英文故事（1）
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郑人买履
A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured hisfoot and put the measurement on a chair. When he set out for the market heforgot to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he wanted that thisoccurred to him.
I forgot the measurement, said he.
He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and hedid not get his shoes after all.
Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet?
He was asked.
I 'd rather trust the measurement than trust myself.
东施效颦
Xi Shi, a famous beauty, had a pain in her bosom(胸部) , so she had a frownon her face when she went out. An ugly girl who lived nearby saw her and thoughtshe looked very beautiful. therefore when she went home, she also put her handson her bosom and had a frown on her face.
When a rich man in the neighbourhood saw her, he shut his doors tightly anddid not go out. When a poor man saw her, he took his wife and children and gaveher a wide berth(保持安全距离) .
She only knew Xi Shi's frown looked beautiful but she did not know thereason for its beauty.
专心致志
Yi Qiu was known as the most famous expert at chess throughout the land.Once he gave lessons on chess to two men. One of them was netpletely absorbed inhis teaching, listening attentively to Yi Qiu while the other, who seemed to belistening, had his mind on something else. In fact, he was having a fancy that aswan was flying towards him and he had in his hands a bow and an arrow, ready toshoot. As a result, though he was having the same lesson together with the firstman, yet he turned out a much inferior(差的，自卑的) pupil.
If one does not give single-hearted devotion to it, no skills will belearned.
买椟还珠
A man from the state of Chu wanted to sell a precious pearl in the state ofZheng. He made a casket(小箱，棺材) for the pearl out of the wood from a magnolia(木兰)tree, which he fumigated(熏制) with spices. He studded the casket with pearls andjade, ornamented it with red gems and decorated it with kingfisher(翠鸟) feathers.A man of the state of Zheng bought the casket and gave him back the pearl.
Too luxuriant(丰富的，奢华的) decoration usually supersedes(取代) what reallycounts. This man from Chu certainly knew how to sell a casket but he was no goodat selling his pearl. And the man of Zheng didn't know which is reallyvaluable.
万事俱备 只欠东风
China has been divided into three kingdoms historically: Wei in the north,Shu in the southwest and Wu in the southeast.
Once Cao Cao from Wei led a 200,000 strong army down to the south to wipeout the kingdoms of Wu and Shu. Therefore, Wu and Shu united to defend hisattack. Cao ordered his men to link up the boats by iron chains to form a bridgefor the Cao's passing from the north bank of Yangtze River to the south bank.The General Commander of the allied army was Zhou Yu. He analyzed the situationcarefully. Then he got a good idea. He decided to attack the enemy with fire. Sohe began to prepare for the neting battle. Suddenly he thought of the directionof wind. He needed the east wind to blow strongly in order to acnetplish hisscheme. However, the wind did not nete for days. Thus Zhou Yu was worried aboutit. At that time, he got a note from Zhuge Liang, the military adviser of theState of Shu, which reads:
"To fight Cao Cao
Fire will help you win
Everything is ready
Except the east wind"
Quickly he turned to Zhuge Liang for help. Zhuge told him not to worry andthere would be an east wind in a couple of days. Two days later, the east windhelped Zhou acnetplish his scheme. At last, the allied army won the war.
Later, people use it to say "All is ready except what is crucial".
相敬如宾
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), there was a high officialin the State of Jin. He once saw a farmer working in the field and his wifebringing his lunch to him in a very respectful manner. He showed great interestin the matter. He took the farmer back to Jin with him, and said to the King ofJin, "Respect is a demonstration of virtue. If one is respectful, he must bevirtuous. We should educate our people with virtue." But the King asked, "Hisfather is guilty, is it wise to do so?" He replied, "Guan Zhong had been enemyto the Duke Huan of Qi, but the duke appointed Guan Zhong prime minister andfinally acnetplished his hegemony. Shun exiled Gun but promoted his son Yu. Youjust make use of his strong points." At last, Duke Wen took his advice and putthe farmer in an important position.
Later, this idiom means a couple treats each other with respect likeguests.
入木三分
Wang Xi-zhi is one of the most famous calligraphers(书法家) during the EasternJin Dynasty of China. When he was very young, he practiced his art every day andnever stopped.
Later he absorbed the strong points of all the other schools ofcalligraphy, and developed his own unique style of writing. Because of hisachievements, he has been honored as one of China's sages of calligraphy. Onetime, Wang Xi-zhi sketched in wood for an engraver to cut. Then the engraverfound the ink had penetrated one centimeter into the wood.
"Ru Mu San Fen" is got from this story, which means the calligraphy ispenetrating.
Now it is often used to describe expressing sharp ideas or profoundviews.
一技之长
Gong sun Long , is a famous scholar lived in the State of Zhao during theWarring States Period (475-221BC). He had kept a circle skilled people aroundhim. He often said, "A wise man should welnete anyone with a specialty."
One day, a man dressed in tattered(破烂的) and dirty clothes came to see himand said to him:" I have a special skill. "
Gong asked: "What is it?"
"I have a loud voice and I'm good at shouting."
Then Gong turned to his followers and asked," Who is good at shouting?" Butnone of them answered "Yes ". So the scholar took the man in.
Some days later, Gong and his followers went on a trip. They came to a wideriver and found the ferryboat was on the other side of the river. All of themhad no idea. Suddenly, Gong thought of the shouting expert and turned to him,"Can you have a try?" The man realized it was the chance to show his skill. Heshouted to the ferryman as loud as he could, "Hey, ferryman, nete here, we wantto cross the river." As his voice ended, the ferryman came to fetch them. Gongwas very satisfied with the new follower.
