英语小故事英语（1）
Homemade Ship
Hans Andersen, a life-long fisherman, had a dream. He wanted to sail around the world. And he did it. He got several sponsors who subsidized his trip. He bought a beautiful 40-foot yacht, with all the latest technical and safety gear, and had a pleasant voyage. Well, except for almost sinking while going around the tips of South America and Africa.
The voyage went so smoothly that, looking back on it, he felt it was too easy. He needed a new challenge. He decided to build his own boat. But that was nothing new. Several people had built their own boats and sailed them around the world. No, he needed a unique boat. Watching TV commercials one day, he got it—ice cream sticks! He would be the first man to sail around the world in a boat built exclusively of ice cream sticks.
He put out the word. Within three years, school children from all over Holland had sent Hans 15 million ice cream sticks. He used these sticks to build a 45-foot replica of a Viking ship. After all the sticks were glued together, Hans took his new boat out to sea on a one-week voyage. “It’s magnificent, and totally sea-worthy,” he proclaimed.
He plans to set sail in early 2008 with a crew of two. He will sail across the Atlantic to Canada, and then down to Florida and through the Panama Canal. Then he’ll travel to Los Angeles, Honolulu, Tokyo, around the tip of Africa, and back to Holland. “If this trip succeeds,” he joked, “my next goal will be to build a plane out of ice cream sticks and fly it around the world!”
初一英语小故事演讲稿2
The Way to a Man’s Heart…
He was her university teacher. He was smart, confident, and had a great sense of humor. And he was rather good-looking, too. The fact was, she had fallen in love with him. She sensed that he might like her. She had caught him looking at her more than once. What to do?
At the end of the semester, she waited till all the other students had left. She said she had a gift for him. He said that was very nice of her. Then he looked around for a wrapped package. Where was the gift, he asked. She said it was still at the store. She would pick him up and take him there that Saturday, if that was okay with him.
She picked him up at the Starbucks near his apartment. He was enjoying the mystery. He asked her: Was it an alarm clock so that he wouldn’t be late for class? Was it teaching materials, like markers and erasers? A new briefcase? An extra ink cartridge for his computer for when he printedhandouts? She said that she couldn’t comment.
They got to the mall and went into Nordstrom’s. “I hope it isn’t a suit,” he joked. “I never wear suits.”
“No, it isn’t. But it’s something that you always wear with a suit.”
“A tie? Why would I wear a tie if I never wear suits?”
“Not a tie, silly,” she said, as they walked into the shoe department. She had noticed that he always wore the same pair of shoes in class. She had guessed that he wore size 11, and had picked out a nice two-tone casual model by Clark. She hoped that he would like the shoes as much as she did. The shoes fit perfectly, and he did like them. When they left the store, he offered her his hand, and they walked out to her car hand in hand. She was tingling. “Let me at least buy you dinner,” he suggested as they got into her car.
英语小故事英语（2）
学会生存能力，要求我们努力、努力、再努力。我们一定要争气，我们并不比别人差。作为学生，我们要在自己的学业上努力;下面给大家带来一些关于小2020汇总，希望对大家有所帮助。
WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY 有志者事竟成
The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strongwill. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. Inother words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the finalvictory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.
It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) inthe world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish yourend. That stands to reason.
成功的要诀不是金钱而是一个坚强的意志(用not so mush...as)。一个大人物是一个具有坚强意志和不屈不挠精神的`人。换句话说，如果一个人没有坚强意志去获得最后胜利的人，他终其一生永远不会成功。他只不过是(用nomore than)一个失败者。
很显明的世界上并没有难事。如果你下定决心去做它，你一定会达到目的。那是显而易见的。
Apelles meeting with the little ass1 invited him to tea that very right.The little ass was trembling with delight. He prances2 through the wood; hepesters3 all who pass: 'Apelles bores me so. He will not let me be, you know!Whenever him I see, he asks me in to tea. I'm sure he wants to paint a Pegasusfrom me.'
'Oh no!' Apelles said as he happened to be near, 'I am painting thejudgment4 of King Midas. I'm acquainting with you because you seem to boast theproper length of ear. So if you'll come to tea, most happy I shall be. Forlong-eared asses5 are not rare, but with the ears that you can show, no littleor big ass either ever could compare!'
Consumed with vanity, the fool admires himself for that which othersridicule6, and often makes a boast of that which ought to shame him most.
阿佩莱斯遇到一只小小的`毛驴，当晚就请它去喝茶。这小驴子高兴得全身颤抖，它在森林里高视阔步，和所有路过的人唠唠叨叨地说：“阿佩莱斯烦死我了，你知道，他死缠着我不放，不论什么时候遇到她，他总是叫我去喝茶，我想他一定是要按我的模样画一匹天上的飞马呢。”
“不，哪有那么回事!”阿佩莱斯说道(他正好在旁边)，“我画的是国王米达斯的审判，我认识你，是因为你似乎在吹嘘你的耳朵长度合适。所以如果你来喝茶，我高兴之至。长耳朵的驴子并不稀奇，可是你生的那副耳朵，无论大小驴子都不能和你相比!”
蠢才妄自尊大。他自鸣得意，恰恰是受人嘲笑奚落的短处，而且常常把应该引以为奇耻大辱的事情大吹大擂。
黔驴技穷
In ancient times there were no donkeys in Guizhou province. Somebodybrought a donkey from somewhere and tied it to a tree at the foot of amountain.A tiger saw the donkey, and thought that it must be a fearsome(可怕的)monster. It hide behind a tree and spied on the donkey.When the donkey brayed(叫), the tiger was frightened, thinking that the donkey was about to devour(吞食，毁灭)it. After a while, seeing that the donkey had not moved, the tiger approached itand teased it. The donkey became angry, and kicked the tiger.The tiger thoughtto itself: "Its then all it is capable of?" It then jumped on the donkey and ateit.This idiom is used to mean that one has exhauseted one's skills.
