簡單的英語小故事
現(xiàn)在全世界大概有75%的電視節(jié)目是英語，四分之三的郵件是用英語書寫，電腦鍵盤是英語鍵盤，任何一個會議敢號稱是國際會議，其會議工作語言一定要用英語，也是聯(lián)合國的正式工作語言。下面是小編為大家整理的簡單的英語小故事，如果大家喜歡可以分享給身邊的朋友。
簡單的英語小故事精選篇1
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck.
印度有一個挑水工，他有兩個大罐子，分別掛在肩上的扁擔(dān)兩頭。
One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
其中一個罐子做工精細(xì)，從不漏水，另一個上面則有一道裂縫。
At the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
每當(dāng)挑水工回到雇主家時，罐子里的水就只剩一半了。
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his master's house.
這樣過了整整兩年，這個挑水工每天挑到雇主家的水僅有一罐半。
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made.
當(dāng)然，那個完好的罐子為自己的成就甚感自豪。
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
而那個可憐的有裂縫的罐子卻因自身的瑕疵而羞愧不已，為自己只能裝一半水而痛苦不堪。
After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.
痛苦了兩年后，一天，那個有裂縫的罐子在小溪邊對挑水工說：
"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you."
“我很慚愧，想向你道歉?！?/p>
"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"
“為什么?”挑水工問，“你羞愧什么呢?”
"I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house.
“為這兩年來只能讓你挑回一半的水。因?yàn)槲疑砩系倪@個裂縫，每次你回雇主家的路上，水都在漏，到家時就只剩下半罐了。
Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
正是我的裂縫，你不得不多挑幾次水，這樣就浪費(fèi)了你的部分勞動價(jià)值?！惫拮诱f道。
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said,
挑水工對這個有裂痕的舊罐子感到很抱歉，他同情地說道：
"As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."
“當(dāng)我們返回雇主家時，我希望你能留心路旁那些美麗的花朵。”
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some.
的確如此，當(dāng)他們上山時，這個有裂縫的舊罐子注意到了路旁的野花，它們沐浴在陽光中非常漂亮。
But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again it apologized to the bearer for its failure.
它感到了一絲快樂，但到雇主家時，它又為自己漏了一半水而難過起來，于是，它再次為自己的失敗向挑水工道歉。
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot's side?
挑水工對罐子說：“你注意到了嗎?你這邊沿路都有花，而另一邊就沒有?
That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it.
我早就注意到了你的裂縫，我就是利用這一點(diǎn)，在你這側(cè)的路邊種上花籽。
I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them.
每天，我們從小溪回來時，你就給它們澆了水。
For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table.
這兩年，我就采這些漂亮的花朵來裝點(diǎn)雇主的桌子。
Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."
倘若你不漏水，他就沒有這么美麗的鮮花來裝飾屋子了?！?/p>
簡單的英語小故事精選篇2
A MAN once kept a Goat and an Ass.The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, "How shamefully you are treated:at one time grinding in the mill, and at anothercarrying heavy burdens"; and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest.
The Asslistened to his words, and falling into a ditch, was very muchbruised.His master, sending for a leech, asked his advice.Hebade him pour upon the wounds the lungs of a Goat.They at oncekilled the Goat, and so healed the Ass.
簡單的英語小故事精選篇3
A man once bought a brilliantly-coloured parrot.Instead of locking it up in a cage or chaining it to a perch, he allowed it to fly free all over the house.The parrot was delighted at this and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming with happiness.At last he settled on the edge of a rich curtain.
"Who on earth are you ?" said a cross voice from below."Stop that terrible noise at once."
The parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.
"I 'm a parrot.I 've just arrived and I 'm to make as much noise as I can," he said.
"Well, I 've lived here all my life," replied the cat ."I was born in this very house and I learned from my mother that it is best to keep quiet here."
"Keep quiet then, "said the parrot cheerfully."I don't know what you do around here, but I know my job.My master bought me for my voice and I'm going to make sure he hears it."
Different people are valued for different things.
從前，有人買了一只毛色鮮艷的鸚鵡。他沒有把鸚鵡關(guān)在籠子里，也沒有用鏈條把他拴在棲木上，而讓他在家里自由自在地飛來飛去。鸚鵡對此十分高興，撲動翅膀，從一間屋子飛到另一間屋子，愉快地尖聲叫著，最終停在華麗的帷幔的邊上。
"你到底是誰？"從下頭傳來怒氣沖沖的說話聲，"立刻住嘴，別發(fā)出那難聽的聲音。"
鸚鵡看見地毯上有一只貓?zhí)ь^看著他。
"我是鸚鵡。我剛到，我要使勁地吵吵。"他說。"那你就一聲不響吧，"鸚鵡歡快地說，"我不明白你在這兒干什么，可我明白我的活兒。主人為了我的聲音才買我，我必須得讓他聽到。"
不一樣的人因有不一樣的特點(diǎn)而受重視。
簡單的英語小故事精選篇4
Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake. However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?" The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It." tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crow's beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.
Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor's doorbell. However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people's attention as long as he touched the bell. So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever "idea". He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell. Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.
簡單的英語小故事精選篇5
A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw.
"Ho! ho!" quoth he, "thats for me," and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard?
"You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls."
Precious things are for those that can prize them.