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初二英语小故事短文（精选10篇）

阅读一些英语小故事，既有趣味，又能学些短语句型。下面是我分享的初二英语小故事，欢迎阅读!

Grandma Li lived alone in an old building. She was old and didn’t like noise at all. The young man and woman 46 always made much noise every night, so she couldn’t 47 .When the young man and woman moved out of the building, Grandma Li was very 48 . Another young man moved in and Grandma Li thought, “Well, he 49 .”

But at three o’clock the next morning, when Grandma Li 50 , some noise 51 . She 52 carefully. It was a dog. She thought, “There wasn’t any dog here before. It 53 be the young man’s.” She 54 him and telephoned the young man at once. Before the young man could say something, she stopped the call.

Nothing more happened 55 four o’clock. Then Grandma Li’s telephone rang. When she answered the phone, she heard, “I’m the man upstairs. I’m sorry to trouble you, but I want to tell you I don’t have a dog at all!”

The story happened during the Second World War(战争).An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun , his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights . The old man was very sad . he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living .

It was a very cold winter night . The old man couldn’t go to sleep . He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen . He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.

Once he came to a village , but the villages were all poor and couldn’t give him anything . He was too hungry to go to another village . He thought hard and found a way . He came to a police station and called out , “Hitler is a foolish pig (希特勒是蠢猪)!"

Out came an old policeman at once . He took the old man into a room , gave him some bread and a cup of tea . Then he said , “Don’t say in our village , sir !”

“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the old man . “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown .”

“No, no , sir.” The policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hometown !”

It was Mondy. Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

Considering that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher (person whose job is selling meat), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (* people who buy something from a shop).

But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

One day one of God messengers descended to the world and happened to meet an eminent monk who was telling fortunes for two boys. The monk pointed at one of the boys sayingldquo;Number One Scholar,rdquo; and at another oneldBeggar.一天，上帝的一个使者来到了人间，他遇到了一位高僧，这位高僧正在为两个孩子占卜前程。高僧指着其中一个孩子说状元，然后指着另一个孩子说乞丐

Twenty years later, the messenger came down to the world again. When he saw the previous two boys, he was puzzled about the outcome: the originalldquo;Number One Scholarrdquo;now became a beggar while the originalldquo;Beggarrdquo;turned into a Number One Scholar instead.20年后，上帝的使者又来到了人间，看到了先前的那两个孩子，结果让他百思不得其解：当初的ldquo;状元rdquo;如今成了乞丐，而当初的ldquo;乞丐rdquo;反而成了状元。

So the messenger went to ask God.于是，使者去问上帝。

God answered,ldquo;I endow everyone with talent, which only decides one third of his destiny while the rest lies in how he grasps it.rdquo;上帝说：ldquo;我赋予每个人的天分只决定他命运的三分之一，其余的则在于他如何去把握。

Life is just like this.人生就是这样。

Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.

No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.

People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared(出现), life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.

Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?

During World War II, a lot of young women in Britain were in the army. Joan Phillips was one of them. She worked in a big camp, and of course met a lot of men, officers and soldiers.

One evening she met Captain Humphreys at a dance. He said to her, "I“m going abroad tomorrow, but I“d be very happy if we could write to each other." Joan agreed, and they wrote for several months.

Then his letters stopped, but she received one from another officer, telling her that he had been wounded and was in a certain army hospital in England.

Joan went there and said to the matron, "I“ve come to visit Captain Humphreys."

"Only relatives are allowed to visit patients here," the matron said.

"Oh, that“s all right," answered Joan. "I“m his sister."

"I“m very pleased to meet you," the matron said, "I“m his mother!"

