英文故事（精选多篇）

推荐第1篇：英文故事

一级小故事

Story 1

Wolf Is Coming

There is a naughty boy in a village.He likes telling lies.One day he wants to make fun of the farmers.So he shouts, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” The kind farmers are working in the field.They hear the shout, and hurry to help the boy.But when get there, the boy says: “There isn’t a wolf.I’m joking.The farers are angry and go back to their field.After a while the biy shouts again, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” And the farmers come and are cheated again.The boy laughs and laughs.They say, “You tell lies.We will not believe you.”

Later a wolf really comes.The boy is very scared.“Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” the boy shouts and shouts.“Help! Help!” But no one comes.And wolf eats the naughty boy.故事1 狼来了

村子里有个淘气的小男孩，他喜欢撒谎。一天，他想捉弄村名，就大喊：“狼来了！狼来了！” 善良的村民们正在地里干活，听到喊声，赶快去救他。俄式他们到了那里，男孩说：“没有狼。我跟你们开完先的。”村民很生气，回到田里。不一会，那孩子大喊：狼来了！狼来了！”村民来了，却再次被欺骗。男孩开心地大笑，村民们说：“你说谎。我们再也不会相信你了。”

后来狼真的来了。男孩十分害怕。 “狼来了！狼来了！”他大声呼喊，“救命啊！救命！”但是没人来。结果这个淘气的男孩被狼吃了。

Story 2 Three Little Pigs and a Big Wolf Once, a mother pig sent her three little children into the world.They needed to look after themselves.

The first pig found some straw, and he built a fine house with straw, and he built a fine house with straw.The second pig built a house with wood.The third pig built a house with stone.One day, a wolf came to straw house, he was hungry.“Little pig let me in! I’m your brother.” “No, no! You are a wolf.”

Then the wolf blew down the straw house.The first pig ran to the wooden house.Then the wolf came to the wooden house, too.The two pigs ran to the stone house.The wolf came and blew the stone house.He blew and blew, but the house didn’t fall down.Then wolf was angry, he climbed to the roof and jumped down the chimney.

The wolf fell into the pot! Ouch! He ran away.The three little pigs lived happily.

故事2

从前，猪妈妈把她的三个小孩打发出去，因为他们需要学会照顾自己。 第一只小猪找到一些稻草，他盖了一座漂亮的草房子。 第一只小猪盖了一座木头房子。 第二只小猪了盖了一座石头房子。

一天，一只大灰狼来到草房前，他十分饥饿。 “小猪，让我进去，我是我你兄弟。” “不，不，你是大灰狼。”

然后大灰狼就把草屋吹倒了，第一只小猪逃到了木头屋子里。

然后狼来到木头前，他吹呀吹可是吹不倒石头房子。狼发怒了，他爬上了屋顶并从烟囱往下跳。

在烟囱下面的火炉上有一锅水。三只小猪用大火把得很烫。 狼掉进了锅里！哎呀！他逃走了？ 三只小猪从此过着快乐的生活。

Story 3 A Smart Tortoise

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.

故事3 聪明的乌龟

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。

但是老虎十分愤怒：“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。

推荐第2篇：英文小故事

Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old.Once he goes to a cinema.It is the first time for him to do that.He buys a ticket and goes in.But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket and goes in again.After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket.Two or three minutes after that he comes out and asks for another ticket.But a girl asks him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops me at the door and cuts up my ticket.”

汤姆是个小孩， 他才7岁。 当他去电影院的时候。那时他第一次去。他买了张票进去了。 但没过两三分钟他就出来了，然后买了第二张票又进去了。 几分钟后他又出来买了第三张票。 接着两三分钟后他又出来买票。 一个女的问她，“你为什么要买那么多票啊? 你见到了几个朋友？\" \"没有， 我里面没朋友， 但是每当我进门的时候一位大的女人老把我的票给剪了\"

Where is the egg?

Teacher:Can you make a sentence with the word \"egg\"? Student:Yes.I ate a piece of cake yesterday.Teacher:Then where is the “egg\"? Student:In the cake,Sir.

鸡蛋在哪里？

老师：你能用“鸡蛋”一词造句吗？ 学生：可以。我昨天吃了一块蛋糕。 老师：“鸡蛋”在哪？ 学生：在蛋糕里，先生

Story 1

Three Good Friends

One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river.This time he sees a lion under a tree.The lion runs at him.He is afraid and falls into the river.He can’t swim.He shouts.The rabbit hears him.He jumps into the river.The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him.Luckily, an elephant comes along.He is very strong.He helps the rabbit and monkey.Three friends are very happy.They go to the elephant’s home.Then, three of them become good friends.

故事一

三个好朋友

一天， 一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。

Story 3 Spring in the Green Season

Spring is coming.Spring is the first season of the year.In China, spring comes in February.It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer.The days get longer and longer.The leaves on the trees begin to turn green.Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground.

Spring is also sowing time season. 故事三

春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。

Story 5

The Hippo and I

A hippo lives in the zoo.I like him very much.I often go to see him.He often thinks of me, too.Today is Sunday.It is fine day.I go to see him again.After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house.I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food.He eats them up.When I sing songs, he stays in the pool.He is as quite as a rabbit.

In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me.My mum tells him to go home.He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo.My mum lets me see him every week.

故事5 我与河马

河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。

今天是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。

当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。

晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一起睡。

妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。

Story 8 A Beautiful Doll

Tina is a lovely girl.She has a lot of dolls.One of these dolls is very beautiful.She has long blond hair and wears a white dre.The little girl likes her very much.She called her “Sandy”.You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.

Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed.When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her.When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends.What a lovely girl she is！

Do you like it, too？

故事8 漂亮的洋娃娃

缇娜是一个可爱的女孩， 她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此， 小女孩叫她“桑迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。

缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。 当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊！

你也喜欢它吗？

Story 9

It’s Good to Walk

A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight.Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice.“Just like human, penguins don’t exercise much during winter.They become fat easily,” says a zookeeper.

故事9 散步有益

在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的15只金企鹅媒体散步两次，每次500米。 动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容易发胖。”

Story 10 The Panda in China

A panda looks like a little bear.It has black and white fur.It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.

We all see panda on TV or in the zoo.They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them.

A panda is lucky animal.We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too.Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA…

A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship.

故事10 中国熊猫

熊猫看起来好像一只小熊。它的皮毛是黑白相间。 它只居住在中国，因此，它是中国的国宝，受到国家法律的保护。

我们在电视上或在动物园里能看到熊猫。他们看起来显得很笨的样子，走起来很缓慢，但很可爱，大家都很喜欢它们。

熊猫是个吉祥的动物。中国人民喜欢它，世界人民也喜欢它。现在许多国家都有中国的熊猫，如，日本、美国„„

熊猫不是一种普通的动物，而是一座友谊的桥梁。

且叫是眼睛还会发光。

它是一只好看又有用的钟，我很喜欢它。

Story12 A Clever Farmer

Uncle Sam doesn’t like farmer.He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.

One winter morning, the sun is shining.Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house.At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him.

Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle.Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please?

Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital.

Farmer Please set an example to me.

Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the first time.It’s much more beautiful than the field.Is that right?

Farmer: Yes, uncle.But it is built on the field.

Uncle Sam’s face turns red.

故事12 聪明的农民

山姆大叔不喜欢农民。他认为他们很愚蠢只会在农场干活。一个冬天的早晨，阳光明媚，山姆大叔坐在门前的石阶上。这时，一个农民手拿地图向他走来。

农民：请问，大叔，去医院的路怎么走？

山姆大叔:你躺在街当中，很快就会在医院的。 农民：请你做一个示范。

山姆大叔：我想你是第一次进城吧，城市比你那块地漂亮多了，是吧？ 农民：是的，大叔，但城市是建在地之上的。 山姆大叔脸红了。

Story 13 Where Is the Hat?

Jack is a little goose.He has a lovely hat.He likes wearing it very much.But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head.

He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat.When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.

He can’t find his hat.Where is it? Jack thinks hard.He looks up and down, and walks

here and there.He can’t find his hat yet.

At this time, his mother comes in.As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish.Your hat is on your head.”

Jack feels very foolish.He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.

故事13 帽子在哪里？

杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子，他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时，他的帽子总是戴着头上。

它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时，事情就不是那样了。

它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里？杰克仔细想。

它上下看了看，到处找了找，还是没有找到它的帽子。

这时，它的母亲走进来，当她看到杰克就喊道：“啊！亲爱的，你真笨，帽子在你的头上。”

杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不像戴那顶帽子了。

Story 14

Two dogs

A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog.He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house.When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat.The hound feels very angry.He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don’t blame me, my friend.You should blame the master.He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers. Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent

故事14 两只狗

有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎，教看家狗守家。当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你应该去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。”

不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。

推荐第3篇：英文幽默故事

英文幽默故事：

There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot.There werethree parrots in the shop.One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and the third one, $30,000.The customer asked the owner, “How come this guy is $5,000? That‟s so expensive for this kindof parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on.That‟s why he‟s so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shopsaid, “I don‟t know.Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him „The Bo.‟”

老板最大 有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：「为什么这只要卖五千元？这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了！」老板说：「因为我有训练他讲话。」顾客又问：「那这只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。」顾客接着又问：「那第三只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「我不知道。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有！不过另外两只叫他：『老板！』」

Where is the egg? Teacher:Can you make a sentence with the word \"egg\"? Student:Yes.I ate a piece of cake yesterday.Teacher:Then where is the “egg\"? Student:In the cake,Sir.鸡蛋在哪里？

老师：你能用“鸡蛋”一词造句吗？ 学生：可以。我昨天吃了一块蛋糕。 老师：“鸡蛋”在哪？ 学生：在蛋糕里，先生

Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old.Once he goes to a cinema.It is the first time for him to do that.He buys a ticket and goes in.But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket and goes in again.After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket.Two or three minutes after that he comes out and asks for another ticket.But a girl asks him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops me at the door and cuts up my ticket.”

汤姆是个小孩， 他才7岁。 当他去电影院的时候。那时他第一次去。他买了张票进去了。 但没过两三分钟他就出来了，然后买了第二张票又进去了。 几分钟后他又出来买了第三张票。 接着两三分钟后他又出来买票。 一个女的问她，“你为什么要买那么多票啊? 你见到了几个朋友？\" \"没有， 我里面没朋友， 但是每当我进门的时候一位大的女人老把我的票给剪了\"

Child:My uncle has 1000 men under him.Man:He is really somebody.What does do? Child:A maintenance man in a cemetery 他真是一个大人物

小孩：我叔叔下面有1000个人。

男人：他真是一个大人物。他是干什么的？ 小孩：墓地守墓人。

Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today?

Student: Of course.He must be a great man, for so far nobody has lived to over 400 years.一名伟人

老师：如果莎士比亚还活着，他会是一名伟人吗？

学生：当然。因为到目前为止，还没有人活到400多岁。

Mr.Smith: Waiter, there\'s a dead fly in my soup. Waiter: Yes, sir, I know---it\'s the heat that kills it.史密斯先生：服务员，我的汤里有一只死苍蝇．

服务员：是的，先生，我知道了，它是被烫死的．

Son: Dad, give me a dime.

Father: Son, don\'t you think you\'re getting too big to be forever begging for dimes? Son: I gue you\'re right, Dad, Give me a dollar, will you? 儿子：爸爸，给我一角钱。

父亲：儿子，你不认为你已经长大了，不该再老是一角一角地要钱了(该自立了)，不是吗？

儿子：爸爸，我想你是对的，那给我一块钱行吗？

A little kid fell in love with another little kid, a school mate.Sometimes the kids think they fall in love when they have a crush on someone else in the cla, when they‟re eight or ten years old or something like that.So the eight-year-oldkid came back home and asked his father, “Father, is it expensive to be married?” And the father said, “Yes, son, it is very expensive.” So the son asked, “How much does it cost?” And the father said, “I don‟t know, son.I‟m still paying.”

