英語小故事通用15篇
英語小故事1
The old man and Death
An old man was gathering sticks in a forest.
At last he grew very tired and hopeless. He threw down all the sticks and cried out, "I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would come and take me!"
As he spoke, Death appeared, and said to him, "What would you do, old man? I heard you call me."
"Please, sir," replied the old man, "would you help me lift this bundle of sticks up to my shoulder?"
老人與死神
●有個老人在森林中砍了不少柴，十分吃力地挑著走了很遠的路。
●一路上他累極了，實在挑不動了，便扔下柴擔，叫喊起來：“這種日子我受不了了，死神啊，帶我走吧�！�
●這時，死神來了，對他說：“老頭，你想做什么，我聽見你叫我?”
●“先生，”老人說，“您能幫忙將那擔子放在我的肩上嗎?”
寓意: 即使生活不幸，人們仍需愛惜生命。
英語小故事2
For the Dog
The family seated in a restaurant had finished their dinner when Father Called over the waiter.
"My son has left quite a lot of meat on his plate," explained Father, "Could you give me a bag so that I can take it home for the dog?"
"Gosh, Dad!" exclaimed the excited boy. "Have we got a dog then?"
學習筆記：
seat 使坐下
be seated 坐
call over 點名, 順序讀出
中文翻譯：
喂狗
一家人在飯館里吃過晚飯，父親把服務生叫了過來。
”先生，什么事?“服務生問。
”我兒子的盤子里剩下許多肉，“父親說，”能給我們一個袋子嗎?我把剩下的東西帶回去喂狗�！�
”啊呀，爸爸!“兒子激動地叫喊著�！痹奂茵B狗了嗎?“
英語小故事3
eeled one and ate one more and then, one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate, five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled two more and continued two more. He ate whole bunch of bananas and can’t sleep.
一只小胖猴子很喜歡吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐，他剝一個香蕉，用力地吃著，吃著，吃著，吃了1個香蕉，2個香蕉，3個香蕉，4個…… 他不停地吃， 但是他還想要更多!他邊吃，邊剝， 5個香蕉，6個香蕉，7個香蕉，8個……他又剝了兩個，繼續撐著吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡覺了。
英語小故事4
Get up and comb it out. Go out. The weather is so cold, the snow in the sky, the boundless space between the world. I kept stomping on the bus platform. It was dark, I was standing next to two old grey-haired. I listened to the old lady and said to the old lady, "you didn't sleep well for a night, and it began to rush me a few hours earlier, and it's been so long. "
Yes, it takes five minutes for the first bus to come. Finally the car came, and I got on. Driving is a very young boy, he and I got on the bus was rumbling drove off. I said, "Hello, driver, there are two old people here. The weather is so cold. People have been waiting for a long time. How can you drive in the car without them?"
The young man said, "no matter, it's my mom and Dad! Today is my first day to open the bus, they come to see me!"
I suddenly cried. I saw the short message from my father: "daughter," mom said, "it's her fault." she didn't sleep well. She woke up early and worried that you would be late. "
All of a sudden, a Jewish proverb was remembered: when the father gave his son something, his son laughed. When the son gave his father something, his father cried.
翻譯：起來梳洗好，出門。天氣真冷啊，漫天的雪，天地間茫茫一片。公車站臺上我不停地跺著腳。周圍黑漆漆的，我旁邊卻站著兩個白發蒼蒼的老人。我聽著老先生對老太太說：”你看你一晚都沒有睡好，早幾個小時就開始催我了，現在等這么久�！�
是啊，第一趟班車還要五分鐘才來呢。終于車來了，我上車。開車的是一位很年輕的小伙子，他等我上車之后就轟轟地把車開走了。我說：”喂，司機，下面還有兩位老人呢，天氣這么冷，人家等了很久，你怎么不等他們上車就開車?“
那個小伙子很神氣地說：”沒關系的，那是我爸爸媽媽!今天是我第一天開公交，他們來看我的!“
我突然就哭了——我看到爸爸發來的`短消息：”女兒，媽媽說，是她不好，她一直沒有睡好，很早就醒了，擔心你會遲到。“
忽然想起一句猶太人諺語：父親給兒子東西的時候，兒子笑了。兒子給父親東西的時候，父親哭了。
英語小故事5
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，掉進河里。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進水里，但是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。
The Old Man and the Old Cat
An old man has a cat. The cat is very old， too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening， the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it， but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.