Later, people use it to describe anyone who has a special professionalskill.
叶公好龙
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there lived in Chu a person named ChuZhuliang, who addressed himself as "Lord Ye".
It's said that this Lord Ye was very fond of dragons. The walls had dragonspainted on them. The beams, pillars, doors and the windows were all carved withthem. As a result, his love for dragons was spread out. When the real dragon inheaven heard of this Lord Ye, he was deeply moved. He decided to visit Lord Yeto thank him.
You might think Lord Ye was very happy to see a real dragon. But, actually,at very the sight of the creature, he was scared out of his wits and ran away asfast as he could.
From then on, people knew that Lord Ye only loved pictures or carvingswhich look like dragons, not the real thing.
望梅止渴
Among the outstanding figures of Chinese history, famous either for theirintelligence or treachery(背叛,变节), Cao Cao is one of the foremost.
One hot day, he marched out his troops under a burning sun in a mountainousarea. Bewilderingly(令人困惑地) he lost the way. The journey was long and the sun wasscorching. After their fruitless and tiresome march, all voiced their greatdissatisfaction with the leadership of Cao Cao. They bitterly complained oftheir great thirst. The antagonism(对抗) of the soldiers was growing fast and theywere on the verge of staging a mutiny(兵变). The subordinate officers werehelpless to cope with the situation.
Cao Cao, however, in the nick of time cleverly and treacherously gaveorders to his troops to march to the nearby plum trees for a rest and announcedthat soldiers would be allowed to eat the juicy sour(酸的) fruit as much as theydesired.
At the thought of the sour fruit the soldiers' complaint of great thirst aswell as the antagonistic feeling were quickly forgotten.
Based on the story the later generation formed the proverb "to quench one'sthirst by looking up at plums", to illustrate a case where one takes comfort inbelieving that they have already attained that which was expected ordesired.
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英文故事（2）
熟读英语小可以让儿童更早接触英语，并且英语小故事比较有趣，儿童们会对英语产生兴趣，这样有利于他们以后的。下面小编给大家介绍关于儿童英文故事，方便大家学习。
A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front ofhim.
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 thefrog.
“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; hebites 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 andjumps 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.” Thetiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly.
“哦，不!我不会，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 awaytogether.
“谢谢你，老虎先生，再见!”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。
词汇学习：1.hungry：饥饿的
2.frog：青蛙
3.tortoise：乌龟
4.tail：尾巴
5.voice：声音
6.quickly：迅速地
The world cup holds every four years and the theme songs will be verypopular around the world. So many famous singers try to be the lucky one becauseit is their great honor to sing the theme song. The football fans must befamiliar to Shakira, who is a Latin female singer. She has sung the theme songtwice, which makes her the outstanding singer.
世界杯每四年就举行一次，它的主题曲在全世界都很流行。因此很多著名的歌手想要成为这个幸运的人，因为演唱主题曲是他们的巨大荣誉。迷肯定很熟悉夏奇拉，一个拉丁女歌手。她已经两次演唱了主题曲，使得她成为引人注目的歌手。
Today, Shakira is famous around the world. She is from Columbia and she canspeak many languages. Shakira became a singer when she was a teenager, shedropped out of gymnastic and then turned to sing. At first, she sung the Latinsongs, which made her popular in the Latin countries. But she wanted to let morepeople hear her songs, so she went to America and developed her career. Shakiramade the wise choice, with her talent and effort, she not only conquers theAmerican people, but also conquers the world. She is one of the most successfulfemale singers.
今天，夏奇拉在全世界都很有名。她来自哥伦比亚，能够讲多国语言。夏奇拉在青少年的时候就成为了一名歌手，她停止了练，转向。刚开始，她演唱拉丁歌曲，这让她在拉丁国家很受欢迎。但是她想要让更多人听到她的歌，因此她往美国发展事业。夏奇拉做出了明智的选择，有着天赋加上努力，她不仅征服了美国人民，也征服了全世界。她是最为成功的女歌手之一。
词汇学习：
popular [?p?pj?l?] 流行的;受欢迎的;通俗的
great [ɡre?t] 巨大的;很多的
honor [??n?]尊敬，敬意，荣誉
outstanding [?a?t?st?nd??] 突出的;杰出的;显著的
conquers [?k??k?]攻克;战胜;克服
When summer comes, the air is stuffy and the temperature is so high.Thanksto the invention of air-condition, people are no longer suffer to the hotweather, they can stay at the indoors and enjoy the coolness that air-conditionbrings. But the problem comes, when people count on air-condition for a longtime, their bodies will be weaker. Some people feel dizzy and have no strengthto do their work, some people are easy to catch the cold. All of these symptomsare typical illness which is from air condition.Though air-condition brings uscomfort, we will get sick if we use it all the time. We need to go outsideoften, even is hot, what’s more, taking exercise is needed.The naturalenvironment is suitable for us to live in, we can’t count on air-condition for alongtime.
