英语寓言简单50词

英语故事教学的主体思路是帮助学生整体感知故事内容,继而回答问题,引发学生思考、想象。我整理了简单的英语版寓言故事，欢迎阅读!

一鸣惊人

It had been three years since King Zhuang of Chu ascended the throne, but he had neither issued a decree nor dealt with any state affairs.

楚庄王即位已经三年了，可是他还没有颁布过一项法令，没有处理过一件政事。

Furthermore, there were no deeds worth mentioning.

更谈不上有什么作为。

All the civil and military officials of the court couldn't understand what was the matter.

朝廷中的文武百官都弄不懂这是怎么回事。

One day, a military official quietly asked King of Chu in the carriage:

一天，右司马在马车里悄悄地问楚王:

"Your Majesty, I heard that in the south, there was a big bird dwelling in the hills.

“大王，我听说南方有一只大鸟栖息在山上。

Three years passed, it neither flew nor cried.

三年过去了，既不飞，也不鸣。

Could Your Majesty tell me the reason?"

请问大王，这是什么原因呢?”

King Zhuang of Chu smiled and answered:"It didn't spread its wings to fly for three years in order to grow full-fledged.

楚庄王笑了一笑，回答说:“三年不展翅飞翔，是为了让羽翼长得更加丰满;

It didn't cry for three years in order to carefully observe the conditions of the people in the world.

三年不鸣，是在细心观察天下的民情。

This bird, once it flies, will soar high into the sky;

这只鸟，不飞则已，一飞冲天;

once it cries, it will startle the world with a single cry."

不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。”

Another half a year passed before King Zhuang of Chu began to personally administer state affairs.

又过了半年，楚庄王开始亲自处理政事。

He abolished ten outmoded rules and regulations, issued nine new policies, sentenced five ministers to death for their evil deeds and promoted six persons with real talents.

他废除了十项旧的规章制度;颁布了九项新的政策;处决了五个专干坏事的大臣;还提拔了六个真正有才能的人。

From then on, the State of Chu became stronger and stronger.

从此，楚国终于强大起来了。

争先恐后

Wang Yuqi was a well-known expert in driving carriages in the State of Zhao.

王于期是赵国有名的驾车能手。

When Xiang Zi of Zhao heard of this, he asked Wang to teach him to drive a carriage.

赵襄子听说后，让王于期教他驾车的本领。

Not long after, Xiang Zi of Zhao thought he had already mastered the skills, and suggested arace against Wang.

不久，赵襄子自以为已经学会了，就提出要和王于期比赛驾车。

He didn't expect that after he had changed horses three times in succession, he still lost therace to Wang.

他没想到，一连换了三次马，都输给了王于期。

Xiang Zi of Zhao was flustered and exasperated.

赵襄子气急败坏，很不满意。

He said to Wang: "In teaching me to drive, have you held anything back and not taught me allyour skills?"

对王于期说:“您教我驾车，是不是留了一手，没有把全部本领教给我?”

Hearing this, Wang smiled and said: "You ought to believe that I have taught you all the skills indriving a carriage.

王于期听后，笑着说:“您应该相信，我把驾车的本领已经全部教给您了。

But, when Your Highness was racing against me, you always tried to keep in front of me.

但是，大王在跟我比赛的时候，总是跑在我的前面。

Once you lagged behind, you strove to overtake me; but after you overtook me, you wereafraid that I would catch up with you.

一落后就想拼命地追上我;而大王跑到我前面以后，又怕被我追上。

You focused all your attention on me.

您把注意力全部放在了我身上。

You forgot that in driving a carriage, the most important thing is to take care of the horseswholeheartedly and pay attention to the handlebars of the carriage and the harness to seewhether they fit or not.

忘记了凡是驾车，最关键的是首先要一心一意地调理马匹，注意车把、马套合适不合适;

Only then can you give the rein to the horses and let them gallop for 1,000 li.

然后才谈得上纵马飞腾，奔驰千里。

But during the race, you not only strove to be the first but also feared to lag behind.

而您在比赛的时候，既想争先，又恐落后。

How could you concentrate your mind on driving the carriage?"

怎么会集中思想驾车呢?”

Hearing this, Xiang Zi of Zhao was enlightened.

赵襄子听了恍然大悟。

He gave a deep sigh and said: "Your words certainly hit the nail on the head. That is the veryreason why I lagged behind."

感慨地说：“您的话，真是一针见血。这才是我落后的根本原因啊!”

讳疾忌医

One day, the miracle-working doctor Bian Que saw Huan Gong, King of the State ofCai, and said:

一天，神医扁鹊见到蔡桓公，就说:

"Your Majesty, I think you are ill.

“大王，我看您身体有病。

But your illness is only under the skin and can be easily cured.

不过，您的病还只是在皮肤里，不难治好。

If you do not treat it now,I'm afraid your condition will become serious."

如果现在不治，恐怕病情就会加重。”

Huan Gong did not believe him. He said: "I am not ill."

桓公不相信，说:“我没有病。”

After Bian Que left, Huan Gong said to his subjects around him:

扁鹊走后，桓公对左右的大臣说:

"These doctors always like to treat people who are not ill in order to brag about their superbmedical skill."

“这些医生，就是喜欢给没有病的人治病，好夸耀自己医术高明。”

Ten days later, Bian Que saw Huan Gong again.

过了十天，扁鹊又见到蔡桓公。

He said: "Your Majesty, your illness has invaded your muscles.

说:“大王，您的病已侵人到肌体里了。

If you do not treat it now, your condition will become more serious."