The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says： “You are a fool cat. I will punish you！” the cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young， I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old， too.”
老人和老貓
一個年邁的老人養一只貓。這只貓也非常老了。她跑得很快，但牙齒很糟糕。一天王還是那個，這只老貓看見一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但它卻吃不了它，因為它的牙齒不夠鋒利了。這只小老鼠逃跑了。
老人很生氣，他打了小貓，并且對它說：“你這只蠢貓！我要懲罰你！”貓非常傷心，它想：“在我還年輕的時候，我為你努力工作�，F在你卻因為我太老了不能夠工作而不喜歡我。你應該知道你也老了�！�
英語小故事6
he impossible Gate keeper
A man was about to go away on a long journey. He told his servant, "You keep an eye on the gate and look after the donkey."
After the master had left, the servant heard someone playing music in the neighborhood. Unable to restrain himself, he wanted to go there and listen. Feeling ill at ease, he roped the gate onto the donkey's back and made it carry the gate all the way to the site of the show.
With the servant gone, all the valuables in the house were stolen by thieves. When the master returned he asked, "Where are my valuables?" The servant replied, "Master, you only told me to keep on the gate and the donkey with the leash. Apart from them, l know nothing of the whereabouts of your things."
The master declared, "l left you here to guard the gate precisely for the sake of looking after my valuables. With all my valuables gone, what is the good of having a gate?"
英語小故事7
David grew up in the kitchen of the inn. His father was the innkeeper. His mother cooked the food. Davids older sisters cleaned the rooms, and his older brother swept the stable. David loved to sing. He would sing to his mother as she cooked the food. David made up songs and banged on pots and bowls as he sang to her. Davids mother smiled at him. Someday you will sing in the temple, my son, his mother said. David grinned at his mother. Tem-ple, David said very carefully.
大衛的爸爸是一個旅店的老板，大衛從小在旅店的處方里長大，他的媽媽做飯，他的姐姐打掃房間，他的哥哥掃馬廄。大衛喜歡唱歌，他媽媽做飯的時候他就給媽媽唱歌，大衛可以隨便編歌，唱歌的時候還在在盆盆罐罐上敲節奏。大衛的媽媽笑著對大衛說：兒子，總有一天，你會在神殿里面唱歌的。大衛對媽媽露齒而笑，認真的說道：神--殿
Davids father came into the kitchen. How is my big boy? Davids father asked as he swung David onto his shoulders. Pum Pum Pum! Tem-ple come! David sang as he drummed on his fathers head with a wooden spoon. Davids father smiled as his son kept on drumming. We must find this boy a drum or my poor head will not survive! said Davids father, with a laugh.
大衛的爸爸進到廚房，把大衛扛到肩頭，說我的寶貝兒子怎么樣啊?。大衛在他爸爸的頭上用木勺子敲著唱到：砰砰砰，去神殿。大衛的'爸爸笑著說：看來我必須得給兒子找個鼓，不然我的頭就要被敲壞了。
A few years later David got a small drum for his birthday. Soon he was beating rhythms on his drum wherever he went. Pat-a-rum, pat-a-rum, pat-a-rum, David drummed to copy the donkeys on the road. Swish-click-click-tum, swish-click-click-tum, went Davids drumming to copy his brother sweeping straw in the stable.
過了幾年，大衛過生日，就得到了一個小鼓生日禮物，于是，他走到哪里就敲到了哪里。啪啪啪，大衛模仿驢走路的節奏。沙沙沙，大衛模仿他哥哥掃馬廄的節奏。
One day Davids father said to his family, We are going to be very busy. Caesar Augustus has ordered a count of all the families in all the towns. Pum Pum. Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum. I counted six of us! David sang. Why does this make us busy? Because people will come to Bethlehem to be counted with their families, said Davids father. They will need a place to stay. They will stay with us, and we will be very busy.
