【#能力训练# 导语】大多数小朋友都喜欢听故事,如果是英语故事的话,可以在听故事的同时学习英语知识。下面是®文档大全网分享的有趣的故事英语【五篇】。欢迎阅读参考!
1.有趣的故事英语
An unlucky fox fell into a well. It was quite deep, so he could not get out by himself.
A goat passed by. He asked the fox what he was doing in the well. "Oh, have you not heard?" said the fox. "There is going to be a great drought, so I jumped down to get some water. Why don’t you come down here too?"
The goat believed his words, and jumped down into the well.
But the fox immediately jumped on the goat’s back and up to the edge of the well.
"Good-bye, friend," said the fox. "Remember next time don’t trust the advice of a man in difficulties."
【参考译文】
一只不走运的狐狸,失足掉到了井里。井很深,他无法跳出来。
一只山羊经过这里,便问狐狸在井下做什么。狐狸说:“哦,你没有听说吗?这里将要大旱,因此我跳进来取水,为什么你不下来一起喝呢?”
山羊相信了狐狸的话,就真的跳进井里。
狐狸立即跳上山羊的背,又一跳,跳上了井沿。
“再见,朋友,”狐狸说,“记住,不要相信一个身陷麻烦的人的建议。”
寓意: 处于困境之中的人为了摆脱困境,往往不惜牺牲别人的利益,所以他们的建议常常是不可信的。
2.有趣的故事英语
On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: “If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!”
In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of “Ai Yo!”, fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing this, the snake said: “Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can’t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.”
Lion said: “I also can’t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.”
Tiger said, “I can’t fly, but I can swim!”
Little Elephant’s father and mother said to him, “We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird’s.”
Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.
小象生下来的第三天,跟妈妈来到小河边,看见一只小鸟在天空飞来飞去。小象想:“要是我也会飞,可以看到更多的东西,多好呀!”
小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声,摔了一个大跟头。
蛇看见了说:“小象,我们有自己的本事。我不会飞,可是,我会在树上睡觉。”
狮子说:“我也不会飞,可是,我能跳过宽宽的大河。”
老虎说:“我不会飞,可是我会游泳!”
爸爸妈妈对小象说:“我们象的力气大,这是小鸟不能比的。”小象明白了。他用长鼻子一钩,大木头就搬走了。
3.有趣的故事英语
There was a sturdy ram with a pair of thick horns upright on its head.
It strutted about proudly and saw a fence built with bamboo and wood in front, which blocked its way. It cast a sidelong glance at the fence, lowered its neck and lunged at the fence, hoping to knock it down. The fence remained intact but the ram injured its own horns.
If it had not injured its horns, the ram would have persisted obstinately in butting against the fence, even against the spokes of a wheel until it bled with a fractured skull.
As a result, with its horns caught in the fence, the ram could neither advance nor retreat butbleat helplessly.
一头长得非常雄壮的公羊的头上,挺立着一对粗大的犄角。
公羊骄傲地踱着步,看见前面有一道竹木编成的篱笆挡住了它的去路。公羊斜着眼睛看看,便弯下脖子呼的一声撞上去,想把篱笆撞倒。结果篱笆纹丝不动,它反把自己的犄角碰伤了。
假如公羊没有碰伤犄角的话,那么它还会一个劲儿地撞下去,甚至向车轮的辐条上撞去,直到头破血流为止。
结果呢?公羊的犄角被篱笆夹住,进也不得,退也不得,只能“咩咩”不停地叫唤。
4.有趣的故事英语
Once a man wanted to go to the south, but his carriage was heading north. A passer-by asked him: “If you are going to the south, why is your chariot heading north? ” The man answered, “My horse is good at running, my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage, and I have enough money. ” The man didn't consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were, the further he was away from his destination.
从前有个人要到南方去,他坐的车子却向北方行驶。过路人说:“你去南方,车子怎么向北行驶呢?”他回答说:“我的马很能跑路,我的车夫驾车的技术也很高明,加上我又带了充足的路费。”这个人没有考虑到,方向弄反了,他的条件越好,离他要去的地方就越远。
The idiom derived from this story indicates that one's action was the opposite effect to one's intention.
后来人们就把这个故事概括为“南辕北辙”,比喻一个人的行为和他的目的正好相反。
5.有趣的故事英语
One morning when a vixen was taking her babies out of the lair, she saw a lioness and her cub.
Why do you have only one child, dear dame? asked the vixen.
Look at my healthy and numerous children here, and imagine, if you are able, how a proud mother should feel.
The lioness said calmly, Yes, just look at that beautiful collection. What are they? Foxes! Ive only one, but remember, that one is a lion.
一天清早,雌狐狸带着她的孩子走出巢穴,看见了母狮子和她的孩子。
为什么你只有一个孩子,夫人?雌狐狸问,看我这群健康的孩子,如果有能力,一个骄傲的妈妈应该多养一些孩子。
母狮平静地说:是呀,看看这漂亮的一大群,他们都是狐狸!我只有一个,可他毕竟是一头狮子。
贵重的价值在于质,而不在于量。