, “我無法讓他把披風脫下來.”然后由太陽試試看.他盡可能地曬他.不久,那個人很熱就把披風脫下來了.)
短小幽默的英語小故事有哪些?短小幽默的英語小故事
1.Lady First 女士優先
A teacher asked her class: "Is the sentence ' The ox and
the cow are in the fields' correct?" Most of the children said: "Yes, it is all
right!" And only one little boy said: "No, it is not correct. The lady must be
mentioned first."
女士優先
一位老師問班上的學生:”公牛和母牛在田里“這個句子對嗎?” 大多數學生回答說:“對,一點不錯 。”
只有一個小男孩說:“不對,應該先說女士 。”
2.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.
雞蛋在哪里?
老師:你能用“雞蛋”一詞造句嗎?
學生:可以 。我昨天吃了一塊蛋糕 。
老師:“雞蛋”在哪?
學生:在蛋糕里,先生 。
英語寓言故事小短文加翻譯1、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.
【譯文】
一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去,當他沿著路走時,在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果,他說:“我不打算吃那些蘋果,因為富人會給我更多的食物,他會給我很好吃的東西 。”然后他拿起蘋果,一把扔到土里去 。
他繼續走,來到河邊,河漲水了,因此,他到不了河對岸,他等了一會兒 , 然后他說:“今天我去不了富人家了,因為我不能渡過河 。”
他開始回家 , 那天他沒有吃東西 。他就開始去找吃的,他找到蘋果,很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了 。
不要把好東西扔掉,換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處 。
2、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."
【譯文】城里老鼠和鄉下老鼠
從前,有兩只老鼠 , 它們是好朋友 。一只老鼠居住在鄉村 , 另一只住在城里 。很多年以后 , 鄉下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,它說:“你一定要來我鄉下的家看看 。”于是,城里老鼠就去了 。鄉下老鼠領著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家里 。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城里老鼠 。
城里老鼠說:“這東西不好吃,你的家也不好,你為什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你應該搬到城里去住,你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子,還會吃上美味佳肴,你應該到我城里的家看看 。”
鄉下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去 。房子十分漂亮 , 好吃的東西也為他們擺好了 。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候,聽見很大的一陣響聲,城里的老鼠叫喊起來:“快跑!快跑!貓來了!”他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來 。
過了一會兒,他們出來了 。當他們出來時,鄉下老鼠說:“我不喜歡住在城里,我喜歡住在田野我的洞里 。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在 , 比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說,要好些 。

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3、The dog and the wolf
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."
【譯文】狗和狼
一只狼快要餓死了,一只狗看見后問他:“你現在的無規律的生活一定會毀掉你,為什么不像我一樣穩定地干活并有規律地獲得食物呢?”
狼說:“如果我有個地方住,我沒有意見 。”狗回答說:“跟我到主人那里去,我們一起工作 。”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沒有毛,他很奇怪地問為什么會那樣 。
“噢,沒有什么,”狗說,“我的主人每天晚上都用一條鐵鏈子拴住我 , 你很快就會習慣的 。”“就是因為這個原因嗎?”狼說道 , “那么,再見了,我的朋友 , 我寧愿選擇自由 。”
寓意: 自由比安樂更重要 。
4、還是個好孩子
John is not a “good” student. 約翰并不是個“好”學生 。
He always sleeps in the class. 他總是在上課的時候睡覺 。
Today he sleeps again.今天他又睡著了 。
“John!” Teacher says angrily.“約翰!”老師生氣地喊他 。
“What? What’s wrong?” John is awaken.“什么?出什么事了?”約翰醒了 。
“Why do you make a face? It’s classroom. Look! Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says.
“你為什么要做鬼臉?這是教室!看看!同學們都在笑!”老師生氣地說 。
“No one is laughing.” Teacher says.“沒有人在笑呀 。”其他同學笑聲地嘀咕 。
“No, it’s not me. I was not making a face. I was sleeping.” John fells upset.
