川猫之介
1、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。
2、The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country."
So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone.
You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
【译文】城里老鼠和乡下老鼠
从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。
城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”
乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。
过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。
3、The dog and the wolf
A wolf was almost dead with hunger. A house-dog saw him, and asked, "Friend, your irregular life will soon ruin you.
"Why don't you work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly?"
"I would have no objection," said the wolf, "if I could only get a place." "I will help you," said the dog. "Come with me to my master, and you shall share my work."
So the wolf and the dog went to the town together.On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog's neck.He felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that?
"Oh, it is nothing," said the dog. "Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up. You will soon get used to it."
"Is that the only reason?" said the wolf. "Then good-bye to you, my friend. I would rather be free."
【译文】狗和狼
一只狼快要饿死了，一只狗看见后问他：“你现在的无规律的生活一定会毁掉你，为什么不像我一样稳定地干活并有规律地获得食物呢?”
狼说：“如果我有个地方住，我没有意见。”狗回答说：“跟我到主人那里去，我们一起工作。”于是狼和狗一起回到了村子。
在路上，狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈没有毛，他很奇怪地问为什么会那样。
“噢，没有什么，”狗说，“我的主人每天晚上都用一条铁链子拴住我，你很快就会习惯的。”“就是因为这个原因吗?”狼说道，“那么，再见了，我的朋友，我宁愿选择自由。”
寓意: 自由比安乐更重要。
4、还是个好孩子
John is not a “good” student. 约翰并不是个“好”学生。
He always sleeps in the class. 他总是在上课的时候睡觉。
Today he sleeps again.今天他又睡着了。
“John!” Teacher says angrily.“约翰!”老师生气地喊他。
“What? What’s wrong?” John is awaken.“什么?出什么事了?”约翰醒了。
“Why do you make a face? It’s classroom. Look! Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says.
“你为什么要做鬼脸?这是教室!看看!同学们都在笑!”老师生气地说。
“No one is laughing.” Teacher says.“没有人在笑呀。”其他同学笑声地嘀咕。
“No, it’s not me. I was not making a face. I was sleeping.” John fells upset.
“不，不是我。我没有做鬼脸。刚才我睡着了。”约翰感到不安。
“Um. Not bad. You can admit your fault. You are still a good boy.” Teacher is satisfied with it.“嗯，还不错。你承认自己的错误，还是给好孩子”老师为此感到满意。
5、狐狸赞美乌鸦
One day， a crow stood on a branch near his nest ，and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. 有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。
At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。
However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent.但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。
Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. 最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。
As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞
6、聪明的乌龟
A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front of him.
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。
“Haha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog.“哈哈！一只青蛙，我有晚餐啦！”于是，他扑向青蛙。
Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise. The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s tail.
在老虎的后边，有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了，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。
“Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.“谢谢你，小乌龟。”青蛙说。
But the tiger is very angry. “Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!”大事老虎十分愤怒：“讨厌！我要把你扔到天上去。”
“Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.“谢谢你，我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。
The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”老虎停下来：“那我就把你扔到到水里。”
“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。
“Thank you, Mr. Tiger. Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together.“谢谢你，老虎先生，再见！”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。
臻品之心
英语寓言小故事 Making His Mark 刻舟求剑A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn’t this a very foolish way to look for a sword? 楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢？船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。
泡沫鱼头
亡羊补牢There was once a farmer, raised a few sheep, grazing day, evening rush into a surrounded by firewood and wood piles and other objects within the fold. 一天早晨，这个牧民去放羊，发现羊少了一只。
原来羊圈破了个窟窿，e69da5e887aae79fa5e9819331333332633661夜间有狼从窟窿里钻了进来，把一只羊叼走了。 One morning, the sheep herders to, found a sheep less. Original pen broke a hole, the night the wolf came in from the holes drilled, a sheep Diao away. 邻居劝告他说：“赶快把羊圈修一修，堵上那个窟窿吧。”
Neighbor advised him: "hurry the sheepfold, plug the hole." 他说：“羊已经丢了，还去修羊圈干什么呢？”没有接受邻居的好心劝告。 He said: "the sheep have been lost, but also to repair pen do?" Do not accept a neighbor's well intentioned advice. 第二天早上，他去放羊，发现又少了一只羊。
原来狼又从窟窿里钻进羊圈，又叼走了一只羊。 The very next day morning, he went to the sheep, found it less of a sheep. Originally wolf again from the hole in the pen, and carried off a sheep. 这位牧民很后悔没有认直接受邻居的劝告，去及时采取补救措施。
于是，他赶紧堵上那个窟窿，又从整体进行加固，把羊圈修得牢牢实实的。 The herd *** en are regret not recognized directly by the neighbour's advice, to take timely remedial measures. So, he quickly plug that hole, and from the overall reinforcement, the sheepfold so real. 从此，这个牧民的羊就再也没有被野狼叼走过了。
Since then, the herd *** en of the sheep will never be wolf 叼 walking through. 牧民的故事告诉我们：犯了错误，遭到挫折，这是常见的现象。只要能认真吸取教训，及时采取补救措施，就可以避免继续犯错误，遭受更大的损失。
The story tells us: make a mistake, suffered a setback, it is a mon phenomenon. As long as you can draw lessons, to take timely remedial measures, can avoid to continue to make mistakes, suffer greater losses。
