英文小故事

推荐第1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 dre.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。

推荐第2篇：英文小故事

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 slowne 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 forgivene 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 meage 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。

推荐第3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 dre.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 Croed 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 cro it.Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby.He asked, \"Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cro the river?\" The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.the colt was croing 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 croed 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，“Goodne 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!”

推荐第4篇：英文短篇小故事

优越感背后的无能

让和他的祖父途经巴黎一个广场，他看到，广场一处，一名鞋匠因为鞋子的一点小问题正被客户百般刁难。鞋匠平静地听着客户的埋怨，道了歉，保证会把问题解决。

让和祖父在一家小酒馆停下用咖啡。

在他们的邻桌，侍者想请一位客人移一下椅子以便腾出点位置。那个男人破口大骂，拒绝挪动。

“别忘记你今天看见的，”让的祖父说道，“鞋匠接受了批评，而我们旁边的男人动都不肯动。”

“有用的人，做着有用的事，他们不怕被当作一无是处。”

“而无用的人经常自以为是，将他们的无能隐藏在优越感背后。” Jean was walking with his grandfather through a public square in Paris.At a certain point, he saw a shoemaker being mistreated by a client, whose footwear showed a flaw.The shoemaker listened calmly to the complaint and apologized, promising to correct the error.Jean and his grandfather stopped to have coffee at a bistro.At the table next to them, the waiter asked a man to move his chair a little in order to make space.That man burst into a torrent of complaints and refused to move.“Never forget what you have seen today,” Jean’s grandfather said, “the shoemaker accepted the complaint, while this man next to us didn’t want to move.“Useful men, who do useful things, don’t mind being treated as usele.“But the usele always judge themselves as being important and hide all their incompetence behind authority.”

错误的礼物 10 second reading: the wrong gift 我的一个朋友Miie T.——她曾是一位经济学家——决定抛弃一切，致力于学画。

她用了好几年去寻找合适的老师，直到她在西藏遇到了一位精通微型画的女人。Miie离开日本前往西藏山区，和这位一贫如洗的老师住在了一起，学习手艺。

1 第一年结束后，Miie回日本过了几天，然后带着满满几箱的礼物又回到西藏。她的老师看见她带来的东西，竟然大哭起来，并叫Miie不要再进她的家门了。她说：

“在你回日本之前，我们的关系是关爱和平等的。你的头上有一片瓦，有足够吃的，还能画画。现在你带了这些礼物给我，就等于在我们之间划分了社会阶级。一旦有这个区别存在，我们之间就不会有理解和奉献了。”

A friend of mine, Miie T.decided to abandon everything she knew — she was an economist — in order to dedicate herself to painting.For years she sought an adequate master until she met a woman who lived in Tibet and specialized in miniatures.Miie left Japan and went to the Tibetan mountains and moved in with the teacher, who was extremely poor, to learn what she needed to learn.At the end of the first year, Miie returned to Japan for a couple of days and returned to Tibet with suitcases filled with gifts.When her teacher saw what she had brought, she began to cry and asked Miie not to come back to her home, saying, “Before your trip, our relation was of equality and love.You had a roof, food and paints.“Now, as you brought me these gifts, you have established a social difference between us.“If this difference exists, there can’t be comprehension and surrendering.”

救了我命的那条鱼 The fish who saved my life 有一次，纳斯尔丁经过一个山洞，看见一位瑜伽士在里面陷入沉思的样子，就问他想弄明白什么。瑜伽士说：

“我研究动物，在它们身上学到了许多可以改变人类一生的道理。” “有一条鱼曾经救了我的命，”纳斯尔丁回答，“如果你能把知道的都教我，我就告诉你发生了什么。”

瑜伽士惊叹不已。只有圣人才会为鱼所救。他决定将将自己所知的倾囊相授给纳斯尔丁。

2 当他结束后，他问那斯尔丁：

“现在我把知道的都告诉你了，如果能知道鱼怎么会救你，我会感到非常荣幸。”

“很简单，”纳斯尔丁说：“抓到它的时候我已经差点饿死了，感谢那条鱼，我接下来的三天都不愁没吃的。”

Nasrudin is walking past a cave when he sees a yogi, deep in meditation, and he asks the yogi what he is searching for.The yogi says: „I study the animals and have learned many leons from them that can transform a man‟s life.‟

„A fish once saved my life,‟ Nasrudin replies.„If you teach me everything you know, I will tell you how it happened.‟

The Yogi is astonished; only a holy man could be saved by a fish.And he decides to teach Nasrudin everything he knows.When he has finished, he says to Nasrudin: „Now that I have taught you everything, I would be proud to know how a fish saved your life.‟

„Very simple,‟ says Nasrudin, „I was almost dying of hunger when I caught it and, thanks to that fish, I had enough food for three days.‟

法律与水果 The law and the fruits 在沙漠中的一个地区，水果稀缺。神叫来一位他的预言家，说：--让每个人一天只能吃一个水果。

这条神谕被好几代人遵守着，这块土地的生态被保护得很好。因为剩余的水果提供了种子，其他的树出现了。很快，这个地区的土壤变得肥沃，让其他村子的人们好生羡慕。

但是这里的人们依然每天只吃一个水果 —— 他们虔诚地遵守着祖先中的预言家说过的话。然而，他们从不让其他村子的居民分享每年的丰厚收成。

结果，很多果子都在地上烂掉了。

神又叫来一位新的预言家，说：--让他们想吃多少水果就吃多少吧，然后请他们与他们的邻居分享。

预言家回到村子里传达新的神谕。但是却被村民用石头砸死了—— 因为流传下来的习惯已经在当地居民心中根深蒂固。

随着时间的流逝，年轻的村民开始质疑这个原始的旧习，可元老们定下的法律不可妥协。他们决定放弃信仰这种宗教。于是，他们想吃多少水果就吃多少，剩下的还被拿来分给那些需要食物的人。

唯一剩下的那些忠于当地宗祠的，是那些自认是圣徒的人。但实际上，他们才是看不到世界在改变的人，更没意识到人应该跟着改变。

In the desert, fruit was scarce.God called one of his prophets and said:- Each person may only eat one fruit a day.The custom was obeyed for many generations, and the ecology of the place was preserved.Since the remaining fruit supplied seeds, other trees appeared.Soon, the entire region was turned into fertile soil, which was the envy of other towns.But the people continued to eat one fruit a day – they remained faithful to what the ancient prophet of their forefathers had told them.However they never allowed the inhabitants of other villages to take advantage of the abundant harvest with which they were rewarded each year.The result was that fruit rotted on the ground.God called a new prophet and said:- Let them eat as much fruit as they like.And ask them to share the abundance with their neighbors.The prophet came to the town with the new meage.But he was stoned – for by now the custom was ingrained in the hearts and minds of each of the inhabitants.With time, the younger villagers began to question the barbaric old custom.But, since the tradition of the elders was unbending, they decided to abandon the religion.Thus, they could eat as much fruit as they wished, and give the rest to those in need of food.The only people who remained faithful to the local church, were those who considered themselves saints.But in truth they were unable to see how the world changes, and recognize how one must change with it.

