英文故事主題有哪些

1. 英文寓言故事精選5篇

寓言 故事 是文學體裁的一種。含有諷喻或明顯教訓意義的故事。它的結構簡短，多用借喻手法，使富有教訓意義的主題或深刻的道理在簡單的故事中體現。下面我給大家介紹關於英文寓言故事，方便大家學習。

英文寓言故事1

A great mountain大山

Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake.

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

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

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

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

Finally, after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped --- a mouse.

Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.

很久以前，一座大山隆隆作響，搖晃起來。遠近各處的人都來看是怎麼回事。

一個人說："要出現一條大河了。"

另一個人說："准會出現一條巨龍。"

第三個人說："從這些岩石中會出現一尊神來。"

等了幾天之後，山坡上終於裂開一條小縫，卻蹦出來一隻耗子。

正因為某人大肆張揚，所以他沒有什麼了不起。

英文寓言故事2

【百喻經之八山羌偷官庫衣喻】

A RUSTIC STEALS CLOTHES FROM THE PALACE TREASURY

過去之世，有一山羌，偷王庫物而遠逃走。爾時國王遣人四齣推尋，捕得將至王邊，王即責其所得衣處。山羌答言：「我衣乃是祖父之物。」 王遣著衣，實非山羌本所有故，不知著之，應在手者，著於腳上，應在腰者，返著頭上。

Once upon a time there was a rustic who stole garments from the palace and then escaped to a remote place. The king sent men to search for him in all directions. Finally, he was arrested and taken to the king who accused him of theft and asked him where he had got the clothes. The rustic answered that they belonged to his grandfather. The king then ordered him to put them on. He did not know how to wear them. He put on his arms what should be worn on his legs. What he ought to have on his waist, he put on his head.

王見賊已，集諸臣等，共詳此事，而語之言：「若是汝之祖父已來所有衣者，應當解著，雲何顛倒，用上為下?以不解故，定知汝衣必是偷得，非汝舊物。」

Seeing this, the king summoned his ministers for consultation on the matter. "If the clothes belonged to your grandfather, you should know how to wear them. How can you wear them in all wrong ways? It's certain that they are not your old clothes. You have stolen them," said the king.

藉以為譬：王者如佛，寶藏如法，愚痴羌者，猶如外道。

Figuratively speaking, here the king is like Buddha; the valuable clothes, the Buddhist teachings; the stupid rustic, the heretic.

竊聽佛法，著己法中，以為自有。然不解故，布置佛法，迷亂上下，不知法相。

A heretic, who has eavesdropped on Buddhism, makes it for his own. He then misinterprets it, because he does not know the real meaning of its teachings.

如彼山羌，得王寶衣，不識次第，顛倒而著，亦復如是。

This heretic is like the rustic who stole the king's valuable clothes without knowing how to wear them properly and put them on in all the wrong ways.

白話：

很久以前，有一位居住在山林的人，偷了國王倉庫的東西後逃到了遠方。國王知道後，立即派人四處打探尋找，捕獲了山民，把他帶到國王面前。國王馬上追問山民衣物的來源。山民回答：「這衣服是我祖父留給我的。」國王讓他把衣服穿好。由於衣服確實不是他的，所以不知道怎樣穿。應該穿戴在手上的，卻套在了腳上，應當扎在腰上的，卻圍在了頭上。國王見了，確定是賊無疑，召集大臣討論這件事，並說：「如果是你祖父留給你的衣物，你應熟悉這些衣物的穿法，為什麼上下顛倒，戴在手上的卻穿在腳下?所以不會穿，在於你的衣服肯定是偷來的，而不是你原有的衣物。」

借這個故事作比喻：國王好比佛陀，國庫的財產好比自然與認識的規律。愚蠢無知的山民，像其他各種思想派別，聽到一些佛教的教義，就認為已經掌握了認識自然與現象的規律，自以為是，但並不能理解它的實質，就妄加斷言，思維邏輯顛倒，不認識一切事物的真實形態、本性，以及真理的本質意義。這好像山民，得到國王的衣物，不懂怎麼使用，上下顛倒地穿戴的道理一樣。

英文寓言故事3

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

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

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

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

They go on with their superficial happiness brought by peace and calm.

燕雀處室

燕雀為擁有屋頂下面的一個位置而欣慰不已。

母鳥用叼來的食物喂養啁啾鳴叫的幼鳥，整個兒是一派歡樂自得的祥和景象。

它們完全沒有考慮到：爐灶上的煙囪有可能會炸裂，火苗將會竄上屋樑，燒著的椽將會摧毀它們的巢穴。

不知大禍將要降臨到自己頭上的燕雀們正在安然自若地品味這表面上的安寧所帶來的幸福。

英文寓言故事4

A wild ass1 saw a pack-ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted2 him with the condition of slavery in which he lived, in these words: "What a vile3 lot is yours compared with mine! I am free as the air, and never do a stoke of work; and, as for fodder4, I have only to go to the hills and there I find far more than enough for my needs. But you! You depend on your master for food, and he makes you carry heavy loads every day and beats you unmercifully." At that moment a lion appeared on the scene, and made no attempt to molest5 the pack-ass owing to the presence of the driver, but he fell upon the wild ass, who had no one to protect him, and without more ado made a meal of him.

It is no use being your own master unless you can stand up for yourself.

一頭野驢看到一頭家驢背負這沉重的貨物一路小跑，便譏諷他過著奴隸般的生活：「和我相比，你過得多麼卑微呀!我自由自在地享受著大自然，從不下苦力，說道食物，我只需要跑到山上去，就能發現大量吃的東西。再看看你!只能依靠主人施捨吃點，他不僅每天都讓你馱重物，還無情地鞭打你。」這時，一隻獅子出現在他們的視野中，由於驢夫的出現，獅子沒有騷擾家驢，直接撲向了沒有保護者的野驢，立即吃掉了野驢。

除非能照顧好自己，否則做自己的主人一點用也沒有。

英文寓言故事5

Covering one』s Ears While Stealing a Bell

Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things.

