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推荐第1篇:英语寓言小故事

英语寓言小故事

Making His Mark “刻舟求剑”

A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat acro a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelely.he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later.When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat.As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not.Isn’t this a very foolish way to look for a sword?

楚国有个人坐船渡江时,他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀,在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后,那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢?船继续行驶,而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑,真是太愚蠢可笑了。

To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长”

Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice.After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow.He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly.Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch.The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.

从前,有个农夫,种了稻苗(seedlings)后,便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时,都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想,他终于想到一个“最佳方法”,他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天,一早起身,他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知,却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。

Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃”

Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell.However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell.So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”.He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell.Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.

从前,有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃,但是他知道一碰到铃,铃就会响起来,被人发现。他想啊想,终于他想出一个“妙极”,他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来,就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时,铃声仍旧响起来,他被别人当场抓住

The Fox and the Crow

“狐狸和乌鸦”

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth.At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent.Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing.As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉,心里非常高兴。这时候,一只狐狸看见了乌鸦,馋得直流口水,非常想得到那片肉。但是,无论狐狸说什么,乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后,狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美,并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话,得意极了,就唱起歌来。没想到,肉一掉下来,狐狸就叼起肉,钻回了洞

Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足”

Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself.So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine.One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake.However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, \"Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of \"Draw a snake and add feet to It.” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒,所以就定了一个规矩:每人在地上画一条蛇,谁画得最快,这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时,看见别人都还在忙着画,就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果,他的蛇脚还没加完,另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去,说:“有谁见过长脚的蛇?”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理:做得过分和做得不够都是不对的

推荐第2篇:经典英语寓言小故事

An ant was drinking at a river.Suddenly he slipped, and fell into the water.

A dove took pity on him.She threw a small branch into the river.The ant seized the bough, and swam back to the shore.

A few days later, the ant saw a hunter aiming a gun at the dove.He bit the man in the foot sharply.

The man mied the shot, and the dove\'s life was saved.

The dove felt very grateful.She made good friends with the ant.

鸽子和蚂蚁

●一只蚂蚁到河边饮水,却不幸掉入河中。

●一只鸽子看见,扔下一段树枝,将他救起。

●过了不久,蚂蚁看见猎人正在拿枪瞄准鸽子,就狠狠地朝他脚上咬了一口,没让他打中。

●鸽子非常感激蚂蚁。从此,他们成了好朋友。

寓意: 有些朋友也许平时看似微不足道,但却有可能在我们身处困境的时候提供巨大的帮助

Making His Mark “刻舟求剑”

A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat 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?

楚国有个人坐船渡江时,他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀,在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后,那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢?船继续行驶,而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑,真是太愚蠢可笑了。

Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃”

Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell.However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell.So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”.He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell.Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.

从前,有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃,但是他知道一碰到铃,铃就会响起来,被人发现。他想啊想,终于他想出一个“妙极”,他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来,就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时,铃声仍旧响起来,他被别人当场抓住

The Fox and the Crow

“狐狸和乌鸦”

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth.At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent.Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing.As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉,心里非常高兴。这时候,一只狐狸看见了乌鸦,馋得直流口水,非常想得到那片肉。但是,无论狐狸说什么,乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后,狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美,并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话,得意极了,就唱起歌来。没想到,肉一掉下来,狐狸就叼起肉,钻回了洞

Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足”

Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself.So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine.One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake.However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, \"Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of \"Draw a snake and add feet to It.” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒,所以就定了一个规矩:每人在地上画一条蛇,谁画得最快,这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时,看见别人都还在忙着画,就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果,他的蛇脚还没加完,另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去,说:“有谁见过长脚的蛇?”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理:做得过分和做得不够都是不对的

推荐第3篇:小学英语寓言小故事

儿童英语故事 12张卡片的故事

小学英语故事

My teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer.Her grandfather gave her 12 post cards.

\"Here, write us a few lines every month.\" he said.

Months paed and the cards remained unused-that is until the day this letter arrived:

\"Dear Jennifer,

Life is a series of(一系列) stages.

As a child, I looked forward to becoming a teenager-that happened.

As a teen-ager, I looked forward to becoming a young man-that happened.

As a young man, I looked forward to meeting a young woman, in love and becoming a married man-that happened.

As a married man, I looked forward to becoming a father-that happened.

As a father, I looked forward to becoming a grandfather to beautiful, intelligent grandchildren-that happened.

Then I looked forward to the day they would learn to write-that hasn\'t happened yet.

Yours Sincerely\"

12张卡片

一个夏天,我十多岁的女儿在她祖父母家过了几周。她准备回家时,祖父给了她12张卡片。“每月给我们来封短信。”他说。

几个月过去了,可卡片一直放在那儿没用——直到有一天来了这样一封信:

“亲爱的詹妮芙:

生活是一系列阶段组成的。

还是个孩子的时候,我期待着成为一个青少年——我如愿以偿了。

还是个年轻人的时候,我期待着遇到一个年轻的女人,恋爱、结婚——我如愿以偿了。

结了婚,我便期待着成为一个父亲——我如愿以偿了。

作为父亲,我期待着成为一个祖父,有漂亮、聪明的孙儿孙女——我也如愿以偿了。

接着,我期待着有一天他们能给我写信——我却还没有如愿以偿。”

英语寓言故事 Jupiter and the Monkey

英语寓言故事 Jupiter and the Monkey

JUPITER ISSUED a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest.The Monkey came with the rest and

presented, with all a mother\'s tenderne, a flat-nosed,hairle, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward.A general laugh saluted her on the presentation

of her son.She resolutely said, \"I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is at

least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all.\"

《Jupiter and the Monkey》

小学英语寓言故事 The fox without a tail 小学英语寓言故事 The fox without a tail

A fox\'s tail was caught in a trap.When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump.

At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune.He called all the foxes to a meeting. When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.

He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies.

He did not talk about any advantages of the tail.\"You are right,\" said one of the older foxes, \"but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn\'t lost it yourself first.\"

一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了,当他试着脱身的时候,挣断了整条尾巴。

开始时,他看到其他狐狸的时候感到很羞愧。后来,他决定面对这种不幸,就召集了所有的狐狸开会。

大家到齐后,他极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴,说尾巴在遭遇敌人时很不方便,尾巴一点儿作用也没有。

可他没有说有尾巴的任何好处。

一只老狐狸站出来说:“如果你没有失去你的尾巴,你是不会来劝大家都割去尾巴的。

小学英语故事 The Wind And The Sun

儿童英语故事 风和太阳(The Wind And The Sun)

One day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the road.I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.”

“We will see about that,” said the sun.“I will let you try first.”

So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak.He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.

“I give up,” said the wind at last.“I cannot get his cloak off.” Then the sun tried.He shone as hard as he could.The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.

(有一天风跟太阳说: “看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来.)

(“我们等着看吧,”太阳说, “我让你先试.)

(因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹,可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.)

(“我放弃了,”风最后说, “我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久,那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.)

英语寓言故事 一颗小苹果树

英语寓言故事:一颗小苹果树

A man walking in the night slipped from a rock.Afraid that he would fall down thousands of feet, because he knew that place was a very deep valley, he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock.In the night all he couls see was a bottomle aby.He shouted, his own shout reflected back--there was nobody to hear.

You can imagine that man and his whole night of scare.Every moment there was death, his hands were becoming cold, he was losing his grip......and as the sun came out he looked down and he laughed.There was no aby.Just six inches down there was a rock.He could have rested the whole night, slept well---the rock was big enough---but the whole night was a nightmare.

Fear is only six inches deep.Now it is up to you whether you want to go on cling to the branch and turn your life into a nightmare, or whether you would love to leave the branch and stand on your feet.

There is nothing to fear.

一个人在赶夜路时,突然从岩石上跌了下去,吓得他赶紧抓住了岩石上的树枝,因为他知道这一带有个深谷,一不小心就会跌入上千英尺的深渊。一晚上,他唯一能看到的就是深不见底的峡谷。他大呼救命,但只听到了自己的回音---没有人能听到他呼救。

你可以想象一下他的处境和整晚的恐惧。死神随时都可能降临。他的手开始发凉,渐渐地抓不住了...当太阳升起的时候,他朝下看了看,笑了。下面压根就没有什么深渊。在他下方六英尺的地方有一块大石头。岩石那么大,他本可以在那儿休息一个晚上,美美的睡上一觉,但昨晚他却在梦魇中度过。

恐惧只是六英尺的距离而已。接下来,到了你做决定的时候了:你是想要继续抓着树枝过梦魇一般的生活,还是更喜欢把手从树枝上松开,双脚着地? 英语寓言故事 狼很难抓到兔子

英语寓言故事,儿童英语故事,小学英语故事

The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn\'t easy to catch him.

One day the wolf said to the fox, \"You go home and lie in bed.I\'ll tell the rabbit that you are dead.When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch him.\" That\'s a good idea,\" said the fox.

He went home at once.The wolf went to the rabbit\'s house and knocked at the door.\"Who is it?\" asked the rabbit.\"It\'s the wolf.I\'ve come to tell you that the fox is dead.\" Then the wolf went away.

The rabbit went to the fox\'s house.He looked in through the window and saw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed.He thought, \"Is the fox really dead or is he pretending to be dead? If he\'s not dead, he\'ll catch me when I go near him.\" so he said, \"The wolf says that the fox is dead.But he doesn\'t look like a dead fox.The mouth of a dead fox is always open.\" When the fox heard this, he thought, \"I\'ll show him that I\'m dead.\" So he opened his mouth.

The rabbit knew that the fox wasn\'t dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.

狼和狐狸想要吃掉兔子,但是这只兔子太难抓到了。

一天,狼对狐狸说:“你回家假装躺在床上。我去告诉兔子你已经死了。当他来看你的时候,你就可以跳起来抓住他了。”“真是个好主意!”狐狸说。

于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲门,“是谁啊?”兔子问道。“狼,我是来告诉你狐狸已经死了。”说完狼就走开了。

兔子去狐狸家看情况。他通过狐狸家的窗户看到闭着眼睛的狐狸躺在床上。他想,狐狸是真的死了,还是在假装呢?如果他没有死,那么我走近他就会被他抓住。于是他说:“狼说狐狸死了。但是他看起来并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐狸通常都是张着嘴的。”狐狸听到这些话就想:我得证明自己是真的死了。于是他张开了嘴巴。

这时兔子知道狐狸并没有死,他就以最快的速度跑开啦。

英语故事告诉我们:不要被假象迷惑,凡事多多求证才能防患于未然。

英语短故事 Two birls(两只鸟)

Two birls

Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow.Now who can tell us which is which?

Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.

Teacher: Please tell us.

Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.

两只鸟

老师: 这儿有两只鸟,一只是麻雀。谁能指出哪只是燕子,哪只是麻雀吗?

学生:我指不出,但我知道答案。

老师:请说说看。

学生:燕子旁边的就是麻雀,麻雀旁边的就是燕子。

趣味搞笑英语故事 汤姆是玛丽

发布:佚名 时间:2011-7-15 11:19:00 来源:京翰教育中心 录入:辛琪 人气:1569

【文字:大 小】

有一对外国老夫妇到内蒙古农村住了下来。因为村里的人无法和他们交流,老夫妇很寂寞,就养了一只猫。一天早上 ,老夫妇正梳理猫毛,一个人从旁边过来,冲着俩人说“鼓捣猫呢”。夫妇俩随即冲着来人说:“Good morning .”傍晚时分,二人正在把晾在外边的衣服收起来,路过的一个村民冲着他们说:“鼓捣衣服呢!”二人这回反应很快说:“Good evening.”私下里老夫妇俩感叹,合着他们这里的人都会说英语呀!

老师在黑板上写了一句:Time is money.并让同学们翻译。有名学生答道:“汤姆是玛丽。”

小明上英文课时跟老师说:May I go to the toilet? 老师说:Go ahead.小明就坐了下来。过了一会儿,小明又跟老师说:May I go to the toilet? 老师说:Go ahead.小明又坐了下来。他旁边的同学于是忍不住问:你不是跟老师说要上厕所吗?怎么不去? 小明说:你没听老师说「去你个头」啊!

一对热恋中的男女。女生非常没有安全感,于是对着男友说:“SAY ‘I LOVE YOU!! ’SAY IT! SAY IT! SAY IT!” 男的答道:“IT!”

一位在美的留学生,想要考国际驾照。在考试时因为过于紧张,看到地上标线是向左转。 他不放心的问道:turn left?

监考官回答: right.于是他立刻向右转„„

一天,我准备坐车去学校,正在路上走着,一辆车快速从我面前穿过,并且撞到一位正在观光的日本人。当然情况很是吓人,路边的好心 人立刻冲上前去问道:“How areyou?”日本人上气不接下气的回答:“F..ine,th..ank you...and you?”围观的人顿时愣住。。。由此可知日本人的英文是死记硬背的!

有哲理的英语故事 我要自由

A wolf was almost dead with hunger.A house-dog saw him, and asked, \"Friend, your irregular life will soon ruin you.

\"Why don\'t you work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly?\"

\"I would have no objection,\" said the wolf, \"if I could only get a place.\" \"I will help you,\" said the dog.\"Come with me to my master, and you shall share my work.\"

So the wolf and the dog went to the town together.

On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog\'s neck.

He felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that?

\"Oh, it is nothing,\" said the dog.\"Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up.You will soon get used to it.\"

\"Is that the only reason?\" said the wolf.\"Then good-bye to you, my friend.I would rather be free.\"

一只狼快要饿死了,一只狗看见后问他:“你现在的无规律的生活一定会毁掉你,为什么不像我一样稳定地干活并有规律地获得食物呢?”

狼说:“如果我有个地方住,我没有意见。”狗回答说:“跟我到主人那里去,我们一起工作。”于是狼和狗一起回到了村子。

在路上,狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈没有毛,他很奇怪地问为什么会那样。

“噢,没有什么,”狗说,“我的主人每天晚上都用一条铁链子拴住我,你很快就会习惯的。”“就是因为这个原因吗?”狼说道,“那么,再见了,我的朋友,我宁愿选择自由。”

推荐第4篇:安全寓言小故事

安全寓言小故事:防患于未然

有一家人家做了新房子,但厨房没有安排好,烧火的土灶烟囱砌得太直,土灶旁边堆着一大堆柴草。

一天,这家主人请客。有位客人看到主人家厨房的这些情况,就对主人说:“你家的厨房应该整顿一下。”

主人问道:“为什么呢?”

客人说:“你家烟囱砌得太直,柴草放得离火太近。你应将烟囱改砌得弯曲一些,柴草也要搬远一些,不然的话,容易发生火灾。”

主人听了,笑了笑,不以为然,没放在心上,不久也就把这事忘到脑后去了。

后来,这家人家果然失了火,左邻右舍立即赶来,有的浇水,有的撤土,有的搬东西,大家一起奋力扑救,大火终于被扑灭,除了将厨房里的东西烧了一小半外,总算没酿成大祸。

为了酬谢大家的全力救助,主人杀牛备酒,办了酒席。席间,主人热情地请被烧伤的人坐在上席,其余的人也按功劳大小依次入座,惟独没有请那个建议改修烟囱、搬走柴草的人。

大家高高兴兴地吃着喝着。忽然有人提醒主人说:“要是当初您听了那位客人的劝告,改建烟囱,搬走柴草,就不会造成今天的损失,也用不着杀牛买酒来酬谢大家了。现在,您**请客,怎么可以忘了那位事先提醒、劝告您的客人呢?难道提出防火的没有功,只有参加救火的人才算有功吗?我看哪,您应该把那位劝您的客人请来,并请他上坐才对呀!”

主人听了,这才恍然大悟,赶忙把那位客人请来,不但说了许多感激的话,还真的请他坐了上席,众人也都拍手称好。

事后,主人新建厨房时,就按那位客人的建议做了,把烟囱砌成弯曲的,柴草也放到安全的地方去了,因为以后的日子还长着呢。

什么事情都要有个预见性,如果自己没意识到,听听别人的建议也是好的,防患于未然总比出了险情再去补救更为重要。

喜鹊和乌鸦(图) 鸟类王国自建立后,国王凤凰发现自己的国民数量锐减,国王急忙查找原因。经查,主要原因一是由于部分鸟类将自己的窝巢建在低矮处,很容易遭到粗暴走兽的袭击,雏鸟和禽蛋被吞食;另一个原因是部分鸟类建巢时偷工减料、胡乱应付,既不遮风雨又不挡严寒,结果可想而知。国王很伤心,于是便安排乌鸦和喜鹊两位黑衣使者担任监工,督促臣民建造安全家园。

乌鸦和喜鹊走马上任后,东奔西走,四处查看监督。喜鹊对工作认真负责,看到不合格的就高喊“差差差、拆拆拆”,铁面无私、不讲情面。经他监工的鸟类听到后虽然心理不情愿,但只得马上照办。乌鸦则与喜鹊正好相反,对工作松松垮垮,不论好赖只会说“好哇、好哇!”,有的鸟类感觉乌鸦是朋友,甚至捉些虫子、捡些草种送给乌鸦。

可是过了一段时间后,大家发现,经喜鹊监工的巢窝依然完好无损,而乌鸦监工的却七零八落。这时大家才真正体会到谁好谁差,于是喜鹊被捧为祥鸟、福星,处处受到欢迎,而乌鸦则遭到唾骂,被认为是丧门星,到处被驱赶。

安全警示:

《喜鹊与乌鸦》的故事告诉我们一个简单的道理,安全生产与监管工作必须尽职尽责。面对这样一项关乎大家生命财产安全的任务,来不得半点马虎,更不能凭借手中的职权而徇私枉法,贪污腐败。否则,不但会危害到大家的生命财产安全,自己也终会受到法律的惩罚。

一则寓言故事的启示

有两只同住在一个窝里的乌鸦兄弟。一天,它们住的窝破了一个洞。老大想,老二会去修的;老二想,老大会去修的,结果谁也没有去修。后来洞越来越大,老大想,这下老二一定会去修的,难道窝这样破了,它还能住吗?老二想,这下老大一定会去修的,难道窝这样破了,它还能住吗?结果又是谁也没有去修。

一直到了寒冷的冬天,北风呼呼地刮着,大雪纷纷地飘落。乌鸦兄弟俩都蜷缩在破窝里,实在挺不住了,老大对老二说:我们的窝该修修了。老二自言自语到;确实该修修了。几天过去了,窝仍“安然无恙”。结果,窝被风吹到地上,两只乌鸦都冻僵了。

安全警示:对发现的安全隐患一定要想法设法及时排除,决不能推诿扯皮,更不能任其发展而埋下更大的安全隐患!

推荐第5篇:中英文寓言小故事

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.

【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去,当他沿着路走时,在路的一边他发现一箱好贫饮,他说:“我不计划吃那些贫饮,因为富人会给我更多的食物,他会给我特别好吃的东西。”接着他拿起贫饮,一把扔到土里去。 他继续走,来到河边,河涨水了,因此,他到不了河对岸,他等了一会儿,接着他说:“今天我去不了富人家了,因为我不能度过河。” 他开始回家,那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的,他找到贫饮,特别开心地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。 不要把好东西扔掉,换个时候你会觉得它们大有效果处。

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 ang says,\"The cock is mine,not yours.\'\'Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.