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英文小故事演讲稿

Hello , my beloved judges .I am 。。。。 ,I study in Shi Yan primary school.

Now, Let me tell a little story for you.The name is: Fox and the Grapes

One hot summer day a fox was walking through an orchard.He stopped before a bunch of grapes.They were ripe and juicy

\"I\'m just feeling thirsty,\" he thought.So he backed up a few paces, got a running start, jumped up, but could not reach the grapes.

He walked back.One, two, three, he jumped up again, but still, he mied the grapes.

The fox tried again and again, but never succeeded.At last he decided to give it up.

He walked away with his nose in the air, and said“I am sure they are sour(酸的）.”

The story is over, I hope you like it.Thanks

推荐第6篇：英文小故事100300字

A Little Horse Croing the River 小马过河

There are an old horse and a little horse on a farm.One day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill.The little horse is very happy.He carries the wheat and runs toward the mill.But there is a river in front of the little horse.He stops and does not know what to do next.Just then Aunt Cow is paing by.

The little horse asks, “Aunt Cow, please tell me.Can I cro the river ”

Aunt Cow answers, “It is not deep, you can cro it.”

When the little horse begins to cro the river, a little squirrel shouts at him, “Little horse, don\'t cro it, you will be drowned.Yesterday one of my friends was drowned in this river.”

The little horse is very afraid.Finally he decides to go home and ask his mother.The old horse asks, “Why do you take the wheat back What\'s wrong with you My child.”

The little horse answers sadly, “There is a river in front of me.Aunt Cow said it was not deep.But the little squirrel said it was deep.What shall I do ”

The old horse says, “My child, you should try to cro the river by yourself.If you do not try, how do you know the river is deep or not ”

The little horse carries the wheat and returns to the riverside.At last, he succeeds in croing the river.Now, He knows how deep the river is.

Wolf and sheep

A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs.He lay sick and maimed in his lair.

He felt very hungry and thirsty.When a sheep paed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.

\"If you bring me the water,\" he said, \"I will find means to get some food.\"

\"Yes,\" said the sheep, \"if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food.\"

Little boy and god

A little boy asked god, \"how long is a million years to you?\" God replied: \"like a minute.\" The little boy ask again: \"how much is a hundred million yuanto you?\" God replied: \"like a dollar.\" The little boy ask god to say: \"that you can give me a dollar money?\" God replied: \"certainly, as long as you give me a minute.\"

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.

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.

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.\"

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英文小故事

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The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子

A PIGEON, oppreed by exceive 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 addreed him:\"Sirrah, last year you groly 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 gra.\" 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 supperle, 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 aured 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 aured 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 A and the Grahopper 驴子与蚱蜢

AN ASS having heard some Grahoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to poe the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices.They replied, \"The dew.\" The A 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 kindne.\" 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 poible 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

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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。

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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 poible.\"

\"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 poibly 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。

推荐第8篇：英文小故事（推荐）

Making His Mark A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat acro a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelely.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?

“刻舟求剑”

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。

The fox and the lion

When the fox first saw the lion he was terribly frightened.He ran away, and hid himself in the woods.The second time, however, he came near the lion.He stopped at a safe distance, and watched him pa by.The third time they came near one another.The fox went straight up to the lion, and stayed the whole day with him.He asked the lion how his family was, and when they would meet again.

They soon became good friends.

The one-eyed doe

A doe had lost one of her eyes, and could not see anyone approaching her from one side.

In order to avoid any danger, she always ate on a high cliff near the sea, and looked at the land with her good eye when she was eating.

By this means she could see whenever the hunters approached her on land.

But one hunter found out that she was blind in one eye.He rowed a boat under the cliff, and shot her from the sea.

狐狸和狮子

●狐狸第一次见到狮子时非常害怕，赶紧藏到森林里。

●当他第二次遇到狮子时，则站在附近看狮子经过。

●第三次遇到狮子时，他竟有胆量，走了上去，与狮子进行十分亲切的谈话。

●不久，他们变成了好朋友。

寓意: 不要害怕不了解的事物，接近它，就会觉得没什么可怕的。

The one-eyed doe

A doe had lost one of her eyes, and could not see anyone approaching her from one side.

In order to avoid any danger, she always ate on a high cliff near the sea, and looked at the land with her good eye when she was eating.

By this means she could see whenever the hunters approached her on land.

But one hunter found out that she was blind in one eye.He rowed a boat under the cliff, and shot her from the sea.

一只眼睛的母鹿

●有头瞎了一只眼睛的母鹿，没有办法看到从瞎了的那只眼的方向靠近她的东西。

●为了躲避危险，她总是在海边的一处高崖上吃草。在她吃东西的时候，她用那只好的眼睛注视着陆地。

●用这种方法，她防备来自陆地上的猎人的袭击。

●但是一个猎人发现她的一只眼睛是瞎的，就划着船从海上将她射杀了。

寓意: 人们常常对容易预见的危险严加防范，却忽视自认为很安全的方面。

Belling the cat

Long ago, there was a big cat in the house.He caught many mice while they were stealing food.

One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy.Some said this, and some said that.

At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea.

\"We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat.Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away.\"

Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, \"That is very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?\" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke.

老鼠开会

●从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。

●一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。

●“我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。”

●大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。

寓意: 有些事情说起来容易，做起来却很难。

The hare and the tortoise

The hare was once boasting about his speed before the other animals.\"I have never been beaten,\" he said, \"when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me.\"

The tortoise said quietly, \"I will race with you.\" \"That is a good joke,\" said the hare.\"I could dance around you the whole way.\"

The race started.The hare darted almost out of sight at once.He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.

The tortoise plodded on and on.When the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race.

龟兔赛跑

●兔子向动物们夸耀他的速度，“我从来没有失败过，”他说，“当我奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”

●乌龟平静地说：“我要与你比赛。”“真是笑话，我可以边玩边和你赛跑。”兔子说。

●比赛开始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已经跑得不见了踪影，但是他觉得自己跑得快，对比赛掉以轻心，躺在路边睡着了。

●乌龟慢腾腾地却持续不停地走，当兔子一觉醒来，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了。兔子输了比赛。

寓意: 骄兵必败;只有持之以恒，才能实现目标。

推荐第9篇：英文励志 小故事

A young man asked Socrates the secret to succe.Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.They met.Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river.When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked(vt.将„„猛按入水) him into the water.The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue.Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp(vi.喘息) and take a deep breath of air.Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to succe.When you want succe as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it.There is no other

secret.”