有个小孩爱上了另一个小孩，对方是学校的同学。八岁或十岁左右的孩子有时会迷恋班上某个人，然后就以为自己恋爱了。因此这个八岁的小孩回家问他爸爸：「爸爸，结婚很花钱吗？」爸爸说：「是啊，儿子，非常花钱。」儿子又问：「要花多少钱呢？」爸爸说：「我不知道，儿子，我到现在还一直在付钱啊！」

\"Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?\" \"No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it.\"

“孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？”

“没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进，一个耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在里面。”

“I\'m sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy\'s tooth .”

“Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!”

“Yes，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .”

“对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。” “20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。”

“是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。”

TWO： Teacher：We all know that beat causes an object to expand an cold cauese it to contract.Now，can anyone give me a good example?

John：Well ，in the summer the days are long，and in the winter the days are short. 老师：我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在，谁给我举个例子？

约翰：嗯，在夏天天都长，在冬天天都短。

The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly two hours.then he started again, and said he:\"Let me ask the evolutionist a question --- if we had tails like a baboon, where are they?\"

\"I\'ll venture an answer, \" said an old lady.\"We have worn them off sitting here so long.\".

教进化论的老师已经滔滔不绝地讲了快两个小时，他的话题又来了：“让我向进化论者提个问题——如果我们曾经像狒狒那样长着尾巴，那么现在尾巴到哪里去了？”

“我来试试看，”一位老太太说。

“该是我们在这里坐这么久把它们磨掉了吧。”

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苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，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，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴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用处。

A Good Boy

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.\"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?\" \"I gave it to a poor old woman,\" he answered.\"You\'re a good boy,\" said the mother proudly.\"Here are two cents more.But why are you so interested in the old woman?\" \"She is the one who sells the candy.\"

好孩子

小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。

“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”

“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。”

Drunk

One day, a father and his little son were going home.At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions.Now, he asked, \"What\'s the meaning of the word \'Drunk\', dad?\" \"Well, my son,\" his father replied, \"look, there are standing two policemen.If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk.\" \"But, dad,\" the boy said, \" there\'s only ONE policeman!\"

醉酒

一天，父亲与小儿子一块儿回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，„醉‟字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”

Sleeping Pills

Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night.He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills.Sunday night Bob took the pills, slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm.He took his time getting to the office, strolled in and said to his bo: \"I didn\'t have a bit of trouble getting up this morning.\" \"That\'s fine,\" roared the bo, \"but where were you Monday and Tuesday?\"

安眠药

鲍勃晚上失眠。他去看医生，医生给他开了一些强力安眠药。

星期天晚上鲍勃吃了药，睡得很好，在闹钟响之前就醒了过来。他到了办公室，遛达进去，对老板说：“我今天早上起床一点麻烦都没有。” “好啊!”老板吼道，“那你星期一和星期二到哪儿去了？”

推荐第4篇：英文小故事

One day,a rabbit meet tortoise

Rabbit:Hello! tortoise!

Tortoise:Hello! rabbit!

Rabbit:What are you doing?

tortoise:I am running.

Rabbit:You can run? ha ha ha !

Tortoise:Heng,I am so angry.let is have a race

Rabbit:Ok! let me see.who can get to the big tree frist! one,two,three,go!! Tortoise:Run run far away,run run let me race

Rabbit:Where is tortoise? where is tortoise?oh,he is slowly.I am so teld ,let me have a rest.

Tortoise:Where is rabbit?where is rabbit? oh,he is sleeping,run run far away run run let me rece.oh yee! I am winner

Rabbit:Where is tortoise?where is tortoise?oh ho !I am late!

A hare jeered at a tortoise for the slowne of his pace .But he laughed ,and said that he would run against her and beat her any day she would

name ."Come on ," said the hare ,"you will soon see what my feet are made of ."So it was aGREed that they should start at once .The tortoise went off jogging along ,without a moment's stopping ,at his usual steady pace .The hare treating the whole matter very lightly ,said he would first take a little nap ,and that she should soon overtake the tortoise .Meanwhile ,the tortoise plodded on ,and the hare ,oversleeping herself ,arrived at the goal ,only to see that the tortoise had got in before her .

Slow and steady wins the race.

兔子嘲笑乌龟的步子爬的慢，但是他笑了，说总有一天他会和她赛跑，并且赢他。"快点"，兔子说，"你很快会看到我是跑的多么的快。"他们打算马上就开始比赛。乌龟拼命的爬，一刻都不停止，兔子认为比赛太轻松了，他说他先打个盹，然后很快的可以追上乌龟。同时乌龟坚持爬行，当兔子醒来跑到的时候只能看着乌龟在他前面到达终点。

稳扎稳打终能胜利。

词汇：

jeer at 嘲笑

tortoise 乌龟

go off 离开

usual steady pace平时的稳定的步伐

over-take 超过，赶上

plod on 沉重地向前

Sand and stone

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert.During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the said:” Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started

drowning, but the friend saved him.After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on stone: Today my best friend saved my life.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone.why?

The other friend replied: When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgivene can erase it away .But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind ever erases it.

Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone.They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to forget him.

Send this phrase to the people you will never forget .It is a short meage to let them know that you will never forget them.

Take the time to live.

伤害只写在沙地上

两个朋友在荒漠里穿行，途中他们发上了争执；其中一个人单了另一位一个耳光。被达的人非常伤心，但他什么也没说，只是在沙地上写到：“今天，我最好的朋友打了我一个耳光。”

他们继续往前走，发现了一片绿洲，他们决定在那里洗个澡。结果，被打的那位陷进了泥潭，眼看就要被淹死，结果他的朋友救了他。恢复过来都他在石头上写到：“今天，我最好的朋友救了我的命。”

那位打他并救了他的朋友问：“为什么我伤害你时，你在沙地上写下来，而现在却在石头上刻下来呢？”

被救的那位答到：“受到伤害时，我们应该把他写在沙地上，宽恕之风会将它抹平。可是受人恩惠时，我们应该把它刻在石头上，任何风雨也不会把它擦掉。” 学会将所受的伤害写在沙子上，把所的的恩德刻在石头上。有人这样说，找到一个特别的人只需要用一分钟，欣赏他需要用一小时，喜欢他需要用一天，但忘掉他却需要用一生的时间。

把这句话送给那些你永远无法忘记的人吧。这段短短的话能让他们知道你永远不会忘记他们。

此生不忘。

推荐第5篇：一篇英文故事

商务英语103班

Saved Instrumental

I don\'t like my new house, my new school, and everything in the United States.Even my father, I haven\'t seen him for seven years.Everything seems so strange: the different language, different culture, everything made me so disappointed.

The first day I met China and Ebony was the first day of school.During the

Lunchtime, I was sitting by myself and thinking about how can I use this strange Language to do my homework.Then I saw tow girls came to me.They wore pink T-shirt and blue T-shirt.The came to me and the blue T-shirt girl asked me, \"Hey girl, you are new here?\"

I nodded, and then she asked again, \"Where are you from?\"

\"China,\" I said carefully.She started to laugh so hard; she pointed at the pink T-shirt girl and said, \"You come from her?\"

I wondered if I had pronounced the word wrong.

\"What?\" I asked.

\"Don\'t care about her, she is crazy,\" the pink T-shirt girl talked to me.

\"I am not crazy,\" the blue T-shirt girl goes.

\"A normal person won\'t cut herself,\" the lighter skin answered.I didn’t know what they were talking about.I didn\'t know what they were talking about.Then she asked me, \"What is you name girl?\"

“Zhi wei,” I said.

“Zhi wei?” she sounded a little different, but I nodded.Because I knew they couldn’t pronounce my name exactly right.

“My name is China, and she is Ebony,” the pink T-shirt girl said.

“Oh, nice to meet you,” I said, I want to make friends with them.“I can’t speak English, can you guys help me?”

“Sure,” they said.

“You should say I don’t speak English, not I can’t,” China corrected.

“Oh, thanks.” I said.

I got home at 3:30, my parents were waiting for me.

“How was the first day of school?” they both asked.101301316杨柳

“Not bad,” I said.I didn’t talk too much to them.I knew they want to know more about my feelings, but I was so tired of them.

I went back to my room and started to play on the computer.My friend wasn’t online, because in China it was four or five o’clock in the morning.

I stared to write in my journal.I like to do it everyday, to tell my feelings, to write down what’s going on at school or at home, and to tell the problems of my parents and friends.I have no brothers or sisters to tell my problems, and I never talk about my problems to my parents or anybody else.Except Wei Huan, who are my best friend, and Gu Nan yi, Who has been friend with me since the first grade they don’t help a lot, but it is enough to have somebody to hear your problems.

I was not happy.That was what I can tell from my heart.I didn’t know when the happy left my life.Maybe it was the day, when I left China.

China was a good student; she got straight as in all subjects.She helps me a lot, to study and correct my English.Sometimes she would say, “If you have any problems, just let me know, I would like to help you.”

“I don’t have any problems, thank you,” I said it all the time.And at the same time, I say to myself, China, you are truly my only friend.

I was still an unhappy girl, studying hard but no smiles on my face.When I was with China and Ebony, I would laugh so hard and seems so happy.When I was alone, something in my heart made me want to cry but not able to.Until the day, something happens and changes my life.

The day when I got home, everything seemed normal.But my mom sitting on the sofa and not doing anything.I didn’t pay attention to her and went back to my room without saying anything.

“Zhi wei, I need to talk to you,” I heard my mom call me.

I opened my door and said, “I don’t have time, I have a lot of homework.” “Give me a minute,” she said, “Why don’t you like us?”

“I do,” I said quickly.I could felt the tears in my eyes.

“We are you parents, if you have any problem, come and talk to me,” my mom said.

“I am fine,” I said, my tears came out.

My mom came and hugged me.I said, “I am fine, I am just a little uncomfortable.”

“Everything will become better,” my mom said, “I know you are uncomfortable, to leave your country, your friends, and everybody you love, but everything will become better,\" she kept saying.

After that, I started to talk to them about the new school, new teachers and friends.I talked to them about China and Ebony and every funny joke I have heard.I liked to see their smiles.

My father started to teach me English everyday when I come back from school.He bought me some easy books to read, and explained to me what I did not understood.My English was getting better soon.The day after school, China, Ebony and I met Grace in the front door of our school.Grace was China and Ebony\'s friend.She was the prettiest girl I have ever seen.She was white, and had long brown hair.Her pretty big and blue eyes were shining in the sun.

\"Hell, Grace,\" I said.

\"Hello you guys,\" Grace smiled.

\"Hello, superstar,\" Ebony joked.

\"Don\'t make fun of me,\" Grace warned.

\"Ok, let\'s go to my house now,\" Ebony said.

The day was Ebony\'s birthday, we celebrated over her house.Ms.Giles was a nice person; she played games with us just like a little kid.I really enjoyed being part of them, I really felt happy from my heart.

Now, I have been in the United States for two years.China, Ebony and I are in the same High School, we are still tight.My English is better now, but I still have to read books to my father everyday.

\"Stop play computer,\" my father says.He holds a cup of tea and enters my room.\"I don\'t have any homework,\" I say.\"I am not playing, I am studying the Photoshop.\" I know that is what my father hates.He hates everything that makes me spend a lot of time in front of the computer.

\"Get your books out, read to me,\" my father orders.I can hear from his voice he is getting angry.I get off the computer and get a book.That is what I have to do

everyday.I am getting very tired of it.

\"You have to study harder than the other people,\" my father always says that.\"But I know Chinese.\"

\"This is an English world; you have to do everything with English!\" \"Why don\'t you study?\" I ask him.

\"My English is better than you,\" he answers.

\"I don\'t think so.\"

We both laugh.

推荐第6篇：坐井观天英文故事

Look at the Sky from the Bottom of a Well

There is a frog.He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well.He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well.One day a crow comes to the well.He sees the frog and says, “Frog, let’s have a talk.” Then the frog asks, “Where are you from?” “I fly from the sky,” the crow says.The frog feels surprised and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well.How do you fly from the sky?”

The crow says, “The sky is very big.You always stay in the well, so you don’t know the world is big.”

The frog says, “I don’t believe.” But the crow says, “You can come out and have a look by yourse lf.”

So the frog comes out from the well.He is very surprised.How big the world is!