愚公移山Once upon a time there was a foolish old man, there are o big mountains near his home, so out of the way. He said to his family: all of you to help me move mountains. The foolish old man a day to move mountains and the earth and stone into the sea. One day, the foolish old man moved mountains when an old man said to him: you are weak and not move mountains. He said, the old man said: Although I died, and my family continue to dig the mountain, my family has grown, and the mountain is not high, can be dug ping! God was moved by the old man, the other o god sent out these o mountains。
愚公移山
Once upon a time there was a foolish old man, there are o big mountains near his home, so out of the way. He said to his family: all of you to help me move mountains. The foolish old man a day to move mountains and the earth and stone into the sea. One day, the foolish old man moved mountains when an old man said to him: you are weak and not move mountains. He said, the old man said: Although I died, and my family continue to dig the mountain, my family has grown, and the mountain is not high, can be dug ping! God was moved by the old man, the other o god sent out these o mountains。
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.” 上次活动时，他在致辞中提到：“我让杰克借用住宅是有原因的.这故事跟一个小男孩有关，他的父亲是位马术师，他从小就必须跟着父亲东奔西跑，男孩的求学过程并不顺利.高中时，有次老师叫全班同学写报告，题目是长大后的志愿.” That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.” “那晚他洋洋洒洒地写了七张纸，描述他的伟大志愿，那就是想拥有一座属于自己的牧马农场，并且仔细画了一张200亩农场的设计图，上面标有马厩、跑道等的位置，然后在这一大片农场中央，还要建造一栋占地4,000平方英尺的巨宅.”“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, 'See me after class.'” “他花了好大心血把报告完成，第二天交给了老师.两天后他拿回了报告，第一页上打了一个又红又大的F，旁边还写了一行字：下课后来见我.”“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, 'Why did I receive an F？'”“脑中充满幻想的他下课后带着报告去找老师：‘为什么给我不及格？’”“The teacher said, 'This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You e from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.' Then the teacher added, 'If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.'”“老师回答道：‘你年纪轻轻，不要老做白日梦.你没钱，没家庭背景，什么都没有.盖座农场可是个花钱的大工程；你要花钱买地、花钱买纯种马匹、花钱照顾它们.你别太好高骛远了.’他接着又说：‘如果你肯重写一个比较不离谱的志愿，我会重新给你打分.’”“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, 'Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.'”“这男孩回家后反复思量了好几次，然后征询父亲的意见.父亲只是告诉他：‘儿子，这是非常重要的决定，你必须自己拿定主意.’” “Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, 'You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream.'” “再三考虑好几天后，他决定原稿交回，一个字都不改.他告诉老师：‘即使不及格，我也不愿放弃梦想.’”Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that o summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, 'Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.'” 蒙提此时向众人表示：“我提起这故事，是因为各位现在就坐在200亩农场内，占地4,000平方英尺的豪华住宅.那份高中时写的报告我至今还留着.他顿了一下又说：“有意思的是，两年前的夏天，那位老师带了30个学生来我农场露营一星期.离开之前，他对我说：‘蒙提，说来有些惭愧.你读高中时，我曾泼过你冷水.这些年来，我也对不少学生说过相同的话.幸亏你有这个毅力坚持自己的梦想.’”Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.不论做什么事，相信你自己，别让别人的一句话将你击倒.我觉得下面这个故事虽然简短但是这文章里的寓意很值得我们回味，希望对你有用英语小故事 ：生病的狮子 A lion had e to the end of his days. He lay helpless under a tree. The animals came around him. When they 。
'Crow drink' terribly thirsty crow, flying to beside a pitcher, the pitcher is not a lot of water, he left no stone unturned, still drink less. So, he can use systemic effort to push, want to put down the pot, pour water, and the pitcher but also push push. At this time, crow remembered the way he had used, with the mouth with a stone thrown into the pitcher, with the increase of stones, the water tank gradually gradually increased. At last the crow drank the water and drank the thirst.. This story shows that wisdom often exceeds strength.。
he horse and the ass
A horse and an ass were traveling together. The horse was prancing along in its beautiful trappings, but the ass was carrying the heavy weight in its saddlebags. "I wish I were you," sighed the ass. "You have nothing to do, and wear such a beautiful harness."
The next day there was a great battle. The horse was badly wounded in the final charge.
The ass passed and saw the dying horse. "I was wrong," said the ass."Safety is much more important than beautiful clothes."
The Frog and the Ox
by Aesop
“Oh, Father,”said a little frog to the big one sitting by the side of a pond,“I have seen such a terrible monster! It was as big as a mountain, with horns① on his head, and a long tail, and it had hoofs divided in o②.
“Tush③， child, tush,”said the old frog, “that was only the famrer's ox. It isn't so big either, he may be a little bit taller than I, but I could easily make myself quite as broad; just you watch.”So he blew himself out, and blew himself out, and blew himself out.“Was he as big as that?”he asked.
“Oh, much bigger than that,”said the young frog.
Again the old one blew himself out, and asked the young one if the ox was as big as that.
“Bigger, Father, bigger,”the young frog replied.
So the old frog took a deep, deep breath, and blew and blew and blew, and swelled and swelled and swelled. And then he said in a strained ④ voice:“I'm sure the ox is not as big as….”But at that moment he burst.
MORAL: Self-conceit⑤ may lead to self-destruction⑥.
（选自《英语学习》1990年第4期）
【词语解释】
① horn [h&:n]n. （牛、羊等动物头上的）角
② hoofs divided in o 蹄分为两趾
③tush[t)M] int. （表示轻蔑、指责或不耐烦等）呸！啐！
④strained [streind] a. 拉紧的；紧张的
⑤self-conceit['selfk+n'si:t] n. 自负；自高自大
⑥self-destruction ['selfdis'tr)kM+n] n. 自我毁灭
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