一个年轻人向苏格拉底询问成功的秘诀，苏格拉底让年轻人第二天早晨到河边见他。他们见面后，苏格拉底叫年轻人和他一起走向河里，当河水淹至他们的脖子时，苏格拉底出其不意地抓住年轻人并把其压入水中，那人想要挣出水面，而强壮有力的苏格拉底将他摁在水中直到他变得无力抗争，脸色发青。苏格拉底将他的头拖出水面，这个年轻人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口气。苏格拉底问：“当你闷在水里的时候你最想要的是什么？”年轻人回答说：“空气。”苏格拉底说：“那就是成功的秘诀。当你像渴望空气一样渴望成功，你就能够获得它！没有其他的秘密了。”

推荐第10篇：英文演讲小故事

The man I want to meet

The man I want to meet is an angel, I know he can realize my wish! If I meet an angel, I will ask him to give a lovely dog.I think dog is a good friend of human.It can guard the door, guide our way, even play games with us.I really want to have a lovely dog.

If I meet angel, I will ask him to find homes for all the dogs and cats.Because I find many little dogs and cats are lingering on the street, Maybe they didn\'t know to find their owners, or don’t have homes.I hope all of these lovely animal can find their homes.

If I meet an angel, I will ask him to help all the lovely animal have a safe home.Some lovely animal have been hurt by human.I hope the angel can help them have a safe home.Where are you, angel?

I am waiting for you.

第11篇：故事类英文小短文

Covering the Eye with a Leaf

In the State of Chu, there was a man whose family was very poor.Even at night the often dreamt of striking it rich, but the never worked hard.One day, when he was leafing through the book Huainan Zi, he came acro a line saying:” When the mantis preys on the cicada, it relies entirely upon a leaf to conceal its body.” He thought that if one could get such a leaf, one could become invisible。

Thereupon, he ran into the woods, looking for just such a leaf among the branches.He had searched a long time before he discovered a mantis hiding itself behind a leaf and waiting to catch a cicada.He climbed up the tree at once, and plucked the leaf.But he was in such a big hurry that, out of carelene.The leaf dropped to the ground.There were many, many fallen leaves on the ground.How could he identify the leaf he had plucked？ So he had to put all the leaves into a bamboo basket and carry them home.

As soon as he got home, he held up one leaf after another in turn to cover his eye, and kept asking his wife:“Can you see me?”In the beginning, his wife always answered:” Yes, I can.”After a long time, she began to feel weird: what was the matter with her husband today? Why did he keep holding up a leaf and asking her the same question?。” He did this over and over again for one whole day.In the end, his wife got impatient and humoured him by saying:” No, I can’t.”

Hearing this, he became wild with joy.He turned and ran out to the street.Holding the leaf in one hand, he grabbed with the other hand the goods in a shop.But before he could withdraw his hand, he was caught on the spot and handed over to the local yamen. Sighing over one’s Insignificance be

When autumn came, all the water in the large and small rivers rose higher and flowed into the Yellow River.The surface of the River at once appeared much wider, On one side of the bank, one couldn’t see the cattle and sheep on the opposite side.The River deity Hebo was therefore immensely proud and considered himself the greatest in the world.Hero followed the Yellow River to the North Sea.Then he looked at himself and felt he could not see the bounds of the sea.Then he looked at himself and felt he was so tiny and insignificant.He sighed and said to Hairuo, the deity of the North Sea. “Asa the saying goes, a person who has gained a little learning tends to regard himself as the wiset person under the sky.I am just that kind of person.Seeing how broad and great you are today, I have come to realize how insignificant and ignorant I am.If I didn’t meet you , I’m afraid I would I would always be laughed at by people with knowledge.” Hairou said: “We cannot talk about the sea with a frog at the bottom of a well, for the frog is restricted by its dwelling place; we cannot talk about ice with a small insect is restricted by the seasons; we cabbit talk about profound learning with superficial persons, for they have too little knowledge.Now you have come out of a small river to the North Sea, seen the greatne of it and realized your own insignificance.Since you have taken such a modest attitude, I can then talk with you about profound learning.”

The King of Chu Beats the Drum

One day, King Li of the State of Chu announced to the people: If any emergency occurs in our country, the drum will be beaten as a signal.The moment the people hear the drum, they must aemble outside the palace gate at once.One day, King Li out drunk, when he paed by the drum stand, he started to beat the drum at random.When the people heard the drum, they ran from all directions to the palace gate, thinking that some emergency had occurred in the country.They stood all around in a dense ma.King Li sent someone to tell them:”Just now the King beat the drum, but nothing urgent had happened, it was only because the King got drunk and when he paed by the drum stand, he beat the drum just for fun.”

All the people returned to their homes , feeling angry.A few months later, some emergency really occurred in the State of Chu.The drum outside the palace gate sounded from early morning until night.Though the people heard the drum, they no longer cared about it and didn’t rush to the palace gate.

An old horse knows the way

One spring, Guan Zhong and xi peng followed Huan Gong, King of the State of Qi, in an expedition against the State of Gu back.They lost their way, Guan Zhong said:

“Old horses are wise animals who know their way.Let them lead the way for us!”

Thereupon, they let several old horses lead in front and the army followed behind.Finally they found their way home.

When the army entered the hills, they ran out of water.Then Xi Peng said:” In winter, the ants stay on the south side of a hill, and in summer, on the north side.There is sure to be water source under their nest.”

Thereupon, the soldiers exerted strenuous efforts to dig the ground.Sure enough, they found water under the ants’ nest.

Men of great learning like Guan Zhong and Xi Peng, when coming acro difficulties, would also seek help from horses and ants of lower intelligence than human beings to find a way out.

Startling the world with a Single Cry

It had been three years since King Zhuang of Chu ascended the throne, but he had neither iued a decree nor dealt with any state affairs.Furthermore, there no deeds worth mentioning.All the civil and military officials of the court couldn’t understand what was the matter.

One day, a military official quietly asked King of Chu in the carriage.“Your Majesty, I heard that in the south, there was a big bird dwelling in the hills.Three years paed, it neither flew nor cried.Could Your Majesty tell me the reason.”

King Zhuang of Chu smiled and answered: ”It didn’t spread its wings to fly for three years in order to grow full-fledged.It didn’t cry for three years in order to carefully observe the conditions of the people in the world.This bird, once it flies, will soar high into the sky; once it cries, it will startle the world with a single cry.”

Another half a year paed before King Zhuang of Chu began to personally administer state affairs.He abolished ten outmoded rules and regulations, iued nine new policies, sentenced five ministers to death for their evil deeds and promoted six persons with real talents.From then on, the State of Chu became stronger and stronger.

Striving to Be the First and Fearing to Lag Behind

Wang yuqi was a well-known expert in driving carriages in the State of Zhao.When Xiang Zi of Zhao heard of this, he asked Wang to teach him to drive a carriage.Not long after, xiang Zi of Zhao thought he had already mastered the skills, and suggested a race against Wang.He didn’t expect that after he had changed horses three times in succeion, he still lost the race to Wang.