古时候贵州没有驴。有人从某处带了一头驴，把它拴在山脚下的一棵树上。一只老虎看见了驴子，认为它一定是一个可怕的怪物。它躲在一棵树后面，窥探驴子。当驴叫的时候，老虎很害怕，以为驴子要把它吃掉。过了一会儿，老虎见驴子一动不动，就走近它，逗它。驴子生气了，踢了老虎。老虎心里想：“那它能做的就这么多了?”然后它跳上驴吃掉了它。这个用来表示一个人已经用尽了自己的技能。
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 themwanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw asnake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One manfinished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw theothers 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 thejar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?" The story of "Drawa snake and add feet to It." tells us going too far is as bad as not going farenough.
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。
Drunk
One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boywas interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, heasked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his fatherreplied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemenas four then I am drunk."
"But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"
醉酒
一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，‘醉’字是什么意思?”“唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀!”
There is a bad wolf in the forest. One day he is eating a lamb. Suddenly abone sticks in his throat.“Oh, a bone is my throat.” He goes to see a doctor,“Please help me.” The doctor, Mr. Panda says, “Sorry, I can’t help you. The boneis inside.”
“What can I do?” the wolf is sad. Then he meets a crane. “Oh, dear crane.Please help me. A bone is in my throat. I will pay for your help.” “Ok. Let mehave a try,” the crane says. She pulls out the bone with her bill. “Now I willgo. Remember your words. You should pay me,” she says.“Well. Pay you. Iremember,” the wolf says. With the words, the wolf bites off the crane’s neckand eats her up.
森林里有一只很坏的狼。一天，他正在吃一只羊羔.突然一根骨头卡在他的喉咙里了。“哎呀，一根骨头卡在我的喉咙里了。”他赶忙去看医生，“请帮帮我吧。”医生熊猫先生说：“很抱歉，我帮不了你。骨头卡在里面。”“我该怎么办啊?”狼伤心。后来他遇到一只鹤。“亲爱的.鹤小姐，请救救我吧，一根头卡在我的喉咙里了。我会给你报酬的。”“好吧。我试试看。”鹤小姐说。她用她的长嘴把骨头拉了出来。“现在我要走了。记住你的话，你该给我报酬的。” “好的，给你报酬。”狼突然说，突然咬住鹤的长脖子，把她吃了。
Making His Mark 刻舟求剑
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when hedropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on theside of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boatstopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the placewhere he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword hadnot. 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。
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英语小故事英语（3）
要主动学习，在学习中寻找快乐;要坚持不懈，在学习中发现真谛。态度固然重要，但要付之行动。下面给大家带来一些关于2020小，希望对大家有所帮助。
The Father and His Son
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling amongthemselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, hedetermined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; andfor this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When theyhad done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession,and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength,and were not able to do it。
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one,and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He thenaddressed them in these words: My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite toassist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts ofyour enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken aseasily as these sticks.
父亲和孩子们
一位父亲有几个孩子，这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们，只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的，有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时，他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中，吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试，总是不能成功。然后他解开那捆柴，一根根地放在他们手里，如此一来，他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说：孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致，互相帮助，你们就像这捆柴一样，不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行，你们就将和这些散柴一般，不堪一折了。
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But thepumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. “Iknow! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin.It’s like a wheel.”
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin,she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little pandaanswers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled andsays，“What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,”
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。
于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的'?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。
There was once a charcoal1-burner who lived and worked by himself. Afuller, however, happened to come and settle in the same neighbourhood; and thecharcoal-burner, having made his acquaintance and finding he was an agreeablesort of fellow, asked him if he would come and share his house: "We shall get toknow one another better that way," he said, "and, beside, our household expenseswill be diminished." The fuller thanked him, but replied, "I couldn't think ofit, sir: why, everything I take such pains to whiten would be blackened in notime by your charcoal."
从前，有一个自力更生的烧炭工人独自在家做工作。碰巧，一个漂洗工搬至隔壁，与他成了邻居。结实漂洗工后，烧炭工人经过了解发现，这个邻居是一个很好的合作伙伴，就问漂洗工愿不愿意搬到他的铺子里一起工作。“那样我们会更加亲密。”烧炭人说：“不仅如此，我们还可以节省生活开销呢?”漂洗工谢绝了他，回答说：“我可不这样看，先生，因为不管我的衣服漂洗的多么白，都会立刻被你的木炭染黑了。
Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much.But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head.He puts his hat down and beginsto play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not thesame.He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down,and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet.
At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries,“Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.” Jack feels veryfoolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.
杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子，他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时，他的帽子总是戴着头上。它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时，事情就不是那样了。它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里?杰克仔细想。它上下看了看，到处找了找，还是没有找到它的帽子。这时，它的母亲走进来，当她看到杰克就喊道：“啊!亲爱的.，你真笨，帽子在你的头上。”杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不想戴那顶帽子了。
In the field, there was a small animal called "wu shu"(the flyingsquirrel1).
It would say to everyone it met: "I have five skills: flying, walking,swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground."
Thereupon, its pals2 would laugh at it, saying: "Though you have learnedthese skills, you have mastered none of them. You can fly, but not high; you canswim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can digholes in the ground, but not deep enough."
When the flying squirrel heard what its pals said, it ran away inanger.
Indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use,they were useless. How could they be called real skills.
田野里有一种小动物，名叫“鼯鼠”。
它逢友便说：“我有五种本领：会飞，会走，会，会爬树，还会掘土大洞。”
于是，小伙伴们讥笑它说：“你虽然学了这种本领，却一种也没有学好。会飞，却飞得不高;会游泳，却游得不远;会爬树，却爬不到树顶;会掘土打洞，却打得不深。”
鼯鼠听了小伙伴们的话后，气呼呼地跑了。
是啊，鼯鼠是学了五种本领，但是用起来，却一种也不中用，这怎么能说是有真本领呢!
As the legend goes, during ancient times, in the expansive open country ofNorth China, there was a kind of birds called "rocs".
The roc was very huge, with its back like a big mountain, and its wingslike a stretch of cloud which could cover the sky. When it spread its wings, itcould break through a storm and soar at a height of 90,000 li (1/2 kilometre) inthe sky towards the sea in the south.
