英语寓言小故事

1、英语寓言小故事making mek his hz mark m:k “刻舟求剑”aei; manmn fromfrm the statesteit ofv chu waswz takingtek aei; boatbut acrosskrs aei; riverriv whenhwen hehi: droppeddrpt hishiz swords:d剑、刀 intontu the waterw:t carelesslyk elsl. immediatelyimi:ditli hehi: mademed aei; markm:k onn the sidesaid ofv the boatbut

2、 wherehw the swords:d droppeddrpt , hopinghup totu: findfaind itit laterleit. whenhwen theboatbut stoppedstpt movingmu:v, hehi: wentwent intontu the waterw:t totu:searchs:t forf: hishiz swords:d att the placepleis wherehw hehi: hadhd markedm:kt the boatbut. asz wewi known , the boatbut hadhd movedmu

3、:vd butbt the swords:d hadhd notnt. isntiznt thisis aei; veryverifoolishfu:li waywei totu: lookluk forf: aei; swords:d? totu: pullpul upp the seedlingssi:dlz totu: helphelp them em growru “拔苗助长” oncewns uponpn aei; timetaim, there waswz ann olduld farmerf:m whohu: plantedpl:ntid aei; plotplt ofv ric

4、erais. after:ft hehi: plantedpl:ntid the seedlingssi:dlz, everyevri daydei hehi: wentwent totu: the fieldfi:ld totu: watchwt the seedlingssi:dlz growru. hehi: saws: the youngj shootsu:ts breakbreik throughru: the soilsil andnd growru tallert:l eachi:t daydei, butbt stillstil, hehi: thought:t theyei

5、werew: growinggr tootu: slowlysloli. eventuallyiventjuli终于 hehi: gotgt impatientimpeint不耐烦的withwi the youngj plantspl:nts andnd suddenly s dnl忽然地he hithit uponpn ann ideaaidi thatt onewn bybai onewn, hehi: pulledpuld upp the youngj plantspl:nts bybai half h:f ann inchint英寸. the nextnekst earlyrli mo

6、rningm:ni, the youngj manmn couldntkudnt waitweit totu: checktek检查 hishz “achievementti:vmnt成果”, butbt hehi: waswz heart-brokenh:tbrukn伤心地 totu: seesi: all:l the pulled-uppuldp youngj plantspl:nts dyingda.刻舟求剑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

7、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。拔苗助长 从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗（seedlings）后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个“最佳方法”，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。 生词：swords:d 剑、刀carelesslyk elsl 不小心地immediatelyimi:ditli 马上地markedm:kt 作标记foolishfu:li 愚蠢的lookluk forf: 寻找pullpul upp 从土

8、里拔出来seedlingsi:dlz 幼苗growru 生长oncewns uponpn aei; timetaim 从前farmerf:m 农民plant pl:nt 种植，植物plotplt 一块地fieldfi:ld 田地shootu:ts 幼苗soilsil 泥土eventuallyiventjuli 终于impatientimpeint 不耐烦的 plugging ones ears while stealing a bell “掩耳盗铃” once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbors door

9、bell. however, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other peoples 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 hi

10、s disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief. 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 p

11、lan 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. 从前，有

12、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 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 draw a snake and add feet to it “画蛇添足” long

13、long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. so they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. one man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake. however, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, who has ever seen a snake with feet?” the story of draw a snake and add feet to it.” tells us going to