Xiang Zi of zhao was flustered and exasperated.He said to Wang:“in teaching me to drive, have you held anything back and not taught me all your skills?” ”

Hearing this, Wang smiled and said:“You ought to believe that I have taught you all the skills in driving a carriage.But, when your Highne was racing against me, you always tried to keep in front of me.Once you lagged behind, you strove to overtake me; but after you overtook me, you were afraid that I would catch up with you.You focused all your attention on me.You forgot that in driving a carriage, the most important thing is to take of the horses wholeheartedly and pay attention to the handlebars of the carriage and the harne to see whether they fit of not.Only then can you give the rein to the horses and let them gallop for 1000 li.But during the race, you not only strove to be the first but also feared to lag behind.How could you concentrate your mind on driving the carriage? ”

Hearing this, Xiang Zi of Zhao was enlightened.He gave a deep sigh and said: ”Your words certainly hit the nail on the head.That is the very reason why I lagged behind.”

第12篇：名人励志英文小故事

名人励志英文小故事

一些想要培养孩子英语阅读理解能力的家长都会时常找关于励志的英文名人故事给孩子看，那么励志的英文名人故事都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。

励志的英文名人故事篇1：唇亡齿寒

During the Spring and Autumn Period (707sighted and covets small advantages.If we give him pricele precious stones and fine horses, it is not unlikely that he will allow our army to pa through his country.\" Seeing that Duke Xian of the State of Jin was a little bit grudging, Xun Xi continued to say, \"The State of Yu and the State of Guo are neighbor stated as closely related as lips and teeth.The State of Yu cannot exist independently if the state of Guo is destroyed.Your precious stones and fime hores are just left in the care of the monarch of the State of Yu.\" So Duke Xian of the State of Jin accepted Xun Xi\'s plan.When the monarch of Yu saw the precious gifts, he was elated,and readily promised to let the Jin army pa through his state.Hearing the news, Gong Zhiqi, one of the ministers as the State of Yu, hastened to admonish the monarch, saying,\" That won\'t do.For the State of Yu and the State of Guo are neighbor states as closely related as lips and teeth.Our two small states are interdependent, and can help cach other when problems crop up .If the State of Guo were destroyed, it would be difficult for our State of Yu to continue to exist.As the common saying goes, if the lips are gone ,the teeth will be cold, The teeth can hardly be kept if the lips are gone.So it won\'t do at all to allow the Jin army pa our state.\" The monarch of the State of Yu said,\" The State of Jin is a big state.Now they here specially to present gifts to us with the intention of being on friendly terms with us.Under suchcircumstances, how can we refuse to allow them to pa through our state?\" Hearing this, Gong Zhiqi sighed repeatedly.Knowing that the State of Yu would soon be destroyed, Gong Zhiqi left the State of Yu together with his whole family.

As expected, the troops of the State of Jin, allowed to pa through the State of Yu, destroyed the State of Guo and on their return trip captured the monarch of the State of Yu who went out personally to meet them, htus destroying the State of Yu as Well.

This story appears in the chapter \" The Fifth Year of Duke Xi \" in Zuo zhuan,the famous commentary by Zuo Qiuming on The Spring and Autumn Annals.The set phrase \" if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold \" is used to mean that two persons or things share a common lot and that is one fails ,the other is in danger.

春秋时候，晋献公想要扩充自己的实力和地盘，就找借口说邻近的虢(guó)国经常侵犯晋国的边境，要派兵灭了虢国。可是在晋国和虢国之间隔着一个虞国，讨伐虢国必须经过虞地。“怎样才能顺利通过虞国呢?”晋献公问手下的大臣。大夫荀息说：“虞国国君是个目光短浅、贪图小利的人，只要我们送他价值连城的美玉和宝马，他不会不答应借道的。”晋献公一听有点舍不得，荀息看出了晋献公的心思，就说：“虞虢两国是唇齿相依的近邻，虢国灭了，虞国也不能独存，您的美玉宝马不过是暂时存放在虞公那里罢了。”晋献公采纳了荀息的计策。

虞国国君见到这两们珍贵的礼物，顿时心花怒放，听到荀息说要借道虞国之事时，当时就满口答应下来。虞国大夫宫之奇听说后，赶快阻止道：“不行，不行，虞国和虢国是唇齿相依的近邻，我们两个小国相互依存，有事可以自彼帮助，万一虢国灭了，我们虞国也就难保了。俗话说：‘唇亡齿寒’，没有嘴唇，牙齿也保不住啊!借道给晋国万万使不得。”虞公说：“人家晋国是大国，现在特意送来美玉宝马和咱们交朋友，难道咱们借条道路让他们走走都不行吗?”宫之奇连声叹气，知道虞国离灭亡的日子不远了，于是就带着一家老小离开了虞国。

果然，晋国军队借道虞国，消灭了虢国，随后又把亲自迎接晋军的虞公抓住，灭了虞国。 故事出自《左传·僖公五年》。成语“唇亡齿寒”，比喻双方关系密切，相互依存。

励志的英文名人故事篇2：厚积薄发 永不言弃 He is a Harvard graduate playing in the National Basketball Aociation.He is an Asian-American in a league devoid of them, which makes him doubly anomalous.No team drafted Lin in 2010.Two teams cut him in December, before the Knicks picked him up.

His contract, potentially worth nearly $800,000, was not even guaranteed until Tuesday afternoon.So for the past six weeks, Lin, 23, has been sleeping in his brother Josh’s living room, waiting for clarity and career security.

On Saturday night, Lin came off the bench and powered the Knicks to a 99-92 victory over the Nets at Madison Square Garden, scoring a career-best 25 points with 7 aists.Two nights later, he made his first N.B.A.start and produced 28 points and 8 aists in a 99-88 win over the Utah Jazz.

Knicks fans now serenade Lin with chants of “Je-re-my!” and “M.V.P.!”.With every game, every precision pa and every clever drive to the basket, Lin is raising expectations, altering the Knicks’ fate and redefining the word “unlikely.” On Twitter, fans and basketball pundits are using another term to describe the phenomenon: “Linsanity.”

Two weeks ago, the 6-foot-3 Lin was not even part of the Knicks’ point-guard rotation, despite their lack of talent at the position.He played sparingly in a few games, showing just enough promise to keep getting another look— a few more minutes, another quarter.But there was never any hint of what was to come.

With 25 points Saturday, Lin set the N.B.A.scoring record for a player from Harvard.For an encore, he became the first player in more than 30 years to record at least 28 points and 8 aists in his first N.B.A.start.The last to do so was Isiah Thomas, the Detroit Pistons’ Hall of Fame point guard, in October 1981.

“I don’t think anyone, including myself, saw this coming,” Lin said after the game Monday.