如果现在不治，病情还会加重。”

Huan Gong was displeased with what he heard and did not listen to Bian Que.

桓公听了很不高兴，也不理睬扁鹊。

Another ten days later, Bian Que saw Huan Gong and said anxiously:

又过了十天，扁鹊看见蔡桓公，着急地说:

"Your Majesty, your illness has invaded your stomach and intestines.

“大王，您的病已经侵人肠胃。

If your do not treat it, your condition will worsen."

再不治的话，病情会恶化的啊!”

Huan Gong still would not listen to Bian Que.

桓公还是没有理睬扁鹊。

Another ten days later, when Bian Que saw Huan Gong, he turned round at once and left.

再过了十天，扁鹊一见桓公，转身就走。

Huan Gong was surprised and sent someone to catch up Bian Que to ask him for the reason.

桓公很奇怪，就命人追去询问扁鹊。

Bian Que said:"When a person gets ill and his illness is only under the skin, it can be easilycured with medical plaster or decoction.

扁鹊说:“一个人生了病，当病在皮肤表面时，只要用膏药和汤药洗，就能够治好;

When it is between the skin and the flesh, it can still be cured by acupuncture;

如果发展到皮肉之间，用针灸还可以治好;

even if it develops into the stomach and intestines, medical decoctions will still be effective.

即使发展到肠胃里，服用汤药还有疗效;

But when it reaches them arrow, then one can only resign to one's fate, for the doctor can nolonger do anything about it.

而发展到了骨髓，那么只好听天由命，医生就无能为力了。

Now His Majesty's illness has penetrated into the marrow. I can do nothing to cure him."

现在，大王的病已经深人到了骨髓，我再也没有办法治好他了。”

Five days afterwards, Huan Gong felt pain all over his body.

五天以后，蔡桓公全身疼痛。

He sent for Bian Que.

派人去请扁鹊来给他治病。

Since Bian Que had anticipated that Huan Gong would ask him for treatment and that hewould get into trouble if he couldn't cure the illness, he had escaped to the State of Qin a fewdays before.

扁鹊因为早料到桓公会来请他去治病，而且治不好会惹祸的，所以几天前就逃到秦国去了。

Soon afterwards, Huan Gong of Cai died of his illness.

不久，蔡桓公就病死了。

The Frog in the Shallow Well（井底之蛙）Have you heard of the frog that lived in a shallow well? It said to a turtle that lived in the East Sea, "I am so happy! When I go out, I jump about on the railing beside the mouth of the well. When I come home, I rest in the holes on the broken wall of the well. If I jump into the water,it comes up to my armpits and holds up my cheeks. If I walk in the mud, it covers up my feet. I look around at the wriggly worms, crabs and tadpoles, and none of them can compare with me. I am lord of this trough of water and I stand up tall in this shallow well. I’m happy. My dear sir, why don"t you come over and look around my place?" Before the turtle from the East Sea could get its left foot in the well, its right knee got stuck. It hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the frog about the East Sea. "Even a distance of a thousand li cannot give you an idea of the sea"s width; even a height of a thousand ren cannot give you an idea of its depth. In the time of King Yu of the Xia dynasty, there were floods nine years out of ten, but the waters in the sea did not increase. In the time of King Tang of the Shang dynasty there were droughts seven years out of eight, but the waters in the sea did not decrease. The sea does not change with the passage of time and its level does not rise or fall according to the amount of rain that falls. The greatest happiness is to live in the East Sea." After listening to these words, the frog of the shallow well was shocked into realization of his own insignificance and became very ill at ease. The Sick Lion （生病的狮子）A lion had come to the end of his days. He lay helpless under a tree. The animals came around him. When they saw that he was going to die, they thought to themselves, "Now is the time to pay him back." So the boar came up and rushed at him with his tusks. Then a bull gored him with his horns. The lion still lay helpless before them. So the ass felt quite safe. He turned his tail to the lion and kicked up his heels into his face. "This is a double death." growled the lion. 在浅井青蛙（井底之蛙）你有听说过井底之蛙吗？这乌龟住在东海说，“我很高兴！当我出去的时候，我跳到栅栏旁边的那口井。当我回到家的时候，我睡在洞井的破墙。如果我跳进水里，它是我的腋下托起我的脸。如果我走在泥泞中，它涵盖了我的脚。我看看四周，蠕虫，螃蟹、蝌蚪，没有人能与我。我这水井的主人，我站在井高。我很高兴。我亲爱的先生，为什么你过来看看我的地方？”当东海的龟能得到它的左脚，右脚卡住了。它犹豫和退却。鳖告诉青蛙关于东海。”即使距离一千里不能给你一个海的宽度；甚至高一千人不能给你一个想法的深度。在夏禹时代，有洪水九年的十，但在海水没有增加。在商朝国王汤的时间有七年大旱，八，但在海水没有减少。大海不改变随着时间的推移，其水平不上升或下降，根据降水量。最大的幸福是生活在东海。”听了这些话，在浅井青蛙吃惊地实现了自己的渺小，并成为很不自在。生病的狮子（生病的狮子）狮子走到了生命的尽头。他无助地躺在一棵树下。动物们来到他身边。当他们看到他会死，他们认为自己，“现在是时候还给他。“野猪冲到他自己的牙齿。然后公牛刺伤他的角。狮子仍然无助地躺在他们面前。所以驴子觉得很安全。他把他的尾巴的狮子和蹄子踢他的脸。”这是一个双死。”狮子咆哮着。

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 dust.He went on and came to a river. The river had become 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 dust 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。

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。