英语小故事集锦.docx

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英语小故事集锦

Donotmakerashandhastydecisions.

不可急于求成

TheMasterandhisStudent

Once,aMasterwaswalkingonthebanksofariver.Suddenly,heheardacry.HerantotheriversideandsawhisStudentinthewater.TheStudentwaswavinghisarmsandcryingoutloud.WhenhesawtheMaster,heshouted,“Master!

Pleasehelpme.Iwilldrownintheriver.”

TheMasteraskedhisStudenttostaycalm.Hesaid,“Son!

Donotpanic!

Ishallfindawaytobringyouout.Buthowdidyoufallintotheriver?

”

TheStudentreplied,“Iwaslearninghowtoswimwiththehelpofalogofwood.Afterawhile,IfeltIcouldswimwithoutit.So,Ileftthelogandstartedswimmingwithoutit.TheforceofthestreamwasveryroughandIlostmybalance.”

TheMasterlookedaroundforanotherlogofwood,andfoundonelyinguponthebank.HethrewittowardshisStudentandsaid,“Letthisbeawarningtoyou.Infuture,neverthrowawaytheloguntilyouarequitesureyouhavelearnttoswimwithoutit.”

坚持不懈就能胜利。

MORAL:

Perseverancepaveswaytosuccess

TheKingandTheSpider

Vikramwasabraveking.Once,hehadtofightagainstalargearmywithjustafewsoldiers,hewasdefeated.Hehadtorunforhislife.Vikramtookshelterinaforestcave.Hewasverydepressed.Hiscouragehadlefthim.Hewasblanklygazingattheceilingofthecave.Aninterestingscenecapturedhisattention.Asmallspiderwastryingtoweaveawebacrossthecaveceiling.Asthespidercrawledup,athreadofthewebbrokeandthespiderfelldown.Butthespiderdidnotgiveup.Hetriedtoclimbagainandagain.Finally,thespidersuccessfullyclimbedupandcompletedtheweb.Vikrambegantothink,"Ifasmallspidercanfacefailuresobravely,whyshouldIgiveup?

IwilltrywithallmighttillIwin".Thisthoughtgavestrengthtothedefeatedking.Vikramgotoutofthejungleandcollectedhisbravesoldiers.Hefoughtagainstthelargearmy.Hewasdefeatedagain.Butnow,hewouldnotgiveuphisfight.Vikramagainandagainfoughtagainstthelargearmyandfinally,aftermanyattemptsdefeatedthelargearmyandregainedhiskingdom.Hehadlearntalessonfromthespider.

骄傲自满之心不可有

ThePaperKite

AbeautifulPaperKitewasflyinghighinthesky.Itwasbrightlycoloured,withlong,curlytasselsandalongstring.

ThePaperKitewassohighup,aboveallthetreesandotherkites,thatitwasgiddywithexcitement.

Admiringitself,itsaidloudly,“0lookatmeflyingsogracefully!

IfIwerefree,Icouldgofaraway.”

ThePaperKitetuggedatitsstring,asitwantedtoflyrightthroughthecloudsandabovetheeagles.

However,thestringwasstrongandheldittight.

ThePaperKiteimpatientlytuggedatitsstringagain,andthestringbroke.

ThePaperKitewasfullofjoy.Ittriedtoflyhigherbutsuddenly,itstartedfalling.ThePaperKitetriedwithallitsmighttostayup,butitkeptcomingdown.Freeofitsstring,thePaperKitehadbecometooheavyandcouldnotcontrolitself.Itdriftedtowardstheseaandwaswashedawayinthetide.

ThePaperKitecried,“Opoorme!

Iwantedtoflyhigherandhigher.LookwhatIgotforbeingsoproud.”

ThinkBeforeYouSpeak

Itwasasunnyday.

Onatrain,therewereagroupofyoungsterswhoweregoingforvacation.Sittingnexttothemwasamanwithayoungboyagedaround15.

Upongettingonthetrain,theyoungboywassosurprisedtoseeeverything.

Heacclaimedathisfather,“Dad,thetrainismovingandthethingsaremovingbackwards.”

Hisfathersmiledandnoddedhishead.

Justlikeakid,theboywaswatchingeverythingwithgreathappinessandloadedwithtonsofsurprises.

Afruitsellerpassedsellingapplesandoranges.Thefatherboughttheboysomeapples.Theboysaid,“Oh,theapplelookssosweetthanittastes.Ilovethiscolour.”

Thegroupwaswatchingalltheactivitiesofthisboyandaskedtheboy’sfather,‘Isyoursonhavinganyproblem?

Whyishebehavingverydifferently?

’

Afriendfromthegroupmadefunofhimandshouted,‘HissonismadIthink.’

Thefatheroftheyoungboy,withpatience,repliedtothegroup.

‘Mysonwasbornblind.Onlyafewdaysbefore,hewasoperatedandgotthevision.Heisseeingvariousthingsinhislifeforthefirsttime.’

Theyoungfriendsbecameveryquietandapologizedtohisfatherandson.

Intelligenceandcouragewillbringsuccess.

智慧和勇敢将带来成功

TheMonkeysandaBell

Once,therelivedaThiefinakingdom.Oneday,hestoleaChurchbellandranintotheforest.Soon,aTigersawtheThief,pounceduponhimandkilledhim.Thebelldroppedtotheground.

SomeMonkeysfoundthebellandstartedplayingwithit.WhenthepeoplefoundtheThief’sbodytheythought,‘Amonstermusthavekilledhimandthenrungthebell?

Hewillkillallofusnow!

’

Theygotscaredandstartedleavingthekingdom.

Oneday,abraveandcleverwomanwaspassingthroughtheforestandsawtheMonkeysplayingwiththebell.