他是NBA赛场上少有的名校哈佛毕业生，他是联盟里少见的亚裔美国人，这样双重特殊身份的林书豪，在2010年NBA新秀大会上落选，2011年12月先后被金州勇士队和休斯敦火箭队裁掉，之后纽约尼克斯队宣布签下他。

尼克斯与他签下的合同价值约为80万美元，也许在这之前他持有的是非保障合同，但到周二下午6点(球队裁员的截至日子)林书豪的的合同自动转为了保障合同，他将安全的留在尼克斯队。事实上在过去的6周里，23岁的林书豪因为不确定自己是否能够继续留在纽约，一直寄居在哥哥家当沙发客，等待职业生涯中保障合同的出现。

上周六的晚上，纽约尼克斯在麦迪逊广场花园主场迎战新泽西网队，板凳席上的林书豪临危受命，拿下了职业生涯最高的25分7助攻，帮助尼克斯99比92战胜网队。两天后，林书豪获得NBA的第一次首发机会，在对阵犹他爵士队的比赛中砍下28分8助攻。

麦迪逊广场花园的球迷们齐声欢呼“Jeremy”和“MVP”。每一场比赛，每一个精准的过人，每一次聪明的突破，林书豪给球迷们带来希望，改变了尼克斯队的命运，也再次重新定义了“不可能”。在推特上，球迷和篮球权威人士用Linsanity “为林疯狂” 这个标签来描述这种林书豪热现象(Linsanity：Lin+insanity)。

两周前，这个身高1米91的华裔小个子甚至根本不在尼克斯队的控球后卫轮转名单中，尽管尼克斯目前在控卫的位置缺乏优秀的人才。在此之前他只打过几场比赛，但他的表现足以让教练注意到他。慢慢地，他的上场时间在增加：多了几分钟，再打一节。林书豪的传奇成功不是无迹可寻的。

在周六砍下25分的一球成名战后，林书豪也创下了NBA赛场上哈佛毕业生的得分记录。第二场比赛中，他再次创下记录，成为NBA赛场30多年里首发首秀拿到28分8助攻的第一人。上次拿到这个得分的是在1981年10月，底特律活塞队伊塞亚·托马斯(NBA名人堂球员)。

林书豪在周一比赛后表示，“我相信任何人包括我自己在内，都没有预想到这样的成绩”。

励志的英文名人故事篇3：人生没有过不去的坎

Our tolerating ability is indeed way beyond our imagination.But not until the very critical moment will we realize our potential tolerating ability.

There was a woman in the countryside who got married at the age of 18 and had to escape with her two daughters and a son wherever she could at the age of 26 due to the Japanese army’s invasion.Many people in the village at that time could not bear the suffering of being a fugitive and wanted to commit sui cide.After she knew about it, she would come to those people and soothed them by saying, “Don’t do that silly thing.There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.The Japanese armies are bound to be foiled one day!”

Finally she insisted until the day when all the Japanese armies were kicked out of China.Nonethele, her son died of disease without sufficient medicine and nutrition in those days of hardships.Her husband, after knowing the death of his son, lay in bed for two days without eating and drinking anything.She teared to her husband and said, “We have a tough destiny, but however tough our lives will be, we should also persist.Though our son has paed away, we can have another.There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.”

After giving birth to the second son, her husband died of edema, which almost blew her away.But eventually, she recovered and cuddled the three young children, saying, “My sweet hearts, don’t feel scared.You still have me, your dear mum!”

It took her painstaking efforts to raise her children up and the life of her family was getting better and better.Two daughters were married and so was his son finally.She said to everyone she met, “Look! What I said is absolutely right.There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome! My life is so happy now!” She was aging gradually and could not do the farm work any more.So she stayed at home and did some stitching work.

Neverthele, the Heaven seemed to show no affection to her who had undergone a rough life.She got her leg broken accidentally when she was nursing her grandson.Due to her old age that posed a great risk to her operation, she did not receive operation and had to lie in bed all day long.Her children all cried heavily, while she merely said, “Why do you cry? I am still living.”

Even though she could not rise from bed, she did not complain about anything and anybody.Instead, she sat on the bed and did some stitching work.She had learnt scarves-weaving, broidery, crafts-making, etc.All her neighbors spoke highly of her skills and came to learn from her.

She lived until 86.Before she went to Heaven, she said to her children, “You all should live to your best.There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome!”

We will only get to realize our own iron will and strong tolerating ability after getting stricken heavily.Therefore, no matter what you are suffering from now, do not merely complain about the unfairne of our destiny and maintain low-spirited all the time.There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.Only those who have no confidence and courage to overcome setbacks will be defeated at last!

人的承受能力，其实远远超过我们的想象，就像不到关键时刻，我们很少能认识到自己的潜力有多大。

有这样一位农村妇女，她18岁的时候结婚，26岁赶上日本人侵略中国，在农村进行大扫荡，她不得不经常带着两个女儿一个儿子东躲西藏。村里很多人受不了这种暗无天日的折磨，想到了自尽，她得知后就会去劝：“别这样啊，没有过不去的坎，日本鬼子不会总这么猖狂的。”

她终于熬到了把鬼子赶出中国的那一天，可是她的儿子却在那炮火连天的岁月里，由于缺医少药，又极度缺乏营养，因病夭折了。丈夫不吃不喝在床上躺了两天两夜，她流着泪对丈夫说：“咱们的命苦啊，不过再苦咱也得过啊，儿子没了，咱再生一个，人生没有过不去的坎。”

刚刚生了儿子，丈夫因患水肿病离开了人世。在这个打击下，她很长时间都没回过神来，但最后还是挺过来了，她把三个未成年的孩子揽到自己怀里，说：“娘还在呢，有娘在，你们就别怕。”

她含辛茹苦地把孩子一个个拉扯大了，生活也慢慢好转起来。两个女儿嫁了人，儿子也结了婚。她逢人便乐呵呵地说：“我说吧，没有过不去的坎，现在生活多好啊。”她年纪大了，不能下地干活，就在家纳鞋底，做衣服，缝缝补补。

可是，上苍似乎并不眷顾这位一生坎坷的妇女，她在照看孙子时不小心摔断了腿，由于年纪太大做手术危险，就一直没有做手术，她每天只能躺在床上。儿女们都哭了，她却说：“哭什么，我还活着呢。”

即便下不了床，她也没有怨天尤人，而是坐在床上做针线活。她会织围巾，会绣花，会编手工艺品，左邻右舍的人都夸她手艺好，还来跟她学艺。

她活到86岁，临终前，她对自己儿女们说：“都要好好过啊，没有过不去的坎。”

人总是在遭遇一次重创之后，才会幡然醒悟，重新认识自己的坚强和坚忍。所以，无论你正在遭遇什么磨难，都不要一味抱怨上苍不公平，甚至从此一蹶不振。人生没有过不去的坎，只有过不去的人。

第13篇：诚信的英文小故事

学以载道，诚信为本。以下是小编为您整理的诚信的英文小故事相关资料，欢迎阅读！

1、诚信的花朵

There was a king who wanted an honest child to be a prince because he had no children.He came to call the children said: \"today I\'ll give you a seed, after three months, see who can give me the most beautiful flower, who is the prince.\"

