1.英語故事簡單帶中文
A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.
一名車夫趕著貨車沿著一條非常泥濘的小路前行。
Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out.
突然,馬車的輪子陷入了泥潭,馬無法將它們拉出來。
The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules, help me,please,“ he said.
車夫扔下鞭子,跪在地上,祈求大力神出現(xiàn),“大力神啊,請來幫助我。”他說。
But Hercules appeared to him, and said, “Man, don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“
大力神出現(xiàn)了,卻說:“朋友,用你的肩膀把車輪扛起來,再驅(qū)趕馬拉車出來。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”
2.英語故事簡單帶中文
bat falling upon the ground was caught by a weasel, ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. the weasel refused,saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. thebat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, andthus saved his life.
shortly afterwards the bat again fellon the ground, and was carght by another weasel, whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. the weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. the bat assured him thathe was not a mouse, but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.it is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
一只蝙蝠墜落到地面上來,被一只鼠狼捉住了,蝙蝠哀求討?zhàn)。鼠狼不答?yīng),說它自己最愛和鳥類為敵。蝙蝠便證明它自己不是鳥,只是一只老鼠,因此鼠狼就放了它。
不久這只蝙蝠又墜落到地上來,被另一只鼠狼捉住,它同樣地哀求討?zhàn)。那鼠狼說它自己最恨老鼠,蝙蝠證明自己并不是老鼠,而是一只蝙蝠;因此,它第二次又安然地逃離危險了。隨機應(yīng)變乃聰明之舉。
3.英語故事簡單帶中文
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage.
Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools.
But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.
烏鴉非常羨慕天鵝潔白的羽毛。
他猜想天鵝一定是經(jīng)常洗澡,羽毛才變得如此潔白無 瑕。于是,他毅然離開了他賴以生存的祭壇,來到江湖邊。
他天天洗刷自己的羽毛,不但一 點都沒洗白,反而因缺少食物饑餓而死。
4.英語故事簡單帶中文
One day, Zhuang Gong, King of the State of Qi, went out in a chariot to hunt.
一天,齊莊公乘車外出打獵。
On the way, he saw a small insect raise both its arms, trying to stop the wheels of the chariot. Zhuang Gong of Qi was curious and asked the driver:
路上,他看見一只小蟲舉起雙臂,想阻擋車輪前進。齊莊公很好奇,就問車夫:
"What kind of insect is it?"
“這是什么蟲子?”
"It is a mantis," the driver replied promptly. "This kind of insect only knows how to advance but not retreat, blindly underrating its enemies and overrating its own abilities."
車夫連忙回答:“這是蝗螂。這種蟲子只知前進,不知后退,盲目輕敵,不自量力!
Hearing the driver's reply, Zhuang Gong smiled to himself and remained silent.
聽了車夫的回答,莊公暗自發(fā)笑,默默無語。
5.英語故事簡單帶中文
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 crows 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, 一只烏鴉站在窩旁的樹枝上嘴里叼著一片肉,心里非常高興。這時候,一只狐貍看見了烏鴉,饞得直流口水,非常想得到那片肉。但是,無論狐貍說什么,烏鴉就是不理睬狐貍。最后,狐貍贊美烏鴉的嗓音美,并要求烏鴉唱幾句讓他欣賞欣賞。烏鴉聽了狐貍贊美的話,得意極了,就唱起歌來。沒想到,肉一掉下來,狐貍就叼起肉,鉆回了洞。