【译文】狐狸和公鸡 一天早上,一只狐狸看到了一侄耀鸡。他想:这是我的早餐。 他朝公鸡走来,对他说:“我知道,你能唱得很好听,你能唱给我听么?”公鸡特别开心。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。

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.\"

【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫,这只猫特别老,它跑不快了,也咬不了东西,因为它年纪太大了。一天,老猫发现一只老鼠,它跳过去抓这只老鼠,然而,它咬不住这只老鼠。因此,老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了,因为老猫咬不了它。 于是,老妇特别生气,因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫,猫说:“不要打你的老仆人,我已经为你服务了特别多年,还而且愿意为你效劳,但是,我实在太老了,对年纪大的不要这么无情,要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice.They were friends.One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city.After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, \"Do come and see me at my house in the country.\" So the City mouse went.The City mouse said, \"This food is not good, and your house is not good.Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city.You would live in a nice house made of stone.You would have nice food to eat.You must come and see me at my house in the city.\" The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse.It was a very good house.Nice food was set ready for them to eat.But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise.The City mouse cried, \" Run! Run! The cat is coming!\" They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out.When they came out, the Country mouse said, \"I do not like living in the city.I like living in my hole in the field.For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.\"

【译文】 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前,有两只老鼠,它们是好好友。一只老鼠居住在乡村,另一只住在城里。特别多年以后,乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,它说:“你一定要来我乡下的家瞧瞧。”于是,城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把全部最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说:“这东西不好吃,你的家也不好,你为啥住在田野的地洞里呢?你应该搬到城里去住,你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子,而且会吃上美味佳肴,你应该到我城里的家瞧瞧。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮,好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候,听见特别大的一阵响声,城里的老鼠叫喊起来:“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿,他们出来了。当他们出来时,乡下老鼠说:“我不喜欢住在城里,我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在,比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说,要好些。”

聊斋志异故事:严父斥子

This is a story from the book Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio.There was an old man with the surname Feng, he had a son named Xiangru.Xiangru studied hard but failed several times in paing the imperial examination.One night when Xiangruwas reading books in the courtyard, he was surprised to see a beautiful girl on the wall looking at him affectionately.Xiangru invited her to come down from the wall and knew that her name was Hong Yu.From then on ,Hong Yu came to meet Xiangru every night and soon they fell in love.One night, Feng happened to run into Hong Yu at the door of Xiangru\'s room.Feng scolded Xiangru severely.Hong Yu slipped away and she never came there again.Later, Xiangru got married.His wife was called Wei and they had a boy named Lucky.Untortunately, the bully in the village, Song, was moved by Wei\'s good looks and snatched her away.Feng was so indignant that finally he died.Another day, a brave man rushed into Xiangru\'s room and said,\"Have you forgotten that your father has died and your wife was snatched away by Song?\" Xiangru hurriedly told the man that he wanted revenge but had no way to achieve it.Then, Song was beheaded that same night.The county government suspected Xiangru and detained him.The evening that Xiangru was arrested, no sooner the governmental official lied down than he saw a knife stabbed on the head of the bed.One day at his home, Xiangru heard his child talking to somebody outside the door.He opened the door and was surprised and glad to see Hong Yu standing there with Lucky.Hong Yu smiled and said, \"I am not a common girl, but a fox spirit.I know that you have been in trouble;I am secretly protecting you.\" Since then, Hong Yu stayed with Xiangru to manage the family affairs and teach the child.

【译文】《聊斋志异》中的故事。冯翁年近六旬,膝下一子相如。他潜心读书,但运气不佳,屡考不中。一夜,相如在院中读书,忽然传来“索索”的声音。只见墙上一美丽少女,含情脉脉地看他读书。相如请她下来,问她姓名,方知叫红玉。从此红玉夜夜必到,一人互相爱慕,山盟海誓。一晚,冯翁从相如门口过,撞见红玉,责骂相如。红玉见状,悄悄溜走,从此再也没来。后来,相如娶妻卫氏,夫妻恩爱并生一男孩,名唤福儿。然而,乡里恶霸宋某见卫氏姿色好,带家奴抢走卫氏,气死冯翁。有一天,一位勇士撞进相如房内说:“难道你忘了父抢妻之仇吗?”相如忙把想报仇,但无计策的心事告诉了勇士。就在当晚恶霸宋某人头落地,县衙怀疑相如,派人捉拿归案。晚上,县令刚躺下,就见一把利丸扎在床头,县令害怕,放了相如。相如回到家后不久,听到门外有小孩说话声,开门见是红玉带着福儿进来。红玉笑着说:“我不是凡人,我是狐仙,知你必有大难,一直在暗中保护你。”从此,红玉再也未走,帮相如操持家务,教育孩子。

希腊神话]厄洛斯(丘比特) Eros(Cupid)

Eros was the god of love,better known by hislatin name Cupid.Son of Aphrodite by Ares ,he took his place among the small gods of Olympus.He was represented asa little naked boy,with sparkling wings,and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered.Shooting his thrilling arrows in evils,he inspired the paion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction.The lovely,naughty god had two kinds of arrows:the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it. Besides,he had a torch to light hearts with.

Though sometimes he was blindfolded ,no man nor god,Zeus himself included,was safe from his evils.At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and suchburning love was awakened in him for the human maiden Psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice.Another famoutory where Eros played an important part was the Argonautic expedition.Medea,daughter of king Aeetes,was wounded by Eros\' arrows,took Jason\'s part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero\'s wife.

【译文】厄洛斯是爱神,它的拉丁名称丘比特更为人熟知。他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子,是一位小奥林波斯山神。他的形象是一个裸体的小男孩,有一对闪闪发光的翅膀。他带着弓箭漫游。他恶作剧地射出令人震颤的神箭,唤起爱的激情。给自然界带来生机,授予万物繁衍的能力。这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭:加快爱情产生的金头神箭和中止爱情的铅头神箭。另外,他还有一束照亮心灵的火炬。

尽管有时他被蒙着眼睛,但没有任何人或神,包括宙斯在内,能逃避他的恶作剧。有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中。对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏,以致于他不顾他母亲的干预,鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。厄洛斯起了重大作用的另一个著名的故事是亚尔古英雄的远征。美狄亚,国王埃厄忒斯的女儿,被厄洛斯的神箭射中,和伊阿宋一起寻觅金羊毛,最后成为这位英雄的妻子。

推荐第6篇:睡前寓言小故事

1、一只火鸡和一头牛闲聊,火鸡说:我希望能飞到树顶,可我没有勇气。牛说:为什么不吃一点我的牛粪呢,他们很有营养。火鸡吃了一点牛粪,发现它确实给了它足够的力量飞到第一根树枝,第二天,火鸡又吃了更多的牛粪,飞到第二根树枝,两个星期后,火鸡骄傲的飞到了树顶,但不久,一个农夫看到了它,迅速的把它从树上射了下来。

启示:牛屎运让你达到顶峰,但不能让你留在那里。

2、乌鸦站在树上,整天无所事事,兔子看见乌鸦,就问:我能像你一样,整天什么事都不用干吗?乌鸦说:当然,有什么不可以呢?于是,兔子在树下的空地上开始休息,忽然,一只狐狸出现了,它跳起来抓住兔子,把它吞了下去。

启示:如果你想站着什么事都不做,那你必须站的很高,非常高。

3、一只小鸟飞到南方去过冬。天很冷,小鸟几乎冻僵了。于是,飞到一大块空地上,一头牛经过那儿,拉了一堆牛粪在小鸟的身上,冻僵的小鸟躺在粪堆里,觉得很温暖,渐渐苏醒过来,它温暖而舒服的躺着,不久唱起歌来,一只路过的野猫听到声音,走过去看个究竟,循着声音,野猫很快发现了躺在粪堆里的小鸟,把它拽出来吃掉了。

启示:不是每个往你身上拉大粪的人都是你的敌人。也不是每个把你从粪堆里拉出来的人都是你的朋友,还有,当你躺在粪堆里时,最好把你的嘴闭上。

4、海底里有一个瓶子,这瓶子里困着一个巨魔。那是五百年前一个神仙把巨魔收到瓶里的。巨魔曾经许过一个愿,谁能把这个瓶子捞起来,把瓶塞打开,把他救出来,他就赠给这个人一座金山。可是,五百年过去了,还没有人把这瓶子捞起来。巨魔十分气恼。他诅咒说:“以后,如果谁把我救出来,我就一口把这个人吞掉。”有一个青年的渔夫,他撒网捕鱼,当他收网的时侯,发现网里有一个古旧瓶子,他把瓶塞打开,啊!一阵浓烈的烟雾喷出来,徐徐吐出一个比山还大的巨魔。“哈哈哈哈!”巨魔的笑声,震得海涛汹涌起来。他说:“年青人,你把我救出来,我本应谢谢你,可是,你做得太迟了,倘若你早一年把我救起,你就可以得到一座金山啦!唉,我等了五百年,我太不耐烦了,我已经许了恶愿,要把救我出来的人一口吃掉!”那青年吃了一惊,但立即镇定地说:“哟,这么小小的瓶子,怎能把你盛下呀,你一定说谎,你再回到瓶子给我看看吧!”

“哈哈哈哈,我不会上当的!天方夜谭早把这个古老的故事说过了,我如果再钻入瓶子里,你把塞子再塞上,故事不就说完了么?”“什么?你有看过天方夜谭么?你真是一个博学多才之士呀!你还有看过苏格拉底的哲学著作吗?”“哈哈!这五百年我躲进瓶子里,穷读天下的经典著作,苦苦修行,莫说是西方的巨著,东方的大学、中庸、论语、孟子我都念得熟透了。”“啊,中国太史公的史记你也颇有研究吧?墨子的著作有涉猎么?”“别说了,经史子集无一不通!”“不过,我想你一定没有见过红楼梦的手抄本,这是一部难得一见的版本呢!”“哈哈哈,你这个小子太小觑我了,这本书的收藏者正是我呀!让我拿出来给你开开眼界吧!”巨魔立即又化作一阵浓烟,徐徐进入瓶子里。这时侯,那青年渔夫不再迟疑,连忙把瓶塞堵住瓶子了。

启示:重复同样的错误,是最愚蠢的行为。

5、从前,有两个饥饿的人得到了一位长者的恩赐:一根鱼竿和一篓鲜活硕大的鱼。其中,一个人要了一篓鱼,另一个人要了一根鱼竿,于是他们分道扬镳了。得到鱼的人原地就用干柴搭起篝火煮起了鱼,他狼吞虎咽,还没有品出鲜鱼的肉香,转瞬间,连鱼带汤就被他吃了个精光,不久,他便饿死在空空的鱼篓旁。另一个人则提着鱼竿继续忍饥挨饿,一步步艰难地向海边走去,可当他已经看到不远处那片蔚蓝色的海洋时,他浑身的最后一点力气也使完了,他也只能眼巴巴地带着无尽的遗憾撒手人间。

又有两个饥饿的人,他们同样得到了长者恩赐的一根鱼竿和一篓鱼。只是他们并没有各奔东西,而是商定共同去找寻大海,他俩每次只煮一条鱼,他们经过遥远的跋涉,来到了海边,从此,两人开始了捕鱼为生的日子,几年后,他们盖起了房子,有了各自的家庭、子女,有了自己建造的渔船,过上了幸福安康的生活。

启示:一个人只顾眼前的利益,得到的终将是短暂的欢愉;一个人目标高远,但也要面对现实的生活。只有把理想和现实有机结合起来,才有可能成为一个成功之人。有时候,一个简单的道理,却足以给人意味深长的生命启示。

6、孔子的一位学生在煮粥时,发现有肮脏的东西掉进锅里去了。他连忙用汤匙把它捞起来,正想把它倒掉时,忽然想到,一粥一饭都来之不易啊。于是便把它吃了。/刚巧孔子走进厨房,以为他在偷食,便教训了那位负责煮食的同学。经过解释,大家才恍然大悟。孔子很感慨的说:“我亲眼看见的事情也不确实,何况是道听途听呢?”

启示:推销生意是一种组织性质的生意,因为人多,人事问题也多。我们不时听到是非难辨的话,如某公司攻击另一间公司,如是者往往令人混淆是非,影响信心。因此找出事情的真相,不是轻易相信谣言,辛辛苦苦建立的事业才不会毁于一旦。

7、有位秀才第三次进京赶考,住在一个经常住的店里。考试前两天他做了三个梦,第一个梦是梦到自己在墙上种白菜,第二个梦是下雨天,他戴了斗笠还打伞,第三个梦是梦到跟心爱的表妹脱光了衣服躺在一起,但是背靠着背。

这三个梦似乎有些深意,秀才第二天就赶紧去找算命的解梦。算命的一听,连拍大腿说:“你还是回家吧。你想想,高墙上种菜不是白费劲吗?戴斗笠打雨伞不是多此一举吗?跟表妹都脱光了躺在一张床上了,却背靠背,不是没戏吗?”

秀才一听,心灰意冷,回店收拾包袱准备回家。店老板非常奇怪,问:“不是明天才考试吗,今天你怎么就回乡了?”秀才如此这般说了一番,店老板乐了:“哟,我也会解梦的。我倒觉得,你这次一定要留下来。你想想,墙上种菜不是高种吗?戴斗笠打伞不是说明你这次有备无患吗?跟你表妹脱光了背靠靠躺在床上,不是说明你翻身的时候就要到了吗?”

秀才一听,更有道理,于是精神振奋地参加考试,居然中了个探花。

启示:积极的人,象太阳,照到哪里哪里亮,消极的人,象月亮,初一十五不一样。想法决定我们的生活,有什么样的想法,就有什么样的未来。

8、有一天动物园管理员们发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了,于是开会讨论,一致认为是笼子的高度过低。所以它们决定将笼子的高度由原来的十公尺加高到二十公尺。结果第二天他们发现袋鼠还是跑到外面来,所以他们又决定再将高度加高到三十公尺。

没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面,于是管理员们大为紧张,决定一不做二不休,将笼子的高度加高到一百公尺。

一天长颈鹿和几只袋鼠们在闲聊,“你们看,这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子?”长颈鹿问。

“很难说。”袋鼠说∶“如果他们再继续忘记关门的话!”

启示:其实很多人都是这样,只知道有问题,却不能抓住问题的核心和根基。

9、在某个小村落,下了一场非常大的雨,洪水开始淹没全村,一位神父在教堂里祈祷,眼看洪水已经淹到他跪着的膝盖了。一个救生员驾着舢板来到教堂,跟神父说:“神父,赶快上来吧!不然洪水会把你淹死的!”神父说:“不!我深信上帝会来救我的,你先去救别人好了。”

过了不久,洪水已经淹过神父的胸口了,神父只好勉强站在祭坛上。这时,又有一个警察开着快艇过来,跟神父说:“神父,快上来,不然你真的会被淹死的!”神父说:“不,我要守住我的教堂,我相信上帝一定会来救我的。你还是先去救别人好了。”

又过了一会,洪水已经把整个教堂淹没了,神父只好紧紧抓住教堂顶端的十字架。一架直升飞机缓缓的飞过来,飞行员丢下了绳梯之后大叫:“神父,快上来,这是最后的机会了,我们可不愿意见到你被洪水淹死!!”神父还是意志坚定的说:“不,我要守住我的教堂!上帝一定会来救我的。你还是先去救别人好了。上帝会与我共在的!!”

洪水滚滚而来,固执的神父终于被淹死了……神父上了天堂,见到上帝后很生气的质问:“主啊,我终生奉献自己,战战兢兢的侍奉您,为什么你不肯救我!”上帝说:“我怎么不肯救你?第一次,我派了舢板来救你,你不要,我以为你担心舢板危险;第二次,我又派一只快艇去,你还是不要;第三次,我以国宾的礼仪待你,再派一架直升飞机来救你,结果你还是不愿意接受。所以,我以为你急着想要回到我的身边来,可以好好陪我。

推荐第7篇:312岁寓言小故事

简短十则小故事,背后蕴含的教育意义!

一、则:儿两岁。某日,头撞桌角,长一包,大哭。一分钟余,我走向桌子,大声问:"桌子呀,是谁把你撞疼了?哭得这么伤心?”儿止哭,泪眼看我。我抚桌,冲儿问:"谁呀?谁撞疼了桌子?""我,爸爸,我撞的!""哦,是你撞的,那还不快向桌子鞠个躬,说对不起!"儿含泪,鞠躬,说:"对不起"。自此,儿学会了责任和担当!

二、则儿三岁。无故大哭,我问:"咋了,哪不舒服?""没有不舒服。""那为什么哭!""就是要哭!"明显撒娇。“好吧,你要哭我们都没意见,可是你在这儿哭不合适,会打扰我们说话的,爸爸给你找个地方,你一个人好好哭,哭够了再叫我们。”说完将儿关进了洗手间:"哭完了敲门。"2分钟,儿拍门:“爸爸,爸爸,我哭完了!”。"好,哭完了?哭完了就出来吧。"至今,儿18岁,仍未学会操纵和迁怒!,

三、则儿5岁。傍晚,牵儿散步经小桥,桥下碧水见底,暗流汹涌。儿仰头看我:“爸爸,小河好美,我想跳下去游泳。"我一愣:“好吧,爸爸跟你一起跳。不过我们先回家,换一下衣服。”回,儿换衣毕,见一盆水在面前,困惑。“儿子,下水游泳得把脸埋进水里,这你懂吧?”儿点头。“那我们现在就先练习一下,看看你能埋多久。"我看表。"好!"儿把脸埋进水里,豪气冲天?仅10秒:"呸呸,爸爸,呛水了,好难受。""是吗?等等跳到河里,可能会更难受些。""爸爸,我们可以不去跳吗?""好吧,不去就不去了。"从此,儿学会了谨慎而不冒失,三思而后行。

四、则:儿6岁,好吃。某晚,放学经麦当劳,驻足:"爸爸,麦当劳!”垂涎欲滴。"嗯,麦当劳!想吃?""想吃!""儿子,一个人想吃就吃呢,叫狗熊;想吃而能不吃呢,叫英雄。"接着问:“儿子,你要做英雄呢还是做狗熊?”“爸爸,我当然要做英雄!”"好!那英雄,想吃麦当劳时会怎样呢?""能不吃!"很坚定!"太棒了,英雄!回家吧。"儿流着口水,随我回。从此,儿学会了有所为而有所不为,经得起诱惑。

五、则儿8岁,顽皮,与大同学打架。伤痕累累,回,大哭不止。"委屈?""委屈!"儿泣答。"愤怒?""愤怒!"儿嚎啕。"你打算怎么办?"再问,"需要爸爸为你做点什么?""爸爸,我要找块砖头,明天从背后去砸他!""嗯,我看行!爸爸明天为你准备砖头。"继续问,"还有呢?""爸爸,你给我弄把刀,我明天从背后去捅他!""好!这个更解气,爸爸这就去准备一下。"我上楼。理解支持,儿渐平静。约20分钟,我从楼上搬一大堆衣服及棉被?"儿子,你决定了吗?是用砖头,还是用刀呀?""但是,爸爸,你搬那么多衣服被子干吗?"儿困惑。"儿子,是这样的:如果你用砖头砸他,那么警察就会把我们带走,在监狱里大概只要住一个月,我们就带些短衣薄被就可以;如果你用刀子捅他,那么我们在监狱里至少3年回不来,我们可要多带些衣服被子,四季都要带齐?""所以,儿子你决定了吗?爸爸愿意支持你!""要这样的?"儿惊愕。"是这样的,法律是这样规定的!"我趁机普法。"爸爸,那我们就不干了吧?!""儿子,你不是很愤怒吗?""嗨嗨,爸爸,我已经不愤怒了,其实我也有错。"儿脸红。"好,爸爸支持你!"自此,儿学会了选择和代价。

六、则:儿9岁,四年级,数学不及格,闷闷不乐。"怎么了?考试不及格,还给我们脸色。""因为数学老师很讨厌,她的课不爱听。"理直气壮。"哦,怎么个讨厌法?"我很感兴趣。"??,??"儿说了很多,"总之她也不喜欢我。"“哦,别人喜欢你,你就喜欢她;别人不喜欢你,你就讨厌她。这说明你是个主动的人还是被动的人?”“是个被动的人!"儿子回答。“是强者,还是弱者?是大人,还是小人?”继续问。“是弱者,是小人!”儿怯怯。"那你要做大人,还是小人?""做大人!爸爸,我知道了:无论老师喜不喜欢我,我都可以去喜欢她,尊敬她,主动影响她,做一个强者。”翌日,开心上学,数学从此优秀。并知道了何为大人,何为小人。

七、则儿10岁,玩游戏。妻屡教,子不改。"儿子,听说你每天玩这个?"我指着电脑。"嗯。"承认,低头!"每次玩完之后,什么感受?""茫然,空虚,没劲,自责,看不起自已?""那为什么还玩呢?把持不住自己,是不?""是的,爸爸。"儿很无助。"好!爸爸帮助你!"我搬来电脑,给儿子一小锤,"儿子,砸了它!""爸爸!"儿惊愕!"砸了它,爸爸可以没有电脑,但不能没了儿子!"儿流泪,亲手砸了电脑!从此,儿懂得了什么叫原则。昔孟母 ,择邻处, 子不学 ,断机杼 。

八、则儿1 1岁。我与妻久居异乡,每日致电老母亲,问候。一日,儿接电话:"爸爸,您好!"很兴奋!"嗯,好!奶奶呢?请奶奶听电话。""爸爸,你为什么每天只给奶奶打电话呀?""这有什么好奇怪?因为那是我妈!""那我呢?我也想你们!""你找你妈去呀!""哦!"从此,妻每天6点,能接到儿子问候,风雨无阻,至今已8年!