当夏天到来的时候，空气很闷热，气温也很高。多亏了空调的发明，人们再也不用忍受闷热的天气，他们可以呆在室内，享受着空调带来的凉意。但是问题也来了，当人们长时间依赖空调，他们的身体会变弱。一些人感到眩晕，没有力气去工作，一些人很容易感冒。所有的这些症状都是空调带来的典型病。虽然空调给我们带来了舒适，但是如果我们长时间使用空调，就会生病。我们需要经常走出室外，即使天气很热，也需要参加锻炼。自然的环境是最适合我们居住的，我们不能长时间依赖空调。
词汇学习：
stuffy[?st?f?] 闷热的，不通气的;古板的
temperature [?t?mpr?t??] 温度，气温;高烧
condition [k?n?d???n]情况，状态;疾病
air-condition 设以空调装置,装冷气机于
problem [?pr?bl?m] 难题，困难;逻辑题
dizzy [?d?z?]晕眩的，极度的
My wife will go to any extreme to keep people from,knowing she is homealone.
我妻子独自在家时，总是不想让别人知道家里没有其他的人。
One evening when I was working late，my wife heard a knock on the door. Sheignosed it,but the knocing continued. Frantic，sloe began to bark,softly atfirst，then louder and louder. Much to her relief,the knocking soon stopped.
一天晚上，我工作到很晚。我妻子听到有人敲门，她就没理，但敲门的声音总是不停，慌乱之中，她开始学狗叫。一开始她低声地叫，随后她的叫声越来越大。敲门声很快地停了，她这才松了口气。
The next day the paper boy came to the door to collect."I came by lastnight,"he told me,"but I left when your wife barked at me!"
第二天，送报的小孩来我家收钱，那小孩告诉我:“我昨晚上就来了，你老婆老冲我学狗叫，我就走了。
词汇学习：
knock on敲击
continue[k?n?t?nju?]持续，继续;延续，延长
softly[?s?ftl?]柔和地，柔软地;静静地;温柔地
atfirst最初，首先
relief[r??li?f]宽慰;救济;救援物资
When my wife，Diana, and I met a new couple at church one Sunday, we stoppedto introduce ourselves and to exchange pleasantries.
一个星期天，我和妻子戴安娜去教堂时，碰到了一对新婚的夫妇。于是，我们停下车，向他们做了，我们之间还表达了相互认识的喜悦之情。
We described the friendly neighborhood we lived in，and listenedsympathetically as they lamented that theirs was just the opposite.
我们的话题开始谈到了邻居，我们说我们的邓居如何如何的好。当他们说到他们的邻居恰恰相反时，我们表示了对他们的同情。
Saying our good-byes, we got in our cars and drove home.
后来，我们向他们道了别，开车回到了家。
As we approached our house，we were horrified to see that our new-foundfriends were pulling into the driveway next to ours.
当我们把车子开到家门口时，我们惊奇地发现我们的新结识的那对新婚夫妇把车停在了隔璧的停车道上。
词汇学习：
neighborhood ['neib?hud]邻居，近邻;附近;邻里情谊
church[t???t?]教堂;礼拜;教派;教会;教徒
儿童英文故事2020精选相关：
英文故事（3）
A mother sat there with her little child. She was so downcast， so afraid that it should die！ It was so pale， the small eyes had closed themselves， and it drew its breath so softly， now and then， with a deep respiration， as if it sighed； and the mother looked still more sorrowfully on the little creature.
Then a knocking was heard at the door， and in came a poor old man wrapped up as in a large horse-cloth， for it warms one， and he needed it， as it was the cold winter season！ Everything out-of-doors was covered with ice and snow， and the wind blew so that it cut the face.
As the old man trembled with cold， and the little child slept a moment， the mother went and poured some ale into a pot and set it on the stove， that it might be warm for him； the old man sat and rocked the cradle， and the mother sat down on a chair close by him， and looked at her little sick child that drew its breath so deep， and raised its little hand.
Do you not think that I shall save him？ said she. Our Lord will not take him from me！
And the old manit was Death himselfhe nodded so strangely， it could just as well signify yes as no. And the mother looked down in her lap， and the tears ran down over her cheeks； her head became so heavyshe had not closed her eyes for three days and nights； and now she slept， but only for a minute，when she started up and trembled with cold.
英文故事（4）
THE ELFIN HILL
A FEW large lizards were running nimbly about in the clefts of an old tree. They could understand one another very well, for they spoke the lizard language. "What a buzzing and a rumbling there is in the elfin hill," said one of the lizards.
"I have not been able to close my eyes for two nights on account of the noise; I might just as well have had the toothache, for that always keeps me awake."
"There is something going on within there," said the other lizard; "they propped up the top of the hill with four red posts, till cockcrowthis morning, so that it is thoroughly aired, and the elfin girls have learnt new dances; there is something."
"I spoke about it to an earthworm of my acquaintance," said a third lizard; "the earthworm had just come from the elfin hill, where he has been groping about in the earth day and night. He has heard a great deal; although he cannot see, poor miserable creature, yet he understands very well how to wriggle and lurk about. They expect friends in the elfin hill, grand company, too; but who they are the earthworm would not say, or, perhaps, he really did not know. All the willo'thewisps are ordered to be there to hold a torch dance, as it is called. The silver and gold which is plentiful in the hill will be polished and placed out in the moonlight."
"Who can the strangers be?" asked the lizards; "what can the matter be? Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!"
Just at this moment the elfin hill opened, and an old elfin maiden, hollow behind, came tripping out; she was the old elf king's housekeeper, and a distant relative of the family; therefore she wore an amber heart on the middle of her forehead. Her feet moved very fast, "trip, trip;" good gracious, how she could trip right down to the sea to the nightraven.