见到您很高兴

在中，有许多年轻的妇女在军营中服役。琼.斯是其中之一。她在一个大军营中工作，当然遇到了许多男士，包括武职官员和士兵。

一天晚上她在舞会上遇到了武职官员汉弗雷斯。他对她说，"我明天就要出国，但如果我们能够相互写信，我会很高兴。"琼同意了，于是他们几个月里一直通着信。

后来，他再没有来信。她收到了另一个武职官员的信，告诉她，他受伤了，住在的某个部队医院里。

琼到了医院，她对护士长说，"我来看望武职官员汉弗雷斯。"

"这里只有亲属可以探望病人。"护士长说。

"噢，是的，"琼说，"我是他的妹妹。"

"很高兴认识你，"护士长说，"我是他的母亲。"

A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he wants to buy a pet that can do everything. The shop owner suggests a faithful dog.

有个人走进一家宠物店，跟老板说要买一只万能宠物。店老板建议他买只忠心的狗。

The man replies, "Come on, a dog?"

那个人回答：“得了吧，狗行吗?”

The owner says, "How about a cat?"

老板说：“那猫怎么样?”

The man replies, "No way! A cat certainly can't do everything. I want a pet that can do everything!"

那个人回答：“不行啦!猫当然不会是万能的'。我要的是万能宠物!”

The shop owner thinks for a minute, then says, "I've got it! a centipede!"

店老板想了一会儿说道：“有了!就是蜈蚣!”

The man says, "A centipede? I can't imagine a centipede doing everything, but okay... I'll try a centipede."

那个人说：“蜈蚣?真难想象蜈蚣会是万能的，不过也好...我就买一条蜈蚣试试看。”

He gets the centipede home and says to the centipede, "Clean the kitchen."

他把蜈蚣带回家后跟蜈蚣说：“去打扫厨房。”

Thirty minutes later, he walks into the kitchen and... It's immaculate! All the dishes and silverware have been washed, dried, and put away; the counter-tops cleaned; the appliances sparkling; the floor waxed.

过了三十分钟，他走进厨房一看...居然全部都干干净净的!所有的盘子和银制餐具都洗好、烘干、各归各位;厨具台面也清洁溜溜;每种用具都闪闪发亮;连地板都打了蜡。

He is absolutely amazed.

他看得目瞪口呆、惊愕连连。

He says to the centipede, "go clean the living room."

他跟蜈蚣说：“去打扫客厅。”

Twenty minutes later, he walks into the living room. The carpet has been vacuumed; the furniture cleaned and dusted; the pillows on the sofa plumped; Plants watered. The man thinks to himself, "This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. This really is a pet that can do everything!"

过了二十分钟，他走进客厅一看，地毯已用吸尘器吸过;加剧也擦得一尘不染;沙发上的枕头也已拍松;植物也浇了水。那个人心想：“我从来没看过这么神奇的事，这真的是一只万能宠物!”

Next he says to the centipede, "Run down to the corner and get me a newspaper."

接着他跟蜈蚣说：“去街角帮我买份报纸。”

The centipede walks out the door. 10 minutes later... no centipede. 20 minutes later... no centipede. 30 minutes later... no centipede.

蜈蚣于是走出大门。10分钟过去了...蜈蚣还没回来;20分钟过去了...蜈蚣还没回来;30分钟过去了...蜈蚣还是没有回来。

By this point the man is wondering what's going on. So he goes to the front door, opens it... and there's the centipede sitting right outside.

那个人开始纳闷到底发生了什么事，于是走到大门打开一看...蜈蚣居然就坐在外面。

The man says, "hey!! I sent you down to the corner store 45 minutes ago to get me a newspaper. What's the matter?!"

那个人说：“我不是45分钟前就叫你去街角的商店帮我买份报纸吗?到底是怎么回事?”

The centipede says, "I'm goin'! I'm goin'! I'm just putting on my shoes!"

蜈蚣说：“这就去!这就去!我的鞋子快穿好了!”

My father is very busy with his work and seldom accompanies me. One day, my father accompanied me to an after-school class. He was listening with me, because it was too early for me to yawn in class. However, my father was very earnest. After class, I saw the homework assigned by the teacher. I went to ask my father, and he told me all the things I didn't have to listen to in class.

My father told me, "you are not afraid of not being serious." I want to thank my father for letting me know that.