九、则儿12岁,六年级,作业繁重,情绪焦躁。傍晚,儿放学归,刚进门。"臭小子,你昨天是不是把我的盘子打破了?"我妹妹开始发难。"没有呀,姑姑,我没有!"一脸困惑。"我看见你打的,还耍赖!"我母亲又铁证如山。"我没有呀!你们冤枉我?"大哭,躺地,情绪爆发?约5分钟,我从房间出,厉声道:"咋了?在这里发疯!""爸爸,姑姑和奶奶冤枉我!""冤枉?冤枉你又咋样!冤枉你就躺下了?没出息!你是不是男子汉?"儿止哭,站起,低头:"爸爸,她们冤枉我。""男子汉大丈夫,就算天塌下来,也不能躺下!何况一个小小的盘子?没出息!"我继续,"人这一辈子,要经历多少风风雨雨,被冤枉、污蔑、背叛、出卖?你就趴下了?那是孬种!"儿挺腰,抬头:"爸爸,我懂了,现在我该怎么办?""现在?问问你自已,你有很多时间吗?""没有,很多作业要做。""那还不去做作业!记住,哪怕山崩地裂,不理它,先做好自己的事!"儿提起书包,向奶奶,姑姑行礼,从容走进书房。我们仨会心一笑。"宠辱不惊,看庭前花开花落;去留无意,望天空云卷云舒."儿子,当你长大后,看到这幅对子时,或许,你会想起今天,想起奶奶,想起姑姑,想起爸爸的良苦用心!

十、则儿13岁,初一,成绩一般。某日突然问:"爸爸,读书有用吗?考试成绩有用吗?""为什么问这个?"我一怔。"这几天,家里來了很多叔叔阿姨,你总跟他们讲现代教育是5000年来最糟糕的教育?"哈,儿子旁听了我与朋友们的高谈阔论。"没错呀,读书,考试确实没啥用。""那我为什么还要去读,这些没有用的东西呢?""那是因为你还小,先搞些没有用的东西,试试你的本事。如果你连这些没用的东西都做不好,那长大以后,有用的东西也肯定搞不好。所以,读书虽然没有用,但你还是要去读好它。""哦,爸爸,我有本事把书读好!"从此,儿子成绩优秀。儿子, 其实人生也是虚幻不实的,但日子还得认真过,以假修真的中道精神需要我们一生去体会。

推荐第8篇:寓言小故事(优秀)

张良复仇

汉朝起初的时候。有个张良。因为他家里。有五代在韩国里做宰相。所以当时秦国灭韩国的时候。张良就把家里的财产都散去了。打算着报仇的计划。后来得到了一个大力士。用了一个大铁锥。学猿狙般暗暗里击秦始皇于博浪沙地方。可是错击中了一乘侍从的车子里。秦始皇下了命令。很严紧的去搜捕。可是捉不到他。后来张良跟了汉高祖名叫刘邦的灭了秦朝。韩国的旧地方。就立了一个名叫韩成的做了韩王。张良就回到韩国去做韩国里的宰相。等到韩成给楚霸王名叫项羽的杀死了。张良再回到汉朝。帮汉高祖灭了楚霸王。定了天下。因为他的功劳很大。所以封做留侯。

纪信代死

汉朝起初的时候。有一个姓纪单名叫做信的。服事汉王刘邦。做将军的官。住在荥阳城里的时候。有个楚霸王姓项名羽的。攻打荥阳城很是厉害。到了极危急的时候。汉王逃不脱身了。纪信就自己请求和汉王换了衣服。坐了汉王的车子。车子里面都是用黄色的缯绸做里子的。左边竖起了牦牛尾子做的大纛旗。堂堂皇皇出东城门去诳骗楚国。一方面汉王就乘了这个当儿。扮了一个普通的人。打从西城门逃走了。纪信因为这一回事。竟被楚国里的人用火烧死。后来汉王打定了天下。做了汉高祖皇帝以后。就在顺庆的地方。替纪信造了一座庙。叫做忠佑庙。汉高祖下来的诰词里面说。以忠殉国。代君任患。实开汉业。

苏武牧羊

汉朝时候。有个著名的大忠臣。姓苏。单名叫做武。拿了做使臣的节旄。送匈奴国差来的使臣回国。到了匈奴国里。匈奴国的单于要他投降。苏武不肯。就自己拿了刀来自杀。已经断了气的。再过了半日。才有了呼吸。仍旧活转来。匈奴的单于把苏武幽囚在大地洞里面。没有给他吃的东西。苏武便吃着雪和节上的毡毛。吞下肚里去充饥。后来单于又把苏武搬到北海边上。没有人的地方。叫他牧养着雄羊。要等到雄羊有了奶乳。才放他回到汉朝。苏武便掘了野老鼠和收藏的草实吃着。这样的住了十九年。才得回到汉朝来。汉宣帝赐他封爵。叫做关内侯。

孝感动天

五帝之一的舜帝(姓姚,名重华,号有虞氏),是瞽瞍老汉的儿子(瞽瞍,盲人也)。天生就懂得大孝。他父亲脾气古怪,继母性情变化无常,同父异母的弟弟名字叫象,非常不懂事(他们多次设诡计陷害舜,但舜毫无嫉恨,总是以德报怨)。舜每天去历山耕田种地,干活时有大象跑来替他拉犁,小鸟飞来如他播种,是他的孝行感动了上天才会有这样的景象啊。尧帝听说舜的事迹后,让自己的九个儿子拜舜为师(在舜手下做事、学习),把自己的二个心爱的女儿同时嫁给舜为妻子,最后把天下禅让给了舜。 戏采娱亲

周朝时有个老人叫莱子,非常孝顺。他伺候二老双亲,总是极尽所能地做可口的甘美的食物。他的年龄马上就七十了(古稀之年,在当时是极其少见的),从来不在父母面前说老子。他经常身穿色彩鲜艳的婴儿装,象婴儿一样在双亲身边戏昵。有一次曾经在为老人端洗脚水时,故意假装跌倒,趴在地上,学小婴儿的哇哇哭声,逗老人开心。

鹿乳奉亲

周朝时有个人叫剡子,天性非常孝顺。他的父母年纪大了,俩人的眼睛都患上了眼病,想吃野鹿的乳汁。剡子于是穿上鹿皮做的衣服,进到深山密林里,混到鹿群当中,挤母鹿的乳汁拿回家供养双亲。一次,猎人发现了他,以为是只失群的小鹿,便用弓箭瞄准准备射他,吓的他赶紧大喊说自己是为得到鹿乳而装扮成鹿的人,才逃过了一场大难。 卧冰求鲤

古时候,有一个叫王祥的小孩子,他的生母去世了,父亲再娶了一个妻子,就是王祥的后母。后母不喜欢王祥,可是,王祥很听后母的话,后母叫他做的事,他都尽力做好。

一个寒冷的冬日,后母生了病,想吃活鱼,要王祥到河捉鱼。天下着大雪,北风呼呼地吹着,河水早已结冰,哪有鱼呢?

王祥想:我可以用体温使冰块溶化啊!他脱掉衣服,卧在冰上,刺骨的寒冰冷得他牙关打颤,全身颤抖,但他仍然强忍着、忍着„„突然间,他身体下的冰块裂开了,两条鲤鱼跳了上来。王祥大喜,抱着鲤鱼飞奔回家,煮鱼汤给后母吃。

一点启示:

赤身卧在冰上捉鱼,根本是不可能的事。作为儿女,只要全心全意,尽自己的能力孝敬父母,即使送上一粒糖果,他们也可感受到你的心意。

很久以前,现在的仁义胡同是两家相邻的地方,但因地界发生了争执,其中一家有人在京城做官,也有权势, 家人

给他写信说明与邻居发生了争地界的事,想借助他的权势解决此事。这位在外做官的人清廉而开明,更不会为自己家中的私事仗势欺人,他给家中的信中附了一首诗,表明了他的态度:

千里捎书为一墙,让他三尺又何访?万里长城功千古,不见当年秦始皇。

家中接到此诗,也都明白了在外做官的主事人的意见,并照此办理。不仅不与对方争执了,还主动让出了三尺地界。俗语说:争者不足,让者有余。这家一让,另一家也受到感动,家人一商议,应以谦让和善为重,也主动让出三尺宽的地方。这样两家就让出了六尺宽的地方,怎么办呢?这里正缺一条南北通道,就修建了一条胡同,不知是谁建议用“仁义”二字给胡同命名,几百年来人们就这样叫开了,一直到今天。

春秋时期,鲁国制定了一道法律,如果鲁国人在外国看见同胞被卖为奴婢,只要他们肯出钱把人赎回来,那么回到鲁国后,国家就会给他们以赔偿和奖励。这道法律执行了很多年,很多流落他乡的鲁国人因此得救,因此得以重返故国。 后来孔子有一个弟子叫子贡,他是一个很有钱地商人,他从国外赎回来了很多鲁国人,但却拒绝了国家的赔偿,因为他自认为不需要这笔钱,情愿为国分担赎人地负累。 但孔子却大骂子贡不止,说子贡此举伤天害理。祸害了无数落难的鲁国同胞。

孔子说:世上万事,不过义、利二字而已,鲁国原先的法律,所求的不过是人们心中的一个‘义’字,只要大家看见落难的同胞时能生出側隐之心、只要他肯不怕麻烦去赎这个人、去把同胞带回国,那他就可以完成一件善举。事后国家会给他补尝和奖励。让这个行善举的人不会受到损失,而且得到大家的赞扬,长此以往,愿意做善事的人就会越来越多。所以这条法律是善法。

孔子还说,子贡的所作所为,固然让他为自己赢得了更高的赞扬,但是同时也拔高了大家对‘义’的要求。往后那些赎人之后去向国家要钱的人,不但可能再也得不到大家的称赞,甚至可能会被国人嘲笑,责问他们为什么不能像子贡一样为国分忧。圣人说,子贡此举是把‘义’和‘利’对立起来了,所以不但不是善事,反倒是最为可恶的恶行。

自子贡之后,很多人就会对落难的同胞装做看不见了。因为他们不像子贡那么有钱,而且如果他们求国家给一点点补偿的话反而被人唾骂。很多鲁国人因此而不能返回故土。

礼 程门立雪

杨时(1053?1135)是北宋时一位很有才华的才子,南剑州将乐人(今属福建)。中了进士后,他放弃做官,继续求学。

程颢(1032?1085)、程颐(1033?1107)兄弟俩是当时很有名望的大学问家、哲学家、教育学,洛阳人,同是北宋理学的奠基人。他们的学说为后来的南宋朱熹所继承,世称程朱学派。杨时仰慕二程的学识,投奔洛阳程颢门下,拜师求学,4年后程颢去世,又继续拜程颐为师。这时他年已40,仍尊师如故,刻苦学习。一天,大雪纷飞,天寒地冻,杨时碰到疑难问题,便冒着凛冽的寒风,约同学游酢(1053?1123年)一同前往老师家求教。当他来到老师家,见老师正坐在椅子上睡着了,他不忍打搅,怕影响老师休息,就静静地侍立门外等候。当老师一觉醒来时他们的脚下已积雪一尺深了,身上飘满了雪。老师忙把杨时等两人请进屋去,为他们讲学。后来,“程门立雪”成为了广为流传的尊师典范

司马光砸缸

司马光七岁的时候就像一个大人一样非常懂事,听到老师讲解《春秋》,非常喜爱,放学之后又为家人讲他所学到的,因此他也明白了春秋的内涵.从此书不离手,甚至忘记了饥渴,冷热,一心都扑到了书里.

有一次,他跟小伙伴们在后院里玩耍。院子里有一口大水缸,有个小孩爬到缸沿上玩,一不小心,掉到缸厂里。缸大水深,眼看那孩子快要没顶了。别的孩子们一见出了事,吓得边哭边喊,跑到外面向大人求救。司马光却急中生智,从地上捡起一块大石头,使劲向水缸砸去,\"砰!\"水缸破了,缸里的水流了出来,被淹在水里的小孩也得救了。

曾子是孔子的学生。有一次,曾子的妻子准备去赶集,由于孩子哭闹不已,曾子妻许诺孩子回来后杀猪给他吃。曾子妻从集市上回来后,曾子便捉猪来杀,妻子阻止说:“我不过是跟孩子闹着玩的。”曾子说:“和孩子是不可说着玩的。小孩子不懂事,凡事跟着父母学,听父母的教导。现在你哄骗他,就是教孩子骗人啊”。于是曾子把猪杀了。曾子深深懂得,诚实守信,说话算话是做人的基本准则,若失言不杀猪,那么家中的猪保住了,但却在一个纯洁的孩子的心灵上留下不可磨灭的阴影。

季布“一诺千金”使他免遭祸殃

秦末有个叫季布的人,一向说话算数,信誉非常高,许多人都同他建立起了浓厚的友情。当时甚至流传着这样的谚语:“得黄金百斤,不如得季布一诺。”(这就是成语“一诺千斤”的由来)后来,他得罪了汉高祖刘邦,被悬赏捉拿。结果他的旧日的朋友不仅不被重金所惑,而且冒着灭九族的危险来保护他,缍使他免遭祸殃。一个人诚实有信,自然得道多助,能获得大家的尊重和友谊。反过来,如果贪图一时的安逸或小便宜,而失信于朋友,表面上是得到了“实惠”。但为了这点实惠他毁了自己的声誉而声誉相比于物质是重要得多的。所以,失信于朋友,无异于失去了西瓜捡芝麻,得不偿失的。

秦朝末年,在楚地有一个叫季布的人,性情耿直,为人侠义好助。只要是他答应过的事情,无论有多大困难,都设法办到,受到大家的赞扬。

楚汉相争时,季布是项羽的部下,曾几次献策,使刘邦的军队吃了败仗。刘邦当了皇帝后,想起这事,就气恨不已,下令通缉季布。

这时敬慕季布为人的人,都在暗中帮助他。不久,季布经过化装,到山东一家姓朱的人家当佣工。朱家明知他是季布,仍收留了他。后来,朱家又到洛阳去找刘邦的老朋友汝阴候夏侯婴说情。刘邦在夏侯婴的劝说下撤消了对季布的通缉令,还封季布做了郎中,不久又改做河东太守。

有一个季布的同乡人曹邱生,专爱结交有权势的官员,借以炫耀和抬高自己,季布一向看不起他。听说季布又做了大官,他就马上去见季布。

季布听说曹邱生要来,就虎着脸,准备发落几句话,让他下不了台。谁知曹邱生一进厅堂,不管季布的脸色多么阴沉,话语多么难听,立即对着季布又是打躬,又是作揖,要与季布拉家常叙旧。并吹捧说:“我听到楚地到处流传着‘得黄金千两,不如得季布一诺’这样的话,您怎么能够有这样的好名声传扬在梁、楚两地的呢?我们既是同乡,我又到处宣扬你的好名声,你为什么不愿见到我呢?”季布听了曹邱生的这番话,心里顿时高兴起来,留下他住几个月,作为贵客招待。临走,还送给他一笔厚礼。

后来,曹邱生又继续替季布到处宣扬,季布的名声也就越来越大了

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通信业寓言小故事

这是一个系列性的寓言故事,作者是通信人家园的网友老哈。

文如其名,字如其人。

轻松诙谐调侃的文字,在嘻嘻哈哈之间跃然纸上,勾画出来了一个当前国内电信业的众生相。小编在此特节选了部分内容以飨读者,看看在这些故事中,是否能够发现自己的影子。

下面这个故事是这个系列的开篇之作,如果您觉得还入得了法眼,不妨来通信人家园论坛与诸多坛友们切磋一番。网上能得几知己,岂不快哉!

狮子是一个小老板,专门生产和销售牛奶,日子过得挺滋润,森林里的动物们甚是羡慕。可惜好景不长,老虎、狗熊看到这个生意有钱赚,也纷纷开起了奶业公司,有卖羊奶的、卖马奶的,一下子就把市场搞乱了。 狮子很着急,就找狐狸、奶牛来开会。狐狸出主意说:“现在市场竞争很激烈,我们每一位员工都要有紧迫感,从现在开始,奶牛们每个月也必须发展用户,完不成不给草吃。”

奶牛面露难色:“我们都去卖奶,哪谁来产奶呢;再说,我们也不会吆喝呀。”

狐狸说:“哼哼,没有用户,产再多的奶有啥用?不会卖,有任务就会卖了。”

奶牛们想想也是,没有用户,产的奶卖给谁呀,放着还占地方,又容易坏;而且大家青草是固定要吃的,公司岂不是白白受损失。

你还别说,自从搞了全员营销以后,狮子公司的业务的确红火了一阵,员工们走亲访友,二舅的小姨子的同学的表哥的四爷都接到了推销电话。但是老虎、狗熊也不是吃素的,他们坚持使用价格战来应对,一来二去,三家公司的奶价就直线下降。 几番商战,老虎和狗熊并没有被打败,自己的利润却日渐稀薄。狮子觉得很恼火,把狐狸叫来臭骂一通。狐狸委屈地说:“部分奶牛为了完成任务经常窝里斗,搞得用户不知所从。还有,咱们家销售激励政策也不如另外两家。”

狮子决定再加大营销力度,并调高售奶岗位的绩效基数,调低产奶岗位的绩效基数。

在狮子动员和薪酬激励下,一些头脑灵活、口才较好、健壮能跑的奶牛们不再产奶了,集体成为专业售奶员工。一时间,公司呈现出两派景象,一方面各种市场分析会、竞聘演讲会、头脑风暴会天天举办,热闹非凡;另一方面产奶车间暮气沉沉,一帮老弱病残,淅淅沥沥地生产着原奶,偶尔一头略显稚气的奶牛不安地抬头望望窗外,憧憬着什么时候加入外面的那一群队伍。

狮子的销售队伍不断壮大,到后来几乎60%的牛都在外面走亲访友,还有30%的牛为他们提供管理支撑,同时还发展了一大批加盟商,如兔子、蟑螂等协助销售。至于生产牛奶的那一拨牛,也就在公司更趋边缘化,甚至于好些都叫不出名字了。

“弟兄们,从今天起,我们要积极探索专业化运营,坚决消灭长期以来,职责不清,兽浮如事的不良现象。”

猩猩很高兴,摸着口袋里零零星星的几张毛票:“终于来了一位懂行的领导,这下我们这些老实做事的不会吃亏了。”

一年过去了,牛总总结说:“咱们公司100位员工,其中生产岗占80%,用得着这么多人吗?今年我们通过业务重组、减员增效,减少了50%的生产人员,一线员工劳动生产率大幅提升,企业呈现良好的发展态势。”

由于政绩突出,牛总高升了,马总上了台。上台第一周,它就在大会上讲:“弟兄们,去年收入水分很大,企业经营日益艰难,从今天起,我们要努力挖掘各种潜力,打破各专业的条条框框,最终实现一专多能,一人多岗。决不能让能干的吃亏。”

猩猩再次高兴起来,摸着口袋里零零星星的几张毛票:“我一定要勤学苦练,争取多掌握几项技能,好多干事,多拿钱。” 一年过去了,马总总结说:“公司好不好,管理是关键。如何加强管理?今年我们通过推动部门融合,一专多能,减少了50%的生产人员,一线员工综合素质大幅提高,管理水平真正上了一个大台阶。”

马总也高升了,调来猪总掌舵。猪总心情沉重地对大家讲:“弟兄们,企业效益逐年下滑,已经到了唱国际歌的时候了,不改革就没有出路,从今天起,我们要积极探索划小核算,承包经营,激发内生动力,提高经营效益。”

猩猩高兴得跳了起来:“这下我们自己给自己干活,说什么也得玩着命的干。”

一年过去,猪总顺利地离开了公司,羊总走马上任了,公司再一次掀起了如何改革创新的热潮。大家学习红头文件,分析经营和服务数据,了解行业动态,召开一个又一个的讨论会。在喧嚣拥挤的会议室不远处的厂房里,几只傻大黑粗的猩猩,拼命地挥舞着长臂,一边车零件,一边搞电焊,抽空还得抡几锤子,咣咣地敲钢板。嘴边的电话也不闲着:“喂,熊老板,上次你买的碰碰车啥时候给钱啊。坏了呀,坏了我给你修嘛。顺便给你老婆做个按摩,我刚学了推拿,很舒服呢…”。 美丽森林的沼泽处,一间残枝搭成的窝棚里,挂着几串不太新鲜的香蕉。一只小猩猩兴高采烈玩着捡来的皮球,丢过来甩过去:“嗬.嗬.嗬,晚上有香蕉吃喽…。”

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经典寓言小故事:什么是幸福(图)

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马和驴共同生活在一个棚屋下,他们外表相像,但却生活得不太一样;他俩食槽的样子差不多,吃的却不同。每天,主人都会给马添足了精美的草料,给驴的料却要粗糙得多......