"You are invited to the elf hill for this evening," said she; "but will you do me a great favor and undertake the invitations? you oughtto do something, for you have no housekeeping to attend to as I have. We are going to have some very grand people, conjurors, who have always something to say; and therefore the old elf king wishes to make a great display."
"Who is to be invited?" asked the raven.
"All the world may come to the great ball, even human beings, if they can only talk in their sleep, or do something after our fashion. But for the feast the company must be carefully selected; we can only admit persons of high rank; I have had a dispute myself with the elf king, as he thought we could not admit ghosts. The merman and his daughter must be invited first, although it may not be agreeable to them to remain so long on dry land, but they shall have a wet stone to sit on, or perhaps something better; so I think they will not refuse this time. We must have all the old demons of the first class, with tails, and the hobgoblins and imps; and then I think we ought not to leave out the deathhorse, or the gravepig, or even the church dwarf, although they do belong to the clergy, and are not reckoned among our people; but that is merely their office, they are nearly related to us, and visit us very frequently."
"Croak," said the nightraven as he flew away with the invitations.
The elfin maidens we're already dancing on the elf hill, and they danced in shawls woven from moonshine and mist, which look very pretty to those who like such things. The large hall within the elf hill was splendidly decorated; the floor had been washed with moonshine, and the walls had been rubbed with magic ointment, so that they glowed like tulipleaves in the light. In the kitchen were frogs roasting on the spit, and dishes preparing of snail skins, with children's fingers in them, salad of mushroom seed, hemlock, noses and marrow of mice, beer from the marsh woman's brewery, and sparkling saltpetre wine from the grave cellars. These were all substantial food. Rusty nails and churchwindow glass formed the dessert. The old elf king had his gold crown polished up with powdered slatepencil; it was like that used by the first form, and very difficult for an elf king to obtain. In the bedrooms, curtains were hung up and fastened with the slime of snails; there was, indeed, a buzzing and humming everywhere.
"Now we must fumigate the place with burnt horsehair and pig's bristles, and then I think I shall have done my part," said the elf manservant.
"Father, dear," said the youngest daughter, "may I now hear who our highborn visitors are?"
"Well, I suppose I must tell you now," he replied; "two of my daughters must prepare themselves to be married, for the marriages certainly will take place. The old goblin from Norway, who lives in the ancient Dovre mountains, and who possesses many castles built of rock and freestone, besides a gold mine, which is better than all, so it is thought, is coming with his two sons, who are both seeking a wife. The old goblin is a truehearted, honest, old Norwegian graybeard; cheerful and straightforward. I knew him formerly, when we used to drink together to our good fellowship: he came here once to fetch his wife, she is dead now. She was the daughter of the king of the chalkhills at Moen. They say he took his wife from chalk; I shall be delighted to see him again. It is said that the boys are illbred, forward lads, but perhaps that is not quite correct, and they will become better as they grow older. Let me see that you know how to teach them good manners."
"And when are they coming?" asked the daughter.
"That depends upon wind and weather," said the elf king; "they travel economically. They will come when there is the chance of a ship. I wanted them to come over to Sweden, but the old man was not inclined to take my advice. He does not go forward with the times, and that I do not like."
Two willo'thewisps came jumping in, one quicker than the other, so of course, one arrived first. "They are coming! they are coming!" he cried.
"Give me my crown," said the elf king, "and let me stand in the moonshine."
The daughters drew on their shawls and bowed down to the ground. There stood the old goblin from the Dovre mountains, with his crown of hardened ice and polished fircones. Besides this, he wore a bearskin, and great, warm boots, while his sons went with their throats bare and wore no braces, for they were strong men.
"Is that a hill?" said the youngest of the boys, pointing to the elf hill, "we should call it a hole in Norway."
"Boys," said the old man, "a hole goes in, and a hill stands out; have you no eyes in your heads?"
Another thing they wondered at was, that they were able without trouble to understand the language.
"Take care," said the old man, "or people will think you have not been well brought up."
Then they entered the elfin hill, where the select and grand company were assembled, and so quickly had they appeared that they seemed to have been blown together. But for each guest the neatest and pleasantest arrangement had been made. The sea folks sat at table in great watertubs, and they said it was just like being at home. All behaved themselves properly excepting the two young northern goblins; they put their legs on the table and thought they were all right.
"Feet off the tablecloth!" said the old goblin. They obeyed, but not immediately. Then they tickled the ladies who waited at table, with the fircones, which they carried in their pockets. They took off their boots, that they might be more at ease, and gave them to the ladies to hold. But their father, the old goblin, was very different; he talked pleasantly about the stately Norwegian rocks, and told fine tales of the waterfalls which dashed over them with a clattering noise like thunder or the sound of an organ, spreading their white foam on every side. He told of the salmon that leaps in the rushing waters, while the watergod plays on his golden harp. He spoke of the bright winter nights, when the sledge bells are ringing, and the boys run with burning torches across the smooth ice, which is so transparent that they can see the fishes dart forward beneath their feet. He described everything so clearly, that those who listened could see it all; they could see the sawmills going, the menservants and the maidens singing songs, and dancing a rattling dance, when all at once the old goblin gave the old elfin maiden a kiss, such a tremendous kiss, and yet they were almost strangers to each other.
Then the elfin girls had to dance, first in the usual way, and then with stamping feet, which they performed very well; then followed the artistic and solo dance. Dear me, how they did throw their legs about! No one could tell where the dance begun, or where it ended, nor indeed which were legs and which were arms, for they were all flying about together, like the shavings in a sawpit! And then they spun round so quickly that the deathhorse and the gravepig became sick and giddy, and were obliged to leave the table.
