兒童英語散文

　　兒童英語小短文：蝙蝠和鼠狼

　　THE BAT AND THE WEASELSA

　　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。

　　蝙蝠和鼠狼

　　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。

　　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。

　　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)垺Ｄ鞘罄钦f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。

　　There Good Friends

　　One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends。

　　三個好朋友

　　一天，一只猴子在河邊騎車。這時他看見樹下有一只獅子，獅子向他跑來。他非常的害怕，掉進(jìn)河里。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進(jìn)水里，但他卻沒有辦法救猴子。幸運的是，一只大象過來了。大象非常強壯，救出了兔子和猴子。他們來到大象的家，在那里吃了一頓大餐。從此他們成了好朋友。

　　兒童英語小短文：父親和孩子們

　　THE FATHER AND HIS SONSA

　　Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it。

　　父親和孩子們

　　一位父親有幾個孩子，這些孩子時常發(fā)生口角。他絲毫沒有辦法來勸阻他們，只好讓他們看看不合群所帶來害處的例子。為了達(dá)到這個目的，有一天他叫他們替他拿一捆細(xì)柴來。當(dāng)他們把柴帶來時，他便先后地將那捆柴放在每一個孩子的手中，吩咐他們弄斷這捆柴。他們一個個盡力去試，總是不能成功。

　　He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

　　然后他解開那捆柴，一根根地放在他們手里，如此一來，他們便毫不費力地折斷了。于是他就告訴他們說：“孩子們!如果你們大家團結(jié)一致，互相幫助，你們就像這捆柴一樣，不能被你們的敵人折斷;但如果你們自行分裂，你們就將和這些散柴一般，不堪一折了。”

　　兒童英語小短文：驢和蚱蜢

　　THE ASS AND THE GRASSHOPPERAn

　　Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on, to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger。

　　驢和蚱蜢

　　一只驢聽到幾只蚱蜢在叫，便覺得很有趣;于是也想得到同樣有趣的音調(diào)，便問蚱蜢吃什么東西過活，以致于能有這樣優(yōu)美的聲音。蚱蜢說：“露水。”驢子聽了，從此以后也單吃露水過活，不久便餓死了。

　　兒童英語小短文：狼和小羊

　　THE WOLF AND THE LAMBA[微博] Wolf meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him. He thus addressed him:"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture."

　　一只狼瞧見一只迷路失群的小羊，決定暫緩下毒手，想先找一些理由，對小羊證明自己有吃它的權(quán)利。它就說：“小鬼!你去年曾經(jīng)罵過我。”小羊可憐地說：“老實說，我去年還沒有出生呢。”狼再說：“你在我的草地上吃過草。”

　　"No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother′s milk is both food and drink to me." On which the Wolf seized him, and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won′t remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny。

　　小羊回答說：“不，好先生，我還未曾嘗過草的味道呢。”狼又說：“你喝過我井里的水。”小羊叫道：“不，我從沒有喝過水，因為直到今天為止，我都是吃著母親的奶汁。”狼一聽這話，便抓住它，把它吃下去，便說：“好!即使你駁倒我每一句話，我終究要吃晚餐的!”暴君總有他暴行的借口。

　　兒童英語小短文：獅和鼠

　　THE LION AND THE MOUSE

　　Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go。

　　獅和鼠

　　一只老鼠從一只獅子面前跑過去，將它從夢中吵醒。獅子生氣地跳起來，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求說：“只要你肯饒恕我這條小生命，我將來一定會報答你的大恩。”獅子便笑著放了它。

　　It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."

　　后來獅子被幾個獵人捉住，用粗繩捆綁倒在地上。老鼠聽出是獅子的吼聲，走來用牙齒咬斷繩索，釋放了牠，并大聲說：“你當(dāng)時嘲笑我想幫你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么機會報答。但是你現(xiàn)在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向獅子效勞的。”

　　兒童英語小短文：小男孩與蝎子

　　Little boy and scorpion son

　　There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper, and in a short while caught the lots of.Suddenly see a scorpion son, he to think is also grasshopper,

　　Then two go to catch him.The scorpion son raises his poison to stab, say:" come, if you really dare to do like this, connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose."

　　This story warns people, and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person, and distinct to treat them。

　　小男孩與蝎子

　　有個小孩在城墻前捉蚱蜢，一會兒就捉了許多。忽然看見一只蝎子，他以為也是蚱蜢，

　　便著兩手去捕捉他。蝎子舉起他的毒刺，說道：“來吧，如果你真敢這樣做，就連你捉的蚱蜢也會統(tǒng)統(tǒng)失掉。”

　　這故事告誡人們，要分辨清好人和壞人，區(qū)別對待他們。