经典英语寓言小故事
十年后的一天-
An ant was drinking
at a river. Suddenly he slipped, and fell into the
water.
A
dove took pity on him. She
threw a small branch into the river. The ant
seized the bough,
and swam back to the
shore.
A
few days later, the ant
saw a hunter aiming a gun
at the dove.
He bit the man in the foot
sharply.
The man missed
the shot, and the dove's life was saved.
The dove felt
very grateful. She made good friends with the ant.
鸽子和蚂蚁
●一只蚂蚁到河边饮水，却不幸掉入河中。
●一只鸽子看见，扔下一段树枝，将他救起。
●过了不久，
蚂蚁看见猎人正在拿枪瞄准鸽子，
就狠狠地朝他脚上咬了一口，
没让他打
中。
●鸽子非常感激蚂蚁。从此，他们成了好朋友。
寓意
:
有些朋友也许平时看似微不足道，
但却有可能在我们身处困境的
时候提供巨大的
帮助
Making 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?
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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。
Plugging
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
The 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