英语故事的短文

英语故事的短文

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　　英语故事的短文1

　　The Old Cat

　　An old woman had a cat. 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 caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

　　Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

　　英语故事的短文2

　　A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another. He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him. One day he decided to show them what he meant.

　　He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them.

　　"Can you break that ? " he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.

　　The father asked each son in turn to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it . Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks.

　　" Now try, " he said . The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.

　　"Do you see what I mean ?" asked the father. "if only you stand together no one can hurt you . If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you. " United we stand divided we fall.

　　英语故事的短文3

　　The Boy Who Cried Wolf

　　狼来了

　　A shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, "Wolf! Wolf!" and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains.

　　一个牧童，在一个村子的边上放羊，他三番四次地喊“狼来了”，村民听到后都跑出来帮他，但其实狼并没有来，牧童只是拿他们来开玩笑。

　　The Wolf, however, did truly come at last. The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: "Pray, do come and help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep"; but no one paid any heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance. The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.

　　不过，狼，最后真的.来了。这时，牧童真的着急了，他非常害怕地叫喊：“求求你们了，过来帮帮我吧，狼正在吃羊了”，但没有人理他，更没有人来帮他。结果，那只狼肆无忌惮对羊群大开杀戒，羊群一下子就全毁了。

　　There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.

　　这故事告诉我们：撒谎的人是没人相信的，即使当他说实话的时候。

　　英语故事的短文4

　　An old woman had a cat. 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 caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

　　Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

　　英语故事的短文5

　　When the couple arrived in Los Angeles, the husband became fascinated by the plush(豪华的)casino and started betting on all the attractions. After four days, they had just two dollars left.

　　"Let me go to the casino alone," the man told his wife. "I ve got a feeling that I'll be luck today."

　　Once downstairs he went to the roulette(轮盘赌) table and put his last two dollars on No.14.red. His number won. He continued betting and winning. Within an hour, he had acquired $50000. Feeling that his luck was about to change, he picked up his chips and walked toward the cashier.

　　Just before he reached her, he felt one final urge to bet. He went back to the roulette table and put everything on No. 10, black. The wheel spun1 round and round, and finally stopped on No.12. red. Heartbroken, the fellow returned to his room.

　　"Well," his wife asked anxiously, "How did you make out?"

　　"I lost two dollars."

　　英语故事的短文6

　　"I had another bad dream," she told her fiancé. "It was about you again. You and your ex-girlfriend were kissing. I yelled at you to stop it. You looked right at me, and then you laughed at me! She laughed, too. Then you both went back to kissing. I tried not to watch, but when I covered my eyes, something pulled my hands away. I tried to leave, but my feet were glued to the ground. Finally, I woke up. Of course, it was very difficult to get back to sleep.

　　"I had to drive home from Las Vegas this morning. It's a wonder I didn't crash 50 times. Instead of seeing traffic in front of me, all I saw was you and her. I can't take any more dreams like this. We're going to have to break up. We can be friends, but just friends. That way, I won't be jealous anymore, and I won't have these bad dreams anymore."

　　"Why didn't you call me up and tell me about your dream?" he asked. "They say that the more you talk about bad dreams, the sooner you'll stop having them."

　　She disagreed. She thought that the only solution was to break up and be just friends. She loved him, but these dreams had become so frequent that she was actually afraid to go to sleep. She was losing weight and having stomachaches from the stress.

　　He didn't know what to do. He wanted her to have pleasant dreams. He wanted her to have a life without stress. He wanted her to be his wife. This was it, she repeated; if she had just one more bad dream, they were through. He squeezed her hand, but said nothing.

　　英语故事的短文7

　　Once, a mother pig sent her three little children into the world. They needed to look after themselves.

　　The first pig found some straw, and he built a fine house with straw, and he built a fine house with straw.

　　The second pig built a house with wood.

　　The third pig built a house with stone.

　　One day, a wolf came to straw house, he was hungry.

　　“Little pig let me in! I’m your brother.”

　　“No, no! You are a wolf.”

　　Then the wolf blew down the straw house. The first pig ran to the wooden house.

　　Then the wolf came to the wooden house, too. The two pigs ran to the stone house.

　　The wolf came and blew the stone house. He blew and blew, but the house didn’t fall down. Then wolf was angry, he climbed to the roof and jumped down the chimney.

　　The wolf fell into the pot! Ouch! He ran away.

　　The three little pigs lived happily.

　　There is a bad wolf in the forest. One day he is eating a lamb. Suddenly a bone 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 bone is 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 me have a try,” the crane says. She pulls out the bone with her bill. “Now I will go. Remember your words. You should pay me,” she says.

　　“Well. Pay you. I remember,” the wolf says. With the words, the wolf bites off the crane’s neck and eats her up.

　　英语故事的短文8

　　Fox and cock

　　One morning a fox sees a cock.He

　　think,"This is my breakfast.'

　　He comes up to the cock and says,"I know

　　you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?'The

　　cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins

　　to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.

　　The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.'The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'

　　The fox opens his mouth ang says,"The cock is mine,not yours.'Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.

　　【译文】

　　狐狸和公鸡

　　一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。

　　他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。

　　在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。”

　　狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。公鸡跑到了树底下。

　　英语故事的短文9

　　An old woman having lost the use of her eyes, called in a physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses:

　　That if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing.

　　This agreement being made, the physician, time after time, applied his salve to her eyes, and on every visit took something away, stealing all her property little by little.

　　And when he had got all she had, he healed her and demanded the promised payment.

　　The old woman, when she recovered her sight and saw none of her goods in her house, would give him nothing.

　　The physician insisted on his claim, and. as she still refused, summoned her before the judge.

　　The old woman, standing up in the court, argued: "this man here speaks the truth in what he says; for i did promise to give him a sum of money if i should recover my sight:

　　But if i continued blind, i was to give him nothing.

　　Now he declares that I am healed. I, on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house various chattels and valuable goods: But now, though he swears i am cured of my blindness, i am not able to see a single thing in it."

　　英语故事的短文10

　　The Blacksmith And Dog

　　Those who will not work deserve to starve.

　　A Blacksmith had a little Dog, which used to sleep when his master was at work, but was very wide awake indeed when it was time for meals. One day his master pretended to be disgusted at this, xiaogushi8.com and then he had thrown him a bone as usual, he said, “What on earth is the good of a lazy cur like you?” When I am hammering away at my anvil, you just curl up and go to sleep: but no sooner do I stop for a mouthful of food than you wake up and wag your tail to be fed.