"Stop!" cried the old goblin," is that the only housekeeping they can perform? Can they do anything more than dance and throw about their legs, and make a whirlwind?"
"You shall soon see what they can do," said the elf king. And then he called his youngest daughter to him. She was slender and fair as moonlight, and the most graceful of all the sisters. She took a white chip in her mouth, and vanished instantly; this was her accomplishment. But the old goblin said he should not like his wife to have such an accomplishment, and thought his boys would have the same objection. Another daughter could make a figure like herself follow her, as if she had a shadow, which none of the goblin folk ever had. The third was of quite a different sort; she had learnt in the brewhouse of the moor witch how to lard elfin puddings with glowworms.
"She will make a good housewife," said the old goblin, and then saluted her with his eyes instead of drinking her health; for he did not drink much.
Now came the fourth daughter, with a large harp to play upon; and when she struck the first chord, every one lifted up the left leg (for the goblins are leftlegged), and at the second chord they found they must all do just what she wanted.
"That is a dangerous woman," said the old goblin; and the two sons walked out of the hill; they had had enough of it. "And what can the next daughter do?" asked the old goblin.
"I have learnt everything that is Norwegian," said she; "and I will never marry, unless I can go to Norway."
Then her youngest sister whispered to the old goblin, "That is only because she has heard, in a Norwegian song, that when the world shall decay, the cliffs of Norway will remain standing like monuments; and she wants to get there, that she may be safe; for she is so afraid of sinking."
"Ho! ho!" said the old goblin, "is that what she means? Well, what can the seventh and last do?"
"The sixth comes before the seventh," said the elf king, for he could reckon; but the sixth would not come forward.
"I can only tell people the truth," said she. "No one cares for me, nor troubles himself about me; and I have enough to do to sew my grave clothes."
So the seventh and last came; and what could she do? Why, she could tell stories, as many as you liked, on any subject.
英文故事（5）
无论是在学校还是在社会中，大家都不可避免地会接触到作文吧，借助作文可以宣泄心中的'情感，调节自己的心情。那么你有了解过作文吗？下面是小编精心整理的发生在圣诞节的感人故事英文作文，供大家参考借鉴，希望可以帮助到有需要的朋友。
Recently divorced, I was in my 20s, had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had fallen apart, and I could not afford another one.
I sat down in the streetcar--and there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid with gold and necks of bright enamel. I had never seen anything so lovely.
I examined the handle and saw a name engraved among the golden scrolls. The usual procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but on impulse I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the streetcar in a downpour and thankfully opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes, she said in surprise, that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present. But, she added, it had been stolen from her locker at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house. She took the umbrella, and her eyes filled with tears.
The teacher wanted to give me a reward, but--though twenty dollars was all I had in the world--her happiness at retrieving this special possession was such that to have accepted money would have spoiled something. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don‘t remember.
The next six months were wretched. I was able to obtain only temporary employment here and there, for a small salary. But I put aside twenty-five or fifty cents when I could afford it for my lithe girl‘s Christmas presents.
My last job ended the day before Christmas, my thirty-dollar rent was soon due, and 1 had fifteen dollars to my name--which Peggy and I would need for food.
She was home from convent boarding school and was excitedly looking forward to her gifs next day, which I had already Purchased. I had bough her a small tree, and we were going to decorate it that night.
英文故事（6）
专心致志
Yi Qiu was known as the most famous expert at chess throughout the Once he gave lessons on chess to two One of them was netpletely absorbed in his teaching, listening attentively to Yi Qiu while the other, who seemed to be listening, had his mind on something In fact, he was having a fancy that a swan was flying towards him and he had in his hands a bow and an arrow, ready to As a result, though he was having the same lesson together with the first man, yet he turned out a much inferior(差的，自卑的)
If one does not give single-hearted devotion to it, no skills will be
英文故事（7）
万事俱备 只欠东风
China has been divided into three kingdoms historically: Wei in the north, Shu in the southwest and Wu in the
Once Cao Cao from Wei led a 200,000 strong army down to the south to wipe out the kingdoms of Wu and Therefore, Wu and Shu united to defend his Cao ordered his men to link up the boats by iron chains to form a bridge for the Cao's passing from the north bank of Yangtze River to the south The General Commander of the allied army was Zhou He analyzed the situation Then he got a good He decided to attack the enemy with So he began to prepare for the neting Suddenly he thought of the direction of He needed the east wind to blow strongly in order to acnetplish his However, the wind did not nete for Thus Zhou Yu was worried about At that time, he got a note from Zhuge Liang, the military adviser of the State of Shu, which reads:
"To fight Cao Cao
Fire will help you win
Everything is ready
Except the east wind"
Quickly he turned to Zhuge Liang for Zhuge told him not to worry and there would be an east wind in a couple of Two days later, the east wind helped Zhou acnetplish his At last, the allied army won the
Later, people use it to say "All is ready except what is crucial".