我爸爸平时工作很忙，很少陪我。有一天周末，爸爸陪我去上课外班，他和我一起听课，因为太早了，我上课不停地打哈欠。可是爸爸却很认真，下课了，我一看老师布置的作业好难，我去问爸爸，爸爸把课堂上我没有好好听的内容又给我讲了一遍。

爸爸告诉我：“不怕你不会，就怕不认真。”我要感谢爸爸让我懂得了这个道理。

1、The fox and the grapes

Hungry fox saw the vine hanging from a string of crystal clear grapes, slobber DC, want to eat off, but also Can't reach. At the moment, feel helpless to go, he said while walking his own comfort:" this has not cooked grape, sure Are sour."

That is to say, some capacity is small, do not a thing, on the pretext that premature.

饥饿的狐狸看见葡萄架上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄，口水直流，想要摘下来吃，但又摘不到。看了一会儿，无可奈何地走了，他边走边自己安慰自己说：“这葡萄没有熟，肯定是酸的。”

这就是说，有些人能力小，做不成事，就借口说时机未成熟。

2、The little boy and the Scorpion

There is a child in the front wall to catch the grasshopper, while to catch a lot. Suddenly he saw a scorpion, he thought that is the grasshopper,

Then two go to catch him. The scorpion his sting, said: "come, if you really dare to do like this, even you catch a grasshopper Grasshopper will completely lose."

This story warns people, to distinguish good and bad, to treat them differently.

有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢，

便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。”

这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。

3、The wolf and the crane

Wolf mistakenly swallow a piece of bone, very hard, running around, looking for a doctor. He met the egret, stipulated fees to invite him

Bone removed, Lusi their head into the wolf's throat, and drew out the bone, so the wolf to be a good reward. The wolf answered

Say:" Hey, friend, you can wolf mouth all is well. Withdraws head, can not meet, how to speak reward?"

This story illustrates, the bad guys do no reward, and be thankful if you say the essence of credit.

狼与鹭鸶

狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他

取出骨头，鹭鸶把自己的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的酬金。狼回答

说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎么还要讲报酬？”

这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。

4、The widow and the hen

A widow woman kept a hen, hen lays an egg every day. She thought some more chicken feed barley, a day will be two

Egg. Therefore, such a day to feed her, the result looks more and more fat hen, an egg a day is not even under the.

This story explained that, some people because of greed, want more benefits, the results are even deprived of the existing.

有个寡妇养着一只母鸡，母鸡每天下一个蛋。她以为多给鸡喂些大麦，就会每天下两个

蛋。于是，她就每天这样喂，结果母鸡长得越来越肥，每天连一个蛋也不下了。

这故事说明，有些人因为贪婪，想得到更多的利益，结果连现有的都失掉了。

5、Standing on the roof of the goat and Wolf

The little goats on the roof, saw a wolf from the pass underneath, and cursed him, laughing at him. The wolf said:" Oh, man, scold

I is not you, but you are in the ground."

This story illustrates the advantages and the secret, often give a person with strong courage to fight.

小山羊站在屋顶上，看见狼从底下走过，便谩骂他，嘲笑他。狼说道：“啊，伙计，骂

我的不是你，而是你所处的地势。”

这故事说明，地利与天机常常给人勇气去与强者抗争。

6、Mountain Earthquake

One time, a mountain happened a big earthquake, vibration sounds like a loud moan and shout. Many people gathered

At the foot of the mountain to watch, do not know what had happened. While they were assembled in anxious, worried about seeing something bad omen, only

Saw a mouse running from the mountain.

Don't make much ado about nothing.

山 震

有一次，一座大山发生了大震动，震动发出的声音就像大声的呻吟和喧闹。许多人云集

在山下观看，不知发生了什么事。当他们焦急地聚集在那里，担心看到什么不祥之兆时，仅

看见从山里跑出一只老鼠。

这是说庸人多自忧。

7、Good and evil

Weak forces of good, evil away to heaven by. Asked Zeus is good at, how can we return to earth to. Zeus told

He, you don't go, one of the world's visit. Evil and people very close, so continuously to find him

Are. Good because down from the sky, on the very slow to very slow.

That is to say, people is not easy to meet good, but every day of the injury or harm.

