英語寓言故事（精選11個）
引導(dǎo)語：寓言故事是文學(xué)體裁的一種，含有諷喻或明顯教訓(xùn)意義的故事。這些故事中蘊含著不同的人生哲理，需要我們好好學(xué)習(xí)，領(lǐng)悟其中的道理。
英語寓言故事 1
Making His Mark 刻舟求劍
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. Isnt this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
楚國有個人坐船渡江時，他不小心把自己的一把寶劍掉落江中。他馬上掏出一把小刀，在寶劍落水的.船舷上刻上一個記號。船靠岸后，那楚人立即從船上刻記號的地方跳下水去撈取掉落的寶劍。他怎么找得到寶劍呢?船繼續(xù)行駛，而寶劍卻不會再移動。像他這樣去找劍，真是太愚蠢可笑了。
英語寓言故事 2
Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It 畫蛇添足
Long 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 too far is as bad as not going far enough.
古時幾個人分一壺酒。他們都想獨自喝完那壺酒，所以就定了一個規(guī)矩：每人在地上畫一條蛇，誰畫得最快，這壺酒就歸誰。有一個人很快就把蛇畫好了。他正打算喝這壺酒時，看見別人都還在忙著畫，就決定給蛇再畫上幾只腳。結(jié)果，他的蛇腳還沒加完，另一個人已經(jīng)把蛇畫好了。那人一下把酒壺奪了過去，說："有誰見過長腳的.蛇?"。這個故事告訴我們這樣的道理：做得過分和做得不夠都是不對的。
英語寓言故事 3
Plugging Ones Ears While Stealing a Bell 掩耳盜鈴
Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbors doorbell. 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 his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.
從前，有一個人想偷鄰居門上的鈴，但是他知道一碰到鈴，鈴就會響起來，被人發(fā)現(xiàn)。他想啊想，終于他想出一個"妙極"，他把自己的耳朵用東西塞起來，就聽不見鈴聲了。但是當(dāng)他去偷鈴時，鈴聲仍舊響起來，他被別人當(dāng)場抓住。
英語寓言故事 4
To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow 拔苗助長
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldnt wait to check his "achievement", but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.
從前，有個農(nóng)夫，種了稻苗(seedlings)后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田時，都發(fā)覺那些稻苗長得非常慢。他等得很不耐煩。想了又想，他終于想到一個"最佳方法"，他將稻苗全都拔高了幾分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的"成果"。 哪知，卻看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
英語寓言故事 5
太陽和北風(fēng)
Once The Sun and The Wind happened to have a quarrel。 Both of them claimed to be stronger。 At last they agreed to have a trial of strength。
從前，太陽和風(fēng)吵了起來。它們都覺得自己更強大。最后它們決定比試比試，看看到底誰更強。
“Here comes a traveler。 Let us see who can strip him of his cloak�！� said the Sun。
“看，來了一個旅行的人。我們來看看誰能讓他脫下衣服�！碧栒f。
The Wind agreed and did choose to have the first turn。
風(fēng)同意了，決定它先來。
He blew in the hardest possible way。
風(fēng)使出最大的'勁兒刮了起來。
As a result， the traveler wrapped his cloak even more tightly around him。
結(jié)果，旅行者把自己的衣服裹得更緊了。
Then it was the turn of the Sun。 At first he shone very gently。 The sun went on shining brighter and brighter。 The traveler felt hot。
然后，輪到太陽了。剛開始，他很溫柔，然后他越來越亮，旅行者感到熱了。
Before long he took off his cloak and put it in his bag。
不久，他就脫下了外套，把外套放進了包里。
The Wind accepted his defeat。
風(fēng)認輸了。
Moral： Fury or force cuts no ice where gentleness does the job。
暴力無法解決的事情，溫柔也許可以做到。
英語寓言故事 6
獅子和小老鼠
Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest。 One day after a heavy meal， it was sleeping under a tree。 After a while， there came a mouse and it started to play on the lion。
從前，有一只獅子住在森林里。有一天，它在飽餐一頓之后，在一棵樹下休息。過了一會兒，來了一只小老鼠，它跑到了獅子身上玩耍。
Suddenly the lion got up with anger and looked for those who disturbed its nice sleep。 Then it saw a small mouse standing， trembling with fear。 The lion jumped on it and started to kill it。
突然，獅子醒了，它非常生氣地看著這個打擾了自己美夢的小老鼠。它看到這個小老鼠害怕得站在那里顫抖著。獅子跳了起來，想要吃掉它。
The mouse requested the lion to forgive it。 The lion felt pity and left it。 The mouse ran away。
小老鼠請求獅子原諒它，獅子起了憐憫之心，于是就走了。小老鼠跑走了。
On another day， the lion was caught in a net by a hunter。 The mouse came there and cut the net。 Thus it escaped。
又是一天，獅子被一個獵人用網(wǎng)抓住了。老鼠過去幫它把網(wǎng)弄開了。獅子逃了出來。
There after， the mouse and the lion became friends。 They lived happily in the forest afterwards。
從此以后，獅子和老鼠成了好朋友，它們快樂地一起生活在森林里。
Moral： A friend in need is a friend indeed。
俗語：患難見真情。
英語寓言故事 7
How a Farmer Saved the Snake（農(nóng)夫和蛇）
"Oh, little snake. Why aren"t you at home in such cold weather? Look, you"re freezing. Poor you!"