A small bird called the quail1 bounced on the ground, free and happy. Itlooked up at the roc soaring in the sky and couldn't help laughing: "Hey, seehow cocky you are! Look at me, one jump can take me over 10 chi. Howdelightful2! Every day I come and go amid these weeds and thickets3 and flyfreely. Don't I fly quite well too? But, where can you fly to anyway?"
古时候中国北方的原野上有一种鸟，它的名字叫“鹏”。
鹏长得很大，背脊像一座大山，翅膀像一大片云，能把天空遮住。它张开翅膀能冲破风暴，在九万里高的天空中飞翔，一直飞向南方的大海。
有一只叫鹦雀的小鸟，在地上蹦蹦跳跳，自由自在，非常快活。它望着天空中展翅飞翔的大鹏，忍不住发笑，说：“咳，看你神气活现的!我呀，一蹦一跳，就有十几尺，多么痛快啊!我每天在这些杂草和树丛里，来来去去，自由飞翔，不也飞得挺好吗?可是，你又能飞到哪里去呢?”
三个好朋友
Story 1 Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lionunder a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. Hecan’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbitswims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. Heis very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy.They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
三个好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
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英语小故事英语（4）
英语作为一门语言和思维统一的学科,其内在本质是语言与思维的辨证统一。教学不仅能有效地知识,亦能有效地培养学生的思维能力。下面小编给大家介绍关于英语小故事，方便大家学习。
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 themwanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw asnake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One manfinished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw theothers 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 thejar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?" The story of "Drawa snake and add feet to It." tells us going too far is as bad as not going farenough.
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。
Long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while theywere stealing food.
One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with theircommon enemy. Some said this, and some said that.
At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea.
"We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near,we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away."
Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said,"That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice lookedat each other, but nobody spoke.
从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。
一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。
“我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。”
大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面觑，谁也没有说话。
寓意: 有些事情说起来容易，做起来却很难.
The first year, which end of the 10 apples, nine were taken away, theyreceive one. In this regard, apple anyway, so cut off its own channel, refusedto grow up. The following year, the end of its five apples, four were takenaway, they receive one. "Ha ha, I was given last year by 10%, 20% this year!Doubled." Psychological balance of the apple tree.
However, it can do: continue to grow. For example, the second year, whichend of the 100 fruit, 90 were taken away, they receive 10.
It may well be that it was taken away 99, they receive one. However, Itdoes not matter, it can continue to grow and fruit year end 1000 ... ...
In fact, how much fruit is not the most important. Most importantly, theapple trees grow! Such as apple trees grow into giant trees, when those who havehindered the growth of the power it will be weak to be negligible. Really, donot care too much fruit, growth is most important. 一棵苹果树，终于结果了。
第一年，它结了10个苹果，9个被拿走，自己得到1个。对此，苹果树愤愤不平，于是自断经脉，拒绝成长。第二年，它结了5个苹果，4个被拿走，自己得到1个。“哈哈，去年我得到了10%，今年得到20%!翻了一番。”这棵苹果树心理平衡了。
但是，它还可以这样：继续成长。譬如，第二年，它结了100个果子，被拿走90个，自己得到10个。
很可能，它被拿走99个，自己得到1个。但没关系，它还可以继续成长，第三年结1000个果子……
其实，得到多少果子不是最重要的。最重要的是，苹果树在成长!等苹果树长成参天大树的时候，那些曾阻碍它成长的力量都会微弱到可以忽略。真的，不要太在乎果子，成长是最重要的。
The wolf in sheep''s clothingA wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he wasafraid of the vigilant shepherd and his dogs.One day the wolf found the skin ofa sheep. He put it on and walked among the sheep. A lamb thought that the wolfwas its mother because his skin looked like hers. So it followed the wolf. Soonafter they had left the dogs, the wolf came at the lamb and ate it up. For sometime he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.
披着羊皮的狼狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。有一天狼发现了一块羊皮，便披着它混入羊群。一只小羊羔把这只披着羊皮的狼误认为自己的妈妈，被领出了羊群。狼成功地欺骗了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along theroad, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, “I do notwant to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will giveme very nice food to eat.” Then he took the apples and threw them away into thedust.He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he couldnot go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, “I cannot go to the richman's house today, for I cannot get over the river.” He began to go home. He hadeaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he wasglad to take them out of the dust and eat them.
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。
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One day, a clam proudly opened its shells to sun itself on the river bank.A snipe passed by the clam and stretched its bill to peck at the clam'sflesh.
一天，一只河蚌得意洋洋地张开壳，在河滩上晒太阳。有一只鹬鸟，从河蚌身边走过，就伸出嚎去啄河蚌的肉。
The clam hurriedly closed its shells and tightly grasped the snipe's billbetween them. Despite all its efforts, the snipe could not extricate itsbill.
这时候，河蚌急忙把壳合上，紧紧地夹住了鹬鸟的咏。鹬鸟用尽
力气，也拔不出它的嚎来。
The clam could not get itself free to return to the river either.
河蚌也脱不了身，不能回到河里去了。
Then the clam and the snipe began to quarrel.
河蚌和鹬鸟就争吵了起来。
The snipe said angrily:
鹬鸟气呼呼地说:
"If it doesn't rain for one or two days, there will be no water. And youcan't return to the river, then surely you will die anyway."
“一天不下雨，两天不下雨，没有了水，你回不了河，总是要死的。”
The clam also said angrily:
鹬河蚌也气呼呼地说:
"If I don't let go of you for one or two days, you won't be able to pullout your bill. Don't hope that you can live."
“一天不放你，两天不放你，你的咏拔不出来，也别想活。”
Neither the clam nor the snipe would give in, and they kept on grappling.At this moment, a fisherman came along the riverside with a fishing net. He wasvery glad to see the snipe and the clam at a deadlock. Without the least effort,he caught them both, put them into his fish basket and carried them home.