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马和驴共同生活在一个棚屋下,他们外表相像,但却生活得不太一样;他俩食槽的样子差不多,吃的却不同。每天,主人都会给马添足了精美的草料,给驴的料却要粗糙得多。吃完后,马都会被牵出野外去运动、训练,而驴则留在家中拉磨,驮货物。马回来后,还常有人为他洗澡刷毛,驴却被牵回棚中,不再有人理睬。驴开始不服气,认为主人不公平,羡慕马的生活真是轻松,常常对马唠叨不休,还说:“如果我是你,那该有多幸福。”

一天晚上,入睡前,驴子又开始向马唠叨开了,马终于忍不住对驴说:“你只看到了我吃的比你好,不拉磨,就下结论说我比你幸福,但你从没有上过战场,根本不知道我冒着生命危险,在枪林弹雨中冲锋、负伤时的样子。那时,你还认为我比你更幸福吗?”驴听了,不再言语。

小朋友,其实,每个人享受的幸福是不一样的,幸福也不会只属于一个人。我们每个人都要寻找属于自己的幸福,并好好地珍惜它。

第11篇:英语寓言小故事1(中英文对照)

英语寓言小故事15则(中英文对照)

目录

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15. Making His Mark “刻舟求剑” ................................................................................................2 To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长” .....................................................2 Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃” ..........................................................3 The Fox and the Crow

“狐狸和乌鸦” ..................................................................................3 Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足” ........................................................................3 郭氏之墟 ...................................................................................................................................4 老鼠和公牛 ...............................................................................................................................5 男孩和荨麻 ...............................................................................................................................5 鹦鹉和猫 ...................................................................................................................................6 一捆树枝 ...............................................................................................................................7 狼和驴...................................................................................................................................8 野猪和狐狸 ...........................................................................................................................9 燕雀处室 .............................................................................................................................10 山 ........................................................................................................................................10 A Smart Tortoise聪明的乌龟 ............................................................................................11

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1.Making His Mark “刻舟求剑”

A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat 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? 楚国有个人坐船渡江时,他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀,在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后,那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢?船继续行驶,而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑,真是太愚蠢可笑了。

2.To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长”

Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice.After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow.He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly.Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch.The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.从前,有个农夫,种了稻苗(seedlings)后,便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时,都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想,他终于想到一个“最佳方法”,他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天,一早起身,他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知,却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。

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3.Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃”

Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell.However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell.So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”.He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell.Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.

从前,有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃,但是他知道一碰到铃,铃就会响起来,被人发现。他想啊想,终于他想出一个“妙极”,他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来,就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时,铃声仍旧响起来,他被别人当场抓住

4.The Fox and the Crow

“狐狸和乌鸦”

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth.At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent.Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing.As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉,心里非常高兴。这时候,一只狐狸看见了乌鸦,馋得直流口水,非常想得到那片肉。但是,无论狐狸说什么,乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后,狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美,并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话,得意极了,就唱起歌来。没想到,肉一掉下来,狐狸就叼起肉,钻回了洞

5.Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足”

Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself.So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the

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ground and the man who finished first would have the wine.One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake.However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, \"Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of \"Draw a snake and add feet to It.” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒,所以就定了一个规矩:每人在地上画一条蛇,谁画得最快,这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时,看见别人都还在忙着画,就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果,他的蛇脚还没加完,另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去,说:“有谁见过长脚的蛇?”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理:做得过分和做得不够都是不对的

6.郭氏之墟

On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi , which perished long ago.

Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.

They replied,\"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds, and averse to evildoing, which led to the perdition.\"

When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ,\" Though he liked doing good, he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing, never could he help not participating.That caused the ruin of his capital.\"

齐桓公出游途中,来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。

看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象,忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因。

百姓们回答说:\"郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。\"

齐桓公不能理解这种回答,百姓们便解释说:\"郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事,但从来都不能做到;尽管厌恶邪恶丑行,却总是忍不住参与其中。这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因。\"

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7.老鼠和公牛

A mouse once took a bite out of a bull\'s tail as he lay dozing.The bull jumped up in a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right acro the yard.The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.

The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole.After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again. As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered acro the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety.As the bull roared helplely the mouse squeaked: \"It\'s not always the big people who come off best.Sometimes the small ones win, you know.\"

有一次,公牛躺着打盹,一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来,低着头追老鼠,一直追过院子。然而,老鼠跑得比他快多了,从容地钻到墙洞里去了。

公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁,尽管头撞肿了,角撞裂了,老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿,公牛不撞了,倒下歇着。

公牛刚睡着,小老鼠就爬到洞口,嗒嗒地跑过院子,又咬了公牛一口 ?? 这回咬了鼻子 ?? 又跑回安全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时,老鼠吱吱叫道:

\"大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。\"

8.男孩和荨麻

A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle .He ran home to tell his mother what had happened.

\"I only touched it lightly,\" he said, \"and the nasty thing stung me.\" \"It stung you because you only touched it lightly,\" his mother told him.\" Next time you touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can.Then it won\'t sting you at all.\"

Face danger boldly.

有个男孩子在地里玩耍,被荨麻刺痛了。他跑回家去,告诉妈妈出了什么事。

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\"我不过轻轻地碰了它一下,\"他说,\"那讨厌的东西就把我刺痛了。\"

\"你只轻轻地碰了它一下,所以它才刺痛你,\"妈妈对他说,\"下一回你再碰到荨麻,就尽量紧紧地抓住它。那它就根本不会刺痛你了。\"

要敢于面对危险。

9.鹦鹉和猫

A man once bought a brilliantly-coloured parrot.Instead of locking it up in a cage or chaining it to a perch, he allowed it to fly free all over the house.The parrot was delighted at this and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming with happine.At last he settled on the edge of a rich curtain.

\"Who on earth are you ?\" said a cro voice from below.\"Stop that terrible noise at once.\"

The parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.

\"I \'m a parrot.I \'ve just arrived and I \'m to make as much noise as I can,\" he said.

\"Well, I \'ve lived here all my life,\" replied the cat .\"I was born in this very house and I learned from my mother that it is best to keep quiet here.\"

\"Keep quiet then, \"said the parrot cheerfully.\"I don\'t know what you do around here, but I know my job.My master bought me for my voice and I\'m going to make sure he hears it.\"

Different people are valued for different things.从前,有人买了一只毛色鲜艳的鹦鹉。他没有把鹦鹉关在笼子里,也没有用链条把他拴在栖木上,而让他在家里自由自在地飞来飞去。鹦鹉对此非常高兴,扑动翅膀,从一间屋子飞到另一间屋子,愉快地尖声叫着,最后停在华丽的帷幔的边上。

\"你到底是谁?\"从下面传来怒气冲冲的说话声,\"马上住嘴,别发出那难听的声音。\"

鹦鹉看见地毯上有一只猫抬头看着他。

\"我是鹦鹉。 我刚到,我要使劲地吵吵。\"他说。 \"那你就一声不响吧,\"鹦鹉欢快地说,\"我不知道你在这儿干什么,可我知道我的活儿。主人为了我的声音才买我,我一定得让他听到。\" 不同的人因有不同的特点而受重视。

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10.一捆树枝

A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another.He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him.One day he decided to show them what he meant. He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them. \"Can you break that ? \" he asked the youngest son.The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he preed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.The father asked each son in turn to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it . Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks.

\" Now try, \" he said .The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.

\"Do you see what I mean ?\" asked the father.\"if only you stand together no one can hurt you .If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you.\"

United we stand ; divided we fall. 从前有一个人,他有四个儿子。儿子们不断地争吵。他一再告诫他们说,如果他们一起干活儿,生活会舒适得多,但他们丝毫不理会他的意见。有一天,他决定通过示范把自己的意思告诉他们。

他把四个儿子都叫来,又把一捆扎得很紧的细树枝放在他们面前的地上。

\"你能折断这个吗?\"他问最小的儿子。小伙子用膝盖顶住,两只手又压又拉,都不能把那捆树枝弄弯。父亲让别的儿子挨个儿试试,看他们是否能把那捆树枝折断,但谁也做不到。

然后,他解开绳子,把树枝撒开。

\"试试吧。\"他说。四个小伙子用手轻轻一撅,树枝就断了。

\"你们明白我的意思了吗?\"父亲问,\"只要你们联合起来,谁也不能伤害你们。如果你们老吵架,一定要各行其是,那么你们一遇到敌人,就会被打败。\" 合则存,分则败。

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11.狼和驴

A wolf once met a donkey on the road outside the village.

\"I \'m going to eat you up, \"said the wolf .

\"Certainly, \" replied the donkey, thinking fast.\"But please don\'t eat me out here on the road where everyone can see.I shall be so ashamed .Take me into the forest.Don\'t be afraid that I shall try to escape.Here, tie this rope round your neck and fasten it to my bridle.Then I will lead you to a quiet spot I know.\"

The wolf thought this was a good idea so he fastened the rope round his neck and knotted it firmly to the donkey\'s bridle.

\"Now I will go wherever you say, \" said the donkey.

\"Show me the way to your quiet spot , \" ordered the wolf.

\"Very well,\" said the donkey, setting off down the road towards the village.As they came to the first houses the wolf began to suspect that he had been tricked.

\"This is not the way to the forest, \" he said, tugging at his end of the rope.\"This road goes to the village.\"

\"Don\'t worry,\" said the donkey cheerfully , \"This is a short cut.\"

The donkey began to trot faster , then to gallop.The rope round the wolf\'s neck drew tight; in a very short time he was dragged right up to the donkey\'s door.

The master, his wife and their three sons all came running out to rescue the donkey .They were so angry that they would have killed the wolf there and then.Fortunately for the wolf , however , one of the sons threw a knife at him.The knife mied , but it cut the rope round his neck.The next moment all the family could see was a cloud of dust in the road as the wolf fled to safety in the dark forest.If you keep your head you will be all right. 有一回,狼在村外的路上碰见驴。

\"我要把你吃掉。\"狼说。

\"当然可以,\"驴灵机一动,回答说,\"但请不要在这条路上吃,人人都会看见的, 我会感到难为情。把我带到森林里去吧。别担心我们会逃跑。喏, 把这根绳子一头饶在你脖子上,一头拴在我的缰绳上,然后我把你带到一个我熟悉的安

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静的地方去。\" 狼认为这是个好主意,于是把绳子饶在脖子上,把另一头牢牢系在驴缰绳上。

\"现在你说到什么地方去,我就到什么地方去。\"驴说。

\"带我到你说的那个安静的地方去。\"狼吩咐道。

\"很好。\"驴说着,就沿通向村子的路走去。他们来到头几所房子附近时,狼怀疑自己受骗上当了。

\"这不是到森林去的路,\"他使劲拉绳子的一头说, \"这条路是到村子里去的。\" \"别着急,\"驴高兴地说, \"这是一条近路。\" 驴加快了步子,接着跑起来。套在狼脖子上的绳子抽紧了;一会儿功夫,就把狼拉到驴的家门口。

驴的主人、主人的妻子和三个儿子都跑出来救驴。他们非常生气,要立即就地把狼打死。不过,狼很幸运,主人的一个儿子拿刀砍狼,没砍着,却把套在狼脖子上的绳子砍断了。转眼之间,这一家子看到路上尘土飞扬,狼安然逃向黑暗的树林里去了。

保持镇静,就没问题。

12.野猪和狐狸

A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one day when a fox came by.

\"What are you doing that for?\" asked the fox .\"There are no hunters around.Everything looks very peaceful to me .\"

\"Quite true, \"said the boar, \"but when the hunter does come with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time for this .So let me sharpen my tusks while I can.\" Be prepared .

有一天,野猪在树上磨牙齿,狐狸走过来。

\"你为什么干这个呀?\"狐狸问,\"附近又没有猎人,我觉得平安无事。\" \"不错,\"野猪说,\"但是,如果猎人真的带着猎狗来了,我只能逃走,就没工夫干这个了。趁我现在可以磨,就让我磨磨牙齿吧。\" 时刻准备着(有备无患)

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13.燕雀处室

The swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a place on the roof of the hall for their nests.

The mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasure, which aumes a scene of peace and harmony.

But they have never thought of the following scene: the chimney at the top of the kitchen might break, the fire might leap up to the roof and the burning purling might destroy their nests.

But those swallows and sparrows are unmindful of the coming disaster.

They go on with their superficial happine brought by peace and calm.燕雀为拥有屋顶下面的一个位置而欣慰不已。

母鸟用叼来的食物喂养啁啾鸣叫的幼鸟,整个儿是一派欢乐自得的祥和景象。

它们完全没有考虑到:炉灶上的烟囱有可能会炸裂,火苗将会窜上屋梁,烧着的椽 将会摧毁它们的巢穴。

不知大祸将要降临到自己头上的燕雀们正在安然自若地品味这表面上的安宁所带来的幸福。

14.山

Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake .

People came from far and near to see what would happen.

\"A great river will be born.\" said one.

\"Surely nothing le than a mighty dragon will come out.\" said another.

\"A god himself will spring form these rocks.\" said a third.

Finally , after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain.And out popped ---- a mouse.Just because someone makes a lot of fu, it doesn\'t mean he is important.

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很久以前,一座大山隆隆作响,摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。

一个人说:\"要出现一条大河了。\" 另一个人说:\"准会出现一条巨龙。\" 第三个人说:\"从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。\" 等了几天之后,山坡上终于裂开一条小缝,却蹦出来一只耗子。

正因为某人大肆张扬,所以他没有什么了不起。

15.A Smart Tortoise聪明的乌龟

A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food.He sees a frog in front of him. “Ha ha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog.

Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise.The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s tail.“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back.The frog hears the voice and jumps into water. “Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.

But the tiger is very angry.“Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!” “Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”

“Oh,no! I can’t swim; I will die if you throw me into the water.” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly. “Thank you, Mr.Tiger.Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together.

一只老虎很饥饿,他正在寻找食物。他看到一只青蛙在他前面。 “哈哈!一只青蛙,我有晚餐啦!”于是,他补向青蛙。

在老虎的后边,有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了,他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。 “哎呦!”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看。此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音,他迅速跳进水里。

“谢谢你,小乌龟。”青蛙说。

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大事老虎十分愤怒:“讨厌!我要把你扔到天上去。” “谢谢你,我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。 老虎停下来:“那我就把你扔到到水里。”

“哦,不!我不会游泳,如果你把我扔井水里我会死的。”老虎很快就把乌龟仍进水了。

“谢谢你,老虎先生,再见!”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。

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第12篇:短篇廉政寓言小故事

短篇廉政寓言小故事

第一则饭碗

有个年轻人考上了公务员,如释重负、欣喜欲狂。

任职报到的那天早上,不知怎的把饭碗打坏了,他懊恼不已,对着那个被打破的瓷饭碗说:

“我现在刚拿到„铁饭碗‟,你就开始妒嫉了?要给我一点颜色看看?”

“这不能怪我!”那破瓷饭碗回答说。

“那么,不怪你就得怪我了?”

“当然!你看看你自己吧,——刚考上了公务员就放弃了自己的学习计划,以后不管是什么钢铁做成的饭碗也会砸碎的!”

第二则樱花

樱花盛开的时节,刮了一天的大风,樱花的花瓣漫天飞舞,犹如纷飞的大雪,掉的到处都是,地上像铺了一层薄薄的花毯。

这场“樱花雪”后,那些樱花树顿失风采,瞬间结束了一年中最美丽的时光。它们哀叹,诅咒,埋怨……。当它们发现附近那些松树依然苍翠、生气蓬勃时,就惊异地问:

“面对这场大风潮,你们松树为什么还能保持原来的挺拔和俏丽?”

“因为——我们从不追求浮华的美好!”松树们笑而答道。

第三则升官

某甲连升三级、青云直上。

某乙连连叹息,埋三怨四,逢人便说:“论胡子,我比他长;论资格,我比他老;论身体,我比他棒;论学历,我比高……他凭什么比我幸运?还坐上了单位的第一把交椅?”

他成天想着,吃不下饭,睡不好觉。有一天,他神思恍惚地来到郊野,突然猛地击掌三声、仰天大喊:“天哪!这是为什么?为什么?为什么?……”喊得行云振荡,惊鸟四飞,山鸣谷应。

谁知天上真的有人答话了:“听着,我是史蒂夫*乔布斯!你想当领袖人物吗?就别做跟风者!记住:领袖人物和跟风者的区别,就是„创新‟二字!”

第四则地标

有个地方叫“三棵树”,就是因为那里有三棵挺拔高大的树而出了名,成了这个地方的地标。

却说另有一个地方到处是树林,可是树木再多、长得再高再大也没有出名。

那地方的官吏想:我把这些树林砍了变成农田,仅留下四棵大树,将这里更名为“四棵树”,从此成为新地标,这也能让自己出出名,留芳后世呢!

谁知,树木被砍光了,从此这里水土流失,生态遭到严重破坏,年年闹灾荒,那些官吏适得其反,遭人唾骂,成了遗臭后世的罪人。

第五则胡子

主人用电动剃须刀刮胡子,两根胡子逃之夭夭、喜不自胜。隔了三天,主人又用剃须刀刮胡子时,它们又劫后余生。这两根胡子欢天喜地,互相祝福。

一根胡子说:“苍天在上,咱俩可谓„时也运也命也‟!”

另一根胡子也说:“所言极是,咱俩„福大命大造化大‟!”