故事13 坐井观天

有一只青蛙住在井底，他从来没有去过井外面。他以为天空就和井口一样大。

一天，一只乌鸦飞到井边，看见青蛙，就对它说：“青蛙，咱们聊聊吧。”青蛙就问他：“你从哪里来？”“我从天上上来。青蛙惊讶了，就说：“天空就只有这井口这么大，你怎么会从天上飞老呢？”乌鸦说：“天空很大。只不过你一直呆在井里，所有不知道世界很大。”青蛙说：“我不相信。”乌鸦说：“你可以出来，自己看看嘛。”

于是青蛙来到井外。他十分惊讶，原来世界这么大！

A Clever Monkey A little monkey picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home.But the pumpkin is too big.The monkey can’t take it home.Suddenly he sees a panda riding a bike towards him.He watches the bike.“l have a good idea.I can roll the pumpkin.It likes a wheel.” So he rolls the pumpkin to his home.When his mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised and says, “How can you carry it home?” The little monkey answers proudly, “l can’t lift it, but l can roll it.” His mother smiles and says, “ What a clever boy!” Adding Feet to a Snake

One day, Mr.Lion holds a party.Many animals come and drink a lot of wine.At last there is a pot of wine.Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake.If you finish first, you can get it.

Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing.“Yeah, I’ve finished.I’m No.1,” he says.But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr.Gorilla also finishes.He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake.Snakes have no feet.I get the wine.”

画蛇添足

一天， 狮子先生举行一场聚会，许多动物都来了，他们喝很多酒。最后只剩一壶酒了。让谁喝呢？它们想了想，有个主意。

它们比赛画蛇，谁最快画好，谁就喝这壶酒。

不一会，狼先生画好了。“哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”它说。可是它又画了起来，它还说：“再给它加几只脚吧。”这是猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那酒壶喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的，我赢了这壶酒。”

Wolf Is Coming

There is a naughty boy in a village.He likes telling lies.One day he wants to make fun of the farmers.So he shouts, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” The kind farmers are working in the field.They hear the shout, and hurry to help the boy.But when get there, the boy says: “There isn’t a wolf.I’m joking.The farers are angry and go back to their field.After a while the biy shouts again, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” And the farmers come and are cheated again.The boy laughs and laughs.They say, “You tell lies.We will not believe you.”

Later a wolf really comes.The boy is very scared.“Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” the boy shouts and shouts.“Help! Help!” But no one comes.And wolf eats the naughty boy.

故事24

狼来了

村子里有个淘气的小男孩，他喜欢撒谎。一天，他想捉弄村名，就大喊：“狼来了！狼来了！” 善良的村民们正在地里干活，听到喊声，赶快去救他。俄式他们到了那里，男孩说：“没有狼。我跟你们开完先的。”村民很生气，回到田里。不一会，那孩子大喊：

狼来了！狼来了！”村民来了，却再次被欺骗。男孩开心地大笑，村民们说：“你说谎。我们再也不会相信你了。”

后来狼真的来了。男孩十分害怕。 “狼来了！狼来了！”他大声呼喊，“救命啊！救命！”但是没人来。结果这个淘气的男孩被狼吃了。

Three Little Pigs and a Big Wolf Once, a mother pig sent her three little children into the world.They needed to look after themselves.

The first pig found some straw, and he built a fine house with straw, and he built a fine house with straw.The second pig built a house with wood.The third pig built a house with stone.One day, a wolf came to straw house, he was hungry.“Little pig let me in! I’m your brother.” “No, no! You are a wolf.”

Then the wolf blew down the straw house.The first pig ran to the wooden house.Then the wolf came to the wooden house, too.The two pigs ran to the stone house.The wolf came and blew the stone house.He blew and blew, but the house didn’t fall down.Then wolf was angry, he climbed to the roof and jumped down the chimney.

The wolf fell into the pot! Ouch! He ran away.The three little pigs lived happily.

故事26 从前，猪妈妈把她的三个小孩打发出去，因为他们需要学会照顾自己。

第一只小猪找到一些稻草，他盖了一座漂亮的草房子。 第一只小猪盖了一座木头房子。 第二只小猪了盖了一座石头房子。

一天， 一只大灰狼来到草房前，他十分饥饿。 “小猪，让我进去，我是我你兄弟。” “不，不，你是大灰狼。”

然后大灰狼就把草屋吹倒了，第一只小猪逃到了木头屋子里。

然后狼来到木头前，他吹呀吹可是吹不倒石头房子。狼发怒了，他爬上了屋顶并从烟囱往下跳。

在烟囱下面的火炉上有一锅水。三只小猪用大火把得很烫。 狼掉进了锅里！哎呀！他逃走了？ 三只小猪从此过着快乐的生活。

推荐第7篇：马马虎虎 英文故事

Carele

In ancient China, Song dynasty, there was a painter in the capital city.He was such a carele man that he drawed whatever he liked. One day, a customer came to the painter’s house and asked him to draw a tiger.The painter did it as the guest’s request.He draw carlely within a minute.As a result, the picture turned out to be neither like a horse nor a tiger.The guest got confused and asked him ,”what it was?” The painter impatiently replied,”hortiger”.The guest didn’t like it and went away.On the contrary, the paitner thought it was a very good painting.He was so self-conceit that he couldn’t see what’s wrong with his painting.He put it on the wall in the dinning hall for appreciation and then did his housework. After a while, his elder son saw the painting when he came home.He asked his father what he drawed in the painting.The painter answered,”Tt is a tiger”.And a moment later , his younger son got home and also saw the painting in the dinning hall.He was curious about it and asked his father what it was.“A horse”, his father replied without thought.

Several days went by.His elder son went off hunting.He mistook a farmer’s horse for a tiger and killed it.The painter had to apologized to the farmer for killing his horse and paid back.But troubles never come single.His yonger son ran into a tiger as he was travelling.Like his brother, he couldn’t tell a tiger from a horse.Thus, he got eaten by the tiger.The painter was devastated by his death.He burned the painting with tears and sorrows and regreted so much that he wrote a poem to remind himself of his carlene.“马虎图，马虎图，似马又似虎，长子依图射死马，次子依图喂了虎。草堂焚毁马虎图，奉劝诸君莫学吾。”

Though it is not a good poem, it is a great leon written in blood.Since then, the word mahu became widely known and paed on by people.At present, we used the word to mean not paying enough attention to what you are doing and so you are making mistakes, or causing harm or damage.

推荐第8篇：500字英文故事

The Janson’s Dream

Long long ago , there was a normal village .We can heard the children’s laugh everyday .But it was not everyone feel happily.Janson was a creative boy in this village.He wanted to be a hero.But he always be bullied by his clamates.He helped them pick the bag and stealed money from his home and give them .At last ,his father catched him when he was stealing .And he beated Janson , Janson walked along on the road with the light.He saw a kind woman who is beckoning to him .He ran to her fast.“Hi , Janson .I am Hernie .”

“Why am I in here? Are you a famale celestial? Can you help me? They often bully me.I’m afraid.My wond is so sore.”

“Dear child , don’t be sad.You want to be a hero , don’t you? Become Janson to a hero , OK? ”

“Bu...but , what should I do ? ”

“I can give you three things , but you must have suitable accounts to take them away.You will be a hero in the future .”

“O...OK , first , I want a good friend who can give me some advice.Second , I want a heart that can make me going forward and hard work.Finally , I want a storehouse which I can put my invention and create things in there.” “That sounds good .I will give you all.”

Janson thought that he will be stronger and stronger.He’ll be a hero by himself.“Hey Janson , carrying my satchel , quickly ! ”Tim flunged his satchel to Janson.Janson didn’t catch the satchel as usual.Tim is very angry .“I will never help you to carry your satchel ! NEVER !” Tim was very surprised .Janson thought that must be the famale celestial’s magic makes him confident .At that time , a strange voice says “Hurry up ! You will be late.” “Who are you ? And where are you ? ”

“Here , here ! I’m Pony.Hernie let me help you,” a little guy stretch himself with a yawn and fly in front of Janson.“This is so amazing ! Nice to meet you ! ”

“Do you want to be late ? Hurry up , ok ?” Pony said as a maidservant.Janson often talked to Pony.His clamates thought that he must be crazy.They can’t see Pony .Everyday Janson worked in his storehouse , he is hard working .

“Pony , Pony .Can you hear me ?” Janson lied on the roof and talked to Pony.“Hey , It’s too late ! What’s the matter !”

“I just think about that how to be a hero...Ok , you can continue your sleeping.”

The stars twinkled , but Janson couldn’t sleep .

Janson heared the sound that wasn’t clearly .“Help ! Help ! Fire! Fire !” Janson ran to his storehouse quickly , and took his invention ——a big gun with water to the fire.“Go away !Go away ! ”Janson shouted .Then he raise the big gun to outfire as a hero.No he is a real hero .The fire was subsided .All villagers are particularly grateful to him for timely help .He achieved his dream .He smiled and standed in the gray hillside to saw the whole village . “Hello Janson.”

“Oh ! Dear famale celestial , I’m a hero now , ha ha !”

“So , I will take back those 3 things .You have the greatest abilities to do anythings.”

“But...but Pony is my best friend .Please...please don’t take him away .” “Sorry Janson , that’s unable to keep two important things at the same time .”

“Pony , Pony , don’t leave.” “Sorry Janson , is very sad.Ten years later...Janson had a harmony family.“Hi , Janson.I’m very hungry .Give me some food ! ”Pony stretched himself with a yawn and fly in front of Janson.“Pony ! You are back ! Welcome ! ”

高二（15）班

张立波 51号 I have to go .You will have better friends than me.”Pony

推荐第9篇：英文小故事

Story 1 What Animals are the sea?

There are all kinds of animals in the sea.Look!They are coming.This is an octopus.The octopus is spraying ink.This is a shark.The shark has sharp teeth.This is a whale.The whale shoots water into the air.This is a sea turtle.The sea turtle has a hard shell.These are starfishes.The starfishes have five legs.These are angelfishes.The angelfishes have beautiful colors.This is a lobster.The lobster has strong claws.This is a jellyfish.The jellyfish has a soft body.They are different.But all of them live in the sea.

海里有什么动物，在海洋里有各种各样的动物。看！他们过来了。这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。这些是海星，海星有五条腿。这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。

Story 2naughty Monkey

Its very hot..An old man is asleep on the chair.A fly comes and sits on the end of the mans nose.The old man has a naughty monkey.He chases the fly.The fly comes back again and sits on the old mans nose again.The monkey chases it away again and

again.This happens five or six times.The monkey is very angry.He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.When the fly sits on the old mans nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.Story 3 A Beautiful Doll

Tina is a lovely girl.She has a lot of dolls.One of these dolls is very beautiful.She has long blond hair and wears a white dre.The little girl likes her very much.She called her “Sandy”.You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed.When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her.When she is unhappy ormet with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends.What a lovely girl she is！ Do you like it, too？

农夫与蛇

It was a cold winter evening, an old man had don his work and was going home from the fields.On his way he saw some thing on the ground.He looked at it and found it was a snake.It was not dead,but it couldn\'t move because it was so cold.\"Poor thing,\" the man said, \"I must try to save your life.\"\"He picked it up and looked for a warm place to put it in.

But how could he find one in such cold weather? So he decided to put the snake inside his clothes,right nest to his heart.A few minutes later,the snake came back to life and began to move.When it had become strong enough.it gave the man a deadly bite.He killed it and went on.When he got back,he was very ill and had to lie down.He knew he was dying.(How a Colt Croed the River)

One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill.As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river.The colt could not decide whether he could cro it.Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby.He asked, \"Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cro the river?\" The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.the colt was croing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him.The squirrel shouted, \"Colt, stop! You\'ll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.\" Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.

He told his mom his experience on the way.His mother said, \"My child, don\'t always listen to others.You\'d better go and try yourself.Then you\'ll know what to do.\"Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again.\"Little horse, it\'s too

dangerous!\" \"No, I want to try myself\", answered the colt.Then he croed the river carefully.On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as deep as the squirrel told him.You see, real knowledge comes from practice.

