英语小故事20

2.I'm Trying to Stop It "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。” 支持“ 威尔鱼的蓝天”说的这个 非常容易背

The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子 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. 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.

Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It

画一条蛇并加上脚

Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself.

很久很久以前，几个人中间有一罐酒，他们都想自己喝。

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.

因此，他们制定了一条规则，每个人都要在地上画一条蛇，谁先画完谁就有酒。

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.

一个人很快就完成了他的蛇，他正要喝酒，这时他看到其他人还在忙着画，所以他决定画蛇的脚。

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?"

然而，在他能完成脚之前，另一个人完成了，从他手中夺过罐子，说：“谁见过有脚的蛇？”

The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It." tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

“画蛇加脚”的故事告诉我们，走得太远和走得不够远一样糟糕。

希望你喜欢下面这个故事.One evening I drove my husband's car to the shopping mall. On my return, I noticed that how dusty the outside of his car was and cleaned it up a bit.When I finally entered the house, I called out.'The woman who loves you the most in the world just cleaned your headlights and windshield.' My husband looked up and said, 'Mom's here?' 一天晚上我开着丈夫的车去购物，回来后发现车身沾满灰尘，于是擦洗了一阵。当我终于走进屋里时大声喊：“世界上最爱你的女人刚擦洗了你的车灯和挡风玻璃。” 我丈夫抬头看了看，说：“妈妈来了？”