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中文故事篇一
英语寓言小故事15则(中英文对照)
英语寓言小故事15则(中英文对照)
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Making His Mark “刻舟求剑” ................................................................................................ 2 To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长” ..................................................... 2 Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃” .......................................................... 3 The Fox and the Crow “狐狸和乌鸦” .................................................................................. 3 Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足” ........................................................................ 3 郭氏之墟 ................................................................................................................................... 4 老鼠和公牛 ............................................................................................................................... 5 男孩和荨麻 ............................................................................................................................... 5 鹦鹉和猫 ................................................................................................................................... 6 一捆树枝 ............................................................................................................................... 7 狼和驴................................................................................................................................... 8 野猪和狐狸 ........................................................................................................................... 9 燕雀处室 ............................................................................................................................. 10 山 ........................................................................................................................................ 10 A Smart Tortoise聪明的乌龟 ............................................................................................ 11
1. 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。
2. To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长”
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying. 从前,有个农夫,种了稻苗(seedlings)后,便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时,都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想,他终于想到一个“最佳方法”,他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天,一早起身,他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知,却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
3. Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃”
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.
从前,有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃,但是他知道一碰到铃,铃就会响起来,被人发现。他想啊想,终于他想出一个“妙极”,他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来,就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时,铃声仍旧响起来,他被别人当场抓住
4. 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.
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。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。但是,无论狐狸说什么,乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。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。没想到,肉一掉下来,狐狸就叼起肉,钻回了洞
5. 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.
古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒,所以就定了一个规矩:每人在地上画一条蛇,谁画得最快,这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时,看见别人都还在忙着画,就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果,他的蛇脚还没加完,另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去,说:“有谁见过长脚的蛇?”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理:做得过分和做得不够都是不对的
6. 郭氏之墟
On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi , which perished long ago.
Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
They replied,"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds, and averse to evildoing, which led to the perdition."
When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ," Though he liked doing good, he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing, never could he help not participating. That caused the ruin of his capital."
齐桓公出游途中,来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。
看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象,忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因。 百姓们回答说:"郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。" 齐桓公不能理解这种回答,百姓们便解释说:"郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事,但从来都不能做到;尽管厌恶邪恶丑行,却总是忍不住参与其中。这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因。"
7. 老鼠和公牛
A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing. The bull jumped up in a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard. The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall. The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole. After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again.
As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered across the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety. As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:
"It's not always the big people who come off best. Sometimes the small ones win, you know."
有一次,公牛躺着打盹,一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来,低着头追老鼠,一直追过院子。然而,老鼠跑得比他快多了,从容地钻到墙洞里去了。
公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁,尽管头撞肿了,角撞裂了,老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿,公牛不撞了,倒下歇着。
公牛刚睡着,小老鼠就爬到洞口,嗒嗒地跑过院子,又咬了公牛一口 ?? 这回咬了鼻子 ?? 又跑回安全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时,老鼠吱吱叫道:
"大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。"
8. 男孩和荨麻
A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle . He ran home to tell his mother what had happened.
"I only touched it lightly," he said, "and the nasty thing stung me."
"It stung you because you only touched it lightly," his mother told him." Next time you touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can. Then it won't sting you at all." Face danger boldly.
有个男孩子在地里玩耍,被荨麻刺痛了。他跑回家去,告诉妈妈出了什么事。
中文故事篇二
小故事大道理(中英文)
一,
What time is it?
Tom and Jack come out of the cinema.It is very late. "I can't find my watch.Where is it?"Tom says.
"Is it in your bag?"Jack asks.
"Oh,yes.Here it is."
"What time is it?"
"My watch doesn't work.Let's sing,and then we can know the time."
"Why?"
"Just do it."
The two boys begin to sing.A short time later ,a man in the building opens the window and shouts,"Keep it down!Don't you know it's three o'clock in the morning?"
现在几点了?
Tom和Jack从电影院出来,已经非常晚了。
“我找不到我的手表了,它在哪?”Tom说。
“它在你的背包里吗?”Jack问。
“哦,是的。它在这儿。”
“现在几点了?”
“我的手表坏了。让我们一起唱歌,然后我们就可以知道时间了。” “为什么?”
“你照着做就可以了。”
两个男孩就开始唱歌了。过了一会,楼上的一个男人打开窗子并且喊道:“安 静点!难道你们不知道现在已经是早上三点多了吗?”
二,
狗和影子
(The Dog and the Shadow)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.