捞月One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well and shouts : “Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!” An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says，“Goodne me!The moon is really in the water!” And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out: “The moon is in the well.” A group of monkeys run over to the well .They look at the moon in the well and shout: “The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let’get it out!” Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch .And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands.All the other monkeys follow his suit, And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just

before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky, He yells excitedly “Don’t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!”

推荐第10篇：英文精彩短故事

短故事

A French Traveler A Frenchman was once traveling in England.He could speak English quite well but not perfectly.For one thing, his vocabulary was not large. One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order some eggs.But he couldn\'t remember the word for eggs. Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard.He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English. The waiter told him that it was called a rooster. The Frenchman then asked what the rooster\'s wife was called.The waiter told him that she was called a hen. The Frenchman then asked what the hen\'s children were called.The waiter told him that they were chickens. The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born.The waiter told him they were called eggs. \"Fine!\" said the Frenchman.\"Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee.\" l•perfectly 熟练地

2.vocabulary 个人所使用的词汇量 (集合名词，单数概念.) 3.rooster 公鸡(美国英语，同cock.) 4•bird 此处泛指禽类。

点评 这位法国人说的英语实在不敢恭维;但他能利用极之有限的几个单词，解脱了困境，其急智与机巧令人叹服。 2.A Smart Boy William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town.As a young boy, he was very quiet and shy.In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid. \"It\'s a funny things,\" William\'s mother said to him one day, \"I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart.I wonder why?\" The people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy who they thought was so stupid. \"Here, William,\" one of them would say.\"Here is a nickel, and here is a dime.Which one do you want?\" William always chose the nickel, and all the people would laugh at him. Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, William, why do you always choose the nickel instead of the dime? Don\'t you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel?\" \"Certainly I know it,\" William answered slowly, \"but if I choose the dime, then people won\'t play the trick on me any more.Then I won\'t get any more nickels.\" 注释 1.It\'s a funny thing.这真逗。

2•play tricks on 跟……开玩笑，戏弄 3•nickel 五美分硬币 4•dime 十美分硬币 5•not...any more 不再

点评 有的成年人常以为儿童年幼无知，喜欢作弄他们，殊不知自己被小孩作弄了还蒙在鼓里。 3.But I Mied Again Peter Judd joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier.He did quite well in everything except shooting.One day he and his friends were practising their shootings, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter.After he had shot at the target nine times and had not hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, \"You\'re quite hopele.Peter! Don\'t waste your last bullet too! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!\" Peter felt ashamed?.He went behind the wall, and a few seconds later the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot. \"Heavens!\" the officer said, \"Has that silly man really shot himself?\" He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all right.\"I\'m sorry, sir.\" he said, \"but I mied again.\" 注释

l•were practising their shooting 正在练习射击

2•shot at瞄准(shot的原形动词是shoot，shot是过去分词.) 3.felt ashamed 感到羞愧 4•mied again 又没打中

点评 前九次他均未射小靶子，幸亏其射击技术差到极点，第十次才没有射中自己。这次恐怕教官不会埋怨他了吧。 4.Getting Lost A couple from another country was once visiting Miami.They wanted to take a walk and to see the city, but they were afraid they might get lost.They did not speak any English. After they left their hotel, they went to the first street corner and looked at the names of the two streets.Then they carefully copied the two names into their notebook, they thought that this would help them find their way back if they got lost. They walked for hours through the city, and suddenly they realized that they were lost.They found a police officer and asked for help, but the officer didn\'t speak their native language. After an hour they found a person who could help them.She was an interpreter who spoke both their native language and English.They explained that they didn\'t know the name of their hotel, but they knew which corner it was on.They showed the interpreter what they had copied into their notebook, and the interpreter began to laugh. The words which they had so carefully copied were Stop and One Way.注释

l•a couple 一对夫妇。注意a couple后面用的谓语动词是单数形式。 2•Miami 迈阿密(美国Florida州东南部的一城市) 3•get lost 迷路

4•find their way back 找到回去的路 5•native language 本国语 6•Stop 禁止通行 7•One Way 单行道

点评 这对夫妇特地抄下的原来是普普通通的路标，并非他们以为已万无一失地记下之街道名。 5.A Clever Boy I have a seven year old son named John.He loves chocolates.He often takes chocolates instead of meals.Therefore, he gets very bad teeth.The dentist told me not to let him eat chocolates any more.But his grandfather dotes on him very much.He often buys John chocolates even though he knows that they are bad for his teeth.I know that John is his only grandson, who is everything to him.I really don\'t want to make him unhappy.Therefore, I always allow John to eat the chocolates his grandpa has bought him. Yesterday evening I kied John good night and asked him to say his prayers before going to bed, then I left his bedroom.A few minutes later, I heard John shouting word by word, \"Tomorrow -is-my- birthday.Maymebigof - chocolates.\" I went to his room and saw him kneeling on the ground shouting out his prayers.I said, \"Don\'t shout, John.Your dad is sleeping now! God can hear you no matter how softly you talk to him.\" Pointing to the next room where his grandpa sleeps, John said secretly, \"My God is sleeping.He can\'t hear me unle I wake him up.\" 注释

l•dote on 溺爱，过分偏爱

2•who is everything to him 这是一个非限制性定语从句，意为\"约翰是他爷爷的一切\"。 3•kied John good night 跟约翰吻别，道晚安。 4•My God 此处指约翰的爷爷。

点评 小约翰借晚祷大声道出自己的心愿，竟不惜惊醒爷爷的美梦。不知爷爷是否\"惊醒\"? 6.Who Deserves Help? Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town.But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.So he placed a very large stone in the center of the main road into town.Then he hid behind a tree and waited.Soon an old man came along with his cow. \"Who put this stone in the center of the road?\" said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone.Instead, with some difficulty he paed around the stone and continued on his way.Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another.All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road, but not one of them tried to remove it.Late in the afternoon, a young man came along.He saw the stone and said, \"The night will be very dark.Some neighbor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.\" The young man then began to move the stone.He pushed and pulled with all his strength to move it to one side.But imagine his surprise when under the stone he found a bag full of money and this meage: \"This money is for the thoughtful person who removes this stone from the road.That person deserves help.\" 注释

l•deserve 值得 2•came along 走过来 3•complain 抱怨

4•fall against 踢着……而跌倒

5•pushed and pulled with all his strength用尽他所有的力气又推又拉 点评 故事告诉我们，真正为他人着想的人理应得到别人的帮助。 7.Be Medically Examined A young man was called up for army service and had to go to be medically examined.The doctor was sitting at a desk when he went in.He said to the man.\"Take your coat and shirt off, loosen your belt and sit on that chair.\" The young man did so.The doctor looked at him for a moment without getting up from his chair and then said, \"All right.Put your clothes on again.\" \"But you haven\'t examined me at all,\" the young man said in a troubled voice. \"It isn\'t neceary, \"the doctor said gently.\"When I told you to take your coat and shirt off, you heard me all right, so you aren\'t deaf.You saw the chair I pointed to, so your eyesight\'s good enough for the army.You managed to take your clothes off and to sit on the chair, so your body must be healthy, and you understood what I told you to do and did it without a mistake, so you must poe enough intelligence for the army.\" 注释 l•was called up 被召

2•be medically examined 进行体格检查

The woman, however, told him that the boy was no relative of hers and that he could tell her the truth.\"Good, \"said Balzac.\"Then I can speak frankly.\" He then went on to say that he thought the boy was a carele and lazy person.\"He would grow up to be a good- for-nothings .His family would be ashamed of him, \"he added.\"Isn\'t that strange,\" said the woman, smiling.\"Because this happens to be pages you’re your own copybook，which you yourself used when you were a boy.\" 注释

l•Balzac 巴尔扎克,法国著名文学家，他的作品有《人间喜剧》等。 2•be good at 擅长于 3•It is said that… 据说…

4•no relative of hers 不是她的亲戚 5•good-for-nothing 无用的人，饭桶 6•happen to 碰巧 ，偶然

点评 能洞察人间种种奸猾险诈的巴尔扎克，却被此妇人施以小计，\"以彼之矛刺彼之身\"。 12.Einstein and Chauffeur There is a story about how Albert Einstein was traveling to universities in a chauffeur-driven car, delivering lectures on his theory of relativity.One day whiles transit, the chauffeur remarked: \"Dr.Einstein, I\'ve heard that lecture 30 times.I know it by heart and bet I could give it myself.\" \"Well, I\'ll give the chance,\" said Einstein.\"They don\'t know me at the next school, so when we get there I\'ll put on your cap and you introduce yourself as me and give the lecture.\" The chauffeur delivered Einstein\'s lecture flawlely.When he finished, he started to leave, but one of the profeors stopped him and asked a complex question filled with mathematical equations and formulas.The chauffeur thought fast.\"The solution to that problem is so simple,\" he said, \"I\'m surprised you have to ask me.In fact, to show you just how simple it is.I\'m going to ask my chauffeur to come up here and answer your question.\" 注释

1•Albert Einstein 阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦(1879一1955)(美国物理学家，生于德国，是相对论的创立人。) 2•a chauffeur-driven car 由驾驶员驾驶的汽车;chauffeur汽车司机。

3•delivering lectures on his the of relativity作有关相对论的报告，现在分词短语。 4•in transit 在路途中 5•flawlely 完美无缺地

6•a complex question filled with mathematical equations and formulas一个涉及方程式和数学公式的复杂问题

点评 爱因斯坦智慧过人，其司机冒名顶替，差点露馅，却能巧妙遮掩，未出破绽。真是\"强将手下无弱兵\"! 13.Florence Nightingale \"Be a lady, dear.That\'s what we want!\" How many times pretty young Florence Nightingale heard these words from her father and mother! But for her, being a lady was not enough.She wanted to do something for others. Florence\'s father was a very rich man.Florence took leons in music and drawing and read great books.She could speak French, German, and Italian as well as English.And she traveled a great deal with her mother and father. As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure.She enjoyed helping them.As often as she could, she visited hospitals in other countries.She saw so much suffering that she knew she must help. At last her mind was made up.\" I\'m going to be a nurse,\" she described.\"Nursing isn\'t the right work for a lady,\" her father told her. \"Then I will make it so,\" she smiled.And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France.When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for women.Here she did everything from washing floors to giving her patients new hope. During the Crimean War in 1854 many soldiers were wounded or became ill.News reached England that they received very little care.At once Florence Nightingale wrote to the War Office and offered her services.She went with a band of thirty-eight nurses to the hospitals at Scutari. What they saw there was even worse than they expected.Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen and smelled.The officer there did not want any women to tell him how to run a hospital, either.But the brave nurses went to work. Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicines, and food for the men.Her only pay was smiles from the lips of dying soldiers.But they were more than enough for this kind woman. She fell dangerously ill herself, but she did not stop working.Her thin hands worked day and night.Even in the last hours of night— she could be seen walking with a lamp past each bed.The soldiers often kied her shadow as \"the lady of the lamp \" went by. After the war she returned to England and was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun.She raised money\" to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London, and she asked young girls to learn nursing there.she also wrote a book on public health which was printed in several countries. Florence Nightingale did at the age of ninety，still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse.Indeed，it is because of Florence Nightingale that we honor nurses today.注释

l•Florence Nightingale 弗洛伦斯•南丁格尔(1820一1910)(女，英国人，参加克里米亚战争的英国护士，为近代护理制度的创始人。) 2，Be a lady.意为\"做一个高尚的妇女\"。

3•At last her mind was made up.最后她下定决心。make up one\'s mind 下决心 4，make it so 使它(护士职业)成为适合女士的工作 5，a nursing home 护理院 6•Crimean War 指的是 1853一1956年的克里米亚战争。

7•Scutari 斯库台 (又称Shkoder，是阿尔巴尼亚西北部的一城市，历史上曾先后被土耳其、奥地利等国占领过.) 8•in the last hours of night深夜 9•the lady of the lamp \"掌灯女士\" 10•Oueen Victoria 维多利亚女王(英国的女王) 1l•raise money 筹措款项，募集资金。 12•the Nightingale Home for Nurses 南丁格尔护士之家

