經(jīng)典英語寓言故事三篇
經(jīng)典英語寓言故事三篇
寓言故事是含有諷喻或明顯教訓(xùn)意義的故事，通常用借喻手法，使富有教訓(xùn)意義的主題或深刻的道理在簡單短小的故事中體現(xiàn)。下面學(xué)習(xí)啦小編為大家?guī)斫?jīng)典英語寓言故事三篇，歡迎大家閱讀!
經(jīng)典英語寓言故事：麻雀
An old Japanese man kept a sparrow of which he was very fond. One day it flew away and the old man became sad.
一位上了年紀(jì)的日本人養(yǎng)了一只麻雀，他非常喜歡它。一天，麻雀飛走了
He went out looking all over the place for his sparrow At last, near a certain mountain, he met his sparrow.
老人很傷心，到處尋找。最后，在某一座高山附近，他遇到了麻雀。
The old man said joyously, "I missed you very much, sparrow. Will you follow me home?"
老人高興地說：Ⅱ麻雀啊，我很想你，跟我回家吧!¨
Though the sparrow was happy to see the old man, it shook its head.
盡管麻雀見到老人很高興，但它還是搖了搖頭。
"Take me to your home and let me see how you live."The old man pleaded. "I will go away happy to see if you are safe."
¨那把我?guī)У侥愕男录?，讓我看看你生活得怎?¨老人請(qǐng)求道，¨如果你很安全，那我就可以安心地回家了。¨
So the sparrow led the old man to his home. There were many other birds.
于是麻雀把老人領(lǐng)到它的家，那兒有好多其他烏兒，
They all looked healthy and enjoyed each other's company.
看起來都很健康，彼此相處得很愉快。
"I am glad you are well and have good companions, dear sparrow. I can go back in peace, " said the old man.
¨親愛的麻雀，我很高興你生活得很好，有那么多好同伴，我可以放心回去了。老人說。
When it was time for the old man to leave, the sparrow gave him a basket to take home with him as a present.
他正要離開時(shí)，麻雀給他一個(gè)籃子作為禮物讓他帶回家。
"Well," said the old man's wife angrily when he returned, "where have you been all day? And what have you here?"
¨喂!¨老人回家后，妻子生氣地說：¨你一整天都跑到哪兒去了?你拿的是什么?”
"I have been to the home of my lost sparrow and received this basket as a present, replied he.
¨我到我們失蹤的麻雀家里去了，這籃子是麻雀送我的禮物。¨他回答道。
When she opened the basket sh6 was amazed to find it was full of gold and silver.
她打開籃子，驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)里面裝滿了金子和銀子。
The old woman, who was very greedy, decided that she would like a basket of gold, so she set out for the sparrow's home, Unlike the old man who was kind to the sparrow, the wife used to treat it very badly.
老婦人很貪心，覺得自己也應(yīng)該有一籃子金子，于是她也到麻雀家去了。老婦人沒有老人對(duì)麻雀那么好，她過去就一直虐待麻雀。
"Hello, sparrow, how are you? I missed you very much," cried the old woman hypocritically.
¨嗨，麻雀，你好嗎?我很想你!”老婦人虛偽地叫道。
The sparrow said nothing and she finally decided to go home.
麻雀什么也沒說。最后老婦人決定回去，
Still the sparrow did not give her any present she had hoped for.
麻雀也沒給她想要的禮物。
Before she left, she unashamedly asked for a present. "My husband got a basket of gold and silver from you, " she reminded the bird.
但她離開前厚顏無恥地開口要禮物。 我家老頭子以你這兒得到了一籃子金子和銀子。"她提醒麻雀說。
"Alright, replied the sparrow, "for your husband's sake, I offer you two choices. One basket is light and the other is heavy.
“好吧!麻雀答道，看在你丈夫的面子上，我給你兩個(gè)籃子供你選擇，
Just choose one. But you can only open the basket when you reach home!"
一個(gè)籃子輕，一個(gè)籃子重，你只能選一個(gè)，而且只能回家后才能打開。
The greedy old woman cried out, I’ll take the heavy one, " as she thought its weight will contain more gold and silver. "Are you sure?" asked the sparrow.
貪心的老婦人叫道：“我要重的那一個(gè)。"因?yàn)樗胫鼗@子里一定裝了更多的金子和銀子。 你確定要重的嗎?¨麻雀問道。
"Yes. As sure as you see me standing before you! I'll take the heavy basket," she replied. So the old woman panted and puffed breathlessly as she carried the heavy basket all the way.
¨是的，確定無疑。我要重籃子。¨她答道。于是，老婦人一路上背著重重的籃子，累得氣喘吁吁。
But when she arrived home and opened the basket, it was full of stones.
但是，當(dāng)她回家打開一看，里面全是石頭。
經(jīng)典英語寓言故事：第一次嘗試
Every girl dreams and Li Xie is no exception. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballerina and Swam.
每一個(gè)女孩都有夢(mèng)想，李協(xié)也不例外。她讀了很多書，都是關(guān)于如何成為一個(gè)芭蕾舞演員的
Lake is her favorite. She hopes one day her dream will come true. She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers confirm she is a good student.
她最喜歡的是天鵝湖。她希望有一天能夢(mèng)想成真。她參加了芭蕾舞培訓(xùn)班，所有老師都認(rèn)為她很優(yōu)秀。
One day she saw an advertisement that a famous ballerina troupe will be performing in her hometown.
一天，有一則廣告說一個(gè)著名的芭蕾舞團(tuán)要在她的家鄉(xiāng)演出
Her thoughts ran wild, "I must meet up with the leader of the troupe and show him my skills, " she murmured to herself.
她看到后頓時(shí)思緒紛雜，自言自語道：¨我必須要見見團(tuán)長，展示一下我的才藝。¨
She dressed herself in her ballerina costume and managed to evade the guards and hid in the dressing room.