一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉,走过一条河上面的桥,看见他自己在水里的影子,以
为是另一只狗,那时狗衔着的肉,比他自己的还要大一倍。因此他仍掉自己的
那一块,狠狠地扑向那只狗,想夺到那一块较大的肉。结果两头都落了空,因
为他想要抓取在水中的那一块,只不过是一个影子,而原来的那一块,也被水
冲走了。 Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. 谨
记,切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西
三,
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,一座大山隆隆作响,摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。
一个人说:"要出现一条大河了。" 另一个人说:"准会出现一条巨龙。" 第三个人说:"从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。" 等了几天之后,山坡上终于裂开一
条小缝,却蹦出来一只耗子。 正因为某人大肆张扬,所以他没有什么了不起。
四,
A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another. He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him. One day he decided to show them what he meant. He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them. "Can you break that ? " he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood. The father asked each son in turn to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it . Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks. " Now try, " he said . The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands. "Do you see what I mean ?" asked the father. "if only you stand together no one can hurt you . If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you. " United we stand ; divided we fall.
一捆树枝 从前有一个人,他有四个儿子。儿子们不断地争吵。他一再告诫他们
说,如果他们一起干活儿,生活会舒适得多,但他们丝毫不理会他的意见。有
一天,他决定通过示范把自己的意思告诉他们。 他把四个儿子都叫来,又把一
捆扎得很紧的细树枝放在他们面前的地上。 "你能折断这个吗?"他问最小的儿{中文故事}.
子。小伙子用膝盖顶住,两只手又压又拉,都不能把那捆树枝弄弯。父亲让别
的儿子挨个儿试试,看他们是否能把那捆树枝折断,但谁也做不到。 然后,他
解开绳子,把树枝撒开。 "试试吧。"他说。四个小伙子用手轻轻一撅,树枝就
断了。 "你们明白我的意思了吗?"父亲问,"只要你们联合起来,谁也不能伤
害你们。如果你们老吵架,一定要各行其是,那么你们一遇到敌人,就会被打
败。" 合则存,分则败。
五, 英文版亡羊补牢的故事
There was once a farmer, raised a few sheep, grazing day, evening rush into a straw and wood piles and other objects within the enclosed pen. One morning, the sheep herders go, found a sheep less. Original pen broke a hole, the night the wolf came in from the holes drilled, a sheep Diao away. Neighbor advised him: "hurry the sheepfold, plug the hole." He said:" the sheep have been lost, but also to repair pen do?" Did not accept well-meaning neighbor's advice. The very next day morning, he went to sheep, found it less of a sheep. Wolf and from the original drilling holes in the sheepfold, and carried off a sheep. The herdsmen are regret not recognized directly affected by the neighbor's advice, to take timely remedial measures. Then, he quickly plug that hole, and from the overall reinforcement, the sheepfold so substantial. Since then, the shepherd of the sheep will never be thieved by the wolf. The story tells us : make a mistake, suffered a setback, it is a common phenomenon. As long as you can draw a lesson seriously, take remedial measures in time, can avoid to continue to make mistakes, suffer greater losses.
从前有一个牧民,养了几十只羊,白天放牧,晚上赶进一个用柴草和木桩等物
围起来的羊圈内。 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,夜间有狼从窟窿里钻了进来,把一只羊叼走了。 邻居劝告
他说:“赶快把羊圈修一修,堵上那个窟窿吧。” 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。 第二天早上,他去放羊,{中文故事}.
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。 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。 从此,这个牧
民的羊就再也没有被野狼叼走过了。 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。
中文故事篇三
中英文寓言小故事
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贫饮,他说:“我不计划吃那些贫饮,因为富人会给我更多的食物,他会给我特别好吃的东西。”接着他拿起贫饮,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,接着他说:“今天我去不了富人家了,因为我不能度过河。” 他开始回家,那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的,他找到贫饮,特别开心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效果处。
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 ang says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
【译文】狐狸和公鸡 一天早上,一只狐狸看到了一侄耀鸡。他想:这是我的早餐。 他朝公鸡走来,对他说:“我知道,你能唱得很好听,你能唱给我听么?”公鸡特别开心。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。
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."