点评 无论从事何种职业，只要尽心尽力为大众谋福利，都是一个高尚的人，永远受人尊崇，被人怀念。

14.An Advertisement for Modern Bicycle Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful modern bicycle which cost $50, so he went to the shop which had put the advertisement in and asked to see one of their wonderful bicycles. The shopkeeper was very happy to show one to Tom, who examined it carefully and then turned to the shopkeeper, saying, \"There isn\'t lamp on this bicycle, but there was one on the bicycle in your advertisement.\" \"Yes, sir,\" answered the shopkeeper, \"but the lamp isn\'t included in the price of the bicycle.It\'s an extra.\" \"Not included in the price of the bicycle?\" Tom said angrily.\"But that\'s not honest.If the lamp\'s in the advertisement, it should have been included in the price you gave there.\" \"Well, sir,\" answered the shopkeeper calmly, \"there is also a girl on the bicycle in our advertisement, but we don\'t supply one of them with the bicycle either.\" 注释 l•advertisement 广告 2•show...to 给……看

3•extra 额外的东西，指它不包含在价目内。 4•it should have been included 就应该包括在内。 5•either adv.也(常与表示否定的句子连在一起用。) 点评 广告之术往往混淆视听，不可不防。 15.A Clever Interpreter A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to have a lecture at a university to a large group of students.As most of them could not understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter . During his lecture he told an amusing story which went on for rather a long time.At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly. After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him,\" Now please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into such a short Japanese one.\" \"I didn\'t tell the story at all,\" the interpreter answered with a smile.I just said, \"The honorable lecturer has just told a funny story.You will all laugh , please.\" 1.interpreter n.译员,口译者 2•rather a=quite a 相当,颇

3•You will laugh.这是一个祈使句,将主语you说出，以示强调。 点评 译员利用听众对客人的礼貌，自己取巧图便，不可取。

第11篇：英文短篇小故事

优越感背后的无能

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

让和祖父在一家小酒馆停下用咖啡。

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

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

“有用的人，做着有用的事，他们不怕被当作一无是处。”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 当他结束后，他问那斯尔丁：

“现在我把知道的都告诉你了，如果能知道鱼怎么会救你，我会感到非常荣幸。”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

结果，很多果子都在地上烂掉了。

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

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

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

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

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

第12篇：英文小故事演讲稿

英文小故事演讲稿

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

第13篇：元宵节的英文故事

导语：故事，文学体裁的一种，侧重于事件发展过程的描述。强调情节的生动性和连贯性，较适于口头讲述。下面是由小编整理的关于元宵节的英文故事。欢迎阅读！

元宵节的英文故事一

According to one legend, once in ancient times, a celestial swan came into the mortal world where it was shot down by a hunter.The Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, vowed to avenge the swan.He started making plans to send a troop of celestial soldiers and generals to Earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with orders to incinerate all humans and animals.But the other celestial beings disagreed with this course of action, and risked their lives to warn the people of Earth.As a result, before and after the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hung red lanterns outside their doors and set off firecrackers and fireworks, giving the impreion that their homes were already burning.By succefully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from extermination.

有一个传说是这样的，在古代，有一位神界天鹅闯入人间被猎手误杀。天界最高的神玉皇大帝因此发誓为这只天鹅报仇。他开始制定计划，派出一支天兵天将于农历正月十五来到人间，命令他们火烧所有的人和动物。但是其他神仙并不赞同这一计划，他们冒着生命危险提醒人间的人们。

结果，在正月十五这一天前后，每一个家庭在门外挂起灯笼，并燃放烟花爆竹，给天兵天将造成各家各户起火的假象。通过这种方式，人们成功骗过了玉皇大帝，人类也因此逃过灭绝的危险。

元宵节的英文故事二

During the time of Emperor Han Wudi of the Han Dynasty , a palace woman named Yuanxiao was prevented from carrying out her filial duty of visiting her parents on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Distraught, she said she would kill herself by jumping into a well.In order to help Yuanxiao fulfill her duty as a filial daughter, the scholar Dongfang Shuo came up with a scheme.He told Emperor Han Wudi that the Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, had ordered the Fire God to burn down the capital city of Chang\'an on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.Anxious to find a way to save his city, the emperor asked Dongfang Shuo what he should do.Dongfang Shuo replied that the Fire God loved red lanterns more than anything.

He advised that the streets be hung with red lanterns, and the emperor, empre, concubines, and court officials come out of the palace to see them.In this way, the Fire God would be distracted and disaster averted.The emperor followed Dongfang Shuo\'s advice, and while everyone was out viewing the lanterns, Yuanxiao was able to sneak out of the palace and be reunited with her parents.

在汉武帝时期。一位名叫元宵的宫女因身处深宫，没法在正月十五与父母团聚尽孝。为此，她欲跳井自尽。为了帮助元宵姑娘为父母尽孝，智者东方朔想出了一个计划。他告诉汉武帝，天界最高的神——玉皇大帝下令在正月十六火烧长安都。为了拯救长安城，汉武帝问东方朔该怎么办。

东方朔回答说火神最爱大红灯笼。他建议在街道上悬挂大红灯笼，皇帝、皇后、六宫嫔妃和朝廷大臣都要外出观赏灯笼。这样，火神的注意力就会被分散，灾难也就可以避免了。皇帝采纳了东方朔的建议，当所有人都外出赏灯时，元宵得以有机会溜出皇宫，和家人团圆。

Although the above stories are quite fantastical, it is sure that the origins of Lantern Festival are related to ancient humanity\'s use of fire to celebrate festivals and avert disaster.Since Lantern Festival involves making offerings to the deities and is celebrated at night, it is natural that fire would play an important role.Over time, Lantern Festival gradually evolved into its present form.When Buddhism was introduced to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty , the emperor decreed that on the night of the full moon of the first lunar month, lanterns should be lit to honor Buddha, adding yet another level of significance to Lantern Festival.And according to Daoism, Lantern Festival is aociated with the primordial deities of Heaven and Fire, who were born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.虽然上述的传说很神奇，但可以确定的是元宵节的起源必定跟古代人们使用火来庆祝节日、躲避灾难有关。元宵节活动包括逃避邪神，且是在晚上庆祝，所以很自然地，火就扮演了很重要的角色。随着时间的流逝，元宵节逐渐演变为今天的形式。东汉时期，佛教传入中国，皇帝下令，在正月第一个满月的晚上，必须点亮灯笼敬佛，这也使元宵节更增添了一份意义。而在道教里，元宵节是与掌管天界和火的元神紧密相连的，因为他们就诞生在正月十五。

第14篇：少儿英文故事1

A poor pig

Danny is alittle pig .He is unhappy because he wants to leave home to see the world .

It’s a sunny day .Danny goes away when his parents are sleeping .On his way ,he meets an elephant ,a peacock and a rabbit .At last ,he gets to a lake .He looks at his reflection in the water and says,“I wish I have an elephant’s nose ,a peacock’s tail and a rabbit’s ears .” After a while ,Danny’s wish comes true .He runs back excitedly.

But his parents can’t recognize Danny ,“Go away, you’re not our son.” Danny is afraid, so Danny goes to the lake again.“I just want to be a pig .” He says sadly .Danny waits and waits .He becomes a pig again.

Danny runs back quickly , his parents hug and says ,“This is our lovely baby.”

可怜的小猪

丹尼是一只小猪，为此它不开心想离开家去看看外面的世界。在一个阳光明媚的日子，它趁爸爸妈妈睡觉时出去了。一路上，丹尼遇见了一头大象一只孔雀和一只兔子。后来，它到了湖边看着自己的倒影说道：我希望我拥有大象的鼻子，孔雀的尾巴和兔子的耳朵。过了不一会，丹尼的愿望真的实现了。它立即跑回家，但是它的爸妈却不认识它了，“快走，快走。你又不是我们的儿子。”丹尼害怕了，所以再回到湖边，祈求变回小猪的样子。变回原来的样子后，它很快回到家，这回爸妈抱着它说：这才是我们的可爱宝贝。

第15篇：爱学习英文故事Cinderella

Cinderella

Once upon a time lived a beautiful girl,called Cinderella.She lived with her father,her stepmother and her two ugly stepsisters.Her stepmother and stepsisters were very horrid to Cinderella.She even had to sleep in the dusty fireplace next to the cinders.This is why they named her Cinderella.Can you click on Cinderella? Cinderella had to stay at home all day,tidying and scrubbing the house.Her only friend was her small black cat.Stroke the cat to make it purr then click on the Cinderella.One day a meenger arrived at Cinderella’s home with an invitation.“How wonderful!”exclaimed her stepmother.“Prince Charming is having a ball to find his bride!” “Am I invited to the ball?”asked Cinderella shyly.

Her wicked stepmother just laughed mockingly and told her to stay at home in the cinders where she belonged.Cinderella was very sad.Click on Cinderella to see what happens.Then,as soon as Cinderella was alone,something amazing happened.A small twinking light appeared in the air.Click on the light to see what it is.Whoosh!All of a sudden a fairy appeared from out of the glowing light! “Oh,Cinderella,”smiled the fairy.”You shall go to the ball!” “Just fetch me a pumpkin,four mice and your cat.” First click on the cat.Wonder of wonders!The cat had transformed into a very smart coachman.Cinderella was lost for words.Now try clicking on the mice.Cinderella was astonished as the mice changed into horses.Now try clicking on the pumpkin.Cinderella was amazed as the fairy turned the pumpkin into a magnificent golden coach.But there was one problem.Cinderella was still wearing rags.“We’ll soon sort out your dre,my dear,”said the fairy kindly and waved her wand again.Click on Cinderella to see what happens.Cinderella’s rags had disappeared and she was wearing the most beautiful dre she had ever seen and the daintiest gla slippers! “Remember,”warned the fairy.”You must leave the ball before midnight,for at midnight the magic will end.Click on the carriage to take Cinderella to the ball.When Cinderella entered the ball a hush fell and everyone stopped dancing.Never before had they seen someone so beautiful.The Prince himself thought that Cinderella was so beautiful that he danced with her all night long.Click on the prince.Cinderella was having such fun dancing with the handsome Prince that she forget all about the time.Then,suddenly she noticed the clock.Click on the clock to see the time.The clock had begun to strike twelve.It was almost midnight.The Prince tried to chase after Cinderella but he lost sight of her.But then he glimpsed a shining object on the ground.Click on the gla slipper.The Prince went everywhere trying to find the girl whose foot would fit into the dainty gla slipper.Finally.he came to Cinderella’s house.The ugly stepsisters tried to squeeze the slipper on but no matter how hard they tried the slipper didn’t fit.

