英文寓言小故事
無論是在學(xué)校還是在社會(huì)中，大家對(duì)寓言故事都不陌生吧，寓言的篇幅一般比較短小，語言精辟簡練，結(jié)構(gòu)簡單卻極富表現(xiàn)力。還苦于找不到優(yōu)秀的寓言故事？下面是小編收集整理的英文寓言小故事，希望對(duì)大家有所幫助。
英文寓言小故事1
The goose with the golden eggs
One morning a countryman went to his gooses nest, and saw a yellow and glittering1 egg there.
He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold.
Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.
The countryman became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the gold at once, so he killed the goose, when he looked inside, he found nothing in its body.
生金蛋的鵝
一天早晨，一位農(nóng)夫發(fā)現(xiàn)自家的.鵝窩中有一只金燦燦的蛋。
他將蛋帶回家，驚喜地發(fā)現(xiàn)這是一個(gè)金蛋。
此后，農(nóng)夫每天都能得到一個(gè)金蛋。從此，他靠賣他的金蛋變得富有起來。
農(nóng)夫變得越來越貪婪，他想一下子得到鵝肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他殺死了鵝，但是，鵝肚子中什么也沒有。
英文寓言小故事2
Zhuang Zhous family was poor. Once, he went to the official who supervised1 rivers to borrow some grain. The official said: "Well, wait until the end of the year when I collect the taxes from the people, then I will lend you 300 gold pieces. All right?"
When Zhuang Zhou heard this, he was so angry that the colow of his face changed. But he told the official this story: When I came here yesterday, on the way I heard a voice calling Help! I turned my head and saw a small crucian carp in the dried-up carriage ditch2."
I went over and asked: "Little crucian carp, why are you calling for help?"
The little crucian carp answered: "I am a subject of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Unfortunately I fell down here. Can you give me a little water to save my life?"
I said: "All right, I am just going to the south to sell ideas to the kings of the States of Wu and Yue. I will ask them to stir3 up the water of the Xijiang River to welcome you. Will that do?"
When the crucian carp heard this, it got angry and said: "When I lose the water which is always with me, I cannot survive. Now, I want only a little bit of water so that I can survive.Yet you say such things. Then youd better go to the salt-fish shop to look for me."
鯽魚求救
莊周家境貧窮。一次，他去監(jiān)河侯那里借糧食，監(jiān)河侯說：“好吧!等到年底，我收到了老百姓的稅金時(shí)，就借給你三百金，行嗎?”
莊周一聽，氣得臉色都變了，但是他卻對(duì)監(jiān)河侯講了這樣一件事情：我昨天來時(shí)，半路上聽到‘救命’的.呼喊聲。我回過頭來，看見干涸的車溝里有條小螂魚。
我走過去，問它： “小娜魚，你為什么喊救命?”
小鯉魚回答說：“我是東海龍王的臣子，不幸落到這里。您能夠給我一些水來救我活命嗎?”
我說：“好吧!我正好要去南方游說吳國和越國的國王，那我就請(qǐng)他們激起西江的大水來迎接您，可以嗎?”
卿魚聽了，氣得不得了，說：“我失去了常跟我在一起的水，就無法生存下去了。現(xiàn)在，我只要得到一些水，就能夠生存下去;你卻說出這樣的話。好吧，你不如趁早到咸魚店里去找我吧!”
英文寓言小故事3
Fox is with the grape
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, affirmativeIs sour."
This is to say, and the some persons ability is small, and do to not acplish anything, borrow to say the opportune moment immaturity.
狐貍和葡萄
饑餓的.狐貍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(huì)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，有些人本事小，做不成事，就借口說時(shí)機(jī)未成熟。
英文寓言小故事4
A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, homely Ash should furnish what was wanted.
No sooner had the Woodman fitted the staff to his purpose ,then he began laying about him on all side.Felling the whole matter too late, whispered to the Cedar: "the first concession has lost all ;if we has not a sacrificed our humble neighbor, we might have yet stood for ages ourselves."