Three months paed, smart or clever children were holding a pot of colorful flowers to come to the final competition.Only a child with an empty pot, tears said: \"my dear king, I am hard every day carefully watering, fertilization, even to sleep, also put the pot in his arms, but I didn\'t what kind of??\" the king laughed: \"honest prince, you won\'t be a any flowers, because I give you, are cooked seeds!\"

2、卖火柴的小男孩

A rich gentleman of England in eighteenth Century, one night he walked in the way home, was a little boy stopped shabby in dre with dishevelled hair and a dirty face.\"Please buy a match, sir,\" the little boy said.\"I don\'t buy it.\" The gentleman replied.The gentleman escaped the boy and went on.\"Please, sir, please buy a bag.I haven\'t eaten anything yet today,\" the boy chased the boy.The gentleman saw that he could not hide the boy, and said, \"but I don\'t have any change.\" \"Sir, you take the match first and I\'ll change the change for you.\" The boy ran away with a gentleman\'s pound with the gentleman.The gentleman waited for a long time.The boy still didn\'t come back, and the gentleman had to go home.On the second day, the gentleman was working in his own office, and the servant said a boy asked to see a gentleman.So the boy was called in.The boy was a little shorter than the match boy and was worn more ragged.\"I\'m sorry, sir.My brother asked me to send you the change.\" \"what about your brother?\" Gentry.\"When my brother came back to find you on the way of changing money, he was hit by a coach and hurt at home.\" the gentleman was deeply moved by the honesty of the little boy.\"Go!\" Let\'s go to see your brother! \" To see the boy\'s home, only two boys\' stepmother in the family was calling the seriously injured boy.As soon as the gentleman saw the gentleman, the boy hurried to say, \"I\'m sorry, I didn\'t give you the change on time.\" The gentleman was deeply moved by the good faith of the boy.When he realized that the parents of two boys were dead, he decided to take all the needs of their lives.

3、《郁离子》中因失信而丧生的故事

There was a merchant in Jiyang when the boat sank when he was croing the river.He grabbed a hemp and shouted for help.There is a fisherman heard.The merchant hastened, \"I am the biggest millionaire in Jiyang.If you can save me, give you 100 two gold.\" To be ashore, businemen have turned around.He only gave the fisherman 10 and two gold.Fisherman blame him for not keeping promises, promise and then deny in succeion.The millionaire said, \"you can\'t earn a few money in your life, all of a sudden, twelve gold is not satisfied?\" Gan Fu had to Yangyang but go to.Unexpectedly later the millionaire again capsize in place.Someone to save, that he had been deceived Gan Fu said: \"he is the talk

A man who does not count! \" So the merchant drowned.The two businemen overturned and the case of the same husband Gan is accidental, but the rewards are not in busineman expected.For a man will lose trust in him if he does not keep his faith.So, when he is in trouble, no one wants to come to the rescue.The man who once did, only wait.4、“一诺千金”的故事

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a man called Ji Bu, who had always spoken and counted, and had a very high reputation.Many people had established a strong friendship with him.Even the spread of this proverb: \"gold Jin, as was in good faith.\" (this is the phrase \"the origin of a jack\") later, he offended the Han Emperor Liu Bang, is offering a reward for.The results of his old friends not being heavily confused, and risked death jiuzu to protect him, finally saved him a curse.One honest letter, we can get the natural A just cause enjoys abundant support., respect and friendship.On the other hand, if you are greedy for a moment of ease or small cheapest, and lose faith in a friend, it is on the surface to get \"real benefits\".

But for this benefit he has destroyed his reputation and fame is much more important than material.Therefore, to lose faith in a friend is the same as to lose the watermelon to pick up the sesame, which is not worth the lo.

5、美国总统华盛顿的故事

The story took place in the home of a manor owner in the United States.

One day at noon, manor master-slave back, back to a small sharp axe, conveniently placed at the door, go to work.It happened that the son of the manor saw the axe.He looked at the glittering axe.He liked it very much.He looked right in his left hand.He thought, \"how fast is this bright axe fast?\" He wants to try.Then, he went to the cherry orchard with an axe.He selected a small cherry tree, the tree looks like an adult, took up his axe cut down hard.Only to hear a \"click\" sound, trees were cut off.

The boy didn\'t see it well.He knew he was in trouble.He ran home quickly, put the axe in the original place, hid in his cottage, and uneasy and seized a book, pretending to be attentive.A few hours later, the owner of the manor came back.When he paed the cherry orchard, found that his favorite cherry tree was cut off, suddenly be furious.Back home, he put the fruit called scolded, and asked him to cut people traced.The little boy has been hiding in the house to see this scene, I thought, if I did not acknowledge, if wronged others, it is not good! But then I think, if to admit, dad to blame me, perhaps hit me.What should I do? He hesitated for a moment to sit beside the bed, finally walked boldly to the front of my father, low head, red face said: \"Dad, don\'t pursue, I cut the tree.\" Father out, did not blame him, put him in my arms, eloquently said: \"my child, I\'m happy for your honesty.You know, being honest first is more valuable than 100 cherry trees.\"

The little boy nodded his head and put his father\'s words firmly in mind.The little boy was Washington, the later president of the United States.

第14篇：英文小故事(文字版)[推荐]

One day,a monkey drove his car near a lake.Sudden,he saw a tiger under a tree.The tiger saw him,too.The tiger ran very fast at the monkey.The monkey was very afraid and he and his car fell into the lake.The monkey couldn\'t swim and he shouted.A rabbit came and he jumped into the lake.The rabbit swam to the monkey but did not help him.Both of them shouted for help.Luckily,a giraffe came along.He was very tall.He helped the rabbit and the monkey.

第15篇：英文幽默小故事12则

英文幽默小故事12则

How do you know that? Bob: My car doesn\'t have a speedometer.

Rob: Then how do you know how fast you\'re going?

Bob: Well, when I\'m driving at 15 miles an hour, the fenders rattle; at 25 miles an hour, the windows rattle; and at 30, the motor starts knocking-and that\'s as fast as it\'ll go.

Sooner or later A thief with a long record was brought before the judge.

Judge: Have you ever stolen things?

Thief: Oh, now and then.

Judge: And where have you stolen these things?

Thief: Oh, here and there.

Judge: Right.Lock him up, officer.

Thief: Hey, when do I get out jail?

Judge: Oh, sooner or later.

Chief is at the wedding A police stopped a motorist who was speeding on the street.\"But officer,\" the man said, \"I can explain.\"

\"Just be quiet,\" snapped the officer.\"I\'m going to put you in jail until the chief gets back.\"

\"But ,officer, I ….\"

\"I said to keep quiet! You are going to jail!\"

A few hours later, the officer looked in on his prisoner and said, \"You are lucky because the chief is at his daughter\'s wedding.He\'ll be in a good mood when he gets back.\"

\"Are you sure?\" answered the man in the cell.\"I\'m the groom.\"

Why he couldn\'t leave? There was a meeting with a large number of people.At first the speaker was very interesting, but as time went on, he became very boring.Finally when he was through, there was only one man sitting in the large room.