Cinderella watched as the Prince tried to fit the slipper onto her stepsister’s feet.”May I try the slipper?”she asked quietly.The slipper fitted Cinderella’s foot perfectly! Click on the light see what it is? Whoosh!In a flash,the good fairy appeared again.“It was Cinderella who danced with the Prince,”she chuckled and waved her wand.Click on the fairy to see what happens.The fairy transformed Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful dre once again.The Prince recognized her immediately and asked her then and there to be his bride,much to the horror of Cinderella’s ugly stepsisters! 灰姑娘

从前有一位漂亮的姑娘，叫灰姑娘。 她和她的父亲，继母还有两个丑陋的继姐妹。 她的继母和继姐妹对灰姑娘非常憎恶。

她甚至不得不睡在靠着煤灰的充满灰尘的壁炉边。 这就是为什么他们叫她灰姑娘。 你能点一下灰姑娘么？

灰姑娘不得不整天呆在家里，打扫收拾房子。 她仅有的朋友是她的小黑猫。

点击这个猫使它发声音，然后点灰姑娘。 一天，一个信使带着一份邀请到达了灰姑娘家。 “多么美妙！”她的继母惊叫道。

“白马王子要举办一个舞会来选他的新娘！” “我被邀请参加舞会了么？”灰姑娘害羞的问。 她的刻度的继母只是取笑她，被告诉她 呆在家里面的煤灰中，她属于那里。 灰姑娘非常伤心。 点灰姑娘看看什么会发生。

在那时，只要灰姑娘独自一人，就会有令人惊诧的事情发生。 一处细微的闪烁的光芒出现在空中。 点光芒看看什么发生。

嗖！突然一位仙女从这处夺目的光芒中出现！ “哦，灰姑娘，”这位仙女笑道。“你应该去参加舞会！” “只需要带给我一个南瓜，四只老鼠和你的猫。” 首先点这个猫。

奇迹中的奇迹！这个猫变成了一位非常英俊的马车夫！ 灰姑娘（惊奇地）无法开口。 现在试着点这些老鼠。

当这些老鼠变成马匹的时候，灰姑娘感到吃惊。 现在点南瓜。

当仙女把南瓜变成一辆华丽的金色马车的时候， 灰姑娘感到很惊奇。

但是有一个问题。灰姑娘仍然穿着破衣服。

“我们将很快挑选出你的衣服，亲爱的，”仙女和蔼地说， 并且再次挥动着她的拐杖。 点灰姑娘看看什么发生了。

灰姑娘的破衣服消失了，她穿着她曾经见过得最漂亮的衣服 和最迷人的玻璃鞋。

“记住，”仙女警告道。“你必须在午夜之前离开舞会， 因为在午夜魔法会结束。 点马车带灰姑娘去舞会。

当灰姑娘进入的时候，忽然静了下来，每一个人 都停止了跳舞。此前他们从没有看到如此美丽的人。 王子他自己觉得灰姑娘如此美丽， 因此他整晚始终和她一起跳舞。 点王子。

灰姑娘和英俊的王子跳舞跳得如此开心 以至于她忘记了关于时间的一切。 在那时，她忽然注意到了钟表。 点钟表看看时间。

钟表已经开始敲响12点。几乎是午夜了。 王子试着在后面追逐灰姑娘，但是他看不见她了。 不过那时他看了一眼在地上发光的物体。 点玻璃鞋。

王子走遍每一个地方试着找到她的脚适合这只迷人的 玻璃鞋的女孩子。

最后，他来到灰姑娘的房子。

丑陋的继姐妹试着挤进玻璃鞋，但是不管她们多么努力， 鞋子都不合适。

当王子试着把鞋子穿上她的继姐妹的脚的时候，灰姑娘 看着，“我可以试这个鞋子么？”她平静的问。 鞋子极其合适地穿在灰姑娘的脚上。 点光芒看看它什么？

嗖！一闪，这位好心的仙女再次出现。 “就是灰姑娘和王子跳舞的，”她咯咯笑道， 并且挥舞着她的拐杖。 点仙女看看什么发生。

仙女把灰姑娘的破衣服再次变成了美丽的衣服。 王子立即辨认出了她，在那时和那里请她作她的新娘， 要比面对灰姑娘的继姐妹的憎恨强多了。

第16篇：英文小故事100300字

A Little Horse Croing the River 小马过河

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wolf and sheep

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

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

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

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

Little boy and god

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

The Fox and the Crow“狐狸和乌鸦”

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

Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It“画蛇添足”

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

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

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat.The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old.One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse.But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse.She began to hit the cat.The cat said, \"Do not hit your old servant.I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old.Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young.\"

第17篇：英文阅读小故事

英文小故事

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The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子

A PIGEON, oppreed by exceive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly.Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。

这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。

The Raven and the Swan乌鸦和天鹅

A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage.Supposing that the Swan\'s splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools.But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.

Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。

这故事是说，人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。

The Goat and the Goatherd 山羊与牧羊人

A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock.He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons.At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master.The Goat replied, \"Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent.\"

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid.

很多山羊被牧羊人赶到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好东西，单独落在后面。牧羊 人拿起一块石头扔了过去，正巧打断了山羊的一只角。牧羊人吓得请求山羊不要告诉主人， 山羊说：“即使我不说，又怎能隐瞒下去呢？我的角已断了，这是十分明显的事实。”

这故事说明，明显的罪状是无法隐瞒的。

The Miser守财奴

A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements.He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it.The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, \"Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there.It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.\"

有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋在一个地方。他每天走去看 看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。 守财奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如此悲痛，问明原因后， 说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一 块石头来，代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。这样与你拥有 真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有那金块时，也从没用过。”

这故事说明，一切财物如不使用等于没有。

The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf\'s right to eat him.He thus addreed him:\"Sirrah, last year you groly insulted me.\" \"Indeed,\" bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, \"I was not then born.\" Then said the Wolf , \"You feed in my pasture.\" \"No, good sir,\" replied the Lamb, \"I have not yet tasted gra.\" Again said the Wolf, \"You drink of my well.\" \"No,\" exclaimed the Lamb, \"I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother\'s milk is both food and drink to me.\" Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, \"Well! I won\'t remain supperle, even though you refute every one of my imputations.\"

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后，便想找一个名正言顺的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计不成，又说道：“我父亲去年被你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。”

这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。

The Bat and the Weasels蝙蝠与黄鼠狼

A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life.The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds.The Bat aured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free.Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him.The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice.The Bat aured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼说绝不会放过他，自己生来痛恨鸟类。蝙蝠说他是老鼠，不是鸟，便被放了。后来蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼叼住，他再三请求不要吃他。这只黄鼠狼说他恨一切鼠类。蝙蝠改口说自己是鸟类，并非老 鼠，又被放了。这样，蝙蝠两次改变了自己的名字，终于死里逃生。

这故事说明，我们遇事要随机应变方能避免危险。

The A and the Grahopper 驴子与蚱蜢

AN ASS having heard some Grahoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to poe the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices.They replied, \"The dew.\" The A resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger. 驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便 羡慕地问他们吃些什么，才能发出如此美妙的声音来。蚱蜢答道：“吃露水。”驴子便也只吃露水，没多久就饿死了。

这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。

The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠

A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: \"If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindne.\" The Lion laughed and let him go.It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming:

\"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is poible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.\"

狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他 的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说：

“你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答， 现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩。” 这故事说明，时运交替变更，强者也会有需要弱者的时候。

Fox and cock

One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,\"This is my breakfast.\'\'

He comes up to the cock and says,\"I know

you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?\'\'The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins

to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.

The people in the field see the fox.They cry,\"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.\'\'The cock says to the fox,\"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.\'\'

The fox opens his mouth and says,\"The cock is mine,not yours.\'\'Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree. 狐狸和公鸡

一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。

他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？濑户早妃”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。

在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。” 狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。公鸡跑到了树底下。

英语小故事 一

（三）段天泽 Two Birds

每天一个英语小故事学好英语

一个感人的英文小故事

A man came home form work late, tired and found his 5 years old son waiting for him at the door.\"Daddy,may I ask you a questIon ?\" \"Yeah, sure, what is it?\" replied the man.\"Daddy, how much do you make an hour? \" \" If you must know, I make $20 an hour.\"\" Oh,\"the little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, \"Daddy, may I please borrow $10\" the father was furious, \"If the only reason you asked

that is so you can borrow some money

to buy a silly toy, then you go to bed.\" The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.After about an hour or so,the man had calmed down.And started to think.Maybe there was something he really needed

to buy with that $10 and he really didn\'t ask for money very often.The man went to the door of the iIttle boy\'s room

and opened the door.\"Are you asleep, son?\" he asked.\"no daddy,\" replied the boy.\"I\'ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier.\" said the man, \"Here\'s the $10 you asked for.\" the little boy sat straight up, smiling.\"Oh, thank you daddy!\" he yelled.Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry agaIn.The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.\"Why do you want more money? Is you already have some ?\" the father asked.\"Because I didn\'t have enough, but now I do.\"the little boy repiied, \"Daddy , I have $20 now.Can I buy an hour of your time ?Please come home early tomorrow.I would like to have dinner with you.\"

英语小故事三则

That is not my dog

A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a lovely little dog.She asks the shopkeeper, \"Does your dog bite?\"

The shopkeeper says, \"No, my dog does not bite.\"

Then the woman bends down and tries to touch the dog.the dog bites her. \"Ouch!\" she crys, \"You said your dog did not bite.\" The shopkeeper replies, \"That is not my dog.\"

那不是我的狗

一位女士走进一家宠物店，看见一只很可爱的小狗．她问店主：\"你的狗咬人吗?\" 店主说:\"不, 我的狗不咬人.\"

于是这位女士弯下腰想去摸摸这条狗.狗咬了她. \"哎哟!\"她叫道,\"你说过你的狗不咬人的.\" 店主回答说:\"那不是我的狗.\" My Sister\'s Fingers

Teacher: Kevin, why are you late this time?

Kevin: Please sir, I bruised two fingers knocking in a nail at

home.

Teacher: I don\'t see any bandages.

Kevin: Oh, they weren\'t my fingers! I told my little sister to

hold the nail.

老师：凯温，这次你怎么又迟到了？

凯温：对不起，老师，我在家钉钉子，砸坏了两个手指头。

老师：怎么没有扎绷带呀？

凯温：噢，砸的不是我的手指头，我叫小妹妹扶着钉子的。

你可以翻译下面的文章吗

Tooth Pulling

A man and his wife entered a dentist\'s office.

The wife said, \"I want a tooth pulled.I don\'t want gas or Novocain because I\'m in a terrible hurry, Just pull the tooth as quickly as poible.\"

\"You\'re a brave woman,\" said the dentist.\"Now, show me which tooth it is.\"

The wife turns to her husband and says: \"Open your mouth and show the dentist which tooth it is, dear.\"

?? 恋爱中的狮子

? A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.

The old parents did not know what to say.

They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts.

At last the father said, \"We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might poibly hurt her.So if you remove your claws and teeth, we will give her to you.\"

The lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth.When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house.一只狮子爱上了一位美丽的女孩儿，便找到她的父母向她求婚。女孩儿的父亲不知道该如何回答，他不忍将女儿许配给野兽，但又害怕激怒这兽中之王。于是父亲说：“我们很乐意将女儿嫁给你，但又怕你不小心伤害她，如果你拔去牙齿，剁掉利爪，我们就将女儿嫁给你。”狮子非常爱这个女孩儿，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母。可是这时，他们嘲笑他，并把他赶了出去。

寓意: 有些人轻易相信别人的话，抛弃自己的长处，结果轻而易举地被原来害怕他们的人击败了。

第18篇：情人节的英文故事

导语：故事，文学体裁的一种，侧重于事件发展过程的描述。强调情节的生动性和连贯性，较适于口头讲述。下面是由小编整理的关于情人节的英文故事。欢迎阅读！

七夕情人节的故事英文

The Double Seventh Festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month.It is a traditional folk festival of the Han people.This night is not only the time when the legendary Cowherd and the Girl Weaver are supposed to have thEir annual meeting, but also a good opportunity for women to pray for the Girl Weaver for the purpose of seeking dexterity.Therefore, this festival is also named “ Maiden’s Day”, “ Daughter’s Day”.The day is not as well-known as many other Chinese festivals.But almost everyone in China, young or old, is very familiar with the story behind it.Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before.He had to live together with his elder brother.Unfortunately, his brother and his sister-in -law were very mean and often treated Niulang very badly.They would not give him enough food to eat, and made him work so hard that he hardly had time to sleep.Finally, they kicked him of their home.All he had in the world were the clothes on his back and an old ox.

Niulang built a small thatched cottage on the side of a mountain.He cut and dug and sweat until he had made a vegetable garden out of the rocky soil.He was often tired and hungry, but always found time to take good care of his old ox.One day, the old ox suddenly began to speak to him.It said that it used to be Taurus, the Golden-Ox Star, in the sky and had been banished by the Lord of Heaven to this world as punishment for its violation of heavenly rule by spreading grain seeds to this world.The old ox told Niulang that the goddees of Heaven would take a bath in a sacred pond not far from his cottage a few days later.Among them was a beautiful, virtuous and industrious girl whose name is Zhinu, the Girl Weaver.Zhinu was a granddaughter of the King of the Heavenly Kingdom.If the Cowherd took the advantage of their bath in the pond to take away her clothes, she would stay and become his wife.

When the day came, Niulang hid in the tall reeds by the pond and waited for the young goddees.They soon came, just as the ox said they would.They took off their silk robes and jumped into the clear water.Niulang crept out of his hiding place, picked up Zhinu’s clothes and ran away.Her companions were so frightened that they jumped out , dreed as quickly as they could and flew away, leaving the Girl Weaver behind.Niulang returned and gave her back her clothes.He had adored her from the first sight he saw her.They looked into each other’s eyes.The Girle Weaver told the poor Cowherd that she would be his wife.