ShehadaplanandtoldtheKing,“YourMajesty!

Themonstercanbeconquered.Butitwillcostmoney.”

TheKingagreedtopayheralargesumofmoneyashewasconcernedaboutthesafetyofhispeople.

Then,thewomancollectedalotoffruitsandpretendedtopray.Later,shekeptthemunderatreeintheforest,andwaited,nearby.Whenthemonkeyssawthefruits,theydroppedthebellandrusheddown.

Shequicklypickedupthebellandranbacktothecity.

劳动创造财富。

MORAL:

Fruitsofhardworkarealwayssweet

Thefarmerandhislazysons

InMadhanpur,therelivedaveryhardworkingfarmernamedGopal.HehasthreesonsRam,LaxmanandHanuman.Allthreewerestrongandhealthy.Buttheywerealllazy.Gopalwassadthinkingabouthissonsandthefutureofhisfarmland.Oneday,Gopalgotaflashofanidea.Hecalledallhissonsandsaid,"Ram!

Laxman!

andHanuman!

Ihavehiddenatreasureinourfarmland.Yousearchandsharethetreasureamongyou."Thethreesonswereoverjoyed.TheywenttothefieldsandstartedsearchingRamstartedfromoneend.Laxmansearchedfromtheotherend.AndHanumandidsofromthecentre.Theydugeachandeveryinchofthefield.Buttheycouldnotfindanything.Gopalsaidtohissons,“Dearboys!

Nowyouhavetooledandconditionedthefield,whynotwesowacrop!

"Offwentthesonstosowthecrops.Dayspassed.Soon,thecropsgrewlushlygreen.Thesonsweredelighted.Thefathersaid,"Sons,thisistherealtreasureIwantedyoutoshare".

Donotjudgeanyonebythewayhelooks.

人不可貌相Thepoorvillager

TheRomanKingdomwasgrowingbigger.Romansoldierscontrolledthecitiesthattheywon.Next,theRomanswonasmallvillageonRiverDanube.SeeingthecrueltyoftheRomanrulers,apoorvillagerdecidedtomeettheRomanMinisters.

TheVillagerwasanugly,hairyman.Hehadthickeyebrowsandlips.Hehadacrookednoseandasquintinhiseye!

But,hebravely,facedtheRomanMinisters.EveryonewonderedwhatthisuglyVillagerwouldsay.

TheVillageraskedtheRomans,“Whyareyoukillingeveryoneandtakingtheirlands?

Whyareyourobbingthepeopleandlivinginstyle?

Peopleweresoafraidthattheyhavelefttheirhomesandarehiding.TheRomansarespoilingeverything,insteadofmakinglifebetter.”

“Pleasegoback!

WedonotlikethewaytheRomanstreatus!

WewerehappybeforeyouRomanscame!

”

TheRomanswereamazedathiswonderfulspeech.TheVillagerwasright!

TheymadetheVillager,theGovernor,andcalledtheRomansoldiersback!

Theyalsowantedhisspeechwrittendownforotherstoread.

ThecityontheRiverDanubewashappyagain.

学会自省才能进步

Oneshouldnotblameothersfortheirownfaults.

Thefarmer’swifeandthecrow

Afarmerandhiswifelivedinavillage.Thefarmergrewvegetablesonhisfarm.Hiswifesoldtheminthemarket.

Oneday,aftersellinghervegetablesinthemarket,thefarmer’swifeboughtsomeeggs.Thenshesatonherhorsetogohomeandcarriedthebasketofeggsonherlaps.Sherodecarelesslyanddreamtofthingsshewouldbuywiththerestofthemoney.Suddenly,alltheeggsinthebasketfellonthegroundandbroke.

Thefarmer’swifewasveryunhappy.Sheblamedacrowonatreebranch,“Fool!

Whydidyoumakesomuchnoise?

Iwassurprisedtohearyourunpleasantvoiceandsoalltheeggsbroke.”

Thecrowreplied,“Lady,youwerenotcarefulwhileriding,andwerelostinyourthoughts.Youshouldnotblamemeforyourfault!

”

Thefarmer’swifewasashamed（羞愧的）ofhermistakeandapologizedtothecrow.

Arichmouseandanoldman

打击敌人的力量来源。

Once,therelivesanoldman.Heispooranddependsonalms（救助金）tosupporthimself.Hewilleatalittlefood,keeptherestinabeggingbowlandhangithighuponapeg（挂钩）.Amouseseesthis,andusedtojumpupandhelphimselftothefood.

Oneday,afriendoftheoldmanvisitshim.Afterhavingthemeal,theystartchatting.Buttheholymancannotconcentrate.Hekeepstappingonthegroundwithasticktoscarethemouseaway.

Thefriendasks,“Whatareyoudoing?

Whydon’tyoulistentome?

”“Excuseme!

”saystheholyman.“It’sjustthatdreadful（可怕的）Mouse!

HeeatsawaywhateverfoodImanage（设法）tosave.”

Thefriendsays,“Howcanthemousejumpsohigh?

Itmusthaveputasidealotoffood,whichmustgivehimextraordinary（非同一般的）energy.”

Thentheydigforquiteawhile.Theyfinallyfindthefoodthatthemousehavegatheredandtakeitaway.

Themousereturnsandfindshishoard（贮藏物）offoodmissing.Heisverysadandlosesallinterestinstealingfoodfromtheholyman’sbowl.

智慧的力量胜过权力

Wisdomcanwinmight. 

Thehareandthelion

Alionisfedupwith（厌烦）hunting.Hecallsallanimalsandpassesanorder,"Everydayoneofyoushouldcomebyyourselfasmyprey（猎物）."Allanimalsstarttoobeythisorder.

Nowitisthehare'sday.Thehareisverysad.Onhis