The farmer thought some more to himself. "What can I do for you? Make a fire to warm you? No, it"s snowing so hard, and I have only a very small bundle of wood. Besides, my family is waiting for the wood to cook."
The farmer turned round and round anxiously and then said, "I know! I"ll put you under my clothes. It"s warm there." He unbuttoned his clothes and put the snake inside, against his chest.
Some time later, the snake came to life gradually.
The warmth of the old farmer had not changed its cruel nature. It opened its mouth and bit right into the farmer"s chest.
"Oh, my god! How cruel you are! I saved you, but you bit me. Why?" As he was saying this, he took out the snake and threw it on the ground.
But the farmer was already poisoned and was dying. Only at this time did he realize that he had done something wrong. "I took pity on him, but he bit me in return."
農(nóng)夫和蛇
在一個大雪紛飛的夜晚，一個農(nóng)夫砍柴回家，在路上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一條凍僵了的'響尾蛇。
"乖乖，這么冷的天你怎么不待在洞里，跑到外邊來了呢？看把你凍成這個樣子，多可憐呀！"農(nóng)夫自言自語道："怎么辦呢？我用火給你烤烤�？墒遣恍邪。@么大的雪，我就砍了這一小捆柴火，家里還等著用呢。"
農(nóng)夫焦急地轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去。"有了，我把你放在懷里，不是也很暖和嗎？"于是，農(nóng)夫解開壞，把凍僵的響尾蛇揣在了懷里。
過了一個時辰，響尾蛇慢慢地蘇醒過來了，但是它恢復(fù)了本性，狠狠咬了農(nóng)夫一口。
"哎呀，你這個壞東西，我救活了你，你怎么還咬我呢？"農(nóng)夫說著，把響尾蛇掏出來扔到了一邊。
可是農(nóng)夫中了蛇毒。他奄奄一息，臨死的時候才明白過來，說道："我憐惜惡人，可是惡人的本性難改，不會憐惜我呀！"
這個故事是說：對惡人即使仁至義盡，其本性也是不會改變的。
英語寓言故事 8
An old woman heard that the young lady living next door had lost her earrings2, and went to comfort her.
The lady said light heartedly "It doesnt matter that the earrings are lost, for as long as the ears exist, there is nothing to regret."
The puzzled old woman asked, "Isnt your earring1 made of jade3? It is costly4! So costly a thing is lost, dont you regret it?" to which she replied, "Ears are valuable, not because they are adorned5 with earrings but because they have the ability to hear. To ears, it does not add or decrease anything, whether earring exists or not."
一位老太太聽說鄰居的少婦丟了耳環(huán),便去安慰她。
少婦不以為然地說:“耳環(huán)丟了不算什么,只要耳朵還在就沒什么可以遺憾的。”
老太太疑惑地問:“你的.耳環(huán)不是玉石做的嗎?那東西很值錢的呀。這么值錢的東西丟了,你不感到可惜嗎?”少婦回答說:“耳朵之所以寶貴,是因為它能聽聲音,而不是因為佩戴了值錢的耳環(huán)。耳環(huán)的存亡對于耳朵來說,并沒有增加或者減少什么。”
英語寓言故事 9
Long 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 too far is as bad as not going far enough.
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. Isnt this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
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 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.
Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbors doorbell. 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 his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.
英語寓言故事 10
ONE day an Opossum who had gone to sleep hanging from the highest branch of a tree by the tail, awoke and saw a large Snake wound about the limb, between him and the trunk of the tree.
"If I hold on," he said to himself, "I shall be swallowed; if I let go I shall break my neck."
But suddenly he bethought himself to dissemble. "My perfected friend," he said, "my parental instinct recognises in you a noble evidence and illustration of the theory of development. You are the Opossum of the Future, the ultimate Fittest Survivor of our species, the ripe result of progressive prehensility - all tail!"
But the Snake, proud of his ancient eminence in Scriptural history, was strictly orthodox, and did not accept the scientific view.
英語寓言故事 11
Long 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 too far is as bad as not going far enough. 古時幾個人分一壺酒。他們都想獨自喝完那壺酒，所以就定了一個規(guī)矩：每人在地上畫一條蛇，誰畫得最快，這壺酒就歸誰。有一個人很快就把蛇畫好了。他正打算喝這壺酒時，看見別人都還在忙著畫，就決定給蛇再畫上幾只腳。結(jié)果，他的蛇腳還沒加完，另一個人已經(jīng)把蛇畫好了。
那人一下把酒壺奪了過去，說："有誰見過長腳的蛇?"這個故事告訴我們這樣的`道理：做得過分和做得不夠都是不對的。
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