河蚌和鹬鸟谁也不让谁，争吵个不停。这时候，有个的人，提着鱼网，沿着河边走来。看见鹬鸟和河蚌相持不下，他非常高兴，毫不费力地把它们两个一齐捉住，塞进鱼篓里，带回家去了。
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), prince Zhou Xu of theState of Wei killed his brother and became the new emperor. Zhou Xu was atyrant. He oppressed his people and indulged in wars of agGREssion. By launchingwars, he tried to divert the people's attention and reduce their discontent withhim in order to consolidate his dictatorship.
The Duke of the State of Lu leant about Zhou Xu's usurpation of state powerand his ambitious plan, he asked a senior official, "What do you think aboutZhou Xu's move? "The official answered, "He indulges in wars , bringing hispeople much disaster. He won't get their support. And he's capricious, so few ofhis close friends follow him. He can never achieve his success. In addition, waris like fire. If one launches wars endlessly without restraint, he'll eventuallyburn himself. "
Sure enough, the people of Wei with the help of the State of Chen overthrewZhou Xu and killed him in less than a year.
Later, people use it to mean that those who do evil will finally ruinthemselves.
春秋时期，卫国的王子州吁杀死了他的哥哥卫桓公，成为了卫国的国君。州吁是个暴君，他压迫百姓，到处侵略别的国家。他想利用战争来分散百姓的注意力，减少人们对他的不满，巩固他的专政。
鲁国的君王知道州吁篡夺了王位，还想吞并其他国家，就问他手下的一名官员："你认为州吁的目的能达到吗?"那位官员说道："州吁到处打仗，给人民来了灾难。人民不会支持他。他这个人又反复无常，身边没有什么亲信。他不可能实现自己的野心。而且，战争就象火。无休止地打仗，最后，火会烧到自己身上。"
果然，不到一年，卫国人民就在陈国的帮助下了州吁的统治，并处死了他。
后来，人们用这个来比喻干害人的勾当，最后受害的还是自己。
At the end of the Qin Dynasty(221-206 B.C.) the State of Chu and the Stateof Han fought for control for the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, wasbesieged(包围) at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang. Xiang Yuwas in a desperate situation, with little food and only a few soliders. Atnight, the surrounding Han troops started to sing Chu folk songs. Xiang Yu wasvery surprised at this, and said:"Has Liu Bang occupied the whole of Chu? Howcan he have drafted so many Chu people into his army?" Then he fled togetherwith the remainder of his forces.
This idiom is used metaphorically to mean to be in a helpless and criticalsituation, surrounded by the enemy on all sides.
项羽和刘邦原来约定以鸿沟(在今河南荣县境贾鲁河)东西边作为界限，互不侵犯。后来刘邦听从张良和陈平的规劝，觉得应该趁项羽衰弱的时候消灭他，就又和韩信、彭越、刘贾会合兵力追击正在向东开往彭城(即今江苏徐州)的项羽部队。终于布置了几层兵力，把项羽紧紧围在垓下(在今安徽灵璧县东南)。这时，项羽手下的兵士已经很少，粮食又没有了。夜里听见四面围住他的军队都唱起楚地的民歌，不禁非常吃惊地说：“刘邦已经得到了楚地了吗?为什么他的部队里面楚人这么多呢?”说看，心里已丧失了斗志，便从床上爬起来，在营帐里面喝酒，并和他最宠爱的妃子虞姬一同。唱完，直掉眼泪，在一旁的人也非常难过，都觉得抬不起头来。虞姬自刎于项羽的马前，项羽英雄末路，带了仅剩兵卒至乌江，最终自刎于江边。
以后人们就用“四面楚歌”这个词，形容人们遭受各方面攻击或逼迫，而陷于孤立窘迫的境地。凡是陷于此种境地者，其命运往往是很悲惨的。例如某人因经常与坏人为伍，不事生产，游手好闲，但后来却被那些坏人逼迫得无以为生，而求助于别人时，别人又因他平日行为太坏，绝不同情理睬，这人所处的境地便是“四面楚歌”。
郭氏之墟
On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of thecapital 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 thereason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
They replied,"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds, and averse toevildoing, which led to the perdition."
When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ," Thoughhe 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。"
laugh out of the other side of your mouth
乐极生悲
Chunyu Kun (淳于髡) lived in the state of Qi (齐国) during the Warring StatesPeriod (战国,475-221 BC).He was wise, humorous and eloquent. He skillfully advisedthe king on many occasions and successfully went to many states as an envoy.
战国时期，齐国有个叫淳于髡的人。他幽默机智，能说会道，给齐威王出过许多好主意，并且成功出使了许多其他的国家。
In the year 349 BC, the State of Chu (楚国) dispatched a large force toattack Qi.
公元349年，楚国派出大批军队攻打齐国。
The king of Qi sent Chunyu Kun to the state of Zhao (赵国) to ask for help,with a lot of valuable gifts.
齐王派淳于髡去赵国寻求帮助，于是他带着许多贵重的礼品去了赵国。
The king of Zhao accpeted the gifts gladly and sent a hundred thousandtroops to help Qi.
赵王见了礼物十分高兴，派了十万士兵去援助齐国。
The king of Chu withdrew his army that very night as soon as he got thenews.
那天晚上，楚王得到这消息，马上撤回了自己的军队。
The king of Qi was released and pleased with Chunyu Kun. He set a banquetfor celebration.
齐威王松了一口气，十分满意淳于髡的表现，并决定设宴为他庆功。
During the meal, the king asked Chunyu Kun, "How much wine can you drinkbefore you're drunk, Sir?"
在宴会上，齐威王问淳于髡：“先生你喝多少酒会醉?”
Knowing the king had a bad habit of drinking all night, Chunyu Kun decidedto take this chance to admonish the king. So he replied, "I get drunk when Idrink ten litres or hundred."
他幽默地回答说：“我有时喝一升酒就会醉，有时喝一百升酒才会醉。”
Puzzled, the king asked, "Since you are drunk after ten litres, how can youfinish another ninty litres?"
齐威王听了很奇怪。他问：“你喝一升已经醉了，怎么还会有喝一百升的道理呢?”
Chunyu Kun then explained that he could drink different amounts of wineunder different conditions. He said, "This occurs to me that when you drink toyour limit, you get so drunk that you lose your sense; once joy reaches itsheight, then it's sorrow's turn. This is the rule for everything. Whatever youdo, you are bound to end up in the opposite direction when you exceed thelimits."