One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. 「Oh! How nice! I will take it home.」 He thinks, 「What can I do?」 After a while he has a 「good」 idea. 「Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.」

Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. 「What are you doing?」 the owner says angrily.

掩耳盜鈴

王先生總以為自己很聰明，實際上他總干傻事。

一天，他看見一戶人家的門頭有個很漂亮的鈴鐺。「啊，真漂亮啊!我要把它拿回家去。」他自言自語道：「我該怎麼做呢?」過了一會兒他想到了一個「好」主意。「啊哈!我有辦法了!我把耳朵堵上，拿鈴鐺的時候就聽不見鈴聲了。」

於是他就這樣做了。可是他剛拿下鈴鐺，屋子的主人就打開門，怒氣沖沖地說：「你在干什麼?」

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2. 英文寓言故事大全【5篇】

1.英文寓言故事

The wolf mistake swallowed a piece of bone， very suffered， running about， look for to visit the doctor everywhere。He met the egret， and talk to settle the service fees to invite him to take out the bone， egret to stretch in the wolf's throat the own head， and the 叼 outs bone， then toward to settle the good service fees wolfThe wolf answer says:" hello， friend， you can since the wolf 嘴 take back the head in the peace ground， and the difficult way return the dissatisfied foot， and how and still speak the guerdon?"
This story elucidation， guerdon badly person act charitably， and is a bad person of cognition and does not speak the reputation's innate character。
狼與鷺鷥
狼誤吞下了一塊骨頭，十分難受，四處奔走，尋訪醫生。他遇見了鷺鷥，談定酬金請他取出骨頭，鷺鷥把自我的頭伸進狼的喉嚨里，叼出了骨頭，便向狼要定好的酬金。狼回答說：「喂，朋友，你能從狼嘴裡平安無事地收回頭來，難道還不滿足，怎樣還要講報酬？」
這故事說明，對壞人行善的報酬，就是認識壞人不講信用的本質。

2.英文寓言故兆賀事

Hungry of the fox see the grape to up hang the radiant and extremely keen grape of a string， saliva direct current， and want to pick to eat， but again
Can not take off。See in a short while， helplessly walked， and his side walk the side oneself to fort to by oneself say:" this grape have noes familiar， affirmative
Is sour。"
This is to say， and the some person's ability is small， and do to not acplish anything， borrow to say the opportune moment immaturity。
狐狸和葡萄
飢餓的狐狸看見葡萄架上掛著一串串晶瑩剔透的葡萄，口水直流，想要摘下來吃，但又摘不到。看了一會兒，無可奈何地走了，他邊走邊自我安慰自我說：「這葡萄沒有熟，肯定是酸的。」
這就是說族談派，有些人本事小，做不成事，就借口說時機未成熟。

3.英文寓言故事

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 4  12 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。
畫蛇添足
古時幾個人分一壺酒。他們都想獨自喝完那壺酒，所以就定了一個規矩：每人在地上畫一條蛇，誰畫得最快，這壺酒就歸誰。有一個人很快就把蛇畫好了。他正打算喝這壺酒時，看見別人都還在忙著畫，就決定給蛇再畫上幾只腳。結果，他的'蛇腳還沒加完，另一個人已經把蛇畫好了。那人一下把酒壺奪了過去，說：「有誰見過長腳的蛇?」。這個故事告訴我們這樣的道理：做得過分和做得不夠都是不對的。

4.英文寓言故事

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。"
老貓
一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。所以，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。
於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，並且還願意為你效勞，可是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」

5.英文寓言故事

Once upon a time， there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor』s doorbell。 However， he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people』s attention as long as he touched the bell。 So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever 「idea」。 He plugged his ears with something， thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell。 Unfortunately to his disappointment， the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief。
掩耳盜鈴
從前，有一個人想偷鄰居門上的鈴，可是他明白一碰到鈴，鈴就會響起來，被人發現。他想啊想，最終他想出一個「妙極」，他把自我的耳朵用東西塞起來，就聽不見鈴聲了。可是當他去偷鈴時，鈴聲仍舊響起來，他被別人當場抓住 。

3. 英文童話故事大全（5篇）

1.英文童話故事：兩只猴子

The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.

猴媽媽生了兩個猴子。她喜歡年幼的小猴子而不喜歡年長的大猴子。

One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came，running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.

一天，他們正在森林裡玩的時候，一隻狼來了並向他們撲去。猴子匆忙帶著小猴子跑了，單獨留下大猴子。她跑著小猴子爬到樹上。

After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.

過些時候，狼慢慢地離開了。母猴從他的懷里放喊慧下小猴子。她吃驚的發現猴寶寶已經死了，因為小猴子在她的懷里被悔脊摟地太緊了。過了很長時間，她才想起去尋找那隻大猴子。大猴子藏在一個大洞里，他救了自己。

2.英文童話故事：曬冰

Once, a simpleton』s wife told him to buy some ice.

從前有一個笨人的妻子讓她的丈夫買幾塊冰。

Two hours later, he didn』t come back.

兩個小時後，他還沒回來。

She wanted to know why he didn』t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.

她想知道他為什麼沒回來，就出去看了看，發現鄭前答她的丈夫在門口站著，在太陽下曬冰，看著冰融化。

「What』s the matter?」 She asked him. 「Why don』t you bring it in?」

她問他：「怎麼啦?你為什麼不把它拿進來?」

「I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so I』m running it dry.」 The simpleton answered.

「我看見冰是濕的，恐怕你會訓斥我，因此，我正在把它曬干。」笨人回答道。

3.英文童話故事：兩個狗洞

My uncle has two dogs. One is big and the other is small. He likes them very much.

我的叔叔有兩條狗。一隻是大的，另一隻是小狗的。他很喜歡它們。

One day, Mr. Smith came to visit him. When the friend saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a small hole, he was surprised and said, 「My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?」 「Let my dogs come in and come out, of course,」 Mr. Smith asked. 「But why are there two holes? One is enough!」 「But how can the big dog go through the small hole?」 my uncle said.