没料又过了三天之后,主人手拿着镜子,一眼就发现了这两根凸显的胡子,便对它们大喝一声:“哈!你们今天还能逃过我的手心吗?”

一根胡子听了魂飞魄散,急忙抗争:“我命大命大命大……”

另一根胡子听了胆战心惊,拼命大叫:“我福大福大福大……”

谁知主人却充耳不闻,将电动剃须刀对准这两根胡子垂直按下,还不到一秒钟,两根胡子便哑口无言,立刻不见踪影。

第六则臆断

有人讨嫌黑色而偏爱白色。他以为黑色令人忧伤,会带来厄运,断定前景暗淡;白色让人明朗,会引向光明,必定前程似锦。

有一次,他在野外发现了一窝白色的蚂蚁,乳白剔透,像玉一样可爱,就把它们带回家里放养起来。谁知几年后,他的木楼倒塌了……

——不科学的主观臆断与麻木决策,或许就是灾祸的源头。

第七则正气

由于山体滑坡,一棵树被压在一块巨石下面直不起腰来,可是它的树头依然挺拔向上生长。有个行人见了好奇地问:

“你遭到这样的不幸,为什么还能向上生长?”

“因为我浑身充满正气。”那树回答说。

“有了正气就能向上生长吗?”

“当然,”树说,“有正气就会产生正能量!有了正能量就能顶住任何压力,战胜狂风暴雨,天天向上生长,最终实现自己的梦想!”

第八则牙膏

漱口杯对一支看上去已用完了的牙膏说:

“你真幸运,要是别人,早已把你丢进垃圾筒里了!”

“是啊!”牙膏欣慰地说,“物尽其用嘛!这下我可以完全彻底为人类服务了。”

“其实这也没有多大意义和必要,他最多可以再用几天。挤了又挤,再挤也挤也挤不出多少人民币来!”

“人民币倒是其次的,这可是一种好习惯呀!”

漱口杯笑着又说,“太抠门了吧!这个公务员收入也不错,就这么一点绳头小利也不肯丢弃,爱捡这种小芝麻,将来的他会有出息吗?”

“我倒不这么看。”牙膏认真地说,“习惯把小事做好、做彻底、做完美的人才能做大事,他将来必定前途无量!”

第九则歪镜

世上有不少标准和道理是歪的,有些镜子也是这样。在一个宽敞的大厅里,放着一面高大的试衣镜。有个女士拉着她丈夫的手说:

“我们也去照照镜子,好吗?”

“不好不好!”丈夫连连摇头回答。

“这有什么不好?”

“你沒有发现这镜子沒有摆正,歪得那么厉害吗?”

“这有什么关系?一个堂堂正正的君子,即使在歪镜前面,他的影子也是端正的呀!”

第十则断臂

医生将一个断臂的患者紧急处置之后脱离了生命危险。

患者苏醒过来之后,有医生问:

“你坐在火车里面好好的,又怎么会把手臂截断了呢?”

“那是在漆黑的夜里,我打开车窗时,发现外面正下着„金币雨‟,于是我就不由自主地把手伸了出去,想抓到那些金币。”患者说。

医生听了连连咂嘴,说:“你真是太不幸了!以后无论见到什么好处或者诱惑,千万不要随便伸手啊!尤其是在那些黑暗的地方!”

第13篇:管理寓言小故事汇总

绩效管理寓言故事:三只老鼠

三只老鼠一同去偷油喝。他们找到了一个油瓶,但是瓶口很高,够不着。三只老鼠商量一只踩着一只的肩膀,叠罗汉轮流上去喝。当最后一只老鼠刚刚爬上另外两只老鼠的肩膀上时,不知什么原因,油瓶倒了,惊动了人,三只老鼠逃跑了。回到老鼠窝,他们开会讨论为什么失败。

第一只老鼠说,我没有喝到油,而且推倒了油瓶,是因为我觉得第二只老鼠抖了一下。 第二只老鼠说,我是抖了一下,是因为最底下的老鼠也斗了一下 第三只老鼠说,没错,我好像听到有猫的声音,我才发抖的。 于是三只老鼠哈哈一笑,那看来都不是我们的责任了。

想必多数人都能明白这则故事所表达的含义,但是,在职场上,在我们身边,这样的“老鼠”却随处可见。就如在某企业季度绩效考核会议上,

营销部门经理A说:最近的销售做得不太好,我们有一定的责任,但是主要的责任不在我们,竞争对手纷纷推出新产品,比我们的产品好。所以我们也很不好做,研发部门要认真总结。

研发部门经理B说:我们最近推出的新产品时少,但是我们也有困难呀。我们的预算太少了,就是少得可怜的预算,也被财务部门削减了。没钱怎么开发新产品呢?

财务部门经理C说:我是削减了你们的预算,但是你要知道,公司的成本一直在上升,我们当然没有多少钱投在研发部了。

采购部门经理D说:我们的采购成本是上升了10%,为什么你们知道吗?俄罗斯的一个生产铬的矿山爆炸了,导致不锈钢的价格上升。

这时,ABC三位经理一起说:哦,原来如此,这样说来,我们大家都没有多少责任了,哈哈哈哈。

人力资源经理F说:这样说来,我只能去考核俄罗斯的矿山了。

就是在我们的企业中类似的情况似乎总在发生,而老板、主管们却也似乎总是找不到问题的症结所在,最终就只能归咎到中国人的通病:一出事情,大家首先想到的是推卸责任,而不是去思考如何解决问题。

在工作中,各部门并不应该把所谓的客观因素当原因,责任人人有份,许多问题的解决都不会是“自古华山一条道”,每个部门应该都多少能找到解决之道,这就是主观态度问题了。推诿只是表面现象。主要是素质问题。

1、没有团队精神;

2、没有责任心;

3、没有面对错误的勇气;

4、不能反求诸己;

5、凡事归罪于外;

6、饱汉不知饿汉饥,自己吃饱了万事大吉......

管理寓言:摘自《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》

“请你告诉我,我该走哪条路?” 爱丽丝说。 “那要看你想去哪里?”猫说。 “去哪儿无所谓。”爱丽丝说。

“那么走哪条路也就无所谓了。”猫说。

这个故事讲告诉我们,一个人,无论做什么事情,都要一个目标。有目标,你才知道自己想要到哪里去,有目标你才能获得别人的帮助。如果一个人连自己想要去哪里都搞不清楚,再高明的人也无法给你指出出路。

天助先要自助,当一个人没有清晰的目标方向的时候,别人说的建议再好也是别人的观点,不能转化自己的有效行动。

企业也是如此。企业要生存、要发展就一定要有一个明确的目标,在目标的指引下统一员工的思想和行动,如果没有目标或者目标不清晰,员工即便想努力,也会有无从下手的无力感。

没有组织目标的企业不要奢望员工可以自动自发地工作,不要奢望员工可以自动产生归属感。一个企业,首先要制定组织的目标,用组织的目标指导员工制定自己的个人目标,并把个人目标和组织目标结合起来。

兔总经理的困惑 南山住着一群兔子,在兔总经理的领导下,过着丰衣足食、其乐融融的生活。可是最近一段时间,兔总经理发现兔子采摘回来的食物越来越少了——原来很多兔子在偷懒。

兔总经理很生气,它发现偷懒的兔子不仅自己消极怠工,而且对其他兔子还宣扬“干多干少都一样”的负面思想。于是兔总经理决定奖励那些表现好而且不乱说话的兔子,给它们最爱吃的胡萝卜。

一只小灰兔得到了兔总奖励的第一根胡萝卜,结果引起了兔群的轩然大波。几只老兔子在把小灰兔嘲弄了一番之后,还责问兔总奖励小灰兔的理由。兔总说:“我认为小灰兔表现优秀,很听话,如果你们积极表现,自然也会得到奖励。”

兔总此话一出,兔子们开始研究获取胡萝卜激励的秘诀,几乎所有的兔子都认为:只要善于在兔总面前表现得好一些、多说一些好话,就能得到奖励。于是,日久天长,在兔群中兴起了当面一套、背后一套的变脸式工作作风——当面是兔子,背后是魔鬼,极尽阿谀奉承之能势、弄虚作假的风气盛行。

兔总请来了咨询公司,从咨询公司的调研分析报告中知道了兔群的现状,很受不了,为了改革弄虚作假的作风,兔总废除了按照“是否听话是否表现好”进行奖励的做法,让咨询公司制定了一套有据可依的激励办法。办法规定:兔子们采集回来的食物必须经过验收考核,按照完成的数量来进行奖励。一时间兔子们的工作效率为之一变,食物采摘大丰收。

兔总经理没有得意多久又犯愁了:兔子们的积极性在盛极一时后很快又变差了。兔总经理感到奇怪,调查发现,原来最近一直干旱,南山的食物早已被过度开采得差不多了,兔子要到很远的西山才能采摘到食物,有兔子指责他的政策——不考虑爬山的因素、不考虑干旱的因素,激励没有增加,只考核食物采摘量的方法是短期和片面的。

兔总觉得很有道理,陷入了沉思,难道用咨询公司制定的考核方案也不行吗?有一天兔总发现小红兔虽然没能完成月度采摘任务,但小红兔是多次带病去采摘食物的,兔总经理对小红兔带病工作的行为大加赞赏,给了小红兔双倍的奖励。

此例一开,兔子们又开始大吵大闹,一到月底考核,说情者有之,抱怨者有之,辞职者有之,弄得兔总经理烦躁不安。

兔总经理想用时间来消化这些矛盾,但随着时间的推移,局面越来越恶化了,如果月底没有高额的奖励,谁都可以抱怨,谁都可以说上自己有多辛苦干得多好得到的太少之类的废话,谁都可以把咨询公司的考核方案大骂一顿。 无奈之下,兔总经理宣布:不用考核了,取消咨询公司的咨询方案,制度一出,兔子们很高兴,一些老兔子拍着胸脯纷纷向兔总经理表示,一定会努力工作,而且会干得比以前更好,并赞扬兔总是一个善于创新、人性化管理的高手。

一个月后考核时,兔总发现所有的兔子居然没有一个如期完成任务的——不是有很多兔子向他保证会干得更好吗?兔总经理气坏了!兔子们私底下嘲笑他说:“这个傻瓜,既然已经提前把奖金发给我们了,还不用考核,谁会费劲爬山头去折腾呢?谁去不是傻瓜吗?”

思考:这是一个关于绩效管理的寓言故事,兔公司的考核系统:

从无——有——无,从失败——成功——失败,这个生动的演绎过程说明了哪些问题? ——为避免干多干少一个样,总经理开始激励表现好的员工

——单评德能勤绩,导致员工只注重自己的行为表现,当面一套背后一套,激励政策失败

——改变绩效体系评价标准,以KPI为导向,业绩大幅度提升 ——环境变化,KPI和激励政策未及时修正,出现很多问题了

——时间长了之后,绩效体系和激励政策出现疲态,公司无奈下放弃绩效管理系统 ——绩效改革彻底失败,最后的结果是员工只要高薪激励,不要考核,改革了一圈,又改回去了

猎人和猎狗的故事

一条猎狗满山遍野地追逐兔子,追了很久,一只兔子也没有抓到,牧羊犬嘲笑猎狗,说:“你真没用,兔子比你小,反而比你跑得快,你连兔子都抓不到!”

猎狗回答说:“呵呵,我和兔子各自跑的目的不同,我只是不想把自己搞得那么累而已——兔子是为了逃命,而我只是帮猎人打工而已。”

猎人从牧羊犬那里得到这个消息后很不爽,想炒掉这个胡说八道的家伙,但最后还是忍住了——因为当前只有这么一条猎狗,炒掉它就没人做事了。后来猎人从狗市上带回了几条猎狗,为猎狗们制定了新的制度:凡是能够在打猎中捉到兔子的可以得到奖励(骨头),捉不到的则没有饭吃。于是,猎狗们个个争先恐后抓兔子。 过了一段时间,问题出来了,猎狗们发现小兔子比较好捉,大兔子很难捉,可是捉住大小兔子的奖励都一样。于是,猎狗们都去捉小兔子,没人愿意去捉大兔子。

猎人很头疼,决定不再将猎获兔子的数量与奖励的骨头挂钩,而是采取多个指标同时考核的方法进行考核——统计每只猎狗捉到兔子的数量和重量,按照数量和重量来评价猎狗的绩效。新政策很快就取得了成效,猎狗们捉到的兔子数量和重量都增加了。

可是,好景不长,猎人发现猎狗们捕捉的兔子数量又明显下降了。原来猎狗们私下里正在讨论一个很严肃的问题,一只老猎狗说:“我们把最好的时间都奉献给了主人,当我们老了,捉不了兔子了,主人还会给我们骨头吗?”

猎人非常愤怒,对这些培养了多年但又忘恩负义的猎狗感到很失望,但迫于无奈,还是制定了一个新的政策:捉兔子超过一定数量,年老后在若干年内都可以领到相应数量的骨头。

但好景还是不长,过了一段消停日子后,一些猎狗开始辞职了,一只老猎狗,曾获得过“十大杰出青年”,对主人说:“我这么努力抓兔子,只得到几根骨头,现在还没房没车,而你什么都有了!现在我想找几个朋友一起开个捉兔子的公司。”

于是,一些猎狗离开了猎人,另立门户开捉兔子公司去了。

思考:这是一个关于人力资源管理绩效管理的寓言故事,这个故事给总经理提出了几个值得思考的问题:

——员工打工心态很重,缺乏责任感,企业盈利能力偏低时,人力资源管理工作该如何做?激励工作该如何做?

——绩效管理体系及考核指标该如何制定?

——企业创造的价值该如何分配?如何满足员工中长期激励? ——企业如何看待员工创业的问题?内部股份制改造还是人才流失?

动物界的考核标准

森林里的动物们准备进行选美大赛,很多动物都报名参赛,吵吵嚷嚷好不热闹。由猫头鹰、麻雀、老鹰、蚂蚁、棕熊组成的评委会,开始安排赛前的准备工作。这时,森林之王——狮子召集动物评委们,讨论如何组织这次选美比赛。

狮子说:“要选美了,咱们首先要制定出选美的标准——什么是美。棕熊,先谈谈你的看法。”

棕熊说:“这个问题我已经想了很久了,选美是一件重要的事情,必须慎重。我们评选的标准首先应该是身体健壮。身体健壮才是美,就像我们熊的家族,个个都是动物界的大力士,我们有一种力量美。”

麻雀说:“我不同意棕熊的看法。美丽的动物一定要有漂亮的外表,比如我们鸟类家族中的孔雀,她的羽毛多美丽,气质多优雅呀!”

老鹰说:“你们说的都不对,最美丽的动物应该是有一双锐利的眼睛,那才叫迷人。我们鹰的眼睛是最锐利的。”

蚂蚁说:“我不同意你们的看法,内在的美,才是最美。我们昆虫世界里的蜜蜂,天天不辞辛劳地工作,那才叫美丽呢。”

猫头鹰说:“你们的理解都有偏差,最美丽的动物应该是对森林最有贡献的动物。比如说啄木鸟,天天忙着捉虫子,没有它们的努力,森林里就会到处是虫子,我们生活的环境就会很糟糕。”

评委们你一言我一语,各执己见,争论不休。

狮子看大家争了半天也没有个统一的意见,就说道:“我看大家对美的认识各有看法。咱们能不能综合一下,把选美的标准定为:要有熊一样的力量、孔雀般漂亮的外表、鹰一样锐利的眼睛、像蜜蜂那样勤勤恳恳,还要有啄木鸟的奉献精神。按照这样的标准来评选,一定能选出最美的动物。”

狮子说完后,动物们面面相觑,不知道说什么好。

点评:这个故事可以给我们以下启示:1.人和人之间是有差异的——这一点你一定赞同,但仅仅赞同是不够的,更重要的是在现实生活中要认同人的差异,而不是试图“消灭”它;2.不要试图搞出一个所有岗位/人员都适用的“考核标准”,因为它根本不存在!3.不要试图找一个“完美”的人——就象故事中的“标准动物”,因为这种人不可能存在。其实,我们在生活中会经常犯这样的错误,比如:人才选拔标准,管理者素养要求等,总要弄得面面俱到,好象我们选择的不是一个人,而是一位神仙!4.不要让不同类型的岗位去讨论共同的标准,那样只会浪费时间;5.每个人的“客观标准”其实都是建立在自己认知基础上的——因此并非真正的客观,既所谓“屁股决定思路”。如果你不认同这一观点,正说明你的“屁股”不在这里!

两熊赛蜜

黑熊和棕熊喜食蜂蜜,都以养蜂为生。它们各有一个蜂箱,养着同样多的蜜蜂。有一天,它们决定比赛看谁的蜜蜂产的蜜多。

黑熊想,蜜的产量取决于蜜蜂每天对花的“访问量”。于是它买来了一套昂贵的测量蜜蜂访问量的绩效管理系统。在它看来,蜜蜂所接触的花的数量就是其工作量。每过完一个季度,黑熊就公布每只蜜蜂的工作量;同时,黑熊还设立了奖项,奖励访问量最高的蜜蜂。但它从不告诉蜜蜂们它是在与棕熊比赛,它只是让它的蜜蜂比赛访问量。

棕熊与黑熊想得不一样。它认为蜜蜂能产多少蜜,关键在于它们每天采回多少花蜜--花蜜越多,酿的蜂蜜也越多。于是它直截了当告诉众蜜蜂:它在和黑熊比赛看谁产的蜜多。它花了不多的钱买了一套绩效管理系统,测量每只蜜蜂每天采回花蜜的数量和整个蜂箱每天酿出蜂蜜的数量,并把测量结果张榜公布。它也设立了一套奖励制度,重奖当月采花蜜最多的蜜蜂。如果一个月的蜜蜂总产量高于上个月,那么所有蜜蜂都受到不同程度的奖励。

一年过去了,两只熊查看比赛结果,黑熊的蜂蜜不及棕熊的一半。黑熊的评估体系很精确,但它评估的绩效与最终的绩效并不直接相关。黑熊的蜜蜂为尽可能提高访问量,都不采太多的花蜜,因为采的花蜜越多,飞起来就越慢,每天的访问量就越少。另外,黑熊本来是为了让蜜蜂搜集更多的信息才让它们竞争,由于奖励范围太小,为搜集更多信息的竞争变成了相互封锁信息。蜜蜂之间竞争的压力太大,一只蜜蜂即使获得了很有价值的信息,比如某个地方有一片巨大的槐树林,它也不愿将此信息与其他蜜蜂分享。

而棕熊的蜜蜂则不一样,因为它不限于奖励一只蜜蜂,为了采集到更多的花蜜,蜜蜂相互合作,嗅觉灵敏、飞得快的蜜蜂负责打探哪儿的花最多最好,然后回来告诉力气大的蜜蜂一齐到那儿去采集花蜜,剩下的蜜蜂负责贮存采集回的花蜜,将其酿成蜂蜜。虽然采集花蜜多的能得到最多的奖励,但其他蜜蜂也能捞到部分好处,因此蜜蜂之间远没有到人人自危相互拆台的地步。

激励是手段,激励员工之间竞争固然必要,但相比之下,激发起所有员工的团队精神尤显突出。绩效评估是专注于活动,还是专注于最终成果,管理者须细细思量。

鸭子有几只脚:

某城市有个著名的厨师,他做的北京烤鸭堪称一绝,深受客户的喜爱。他的老板对他也非常赞赏,不过这个老板从没有给予他任何奖励或鼓励,这使厨师整天闷闷不乐。

有一天,老板招待远道而来的客人。点了烤鸭后,厨师奉命行事。不一会儿,香喷喷的烤鸭就上了桌。

然而,老板很快就发现桌子上的北京烤鸭只有一只脚。他于是感到非常奇怪,于是就问他的厨师:“为什么这个鸭子只有一只脚?” 厨师说:“老板,我们的鸭子都只有一只脚。“ 老板感到诧异,碍于客人在场,就没有细问。

饭后, 老板跟着厨师到鸭笼看个究竟,时值夜晚。由于所有的鸭子都在睡觉,所以都是用一条腿站着而把另外一条腿藏在羽毛里了。所以,他们看上去都像是只有一只脚。

老板于是想起了一个好主意。他于是朝着鸭子大声鼓掌。所有的鸭子都惊醒了然后把第二条放下了。老板于是得意地对厨师说:“看见了吧,他们是不是有两只脚?”