“不,不是我 。我沒有做鬼臉 。剛才我睡著了 。”約翰感到不安 。
【英語短篇小故事_五年級 英語小故事,要短一點,簡單一點的。】“Um. Not bad. You can admit your fault. You are still a good boy.” Teacher is satisfied with it.“嗯,還不錯 。你承認自己的錯誤 , 還是給好孩子”老師為此感到滿意 。
5、狐貍贊美烏鴉
One day, a crow stood on a branch near his nest ,and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. 有一天,一只烏鴉站在窩旁的樹枝上嘴里叼著一片肉,心里非常高興 。
At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.這時候,一只狐貍看見了烏鴉,饞得直流口水,非常想得到那片肉 。
However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent.但是,無論狐貍說什么,烏鴉就是不理睬狐貍 。
Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. 最后,狐貍贊美烏鴉的嗓音最優美,并要求烏鴉唱幾句讓他欣賞欣賞 。烏鴉聽了狐貍贊美的話,得意極了,就唱起歌來 。
As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.沒想到,肉一掉下來 , 狐貍就叼起肉,鉆回了洞
6、聰明的烏龜
A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front of him.
一只老虎很饑餓 , 他正在尋找食物 。他看到一只青蛙在他前面 。
“Haha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog.“哈哈!一只青蛙,我有晚餐啦!”于是 , 他撲向青蛙 。
Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise. The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s tail.
在老虎的后邊,有一只烏龜 。小烏龜看見了,他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴 。
“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back. The frog hears the voice and jumps into water.
“哎呦!”老虎疼得叫起來并回頭看看 。此時青蛙聽見了老虎的聲音 , 他迅速跳進水里 。
“Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.“謝謝你,小烏龜 。”青蛙說 。
But the tiger is very angry. “Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!”大事老虎十分憤怒:“討厭!我要把你扔到天上去 。”
“Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.“謝謝你,我喜歡在天空飛翔 。”烏龜說 。
The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”老虎停下來:“那我就把你扔到到水里 。”
“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.“哦,不!我不會游泳,如果你把我扔井水里我會死的 。”老虎很快就把烏龜仍進水了 。
“Thank you, Mr. Tiger. Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together.“謝謝你,老虎先生,再見!”烏龜和青蛙一起游走了 。求幾個簡短的英語小故事啊
五年級 英語小故事 , 要短一點,簡單一點的 。這個行嗎?
The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.
一條狗嘴里叼塊肉,來到一座橋上.它看見水里有自己的影子, 以為是另一條嘴里也叼著一塊比自己
那塊肉大一倍的狗.它忙丟下自己嘴里的那塊肉,猛力地攻擊水里的狗.試圖去搶它的肉.結果,它兩塊肉都得不到. 因為那只是一個影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉也被水沖走了.
這個也可以的
Which do you find more important, money or friends?
B: Friends, of course.
A: Why?
B: I can always borrow money from friends.
錢和朋友
甲:你認為錢和朋友哪一個更重要?
乙:當然是朋友 。
甲:為什么?
乙:我總可以從朋友那兒借到錢
這個呢?
The Nice Wedding Gift
We attended the wedding of an acquaintance's son. Because we did not know the young man or his bride, we decided to send them a practical household gift, a fire extinguisher. Apparently, the couple mass-produced their thank-you notes because we received a card saying: Thank you very much for the nice wedding gift. We look forward to using it soon.
漂亮的結婚禮物
我們參加了一個熟人的兒子的婚禮 。由于我們都不認識那個年輕人和他的新娘 , 所以我們決定送給他們一個實用的全家禮----一個滅火器 。很明顯,這對新人大批量制作了他們的感謝信 , 因為我們收到了一張卡片,上面寫著:“非常感謝您的漂亮的結婚禮物,我們期待著不久就用到它 。”
如果好的話就我哦O(∩_∩)O~
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