英語寓言小故事
無論在學(xué)習(xí)、工作或是生活中，大家都經(jīng)常接觸到寓言故事吧，寓言多用借喻手法，使富有教訓(xùn)意義的主題或深刻的道理在簡單的故事中體現(xiàn)，那么，都有哪些經(jīng)典寓言故事呢？下面是小編為大家收集的英語寓言小故事，歡迎閱讀與收藏。
英語寓言小故事1
A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one day when a fox came by.
"What are you doing that for?" asked the fox . "There are no hunters around. Everything looks very peaceful to me ."
"Quite true，"said the boar，"but when the hunter does e with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time for this . So let me sharpen my tusks while I can."
Be prepared .
英語寓言小故事2
A miser, his life mean thrift, savings of 1,000,000 yuan. Death came suddenly one day, it is necessary to take away his life. This did not Scrooge realize that they enjoyed a good life, his death, said: "I'm one-third of my wealth to you, you have to buy me a year's time or it." Death said: "impossible." Death thought that a miser too limited: "I give you 500,000."
Death, said: "No way." Scrooge is very worried: "I give you the whole." Death still said no. Miser, said: "Give me a minute, I were to write a will." Miser wrote in his words: "Remember, all your wealth to buy less than a day." '
英語寓言小故事3
Fox, just at the time of the vintage, stole into a vine-yard where the ripe sunny Grapes were trellised up on high in most tempting show. He made many a spring and a jump after the luscious prize, but, failing in all his attempts, he muttered as he retreated："Well what does it matter! The Grapes are sour!"
英語寓言小故事4
A wolf was almost dead with hunger. A house-dog saw him, and asked, "Friend, your irregular life will soon ruin you. "Why don't you work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly?" "I would have no objection," said the wolf, "if I could only get a place." "I will help you," said the dog. "Come with me to my master, and you shall share my work." So the wolf and the dog went to the town together. On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog's neck. He felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that? "Oh, it is nothing," said the dog. "Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up. You will soon get used to it." "Is that the only reason?" said the wolf. "Then good-bye to you, my friend. I would rather be free."
一只狼快要餓死了,一只狗看見后問他：“你現(xiàn)在的無規(guī)律的生活一定會(huì)毀掉你,為什么不像我一樣穩(wěn)定地干活并有規(guī)律地獲得食物呢?” 狼說：“如果我有個(gè)地方住,我沒有意見.”狗回答說：“跟我到主人那里去,我們一起工作.”于是狼和狗一起回到了村子. 在路上,狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈沒有毛,他很奇怪地問為什么會(huì)那樣. “噢,沒有什么,”狗說,“我的'主人每天晚上都用一條鐵鏈子拴住我,你很快就會(huì)習(xí)慣的.”“就是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)原因嗎?”狼說道,“那么,再見了,我的朋友,我寧愿選擇自由.”
英語寓言小故事5
A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one day when a fox came by. "What are you doing that for?" asked the fox. "There are no hunters around.Everything looks very peaceful to me." "Quite true,"said the boar,"but when the hunter does e with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time for this. So let me sharpen my tusks while I can." Be prepared.
英語寓言小故事6
Dialogue with the desert river
There is a mountain river upstream from the remote down, after a lot of villages and forests, and finally it came to a desert. It wants: "I have crossed the numerous obstacles, this should also be able to cross the desert it!"
When it decided to cross the desert, it found that it gradually disappeared in the river sediment which, it tried again and again, always in vain, so it is discouraged. "Maybe this is my destiny, I never can not get legend that the vast sea." It is depressed to himself.
At this time, around was heard a low voice: "If the breeze across the desert, so the river can be." So this is the voice of the desert.
英語寓言小故事7
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."
英語寓言小故事8
On a vacation trip，Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi，which perished long ago.
Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles，collapsed walls，and clusters of
weeds，he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
They replied，"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds，and averse to evildoing，which led to the perdition."