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A HAPPY MAN
One day in spring， Wang Liangbin called his servant to him.
"How many pounds of snails did you buy?"
"200 pounds， sir."
"Did you buy birds?"
"Yes， sir， over 60."
"Did you have enough money?"
"Yes， sir."
Wang never spent much money on himself. He was frugal and lived simply. Hespent most of his money buying animals to set free.
On a business trip to India, a colleague of mine arrived at the airport inDilhi. He took a taxi to his hotel, where he was greeted by his hospitableIndian host. The cab driver requested the equivalent of eight dollars U. S. forthe fare, which seemed reasonable, so my friend handed him the money.
But the host grabbed the bills and initiated a verbal assault upon thecabby, calling him a worthless parasite and a disgrace to their country fortrying to overcharge visitors. The host threw half the amount at the driver andtold him never to return.
As the taxi sped off, the host gave the remaining bills to my colleague andasked him how his trip had been. "Fine," the business- man replied, "until youchased the cab away with my luggage in the trunk."
During an armistice of the Anglo-American War of 1812-1814, an Americanunwittingly crossed the British lines while hunting and brought down a crow. Hewas approached by an unarmed British officer, who complimented him on hismarksmanship and asked to see his gun. No sooner had the hunter handed it overthan the officer turned it on him and forced him to take a bite out of the crow.When the officer returned the gun, the American turned the tables and forced himto eat the remainder of the crow.
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 caughtthe mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ranaway, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angrybecause the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The catsaid, “Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and Iwould work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, butremember what good work the old did when they were young.”
the lion once said that he was sick on his death bed. So he asked all theanimals to come and listen to his last wishes. the goat came to the lion's cave.He stood there and listened for a long time. then a sheep went in. Before shecame out, a rabbit entered to hear the last wishes of the king of beasts. Butsoon the lion seemed to recover, and went to the mouth of his cave. He saw a foxwaiting outside. “Why don't you come in?” asked the lion to the fox. “I beg YourMajesty's pardon,” said the fox, “I have seen many animals enter your cave, butnone of them come out. Till they come out again, I prefer to wait outside.”
We are friends
Tommy is turtle. He has no daddy, no mummy and no friends.
He is crying. A bird comes. She says: “I can fly. Let's fly!”
Tommy says: “ no,no, I can't fly!”
A rabbit comes. He says: “ I can jump. Let's jump!”
Tommy says: “no, no. I can't jump!”
A monkey comes. He says:“I can climb the tree. Let's climb the tree!”
Tommy says: “ no, no. I can't climb the tree!”
A duck comes. He says: “I can swim. Let's swim!”
Tommy smiles: “ we are friends!”
Little boy and scorpion son
There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper, and in ashort while caught the lots of.Suddenly see a scorpion son, he to think is alsograsshopper,
Then two go to catch him.The scorpion son raises his poison to stab, say:“come, if you really dare to do like this, connect your grasshopper that catch toalso would entirely lose.”
This story warns people, and want to distinguish the pure good man with thebad person, and distinct to treat them.
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英语成语小故事1：破釜沉舟
during the late years of the qi dynasty(221-206bc), xiang yu led a rebellion. after crossing the zhang river, xiang yu ordered his men to sink all their boats and break their cooking pots.
he issued each soldier three days' rations(给养) and warned them that there was no way to retreat; the only thing they could do to survive was to advance and fight.
after mine fierce battles, the qin army was finally defeated.
this idiom is used to indicate one's firm determination to achieve one's goal at any cost.
英语成语小故事2:骑虎难下
Yan Jian was the regent(摄政王) of the last king of Northern Zhou(557-581).
His wife advised him: "Northern Zhou is dying. Now it is as if you are riding on the back of a tiger. It will be dangerous to dismount(下马，下车) . You can do nothing but continue."
Yan Jian thought this quite reasonable. Later, he founded the Sui Dynasty, and united China once more.
This idom is used as a metaphor meaning that one is in a difficult situation and cannot help but ontinue to pursue one's sourse.
英语成语小故事3:名落孙山
In the Song Dynasty(960-1279) there was a joker called Sun Shan.
One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of successful candidates. Back in his hometown, one of his neighbours asked him whether the neighbour's son had also passed.
Sun Shan said, with a smile: "Sun Shan was the last on the list, your son came after Sun Shan."
Later, people used this idiom to indicate failing in an examination or competition.
英语成语小故事4：黔驴技穷
In ancient times there were no donkeys in Guizhou province. Somebody brought a donkey from somewhere and tied it to a tree at the foot of a mountain.
A tiger saw the donkey, and thought that it must be a fearsome(可怕的) monster. It hide behind a tree and spied on the donkey.
When the donkey brayed(叫) , the tiger was frightened, thinking that the donkey was about to devour(吞食，毁灭) it. After a while, seeing that the donkey had not moved, the tiger approached it and teased it. The donkey became angry, and kicked the tiger.
The tiger thought to itself: "Its then all it is capable of?" It then jumped on the donkey and ate it.
This idiom is used to mean that one has exhauseted one's skills.
英语小故事英语（8）
【篇一：四面楚歌】
At the end of the Qin Dynasty(221-206 B.C.) the State of Chu and the State of Han fought for control for the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was besieged(包围) at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang. Xiang Yu was in a desperate situation, with little food and only a few soliders. At night, the surrounding Han troops started to sing Chu folk songs. Xiang Yu was very surprised at this, and said:"Has Liu Bang occupied the whole of Chu? How can he have drafted so many Chu people into his army?" Then he fled together with the remainder of his forces.
This idiom is used metaphorically to mean to be in a helpless and critical situation, surrounded by the enemy on all sides.
