英语小故事1.doc

The lion and the foxThe lion once said that he was sick on his death bed. So he asked all the animals 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 she came out, a rabbit entered to hear the last wishes of the king of beasts. But soon the lion seemed to recover, and went to the mouth of his cave. He saw a fox waiting outside. "Why don’t you come in?“ asked the lion to the fox. “I beg Your Majesty’s pardon,“ said the fox, “I have seen many animals enter your cave, but none of them come out. Till they come out again, I prefer to wait outside."老狮子与狐狸一头年老的狮子声称自己病得要死了，他告诉所有的动物来听他的临终遗言。

一只山羊进入狮子的洞穴，并一直留在那里，接着一只绵羊也进去了。

之前，一只兔子也曾进去听这兽中之王的临终遗言。

但是不久，狮子好像康复了，能走到洞口了，他看到狐狸站在洞口，就问：“你为什么不进来呢?” “尊敬的殿下，”狐狸回答说，“如果我没发现只有进去的脚印，没有一个出来的脚印，我也许会进洞去。

”The Wind And The SunOne day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.” “We will see about that,” said the sun. “I will let you try first.” So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself. “I give up,” said the wind at last. “I cannot get his cloak off.” T hen the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.风和太阳有一天风跟太阳说: “看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来. “我们等着看吧,”太阳说, “我让你先试. 因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹,可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.“我放弃了,”风最后说, “我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久,那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.A Wolf in sheep's clothingA wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant shepherd and his dogs. One day the wolf found the skin of a sheep. He put it on and walked among the sheep. A lamb thought that the wolf was its mother because his skin looked like hers. So it followed the wolf. Soon after they had left the dogs, the wolf came at the lamb and ate it up. For some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.【译文】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。

寓意：事物的外表有时候会掩盖它的本质，所以我们不能只凭表面现象就作判断。

Belling the catlong ago,there was a big cat in the house.He caught many mice while they were stealing food.One day the mice bad a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy.Some said this,andsome 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 th e 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 looked at each other,but nobody spoke.给猫挂铃铛很久以前，房子里有只大猫。

他抓住了许多偷吃粮食的老鼠。

一天，老鼠们开会讨论对付猫的办法。

有的说这样，有有的说那样。

最后一只小老鼠站起来，说他有一个好办法：我们给猫的脖子上拴一个铃当，当猫走近的时候，我们就可以听到铃声，就可以逃跑了。

每个老鼠都同意这个建议，但是一只老老鼠站起来说：那谁去给猫戴上铃当呢?老鼠们你看我，我看你，没人出声了。

A little bird fly to south for the winter. It was very cold, almost frozen bird. Hence, fly to a large space, after a cow there, in a pile of cow dung upon the bird, frozen bird lying on the dunghill, feel very warm, gradually recovered, it is warm and comfortable lying, and soon began to sing songs, a passing wildcat hear voices, see, follow the voice, wildcats quickly found lying on the dunghill, bird, pull it out. The way of existence: not everyone to lead the dung upon your people are your enemy. Each of you is not from the dunghill lire people are your friends, and, when you lying on the dunghill, had better keep your mouth shut.粪堆里的小鸟一只小鸟飞到南方去过冬。

天很冷，小鸟几乎冻僵了。

于是，飞到一大块空地上，一头牛经过那儿，拉了一堆牛粪在小鸟的身上，冻僵的小鸟躺在粪堆里，觉得很温暖，渐渐苏醒过来，它温暖而舒服的躺着，不久唱起歌来，一只路过的野猫听到声音，走过去看个究竟，循着声音，野猫很快发现了躺在粪堆里的小鸟，把它拽出来吃掉了。

生存之道：不是每个往你身上拉大粪的人都是你的敌人。

也不是每个把你从粪堆里拉出来的人都是你的朋友，还有，当你躺在粪堆里时，最好把你的嘴闭上。

How Can I Pay YouOne day, a poor man is taking a bag of rice to a town. The rice is on the back of his horse but it falls down. The rice is too heavy to lift and he doesn’t know what to do. He only hopes someone can give him some help.After a while, a man riding a horse comes. But he is a rich man living nearby. The poor man hopes another farmer will come. But the rich man sees him and says to him, “You need my help, right?” And he helps the poor man lift the rice onto the horse’s back.“Sir, how can I repay you?” the poor man says.“It’s easy, when you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”我该怎样谢你一天，一个穷人正带着一袋米去镇上。

大米放在马背上但它掉了下来。

大米太重了抬不动，穷人不知怎么办才好。