有一個(gè)樵夫來到森林里，要求樹給他一跟斧柄，看來他的請(qǐng)求非常謙虛，立刻得到了樹的首領(lǐng)的.同意。他們決定由平凡而樸素的白楊樹來提供所需要的東西。
樵夫剛按好斧柄，就開始到處亂砍，森林里最高的樹都砍倒了，樹林現(xiàn)在察覺大勢(shì)已去，就小聲對(duì)衫樹說："第一次的讓步已失去了一切，如果我們不犧牲我們的小小的鄰居，我們自己還可以活無數(shù)年呢。"
英文寓言小故事5
Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell
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(gè)人想偷鄰居門上的鈴，可是他明白一碰到鈴，鈴就會(huì)響起來，被人發(fā)現(xiàn)。他想啊想，最終他想出一個(gè)“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(dāng)他去偷鈴時(shí)，鈴聲仍舊響起來，他被別人當(dāng)場抓住。
英文寓言小故事6
the lion and the mouse
lion was awakened from sleep by a mouse running over his face. rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the mouse piteously entreated, saying: "if you would only spare my life, i would be sure to repay your kindness." the lion laughed and let him go.
it happened shortly after this that the lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. the mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "you ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a mouse to confer benefits on a lion."
一只老鼠從一只獅子面前跑過去，將它從夢(mèng)中吵醒。獅子生氣地跳起來，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求說：「只要你肯饒恕我這條小生命，我將來一定會(huì)報(bào)答你的大恩。」獅子便笑著放了它。
后來獅子被幾個(gè)獵人捉住，用粗繩捆綁倒在地上。老鼠聽出是獅子的吼聲，走來用牙齒咬斷繩索，釋放了牠，并大聲說：「你當(dāng)時(shí)嘲笑我想幫你的`忙，而且也不指望我有什么機(jī)會(huì)報(bào)答。但是你現(xiàn)在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向獅子效勞的。
英文寓言小故事7
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.
我與河馬
河馬住在動(dòng)物園里，我非常喜歡他。他經(jīng)常去看它，他也經(jīng)常想我。
今天是星期日，是個(gè)好天氣，我又一次去看望它。在我離開動(dòng)物園之后，他跟隨到我的家。我給他萵苣、生菜、香蕉、蘋果和其他食物。他都吃了。
當(dāng)我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一樣安靜。
晚上，他跳到床上同我睡覺在一起睡。
媽媽要它回家。它不得不背起包回到動(dòng)物園。媽媽允許我每周去看它。
英文寓言小故事8
There were two pots on the bank of a river. One was made of brass, and the other was made of clay.
河中漂流著一個(gè)瓦鍋和一個(gè)銅鍋。
When the water rose they both floated off down the river. The earthen pot tried to stay away from the brass one.
每當(dāng)潮漲潮落時(shí)，瓦鍋就盡量地遠(yuǎn)離銅鍋。
So the brass pot cried out, "Fear nothing, friend, I will not hit you."
銅鍋大叫：“別害怕，朋友，我不會(huì)撞你的。”
"But I may come in contact with you," said the earthen pot. "If I come too close, whether I hit you or you hit me, I shall suffer for it."
“但是我有可能會(huì)和你接觸”瓦鍋對(duì)銅鍋說“如果我離你太近，無論是你碰到我，或者是我自己不小心碰到你，我都會(huì)碎的。”
After that the earthen pot floated away.
然后，瓦鍋就漂走了。
關(guān)于經(jīng)典英文寓言故事：大力神與車夫
A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.
一名車夫趕著貨車沿著一條非常泥濘的小路前行。
Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out.
突然，馬車的`輪子陷入了泥潭，馬無法將它們拉出來。
The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules, help me,please,“ he said.
車夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出現(xiàn)“大力神啊，請(qǐng)來幫助我。”他說。
But Hercules appeared to him, and said, “Man, don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“
大力神出現(xiàn)了，卻說：“朋友，用你的肩膀把車輪扛起來，再驅(qū)趕馬拉車出來。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”
英文寓言小故事9
naughty Monkey
It’s very hot.。 An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.
The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases the fly.
The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s 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 man’s nose again， the monkey hits it hard with the stone.
He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.
調(diào)皮的猴子
天氣非常熱。一位老人在椅子上睡著了。
一只蒼蠅飛來落在老人的鼻子上。
老人有一只頑皮的猴子。猴子在追打蒼蠅。
蒼蠅再次飛落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打蒼蠅。
這樣往返了五六次，猴子非常生氣。
他跳著跑到花園，撿起一塊大石頭。
當(dāng)蒼蠅再次落在老人的鼻子上時(shí)，猴子用石頭擊中老人的鼻子上的`蒼蠅。
他砸死了蒼蠅也打破了老人的鼻子。
英文寓言小故事10
This happened many many summers ago.
這個(gè)故事發(fā)生在很多很多個(gè)夏天以前。
There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking...It was growing by itself...enjoying every day...