有一天，大衛的爸爸跟家人說：我們接下來會很忙，凱撒奧古斯命令所有鎮的所有人都到這里集合。大衛邊敲邊唱到：咚咚咚，我家有六人，這為什么會讓我們忙呢?大衛的父親答到：因為人們都會和他們的家人到伯利恒(耶穌降生地)來，他們需要一個住的地方，他們會跟我們一起住，我們會非常忙。
Davids mother cooked more food. Davids sisters cleaned the rooms. Davids brother swept out the stable and put new hay and pots of water in the stalls. Davids father greeted the people as they came into town. Soon the inn was very full. David played his drum and sang his songs for the people.
大衛的媽媽做了更多食物，大衛的姐姐打掃房間，大衛的哥哥掃馬廄，還在畜欄里放了新干草和水。大衛的爸爸去招呼來鎮里的人，很快旅店就住滿了，大衛就給大家打鼓唱歌。
Late one night there was a knock at the door. David peeked around his father at the young man and his wife, who was on a donkey. They had no room for these people! What could they do? Davids father was a kind man. You can stay in the stable, he said. It is warm and dry there. I can send food out to you. The young man thanked Davids father and walked the donkey to the stable.
一天夜里，有人敲門，大衛偷偷看了一眼，原來來了一對騎著驢的夫婦，但是旅店已滿，已經沒有地方給他們夫妻倆住了，怎么辦呢?大衛的父親心腸非常好，他說：你們可以住在馬廄了，那里很暖和也很干燥，我可以把食物給你們送過去。年輕人謝過大衛的爸爸，然后牽著驢去了馬廄。
David helped his mother carry bread and cheese out to the young couple. His mother told him the woman was going to have a baby soon. The next day there was a lot of excitement. The young woman who stayed in the stable last night had her baby, Davids mother told him. The baby is the King of Kings, they say! said Davids father.
大衛幫他媽媽把面包和起司送到那對年輕夫婦那里，大衛的媽媽跟他說那個年輕的女人就快要生寶寶了，第二天發生了很多高興的事。大衛的媽媽跟他說：那個在馬廄里住著的女人昨晚生了個寶寶。大衛的爸爸說：他們說那是上帝。
David could not see the baby because of the crowd around the stable. David stood at the back of the crowd and began to make up a song for the baby: Come, they told me, our newborn king to see. Our finest gifts we bring to lay before the king. So to honor him when we come.
大衛根本看不到嬰兒，因為馬廄里擠滿了人，大衛站在人群后面，然后給嬰兒唱了首歌：來吧，他們跟我說，我們的新生王誕生了，我們把最好的禮物拿來放在王的面前，我們來膜拜他。
The crowd began to part when they heard Davids beautiful singing: Baby Jesus, I am a poor boy, too. I have no gift to bring thats fit to give a king. Shall I play for you on my drum?
當大家聽到大衛美麗的歌聲時自動分出一條路來，大衛唱到：小耶穌，我也是個窮人，我沒有禮物給我的王，我能給你敲個鼓么?
David stepped closer to Mary, Joseph, and their son. Baby Jesus smiled at David, reached out, and patted his drum.
大衛走進瑪麗、約瑟夫和小耶穌，小耶穌沖著大衛笑了笑，伸出手，輕拍了他的鼓。
Love, spirit, and the beat of his drum brought one little boy closer to the infant Jesus.
是愛和心靈還有鼓聲讓這個小男孩靠近了還是嬰兒的耶穌。
英語小故事8
There were two men who fled to Tokyo. Tokyo is a very busy commercial city, everything is asking for money, they see the rich money buy water to drink, all very strange: "water still need money to buy?" One of them immediately thought: "in this part of Tokyo, it costs money to use water. The cost of living is too high for me to live long." So he left and continued to wander.
And the other guy didn't think much, he thought, "Tokyo is a place where even water can make money, and I'm sure I can make a difference here." He was so excited to think of it that he began his entrepreneurial career.
The man who stayed in Tokyo soon started his own business. He is the Japanese cement king, ichiro.
