英文寓言故事视频

寓言 故事 是文学体裁的一种，含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事。通常用借喻手法，使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单短小的故事中体现。下面我为大家带来英文经典寓言故事，欢迎大家阅读!

英文经典寓言故事：最贵重的礼物

At one stopover in a town, a huge banner was written in bold letters: FAMINE IN AFR/CA~ PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO SAVE THE STARVING PEOPLE.

在一个镇上的中转站挂着一个巨型横幅，上面用黑体字写着： ¨非洲饥荒，请您慷慨解囊，拯救饥饿的人们。¨在那儿有一大群 人在排队捐赠。

A large crowd was queuing to hand over their donations.Near the door of the town hall stood a beautiful young girl, poorly but neatly dressed.

市政厅的门旁站着一个漂亮的小姑娘，她的衣服质地很差， 却很整洁。她注视着眼前的人们，眼里闪烁着害羞的神情。

With shy glances she watched the people before her. She saw a merchant who laid a bag of 90ld on the table.

她看 见一位商人把一袋金子放在了桌上。

Then came a rich lady with haughty looks who offered a variety of jewels; some others handed cash, clothing's and foodstuff, The girl was reluctant to take her turn but at last, summoning up her courage, she stepped forward.

接着，一位傲慢的贵夫人拿 出了各种珠宝，其他人也递上了现金、衣服和食物。小姑娘还在犹豫要不要捐，最终她还是鼓起勇气走上前去。

"But...it is so small I am ashamed to offer it. It seems worthless, but it is all I have, "she said.

¨可是……这太少了，我都不好意思拿出来。它看起来一文不值， 但这是我所有的东西了。¨她说道。

"We are grateful for e\ten the smallest offering," the man at the counter replied kindly. "Here it is, I have nothing else to give," she added timidly, she drew under her cloak two long thick plaits of her golden hair.

¨即使是最少的捐赠，我们也 非常感激，¨柜台旁的人和善地说口¨给，我没有别的可捐了。”她羞怯地补充说。她从披风下拽出两根又长又粗的金色辫子

As she did so, the hood of hercloak fell back, showing the beautifully young head shorn of its golden glory.

。这时， 披风的风帽掉了下来，露出已失去金色光环的漂亮的小脑袋。

The generosity of this beautiful girl to donate her most priceless possession, her golden locks of hair, overshadowed all the glittering gold or j8wels of the other donors.

这个漂亮的小姑娘慷慨地捐出了她最珍贵的财产一一她的金发，令其他捐赠者的闪闪发光的金子、珠宝等捐赠物都黯然失色。

英文经典寓言故事：老鼠嫁女

Once upon a time, there was a mouse father. He wanted to marry his daughter to the greatest person in the world.

很久很久以前，有一个老鼠爸爸。他想要把他的女儿嫁给世界上最伟大的人。

But, who was the greatest person in the world? Oh! The sun! He must be the greatest person in the world. The mouse father went to talk to the sun.

但是，谁是世界上最伟大的人呢?啊!是太阳!他一定是世界上最伟大的人。老鼠爸爸去找太阳谈了谈。

“Hello! Mr. Sun. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈喽!太阳先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人。您愿意娶我的女儿吗?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the cloud. If he comes out1, I’ll be covered.”

“什么?我可不是世界上最伟大的人。最伟大的人应该是云。只要他一出来，我就会被遮住。”

The mouse father went to talk to the cloud.

老鼠爸爸又去找云谈。

“Hello! Mr. Cloud. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈喽!云先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人。您愿意娶我的女儿吗?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wind. If he comes out, I’ll be blown away2.”

“什么?我才不是世界上最伟大的人呢!最伟大的人应该是风。只要他一刮起来，我就被吹的远远的。”

The mouse father went to talk to the wind.

老鼠爸爸又去找风谈。

“Hello! Mr. Wind. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈喽!风先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人。您愿意娶我的女儿吗?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wall. If he comes out, I’ll be stopped.”

“什么?我可不是世界上最伟大的人。最伟大的人应该是墙。只要有他在，我就被挡住了。”

The mouse father went to talk to the wall.

老鼠爸爸又去找墙谈。

“Hello! Mr. Wall. I know you are the greatest person in the world. Would you marry my daughter?”

“哈喽!墙先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人。你愿意娶我的女儿吗?”

“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is YOU, the mouse.”

“什么?我才不是世界上最伟大的人呢!最伟大的其实是你们老鼠!”

“The greatest person in the world is … mouse?”

“世界上最伟大的人……是老鼠?”

“Yes, the greatest person in the world is mouse. See?3 If mouse comes out, I’ll be bit!”

“没错!世界上最伟大的人就是老鼠。想想看，只要你们一出现，我的身上就要被打洞!”

The mouse father was very happy. He finally knew mouse was the greatest person in the world. He would marry his daughter to the handsome mouse next door.

老鼠爸爸开心的不得了。他终于知道原来老鼠才是世界上最伟大的人。他决定要把自己的女儿嫁给隔壁英俊的鼠小弟。

短篇寓言故事英文版有哪些呢，下面是我为大家整理的5篇英文版的寓言故事。

短篇寓言故事英文版 1The Fox and the Crow 狐狸和乌鸦

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.

有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞。

短篇寓言故事英文版 2Draw 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 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.

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。

短篇寓言故事英文版 3Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell 掩耳盗铃

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.

从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个"妙极"，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住。

短篇寓言故事英文版 4Making His Mark 刻舟求剑

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?

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。

短篇寓言故事英文版 5To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow 拔苗助长

Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn't wait to check his "achievement", but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.

从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗(seedlings)后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个"最佳方法"，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的"成果"。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。