The speaker walked up to the man and said, \"Thank you for hearing me out when all the others left the room.\"

\"Oh! Don\'t mention it!\" replied the man, \"I cannot leave because I am the next speaker.\"

A burglar 入室盗窃者

A man went to the police office wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.

\"You will get your chance in court.\" said the Desk Sergeant.

\"No, no, no.\" said the man.\"I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife.I\'ve been trying to do that for years.\"

One more cake The old lady was delighted with the gift the boy had brought her.

\"I\'ll go round and see your mother tomorrow,\" she said, \"And I\'ll thank for this lovely pie.\"

\"Um, if you don\'t mind,\" the boy said nervously, \"could you thank her for two pies?\"

Make Your Own Bed Farmer: If you want to spend the night here, you\'ll have to make your own bed.

Traveling salesman: That\'s perfectly all right.

Farmer: Here\'s a hammer and saw.Good night.

What does DC stand for? What does DC stand for?

An American teacher asked one of her pupils, \"What\'s the nation\'s capital?\"

The reply was \"Washington DC\"

On being asked what the \"DC\" stood for, the pupils all answered：

\"Dot com!\"

A poor poet 一名可怜的诗人

Poet: I hope you\'ve received the little volume of poems I sent you.

Woman: Oh, yes.It\'s very nice.I wonder where I\'ve put it?

Her son: It\'s under the leg of the table, Mom, to make it steady.

A Second Language 第二语言

A cat and her four kittens ran into a large dog.When the kittens cowered, the cat let out a series of loud barks, scaring the dog away.

Turning to her kittens, the cat said, \"You see how important it is to know a second language.\"

Accountant An accountant is having a hard time sleeping and goes to see his doctor.

\"Doctor, I just can\'t get to sleep at night.\"

\"Have you tried counting sheep? \"

\"That\'s the problem.I make a mistake and spend three hours trying to find it.\"

This is my seat It was a woman\'s first time on a plane.She boarded the plane and found herself a window seat.

After she settled in, a man came over and insisted that she was in his seat.She ignored him and told him to go away.

\"Okay,\" replied the man.\"If that\'s the way you want it, you fly the plane.\"

第16篇：圣经故事英文小论文

The Most Moving Story in the Bible

外国语言文化学院094班200911303409

Word Count:560

Outline:

1.A brief introduction

2.The detailed description of the story

3.Conclusion

Text:

Among the bible stories, in my opinion, Moses’ story is the most attractive and moving.It’s mainly about the Hebrew hero Moses and his great contributions to his people.

Moses was a newborn son of a Hebrew woman.At that time, the king of Egypt gave orders to kill all Hebrew newborn boys and broke Israelites’ spirit by heavy labor because he was afraid of that those

powerful Israelites may become the masters of Egypt.The little boy was protected well by his mother for 3 months but she could conceal no longer.So the mother laid the baby in a basket and put the basket among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.The baby was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter and he became the prince of Egypt.The name Moses was given by pharaoh’s daughter.

Moses grew up.One day, he went to his Hebrew people and saw one was punished by an Egyptian.He killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.But this was known by Pharaoh and he wanted to put Moses to death.So Moses made good in his escape and settled in the land of

Midian where he got married and God gave him the miion of leading Israelites out of Egypt.

Moses and his brother Aaron went to Pharaoh and asked him to set those Israelites free and Pharaoh refused.Moses turned his staff into a serpent as God told him.But Pharaoh was very obstinate and didn’t listen to Moses and Aaron.Then Moses changed the water of the Nile into blood and Pharaoh was obdurate as before.Moses had to perform other signs such as the disasters of frogs, maggots, flies and grahoppers, blights, murrain, disaster of hail and darkne, which still couldn’t persuade Pharaoh.At last, God killed all the first-borns in Egypt

including the first-born of Pharaoh and this made Pharaoh come to terms.When the king of Egypt was told that the Israelites had slipped away, he was seized with remorse.He took his troops to pursue Israelites and he nearly caught up with them by the sea.With God’s help Moses made the waters tear apart so that those Israelites went through the sea on the dry ground.But when Pharaoh’s troops arrived Moses made the water return to its accustomed place and all Pharaoh’s army were inundated.No one survived.This was Israelites’ great succe.

I like this story most because it presents the adamant people’s strong spirit of looking forward to freedom.Thought the Israelites were weak, they didn’t give in to the powerful king of Egypt.And the main hero was Moses who had strong will to save his people.He understood that the Egyptians were cruel and selfish.He gave up his happy life as a prince of Egypt in the palace and returned to his people.This is why God chose him to perform his miracles.Moses was the loyal follower of God and presented as the representative to deliver God’s ideas.Israelites showed

high admiration to him and he was worthy of it because of his great contributions to his people.

第17篇：一个感人的英文小故事

一个感人的英文小故事

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year 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?”

“That’s none of your busine.Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.“I just want to know.Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy.“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 or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed.Think about why you are being so selfish.I work hard every day for such childish behavior.”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions.How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? 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 little boy’s room and opened the door.“Are you asleep, son?” He asked.“No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.

“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man, “It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you.Here’s the $10you 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 if you already have some?” the father grumbled.“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied.“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.”

The Boys And The Frogs One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond.They began to throw stones into the water.In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs.At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, ¨Boys, please donˇt throw stones at us.〃 The boys said, ¨We are only playing.〃 ¨I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys.What is play to you is death to us,〃 said the old frog.So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.

The Cock And The Jewel One fine morning, a cock said to the hens and chickens, ¨Come, let us go out to find some food.We have not had our breakfast yet.〃 Then the cock began to dig the soft earth.Suddenly he cried, ¨Look, look! I have found something strange.I wonder what it is.It is like a ball.But it is not a stone.It may be an egg of some bird.〃 The hens heard his cry and came around him.One of them said, ¨Dear me! This is not an egg, but a jewel.Someone has lost it.〃 A chicken asked, ¨Can we eat it?〃 ¨No,〃 said the hen, ¨it is very precious to human beings, but it is of no use to us; we cannot eat it.Throw it away and try to find some worms.I want to have one worm than all the jewels in the world.〃

Tiger An old tiger lived in the forest.He didn’t look for food for himself.He often asked the other animals to bring some food to him. One day, he was very hungry.He saw a little monkey and said, “I’m hungry.Go to look for food for me!”

“Sorry, I can’t.There’s another tiger over there.He’s very big! He wants me to bring him a fat pig! He will not let me get food for you.I’m afraid of him!” “What ?” the old tiger shouted angrily.“Show me that tiger.I want to eat him.”

“Come with me, please.”said the monkey.