厨师说:“对,对,不过,只有鼓掌拍手,才会有两只脚呀!”

哲学家的故事:

一位哲学家在海边目睹了一艘船遇难,船上的水手和乘客全部溺毙了。他大骂苍天之不公--只因为一个罪犯在船上而让众多无辜者受害。

当他正沉迷于这种思想的时候,他发现自己被一大堆蚂蚁围住,原来他站的位置离蚂蚁窝不远。那时,一只蚂蚁爬到他身上,并咬了他一口,他立刻用脚踩死了所有的蚂蚁。天神这时候出现了,并用他的拐杖敲着哲学家说:“既然你都以类似上苍的方式支对待那些可怜的蚂蚁,那你有什么资格去指责上苍呢?”

启示:

这上则寓言生动的描述了两种有碍绩效管理的心态,一是以偏盖全,一个是宽于律已,苛以待人。

我们对文中哲学家的做法一定认为不以为然,可是一旦我们成为人,往往也会不小心触犯以上两条禁忌。因为人是感性动物,例如:一位主管老是看到一位员工加班,而另一位员工则总是按时下班,即依照自己的思维模式(即价值观)来进行判断,认定准时下班的那位员工配合度不够,工作不够敬业。

然而事实未必是我们所看到的,经常加班可能是在上班时间浑水摸鱼,工作没有按时完成,只能在下班后加班完成;也可能是工作方式不对,不能如期完成工作,只好加班了;还可能是工作份量分配不均„„

所以管理者要不断提醒自己,勤劳上进的未必是合作度高的,试图取悦上司的未必能够胜任艰难的工作。

另一项管理的禁忌是:宽于律已,苛以待人。这是员工最厌恶的主管类型,也就是管理者管理标准不统一,宽于律已,不以身作则,反而以放大镜来看待对员工的行为,致使产生管理冲突,造成员工产生“多做多错,少做少错,不做不错”的心结或是“上行下效”,毫无做为。这也是人性之一。管理者做为表率,一定要言行谨慎,要以身作则,身体力行的执行公司的各种制度,当你拿放大镜看别人却放纵自己时,员工肯定也是拿放大镜看待你,其中产生的冲突就可想而知了„„

唐僧分伞

话说,唐僧团队乘坐飞机去旅游,途中,飞机出现故障,需要跳伞逃生。不巧的是,四个人只有三把降落伞,势必有一个人没有办法使用降落伞逃生。这给师傅提出一个管理难题。

为了做到公平,唐僧想到了一个办法,对各位徒弟进行考核,根据考核结果决定谁可以得到降落伞,如果考核没有通过,没有办法,只能自己受苦,以自由落体的方式,自己跳下去。

于是,师傅问孙悟空,“悟空,天上有几个太阳?”悟空不假思索地答道:“一个。”师傅说,“好,答对了,给你一把伞。”接着又问沙僧,“天上有几个月亮?”沙僧答道:“一个。”师傅说,“好,你也答对了,给你一把伞。”八戒一看,心理暗喜:“啊哈,这么简单,我也行。”于是,摩拳擦掌,等待师傅出题,师傅的题目出来,八戒却跳下去了,大家知道为什么吗?师傅问的问题是,“天上有多少星星?”八戒当时就傻掉了,直接就跳下去了。

过了些日子,师徒四人又乘坐飞机旅游,结果途中,飞机又出现了故障,同样只有三把伞,师傅如法炮制,再次出题考大家。师傅先问悟空,“中华人民共和国哪一年成立的?”悟空答道:“1949年10月1日。”师傅说:“好,给你一把。”又问沙僧,“中国的人口有多少亿?”沙僧说是13亿,师傅说,“好的,答对了。”沙僧也得到了一把伞,轮到八戒,师傅的问题是,13亿人口的名字分别叫什么?八戒再次晕倒,又一次以自由落体结束履行。

第三次旅游的时候,飞机再一次出现故障,这时候八戒说,“师傅,你别问了,我跳。”然后纵身一跳,师傅双手合十,说,“阿弥陀佛,殊不知这次有四把伞。” 这个故事说明了两个问题:

1、企业经常在出现问题的时候想到绩效考核这个工具。

比如企业发现某些员工工作态度不认真,经常完不成任务,比如企业面临奖金分配,不知道如何分才能让大家满意的时候,比如企业出现经营困难,需要裁员的时候。

就像故事中的师傅唐僧一样,他也是在飞机发生故障的时候才想到考核这个工具。 这样的操作思路完全违背了绩效管理致力于帮助员工和组织一起成长的管理理念,既没有预先设定组织目标,也没有和员工沟通绩效考核指标和衡量标准,只是企业单方面的决定,按照企业的逻辑对员工实施考核。因此,这种操作方式不可避免地把员工推向对立面,遭到员工的抵制,就像八戒最后表现出的绝望一样。

2、绩效考核指标的衡量标准既不可过低,也不可过高。

绩效考核指标的衡量标准应在员工的能力范围之内,员工跳一跳可以够的着,这样的考核指标最有效。衡量标准过低,没有挑战性,无法引导员工追求高绩效,会让员工养成懒惰的习性;衡量标准过高,无论员工怎么努力,都无法达到,那么员工也会失去信心,甚至开始抛弃考核指标,他们会想:“反正我无论怎么做也达不到,不如干脆落个轻松自在,扣分就扣分吧。”,于是,考核指标也就失去了本来的意义。

故事中的八戒每次都接到无法完成的考核指标,最终无奈失去了信心。相信如果还有下一次旅游的话,八戒一定极力主张师傅不要在坐飞机了,太折磨人了!

很多企业在设定考核指标的时候,喜欢用高指标值强压员工,这种指标设计的假设是如果指标值设定的不够高的话,员工就没有足够的动力。如果用一个很高的指标值考核员工,即便员工没有完成100%,而只是完成了80%,也已经远远超出企业的期望了。

这种逻辑是实际上强盗逻辑,表现出了经理的无能和无助,只知道用高指标值强压员工,殊不知,指标背后的行动计划才是真正帮助员工达成目标的手段,而指标值本身不是。

其实,设定一个员工经过努力可以达到的指标值,然后,帮助员工制定达成目标的行动计划,并帮助员工去实现,才是经理的价值所在,经理做到了这一点,才是实现了帮助员工成长的目标,才真正体现了经理的价值!

第14篇:经典励志寓言小故事

经典励志寓言小故事

◇相信自己是一只雄鹰

一个人在高山之巅的鹰巢里,抓到了一只幼鹰,他把幼鹰带回家,养在鸡笼里。这只幼鹰和鸡一起啄食、嬉闹和休息。它以为自己是一只鸡。这只鹰渐渐长大,羽翼丰满了,主人想把它训练成猎鹰,可是由于终日和鸡混在一起,它已经变得和鸡完全一样,根本没有飞的愿望了。主人试了各种办法,都毫无效果,最后把它带到山顶上,一把将它扔了出去。这只鹰像块石头似的,直掉下去,慌乱之中它拼命地扑打翅膀,就这样,它终于飞了起来!

秘诀1:磨练召唤成功的力量。

◇五枚金币

有个叫阿巴格的人生活在内蒙古草原上。有一次,年少的阿巴格和他爸爸在草原上迷了路,阿巴格又累又怕,到最后快走不动了。爸爸就从兜里掏出5枚硬币,把一枚硬币埋在草地里,把其余4枚放在阿巴格的手上,说:“人生有5枚金币,童年、少年、青年、中年、老年各有一枚,你现在才用了一枚,就是埋在草地里的那一枚,你不能把5枚都扔在草原里,你要一点点地用,每一次都用出不同来,这样才不枉人生一世。今天我们一定要走出草原,你将来也一定要走出草原。世界很大,人活着,就要多走些地方,多看看,不要让你的金币没有用就扔掉。”在父亲的鼓励下,那天阿巴格走出了草原。长大后,阿巴格离开了家乡,成了一名优秀的船长。

秘诀2:珍惜生命,就能走出挫折的沼泽地。

◇扫阳光

有兄弟二人,年龄不过

四、五岁,由于卧室的窗户整天都是密闭着,他们认为屋内太阴暗,看见外面灿烂的阳光,觉得十分羡慕。兄弟俩就商量说:“我们可以一起把外面的阳光扫一点进来。”于是,兄弟两人拿着扫帚和畚箕,到阳台上去扫阳光。等到他们把畚箕搬到房间里的时候,里面的阳光就没有了。这样一而再再而三地扫了许多次,屋内还是一点阳光都没有。正在厨房忙碌的妈妈看见他们奇怪的举动,问道:“你们在做什么?”他们回答说:“房间太暗了,我们要扫点阳光进来。”妈妈笑道:“只要把窗户打开,阳光自然会进来,何必去扫呢?”

秘诀3:把封闭的心门敞开,成功的阳光就能驱散失败的阴暗。

◇一只蜘蛛和三个人

雨后,一只蜘蛛艰难地向墙上已经支离破碎的网爬去,由于墙壁潮湿,它爬到一定的高度,就会掉下来,它一次次地向上爬,一次次地又掉下来……第一个人看到了,他叹了一口气,(范文网 www.daodoc.com)自言自语:“我的一生不正如这只蜘蛛吗?忙忙碌碌而无所得。”于是,他日渐消沉。第二个人看到了,他说:这只蜘蛛真愚蠢,为什么不从旁边干燥的地方绕一下爬上去?我以后可不能像它那样愚蠢。于是,他变得聪明起来。第三个人看到了,他立刻被蜘蛛屡败屡战的精神感动了。于是,他变得坚强起来。

秘诀4:有成功心态者处处都能发觉成功的力量。

◇自己救自己

某人在屋檐下躲雨,看见观音正撑伞走过。这人说:“观音菩萨,普度一下众生吧,带我一段如何?”观音说:“我在雨里,你在檐下,而檐下无雨,你不需要我度。”这人立刻跳出檐下,站在雨中:“现在我也在雨中了,该度我了吧?”观音说:“你在雨中,我也在雨中,我不被淋,因为有伞;你被雨淋,因为无伞。所以不是我度自己,而是伞度我。你要想度,不必找我,请自找伞去!”说完便走了。第二天,这人遇到了难事,便去寺庙里求观音。走进庙里,才发现观音的像前也有一个人在拜,那个人长得和观音一模一样,丝毫不差。这人问:“你是观音吗?”那人答道:“我正是观音。”这人又问:“那你为何还拜自己?”观音笑道:“我也遇到了难事,但我知道,求人不如求己。”

秘诀5:成功者自救。

◇让失去变得可爱

一个老人在高速行驶的火车上,不小心把刚买的新鞋从窗口掉了一只,周围的人倍感惋惜,不料老人立即把第二只鞋也从窗口扔了下去。这举动更让人大吃一惊。老人解释说:“这一只鞋无论多么昂贵,对我而言已经没有用了,如果有谁能捡到一双鞋子,说不定他还能穿呢!”

秘诀6:成功者善于放弃,善于从损失中看到价值。

◇请不要开错窗

一个小女孩趴在窗台上,看窗外的人正埋葬她心爱的小狗,不禁泪流满面,悲恸不已。她的外祖父见状,连忙引她到另一个窗口,让她欣赏他的玫瑰花园。果然小女孩的心情顿时明朗。老人托起外孙女的下巴说:“孩子,你开错了窗户。”

秘诀7:打开失败旁边的窗户,也许你就看到了希望。

第15篇:七个心理寓言小故事

七个心理寓言小故事

(一)成长的寓言:做一棵永远成长的苹果树

一棵苹果树,终于结果了。

第一年,它结了10个苹果,9个被拿走,自己得到1个。对此,苹果树愤愤不平,于是自断经脉,拒绝成长。第二年,它结了5个苹果,4个被拿走,自己得到1个。“哈哈,去年我得到了10%,今年得到20%!翻了一番。”这棵苹果树心理平衡了。

但是,它还可以这样:继续成长。譬如,第二年,它结了100个果子,被拿走90个,自己得到10个。

很可能,它被拿走99个,自己得到1个。但没关系,它还可以继续成长,第三年结1000个果子„„

其实,得到多少果子不是最重要的。最重要的是,苹果树在成长!等苹果树长成参天大树的时候,那些曾阻碍它成长的力量都会微弱到可以忽略。真的,不要太在乎果子,成长是最重要的。

心理点评 

你是不是一个已自断经脉的打工族?

刚开始工作的时候,你才华横溢,意气风发,相信“天生我材必有用”。但现实很快敲了你几个闷棍,或许,你为单位做了大贡献没人重视;或许,只得到口头重视但却得不到实惠;或许„„总之,你觉得就像那棵苹果树,结出的果子自己只享受到了很小一部分,与你的期望相差甚远。

于是,你愤怒、你懊恼、你牢骚满腹„„最终,你决定不再那么努力,让自己的所做去匹配自己的所得。几年过去后,你一反省,发现现在的你,已经没有刚工作时的激情和才华了。

“老了,成熟了。”我们习惯这样自嘲。但实质是,你已停止成长了。 这样的故事,在我们身边比比皆是。

之所以犯这种错误,是因为我们忘记生命是一个历程,是一个整体,我们觉得自己已经成长过了,现在是到该结果子的时候了。我们太过于在乎一时的得失,而忘记了成长才是最重要的。

好在,这不是金庸小说里的自断经脉。我们随时可以放弃这样做,继续走向成长之路。  

切记:如果你是一个打工族,遇到了不懂管理、野蛮管理或错误管理的上司或企业文化,那么,提醒自己一下,千万不要因为激愤和满腹牢骚而自断经脉。不论遇到什么事情,都要做一棵永远成长的苹果树,因为你的成长永远比每个月拿多少钱重要。  

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(二)动机的寓言:孩子在为谁而玩 

一群孩子在一位老人家门前嬉闹,叫声连天。几天过去,老人难以忍受。 于是,他出来给了每个孩子25美分,对他们说:“你们让这儿变得很热闹,我觉得自己年轻了不少,这点钱表示谢意。”

孩子们很高兴,第二天仍然来了,一如既往地嬉闹。老人再出来,给了每个孩子15美分。他解释说,自己没有收入,只能少给一些。15美分也还可以吧,孩子仍然兴高采烈地走了。 第三天,老人只给了每个孩子5美分。

孩子们勃然大怒,“一天才5美分,知不知道我们多辛苦!”他们向老人发誓,他们再也不会为他玩了! 

心理点评:

你在为谁而“玩”

这个寓言是苹果树寓言的更深一层的答案:苹果树为什么会自断经脉,因为它不是为自己而“玩”。

人的动机分两种:内部动机和外部动机。如果按照内部动机去行动,我们就是自己的主人。如果驱使我们的是外部动机,我们就会被外部因素所左右,成为它的奴隶。

在这个寓言中,老人的算计很简单,他将孩子们的内部动机“为自己快乐而玩”变成了外部动机“为得到美分而玩”,而他操纵着美分这个外部因素,所以也操纵了孩子们的行为。寓言中的老人,像不像是你的老板、上司?而美分,像不像是你的工资、奖金等各种各样的外部奖励?

如将外部评价当作参考坐标,我们的情绪就很容易出现波动。因为,外部因素我们控制不了,它很容易偏离我们的内部期望,让我们不满,让我们牢骚满腹。不满和牢骚等负性情绪让我们痛苦,为了减少痛苦,我们就只好降低内部期望,最常见的方法就是减少工作的努力程度。

一个人之所以会形成外部评价体系,最主要的原因是父母喜欢控制他。父母太喜欢使用口头奖惩、物质奖惩等控制孩子,而不去理会孩子自己的动机。久而久之,孩子就忘记了自己的原初动机,做什么都很在乎外部的评价。上学时,他忘记了学习的原初动机———好奇心和学习的快乐;工作后,他又忘记了工作的原初动机 ———成长的快乐,上司的评价和收入的起伏成了他工作的最大快乐和痛苦的源头。 

切记:外部评价系统经常是一种家族遗传,但你完全可以打破它,从现在开始培育自己的内部评价体系,让学习和工作变成“为自己而玩”。 

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(三)规划的寓言:把一张纸折叠51次 

想象一下,你手里有一张足够大的白纸。现在,你的任务是,把它折叠51次。那么,它有多高?

一个冰箱?一层楼?或者一栋摩天大厦那么高?不是,差太多了,这个厚度超过了地球和太阳之间的距离。 

心理点评  到现在,我拿这个寓言问过十几个人了,只有两个人说,这可能是一个想象不到的高度,而其他人想到的最高的高度也就是一栋摩天大厦那么高。 折叠51次的高度如此恐怖,但如果仅仅是将51张白纸叠在一起呢? 这个对比让不少人感到震撼。因为没有方向、缺乏规划的人生,就像是将51张白纸简单叠在一起。今天做做这个,明天做做那个,每次努力之间并没有一个联系。这样一来,哪怕每个工作都做得非常出色,它们对你的整个人生来说也不过是简单的叠加而已。

当然,人生比这个寓言更复杂一些。有些人,一生认定一个简单的方向而坚定地做下去,他们的人生最后达到了别人不可企及的高度。譬如,我一个朋友的人生方向是英语,他花了十数年努力,仅单词的记忆量就达到了十几万之多,在这一点上达到了一般人无法企及的高度。

也有些人,他们的人生方向也很明确,譬如开公司做老板,这样,他们就需要很多技能———专业技能、管理技能、沟通技能、决策技能等等。他们可能会在一开始尝试做做这个,又尝试做做那个,没有一样是特别精通的,但最后,开公司做老板的这个方向将以前的这些看似零散的努力统合到一起,这也是一种复杂的人生折叠,而不是简单的叠加。 

切记:看得见的力量比看不见的力量更有用。

现在,流行从看不见的地方寻找答案,譬如潜能开发,譬如成功学,以为我们的人生要靠一些奇迹才能得救。但是,在我看来,东莞恒缘心理咨询中心的咨询师毛正强说得更正确,“通过规划利用好现有的能力远比挖掘所谓的潜能更重要。”  

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(四)逃避的寓言:小猫逃开影子的招数 

“影子真讨厌!”小猫汤姆和托比都这样想,“我们一定要摆脱它。” 然而,无论走到哪里,汤姆和托比发现,只要一出现阳光,它们就会看到令它们抓狂的自己的影子。 不过,汤姆和托比最后终于都找到了各自的解决办法。汤姆的方法是,永远闭着眼睛。托比的办法则是,永远待在其他东西的阴影里。 

心理点评

这个寓言说明,一个小的心理问题是如何变成更大的心理问题的。 可以说,一切心理问题都源自对事实的扭曲。什么事实呢?主要就是那些令我们痛苦的负性事件。

因为痛苦的体验,我们不愿意去面对这个负性事件。但是,一旦发生过,这样的负性事件就注定要伴随我们一生,我们能做的,最多不过是将它们压抑到潜意识中去,这就是所谓的忘记。