有一天，史密斯先生來看他。當這個朋友看見門口上有連個洞，一個是大洞和一個小洞時，他感到吃驚並說，「我親愛的朋友，為什麼你的門上有連個洞?」我的叔叔回答說：「當然是讓我的兩條狗進出了。 」 史密斯先生問到：「 為什麼門上要兩個洞呢?一個就足夠了。」 我叔叔說：「大狗怎能走小洞呢?」

Sometimes a clever man may make such a mistake.

有時聰明的人可能會犯這樣的錯誤。

4.英文童話故事：聰明的烏龜

A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front of him.

一隻老虎很飢餓，他正在尋找食物。他看到一隻青蛙在他前面。

「Haha! A frog! My dinner!」 so he rushes at the frog.

「哈哈!一隻青蛙，我有晚餐啦!」於是，他撲向青蛙。

Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise. The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger』s tail.

在老虎的後邊，有一隻烏龜。小烏龜看見了，他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。

「Ouch!」 cries the tiger and he looks back. The frog hears the voice and jumps into water.

「哎呦!」老虎疼得叫起來並回頭看看。此時青蛙聽見了老虎的聲音，他迅速跳進水裡。

「Thank you, little tortoise.」 says the frog.

「謝謝你，小烏龜。」青蛙說。

But the tiger is very angry. 「Bother it! I』ll throw you to the sky!」

大事老虎十分憤怒：「討厭!我要把你扔到天上去。」

「Thank you, I like flying in the sky,」 says the tortoise.

「謝謝你，我喜歡在天空飛翔。」烏龜說。

The tiger stops, 「I will throw you into the river.」

老虎停下來：「那我就把你扔到到水裡。」

「Oh, no! I can』t swim; I will die if you throw me into the water.」 The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly.

「哦，不!我不會游泳，如果你把我扔井水裡我會死的。」老虎很快就把烏龜仍進水了。

「Thank you, Mr. Tiger. Bye-bye.」 The tortoise and the frog swim away together.

「謝謝你，老虎先生，再見!」烏龜和青蛙一起遊走了。

5.英文童話故事：小豬搬西瓜

In spring, the mother pig took the little pig LuLu to the foot of the mountain. They planted some watermelon.

When summer came, there were many big round watermelons in the field.

One day, the sun was burning like a fire, it was terribly hot on the ground. The mother pig said to the little pig:"Lulu, go to the field to pick a watermelon back,ok?" Lulu said happily:"Ok! No problem."

Then he ran to the watermelon field. When he got to the field, he was happy to find so many big green watermelons. He chose one of the biggest watermelon and picked it from the vine. Then he held it with his hands trying to lift is on his shoulder to carry it home.

"Wow!It's so heavy!" Lulu tried several times, but he failed. And he was socked with sweat. He wiped his sweat off and decided to have a rest.

Suddenly he saw the monkey Pipi. He was playing with a hoop. Lulu patted his head and said:"I've got it." He thought,the round hoop can roll, the watermelon round too,then it can roll too.He then put the big melon on the ground and rolled it forward quickly.

At last he got home with the watermelon.The mother pig knew the story, she exclaimed:"My child, you're really clever!"

春天的時候，豬媽媽帶著小豬嚕嚕，在山坡下種了一大片西瓜。到了夏天，西瓜地里結滿了又圓又大的西瓜。

有一天，太陽光火辣辣地照著大地，天啊，可熱了。豬媽媽對小豬說：「嚕嚕，你到咱們的地里摘個大西瓜回來解解渴吧!」小豬嚕嚕高興地說：「好吧!」說完就往西瓜地里跑。到了地里一看。呵，到處躺著大西瓜，水靈靈的，真惹人喜愛!嚕嚕挑了個的摘了下來。它雙手摟著西瓜，想抱起來放在肩上扛回家。「喲，好重呀!」嚕嚕試著抱了幾次都沒有抱起來，還累得滿頭大汗。 它直起身來，擦了擦臉上的.汗水想休息一下，再去試試抱西瓜。突然，它看到小猴皮皮在山下邊的馬路上滾鐵環玩呢。小豬嚕嚕一拍後腦勺高興地說：「有了，我有辦法了。」什麼辦法呢?小豬嚕嚕心想：鐵環是圓的，可以滾動。西瓜也是圓的，不也可以滾動嗎?想到這兒啊，小豬嚕嚕顧不上休息，把大西瓜放在地上。咕嚕嚕，咕嚕嚕地向前滾，一直把西瓜滾到家裡。

豬媽媽看到小豬嚕嚕把又圓又大的西瓜搬回家，誇獎嚕嚕是個愛動腦筋的豬娃娃!

4. 英語哲理小故事

讓孩子閱讀一些簡單的幼兒英語故事，確實是一個很不錯的補充學習，也能夠極大的提高孩子的學習興趣，讓幼兒時期的孩子能夠有一個英語方面很好的啟蒙。下面給大家分享一則幼兒英語故事簡單閱讀的小故事，家長們可以讀給孩子們聽一下。

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幼兒英語故事簡單分享到這里。當然有趣的故事還有很多，家長們可以去阿卡索外教網了解更多的故事。

5. 英文故事有哪些呢

英文故事有如下：

1、A PIGEON（鴿子）

A pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly.

Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.

Moral：Zeal should not outrun discretion.

翻譯：一隻鴿子口渴緩森得很難受，看見畫板上畫著一隻水杯。她並不以為那隻是一幅畫，而是發出一聲響亮的呼嚕聲，朝畫飛去，無意中撞在了招牌上，把自己撞得很不穩。她的翅膀被風吹斷了，摔在地上，被一個旁觀者抓住。

2、The Raven and the Swan（烏鴉和天鵝）

A raven saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam,

the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.

Moral：Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

翻譯：一隻烏鴉看到了一隻天鵝，想要得到同樣美麗的羽毛。假如天鵝的美麗的白色是由於它在水裡游泳時洗過澡而產生的，那麼烏鴉就離開它生活的地方，到湖手沖里和水潭畢哪殲里去住下來。但是，盡管他經常清洗自己的羽毛，卻無法改變它們的顏色，而由於缺乏食物，他就死了。

3、The Bat and the Weasels（蝙蝠與黃鼠狼）

Abat who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free.

Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice.

The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.

Moral：It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

翻譯：一隻蝙蝠墜落到地上，被黃鼠狼叼去，他請求饒命。黃鼠狼拒絕了，說他生來就是鳥類的天敵。蝙蝠向他保證他不是一隻鳥，而是一隻老鼠，於是就被放了出來。

不一會兒，蝙蝠又掉到地上，被另一隻黃鼠狼捉住了，他請求討饒。黃鼠狼說他特別恨老鼠。蝙蝠向他保證自己不是老鼠，而是一隻蝙蝠，因此第二次逃走了。

4、The Ass and the Grasshopper（驢子與蚱蜢）

An ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices.

They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

Moral：People should not expect anything out of proportion.

翻譯：驢子聽見蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙動聽的歌聲所打動，自己也想能發出同樣悅耳動聽的聲音，便羨慕地問他們吃些什麼，才能發出如此美妙的聲音來。蚱蜢答道：「吃露水。」驢子便也只吃露水，沒多久就餓死了。

5、The Dog and the Shadow（狗和影子）

It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now, on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.

Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

Moral：Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

翻譯：一隻狗嘴裡銜著一塊肉，走過一條河上面的橋，看見他自己在水裡的影子，以為是另一隻狗，那時狗銜著的肉，比他自己的還要大一倍。

因此他仍掉自己的那一塊，狠狠地撲向那隻狗，想奪到那一塊較大的肉。結果兩頭都落了空，因為他想要抓取在水中的那一塊，只不過是一個影子，而原來的那一塊，也被水沖走了。

6. 英文經典寓言故事

寓言 故事 是文學體裁的一種，含有諷喻或明顯教訓意義的故事。通常用借喻手法，使富有教訓意義的主題或深刻的道理畝虛在簡單短小的故事中體現。下面我為大家帶來英文經典寓言故事，歡迎大家閱讀!

英文經典寓言故事：最貴重的禮物

At one stopover in a town, a huge banner was written in bold letters: FAMINE IN AFR/CA~ PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO SAVE THE STARVING PEOPLE.

在一個鎮上的中轉站掛著一個巨型橫幅，上面用黑體字寫著： ¨非洲飢荒，請您慷慨解囊，拯救飢餓的人們。¨在那兒有一大群 人在排隊捐贈。

A large crowd was queuing to hand over their donations.Near the door of the town hall stood a beautiful young girl, poorly but neatly dressed.

市政廳的門旁站著一個漂亮的小姑娘，她的衣服質地很差， 卻很整潔。她注視著眼前的人們，眼裡閃爍著害羞的神情。

With shy glances she watched the people before her. She saw a merchant who laid a bag of 90ld on the table.

她看 見一位商人把一袋金子放在了桌上。

Then came a rich lady with haughty looks who offered a variety of jewels; some others handed cash, clothing's and foodstuff, The girl was reluctant to take her turn but at last, summoning up her courage, she stepped forward.

接著，一姿中位傲慢的貴夫人拿 出了各種珠寶，其他人也遞上了現金、衣服和食物。跡耐山小姑娘還在猶豫要不要捐，最終她還是鼓起勇氣走上前去。

"But...it is so small I am ashamed to offer it. It seems worthless, but it is all I have, "she said.

¨可是……這太少了，我都不好意思拿出來。它看起來一文不值， 但這是我所有的東西了。¨她說道。

"We are grateful for e en the smallest offering," the man at the counter replied kindly. "Here it is, I have nothing else to give," she added timidly, she drew under her cloak two long thick plaits of her golden hair.

¨即使是最少的捐贈，我們也 非常感激，¨櫃台旁的人和善地說口¨給，我沒有別的可捐了。”她羞怯地補充說。她從披風下拽出兩根又長又粗的金色辮子

As she did so, the hood of hercloak fell back, showing the beautifully young head shorn of its golden glory.

。這時， 披風的風帽掉了下來，露出已失去金色光環的漂亮的小腦袋。

The generosity of this beautiful girl to donate her most priceless possession, her golden locks of hair, overshadowed all the glittering gold or j8wels of the other donors.

這個漂亮的小姑娘慷慨地捐出了她最珍貴的財產一一她的金發，令其他捐贈者的閃閃發光的金子、珠寶等捐贈物都黯然失色。

英文經典寓言故事：老鼠嫁女

Once upon a time, there was a mouse father. He wanted to marry his daughter to the greatest person in the world.

很久很久以前，有一個老鼠爸爸。他想要把他的女兒嫁給世界上最偉大的人。

But, who was the greatest person in the world? Oh! The sun! He must be the greatest person in the world. The mouse father went to talk to the sun.

但是，誰是世界上最偉大的人呢?啊!是太陽!他一定是世界上最偉大的人。老鼠爸爸去找太陽談了談。

“Hello! Mr. Sun. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈嘍!太陽先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人。您願意娶我的女兒嗎?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the cloud. If he comes out1, I’ll be covered.”

“什麼?我可不是世界上最偉大的人。最偉大的人應該是雲。只要他一出來，我就會被遮住。”

The mouse father went to talk to the cloud.

老鼠爸爸又去找雲談。

“Hello! Mr. Cloud. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈嘍!雲先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人。您願意娶我的女兒嗎?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wind. If he comes out, I’ll be blown away2.”

“什麼?我才不是世界上最偉大的人呢!最偉大的人應該是風。只要他一颳起來，我就被吹的遠遠的。”

The mouse father went to talk to the wind.

老鼠爸爸又去找風談。

“Hello! Mr. Wind. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈嘍!風先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人。您願意娶我的女兒嗎?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wall. If he comes out, I’ll be stopped.”

“什麼?我可不是世界上最偉大的人。最偉大的人應該是牆。只要有他在，我就被擋住了。”

The mouse father went to talk to the wall.