After their marriage, the Cowherd ploughed and the Girl Weaver wove and they loved each other.The Girl Weaver became famous far and near for her dexterity in raising silkworms, reeling and weaving exquisite silks and satins.Three years later, Zhinu gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.They named the boy “ Brother Gold” and the girl “ Sister Jade”.The couple were overjoyed with the additions to their family and believed that they would remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives.

One day, the ox was dying.Before it closed its eyes for the last time, it told the young couple to skin him and keep its hide after its death.It also told them that its hide would enablr a man to fly even to Heaven.After the old ox died, the young couple reluctantly skinned it and stored it with meticulous care.

Meanwhile, the King and Queen of Heaven found out that their granddaughter had gone to the world of Man and taken a husband.They flew into a temper.They ordered a god to bring the Girl Weaver back as soon as poible.

Niulang came back from the field one day to find his two children sitting on the ground and crying.He found the seat at the loom empty.The two children told him that an old lady had just taken their mother away.Niulang remembered what the old ox had told him, he carried his two children in two baskets on a pole and put on the magic hide.Immediately, he got as light as a cloud and flew up into the sky.He had almost caught up with the Queen and his wife when the Queen heard the crying of his children.Looking back, she pulled off a gold clasp from her hair and drew a line behind her.A raging torrent immediately appeared in the sky.This is the so-called River of Heaven.The Cowherd and his children could not get past this wide and swollen river.Heartbroken, he and his children could only look and weep bitterly.Moved by their mournful crying, the King of Heaven decided to allow the separated couple to meet on a bridge of magpies on the seventh night of the seventh Lunar month each year.

The poor couple each became a star, the Cowherd, Altair and the Girl Weaver, Vega.The wide river that kept them apart is known as the Milky Way.

This sad love story has paed from generation to generation.It is well known that very few magpies are seen on the Double-Seventh Day.This is because they all fly to the Milky Way to form a bridge for the meeting of the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver.And the next day the magpies’ heads are bald because the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver walked and stood too long on the heads of their loyal feathered friends.

The Double-Seventh Day in China is considered by many the Chinese Valentine’s Day.

翻译：

七夕情人节指的是农历七月的第七个夜晚，这个节日是汉代传统的民间节日。七夕的晚上不仅仅是传说中的“牛郎”和“织女”一年一度相会的夜晚，同时也是为编制姑娘们祈求心灵手巧的好机会。因此，七夕节又叫“乞巧节”，“女儿节”。尽管七夕节不如其它节日那般流行，但是在中国，男女老少都对节日背后的故事相当熟悉。

很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。然而，哥哥嫂子为人狠毒，经常虐待他。他们逼牛郎干苦活，不让他吃饱睡好，最后又把他赶出了家门，牛郎除了身上的衣服和一头老水牛外，一无所有。

牛郎在山边搭了间茅草屋，辛勤开垦，在岩石地上挖出了一片菜园，他常常饥肠辘辘，劳累不堪，但把老水牛照顾得好好的。一日，牛突然说话了，它告诉牛郎说自己前身是天上的金牛星，由于违反了天条把粮食种子撒到了人间，天帝将它贬到人间以示惩罚。老牛说，过几天，天上的仙女会下凡到离茅草屋不远的圣池里游泳，其中有一个勤劳善良、美丽贤惠的姑娘，名叫织女。织女是天宫中王母娘娘的外孙女，如果牛郎能趁仙女洗澡的时候把织女的衣服拿走，她就会留下来作他的妻子。

到了那天，牛郎藏在高大的芦苇丛里等着。老牛说的话显灵了，仙女们很快就到了，她们脱掉丝袍跳进水里。牛郎偷偷地爬出来，拿起织女的衣服跑开了。仙女们吓着了，赶快上岸，穿起衣服跑开了，把织女一个人留在后头。牛郎跑回来，把衣服还给了织女，他对织女一见钟情。两人相对而视，织女对牛郎说要做他的妻子。

两人结婚后，牛郎耕田种地，织女纺线织衣，恩恩爱爱。织女成了远近的名人，她心灵手巧，养蚕纺纱，编锦织缎，样样精通。三年后，侄女生了对龙凤胎，男孩儿叫“金哥”，女孩儿叫“玉妹”。小两口日子过得幸福美满，牛郎织女满以为能够终身相守，白头到老。

一天，牛快死了，临死前说对小两口说，将它的皮剥下来放好，有朝一日，披上它，就可飞上天去。牛死后，牛郎心疼地剥下牛皮，小心翼翼地收藏起来。

这时候，玉皇大帝和王母娘娘听说孙女到了人间，还结婚生子，非常生气，遂下令天神尽快把织女捉回来。

一日，牛郎从地里回来看见孩子们坐在地上哭，忙到织布机前看，没人。孩子说，有个老太太把妈妈抓走了。牛郎记起了老牛对他说的话，他把孩子放到两个箩筐里，披上牛皮，挑起箩筐，突然，他轻如浮云，飞向天空。眼看快追上了，王母娘娘听到了小孩的哭声，她朝后一望，从头上取下金簪，在身后划了一道，天空中立马出现一条奔腾的河，这条河就叫天河。天河太宽，河水湍急，牛郎飞不过去，只能看着织女飞走，父子三人哭得揪心裂胆，天帝见此情景，大为感动，遂允许牛郎织女每年农历七月初七在天河上鹊桥相会。

这对可怜的夫妻变成了星星，牛郎变成了牵牛星，织女成了织女星，把他们分开的河就是银河。

这个悲楚动人的故事一代代相传。据说，七月初七那天，喜鹊很少，因为他们都要飞到银河上为牛郎织女搭起约会的桥。由于牛郎和织女在上面站的时间太长了，次日，这些忠实的喜鹊头都变秃了。

在中国，许多人把“七夕节”当成本族的情人节。

第19篇：英文故事猴子捞月

Monkeys’ Attempt to Catch the Moon

Once upon a time, there were a group of monkeys living happily in the forest.They chased each other for fun everyday, ate the sweet wild berries and bananas and drank the fresh water from the fountain.

One day when they played on the hill, the leader of the group saw the bright full moon in the sky.“Isn’t it perfectly beautiful?” he exclaimed, with a fine gush of enthusiasm.With the thought of picking it up and owned it, he called his fellows:”Hey, hey, hey, look at that beautiful thing, let’s get it down.My fellows, come on”.Then he ran up towards the top of the hill.

Hearing this order, all the monkeys followed him to the hilltop.They stacked themselves up swiftly, and soon there was a ladder made out of monkeys leading to the sky.The youngest one climbed up to get the moon.Slowly he climbed as on thin ice, the “monkey ladder” swayed slightly to every step of his.Finally, they were disintegrated as all of them lost their balance and fell off from the hilltop.Some rolled to the meadow, some got caught by the branches of the tree, while some rolled to the fountain.

Everyone was disappointed at the failure of getting the moon down.Suddenly, two baby monkeys cried out excitedly.

“MOON, MOON! There is another one in the water!”

Everyone was cheered up again at this news.They all gathered around to see the moon--the shadow of it on the surface of the fountain.

“Let’s get it for our respectful leader!” Someone cried.

“WOO...WOO...” Others agreed.

But there was a difficulty in front of them.The surface of the fountain was impoible to reach as there was a high cliff.

Finally they came up with a good idea.They held the other’s tail one after another to make themselves a rope, then down to the fountain.That youngest monkey got the miion to be the one to get the moon with a water ladle.

The youngest monkey started to climb down to the fountain.At this time, everyone held their breath for fear that they should scared the youngest monkey.The youngest monkey moved slowly and cautiously to reach the surface.

Several minutes later, he finally got to the tip of the “rope”.Raised the water ladle, he began to take the moon out.

Everyone gazed at him nervously.As he dipped the ladle into the water, strange thing happened.The moon was broken.Then it came into the ladle.Everyone gave a sigh of relief.

Then they got to the cliff.The youngest monkey held the ladle when everyone wanted to have a full look at it.They struggled to pushing each other to get to the front.As a result of this, the water in the ladle spilled out, and the moon naturally has gone.

Everyone looked at each other angrily, and then at last they found the moon in the sky still, shining and bright.

第20篇：推荐英文哲理故事

生活的迷茫、职场的紧张有时候会压得你喘不过气来，为大家推荐英文哲理故事，有空可以看看喔！

第一篇：A Goodbye Ki

推荐理由：

我们每个人都有过那样的时代，开始想要拒绝父母，想要成为自己，只是在那个年龄我们不曾意识到，无论怎样我们都是父母眼里永远的孩子，需要疼爱需要呵护。

一个不美满的结局，一个永不可能实现的心愿，一个父亲伟大的心，一个儿子深切的忏悔。

很感人，很动人，几乎让人流泪。

The Board Meeting had come to an end.Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes.\"How embarraing.I am getting so clumsy in my old age.\"

The Board Meeting had come to an end.Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes.\"How embarraing.I am getting so clumsy in my old age.\"

Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarraing moments.It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others.Someone said, \"Come on, Frank.Tell us your most embarraing moment.\"

Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood.\"I grew up in San Pedro.My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea.He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea.He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family.Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.\"

Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood.\"I grew up in San Pedro.My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea.He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea.He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family.Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.\"

He looked at us and said, \"I wish you could have met my Dad.He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch.When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean.He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls.His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow.No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.\"

He looked at us and said, \"I wish you could have met my Dad.He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch.When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean.He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls.His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow.No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.\"

Frank‘s voice dropped a bit.\"When the weather was bad he would drive me to school.He had this old truck that he used in his fishing busine.That truck was older than he was.It would wheeze and rattle down the road.You could hear it coming for blocks.As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke.He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching.Then he would lean over and give me a big ki on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so embarraing for me.Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and ki me goodbye!\"

Frank‘s voice dropped a bit.\"When the weather was bad he would drive me to school.He had this old truck that he used in his fishing busine.That truck was older than he was.It would wheeze and rattle down the road.You could hear it coming for blocks.As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke.He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching.Then he would lean over and give me a big ki on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so embarraing for me.Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and ki me goodbye!\"

He paused and then went on, \"I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye ki.When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile.He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.‘

He paused and then went on, \"I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye ki.When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile.He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.‘

It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face.

It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face.

I said, ‘Dad, I‘m too old for a goodbye ki.I‘m too old for any kind of ki.‘

I said, ‘Dad, I‘m too old for a goodbye ki.I‘m too old for any kind of ki.‘

My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up.I had never seen him cry.He turned and looked out the windshield.‘You‘re right,‘ he said.‘You are a big boy....a man.I won‘t ki you anymore.‘\"

My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up.I had never seen him cry.He turned and looked out the windshield.‘You‘re right,‘ he said.‘You are a big boy....a man.I won‘t ki you anymore.‘\"

Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke.\"It wasn‘t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back.It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad.He had a big family to feed.They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out.He must have gotten into a gale and was trying to save the nets and the floats.\"

Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke.\"It wasn‘t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back.It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad.He had a big family to feed.They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out.He must have gotten into a gale and was trying to save the nets and the floats.\"

I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks.Frank spoke again.\"Guys, you don‘t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more ki on the cheek....to feel his rough old face....to smell the ocean on him....to feel his arm around my neck.I wish I had been a man then.If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye ki.\"

I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks.Frank spoke again.\"Guys, you don‘t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more ki on the cheek....to feel his rough old face....to smell the ocean on him....to feel his arm around my neck.I wish I had been a man then.If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye ki.\"

-Bishop Thomas Charles Clary

第二篇：The Bridge Keeper

推荐理由：

类似的故事看过不少，可是仍然没有办法不揪心。眼睁睁地看着四岁的儿子消失在眼前，对于一个父亲来说，最痛苦的事莫过于此。可是谁能给他不牺牲的理由？

短小精悍，也很容易懂。

There was once a bridge which spanned a large river.During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to pa thru freely on both sides of the bridge.But at certain times each day, a train would come along and the bridge would be turned sideways acro the river, allowing a train to cro it.