但是,它们在潜意识中仍然会一如既往地发挥作用。并且,哪怕我们对事实遗忘得再厉害,这些事实所伴随的痛苦仍然会袭击我们,让我们莫名其妙地伤心难过,而且无法抑制。这种疼痛让我们进一步努力去逃避。 发展到最后,通常的解决办法就是这两个:要么,我们像小猫汤姆一样,彻底扭曲自己的体验,对生命中所有重要的负性事实都视而不见;要么,我们像小猫托比一样,干脆投靠痛苦,把自己的所有事情都搞得非常糟糕,既然一切都那么糟糕,那个让自己最伤心的原初事件就不是那么疼了。 白云心理医院的咨询师李凌说,99%的吸毒者有过痛苦的遭遇。他们之所以吸毒,是为了让自己逃避这些痛苦。这就像是躲进阴影里,痛苦的事实是一个魔鬼,为了躲避这个魔鬼,干脆把自己卖给更大的魔鬼。 还有很多酗酒的成人,他们有过一个酗酒而暴虐的老爸,挨过老爸的不少折磨。为了忘记这个痛苦,他们学会了同样的方法。

除了这些看得见的错误方法外,我们人类还发明了无数种形形色色的方法去逃避痛苦,弗洛伊德将这些方式称为心理防御机制。太痛苦的时候,这些防御机制是必要的,但糟糕的是,如果心理防御机制对事实扭曲得太厉害,它会带出更多的心理问题,譬如强迫症、社交焦虑症、多重人格,甚至精神分裂症等。

真正抵达健康的方法只有一个———直面痛苦。直面痛苦的人会从痛苦中得到许多意想不到的收获,它们最终会变成当事人的生命财富。规划利用好现有的能力远比挖掘所谓的潜能更重要。” 

切记:阴影和光明一样,都是人生的财富。 

一个最重要的心理规律是,无论多么痛苦的事情,你都是逃不掉的。你只能去勇敢地面对它,化解它,超越它,最后和它达成和解。如果你自己暂时缺乏力量,你可以寻找帮助,寻找亲友的帮助,或寻找专业的帮助,让你信任的人陪着你一起去面对这些痛苦的事情。

美国心理学家罗杰斯曾是最孤独的人,但当他面对这个事实并化解后,他成了真正的人际关系大师;美国心理学家弗兰克(见本报1月7日的《每一次磨难都是生命的财富》)有一个暴虐而酗酒的继父和一个糟糕的母亲,但当他挑战这个事实并最终从心中原谅了父母后,他成了治疗这方面问题的专家;日本心理学家森田正马曾是严重的神经症患者,但他通过挑战这个事实并最终发明出了森田疗法„„他们生命中最痛苦的事实最后都变成了他们最重要的财富。你,一样也可以做到。  

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(五)行动的寓言———螃蟹、猫头鹰和蝙蝠 

螃蟹、猫头鹰和蝙蝠去上恶习补习班。数年过后,它们都顺利毕业并获得博士学位。不过,螃蟹仍横行,猫头鹰仍白天睡觉晚上活动,蝙蝠仍倒悬。 

心理点评 

这是黄永玉大师的一个寓言故事,它的寓意很简单:行动比知识重要。 用到心理健康中,这个寓言也发人深省。

心理学的知识堪称博大精深。但是,再多再好的心理学知识也不能自动帮助一个人变得更健康。其实,我知道的一些学过多年心理学的人士,他们学心理学的目的之一就是要治自己,但学了这么多年以后,他们的问题依旧。 之所以出现这种情况,一个很重要的原因是,他们没有身体力行,那样知识就只是遥远的知识,知识并没有化成他们自己的生命体验。 我的一个喜欢心理学的朋友,曾被多名心理学人士认为不敏感,不适合学心理学。但事实证明,这种揣测并不正确。他是不够敏感,但他有一个非常大的优点:知道一个好知识,就立即在自己的生命中去执行。这样一来,那些遥远的知识就变成了真切的生命体验,他不必“懂”太多,就可以帮助自己,并帮助很多人。

如果说,高敏感度是一种天才素质,那么高行动力是更重要的天才素质。 这个寓言还可以引申出另一种含义:不要太指望神秘的心理治疗的魔力。最重要的力量永远在你自己的身上,奥秘的知识、玄妙的潜能开发、炫目的成功学等等,都远不如你自己身上已有的力量重要。我们习惯去外面寻找答案,去别人那里寻找力量,结果忘记了力量就在自己身上。  

切记:别人的知识不能自动地拯救你。

如果一些连珠的妙语打动了你,如果一些文字或新信条启发了你。那么,这些别人的文字和经验都只是一个开始,更重要的是,你把你以为好的知识真正运用到你自己的生命中去。

犹太哲学家马丁•布伯的这句话,我一直认为是最重要的:

你必须自己开始。假如你自己不以积极的爱去深入生存,假如你不以自己的方式去为自己揭示生存的意义,那么对你来说,生存就将依然是没有意义的。  

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(六)放弃的寓言:蜜蜂与鲜花 

玫瑰花枯萎了,蜜蜂仍拼命吮吸,因为它以前从这朵花上吮吸过甜蜜。但是,现在在这朵花上,蜜蜂吮吸的是毒汁。

蜜蜂知道这一点,因为毒汁苦涩,与以前的味道是天壤之别。于是,蜜蜂愤不过,它吸一口就抬起头来向整个世界抱怨,为什么味道变了?! 终于有一天,不知道是什么原因,蜜蜂振动翅膀,飞高了一点。这时,它发现,枯萎的玫瑰花周围,处处是鲜花。 

心理点评 

这是关于爱情的寓言,是一位年轻的语文老师的真实感悟。 有一段时间,她失恋了,很痛苦,一直想约我聊聊,希望我的心理学知识能给她一些帮助。我们一直约时间,但快两个月过去了,两人的时间总不能碰巧凑在一起。

最后一次约她,她说:“谢谢!不用了,我想明白了。”

原来,她刚从九寨沟回来。失恋的痛苦仍在纠缠她,让她神情恍惚,不能享受九寨沟的美丽。不经意的时候,她留意到一只小蜜蜂正在一朵鲜花上采蜜。那一刹那间,她脑子里电闪雷鸣般地出现了一句话:“枯萎的鲜花上,蜜蜂只能吮吸到毒汁。”

当然,大自然中的小蜜蜂不会这么做,只有人类才这么傻,她这句话里的蜜蜂当然指她自己。这一刹那,她顿悟出了放弃的道理。以前,她想让我帮她走出来,但翅膀其实就长在她自己身上,她想飞就能飞。

放弃并不容易,爱情中的放弃尤其令人痛苦。因为,爱情是对我们幼小时候的亲子关系的复制。幼小的孩子,无论从哪个方面看,都离不开爸爸妈妈。如果爸爸妈妈完全否定他,那对他来说就意味着死亡,这是终极的伤害和恐惧。我们多多少少都曾体验过被爸爸妈妈否定的痛苦和恐惧,所以,当爱情———这个亲子关系的复制品再一次让我们体验这种痛苦和恐惧时,我们的情绪很容易变得非常糟糕。

不过,爱情和亲子关系相比,有一个巨大的差别:小时候,我们无能为力,一切都是父母说了算;但现在,我们长大了,我们有力量自己去选择自己的命运。可以说,童年时,我们是没有翅膀的小蜜蜂,但现在,我们有了一双强有力的翅膀了。

但是,当深深地陷入爱情时,我们会回归童年,我们会忘记自己有一双可以飞翔的翅膀。等我们自己悟出这一点后,爱情就不再会是对亲子关系的自动复制,我们的爱情就获得了自由,就有了放弃的力量。  

切记:爱情是两个人的事情,两个完全平等的、有独立人格的人的事情。你可以努力,但不是说,你努力了就一定会有效果,因为另一个人,你并不能左右。

所以,无论你多么在乎一次爱情,如果另一个人坚决要离开你,请尊重他的选择。

并且,还要记得,你不再是童年,只能听凭痛苦的折磨。你已成人,你有一双强有力的翅膀,你完全可以飞出一个已经变成毒药的关系。  

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(七)亲密的寓言:独一无二的玫瑰

小王子有一个小小的星球,星球上忽然绽放了一朵娇艳的玫瑰花。以前,这个星球上只有一些无名的小花,小王子从来没有见过这么美丽的花,他爱上这朵玫瑰,细心地呵护她。

那一段日子,他以为,这是一朵人世间唯一的花,只有他的星球上才有,其他的地方都不存在。

然而,等他来到地球上,发现仅仅一个花园里就有5000朵完全一样的这种花朵。这时,他才知道,他有的只是一朵普通的花。

一开始,这个发现,让小王子非常伤心。但最后,小王子明白,尽管世界上有无数朵玫瑰花,但他的星球上那朵,仍然是独一无二的,因为那朵玫瑰花,他浇灌过,给她罩过花罩,用屏风保护过,除过她身上的毛虫,还倾听过她的怨艾和自诩,聆听过她的沉默„„一句话,他驯服了她,她也驯服了他,她是他独一无二的玫瑰。

“正因为你为你的玫瑰花费了时间,这才使你的玫瑰变得如此重要。”一只被小王子驯服的狐狸对他说。  心理点评 

这是法国名著《小王子》中一个有名的寓言故事,我曾读过十数遍,但仍然是直到2005年才明白这一点。

面对着5000朵玫瑰花,小王子说:“你们很美,但你们是空虚的,没有人能为你们去死。”

只有倾注了爱,亲密关系才有意义。但是,现在我们越来越流行空虚的“亲密关系”,最典型的就是因网络而泛滥的一夜情。

我们急着去拥有。仿佛是,每多拥有过一朵玫瑰,自己的生命价值就多了一分。网络时代,拥有过数十名情人,已不再是太罕见的事情。但我所了解的这些滥情者,没有一个是不空虚的。他们并不享受关系,他们只享受征服。

“征服欲望越强的人,对于关系的亲密度越没有兴趣。”广州白云心理医院的咨询师荣伟玲说,“没有拥有前,他们会想尽一切办法拉近关系的距离。但一旦拥有后,他们会迅速丧失对这个亲密关系的兴趣。征服欲望越强,丧失的速度越快。” 对于这样的人,一个玫瑰园比起一朵独一无二的玫瑰花来,更有吸引力。

然而,关系的美,正在乎两人的投入程度和被驯服程度。当两个人都自然而然地去投入,自然而然地被驯服后,关系就会变成人生养料,让一个人的生命变得更充盈、更美好。

但是,无论多么亲密。小王子仍是小王子,玫瑰仍是玫瑰,他们仍然是两个个体。如果玫瑰不让小王子旅行,或者小王子旅行时非将玫瑰花带在身上,两者一定要黏在一起,关系就不再是享受,而会变成一个累赘。 切记:一个既亲密而又相互独立的关系,胜于一千个一般的关系。这样的关系,会把我们从不可救药的孤独感中拯救出来,是我们生命中最重要的一种救赎。

第16篇:英语小故事

The Lion and the Mouse

It once happened that a hungry lion woke to find a mouse just under his paw.He caught the tiny creature, and was about to make a mouthful of him, when the little fellow looked up, and began to beg for his life.

In the most piteous tones ,the mouse said: \"If you only spare my life now, O lion, I will be sure to repay you.\"

The lion laughed scornfully at this, but he lifted his paw, and let his brave prisoner go free.

It befell(降临,发生) the great lion, not long afterwards, to be in as evil a case as had been the helple mouse, and it came about that his life was to be saved by the keeping of the promise he had ridiculed(嘲笑,戏弄).

He was caught by some hunters, who bound him with strong rope, while they went away to find means for killing him.

Hearing his loud groans(呻吟), the mouse came promptly to his rescue , gnawed(咬,啃) the great rope, and set the royal captive free.

\"You laughed,\" he said, \"at the idea of my being able to be of service to you.You little thought I should repay you.But you see it has come to pa that you are as grateful to me as I was once to you.\"

The weak have their place in the world as truly as the strong.注释

l.was about to即将,准备,正打算

2.in most piteous tone用极其可怜的声调

3.spare my life饶我一命

4.laugh scornfully at对此轻蔑地一笑置之

5. it befell the great lion...to be in as evil a case as...与……一样倒霉的情形降临到大狮的头上。形式主语it代表后面的不定式短语to be in...

6.it came about that...在此it为形式主语,真正的主语是后面的that引导的从句。come about是\"发生\"意思。

7.came to his rescue来营救他(指遭擒被缚的兽中王狮子)

点评

强者可称王称霸,横行一时,但也有\"技不如人\"的时候;这时弱者说不定有克敌制胜的法宝、解除危难的\"绝招\"

Mencius\'s Mother

Mencius , who lived from 372 to 289 B.C., is regarded as the greatest sage(圣人) next only to Confucius in Chinese history.There are many stories about this great sage.

Mencius\'s father died early.His mother did all she could to make young Mencius to study hard.She moved the family three times in order that her son would be interested in books.

Once she moved because her neighbor was a butcher.Young Mencius liked to watch him work and imitate him.

Finally the family settled down in the neighborhood of a school.The teacher was a learned man , and the sound of reading could be heard every day.Now young Mencius began to imitate the teacher and liked to read books.

Still Mencius wasn\'t working real hard.Her mother was worried.One day his mother was weaving cotton cloth at home, when she saw her son stop reading his leons.

She took up a knife to cut the cloth on the loom .She told her son that if he didn\'t work hard at his leons, his future would be destroyed like the cloth.

It is said that from then on Mencius buried himself in books and later became one of the greatest thinkers in the country.

Today,the story about the good mother is told and retold throughout the country.

注释

l. Mencius(人名 )孟子

2.B·C·= Before Christ公元前

3.is regarded as被认为

4.the greatest sage next only to Confucius仅次于孔子的最伟大的圣人

5.settle down定居,住下

6.a leaned man一个有(高深)学问的人

7.1oom织布机

8.buried himself in埋头于

点评

孟母三次迁居目的是为其子营造良好的学习环境,后来又用\"断织\",勉励儿子学习成材。

第17篇:英语小故事

1 Can save itself 自己救自己

A person in the shelter under the eaves, Kuan Yin is to see through umbrella. The man said: \"The Godde of Mercy, Purdue creatures like you, take me for some how?\" Yin said: \"I am the rain, you no rain, you do not need my degree.\" The man immediately jumped out , standing in the rain: \"Now I am also the rain, and the degree of me?\" Yin said: \"You in the rain, I am also the rain, I will not be poured, because there are umbrella; you are the rain, because No umbrella. why is not my own degrees, but my umbrella degrees. you want, the do not have to look for me, please umbrella brought to! \"he will go. The next day, this person has encountered difficult for it to Kuan Yin temple. Entering the temple, it was found before as the Kuan Yin is also a person in worship, that the same individual look and Guanyin, no le. The man asked: \"You are Guanyin it?\" The man replied: \"I is Guanyin.\" The man asked: \"Why do you worship their own?\" Guanyin laughed: \"I have encountered a difficult, but I know \"

某人在屋檐下躲雨,看见观音正撑伞走过。这人说:“观音菩萨,普度一下众生吧,带我一段如何?”观音说:“我在雨里,你在檐下,而檐下无雨,你不需要我度。”这人立刻跳出檐下,站在雨中:“现在我也在雨中了,该度我了吧?”观音说:“你在雨中,我也在雨中,我不被淋,因为有伞;你被雨淋,因为无伞。所以不是我度自己,而是伞度我。你要想度,不必找我,请自找伞去!”说完便走了。第二天,这人遇到了难事,便去寺庙里求观音。走进庙里,才发现观音的像前也有一个人在拜,那个人长得和观音一模一样,丝毫不差。这人问:“你是观音吗?”那人答道:“我正是观音。”这人又问:“那你为何还拜自己?”观音笑道:“我也遇到了难事,但我知道,求人不如求己。”

Tip: can save itself. 秘诀:自己救自己。

2 下面的这个小故事常常在励志课堂上听到,因为它蕴含了很多的道理。其实生活中又何尝不是这样!

这是一个你可以在很多场合讲述的例子,记牢一点哦!

In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing that comes to his mind is“, I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion wakes out of his dream, and the first thing flashing into his mind is, “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope; otherwise I will starve to death.” So,almost at the same moment both the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start running toward the rising sun.

Such is life — whether you are an antelope or a lion, you ought to dash forward without hesitation when the sun rises. [注释]:

antelope: 羚羊

flash: to cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts 闪现,闪光

hesitation: a pause or faltering in speech 犹豫,踌躇

3 林书豪的突然爆红赤手可热真是一球成名?那是林书豪一直以来的坚持和对梦想的不放弃。这样的励志故事怎么不让球迷热血沸腾。对中国球迷来说,最高兴的莫过于对NBA又有了新的期待~

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.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。

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.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。

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.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。

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.”

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)。

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.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。

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.

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)。

“I don‟t think anyone, including myself, saw this coming,” Lin said after the game Monday.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”。

4

The Herebrained Monkey 浮躁的猴子

The King received news one day that a group outlaws were committing outrages on a distant border of the kingdom.一天,国王得到消息,边境地区有一群不法之徒正在造反。

The news angered of the King.He quickly gathered his army and started off for the distant border, leaving his kingdom unguarded and without a ruler. 这个消息激怒了国王,他迅速召集军队,前往边。国家防卫兵力顿时全无,也没有了统治者。 On their long march, the King and his army made camp for the night wherever they could.长途行军中,国王和他的军队晚上就地宿营。

One rainy day they stopped in a for6st, seeking shelter under the trees.一个雨天,他们停在一片森林里,在树卞避雨宿营。

They unsaddled their horses and steam8d some peas, which they fed to their steeds in long narrow troughs.他们卸下马鞍,蒸了些豌 豆,放在狭长的饲料糟里喂战马。

A monkey in a tree nearby saw the horses being fed, and he came racing down, fille9d both paws with peas, then scampered nimbly up to a branch and settled down to eat.在附近树上坐着的一只猴子看到马在进食,就从树上跳下来, 用爪子抓起两大把豌豆,然后敏捷地爬上树,坐下吃了起来。

But as he opened one paw, a single pea fell to the ground.可就 在它张开一只爪子时,一粒豌豆掉在了地上。

Without hesitation, my monkey jumped dor4tn from his perch to hunt for the lost pea, and in doing so he dropped all the other peas in his paws.它毫不犹豫地跳下来, 去找那颗掉落的豆子,而同时,它爪子中所有的豌豆都掉在了地上。 The King observed this foolish monkey and was greatly amused.He timed to his counselor and asked: \"Friend, what do you think of this monkey who would give up so much to retrieve so little?\" 国王看着这只愚蠢的猴子,觉得十分有趣,便转头问军师: ¨朋友,你怎么看这只因小失大的猴子?¨ \"That is the way of the foolish,\" replied the counselor, \"they will give up much that is certain for a little that is uncertain.\" 这种做事方式很愚蠢,¨军师回答道“它们会为没有把握的 小利而放弃有把握的大利。¨ Then he added, \"And we, great monarch, are we not like the monkey in the trees To garn so little we neglect so much exactly like the monkey with its pea.接着,他又说道:“伟大的君主殿下,我们与树上的这只猴子又 有什么区别呢?为小利而舍大利——这与捡豌豆的猴子一样啊。¨ The King understood the rebuke and realized how very foolish he had been himself to leave his kingdom unguarded.国王这才恍然大悟,他意识到让国家后防空虚是多么愚蠢啊。

He iued orders to his men, and he and his army returned at once to their country.于是,他向军队下达命令,即刻斑师回朝。 单词注解

sparse [spɑ:s] ·稀疏的:稀少的 sleek [sli:k] 么健壮的;养的好的 meadow[\'medəu] 儿草地:牧场 snatch [snætʃ] 抓取,夺得 border [\'bɔ:də] 边,边界

counselor [\'kaunsələ] 顾问,参事

实用句型

A Monkey in a tree rxwby saw the horses being fed.and he came racing down.filled both paws with peas, then scampered nimbly up to a branch and settled down toeat.在附近树上坐着的一只猴子看到马在进食,就从树上跳下来,用爪子抓起两大把豌豆,然后敏捷地爬上树,坐下吃了起来o Without hesitation, the Monkey jumped down from his perch to hunt for the lost pea, and in doing S0 he dropped all the other peas in his paws.