有兩個人他們逃難來到東京。東京是一個十分繁華的商業都市，什么都要錢，他倆看到有錢人用錢買水喝，都很奇怪：“水還得用錢買嗎?”其中一個人馬上想到：“東京這個地方，連用點水都要花錢，生活費用太高，怕難以久住�！庇谑潜汶x開了，繼續去流浪。
而另外一個人卻不怎么想，他想：“東京這個地方，居然連水也能賺錢，我一定可以在這里出人頭地。”想到這他十分興奮，從此開始了他的.創業生涯。
留在東京的那個人不久便開創了一片自己的事業。他就是日本水泥大王，汪野一郎。
英語小故事9
The bulging belly fox
A hungry Fox found in a hollow tree a quantity of bread and meat, which some shepherds had placed there against their return. Delighted with his find he slipped in through the narrow aperture and greedily devoured it all. But when he tried to get out again he found himself so swollen after his big meal that he could not squeeze through the hole, and fell to whining and groaning over his misfortune. Another Fox, happening to pass that way, came and asked him what the matter was; and, on learning the state of the case, said, “Well, my friend, I see nothing for it but for you to stay where you are till you shrink to your former size; you’ll get out then easily enough.”
【譯文】
脹肚的狐貍
饑餓的狐貍在一棵中空的樹干中發現了一些牧羊人存留的.面包和肉。高興之余，他立即通過那狹窄的縫隙擠進去，貪婪的大吃起來。然而，當他吃飽之后，卻發現自己的肚子脹鼓鼓的，即便費了九牛二虎之力，卻怎么也鉆不出那個洞來，便在樹洞里唉聲嘆氣。另一只狐貍恰巧經過那里，聽到他的呻吟，便過去問他原因。聽明白緣由后，那只狐貍便說道：“我的朋友，你就老老實實待在里邊吧，等到恢復了鉆進去之前的身材，你就能輕松地出來了。”
英語小故事10
Many boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same clothes. Many of them have long hair, so it is hard to tell whether they are boys or girls.
在西方國家，許多男孩和女孩都穿著同樣的'衣服。他們中許多人都留長發，所以很難分辨他們是男孩還是女孩。
One day an old man is sitting on a chair near a pool. A person is beside him. The old man asks the person, “Is it a boy or a girl in the pool?” The person answers, “A girl , she is my daughter.”、
“Oh, sorry,” the old man says, “I didn’t know you were her mother.” “You are wrong,” the person says, “I’m her father.”
一天，一個老年人坐在游泳池旁的一張椅子上，在他的旁邊有一個人，老人就問這個人，“游泳池里的那個人是男孩還是女孩?”這個人私人答道：“是個女孩子，她是我女兒�！薄芭叮瑢Σ黄�，”老人說，“我不知道你是她媽媽�！薄澳e了，”這個人說道：“我是她父親�！�
英語小故事11
Story1Three
Good Friends Oneday, 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.
故事一三個好朋友一天，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，掉進河里。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進水里，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。
Story2 The Old Man and the Old Cat An old man has a cat.The cat is very old,too.He runs very quickly.And his teeth are bad.One evening,the old cat sees a little mouse.He catches it,but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough.The mouse runs away.The old man is very angry.He beats his cat.He says:“You are a fool cat.I will punish you!”the cat is very sad.He thinks：“When I was young,I worked hard for you.Now you don’t like me because I’m too old towork.You should know you are old,too.”
故事二老人和老貓一個年邁的.老人養一只貓。這只貓也非常老了。她跑得很快，但是牙齒很糟糕。一天王還是那個，這只老貓看見一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但是它卻吃不了它，因為它的牙齒不夠鋒利了。這只小老鼠逃跑了。老人很生氣，他打了小貓，并且對它說：“你這只蠢貓！我要懲罰你！”貓非常傷心，它想：“在我還年輕的時候，我為你努力工作。現在你卻因為我太老了不能工作而不喜歡我。你應該知道你也老了�！�
Story3 Spring in the Green Season Spring is coming.Spring is the first season of the year.In China,spring comes in February.It is still cold,but it is getting warmer and warmer.The days get longer and longer.The leaves on the trees begin to turn green.Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground.Spring is also sowing times eason.
故事三春天來了，春天是每年的第一個季節。在中國，春天二月來臨，那時候還是很冷，但是會運來月暖和，白晝悅來越長。樹上的葉子開始變綠，沐浴著大地春風長出了嫩芽。春天也播種的季節。
英語小故事12
Stepping from my kitchen into the garage, I accidentally locked myself out of the house. When I tried to persuade my 18-month-old son，Taylor, to open the door, none of my tactics worked. Finally，I walked around the house to check for an open window. To my amazement，I found the front door open and Taylor standing there with a salesman.