英文故事（8）
相敬如宾
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), there was a high official in the State of He once saw a farmer working in the field and his wife bringing his lunch to him in a very respectful He showed great interest in the He took the farmer back to Jin with him, and said to the King of Jin, "Respect is a demonstration of If one is respectful, he must be We should educate our people with " But the King asked, "His father is guilty, is it wise to do so?" He replied, "Guan Zhong had been enemy to the Duke Huan of Qi, but the duke appointed Guan Zhong prime minister and finally acnetplished his Shun exiled Gun but promoted his son You just make use of his strong " At last, Duke Wen took his advice and put the farmer in an important
Later, this idiom means a couple treats each other with respect like
英文故事（9）
入木三分
Wang Xi-zhi is one of the most famous calligraphers(书法家) during the Eastern Jin Dynasty of When he was very young, he practiced his art every day and never
Later he absorbed the strong points of all the other schools of calligraphy, and developed his own unique style of Because of his achievements, he has been honored as one of China's sages of One time, Wang Xi-zhi sketched in wood for an engraver to Then the engraver found the ink had penetrated one centimeter into the
"Ru Mu San Fen" is got from this story, which means the calligraphy is
Now it is often used to describe expressing sharp ideas or profound
英文故事（10）
叶公好龙
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there lived in Chu a person named Chu Zhuliang, who addressed himself as "Lord Ye".
It's said that this Lord Ye was very fond of The walls had dragons painted on The beams, pillars, doors and the windows were all carved with As a result, his love for dragons was spread When the real dragon in heaven heard of this Lord Ye, he was deeply He decided to visit Lord Ye to thank
You might think Lord Ye was very happy to see a real But, actually, at very the sight of the creature, he was scared out of his wits and ran away as fast as he
From then on, people knew that Lord Ye only loved pictures or carvings which look like dragons, not the real
英文故事（11）
儿子不屑地对他的父亲说：「坐这种车的人，肚子里一定没有学问!」
父亲则轻描淡写地回答：说这种话的人，口袋里一定没有钱
(注：你对事情的看法，是不是也反映出你内心真正的态度?)
After his father five-star hotel door and saw a very luxury imported cars.
Son of disdain for his father, said: "The people who take such a vehicle, necessarily Moyouxuewen stomach!"
Father answered lightly: say such things, certainly no money pocket
(Note: Your view of things, is not it also reflects the real attitude of your heart?)
英文幽默风趣哲理小故事二
An elephant said to a mouse ,"no doubt that you are the smallest znd most useless thing that Ihave e ver seen ."
"Pless ,say it again .Let me take it down ."the mouse said ."I will tell a flea what I know."
一头大象对一只小老鼠说：“你无疑是我见过的最小、最没用的东西。”
“请再说一遍，让我把它记下来。”老鼠说。“我要讲给我认识的一只跳蚤听。
英文幽默风趣哲理小故事三
Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home.
So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late.
His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?”
Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.”
“It’s good to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’”
谁把墨水倒在我椅子了?
唐尼是个7岁孩子，每天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。
因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是今天他回来迟了。
他的母亲问他：“你为什么去校长的办公室?”
“ 因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。”
“ 回答老师的问题是好事。”
“ 但那个问题 ‘谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了?’”
英文故事（12）
One day women's dresses were on sale at a department store. A dignified middle-aged man decided to pick a dress for his wife, but soon he found himself being battered by frantic women.
一天，一家百货公司的女装大减价，一位高贵的中年男士想给他的太太挑选一件女装。但是，没过多久，他就发现自己已被疯狂的女人们撞得踉踉跄跄。
He stood it as long as he could; then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowd.
他竭力地忍耐着。后来，他低下头，挥舞双臂，挤过人群。
"You there!" challenged a thrilling voice. "Can't you act like a gentleman?"
“你干嘛?”有人尖声叫道，“你难道不能表现得像一位绅士吗?”
"Listen," he said. "I have been acting like a gentleman for an hour. From now on, I am acting like a lady."
“听着，”他说。“我已经像绅士一样表现了一个小时了。从现在起，我要表现得像一位女士。”
2、 晚饭后我从不工作
A penny-pinching farmer didn’t want his hired hand to stop working. One morning, he told the farmhand, “It’s such a nuisance to come in from the field, wash up for lunch and take time to eat. Why don’t we save time and eat lunch now?”
The hired man agreed. The farm’s wife brought in some cold meat and fried potatoes, and the two men ate again.
When they had finished, the cheap farmer said, “While we’re still at the table, let’s have supper too.” They were now served steak, boiled potatoes and mixed vegetables, and they ate once more.
“Now that the meals are out of the way, ” the farmer announced, “we can go out and work all day without interruption. ”
“Oh, no,” the farmhand answered. “I never work after supper.”
一位农场主非常吝啬，不想让他雇佣的帮手停下来休息。一天早上，他对帮手说：“从地里回来，又要洗手吃饭，又花时间，真是太不方便了。我们何不省点时间，现在就吃午饭呢?”
雇员同意了。农场主的妻子端进来一些冷肉和油炸土豆。于是，两个人又开始吃起来。
吃完后，吝啬鬼说：“既然我们还在桌子边，让我们连晚饭也吃了吧。”这次上桌的有排骨、煮土豆和杂烩青菜。于是两个人又吃起来。
“现在三顿饭都吃过了，”农场主宣称道，“我们便可以出去一整天不停地干活了。”
“哦，不，”那帮手回答说，“晚饭后我从不工作。”
3、Adding Feet to a Snake
One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it.
Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’ve finished. I’m No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”
画蛇添足
一天， 狮子先生举行一场聚会，许多动物都来了，他们喝很多酒。最后只剩一壶酒了。让谁喝呢?它们想了想，有个主意。它们比赛画蛇，谁最快画好，谁就喝这壶酒。
不一会，狼先生画好了。“哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”它说。可是它又画了起来，它还说：“再给它加几只脚吧。”这是猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那酒壶喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的，我赢了这壶酒。”
4、It’s Good to Admit a Fault
John is not a “good” student. He always sleeps in the class. Today he sleeps again.