老鼠爸爸又去找牆談。

“Hello! Mr. Wall. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈嘍!牆先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人。你願意娶我的女兒嗎?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is YOU, the mouse.”

“什麼?我才不是世界上最偉大的人呢!最偉大的其實是你們老鼠!”

“The greatest person in the world is … mouse?”

“世界上最偉大的人……是老鼠?”

“Yes, the greatest person in the world is mouse. See?3 If mouse comes out, I’ll be bit!”

“沒錯!世界上最偉大的人就是老鼠。想想看，只要你們一出現，我的身上就要被打洞!”

The mouse father was very happy. He finally knew mouse was the greatest person in the world. He would marry his daughter to the handsome mouse next door.

老鼠爸爸開心的不得了。他終於知道原來老鼠才是世界上最偉大的人。他決定要把自己的女兒嫁給隔壁英俊的鼠小弟。

7. 英語勵志小故事有哪些

英語勵志小故事一：

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success.

翻譯：一個年輕人向蘇格拉底詢問成功的秘訣。

Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.

翻譯：蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨到河邊見他。

They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river.

翻譯：他們見面後，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他一起走向河裡。

When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and cked him into the water.

翻譯：當河水淹至他們的脖子時，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人並把其壓入水中。

The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue.

翻譯：那人想要掙出水面，而強壯有力的蘇格拉底將他摁在水中直到他變得無力抗爭，臉色發青。

Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young mandid was to gasp and take a deep breath of air.

翻譯：蘇格拉底將他的頭拖出水面，這個年輕人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息後，深吸一口氣。

Socrates asked, 「What did you want the most when you were there?」

翻譯：蘇格拉底問：「當你悶在水裡的時候你最想要的是什麼？」

The boy replied, 「Air.」

翻譯：年輕人回答說：「空氣。 」

Socrates said, 「That is the secret to success.

翻譯：蘇格拉底說：「那就是成功的秘訣。

When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it.」

翻譯：當你像渴望空氣一樣渴望成功, 你就能夠獲得它！沒有其他的秘密了。 」

8. 有意義的英文故事

問題一：一篇有寓胡賣意的英語故事 風和太陽(The Wind And The Sun)
One day the wind said to the sun, 「Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.」
「We will see about that,」 said the sun. 「I will let you try first.」
So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.
「I give up,」 said the wind at last. 「I cannot get his cloak off.」 Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.
(有一天風跟太陽說: 「看看那個沿著路上走的人.我可以比你快讓他把披風脫乎橋下來.)
(「我們等著看吧,」太陽說, 「我讓你先試.)
(因此風嘗試讓那個人把披風脫下來.他用力地吹,可是那個人把披風拉得更緊.)
(「我放棄了,」風最後說, 「我無法讓他把披風脫下褲頃逗來.」然後由太陽試試看.他盡可能地曬他.不久,那個人很熱就把披風脫下來了.)

問題二：給我一篇簡單,簡短,有寓意的英語小故事 A Boy and His TreeA long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to e and play around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow… He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by…The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree and looked sad. 「e and play with me,」 the tree asked the boy. 「I am no longer a kid, I don』t play around trees anymore.」 The boy replied, 「I want toys. I need money to buy them.」 「Sorry, but I don』t have money…but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.」 The boy was so excited. He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn』t e back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad. One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. 「e and play with me.」 The tree said. 「I don』t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?」 「Sorry, but I don』t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.」 So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy didn』t appear since then. The tree was again lonly and sad. One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. 「e and play with me!」 the tree said. 「I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?」 「Use my trunk to bui......>>

問題三：有意義的英語小故事！急！~ Dave needed to pack for Saturday』s fishing trip. He went into his hall closet, where he had more than 20 rods and reels. Nowadays he went fishing twice a year at Big Bear, a huge lake in southern California about 7,000 feet up in the mountains.
California tries to boost the fishing instry by sponsoring a Free Fishing Day twice a year, once in June and once in September. That sufficed for Dave. He went mostly because it was a social event with a few friends, not so much to catch fish. Even by itself, the scenic drive up a twisty two-lane road was worth the trip. Not to mention the big, beautiful houses and trees that lined the shore of the lake.
Packing was a project in itself. Dave had even created a puter file named Fishing Trip. It was a checklist of 45 things to take to Big Bear. He took two rods, because on Free Fishing Day you were allowed to fish with two rods instead of the usual one rod. He took a hooded sweatshirt, jeans, two pair of socks, a heavy hooded denim jacket, winter gloves, and a scarf. He also took flip-flops, shorts, a T-shirt, #30 sun block, sunglasses, a big hat, and a lightweight raincoat. If you go to Big Bear in June, you』d better be prepared for hot or cold, rain or shine.
He packed a couple of magazines to read just in case the fish weren』t biting. He and his friends joked that the fish were always biting - in the spot you just left or the spot you were headed to.
After about an hour and a half, Dave had gathered all the items on his list ......>>

9. 經典勵志的英文故事

經典勵志的英文故事（精選8篇）

你是不是也跟我一樣喜歡經常找一些經典勵志英文故事來看看呢，那麼經典勵志英文故事都有哪些呢?下面 為大家帶來經典勵志鬧爛拿的英文故事，快來看看吧。

經典勵志的英文故液搭事 篇1

Tiresias was a blind, darkseeing prophet(先知) of Thebes. He was struck with blindness in his youth, because he had spied unwittingly on the goddess Athena. He was wandering in the woods one day when quite unexpectedly he saw anaked maiden bathing in a placid lake. Little did he know that he had offended the virgin goddess. Taken unaware and scarlet with wrath(憤怒) , the goddess exclaimed that whoever had the boldness to steal a glance at her naked body was doomed to perpetual(永久的歷兄) blindness. But when she learned later that the offence was unintentional, it was too late for her to take back what she had said. Taking pity on the poor youth for the loss of his sight, she obtained from Zeus an exceptional long life for him, and from Apollo a divine(神聖的) power of prophecy. Besides, she provided him with a marvellous sharpness of ear, so that he could understand the voices of all birds. And she filled his mind with mystic knowledge of things past and of things to come. In short she gave him quite an amount of her own wisdom. He was the first to recognise and welcome Dionysus, god of feast and wine, on the The ban land. When the infant Heracles caught Hera's two serpents(巨蛇) in its hands, it was Tiresias who cast the child's fortune and revealed the divine origin and destiny of the boy. When Oedipus abused Tiresias as having had a hand in the murder of Laius, Tiresias had the fearless courage to tell the truth that Oedipus was the murderer. Even in the lower world he continued to prophesy. There he helped Odysseus when the hero came to him for advice. Alive, he was highly respected by all;dead, he enjoyed the generous air and rosy light in the land of the Blest.