【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫,这只猫特别老,它跑不快了,也咬不了东西,因为它年纪太大了。一天,老猫发现一只老鼠,它跳过去抓这只老鼠,然而,它咬不住这只老鼠。因此,老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了,因为老猫咬不了它。 于是,老妇特别生气,因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫,猫说:“不要打你的老仆人,我已经为你服务了特别多年,还而且愿意为你效劳,但是,我实在太老了,对年纪大的不要这么无情,要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”
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,它们是好好友。一只老鼠居住在乡村,另一只住在城里。特别多年以后,乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,它说:“你一定要来我乡下的家瞧瞧。”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。它把全部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,你为啥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,而且会吃上美味佳肴,你应该到我城里的家瞧瞧。” 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,听见特别大的一阵响声,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。”
中文故事篇四
坎特伯雷故事集 中文 译文
夏雨给大地带来了喜悦, 送走了土壤干裂的三月, 沐浴着草木的丝丝经络, 顿时百花盛开,生机勃勃。 西风轻吹留下清香缕缕, 田野复苏吐出芳草绿绿; 碧蓝的天空腾起一轮红日, 青春的太阳洒下万道金辉。 小鸟的歌喉多么清脆优美, 迷人的夏夜怎好安然入睡—— 美丽的自然撩拨万物的心弦, 多情的鸟儿歌唱爱情的欣欢。 香客盼望膜拜圣徒的灵台, 僧侣立愿云游陌生的滨海。 信徒来自全国东西南北, 众人结伴奔向坎特伯雷, 去朝谢医病救世的恩主, 以缅怀大恩大德的圣徒。
那是个初夏方临的日子, 我到泰巴旅店投宿歇息; 怀着一颗虔诚的赤子心, 我准备翌日出发去朝圣。 黄昏前后华灯初上时分, 旅店院里涌入很多客人; 二十九人来自各行各业, 不期而遇都到旅店过夜。 这些香客人人虔心诚意, 次日要骑马去坎特伯雷。 客房与马厩宽敞又洁净, 店主的招待周到而殷勤。 夕阳刚从地平线上消失, 众人同我已经相互结识; 大家约好不等鸡鸣就起床, 迎着熹微晨光干燥把路上。
可是在我叙述故事之前, 让我占用诸位一点时间, 依我之见似乎还很必要, 把每人的情况作些介绍。 谈谈他们从事什么行业, 社会地位属于哪个阶层,
容貌衣着举止又是如何, 那么我就先把骑士说说。
骑士的人品出众而且高尚, 自从军以来就驰骋于疆场, 待人彬彬有礼,大度而豪爽, 珍惜荣誉节操和骑士风尚。 为君主效命创辉煌战绩, 所到国家之远无人能比, 转战于基督和异教之邦, 因功勋卓著缕缕受表彰。 他攻打过亚历山大利亚; 在普鲁士庆功宴上有他, 这位佼佼者多次坐首席; 从立陶宛直打到俄罗斯, 同级的骑士都大为逊色; 攻克阿给西勒有他一个, 还出征到过柏尔玛利亚; 夺取烈亚斯和萨塔利亚; 他还多次游弋于地中海, 跟随登陆大军将敌战败。 十五次比武他大显身手, 为捍卫信仰而浴血奋斗; 在战场上三次杀死敌将, 高贵的武士美名传四方。 他还侍奉过柏拉西亚国君, 讨伐另一支土耳其异教军; 没有一次不赢得最高荣誉, 他骁勇善战,聪慧而不痴愚。 他温柔顺从像个大姑娘, 一生无论是在什么地方, 对谁也没有讲过半个脏字: 堪称一个完美的真骑士。 他有一批俊美的千里马, 但是他的衣着朴实无华; 开价的底下是结识的布衣, 上上下下到处是斑斑污迹。 他风尘仆仆刚从战场归来, 片刻未休息就急忙去朝拜。
中文故事篇五
中英文寓言小故事
英语读物
一
Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter
A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.
For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.
In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion.
"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief. "Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?" 伟大的猎手Jonesie 有个小村庄正为一只吃人的狮子而烦恼。于是,村长派人去请伟大的猎手Jonesie来杀死这只野兽。
猎手躺着等了几个晚上,但狮子一直没有出现。最后,他要求村长杀只羊然后把头皮给他。把羊皮披在身上后,猎人到草原上去等狮子。 半夜,村民被从草原传来的声嘶力竭的尖叫声惊醒。
他们小心地靠近后,看到猎手正躺在草地上痛苦地呻吟。没有狮子出没的蛛丝马迹。 “Jonesie,怎么了?狮子在哪?”村长问。 “哪有狮子!”猎人怒吼道,“哪个傻瓜把公牛放出来了? 二
Weather Predict
A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained.
A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm.
"This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.
However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?" The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken."
天气预报
一个电影摄制组在沙漠深处工作.一天,一个印度老人到导演跟前告诉导演说"明天下雨."第二天果然下雨了.
一周后,印度人又来告诉导演说,"明天有风暴."果然,第二天下了雹暴. "印度人真神,"导演说.他告诉秘书雇佣该印度人来预报天气.