When the Duke could not understand the answer，people explained，" Though he liked doing good，he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing，never could he help not participating. That caused the ruin of his capital."
英語寓言小故事9
寓言故事英語小短文1：The Man Selling the Idol
A man carves an idol and takes it to the fair. No one buys it, so he begins to shout in order to canvass the customer.
He says that this idol can bring in wealth and good luck. One man says to the seller, "Hello, My friend, if this is so, you should have the advantages that the idol can bring, why do you want to sell it?" The seller says, "What I want is that I can get cash in at once. The profit from the idol is so slow."
This story means: God will never respect people who make a profit by hook or crook.
寓言故事英語小短文2:The Blind Man and the Little Animal
A blind man is good at touching all the things.
No matter whatever the thing is he can distinguish it as soon as he touches it
A man brings a young wolf and lets him touch it.
Having touched the animal, he says, "This is a fox or a wolf, I am not sure. But I know that putting this kind of animal into the sheep pen is not safe"
The story means: we can know someone's bad habits from when he is young.
寓言故事英語小短文3:The old man who did no wrong
In the countryside, there is a cottage with a thatched roof. There is a shock's nest on the eaves. The wall slopes and there are flowers in the window. They have a pot-bellied stove. In this cottage live an old couple -- a peasant and his wife. Even though they are poor, they are not attached to their few possessions. They have a horse.
One day, the old woman says: "Husband, today is the market day. You ride the horse, sell it or exchange it for something else…you will never do anything wrong." The sun is blazing hot. There are no clouds in the sky. The road is dusty. What's more, there is no where to shelter. Just then, a man approaches with a cow.
The cow is healthy and better than others. "It is sure to make the best milk!" the peasant thinks. "It would be a good buy for me to exchange the cow for the horse…" "Hello, friend." he says. "I think that the hose is worth more than the cow, but I don't mind. The cow is more useful to me. Will you trade with me?" "Certainly, I will." The man who is leading the cow says. So they trade. The peasant could have gone home because he had done what he wanted to do. But since he was on his way to the market, he resolves to go and have a look. Therefore, he continues up the road with the cow. In no time, he catches up with a man who is leading a sheep which is nice and fat with good wool. "
I want this very much, the peasant thinks in his heart, it can eat the grass beside the ditch. In winter, it can stay with me in the house. Maybe a sheep is better than a cowl.
Then the peasant trades the sheep for the cow. After this, he leads the sheep onward. On the road, he see a man with a big goose under his arm near a fence. " The peasant says: "You have such a big goose! It's feathers are thick and it is fat. If I tie it and put it in the little pond, it is good. My wife can feed it, fruit peels and cabbages. She has often said ‘I want to have a goose. Now she may realize her dream.'" The man agrees. So they trade.
The peasant now owns a goose. He walks into the town. There so many people on the road. The people and the animals are like rabbits in a warren. The peasant comes to a ditch next to the fence of the taxman's potato field. A hen is tied in the field. Seeing this, the peasant thinks: "
This hen is the best one which I have seen. It is better than the priest's hen. On my! I want this one. A hen can find grain and fend for itself. It will be a good buy if I trade the hen with the goose."
"May we trade?" he says. "Trade?" The man says. "Oh, that's not bad." So they trade. The taxman gets the goose and the peasant owns the hen. He has done a lot of business on the way to the market. It is hot and he feels tired. He wants to eat and drink something. He walks toward a tavern. As he is going in, a seller is coming out. They meet at the gate. "What do you have in the sack?" The peasant asks. "
Mashed apples" the seller says. "a bag of apples to feed pigs" The peasant say: "There are so many. I wish my wife could see this. Last year, our apple tree just produced three apples. We stored them in the cupboard until it split out. It is a fortune. My wife said. Now, she may see quite a fortune.
Yes, I wish she could see this." "How much?" the seller asks. "How much? I want trade it with the hen. " So he gets a bag of mashed apples.