泰瑞西斯是位只能看見黑暗的底比斯先知。由於他年輕時不小心窺見了女神雅典娜，他的雙目失明。一天，他在森林裡漫步時，意外地看見一位全身裸露的仙女正在平靜的湖水中沐浴。他不知道他已經冒犯了這位貞潔的女神。因莫名其妙地被人看了個一清二楚，女神勃然大怒。她詛咒道：誰膽敢偷看她的玉體，誰就必將永遠變瞎。但當後來她得知泰瑞西斯並非有意冒犯她時，再想收回她的咒語已經不可能了。出於憐憫，她從宙斯那裡替這位貧窮的，喪失了視力的年輕人爭取到了長壽;又從阿波羅那裡要來了神聖的預言本領;並且，她賦予他神奇敏銳的雙耳，這樣他就可以明白各種鳥語。此外，雅典娜給了他魔術般的本領，使他既知過去，也能預測未來。總而言之，她使他擁有了她自身智慧中的很大一部分。在底比斯，是泰瑞西斯第一個認出了宴會神、也是酒神的狄俄尼索斯，並向他表示歡迎。當海格克斯還是個嬰兒，用手抓起赫拉的兩條毒蛇時，也正是泰瑞西斯卜算出了這個孩子的未來並預示出他的出身及其命運。當奧狄浦斯指責泰瑞西斯參與謀殺了拉伊俄斯時，泰瑞西斯勇敢地講出了事實真相：奧狄浦斯才是兇手。即使到了地獄，他依然預測未來。在那兒，當奧德修斯前去徵求他的意見時，泰瑞西斯幫助了他。活著的時候，他受到人們的普遍敬重;死後，在不萊斯特這塊土地上，他享受著無比清新的空氣和玫瑰般絢麗多彩的陽光。

經典勵志的英文故事 篇2

Far out in the sea there was an island, on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens, the three sisters of magic song. Half human and half bird, the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers, singing in voices that excited the hearts of men. The attractive songs were so sweet that ships were attracted to the island and struck to pieces on the rocks. No sailor nor ship had ever been known to pass the Island of the Sirens without being attracted to disaster.

Acting on the advice of Circe, Odysseus took careful preparation against the Sirens. Before their ships came to where they could hear the song, Odysseus had himself tied to the mast(桅桿，柱) , stopped the ears of his men with wax(蠟) and ordered them to ignore his orders and gestures when they were passing the fatal island.

Soon they came in sight of the rocky island, and the attractive song reached the ears of Odysseus. It moved him so much that he struggled in despair to free himself and shouted for his men to turn towards the rich and flowery grass land of the singing sisters. But no one paid any attention to him. The sailors kept straight on until they were completely out of hearing. Then his friends freed him and took the wax out of their ears. For once the Sirens had sung with no effects. The eldest of the sisters, Partherope, loved Odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed.

遙遠的海面上有一島嶼，石崖邊居住著唱魔歌的海妖塞壬三姐妹。半人半鳥的塞壬姐妹們坐在一片花叢里，唱著盎惑人心的歌，甜美的歌聲把過往的船隻引向該島，然後撞上礁石船毀人亡。過往的海員和船隻都受到迷惑走向毀滅，無一倖免。

奧德修斯遵循女神喀耳斯的忠告。為了對付塞壬姐妹，他採取了謹慎的防備措施。船隻還沒駛到能聽到歌聲的地方，奧德修斯就令人把他拴在桅桿上，並吩咐手下用蠟把他們的耳朵塞住，他還告誡他們通過死亡島時不要理會他的命令和手勢。

不久石島就進入了他們的視線。奧德修斯聽到了迷人的歌聲。歌聲如此令人神往，他絕望地掙扎著要解除束縛，並向隨從叫喊著要他們駛向正在繁花茂盛的草地上唱歌的海妖姐妹，但沒人理他。海員們駕駛船隻一直向前，直到最後再也聽不到歌聲。這時他們才給奧德修斯松綁，取出他們耳朵中的蠟。這次塞壬海妖們算是白唱了歌。三姐妹中的老大帕耳塞洛珀深深地愛慕著奧德修斯，當他的船隻走過後，她就投海自盡了。

經典勵志的英文故事 篇3

A Straight Wall Is Hard to Build

人格的力量

by Lou R. Crandall

盧.R.克蘭德爾

As I try to outline my thoughts, the subject becomes more and more difficult. I have many basic beliefs but as I try to pick and choose it seems to me that they all can be summarized in the word "character." Obviously, what you believe is a fundamental thing. There can be no fanfare, no embellishments. It must be honest.

我在努力清理思路時，主題變得越來越難講述。我有很多的信仰，但試圖挑選時，似乎都可用「人格」一詞概括。顯然，一個人的信仰是根本，不需要炫耀，不用飾，本來是什麼就是什麼。

An architect once told me that the most difficult structure to design was a simple monumental shaft. The proportions must perfect to be pleasing. The hardest thing to build is a plain straight wall. The dimensions must be absolute.

一位建築師告訴我，最難設計的建築是一尊簡單的紀念柱，比例必須完美無缺，賞心悅目;最難砌的.是一堵簡朴筆直的牆，尺寸必須一絲不差。

In either case there is no ornamentation to hide irregularities, no moldings to cover hidden defects and no supports to strengthen concealed weaknesses.