项羽和刘邦原来约定以鸿沟(在今河南荣县境贾鲁河)东西边作为界限，互不侵犯。后来刘邦听从张良和陈平的规劝，觉得应该趁项羽衰弱的时候消灭他，就又和韩信、彭越、刘贾会合兵力追击正在向东开往彭城(即今江苏徐州)的项羽部队。终于布置了几层兵力，把项羽紧紧围在垓下(在今安徽灵璧县东南)。这时，项羽手下的兵士已经很少，粮食又没有了。夜里听见四面围住他的军队都唱起楚地的民歌，不禁非常吃惊地说：“刘邦已经得到了楚地了吗?为什么他的部队里面楚人这么多呢?”说看，心里已丧失了斗志，便从床上爬起来，在营帐里面喝酒，并和他ZUI宠爱的妃子虞姬一同唱歌。唱完，直掉眼泪，在一旁的人也非常难过，都觉得抬不起头来。虞姬自刎于项羽的马前，项羽英雄末路，带了仅剩兵卒至乌江，ZUI终自刎于江边。
以后人们就用“四面楚歌”这个词，形容人们遭受各方面攻击或逼迫，而陷于孤立窘迫的境地。凡是陷于此种境地者，其命运往往是很悲惨的。例如某人因经常与坏人为伍，不事生产，游手好闲，但后来却被那些坏人逼迫得无以为生，而求助于别人时，别人又因他平日行为太坏，绝不同情理睬，这人所处的境地便是“四面楚歌”。
【篇二：玩火自焚 】
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), prince Zhou Xu of the State of Wei killed his brother and became the new emperor. Zhou Xu was a tyrant. He oppressed his people and indulged in wars of agGREssion. By launching wars, he tried to divert the people's attention and reduce their discontent with him in order to consolidate his dictatorship.
The Duke of the State of Lu leant about Zhou Xu's usurpation of state power and his ambitious plan, he asked a senior official, "What do you think about Zhou Xu's move? "The official answered, "He indulges in wars , bringing his people much disaster. He won't get their support. And he's capricious, so few of his close friends follow him. He can never achieve his success. In addition, war is like fire. If one launches wars endlessly without restraint, he'll eventually burn himself. "
Sure enough, the people of Wei with the help of the State of Chen overthrew Zhou Xu and killed him in less than a year.
Later, people use it to mean that those who do evil will finally ruin themselves.
春秋时期，卫国的王子州吁杀死了他的哥哥卫桓公，成为了卫国的国君。州吁是个暴君，他压迫百姓，到处侵略别的国家。他想利用战争来分散百姓的注意力，减少人们对他的不满，巩固他的专政。
鲁国的君王知道州吁篡夺了王位，还想吞并其他国家，就问他手下的一名官员："你认为州吁的目的能达到吗?"那位官员说道："州吁到处打仗，给人民来了灾难。人民不会支持他。他这个人又反复无常，身边没有什么亲信。他不可能实现自己的野心。而且，战争就象火。无休止地打仗，ZUI后，火会烧到自己身上。 "
果然，不到一年，卫国人民就在陈国的帮助下推翻了州吁的统治，并处死了他。
后来，人们用这个成语来比喻干害人的勾当，ZUI后受害的还是自己。
【篇三：邯郸学步 】
Imitating Another without Success and Losing What Used to Be One'sOwn Ability
Tradition has it that more than 2,oooyears ago,there lived a young man in the Shouling area of the State of Yan.As his name is not known ,we just call him Shouling young man for convenience's sake.
self confident He was at a loss as to how to behave all the time.
His family members advised him to overcome this shortcoming,but he thought they were fond of poking their noses into his business and were unwilling to provide him with tuition fee.His relatives and neighbours sneered at him,saying that he would never be able to learn anything.Asthe days went by,he even began to doubt whether he should walk the way he did,for he felt more and more that his walking gestures were too clumsy and awkward.
One day,he met some people on the road who werechattingand laughing.One of themsaid that people in Handan walked most gracefully.And thatwas just what he was most concerned about,so he hurreed towards themand wanted to make further inquiries.To his surprise,when these people saw him,they stalked off laughing.
He could not picture to himself in what way their walking gestures were graceful,no matter how hard he racked his parents one day.He went to Handanwhich was far away to learn how to walk.
As soon as he arrived in Handan,he was dazzled to find that everything was novel.He learned from the children there how to walk,because he thought that the children's walking gestures were lively and pleasing to the eye.He learnd from the old people there how to walk,because he thought the old people's walking gestures were steady .He learnd from the women there how to walk,because he thought the women' swaying walking gestures were beautiful.That being the case with him ,in less than half a month he even forgot how to walk.As he had already used up his traveling expenses,he had to crawl back home.
Thisstory come from the article"Autumn Water"in The Works of Xhuang Zi(Zhuang Zi was a famous ancient Chinese philosopher of about 300B.c.).Later the set phrase"initating another without success and losing what used to be one's own ability"is used to refer to acts of copying others mechanisally in disregard of specififc conditions.
相传在两千年前，燕国寿陵地方有一位少年，不知道姓啥叫啥，就叫他寿陵少年吧!
这位寿陵少年不愁吃不愁穿，论长相也算得上中等人材，可他就是缺乏自信心，经常无缘无故地感到事事不如人，低人一等——衣服是人家的好，饭菜是人家的香，站相坐相也是人家高雅。他见什么学什么，学一样丢一样，虽然花样翻新，却始终不能做好一件事，不知道自己该是什么模样。
家里的人劝他改一改这个毛病，他以为是家里人管得太多。亲戚、邻居们，说他是狗熊掰棒子，他也根本听不进去。日久天长，他竟怀疑自己该不该这样走路，越看越觉得自己走路的姿势太笨，太丑了。
有一天，他在路上碰到几个人说说笑笑，只听得有人说邯郸人走路姿势那叫美。他一听，对上了心病，急忙走上前去，想打听个明白。不料想，那几个人看见他，一阵大笑之后扬长而去。
邯郸人走路的姿势究竟怎样美呢?他怎么也想象不出来。这成了他的心病。终于有一天，他瞒着家人，跑到遥远的邯郸学走路去了。
一到邯郸，他感到处处新鲜，简直令人眼花缭乱。看到小孩走路，他觉得活泼、美，学;看见老人走路，他觉得稳重，学;看到妇女走路，摇摆多姿，学。就这样，不过半月光景，他连走路也不会了，路费也花光了，只好爬着回去了。
【篇四：南辕北辙 】
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 south, why is your chariot heading north?" The ma answered, "My horse is good at running, My driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage, ad I have enough money."The man didint consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were, ther further he was away from his destination.