几次预报都很成功.然后,接下来的两周,印度人不见了.
最后,导演派人去把他叫来了."我明天必须拍一个很大的场景,"导演说,"这得靠你了.明天天气如何啊?"
印度人耸了耸肩."我不知道,"印度人说,"收音机坏了."
三
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive(橄榄树) orchard(果园) . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised(轻视,看不起) the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.
When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."
The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering(漫游,闲逛)in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."
从前有一个农民,他有一座漂亮的橄榄园。他非常勤劳,而且农场在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。可他知道自己的三个儿子瞧不起农活,都迫不及待的想通过冒险发家致富。
这个农民上了年岁,感到死期快要来临时,将三个儿子叫到身边说:“儿子们,橄榄园里藏有一罐金子。你们想要,就去挖吧。”
儿子们想让父亲告诉他们金子藏在果园的那一块地方,可他什么也没再给他们说。 那个农民死后,三个儿子就开始挖地,想找到那罐金子;因为他们不知道金子藏在什么地方,所以他们一致同意排成一行从果园的一头开始挖起,知道其中一人挖到金子为止.
他们挖啊挖,从果园的一头一直挖到了另一头,果树周围和果树之间也都挖到了,可还是没有找到那罐金子。看来一定是有人已经把那罐金子头走了,要么就是他们的父亲一直在异想天开。三个儿子对他们白干了一场,感到大失所望。
到了第二年的橄榄季节,果园里的橄榄树接出的果子比以往的都多;卖完果子后,三个儿子赚了整整一罐金子。
他们从果园里得到这么多钱后,突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的“果园里藏有金子,想要就去挖吧”这句话的含义。
四
The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During the conflict
itself people went onworking and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on. America's War of Independence heralded the birth of three modern
influx of nations. One was Canada, which received its first large
English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. The third newcomer -- the United States -- based itself squarely on republican principles.
Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notably Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a home-grown governing class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king and Parliament.
美国革命 美国革命其实并不算是一场革命,因为它并未导致完全的和彻底的变化。 这
次革命并不是对政治和社会框架的一次突然和猛烈的颠覆,象后来在已经是独立国家的法国 和俄国所爆发的革命那样。
革命带来了重大的变化,但并非翻天覆地,所发生的只是进化 的加速,而不是一场彻底的革命;在冲突期间,人们仍然上班、做礼拜、结婚、玩耍。 多数人并没有受到实际战斗的严重影响。 许多较闭塞的社区对这场战争几乎一无所知。美国 独立战争宣布了三个现代国家的诞生,其中一个是加拿大。
加拿大的第一大批讲英语的流 入人口来自于成千上万英王的效忠者, 这些人从美国逃到了加拿大。 另一个国家是澳大利 亚,因为美国不再是容纳罪犯和欠债者的国度了,澳大利亚就变成了一个惩治罪犯的殖民地(注:独立战争前,英国政府将罪犯流放到美国)。 第三个国家就是美国,它完全建立在共和原则基础
中文故事篇六
中英文小故事{中文故事}.
中英文小故事
One day, a little monkey is playing by the well.
一天,有只小猴子在井边玩儿。
He looks in the well and shouts :
它往井里一瞧,高喊道:
“Oh !My god! The moon has fallen into the well!”
“噢!我的天!月亮掉到井里头啦!”
An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,
一只大猴子跑来一看,说,{中文故事}.
“Goodness me! The moon is really in the water!”
“糟啦!月亮掉在井里头啦!”
And olderly monkey comes over.
老猴子也跑过来。
He is very surprised as well and cries out:
他也非常惊奇,喊道:
“The moon is in the well.”
“糟了,月亮掉在井里头了!”
A group of monkeys run over to the well .
一群猴子跑到井边来,
They look at the moon in the well and shout:
他们看到井里的月亮,喊道:
“The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let’get it out!”
“月亮掉在井里头啦!快来!让我们把它捞起来!”{中文故事}.
Then, the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch .
然后,老猴子倒挂在大树上,
And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands.
拉住大猴子的脚,
All the other monkeys follow his suit,
其他的猴子一个个跟着,
And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.
它们一只连着一只直到井里。
Just before they reach the moon, the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky,
正好他们摸到月亮的时候,老猴子抬头发现月亮挂在天上呢
He yells excitedly “Don’t be so foolish! The moon is still in the sky!”
它兴奋地大叫:“别蠢了!月亮还好好地挂在天上呢!”
英语寓言故事《狗和狼》
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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."
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。