善 与 恶

力量弱小的善，被恶赶走到了天上。善于是问，怎样才能回到人间去。告诉

他，大家不要一起去，一个一个的去访问人间吧。恶与人很相近，所以接连不断地去找他

们。善因为从天上下来，所以就来得很慢很慢。

这就是说，人很不容易遇到善，却每日为恶所伤害。

8、Two pockets

Prometheus created man, and in each of them hanging round her neck has two pockets, a pack the faults of others, the other

Of their own equipment. He put the loaded others faults pocket hanging in the chest, the other is hanging behind his back. Hence it is that men are

Quick to see the faults of others, and their total however invisible.

This story explained that people often like to find fault with others, but ignore their shortcomings.

创造了人，又在他们每人脖子上挂了，一只装别人的缺点，另一只装自己的。

他把那只装别人缺点的口袋挂在胸前，另一只则挂在背后。因此人们总是能够很快地看见别人的缺点，而自己的却总看不见。

这故事说明人们往往喜欢挑剔别人的缺点，却无视自身的缺点。

9、The hunting dog

An old dog young and strong never yielded to any beast of the forest, the elderly, in a hunting, met a Wild boar,

he bravely rushed to bite pig ears. Because of his dental aging weakness, not snapped, wild boar Run away.

Master came running greatly disappoint one's hopes, give him a meal. Old dogs raised his head and said:" master ah! This cannot be Blame me not.

My brave spirit and the youth are the same, but I can't resist the natural law. I used to act by Your praise, it should not be your blame."

That is to say, the birth and death is the inexorable law.

老 猎 狗

一条老猎狗年轻力壮时从未向森林中任何野兽屈服过，年老后，在一次狩猎中，遇到一头野猪，

他勇敢地扑上去咬住野猪的耳朵。由于他的牙齿老化无力，不能牢牢地咬住，野猪逃跑了。

主人跑过来后大失所望，痛骂他一顿。年老的猎狗抬起头来说：“主人啊！这不能怪我不行。我的勇敢精神和年轻时是一样的，但我不能抗拒自然规律。

从前我的行为受到了你的称赞，现在也不应受到你的责备。”

这是说，生老病死是不可抗拒的规律。

10、The ants and beetles

Summer, other animal have a leisurely life, only the ants run around in the fields to collect, wheat and barley, give yourself aWinter food storage. Surprised todung beetle asked him why he was so diligent. Ant at the time said nothing.

Winter came, a heavy rain washed cow dung, dung beetle hungry, where ant went begging, ants said to him:" hey,Buddy, if at the time when I work, you not criticize me, but also to work, we would not have the hungry."

It is said that, despite the changing situation, the people can avoid disaster save.

蚂蚁与屎壳郎

夏天，别的动物都悠闲地生活，只有蚂蚁在田里跑来跑去，搜集小麦和大麦，给自己贮存冬季吃的食物。屎壳郎惊奇地问他为何这般勤劳。蚂蚁当时什么也没说。冬天来了，大雨冲掉了牛粪，饥饿的屎壳郎，走到蚂蚁那里乞食，蚂蚁对他说：“喂，伙计，如果当时在我劳动时，你不是批评我，而是也去做工，现在就不会忍饥挨饿了。”这是说，尽管风云变化万千，未雨绸缪的人都能避免灾难。

A child was careless Ramie stabbed, he rushed home and told his mother: "I only lightly Pengyi what, it was my painful thorns." Mom said: "Because of this, it will thorn you. if the next time you met Ramie, to a courageous and seize it, it will be in your hands become soft as silk, you will no longer be stabbed. "

一个小孩不小心被苎麻刺了，他急忙跑回家，告诉妈妈说：“我只轻轻地碰它一下，它就刺得我很痛。”妈妈说：“正因为如此，它才会刺你。下次你如果再碰到苎麻，要勇敢地一把抓住它，它就会在你的手中变得柔软如丝，不再会刺伤你了。