在這兩種情況下，都無法用修飾掩蓋不平整，以造型遮蓋暗藏的缺陷，以支撐物來加固不牢的根基。

I am using this example to illustrate human character, which to me is the most important single power in the world today. The young people of toady are in reality foundations of structures yet to be built.

我以此例來說明人格，在我看來它是當今世界上最重要的唯一的力量。今天的年輕人實際上是世界待建結構的根基。

It is obvious that the design of these human structures is the combined efforts of many human architects. Boys and girls are influenced first by their parents, then by their friends and finally by business associates. During this period of construction, the human character is revised and changed until at maturity a fairly well-fixed form of character is found.

很顯然，設計這些人格結構需要眾多人類建築師的共同努力。孩子們的成長，先後要受到父母、朋友和事業夥伴的影響。在這一成長過程中，人格一直在改變，直到在成熟期定型。

There are few human straight walls and fewer human monumental shafts. Such men and women are personalities of great beauty and are so rare that history records their being and holds them up as examples for the future.

人類中堪稱牆一般筆直挺立的人少有，像紀念柱一樣矗立的人更少，這樣的人是美的化身，世所罕見，歷史記錄他們的存在，奉之為後世的楷模。

The Biblical characters are for me the closest examples of human perfection. They were unselfish, steadfast in their faith and unstinting in their help to others.

《聖經》中的人物在我心中是最接近完人的範例，他們無私，信仰堅定，幫助他人，不遺餘力。

Today in this world of turmoil and trouble we could use more of such people, but they do not just happen along. I believe that they are the result of concentrated effort on the part of parents and associates, and the more we build with character the better the world will become.

在今天這個混亂不安的世界，我們可以多用這樣的人，但他們並非從天而降。我相信他們是父母、同伴傾力鍛造的結果。我們越重視人格的建構，世界會越美好。

This may sound like a dreamer's hope and a theoretical goal which can never be reached. I do not think so.

這聽起來像痴人說夢，是永遠無法實現的理論目標，我卻不這么想。

The world as a whole has progressed tremendously material-wise, and we are a fortunate nation in that we are leading the procession. It is, I believe, natural that nations not so fortunate should look upon us with envy. We would do the same if the positions were reserved, so we should not judge too harshly the efforts of others to equal our standard of living. In either case, the fortunate or the unfortunate character in the indivial and collectively in a nation stands out.

全世界在物質生產上已取得巨大進步，美利堅榮幸地成為引導這一進程的國家。我相信，沒有這樣好運氣的國家可能會嫉妒我們，如果換個位置，我們也會如此，因此對於別人奮力向我們的生活標准看齊，我們不應該草率地評判。無論是哪種情況，個人或民族的幸運或不幸的品格都會凸顯出來。

I agree that it is easier to build character under ideal conditions but cannot forget that character is also required to give as well as receive.

我贊同在理想條件下更容易塑造人格的說法，但我認為不能忘記人格的塑造不僅需要外界條件的熏陶，也需要自身的努力。

It should be to the benefit of humanity if all indivials - and this includes myself - did a renovation or remodeling job on our own character. It may merely be a case of removing rough edges or tossing away molding to expose irregularities, in some cases to remove a prop and stand on one's own feet.

如果所有人——也包括我自己——都更新或重鑄自己的人格，這應該是有益於人類的。這也許僅僅是抹去粗糙的邊緣或丟棄固有的模式，從而顯露出不平整，有時則需要拿走支撐物，完全靠自己站立。

In any event if some of us set example, others will follow and the result should be good. This I believe.

不論何種情況，只要我們有人樹立榜樣，其他人就會效仿，結果就應該是好的。對此我深信不疑。

經典勵志的英文故事 篇4

Give the wrong-doer a way out

Beginning with Yu the GREat, the Xia Dynasty had lasted about four hundred years before Jie became the supreme ruler.

And that was in the 18th century BC. Jie was extremely tyrannical and dissolute. This aroused GREat resentment among the people. Tang, the Chief of the tribe Shang took advantage of this situation to overthrow the Xia Dynasty and established the Shang Dynasty in the early 17th century BC. Among the preparations for the overthrow had been the winning over of popular support.

One day, Tang was having a walk in the open country. He saw a man catching birds with a big net spread in a box-like and mumbling: "Come on, birds! Come into my net. All of you, whether you are flying high or low, east or west. Come into my net!"

Tang walked over and said to the man, "This method is ruthless! You'll spare no birds this way!" With these words, he cut the net down on three sides. Then he murmured in a light voice as if praying: "Oh, birds! Fly to the left or right as you like. And if you're really tired of your life, come into this net!"

When chiefs of other tribes heard about this, they were all moved. They said, "Tang is a good king indeed. He is so kind even to birds and beasts. He must be more merciful to human beings." And very soon, about forty tribes pledged allegiance to Tang.

From that story came the idiom "Open the net on three sides". Later, people changed it into "Give the wrong-doer a way out."， indicating to be lenient to the wrong-doers.

從大禹到桀，夏朝一共持續了四百多年的歷史。

那是在公元前十八世紀。桀是個極端殘暴，放盪的人。他激起了人民的極度不滿。部落商的領袖湯利用這個形勢，推翻了夏朝，並在公元前十七世紀早期建立了商朝。在准備這場推翻夏朝的行動中，湯贏得了廣泛的支持。

一天，湯在一片開闊的田野里散步。他看見一個人正在捕鳥。那人支開一張像籠子般的大網，喃喃的說："來吧，鳥兒們!飛到我的網里來。無論是飛得高的還是低的，向東還是向西的，所有的鳥兒都飛到我的網里來吧!"

湯走過去對那個人說："你這種方法太殘忍了!這樣作你連一隻鳥也不放過!"

一邊說著，湯砍斷了三面網。然後，像做祈禱那樣，他輕輕的低聲說道，"哦，鳥兒們，喜歡向左飛的，就向左飛;喜歡向右飛的，就向右飛;如果你真的厭倦了你的生活，就飛入這張網吧!"