出了廚房我便走進了車庫，不留神把門鎖給撞上了，把我自己鎖在了門外。我那18個月的兒子泰勒在屋里。于走，我在外邊千方百計地想讓他幫我開門，結果均告失敗。最后，我圍著房子想找個開著的窗子。令我吃驚的是，前門開著，我的兒子站在門口正與一個推銷員在談話。
"I've been locked out for 20 minutes,"I said. "How did you get him to open the door?"
我對那推銷員說:“我被鎖在了外邊20多分鐘，你是怎樣讓他給你開門的`”。
Looking puzzled，the man replied，“I rang the doorbell."
面帶驚奇的推銷員答說:“我只按了一下門鈴�！�
英語小故事13
I'm going to sleep at 11 in the night, and there's a little snow outside the window. I indented the quilt, picked up the alarm clock, and found the alarm clock, and I forgot to buy the battery. The day is cold, and I don't want to go up. I made a long distance call to the mother of my family.
"Mom, my alarm clock has no electricity. I'm going to have a meeting in the company tomorrow morning. You call me up at six. "
The voice of the mother on the phone was dumb and might have been asleep, and she said, "well, go to sleep, be good. "
I was dreaming when the phone rang, and it was dark outside. Mother said to the other, "you get up soon, daughter, and we have a meeting today." "I have a watch, it's five forty. I cried impatiently, "don't I call you six?" I'd like to sleep for a little more, and I've been stirred by you! "My mother suddenly stopped talking on the other side, and I hung up.
Get up and comb it out. Go out. The weather is so cold, the snow in the sky, the boundless space between the world. I kept stomping on the bus platform. It was dark, I was standing next to two old grey-haired. I listened to the old lady and said to the old lady, "you didn't sleep well for a night. It started to rush me a few hours earlier, and it's been so long. "
Yes, it takes five minutes for the first bus to come. Finally the car came, and I got on. Driving is a very young boy, he and I got on the bus was rumbling drove off. I said, "Hello, driver, there are two old people here. The weather is so cold. People have been waiting for a long time. How can you drive in the car without them? "
The young man said, "it's all right. That's my mom and Dad!" Today is my first day to open the bus, they come to see me! "
I suddenly cried. I saw the short message from my father: "daughter," mom said, "it's her fault." she didn't sleep well. She woke up early and worried that you would be late. "
Suddenly remembered a Jewish proverb:
The son laughed when his father gave his son something.
When the son gave his father something, his father cried.
英語小故事14
Catching a Thief
Witty Hare can run very fast. One day when he gets home. He sees a rat. The rat is jumping down his window. “Oh. A thief!” Witty Hare shouted and catches the rat, “You can’t run faster then me.” Soon Witty Hare catches up with the rat, and the rat is left behind, “I must run away,’ the rat says and laughs, “He is so silly.”
Witty Hare goes on running. A sheep sees him and asks him, “What a re you doing?” “I’m catching the thief.” Witty Hare says. “ Thief? Where’s the thief?” the sheep fells surprised. “He’s behind me ,”Witty Hare says proudly.
追賊
機靈的肚子跑得很快。一天，她回到家的時候看見一只老鼠。這只老師正從它家的'窗戶跳下去�！鞍�! 賊!”機靈肚子喊著追過去。 “你跑不過我的!” 不一會它追上了老鼠，還把老鼠丟在后面。“我得趕緊逃。”老鼠竊笑著說：“這家伙真笨。”
機靈兔子繼續跑著。一只綿羊看到了就問塔：“你在干什么?”“我在追賊�！睓C靈兔子說�！百\?賊在哪里啊?”綿羊感到奇怪。 “它在我后面呢�！睓C靈兔子自豪地說著。
英語小故事15
Teacher:Why are you late for school every morning?
Tom:Every time I come to the corner,a sign says,"School-Go slow".
經典的英語小故事三翻譯
老師:為什么你每天早晨都遲到?
湯姆:每當我經過學校的拐角處,就看見一個牌子上寫著"學校----慢行".
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