1. 英语小故事带翻译短的

Mom: "you want to which a banana, victor?" Victor: "I want that one of the greatest." Mom: "victor, you should be polite, to have that little." Victor: "mom, don't polite must lie?" 妈妈：“你要哪一只香蕉，维克多？”维克多：“我要那只最大的。”妈妈：“维克多，你应该懂礼貌，要那只小的。”维克多：“妈妈，难道懂礼貌就必须说谎吗？” 10条冷笑话，就几句话， 1) Talk back to your Rice Krispies. All of a sudden, act offended, throw the bowl on the floor and kick it. Refuse to clean it up, explaining, "No, I want to watch them suffer." 跟你的米酥（一种零食）讲话，然后突然！表现出你被冒犯的样子，把装米酥的碗摔在地上、并一脚踹上去。跟你的室友说你不会打扫，并解释：“我就是要看他们被折磨的样子！”2) Every time your roommate walks in yell, "Hooray! You're back!" as loud as you can and dance around the room for five minutes. Afterwards, keep looking at your watch and saying, "Shouldn't you be going somewhere?" 每次你室友回来的时候都大声欢呼：“哇！你回来啦！！”然后围着他跳舞跳上五分钟，接着就一直看表，问他：“你是不是该出去一趟啊？”3) Make a sandwich. Don't eat it, leave it on the floor. Ignore the sandwich. Wait until your roommate gets rid of it, and then say, "Hey, where the heck is my sandwich!?" Complain loudly that you are hungry. 做个三明治，不要吃、把它丢在地板上。然后就无视那块三明治、直到你室友受不了把它给扔了。这时候你就可以大声喊饿，问：“我那该死的三明治哪儿去了！？”4) While your roommate is out, glue your shoes to the ceiling. When your roommate walks in, sit on the floor, hold your head, and moan. 趁你室友外出的时候，把你的鞋子沾在天花板上，等他回来的一瞬间坐在地板上，摸着头大叫痛。5) Tell your roommate, "I've got an important message for you." Then pretend to faint. When you recover, say you can't remember what the message was. Later on, say, "Oh, yeah, I remember!" Pretend to faint again. Keep this up for several weeks. 对你室友说：“我有个重要的消息要告诉你！”然后装晕倒。接着等你醒过来的时候就跟他说你忘记是什么消息了。等一会，又说“哦！我记起来了！”然后继续装晕倒。这样持续玩上个几星期。6) Collect hundreds of pens andpile them on one side of the room. Keep one pencil on the other side of the room. Laugh at the pencil. 买一大堆笔回来，在房间的一边排列好。然后只把其中一支放在房间的另一边，对着它大笑。7) Buy some knives. Sharpen them every night. While you're doing so, look at your roommate and mutter, "Soon, soon...." 买一些刀回来，每天晚上磨，边磨边看着你的室友小声嘟哝：“快了、就快了……”8) Draw a tiny black line on your nose. Make it bigger every day. Look at it and say, "The hair, it's growing. Growing!" 在你的鼻子上画一条细线，每天加粗一点，然后对着你的室友喊：“看！它在生长！在生长！”9) Move everything to one side of the room. Ask your roommate if he knows how much an elephant weighs, and look at the floor on the empty side of the room with concern. 把房间里所有东西都移到墙边，一边很认真地盯着地板看，一边问你室友：你觉得一头大象能有多重呢？10) Collect potatoes. Paint faces on them and give them names. Name one after your roommate. Separate your roommate's potato from the others. Wait a few days, and then bake your roommate's potato and eat it. Explain to your roommate, "He just didn't belong." 收集一堆土豆、给它们分别画上脸、取名字。然后把那个以你室友命名的和其他土豆分开。几天后把它烤来吃了，跟你的室友解释说：“它就是跟大家合不来嘛……”

2. 谁知道短一些的英文小故事（有中文翻译的）

一、 Customer: Give me a hot dog. Waiter: With pleasure. Customer: No, with mustard. 顾客：来个热狗。 侍者：很高兴。 顾客：不要，加上芥末。 (注：英语专中with pleasure是“属很高兴”的意思。这位顾客把pleasure当成调料了。怪不得他说不要pleasure,要芥末呢。) 二、 Teacher: Now class, whatever I ask, I want you all to answer at once. How much is 6 plus 4? Student: At once! 老师：全班同学听着，不管我问什么，你们都要马上回答。6+4等于几？ 学生：马上。