在一個(gè)周圍充滿著干燥與衰落景象的沙漠中，有一朵小花正綻放著……她孤單地生長著……快樂地過著每一天……
and saying to the sun "When shall I be grown up"? And the sun would say "Be patient"---Each time I touch you, you grow a little"...
太陽回答說：“不要著急——我的光芒每接觸你一次，你就會(huì)長大一點(diǎn)兒……”她對(duì)太陽說：“我什么時(shí)候才能長大呀?”
And she was so pleased. Because she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand...
小花聽了非常高興。因?yàn)樗袡C(jī)會(huì)為這片沙漠增添一處絢麗的景色了……
And this is all she wanted to do---bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
這就是她夢(mèng)寐以求的——為這個(gè)世界帶來一點(diǎn)兒美麗。
One day the hunter came by---and stepped on her.---
一天，一個(gè)獵人經(jīng)過這里——并從她身上踏了過去。——
She was going to die---and she felt so sad. Not because she was dying ---but because she would not have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.
她即將死了——她感到十分悲傷。她悲傷的原因，并不是因?yàn)樗龑⒁廊ィ且驗(yàn)樗僖矝]有機(jī)會(huì)為這片沙漠增添一處絢麗的`景色了。
The great spirit saw her, and was listening.---Indeed, he said ...She should be living...And he reached down and touched her---and gave her life.
一個(gè)偉大的精靈看到了她，并聽到了她的哭訴。——事實(shí)上，他說……她應(yīng)該活下去……于是，他來到沙漠上撫摸著她，并賦予了她生命。
And she grew up to be a beautiful flower...and this corner of the desert became so beautiful because of her.
后來，她終于長大成了一朵美麗的花兒……這片沙漠也因她的存在而變得格外美麗。
英文寓言小故事11
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck.
印度有一個(gè)挑水工，他有兩個(gè)大罐子，分別掛在肩上的扁擔(dān)兩頭。
One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
其中一個(gè)罐子做工精細(xì)，從不漏水，另一個(gè)上面則有一道裂縫。
At the end of the long walk from the stream to the masters house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
每當(dāng)挑水工回到雇主家時(shí)，罐子里的水就只剩一半了。
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his masters house.
這樣過了整整兩年，這個(gè)挑水工每天挑到雇主家的水僅有一罐半。
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made.
當(dāng)然，那個(gè)完好的罐子為自己的成就甚感自豪。
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
而那個(gè)可憐的有裂縫的罐子卻因自身的瑕疵而羞愧不已，為自己只能裝一半水而痛苦不堪。
After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.
痛苦了兩年后，一天，那個(gè)有裂縫的罐子在小溪邊對(duì)挑水工說：
"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you."
“我很慚愧，想向你道歉。”
"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"
“為什么?”挑水工問“你羞愧什么呢?”
"I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your masters house.
“為這兩年來只能讓你挑回一半的水。因?yàn)槲疑砩系倪@個(gè)裂縫，每次你回雇主家的路上，水都在漏，到家時(shí)就只剩下半罐了。
Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you dont get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
正是我的裂縫，你不得不多挑幾次水，這樣就浪費(fèi)了你的部分勞動(dòng)價(jià)值。”罐子說道。
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said,
挑水工對(duì)這個(gè)有裂痕的舊罐子感到很抱歉，他同情地說道：
"As we return to the masters house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."
“當(dāng)我們返回雇主家時(shí)，我希望你能留心路旁那些美麗的花朵。”
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some.
的確如此，當(dāng)他們上山時(shí)，這個(gè)有裂縫的舊罐子注意到了路旁的'野花，它們沐浴在陽光中非常漂亮。
But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again it apologized to the bearer for its failure.
它感到了一絲快樂，但到雇主家時(shí)，它又為自己漏了一半水而難過起來，于是，它再次為自己的失敗向挑水工道歉。
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pots side?
挑水工對(duì)罐子說：“你注意到了嗎?你這邊沿路都有花，而另一邊就沒有?
Thats because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it.
我早就注意到了你的裂縫，我就是利用這一點(diǎn)，在你這側(cè)的路邊種上花籽。
I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, youve watered them.
每天，我們從小溪回來時(shí)，你就給它們澆了水。
For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my masters table.
這兩年，我就采這些漂亮的花朵來裝點(diǎn)雇主的桌子。
Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."
倘若你不漏水，他就沒有這么美麗的鮮花來裝飾屋子了。”
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