The monkey took the tiger to the river.“Look ,he’s in the river! He says he’s the No .1in the forest!”The old tiger was very anger, “I’ll eat him up!” With these words, the tiger jumped into the river.

第18篇：英语小短文故事 —纯英文

一

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.\"

曾经有两只老鼠，他们是朋友。一直老鼠住在乡下，另一直住在城里。许多年后乡下的老鼠遇见了城里的老鼠，他说：“请来看看我在乡下的房子。”城里的老鼠就去了。城里的老鼠说：“吃的不好，住的也不好，为什么你住在田里的一个洞里？你应该吃的好点，有必须过来看看我在城里的房子。”乡下的老鼠就去了城里老鼠的家。是一个非常好的房子。好吃的食物也为他们准备好了。但是就在他们打算去吃的时候，他们听到一个大的声音，城里的老鼠哭着喊：“跑！跑！猫来了。他们迅速的跑掉和藏起来了。一段时间后他们跑出来了，当他们跑出来后，乡下的老鼠的说:“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田里的洞了，穷点开心点，比富裕确害怕好点。”

二

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,\"This is my breakfast.\'\'

He came up to the cock and said,\"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?\'\'The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.

The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,\"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.\'\'

The cock said 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 opened his mouth and said,\"The cock is mine,not yours.\'\'Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.

一天早上一只狐狸看见一只(公鸡)。他想:“这是我的早餐”他走到公鸡面前说：“我知道你唱歌非常好听，你能为我唱一首吗？”公鸡很高兴，闭上眼睛开始唱。狐狸看到这种情况，用嘴叼起他开始跑。在田里的人们看到这只狐狸，他们喊：“快看，快看，狐狸把乌鸦叼跑了”公鸡对狐狸时候：“狐狸先生，你明白吗？人们说你叼走了他们的公鸡，告诉他们他是你的不是你的。”狐狸张口他的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的”，然后乌鸦从狐狸面前跑到了树底下。

三

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion.So its leaders sent a meage to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared.Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide.Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture.As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain.There was no sign of the lion.\"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?\" asked the chief.\"Forget the damn lion!\" he howled.\"Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?\"

伟大的猎狮手Jonesie. 有一个小村装一直被一个吃人的狮子困扰着。所以他们的领导人就传信给最伟大的猎人，Jonesie，来到村庄杀掉（）。连续几个晚上，猎人躺在床上等候狮子，但是狮子一直没出现。

四

Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert.One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, \"Tomorrow rain.\" The next day it rained.A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, \"Tomorrow storm.\" The next day there was a hailstorm.\"This Indian is incredible,\" said the director.He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.However, after several succeful predictions, the old Indian didn\'t show up for two weeks.Finally the director sent for him.\"I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow,\" said the director, \"and I\'m depending on you.What will the weather be like?\" The Indian shrugged his shoulders.\"Don\'t know,\" he said.\"Radio is broken.\"

五

It doesn\'t matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.

Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest aet is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

The more you seek security ,the le of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Succeful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsucceful people are always asking,\"What\'s in it for me?\"

All succeful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.

六

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.

七

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄榄树） orchard（果园） .He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care.But he knew that his three sons despised（轻视，看不起） the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, \"My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.\" The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them.But no pot of gold was to be found.It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，闲逛）in his wits.The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, \"There is gold hidden in the orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.\"

八

A young shoemaker left his village.Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蚁冢，人群密集的地方） .The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants.The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future.Further along, the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch（巫婆，女巫） .The young man decided to rescue her.But the witch locked him up in a stinking（发恶臭的，非常讨厌的）dunge on with a sack of sand mixed with poppy（罂粟） seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate the two, she would cut off his head at dawn.The young man thought about his death.But his friends the ants came and helped him pa the test.The witch was astounded.Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen maidens with their faces covered: the shoemaker had to discover which one was the prince.The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on...the sweetest one, the true prince.When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changd into a crow（乌鸦） .The young people fell in love and lived surrounded by animals and poppies.

九 The Young Thief and His Mother

Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.

One day, her son stole his friend\'s bag.\"Mom, what do you think of this bag?\" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.\"It looks great!\"

The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.

A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.\"How beautiful!\" This time, she did not scold her son again.

Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.One day, the police caught him.Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him to his mother.

As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.\"Ouch! What\'s the matter with you?\" She finally scolded him.Her son answered.\"If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief.\"

She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.\"If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely.\" She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

第19篇：简单英文小故事（小编推荐）

The lion and the mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠

When a lion was asleep狮子睡着了, a little mouse began running up and down beside him.This soon wakened the lion.He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.有只老鼠在他的周围爬上爬下，很快吵醒了狮子，狮子很生气，一把抓住了老鼠

\"Forgive me, please.\" cried the little mouse.“饶了我吧，”老鼠请求说\"I may be able to help you someday.\" “也许有一天我能帮上你的忙呢。” The lion was tickled at these words.He thought, \"How could this little mouse help me?\" 狮子觉得很好笑，他想：“这只小老鼠怎么能帮上我的忙？”However he lifted up his paws and let him go.但他还是抬起爪子放他走了。

A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.不久，狮子被陷阱困住了。The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king猎人们想将活狮子献给国王, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.就把他捆在一棵大树上，然后去找马车。

Just then the little mouse paed by这时，老鼠路过这里, and saw the sad lion看到了绝望中的狮子.He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes.他走过去，很快啃断了绳索，说：\"Was I not right?\" asked the little mouse.“我虽小，可是我也能帮上你的忙。”

The lion and the mouse

When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him.This soon wakened the lion.He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.\"Forgive me, please.\" cried the little mouse.\"I may be able to help you someday.\" The lion was tickled at these words.He thought, \"How could this little mouse help me?\" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king.so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.Just then the little mouse paed by， and saw the sad lion.He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes.\"Was I not right?\" asked the little mouse.

第20篇：英文小故事,适合小学生演讲

【醉酒 】

One day, a father and his little son were going home.At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions.Now, he asked, \"What\'s the meaning of the word \'Drunk\', dad?\" \"Well, my son,\" his father replied, \"look, there are standing two policemen.If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk.\" \"But, dad,\" the boy said, \" there\'s only ONE policeman!\" 一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道:“爸爸，„醉‟字是什么意思?” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀!”

笑话：我没有蛀牙/No Cavities

A smiling boy arrived home from a dental visit,\"Hey mom,the dentist says I have no cavities.\"

His mom stared at him wide-eyed and quite surprised,\"It\'s impoible --you never brush your teeth after cleaning the chocolate box before you go to bed!

Then the boy opened his mouth --he had not a tooth left! 英文小男孩儿看完牙医，面带微笑地回到家：“嘿，妈妈，牙医说，我一颗蛀牙也没有。”

妈妈惊讶地瞪大眼睛：“不可能——你每回上床睡觉前都把巧克力盒子里的糖一下子吃完，而且从来不刷牙！” 这时，男孩儿张开了嘴巴——他的牙全被拔光了。

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