她穿上芭蕾服，盡量避開門衛(wèi)躲進(jìn)了化妝室。
To her luck the leader entered and she timidly knocked at the door.
很幸運(yùn)，團(tuán)長進(jìn)來了，她膽怯地敲了敲門。
She bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her excitement the thorns pricked her hand but she did not make much ado about the pain.
她鼓足勇氣走近他，送上一束紅玫瑰。激動(dòng)之余，玫瑰的刺戳到了她的手，但她根本沒有在意。
The leader observed her action as she told him her dream. "Alright, you dance and I will give you my verdict."
在她給團(tuán)才講自己的夢(mèng)想時(shí)，團(tuán)長注意到了她的舉止。“好吧，你先跳，我再說我的意見。"
But half way through the dance he stopped her and said, "I'm sorry you're not good enough!"
但是她只跳了一半，團(tuán)長就讓她停下來，說道： ¨我很抱歉你跳得還不。
On hearing this Li Xie ran as fast as her legs could carry her and was ashamed. She gave up her dream.
聽到這話，李協(xié)非常羞愧，拼命地跑開了。從此，她放棄了夢(mèng)想。
Many years later, she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again.
多年以后，她聽說原來那個(gè)芭蕾舞團(tuán)又一次來到她家鄉(xiāng)演出。
Bitter memories of the leader's harsh words came flooding back to her.
團(tuán)長尖刻的話語涌上心頭，這是一次痛苦的記憶。
This time she was determined to find out Why the leader had told her she was not good enough when all her teachers thought otherwise.
這次她決定向團(tuán)長問個(gè)究竟，為什么別的老師都認(rèn)為她跳得很好，而他卻不這樣認(rèn)為。
This was his reply, "I tell this to every student." She angrily shot back, "You've ruined my life!一 Then she got a further shock, "
團(tuán)長回答道：u我對(duì)每個(gè)學(xué)生都這樣說。¨她生氣地反駁說：“可是你毀了我的一生!”團(tuán)長的回話讓她更震驚了：
I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers but you carried on bravery.
“我記得你送的玫瑰，刺戤到了你的手指，而你卻勇敢地繼續(xù)表演。
If you only had treated bal}et like that and did not give up so easily; therefore, you still deserve my verdict! "
如果你能以那種精神對(duì)待芭蕾舞，就不會(huì)輕易放棄了。因此，我的意見對(duì)你仍然受用。¨
經(jīng)典英語寓言故事：家
An artist who had painted many pictures of great beauty found that he had not yet painted the one “real ” picture.
一位畫過許多杰出精美畫作的藝術(shù)家，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己甚至連幅¨真的畫都沒有畫出來。
In his search along a dusty road, he met an aged priest who asked him where he was going .
他沿著一條布滿塵土的路一路追尋，他遇到一位年老的牧師，牧師問他要去哪里。
“I do not know, ” said the artist, “I want to paint the most beautiful thing in the world . Perhaps you can direct me to it. ”
藝術(shù)家回答：¨我不知道，我想畫世界上最美好的東西。也許，你能給我指引。"
“How simple, ” replied the priest, “in any church or creed, you will find it——“faith”is the most beautiful thing in the world. ”
牧師說，“很簡單，在任何教堂或者信條中，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)——世界上最美好的東西是¨信仰”
The artist traveled on . Later , he met a young bride who told him that the most beautifu thing in the world is :”love”.”love” makes the world go round.
藝術(shù)家繼續(xù)前行。后來，他遇到一個(gè)年輕的新娘，她告訴他，“愛¨是世界上最美好的東西。
I builds poverty into riches. sweetens tears and makes much of little . Without love there is no beauty.
“愛”使世界運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，讓貧窮變得富有，淚水變成甜蜜，渺小變成偉大。沒有愛，也就沒有美。
Still the artist continued his search and met a weary soldier.
藝術(shù)家繼續(xù)他的追尋，他又遇到一個(gè)疲憊不堪的士兵。
The artist asked him the same question and the soldier answered, “Peace” is the most beautiful thing in the world.
藝術(shù)家問了他同樣的問題，士兵說：“世界上最美好的東西是‘和平’。
War is ugly and wherever you find peace you’ll find beauty, faith and love.
戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)丑惡無比，你在哪里能找到和平，也就找到了美、信仰和愛。¨
“How can I paint them- Faith, Love and Peace?” thought the artist.
¨信仰、愛與和平——我怎樣才能把它們畫出來呢?”藝術(shù)家想。
As he resumed his walk, his mind wondered on the “real ”picture he hoped to paint.He was surprised that without thinking where he was going,he had reached his familiar surrounding.
當(dāng)他重新開始旅途時(shí)，腦子里想著自己希望畫出來的¨真實(shí)¨之作。他驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)自己想都沒想居然又走回熟悉的環(huán)境。
As he entered the doorway,light glistened in his eyes and he realized thet his search was over.
他走進(jìn)房門，眼睛里發(fā)出一絲光芒，他知道自己的追尋結(jié)束了。
In the faces of his wife and children,he saw love and Faith."Not a minute passed by thet our children and l hod not thought of you.
在妻子和孩子們的臉上，他看到了¨愛”和¨信仰¨。¨我和孩子們時(shí)刻都在想你，為你的平安歸來而祈禱。¨
We prayed that you would return to us safely,"his wife said as they embraced him.He sat on his pavorite old chair and hia heart was at peace.
他們相擁時(shí)，妻子這樣說道，他坐在最喜歡的椅子上，內(nèi)心一片安寧。
The artist painted the most beautiful thing in the wold and called it"HOME".
藝術(shù)家畫出了世界上最美好的東西，它就是¨家¨。
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