The idiom derived froim this story indicates that one's action was the opposite effect to one's intention.
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，离他要取得地方就越远。
后来人们就把这个故事概括为“南辕北辙”。比喻一个人的行动和他的目的正好相反。
英语小故事英语（9）
圣诞节英语故事篇一Someone on Christmas Eve bought a big barrel of wine in the outdoor.
The next day he found a quarter less, then the "do not steal" wine barrel with four word.
On the third day, the wine was missing a quarter, he is very angry and posted "steal or alcohol products kill without forgiveness" six words.
The fourth day, wine, or stolen, only a quarter, his lungs are going to mad!
One of his friends saw it and said to him: "fool! You won't be on the barrel with the urine barrel], who also steal to drink!" He felt quite reasonable, is complied with.
The fifth day he cried
Bucket full of...
The sixth day, he and the "do not steal" wine barrel with four word.
Results a lot of people cry...
圣诞节英语故事篇二It is said that there was a goodness man went broke his domain. He lived a hard life and he has three daughters.
The three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters. On the happy Chrismas Eve three girls went to bed early.
They didn't know that their father was so worried. At last the Chrismas father decided to help them .
He besprinkled gold through the stack and the gold fell into the socks of the man's daughters. They lived a happy life from then on... Chrismas socks was origined by this.
圣诞节英语故事篇三hristmas Day,the 25th of December,is the biggest festival celebrated in the Christian countries of the world.
Although everyone enjoys Christmas Day,it is particularly enjoyed by children,who get very excited because of the presents they know they are going to receive.
Small children believe that their presents are brought by Father Christmas.Father Christmas is a kind of old man who,the children are told,lives at the North Pole.
He travels through the sky on a sleigh which is pulled by reindeers and loaded with presents.
Stopping on the roof of houses,he enters by climbing the chimney.When small children go to bed on Christmas Eve,they hang a stocking at the end of their beds.Their parents warn them not to try to look at Father Christmas,or he will not leave them anything.When they wake,they find their stockings filled with presents.Children are very excited on Christmas morning and always wake up early.
圣诞节英语故事篇四I like Christmas, it is just like our Spring Festival.
Maybe the Spring Festival is much more important and interesting than Christmas, but I like Christmas Day better. Because we can spend time with our friends and classmates during Christmas. When it is snowy,
Christmas becomes much more lovely, just like in fairytales. I can imagine I am in a fairytale, the girl who sold the matches is my friend, the ugly duck becoming more and more beautiful and so on.
What a beautiful place! So we can also call Christmas “Snowy Lovely Day.”
On Christmas Day, shops are red and green. There are so many Christmas cards, Christmas hats, Christmas dolls and many colourful things. So shops look very beautiful. We can give a card or a doll to our friends and say “Merry Christmas.” By the way, I think studying can also become much more interesting.
Christmas is coming, it also means a new year will come. Let’s study harder to welcome.
圣诞节英语故事篇五Christmas is the biggest festival in the western world, which people all over the Christian countries celebrate. It is on the 25th day of each December.
Christians consider it as the birthday of Jesus Christ.
But now many customs and habits are beyond religious meaning, The Christmas season begins five or six weeks before the exact holiday.
There is always a shopping boom during this period. So it's really a happy season for shop owners.
英语小故事英语（10）
英语小故事读后感篇一：傲慢与偏见Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters. In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything? The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.
英语小故事读后感篇二： 茶花女I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. I think Marguerite was right in saying that no one truly cared about her, but only wanted something from her, the only exceptions being Armand and Julie Duprat. Of course, the Comte de G. and Comte de N. wanted her body and appearance. The Duke needed to “wake up and smell the coffee” and realize that she could never replace his dead daughter. If he truly cared, he could have helped her leave her lifestyle without “keeping” her himself. And lastly, Prudence was a blood-sucking leech who used Marguerite almost worse than the men. I also think she was jealous of the fact that Marguerite had so much more courage than herself and someone truly loved her.
英语小故事读后感篇三：苔斯TESS is really a tragic figure in the book TESS of the d’Urberwilles. She was seduced by a so-called gentleman—Alec, and from then on her life totally changed from this loss of innocence. People looked down on her and respected her no more. Actually she did nothing wrong because before she was seduced she knew nothing of men. She was just a girl when she first met that terrible man. Without Angel’s love, nothing meant anything to her. The result wasn’t important now. Tess was arrested for her murder of that so-called gentleman. Tess didn’t want to be seduced by man and she had no power to defend herself so she lost her innocence and that’s all. People gave birth to many girls in order to have only one boy to keep the family name going. They thought girls had no use for the family. They would be married and go to live with their husbands’ home and be their wives some day sooner or later. So they were extremely hard on girls.Now let’s not be so bitter. Nowadays women’s situations have become much better. Some are because of the change of society and some are because of civilization. Just let those poor painful women like TESS be just a memory.
英语小故事英语（11）
one story about jack， an irishman， who was not allowed into heaven because he was stingy with his money. so he was sent to hell. but down there he played tricks on the devil (satan)， so he was kicked out of hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.
well， irish children made jack's lanterns on october 31st from a large potato or turnip， hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. and irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village halloween festival that honored the druid god muck olla. the irish name for these lanterns was "jack with the lantern" or "jack of the lantern，" abbreviated as " jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern." the traditional halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night. halloween celebrations would start in october in every elementary school.
关于万圣节有这样一个故事。是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人，因为他对钱特别的吝啬，就不允许他进入天堂，而被打入地狱。但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地狱，罚他提着灯笼永远在人世里行走。 在十月三十一日爱尔兰的孩子们用土豆和萝卜制作“杰克的灯笼”，他们把中间挖掉、表面上打洞并在里边点上蜡烛。为村里庆祝督伊德神的万圣节，孩子们提着这种灯笼挨家挨户乞讨食物。这种灯笼的爱尔兰名字是“拿灯笼的杰克”或者“杰克的灯笼”，缩写为jack-o'-lantern 。
英语小故事英语（12）
儿童英语幽默小故事【篇一】
磕睡之人
The preacher was vexed because a certain member of his congregation always fell asleep during the sermon. As the man was snoring in the front row one Sunday, the preacher determined he would teach him not to sleep during the sermon.