A switchman sat in a small shack on one side of the river where he operated the controls to turn the bridge and lock it into place as the train croed.One evening as the switchman was waiting for the last train of the day to come, he looked off into the distance thru the dimming twilight and caught sight of the trainlights.He stepped to the control and waited until the train was within a prescribed distance when he was to turn the bridge.He turned the bridge into position, but, to his horror, he found the locking control did not work.If the bridge was not securely in position it would wobble back and forth at the ends when the train came onto it, causing the train to jump the track and go crashing into the river.This would be a paenger train with many people aboard.He left the bridge turned acro the river, and hurried acro the bridge to the other side of the river where there was a lever switch he could hold to operate the lock manually.He would have to hold the lever back firmly as the train croed.He could hear the rumble of the train now, and he took hold of the lever and leaned backward to apply his weight to it, locking the bridge.He kept applying the preure to keep the mechanism locked.Many lives depended on this man‘s strength.

Then, coming acro the bridge from the direction of his control shack, he heard a sound that made his blood run cold.\"Daddy, where are you?\" His four-year-old son was croing the bridge to look for him.His first impulse was to cry out to the child, \"Run! Run!\" But the train was too close; the tiny legs would never make it acro the bridge in time.The man almost left his lever to run and snatch up his son and carry him to safety.But he realized that he could not get back to the lever.Either the people on the train or his little son must die.He took a moment to make his decision.

The train sped safely and swiftly on its way, and no one aboard was even aware of the tiny broken body thrown mercilely into the river by the onrushing train.Nor were they aware of the pitiful figure of the sobbing man, still clinging tightly to the locking lever long after the train had paed.They did not see him walking home more slowly than he had ever walked: to tell his wife how their son had brutally died.

Now if you comprehend the emotions which went this man‘s heart, you can begin to understand the feelings of our Father in Heaven when He sacrificed His Son to bridge the gap between us and eternal life.Can there be any wonder that He caused the earth to tremble and the skies to darken when His Son died? How does He feel when we speed along thru life without giving a thought to what was done for us thru Jesus Christ?

第三篇：The House of 1000 Mirrors (Japanese folktale)

推荐理由：

生活就是一面镜子，你对它微笑，它也对你微笑；你对它哭泣，它也对你哭泣。

可能有些老套。但是这是英文版的。

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors.A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house.He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could.To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his.He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly.As he left the House, he thought to himself, \"This is a wonderful place.I will come back and visit it often.\" In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house.He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door.When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him.As he left, he thought to himself, \"That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again.\"

All the faces in the world are mirrors.What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

As Told by Chris P.Cash

第四篇：Forgivene

推荐理由：

这篇故事里，一个父亲，不仅原谅了杀害儿子的凶手，而且希望能收凶手为养子，让他做自己的继承人。

再不可思议的事情，也有它的理由。

如果连这都可以原谅，那么这世间再没有任何事让你记恨。

让更多人来感受一颗博大宽容的心吧。

A letter written to a man on death row by the Father of the man whom the man on death row had killed:

You are probably surprised that I, of all people, am writing a letter to you, but I ask you to read it in its entirety and consider its request seriously.As the Father of the man whom you took part in murdering, I have something very important to say to you.

I forgive you.With all my heart, I forgive you.I realize it may be hard for you to believe, but I really do.At your trial, when you confeed to your part in the events that cost my Son his life and asked for my forgivene, I immediately granted you that forgiving love from my heart.I can only hope you believe me and will accept my forgivene.

But this is not all I have to say to you.I want to make you an offer -- I want you to become my adopted child.You see, my Son who died was my only child, and I now want to share my life with you and leave my riches to you.This may not make sense to you or anyone else, but I believe you are worth the offer.I have arranged matters so that if you will receive my offer of forgivene, not only will you be pardoned for your crime, but you also will be set free from your imprisonment, and your sentence of death will be dismied.At that point, you will become my adopted child and heir to all my riches.

I realize this is a risky offer for me to make to you -- you might be tempted to reject my offer completely -- but I make it to you without reservation.

Also, I realize it may seem foolish to make such an offer to one who cost my Son his life, but I now have a great love and an unchangeable forgivene in my heart for you.

Finally, you may be concerned that once you accept my offer you may do something to cause you to be denied your rights as an heir to my wealth.Nothing could be further from the truth.If I can forgive you for your part in my Son‘s death, I can forgive you for anything.I know you never will be perfect, but you do not have to be perfect to receive my offer.Besides, I believe that once you have accepted my offer and begin to experience the riches that will come to you from me, that your primary (though not always) response will be gratitude and loyalty.

Some would call me foolish for my offer to you, but I wish for you to call me your Father.

Sincerely,

The Father of Jesus

第五篇：He Never Mied a Game

Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.

Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had.But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere.At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.

This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship.Even though the son was always On the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering.He never mied a game.This young man was still the smallest of the cla when he entered high school.But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn‘t want to.

But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he‘d get to play when he became a senior.All through high school he never mied a practice nor a game but remained a bench-warmer all four years.His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him.When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a \"walk-on.\" Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did.

The coach admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with the spirit and hustle they badly needed.

The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father.His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games.This persistent young athlete never mied practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in a game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto the practice field shortly before the big playoff game, the coach met him with a telegram.The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent.Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, \"My father died this morning.Is it all right if I mi practice today?\" The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, \"Take the rest of the week off, son.And don‘t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday.\"

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well.In the third quarter,when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear.As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon.\"Coach, please let me play.I‘ve just got to play today,\" said the young man.The coach pretended not to hear him.There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close playoff game.But the young man persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in.\"All right,\" he said.\"You can go in.\" Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes.This little unknown, who had never played before was doing everything right.The opposing team could not stop him.He ran, he paed, blocked, and tackled like a star.His team began to triumph.The score was soon tied.In the closing seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pa and ran all the way for the winning touchdown.The fans broke loose.His teammates hoisted him onto their shoulders.Such cheering you never heard.

Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had showered and left the locker room, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone The coach came to him and said, \" Kid, I can‘t believe it.You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?\"

He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, \"Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?\" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, \"Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!\"

Like the athlete‘s father, God is always there cheering for us.He‘s always reminding us to go on.He‘s even offering us His hand for He knows what is best, and is willing to give us what we need and not simply what we want.GOD has never mied a single game.What a joy to know that life is meaningful if lived for the Highest.Live for HIM for He‘s watching us in the game of life!

第六篇：The Most Beautiful Flower

推荐理由：

生活中不是缺少美，而是缺少发现美的眼睛；生活中不是缺少快乐，而是缺少感受快乐的心。

如果双目失明，我们是不是一定不快乐？如果健健康康，我们是不是一定快乐？

它再一次告诉我们，快乐在心。

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree.Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For the world was intent on dragging me down.

And if that weren‘t enough to ruin my day, A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play.He stood right before me with his head tilted down And said with great excitement, \"Look what I found!\"

In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, With its petals all worn - not enough rain, or too little light.Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then shifted away.

But instead of retreating he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, \"It sure smells pretty and it‘s beautiful, too.That‘s why I picked it; here, it‘s for you.\"

The weed before me was dying or dead.Not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red.But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave.So I reached for the flower, and replied, \"Just what I need.\"

But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, He held it mid-air without reason or plan.It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.

I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun.As I thanked him for picking the very best one.\"You‘re welcome,\" he smiled, and then ran off to play, Unaware of the impact he‘d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree.How did he know of my self-indulged plight? Perhaps from his heart, he‘d been bleed with true sight.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me.And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that‘s mine.

And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose And smiled as that young boy, another weed in his hand About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

Author unknown

第七篇：Building

推荐理由：

总有一天，算计别人的时候，会算到自己的头上。

故事有些小小的幽默，并且意味深长。

A great and wise man once called one of his workmen to him saying, \"Go into the far country and build for me a house.The decisions of planning and of actual construction will be yours, but remember, I shall come to accept your work for a very special friend of mine.\"

And so the workman departed with a light heart for his field of labor.Material of all kinds was plentiful here, but the workman had a mind of his own.\"Surely,\" he thought, \"I know my busine.I can use a bit of inferior materials here and cheat on my workmanship a little there, and still make the finished work look good.Only I will know that what I have built has weaknees.\"

And so, at last the work was completed and the workman reported back to the great and wise man.\"Very good,\" he said.\"Now remember that I wanted you to use only the finest materials and craftsmanship in this house because I wanted to make present of it——My friend, you are the one I had you build it for.It is all yours.\"

How much like man.He comes to earth a stranger.He has his free agency.He may build as he likes.But on the morning of his resurrection he will receive what he has built for an eternal home and habitation.

第八篇：Attitude is Everything

推荐理由：

永远积极面对人生，真的那么容易吗?每一天,你都可以选择开心或是不开心；但是有一天，你必须去选择，是生，还是死，你发现只要你选择生存，你就一定可以。态度就是一切。

禁不住想为主人公JERRY喝彩。

这是一篇很容易懂的文章，越到后面一切越出人意料。极力推荐。

Attitude is Everything

By Francie Baltazar-Schwartz

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate.He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say.When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, \"If I were any better, I would be twins!\"

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant.The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude.He was a natural motivator.If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, \"I don‘t get it! You can‘t be a positive person all of the time.How do you do it?\" Jerry replied, \"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today.You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.‘ I choose to be in a good mood.Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it.I choose to learn from it.Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life.I choose the positive side of life.\"

\"Yeah, right, it‘s not that easy,\" I protested.

\"Yes it is,\" Jerry said.\"Life is all about choices.When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice.You choose how you react to situations.You choose how people will affect your mood.You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.The bottom line: It‘s your choice how you live life.\"

I reflected on what Jerry said.Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own busine.We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant busine: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers.While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousne, slipped off the combination.The robbers panicked and shot him.Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center.After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.When I asked him how he was, he replied, \"If I were any better, I‘d be twins.Wanna see my scars?\"

I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.\"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,\" Jerry replied.\"Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die.I chose to live.

\"Weren‘t you scared? Did you lose consciousne?\" I asked.Jerry continued, \"The paramedics were great.They kept telling me I was going to be fine.But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expreions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.In their eyes, I read, ‘He‘s a dead man.\" I knew I needed to take action.\"

\"What did you do?\" I asked.

\"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me,\" said Jerry.\"She asked if I was allergic to anything.‘Yes,‘ I replied.The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply..I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets!‘ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live.Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.\"

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.Attitude, after all, is everything.

第九篇：The Fence

推荐理由：

从这篇文章里面，我至少感受到两点：第一，人的潜力是无穷的，很多时候你认为自己做不到的事情，其实可以。就像一些看似根深蒂固的习惯，其实可以改变。第二，正如文中所说，言语的伤害有时候比身体的伤害更严重，这个道理谁都懂，但是文中所用的比喻真的太绝妙。

The Fence

There was a little boy with a bad temper.His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence.The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.Then it gradually dwindled down.He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.Finally the day came when the boy didn‘t lose his temper at all.He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.The days paed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.He said, \"You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.The fence will never be the same.When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.It won‘t matter how many times you say I‘m sorry, the wound is still there.A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed.They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

第十篇：The Eyes of Love

推荐理由:

在每一个爱你的人眼里，你都是最美丽的，连缺点都是美丽的。

所以我们每个人都可以自信满满，有理由有资本去自信，只要拥有了爱。

A grandmother and a little girl whose face was sprinkled with bright red freckles spent the day at the zoo.

The children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws.

\"You‘ve got so many freckles, there‘s no place to paint!\" a boy in the line cried.

Embarraed, the little girl dropped her head.Her grandmother knelt down next to her.\"I love your freckles,\" she said.

\"Not me,\" the girl replied.

\"Well, when I was a little girl I always wanted freckles\" she said, tracing her finger acro the child‘s cheek.\"Freckles are beautiful!\"

The girl looked up.\"Really?\" \"Of course,\" said the grandmother.\"Why, just name me one thing that‘s prettier than freckles.\"

The little girl peered into the old woman‘s smiling face.\"Wrinkles,\" she answered softly.

Contributed by Father Pat

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