它毫不犹豫地蔬下来,去找那颗掉落的豆子,而同时,它爪子中所有的豌豆都掉在了地上o 智慧点睛:

It is better to be free and poor than to have everything you want.宇可清贫自乐,不可浊富多忧。 Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 5 The Greatest Gift of All 最贵重的礼物

At one stopover in a town, a huge banner was written in bold letters: FAMINE IN AFR/CA~ PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO SAVE THE STARVING PEOPLE.在一个镇上的中转站挂着一个巨型横幅,上面用黑体字写着: ¨非洲饥荒,请您慷慨解囊,拯救饥饿的人们。¨在那儿有一大群 人在排队捐赠。 A large crowd was queuing to hand over their donations.Near the door of the town hall stood a beautiful young girl, poorly but neatly dreed.市政厅的门旁站着一个漂亮的小姑娘,她的衣服质地很差, 却很整洁。她注视着眼前的人们,眼里闪烁着害羞的神情。

With shy glances she watched the people before her.She saw a merchant who laid a bag of 90ld on the table.她看 见一位商人把一袋金子放在了桌上。

Then came a rich lady with haughty looks who offered a variety of jewels; some others handed cash, clothing\'s and foodstuff, The girl was reluctant to take her turn but at last, summoning up her courage, she stepped forward.接着,一位傲慢的贵夫人拿 出了各种珠宝,其他人也递上了现金、衣服和食物。小姑娘还在犹豫要不要捐,最终她还是鼓起勇气走上前去。 \"But...it is so small I am ashamed to offer it.It seems worthle, but it is all I have, \"she said.¨可是……这太少了,我都不好意思拿出来。它看起来一文不值, 但这是我所有的东西了。¨她说道。

\"We are grateful for e\\ten the smallest offering,\" the man at the counter replied kindly.\"Here it is, I have nothing else to give,\" she added timidly, she drew under her cloak two long thick plaits of her golden hair.¨即使是最少的捐赠,我们也 非常感激,¨柜台旁的人和善地说口¨给,我没有别的可捐了。”她羞怯地补充说。她从披风下拽出两根又长又粗的金色辫子

As she did so, the hood of hercloak fell back, showing the beautifully young head shorn of its golden glory.。这时, 披风的风帽掉了下来,露出已失去金色光环的漂亮的小脑袋。

The generosity of this beautiful girl to donate her most pricele poeion, her golden locks of hair, overshadowed all the glittering gold or j8wels of the other donors.这个漂亮的小姑娘慷慨地捐出了她最珍贵的财产一一她的 金发,令其他捐赠者的闪闪发光的金子、珠宝等捐赠物都黯然 失色。 6 The Proud Oyster 骄傲的牡蛎

An oyster that was very proud was talking with a fish.“Let\'s be friends and we can look after each other whenever the fisherman\'s net comes along,”the fish suggested.

一只非常骄傲的牡蛎正在和一条鱼说话。“我们做朋友吧,这样,当渔夫的渔网罩过来的时候,我们就可以互相帮助了。”鱼建议说。

The proud oyster replied,“I have a strong shell and I feel safe when I close my shell, for no harm can happen to me.” 骄傲的牡蛎回答说:“我有坚硬的壳。合上壳之后我就安全了,没有任何东西可以伤害到我。” “But when you close your shell, you may not know what is happening.”answered the fish.“可是,当你合上壳时,你怎么知道外面发生了什么事呢?”鱼不解地问。

Still the oyster boasted that he was perfectly safe and he needs no friends to warn him.可是牡蛎还是继续夸耀自己是绝对安全的,根本不需要任何朋友来提醒它。

Suddenly, there was a great splashing sound and the oyster closed his shell and very quickly kept quiet.突然,传来一声巨响,溅起无数水花,牡蛎马上合上壳,不作声了。

“What could the splashing have been? Was it a net, and was the fish caught?”the oyster wondered.When at last the oyster opened his shell, he found himself in a strange place.“溅起水花的声音是怎么回事呢?是渔网吗,鱼被抓住了吗?”牡蛎自问道。可是当牡蛎打开壳的时候,却发现自己在一个陌生的地方。 “Where am I?”He looked for the fish but it was no longer around.“我在哪儿?”它找鱼,鱼却不在它旁边。

Sadly, the oyster found he was at a fishmonger\'s stall.A ticket on his back marked,“For Sale!”

牡蛎悲哀地发现自己正躺在鱼贩子的摊位上,背上还贴着一张写有“出售”字样的标签。

7 The Bad Kangaroo 淘气的袋鼠

There was a small Kangaroo who was bad in school.He put thumbtacks on the teacher\'s chair.He threw spitballs acro the claroom.He set off firecrackers in the lavatory and spread glue on the doorknobs.有这么一只小袋鼠,它在学校里非常淘气。它在老师的椅子上放图钉,在教室里扔纸团,在厕所里放鞭炮,还往门把手上抹胶水。

“Your behavior is impoible!”said the school principal.“I am going to see your parents.I will tell them what a problem you are!”

“你的行为真让人无法忍受!”校长说,“我要去见见你的父母,告诉它们你的问题!” The principal went to visit Mr.and Mrs.Kangaroo.He sat down in a living-room chair.校长去拜访袋鼠夫妇。它坐在客厅的椅子上。

“Ouch!”cried the principal.“There is a thumbtack in this chair!” “哎哟!”校长叫道,“这把椅子上有个图钉!”

“Yes, I know,”said Mr.Kangaroo.“I enjoy putting thumbtacks in chairs.” “是的,我知道,”袋鼠先生说,“我喜欢把图钉放在椅子上。” At the same time, a spitball hit the principal on his nose.就在这时,一个纸团飞过来打在了校长的鼻子上。

“Forgive me,”said Mrs.Kangaroo,“But I can never resist throwing those things.” “请原谅,”袋鼠夫人说,“我总是控制不住想扔那些东西。” Suddenly, there was a loud booming sound from the bathroom.突然,浴室里传来一声巨响。

“Keep calm,”said Mr.Kangaroo to the principal.“The firecrackers that we keep in the medicine chest have just exploded.We love the noise.”

“别紧张,”袋鼠先生对校长说,“我们放在药箱里的鞭炮爆炸了,我们喜欢这种声音。” The principal rushed for the front door.In an instant he was stuck to the doorknob.校长冲向前门,刚要开门,手就被粘在了门把手上。 “Pull hard,”said Mrs.Kangaroo.“There are little globs of glue on all of our doorknobs.” “使劲儿拽,”袋鼠夫人说,“我们所有的门把手上都有点儿胶水。”

The principal pulled himself free.He dashed out of the house and ran off down the street.校长挣脱后,冲出屋子,沿着街道跑了。

“Such a nice person,”said Mr.Kangaroo.“I wonder why he left so quickly.” “它真是个好人,”袋鼠先生说,“我不明白它为什么这么快就走了。”

“No doubt he had another appointment,”said Mrs.Kangaroo.“Never mind, supper is ready.”

“它准是还有个约会,”袋鼠夫人说,“没关系,吃晚饭吧。”

Mr.and Mrs.Kangaroo and their son enjoyed their evening meal.After the deert, they all threw spitballs at each other acro the dining-room table.袋鼠夫妇和儿子津津有味地共进了晚餐。吃完甜点后,它们在饭桌旁互相扔起纸团来。 单词注解

execution [,eksi\'kju:ʃən] n.依法处决;实施 bystander [\'baɪstændə] n.旁观者;局外人 principal [\'prinsəpəl] n.校长 spitball [\'spɪtbɔːl] n.纸团

实用句型

A young man was caught stealing, and sentenced to death three days later.一个小偷在盗窃时被逮了个正着,因此被判处死刑,三天后执行。 He set off firecrackers in the lavatory and spread glue on the doorknobs.它在厕所里放鞭炮,还往门把手上抹胶水。

智慧点津

Minor mistakes, if not be corrected, finally result in disastrous consequences.小错起初不惩治,必将酿成大错。 Like mother, like daughter.有什么样的父母,就有什么样的孩子。 8 伊索寓言故事:一只贪心的狗 A Greedy Dog

A GREedy dog went into a butcher‟s shop and stole a big juicy bone.He ran away so fast that the butcher could not catch him.He ran out into the fields with his bone.He was going to eat it all by himself.一只贪心的狗跑到一家猪肉店偷了一根很大又有髓的骨头.他跑很快,所以那个卖猪肉的人追不到他.他咬著他的大骨头跑到空旷的地方,准备要好好地吃个痛快.the dog came to a stream.There was a narrow bridge acro it.The dog walked on to the bridge, and looked into the water.He could see another dog with a big bone in his mouth.这只狗来到一条溪流.有一座窄窄的桥跨在上面.这只狗走到桥上,望水里面看.他看见另一只狗嘴里咬著一跟大骨头.the GREedy dog thought the bone in the water looked much bigger than the one he had stolen from the butcher.这只贪心的狗认为在水里面的那根骨头看起来比他跟卖肉的偷来的这根骨头大多了.the GREedy dog dropped the bone from his mouth.It fell into the water and was lost.He jumped into the water to snatch the bigger bone from the other dog.这只贪心的狗从嘴理丢了那根骨头.它掉到水里而且不见了.他跳进去水里面想从另一只狗那儿抓那跟更大的骨头.the GREedy dog jumped into the water with a big splash.He looked everywhere but he could not see the other dog.His shadow had gone.贪心的狗跳进水里溅起好多水花.他到处看,可是都找不到其他的狗.他的倒影不见了.the silly dog went home hungry.He lost his bone and got nothing because he had been too GREedy.这只笨狗饿著肚子回家.因为太贪心,他弄丢了他的骨头而且一点东西也没拿到.

寓意:

贪的太多只会失去更多 9 伊索寓言故事:披着羊皮的狼

A wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant shepherd and his dogs.狼想吃羊,但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。

One day the wolf found the skin of a sheep.He put it on and walked among the sheep.有一天狼发现了一块羊皮,便披着它混入羊群。

A lamb thought that the wolf was its mother because his skin looked like hers.So it followed the wolf.一只小羊羔把这只披着羊皮的狼误认为自己的妈妈,被领出了羊群。

Soon after they had left the dogs, the wolf came at the lamb and ate it up.For some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.狼成功地欺骗了羊群,吃掉了小羊羔。

寓意: 事物的外表有时候会掩盖它的本质,所以我们不能只凭表面现象就作判断。 10 英语原文:

A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax.It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, homely Ash should furnish what was wanted.No sooner had the Woodman fitted the staff to his purpose ,than he began laying about him on all side.felling the whole matter too late, whispered to the Cedar: \"the first conceion has lost all ;if we has not a sacrificed our humble neighbor, we might have yet stood for ages ourselves.\"

中文译文:

有一个樵夫来到森林里,要求树给他一跟斧柄,看来他的请求非常谦虚,立刻得到了树的首领的同意.他们决定由平凡而朴素的白杨树来提供所需要的东西.樵夫刚按好斧柄,就开始到处乱砍,森林里最高的树都砍倒了,树林现在察觉大势已去,就小声对衫树说:\"第一次的让步已失去了一切.如果我们不牺牲我们的小小的邻居,我们自己还可以活无数年呢.\" 结论:这故事讽刺忘恩负义的人,也告诉我们对敌人的施舍就是对自己的残忍。 英语词汇:

the principal tree 领头树

was settled among them 大家商定 no sooner...than...一……就…… laying about him 向他四周乱砍

might have yet stood for ages 也许还能活几百年

11 Belling the cat(老鼠开会)

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

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.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,

At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea.最后,一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。

\"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.\" “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。”

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

12 he goose with the golden eggs生金蛋的鹅

One morning a countryman went to his goose„s nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there.一天早晨,一位农夫发现自家的鹅窝中有一只金灿灿的蛋。

He took the egg home.To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold.他将蛋带回家,惊喜地发现这是一个金蛋。

Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.此后,农夫每天都能得到一个金蛋。从此,他靠卖他的金蛋变得富有起来。

The countryman became more and more greedy.He wanted to get all the gold at once, so he killed the goose, when he looked inside, he found nothing in its body.农夫变得越来越贪婪,他想一下子得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅,但是,鹅肚子中什么也没有。

13 伊索寓言:狐狸与狮子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. 狐狸第一次见到狮子时非常害怕,赶紧藏到森林里。

The second time, however, he came near the lion.He stopped at a safe distance, and watched him pa by.

当他第二次遇到狮子时,则站在附近看狮子经过。

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.

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。

They soon became good friends.

不久,他们变成了好朋友。

14 The Wolf and the Lamba 狼和小羊

Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his 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.\" On 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.

一只狼瞧见一只迷路失群的小羊,决定暂缓下毒手,想先找一些理由,对小羊证明自己有吃它的权利。它就说:「小鬼!你去年曾经骂过我。」小羊可怜地说:「老实说,我去年还没有出生呢。」狼再说:「你在我的草地上吃过草。」

小羊回答说:「不,好先生,我还未曾尝过草的味道呢。」狼又说:「你喝过我井里的水。」小羊叫道:「不,我从没有喝过水,因为直到今天为止,我都是吃着母亲的奶汁。」狼一听这话,便抓住它,把它吃下去,便说:「好!即使你驳倒我每一句话,我终究要吃晚餐的!」暴君总有他暴行的借口。 15 The Lion and the Mouse 狮和鼠

Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.Rising up in anger, 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 up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: \"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is poible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.\"

一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去,将它从梦中吵醒。狮子生气地跳起来,捉住老鼠,要弄死它。老鼠哀求说:「只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命,我将来一定会报答你的大恩。」狮子便笑着放了它。

后来狮子被几个猎人捉住,用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。老鼠听出是狮子的吼声,走来用牙齿咬断绳索,释放了牠,并大声说:「你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙,而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。但是你现在知道了,就算是小老鼠,也能向狮子效劳的。」

第18篇:英语小故事

“1purple sharpener!” says Max.Clap, clap, clap!

“3 orange notebooks!” says Max.Clap, clap, clap!

And out of his backpack come 1 purple sharpener and three orange notebooks!

Max has a magic backpack.

“5 brown rulers!” says Max.Clap, clap, clap!

“9 green pens!” says Max.Clap, clap clap!

And out of his backpack come 5 brown rulers and 9 green pens! Max has a magic backpack.

“11 blue markers!”says Max.Clap, clap, clap!

“14 pink erasers!”says Max.

And out of his backpack come 11 blue markers and 14 pink erasers! Max has a magic backpack.

“16 yellow pencils !” says Max.Clap,clap, clap!

“20 candies!” says Max.Clap,clap,clap

And out of his backpack come 16 yellow pencils and 20 candies ! “Candies for everyone!” says Max.

Max has a magic backpack.

Candies for everyone!

Who want candies?

Here you are! Here you are!

第19篇:英语小故事

The last thing I want to do is hurt you.But it’s still on the list.

直译:在这个世界上,我最不愿意做的事就是伤害你,但是这件事仍在我的考虑之列。 意译a:我真不想伤害你,但你也别逼我。

意译b:吾虽不杀伯仁,伯仁由我而死。

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.

曾以为我想要的是职业,结果发现我只是想要工资。

He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.

临危忽然微笑的那谁,定是找到替罪羊鸟

Crowded elevators smell different to midgets.

直译:你若是挤满人的电梯里的小矮人,肯定能嗅出不同的味儿。

意译:灵感来自于所站的角度与众不同。

1Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.麻烦没来找你,就别去自找麻烦。第

一、四个trouble是动词,第

二、三个trouble是名词。

2.I think that that that that that student wrote on the blackboard was wrong.我认为那个学生写在黑板上的那个“that”是错误的。

第一个that是连词,引起宾语从句;第

二、五个that是指示代词“那个”;第三个that在这儿相当于名词;第四个that是关系代词,引起定语从句。

3.I know.You know.I know that you know.I know that you know that I know.我知道。你知道。我知道你知道。我知道你知道我知道。

6.Was it a bar or a bat I saw? 我看到的是酒吧还是蝙蝠?、

7.上联: To China for china, China with china, dinner on china.去中国买瓷器,中国有瓷器,吃饭靠瓷器。

下联:到前门买前门,前门没前门,后门有前门。

这是一副对仗工整、妙趣横生的英汉对联。下联中的第

二、

四、五个“前门”指“大前门”香烟。

第20篇:英语小故事

One morning, Molly handed me two bags.One regular lunch sack, and the one with the duct rape and staples and paperclips.Why two bags?”“The other one is something else.”“What’sin it?”“Just some stuff.Take it with you.”I stuffed both sacks into my briefcase,kied the child,and rushed off.

At midday, while hurriedly scarfing down my real lunch, I tore open Molly’s bag and shook out the contents.Two hair ribbons, three small stones, a plastic dinosaur, a pencil stub, a tiny seashell, two animal crackers, a marble, a used lipstick, a small doll, two chocolate kies and 13 pennies.

I smiled.How charming.Rising to hustle off, I swept the desk clean into the wastebasket—leftover lunch, Molly’s junk and all.There wasn’t anything in there I needed.

That evening Molly came to stand beside me while I was reading the paper.“Where’s my bag?”“What bag?”“You know,the one I gave you this morning.”“I left it at the office, why?” “I forgot to put this note in it.”She handed over the note.“Besides,I want it back.”“Why?”“Those are my things in the sack, Daddy, the ones I really like.I thought you might like to play with them, but now I want them back.You didn’t lose the bag,did you,Daddy?”Tears puddled in her eyes.

“Oh, no, I just forgot to bring it home,”I lied.“Bring it tomorrow, okay?”As she hugged my neck with relief, I unfolded the note that had not gotten into the sack:“I love you,Daddy.”

Oh.And uh-oh.I looked long at the face of my child.She had given me her treasures—all that a 7-year-old held dear.Love in a paper sack, and I had mied it—not only mied it, but had thrown it away because“there wasn’t anything in there I needed.”It wasn’t the first or the last time I felt my Daddy permit was about to runout.

It was a long trip back to the office, the pilgrimage of a penitent.I picked up the wastebasket and poured the contents on my desk.I was sorting it all out when the janitor came in to do his chores.

“Lose something?”“Yes, my mind.”“It’s probably in there, all right.What does it look like and I’ll help you find it.”I started not to tell him, but I couldn’t feel any more of a foolthanIwasalready,so I told him.

He didn’t laugh.“I got kids too.”So the brotherhood of fools searched the trash and found the jewels, and he smiled at me and I smiled at him.

After was hing the mustard off the dinosaur and spraying the whole thing with breath freshener to kill the smell of onions, I carefully smoothed out the wadded ball of brown paper into a semi-functional bag and put the treasures inside.I carried the whole thing home gingerly, like an injured kitten.The next evening, I returned it to Molly.No questions asked,no explanations offered.After dinner, I asked Molly to tell me about the stuff in thesack,and so she took it all out apiece at a time and placed the objects in a row on the dining room table.Everything had a story, a memory, or was attached to dreams and imaginary friends.I managed to say“I see”very wisely several times.And,asamatteroffact,Ididsee.

To my surprise, Molly gave the bag to me once again several days later.Same ratty bag.Same stuff inside.I felt forgiven,and trusted and loved.And alittle more comfortable wearing the title of father.Over several months, the bag went with me from time to time.It was never clear to me why I did or did not get it on a givenday.

In time Molly turned her attention to other things.She foundothertreasures,lost in terest in the game,grewup.

Me? I was left holding the bag.She gave it to me one morning and never asked for its return.And so I have it still.

The worn paper sack is there in the box.Left from a time when achild said,“Here, this is the best I’ve got.Take it, it’s yours.Such as I have,give I to thee.”

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