“John!” Teacher says angrily.
“What? What’s wrong?” John is awaken.
“Why do you make a face? It’s classroom. Look! Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says.
“No one is laughing.” Teacher says.
“No, it’s not me. I was not making a face. I was sleeping.” John fells upset.
“Um. Not bad. You can admit your fault. You are still a good boy.” Teacher is satisfied with it.
认错
约翰并不是个“好”学生。他总是在上课的时候睡觉。今天他又睡着了。
“约翰!”老师生气地喊他。
“什么?出什么事了?”约翰醒了。
“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。
“没有人在笑呀。”其他同学笑声地嘀咕。
“不，不是我。我没有做鬼脸。刚才我睡着了。”约翰感到不安。
“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、 I Don’t Want to Walk Home
Tom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o’clock.
But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Tom’s wife, “The old man couldn’t find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in the car.”
After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night. But tonight you can’t find the way, what’s the matter?”
The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldn’t find my way? I didn’t want to walk home.”
我不想走回家
汤姆是一位老人，他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步，在7点回来睡觉。
但是，今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前，汤姆在一位警察的帮助下走下汽车。警察告诉汤姆的妻子：“这位老人在街上迷路了，他让我用汽车送他回来。”
警察走后：“汤姆，你每天都到那条街上散步，但是今天你迷路了，你怎么了?”
这位老人像孩子般的笑道：“我迷路了?我是不想走路回家。”
英文故事（13）
美国总统罗斯福的家曾经失窃，财物损失严重。朋友闻此消息，就写信来安慰他，劝他不必把这件事放在心上。罗斯福总统很快回信说：“亲爱的朋友，谢谢你来信安慰我，我一切都很好。我想我应该感谢上帝，因为：第一，我损失的只是财物，而人却毫发未损;第二，我只损失了部分财物，而非所有财产;第三，最幸运的是，做小偷的是那个人，而不是我……”
it was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from.. however, president roosevelt had such three reasons to be so grateful. this story tells us how we can learn to be grateful in our life.
对任何人来说，家中失窃绝非幸事。但是，罗斯福总统却能找到三个感恩的理由。这个故事告诉我们，生活中，我们应该学会感恩。
being grateful is an important philosophy of life and a great wisdom.. it is impossible for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time so long as he lives in the world. we should learn how to face failure or misfortune bravely and generously and to try to deal with it. if so, should we complain about our life and become frustrated and disappointed ever since then or should we be grateful for our life, rise again ourselves after a fall? william thackeray, a famous british writer, said, “life is a mirror. when you smile in front of it , it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it.” if you are grateful to life, it will bring you shining sunlight. if you always complain about everything, you may own nothing in the end. when we are successful, we can surely have many reasons for being grateful, but we have only one excuse to show ungratefulness if we fail.
英文故事（14）
英文故事书读后感篇一：悲惨世界一部小说读了半年，但读到最后依然恋恋不舍。《悲惨世界》如同一个黑洞，从最最不起眼的一个点切入，进入其中却发现在这个点背后蕴藏的是包罗万象的宏伟世界和极其耀眼的精神光芒。
小说之中既有狠毒肮脏的恶贼，也有道德完美的圣人;既有纯粹无暇的爱情，也有充满悲壮的战争;既有天马行空的想象，也有严肃考据的历史。其中各色人物演绎着各种命运，也各自迸发着或肮脏或纯洁的色彩斑斓的精神光芒，并把所有展现出的精神推演到极致。伟大或低劣，生存或死亡，这些在本书中都有所涉及但绝不是真正的主题。《悲惨世界》名为悲惨，实则是在悲惨的境遇中寻求希望，最终获得光明的过程。无论是社会或人心都是如此。
英文故事书读后感篇二：老人与海失败，在许多人的眼中是非常可怕的，它一旦猖狂起来，就能击溃人的斗志，让人彻底崩溃，失去生活的希望。如果失败战胜不了你，而是被你踩在脚下，那么，成功必定属于你。
着名作家海明威在《老人与海》中塑造的那位老人就是一个敢与失败作斗争的例子。
《老人与海》主要讲了一位名叫桑地亚哥的老渔翁一次特别的打鱼经过。在连续八十四天没有打到一条鱼后，但在第二天，他非常幸运地捕获到了一条巨大的大马林鱼。那条马林鱼是他平生捕到的最大的一条鱼，那条鱼比他的小船还要长2英尺呢!马林鱼的身体大，力气自然也大。它拖着老人和小船在海上漂流了两天两夜。老人在这两天两夜中经历(了)从来没有经历过的艰难考验。大马林鱼在大海上奋力挣扎，企图逃回大海。老人为了制服马林鱼，精疲力竭，皮开肉绽，但他并没有向大马林鱼屈服。他凭着顽强的意志，终于把大马林鱼扎死，拴在了船头。然而，幸运并没有出现，等待老人的是更大的考验。一群嗅着血腥味而来的大鲨鱼与已经皮开肉绽的老人展开了殊死博斗。最后老人的命虽然保住了，但鲨鱼们吃光了大马林鱼，老人拖回去的最终是一副光秃秃的骨架
人生的道路是曲折坎坷的，遇到失败是再平常不过的事，我们应该时时刻刻拥有一颗坚强、不屈服的心来面对失败，成功就一定会向我们走来。
英文故事书读后感篇三：圣经故事"Holy Bible" impressions of after-reading "Holy Bible" is Christianity's soul. Must understand the Western civilization. Can not but read "Holy Bible". Today, the world has 1,000,000,000 above people treats as "Holy Bible" their spiritual food. "Holy Bible" translates into 1800 many kinds of writing, since long has been in the world spreads a broadest book. Since continuously, I have filled curiously to "Holy Bible", is honored very much understanding Mr./Mrs. Pan, teacher's influence, teacher has been also given me two about the Holy Bible book, I read the such classical book fortunately. Reads some classics the thing, for example Jesus's guidance “, if some people have hit your right face, also lets him the left face hit”, all sharing, “, so long as knows wrong, main will forgive you”, but will also have are many I to think that is unable the thing which understood, Adam Eve steals the pardoned crime which the food forbidden fruit will violate, the pardoned crime is what? Knows has the desire ashamed? If does not have the Satan enticement, they will be will continue in the Garden of Eden joyful life? What except carefree also has in theirs life? Hungry must eat thing this not is also the person most primitive desire? Between the desire and the desire also has the difference? Why is it the crime?!