其它部落的首領得知這件事後都非常感動。他們說："湯真是一位賢王啊。他對鳥獸都如此仁慈，何況是對人呢?" 不久就有四十多個部落宣誓效忠湯。

"網開三面"這個成語就是由此而來的。後來，人們把它改為"網開一面"，表示寬容的對待做錯事的人。

經典勵志的英文故事 篇5

A bird startled by the mere twang of a bow-string

During the time of the Warring States (475-221 BC)， there lived a well-known archer named Geng Ying whose art in shooting was excelled by none at his time.

One day, as he was standing by the side of the King of Wei, a flock of swan geese were flying over. With confidence, Geng Ying said to the king, "The twang of my bow-string might bring down a bird." The King doubted much. Just then a solitary swan goose appeared, low and slow in its flight, sad and dolorous in its cry. Instantly Geng Ying bended his bow and forcibly pulled the bowstring. Twang! High up went he shrilling sound into the air and down fell the bird to the ground. The king admired with bewilderment. Gang Ying then explained: "The bird was flying low and slow, because it was already hurt; it was crying in a bitter tone, because it had lost its companions. Due to the fact that it was already hurt and sad at heart, the twang of my strong bow, that birds dreaded most, startled it. The shrilling sound made its heart beat fast, its wings weak, its balance uneven. Thus it fell down just as commonly as a man drops his chop-sticks, at the thunder-stroke, at a dinner table." Henceforth comes the idiom "A bird startled by the mere twang of a bow-string", illustrating a case where a man who had been previously and repeatedly frightened became numb and stupefied by a new thing of the same nature not knowing how to face the new situation.

戰國時期，有個傑出的弓箭手，叫做更贏。他的射箭本領在當時可稱是舉世無雙。有一天，他和魏王並肩站著，天空中忽然飛過一群鴻雁。更贏很自信的對魏王說："我可以用弓聲就把飛鳥給打下來。"魏王很懷疑。正在那是，一隻孤雁很低很慢的飛過。鳴聲凄慘。更贏見了，就張著弓，扣著弦，砰的一聲，直入雲宵。那孤雁果然應聲落地。魏王驚嘆之餘，不明白這是怎麼回事。更贏解釋說："那孤雁飛得低且慢，因為它已經受過傷;它鳴叫的聲音悲而哀，因為它離了群。身傷心碎，使它心跳加速，兩翼無力，體重失去平衡，正如人們吃飯時，突然聽見雷聲，筷子落地的情況一樣自然而平常。

後人根據上面的故事，做成了"驚弓之鳥"這個成語，形容先前多次受過驚嚇的人，忽然遇到同樣可怕的事物，就嚇得魂飛魄散，驚惶失措，不知如何去應付新的環境。

經典勵志的英文故事 篇6

烏鴉坐在樹枝上，嘴裡叼著一塊乳酪。這時，狐狸在觀察烏鴉，轉動鬼腦筋想得到那塊乳酪。

於是，狐狸先生走過去，站在樹下，仰起頭說道：「我的頭上有一隻多麼高貴的鳥兒呀！」她的美貌天下無雙，她的羽毛精緻纖美。

要是她的聲音也像外貌和羽毛那樣美好，毫無疑問，她該成為鳥類的女王！「聽到這番恭維，烏鴉簡直受寵若驚，一心只想向狐狸炫耀一下自己的歌喉，就「呱」地大叫一聲。

理所當然，她嘴裡的那乳酪就掉了下去，狐狸立刻抓起乳酪，說：「烏鴉夫人，我知道你的歌喉很不錯，可你需要的是智慧。」

A Crow was sitting on a branch of a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak when a Fox observed her and set his wits to work to discover some way of getting the cheese. Coming and standing under the

tree he looked up and said, "What a noble bird I see above me! Her beauty is without equal, the hue of her plumage exquisite. If only her voice is as sweet as her looks are fair, she ought without doubt to be Queen of the Birds." The Crow was hugely flattered by this, and just to show the Fox that she could sing she gave a loud caw. Down came the cheese, of course, and the Fox, snatching it up, said, "You have a voice, madam, I see: what you want is wits."

經典勵志的英文故事 篇7

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

一個年輕人向蘇格拉底詢問秘訣，蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨去到河邊見他。他們見面後，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他一起走向河裡，當河水淹至他們的 脖子時，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人並把其壓入水中，那人想要掙出水面， 而強壯有力的蘇格拉底將他摁在水中直到他變得無力抗爭，臉色發青。蘇格拉 底將他的頭拖出水面，這個年輕人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息後，深吸一口 氣。蘇格拉底問： 「當你悶在水裡的時候你最想要的是什麼？」年輕人回答說： 「空氣。 」蘇格拉底說： 「那就是秘訣。當你像渴望空氣一樣渴望成功， 你就能夠獲得它！沒有其他的秘密了。 」

經典勵志的英文故事 篇8

After the rain， a difficult spider to the wall has been fragmented network， e to damp walls， it must climb the height， it will fall， which one to climb， repeatedly falling and… No. a person to see， and he sighed to himself： "my life as this spider is not it? busy and no income." Thus， he increasingly depressed. See the second person， he said： this spider really stupid， why do not dry place from the next to climb up to look around? I'll be as stupid as it can not. Thus， he becomes wise up. See the third person， he immediately spiders keep the spirit of war touched. So he has become strong.

Tip： the mentality of those who are successful can be found everywhere the power of success.

雨後，一隻蜘蛛艱難地向牆上支離破碎的網爬去，由於牆壁潮濕，它爬到一定的高度，就會掉下來，它一次次地向上爬，一次次地又掉下來……第一個人看到了，他嘆了一口氣，自言自語：「我的一生不正如這只蜘蛛嗎?忙忙碌碌而無所得。」於是，他日漸消沉。第二個人看到了，他說：這只蜘蛛真愚蠢，為什麼不從旁邊乾燥的地方繞一下爬上去?我以後可不能像它那樣愚蠢。於是，他變得聰明起來。第三個人看到了，他立刻被蜘蛛屢敗屢戰的精神感動了。於是，他變得堅強起來。