3. 关于英语的小故事.【越短越好!.】 谢谢 ， 带翻译

Animals Need Protecting Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history. Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States aloneare considered in danger. Why should people care? Because we need animals, and because once they are gone, there will never be any more.Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the farmers' stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice, with no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied quickly. Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animal or planton the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing. 中文: 动物需要保护 动物是自然资源，在整个历史过程中，人类一直在糟蹋着这种资源。人们杀死动物，获得它们的皮毛，把它们当作食物或运动方式，或者只是因为它们碍事。成千上万种动物已经从这个地球上永远地消失了。现在另外上百种动物也上了濒危动物名单。仅荚国大概就有170种被认为处于危险当中。 为什么人们应该感到担忧呢?因为我们需要动物，因为它们一旦消失，就永远不会再出现。动物不仅仅是漂亮或有趣。它们不仅仅是人类的食物来源。在维持自然平衡中，每种动物都有其作用。毁灭某种动物会导致许多问题。比如，农民们如果杀死为数众多的鹰，他们谷物和粮食的仓库就会受到老鼠和田鼠的破坏。 为什么?因为鹰吃鼠类，没有鹰控制它们的数量，鼠类就会迅速繁殖。 幸运的是，有些人正在努力帮助拯救这些动物。有些组织筹钱以便人们了解这一问题。他们也努力使 *** 通过保护濒危动物的法律。很多国家已经通过了法律。这些法律禁止杀害濒危名单上的动植物。某些濒危动物的数目正在慢慢地不断上升。

4. 英语小故事 较短 带翻译

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." 【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。 于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。” A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st. He went on and came to a river. The river had bee very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】 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。 不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were o mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do e and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should e and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must e and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is ing!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid." 【译文】 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。” Teacher:Why are you late for school every morning? Tom:Every time I e to the corner,a sign says,"School-Go slow". 老师:为什么你每天早晨都迟到? 汤姆:每当我经过学校的拐角处,就看见一个牌子上写着"学校----慢行". A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for o cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are o cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。” Drunk One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing o policemen. If I regard the o policemen as 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！” 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 ng upon the bird, frozen bird lying on the nghill, feel very warm, graally recovered, it is warm and fortable lying, and soon began to sing songs, a passing wildcat hear voices, see, follow the voice, wildcats quickly found lying on the nghill, bird, pull it out. The way of existence: not everyone to lead the ng upon your people are your enemy. Each of you is not from the nghill lire people are your friends, and, when you lying on the nghill, 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。 One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet, that read: "I am blind, please help." A creative publicist was walking by the blind man and stopped to observe that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat, and without stopping to ask for permission, took the sign, turned it around, and wrote a new message. He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left. Later that afternoon the creative publicist returned by the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost pletely full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was him who had changed his sign? He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it? 一天，有个瞎子坐在一栋大楼的台阶上，脚下的标牌上写着：“我是个瞎子，请帮帮我。” 一位有创意的广告员从瞎子身旁经过时停了下来，看到瞎子的帽子里只有一些硬币。他也在帽子里放了几个硬币，未经允许，就拿过标牌，翻过来在上面重新写了一句标语，然后把标牌放回瞎子的脚下，离开了。 那天下午晚些时候，这位广告员回到了这个身旁，他发现帽子里几乎装满了纸钞和硬币。瞎子听出了他的脚步声，问他是否是那个改标牌的人？他也想知道这位男士在上面写了什么。 广告员回答说：“我只是改了你的标语使人们能够看明白。”他向这个瞎子表达了祝福，说了再见，继续走自己的路。 瞎子并不知道，他的新标语是这样的： 现在是春天，但我却看不到。

5. 英语小故事带翻译 要短一点的

Plugging 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 *** 了。但是当他去偷铃时， *** 仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住