God does not endure the crime which sees the people to massacre mutually, therefore decision reconstruction world of human beings, only then Noa is rescued, the humanity massacres the worst result also nothing but is mutually the complete deconstruction, God is only does not endure to put in nearly all people in the flood rainstorm, this is He Zhong does not endure?! The people make the exceedingly high Babylon tower, wants to go to have a look at the God Jehovah's homeland, God to worry that the people crime, then lets the people language not pass again, therefore no longer the unity cannot continue to make the tower again, the human wants to visit God's family is the crime, God steals peeps person's privacy is looks after?! The belief is one spiritual reposing, believes one spiritual strength. The human, cannot not believe! The recollection believes in the lord these days, I experience to the main leadership, feels deeply main to my blessing. Before advocating Jesus to become my foot's lamp, on road's light.
英文故事（15）
今年寒假，我看了一本英文小故事书，这本书叫《穿靴子的猫》，是由（法）Perrault,c.著，（新西兰）JoySharp 等改写的。这是一篇外国童话故事，内容讲的是：一只聪明的猫帮它的主人娶到了美丽的公主的故事。
看完这本故事书后，我觉得这只猫真聪明啊！比如，这只猫经常用卡拉巴司侯爵的名义，向国王送去各种礼物，让国王非常高兴，对卡拉巴司侯爵印象非常好，就想当面见卡拉巴司侯爵；为了让主人有新衣服穿，它让主人跳进河里洗澡，然后把旧衣服藏起来，并对国王说衣服被小偷偷走了，国王就送给它主人新衣服穿；为了让主人有个城堡，这只猫跑到妖怪城堡前面并先请妖怪变成一只狮子，然后趁妖怪得意的时候请妖怪变成一只老鼠，并马上扑上去一口咬死了变成老鼠的妖怪，于是获得了漂亮的城堡。
通过这个童话故事，我明白了一只聪明的猫比大的磨房和大的驴子强多了，小小的猫通过思考想出各种好办法干成了大事，我要向这只爱思考的猫学习，遇到事情时要多多思考，想出各种办法来解决问题。
英文故事（16）
在一所英文房子里，住着26个好朋友，它们就是26个英文字母：A、B、C、D、E、F、G、H、I、J、K、L、M、N、O、P、Q、R、S、T、U、V、W、X、Y、Z。A是它们的老大，他最擅长体育，因为他有两条长长的腿；B长的胖胖的，朋友们都叫他“小猪B”；C喜欢唱歌，“F4”是她的偶像；D比“小猪B”还贪吃，是贪吃大王；E是小小音乐家，他会拉小提琴；??总之，26个英文字母各自有各自的爱好与特长。Ｏ是家里的小厨师。这天，Ｏ像往常一样，第一个起床。她来到厨房，准备为伙伴们做早餐，可是她看见餐桌上放着一些山珍海味的剩菜，想起每天晚上为了第二天能早起床给大家做早饭，她很早就谁下了。Ｏ恍然大悟，原来伙伴们晚上偷偷的吃好吃的。这时，其它的２５个英文字母也都起来了，他们看见Ｏ在厨房里呆呆地站着，正想跟她解释。Ｏ一气之下冲出了家去，她猜想，伙伴们一定会出来找她，然后把她请回去。可是２５个英文字母并没有出来找她，而是在家忙碌着。这可把Ｏ给气坏了，她要看看，他们晚上到底要干什么。夜幕降临了，天空中群星闪烁。Ｏ来到窗户下，她看见了意想不到的情景：２５个英文字母正在喂１０只小猫吃鱼。原来，这１０只小猫是Ｈ在买菜回来的时候发现的，好像是走丢了的，Ｈ看它们可怜，就把它们带回家来。大家都知道Ｏ最怕猫，她连狮子、蛇都不怕，可她就是怕猫，所以大家伙等Ｏ睡下后，就开始喂猫了。原来这一切，都是Ｏ误会他们了。Ｏ走了进去，她低着头，向伙伴们道歉：“对不起，是我错怪你们了。”Ａ走过来，拍着她的肩膀说：“没关系，我们已经原谅你了。”这时，从Ａ身后突然蹦出一只小猫。“啊”一声尖叫，Ｏ又一次冲出门去，大家哈哈大笑起来。从此以后，２６个英文字母又成了形影不离的好朋友了。