When he goes into the tavern to the bar, he put the apples near the stove. He does not realize that the fire is burning. There are so many people in the room, including the horseman, the dealer and two Englishmen who are very rich.
There is a sound: the fire is toasting the apples. "What are those?" Soon they know that the peasant traded the cow with a horse and continued to trade until he got a bag of mashed apples. "
Ah, when you go home, I am sure that your wife will hit you", the two Englishmen say, "She will quarrel with you." "She will give me a kiss and she will not hit me." the peasant says, "
my wife will say my husband is always correct." They say: "we can bet one hundred and eleven pounds!" The peasant says: "I can juts bet a bag of mashed apples.
What's more, I may add my wife and myself to the bet. I think that makes it fair." "Good, very good!" they say. So the bet is made. The master drives out his cart. The two Englishmen and the peasant with mashed apples get on it. After a while, they reached the peasants' house.
"Good evening, wife!"
"Good evening, husband!"
"I have traded."
"You know what you have done." the old woman says so she hugs him. So they forget all the guests and the apples.
"I traded a cow for the horse."
"Thank goodness, we have milk." the old woman says. "We have milk and cheese. That was a good deal."
"Yes, but I traded a sheep for the cow."
"Ah, that is better!" the old woman says, "That was considerate of you. We have enough grass to raise the sheep. Now I have white cheese and woolen socks. Yes, we have woolen night clothes. A cow will not produce so many things. Its hair will fall out. It is considerate of to do that."
"But I traded a goose for it!"
"My dear, we will have goose on St. Martin's festival. You always make me happy. It is a good idea. We may raise the goose which will be fat before the St. Martin's festival. "
"But I traded a hen for it." Her husband says.
"A hen?"
"That was a great deal!" the old woman says. "The hen will lay eggs which will hatch into chicks. We just need a broodof chicks."
"But I traded a bag of mashed apples for it."
"Now I can not help kissing you." the old woman says, "Thank you, my good husband! Now I will tell you something. As you know, after you left, I planned to cook for you. I remember that pancakes are your favorite food. But I have no caraway seed. So I borrow some from the school teacher. I knew that they had some. But the teacher's wife is so mean. I asked her to lend some to me. ‘Borrow?' she says to me. ‘We planted nothing in the vegetable garden besides a mashed apple. We can't lend you because I don't have any apples.' Now I can lend her ten mashed apples or a bag of mashed apples. Husband, this is so funny!" She kissed him after saying this.
"This is wonderful!" the two Englishmen say together, "Always he is always meetingmisfortune, he is happy. That is good fortune." Then they pay the peasant 111 pounds because he does not get hit but gets a kiss.
Yes, if an old woman thinks her husband is the cleverest man in the world and says what he does is right, she will gain!
英語寓言小故事10
The phoenix
Many ages had now passed away since the Phoenix had been seen in the world. At last he again appeared. Immediately al the different kinds of animals, both birds and beasts, flocked around him.
Astonished at his beauty, they stared and admired, and broke out into great praise. But in a short time, the wisest and most prudent(謹(jǐn)慎的) amongst them began to look upon him with an eye of compassion, and they sighed,"O unhappy phoenix! Fate has been hard to him. He has neither mate nor friend. He will never know the pleasure of loving, or of being loved."
英語寓言小故事11
Building the third storey without the first two
A long time ago, there was a rich man whose foolishness knew no bounds(無限).
The fool visited another rich man's house and saw a magnificent three-storeyed building which was tall, spacious and bright. He was extremely envious and said to himself, "my wealth is no less than his. Why haven't I got a house like this?"
He immediately called in a carpenter. "Did you build that house?" He inquired, "Yes, indeed," answered the carpenter, whereupon he ordered a similar house be built for him.
The carpenter started to clear the ground and pile up mud bricks, When the fool saw the carpenter do this, he was puzzled and asked, "What kind of a house are you going to build?" "A three-storeyed house," came the reply. "I don't want the first and second storeys. Build the top storey first." "That simply cannot be done," the carpenter argued. "Whoever heard of building the second storey without first constructing the ground storey, and without the second storey, how can you build the third?"