收师非常生气，因为总有一个人在他说教时睡觉。一个星期天，正当坐在前排的那个人打瞌睡时，牧师决定要好好地教育他不要睡觉。
In a whisper, he asked the congregation. All who want to go to heaven, please rise， Everyone got up except the snorer. After whispering Be seated，the minister shouted at the top of his voice，All those who want to be with the devil，please rise.
他低声地对教徒们说:“想去天堂的人都站起来。”除打瞌睡的人外，每个人都站了起来。牧师说过请坐之后，高声喊道:“下地狱的请站起来!”
Awaking with a start，the sleepy-head jumped to his feet and saw the preacher standing tall and angry in the pulpit,”Well，sir, he said.,I don't know what we're voting on, but it looks like you and me are the only ones for it.
打瞌睡的人被这突然的喊叫声所惊醒，站了起来。看到牧师高站在教坛上，正生气地望着他。他说:“先生，我不知我们在选什么，但看上去你和我是的侯选人。
儿童英语幽默小故事【篇二】
聪明的鸟
When the burglar broke into a seemingly empty room one night, a voice suddenly shattered the silence ;I see you,and the saint sees you.
一位窃贼一天夜里闯进一个好像没有人的空房子。突然寂静中传来一声:“我看见你了，圣人也看见你了。”
The shaken thief took another tentative step.“I see you，”the voice said again:“and the saint sees you.“With that，the burglar shined his flashlight in the direction that the voice was coming from. There，in the circle of light，sat a parrot.
这位惊恐不安的贼又试图再走一步，那个声音又说:“我看见你了，圣人也看见你了。”听到声音，窃绒用手电照着声音所传来的方向。在那边儿，一束灯光下坐着一只鹦鹉。
Dumb bird,!'the burglar uttered in relief.
“该死的鸟，”窃贼像松了口气似地骂着。
I see you，”the parrot repeated,”and the saint sees you.
“我看见你了。”鹦鹉重复地叨唠着:“圣人也看见你了。”
Shut up，“the man snarled as he turned on a lamp， that's when he saw the menacing Doberman Pinscher sitting beside the parrot's perch，staring at him with glittering eyes.
“闭嘴，”窃贼边开灯，边喊叫着。这时他发现一条眼光咄咄逼人的构坐在鹦鹉旁。
Sic' em，Saint,squawked the parrot.
鹦鹉尖叫着:“圣人，扑呀!扑呀!”
儿童英语幽默小故事【篇三】
只剩一个引擎
A 747 was halfway across the Atlantic when the captain got on the loud speaker:Attention，passengers. We have lost one of our engines，but we can certainly reach London with the three we have left. Unfortunately， we will arrive an hour late as a result.
一架747客机正跨越大西洋时，喇叭里传来了机长的声音:“旅客们请注意，我们四个引擎之中有一个丢失了。但利下的三个引擎会把我们带到伦敦的。不幸的是因此我们书晚到一小时。”
Shortly thereafter，the passengers heard the captain's voice again:Guess what，folks. We just lost our third engine，but please be assured we can fly with only one. We will now arrive in London three hours late.
过了一会儿，旅客们又听到了机长的声音:“各位，你们猜怎么啦?”我们刚又掉了第三个引擎。但请你们相信好了，有一个引擎我们也能飞，但要晚三个小时了。”
At this point，one passenger became furious. For Pete's sake,he shouted，If we lose another engine，we'll be up here all night !
正在这时，一位乘客非常气愤地说:“看在上帝的扮止，如果我们再掉一个引拿，我们会整夜都呆在天上了。”
儿童英语幽默小故事【篇四】
The Ant and the Dove
An ant is walking by the river. He looks at the river and says to himself, “How nice and cool this water looks! I must drink some of it.” But when he is drinking, he slips into the river.
“Oh.Help!Help!” The ant cries,
A dove is sitting in the tree. She hears him and throws him a leaf, “Climb up that leaf,” she says “and you will float bank.”
The ant climbs uo onto the leaf, and the wind blows the leaf to the bank. And the ant is saved.
“Thank you, Dove. You’re so kind,” The ant says and runs home, “You have saved my life, and I wish I could do something for you, Goodbye!”
“Goodbye!” says the dove, “Be careful. Not to fall into the river again.”
After a few days, the dove is building her nest. And a man is raising his gun to shoot her.
The ant sees this, and runs quickly to bite the man’s leg. “Ouch! Ouch!” The man feels pained and drops his gun. The dove hears and flies away. So the man picks up his gun and leave.
The dove comes to her nest. “Thank you, my little friend,” she says, “You have saved my life.”
The little ant is so glad, because he can help the dove.
蚂蚁和鸽子
一只蚂蚁在河边散步。他看见喝水自言自语道：“这河水看上去真清凉啊!我要去喝点。”可是他在喝水的时候，一不小心滑进河里了。
“啊!救命!救命!’蚂蚁叫喊着。
一只鸽子正呆在树上，听见呼救声，就扔给他一片树叶。“快爬到树叶上去。她说：“你会漂到岸上的。”
“谢谢你，鸽子。你真善良。”蚂蚁一边说一边向家跑，“你就了我的命，我会奥达你的。再见!”
“再见!小心别掉进河里了。”鸽子说。
几天后，鸽子正在筑巢，一个人举着枪要打鸽子。蚂蚁看见了，迅速地跑过去，在那个人的腿上咬了一口。“啊呀!哎呀!”那个人疼得扔掉枪。鸽子听见了，连忙飞走了。那个人只好捡起枪，走了。
鸽子又飞回巢里。“谢谢你，我的小朋友。”鸽子说，“你就了我的命。”
小蚂蚁可高兴了，因为他也帮助了鸽子。