But the fool insisted, "I don't need the first two storeys. You must build only the top storey for me."
英語寓言小故事12
A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit.
In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week.
河馬住在動(dòng)物園里，我很喜歡他。我經(jīng)常去看它，它也經(jīng)常想我。
今天是星期日，是個(gè)好天氣，我又一次去看望它。在我離開動(dòng)物園之后，它跟隨到我的家。我給它萵苣、生菜、香蕉、蘋果和其他食物。它都吃了。
當(dāng)我唱歌時(shí)，它待在水池里，像兔子一樣安靜。
晚上，它跳到床上同我睡覺在一起睡。
媽媽要它回家。它不得不背起包回到動(dòng)物園。媽媽允許我每周去看它。
英語寓言小故事13
A MAN who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic feats he had performed in the different places he had visited. Among other things, he said that when he was at Rhodes he had leaped to such a distance that no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that, there were in Rhodes many persons who saw him do it and whom he could call as witnesses. One of the bystanders interrupted him, saying: "Now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. Suppose this to be Rhodes, and leap for us."
有個(gè)去過國外旅游的人回國后大肆吹噓他在別的'很多城市的豐功偉績。其中，他就說道，他在羅德島曾跳得很遠(yuǎn)，連奧林匹克的冠軍都不能與他抗衡。他還說那些當(dāng)時(shí)在場觀看的人們?nèi)裟艿竭@里來，就可以給他作證。這時(shí)，旁邊的一個(gè)人對他說：“喂，朋友，如果這一切是真的，根本不需要什么證明人。你把這里當(dāng)作是羅德島，你跳吧！”
英語寓言小故事14
A great mountain大山
Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake.People came from far and near to see what would happen."A great river will be born." said one."Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will come out." said another.
"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third.Finally, after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped --- a mouse.Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.
很久以前，一座大山隆隆作響，搖晃起來。遠(yuǎn)近各處的人都來看是怎么回事。
一個(gè)人說："要出現(xiàn)一條大河了。"
另一個(gè)人說："準(zhǔn)會(huì)出現(xiàn)一條巨龍。"
第三個(gè)人說："從這些巖石中會(huì)出現(xiàn)一尊神來。"
等了幾天之后，山坡上終于裂開一條小縫，卻蹦出來一只耗子。
正因?yàn)槟橙舜笏翉垞P(yáng)，所以他沒有什么了不起。
英語寓言小故事15
One day passed by Jackson Panshan Baoji market, customer and butcher overheard dialogue. The customer of the butcher said: "give me a pound of meat cut."
Listen to the butcher, butcher asked: "what a piece of meat is not good?"
The customer was shocked, while on the side of the mountain but understand a Baoji jackson.
We always felt that the present work is not ideal, there are many complaints, such as: "the environment is not good enough, the wage than other company employees to bottom, feel that their brand is relatively small, with a lot of disappointments." In fact, "a piece of meat which is not good?"
No matter what kind of company, what kind of work environment, how much you put into this job, how much you will get. The key is how you look at it.
盤山寶積禪師有一天路過市場時(shí)，偶然聽到顧客與屠夫的對話。顧客對屠夫說：“給我割一斤好肉。”
屠夫聽了，放下屠刀反問：“哪一塊不是好肉呢？”
顧客當(dāng)時(shí)怔住，而在一旁的盤山寶積禪師卻領(lǐng)悟了。
我們總是感到，現(xiàn)在的工作不夠理想，有很多的抱怨，如：“工作的環(huán)境不夠好、開的工薪比其它公司的員工要底、覺得自己的公司品牌比較小等等，有著很多的`不如意。”而實(shí)際上，“哪一塊肉是不好的呢？”
不論在什么樣的公司里，什么樣的工作環(huán)境中，你對這份工作投入了多少你就會(huì)收獲多少。關(guān)鍵在于你如何看待。
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