英语故事
儿童英语小故事:狐狸和葡萄（文本）
这就是人们常说的“酸葡萄精神”，吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸，哈哈
The Fox and the Grapes
One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. ‘Just the thing to que nch my thirst,’ quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: ‘I am sure they are sour.’
he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. ‘Just the thing to quench my thirst,’ quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: ‘I am sure they are sour.’一个炎热的夏日，狐狸走过一个果园，他停在一大串熟透而多汁的葡萄前.狐狸想：“我正口渴呢。”于是他后退了几步，向前一冲，跳起来，却无法够到葡萄。狐狸后退又试。一次，两次，三次，但是都没有得到葡萄。狐狸试了一次又一次，都没有成功。最后，他决定放弃，他昂起头,边走边说：“葡萄还没有成熟，我敢肯定它是酸的。”
The Two Crabs（文本）
父母是孩子的第一任老师，以身示范常常是最好的学习榜样。我们来看看两只螃蟹的故事吧——
The Two Crabs（两只螃蟹）
One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to take a stroll on the sand. ‘Child,’ said the mother, ‘you are walking very ungracefully. Y ou should accustom yourself, to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side.’
‘Pray, mother,’ said the young one, ‘do but set the example yourself, and I will follow you.’Example is the best precept.
故事大意是：有只螃蟹妈妈和她的宝宝在沙滩上散步，螃蟹妈妈让她的孩子不要横向行走，而应向前直行，小螃蟹请她妈咪做示范，他要象妈咪一样走.....
The bat, the birds,and the beasts（文本）
蝙蝠以为自己很聪明，在鸟类中称自己是兽类，在兽类中又称自己是鸟类。他以为自己高明的谎言能骗过所有的人，当事情真相大白以后，不管是鸟类还是兽类都瞧不起他了......
英语故事阅读：The bat, the birds,and the beasts
There was a big fight between the birds and the beasts. The bat did not join in the fight.
Some birds said to the bat, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a beast."
Later on, some beasts said to him, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a bird."
At last the fighting ended peacefully. The bat first went to the birds, and wanted to join in the celebration, but they all turned against him. He then went to the beasts, but was also driven away.
蝙蝠、鸟和野兽
There was a big fight between the birds and the beasts. The bat did not join in the fight. Some birds said to the bat, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a beast." Later on, some beasts said to him, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a bird." At last the fighting ended peacefully. The bat first went to the birds, and wanted to join in the celebration, but they all turned against him. He then went to the beasts, but was also driven away. 鸟与野兽宣战，蝙蝠没有参战。鸟对蝙蝠说：“加入我们吧。”蝙蝠回答说：“我是野兽。”后来，一些野兽对蝙蝠说：“加入我们吧。”但是蝙蝠回答说：“我是鸟。”当鸟和野兽宣告停战和平时，交战双方明白了蝙蝠的欺骗行为。蝙蝠来到鸟类当中，他们都敌视他，蝙蝠去野兽那里，也被赶走。
The hare and the tor（龟兔赛跑）（文本）
这是一个古老而经典的寓言故事。兔子真的是只有在错误的情况下才跑不赢乌龟。骄傲自满最终会导致失败的结果。同时也说明了一个道理：在强劲的对手面前，不要害怕更不要气馁,应该坚持不懈,待对手犯错误时抓住机遇,取得最后的胜利。...
The hare and the tor（龟兔赛跑）
The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never been beaten," he said, "when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me."
The tortoise said quietly, "I will race with you." "That is a good joke," said the hare. "I could dance around you the whole way."
The race started. The hare darted almost out of sight at once. He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.
The tortoise plodded on and on. When the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race.
龟兔赛跑
●兔子向动物们夸耀他的速度，“我从来没有失败过，”他说，“当我奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”
●乌龟平静地说：“我要与你比赛。”“真是笑话，我可以边玩边和你赛跑。”兔子说。
●比赛开始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已经跑得不见了踪影，但是他觉得自己跑得快，对比赛掉以轻心，躺在路边睡着了。
●乌龟慢腾腾地却持续不停地走，当兔子一觉醒来，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了。兔子输了比赛。
The lion in love（文本）
The lion in love
A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.
The old parents did not know what to say.
They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts.
At last the father said, "We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might possibly hurt her. So if you remove your claws and teeth, we will give her to you."
The lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth. When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house.
恋爱中的狮子
A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.
The old parents did not know what to say.
They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts.
At last the father said, "We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might possibly hurt her. So if you remove your claws and teeth, we will give her to you."
The lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth. When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house.一只狮子爱上了一位美丽的女孩儿，便找到她的父母向她求婚。女孩儿的父亲不知道该如何回答，他不忍将女儿许配给野兽，但又害怕激怒这兽中之王。于是父亲说：“我们很乐意将女儿嫁给你，但又怕你不小心伤害她，如果你拔去牙齿，剁掉利爪，我们就将女儿嫁给你。”狮子非常爱这个女孩儿，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母。可是这时，他们嘲笑他，并把他赶了出去。
寓意: 有些人轻易相信别人的话，抛弃自己的长处，结果轻而易举地被原来害怕他们的人击败了。
The wolf and the sheep（文本）
羊一般是很弱小的动物，常常受骗上当甚至失去生命。可是这个故事里的羊很聪明，他利用智慧的大脑为自己排除险恶....
英语寓言小故事：The wolf and the sheep
A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair.
He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.
"If you bring me the water," he said, "I will find means to get some food."
"Yes," said the sheep, "if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food." 狼和羊
A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair.
He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.
"If you bring me the water," he said, "I will find means to get some food."
"Yes," said the sheep, "if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food."
一只狼被狗所咬，伤势很严重，痛苦地躺在巢穴里，不能外出觅食。他感到又饿又渴，这时，他看见一只羊，便请求他到附近的小河里为他取一点水来。“你给我一点水解渴”，他说，“我就能自己去寻找食物了。”“是呀”，羊回答说，“如果我给你送水喝，那么我就会成为你的食物。”
The sick lion生病的狮子（文本）
编者按：不管你年轻时多么威猛刚强，总有年老的这一天，总有无能为力的这一天。当你年轻力壮时总是欺负弱小，坏事做尽，年老体衰时必会遭到报应。
The sick lion生病的狮子
A lion had come to the end of his days. He lay helpless under a tree.
The animals came around him. When they saw that he was going to die, they thought to themselves, "Now is the time to pay him back."
So the boar came up and rushed at him with his tusks.
Then a bull gored him with his horns. The lion still lay helpless before them.
So the ass felt quite safe. He turned his tail to the lion and kicked up his heels into his face.
"This is a double death." growled the lion.
●一头年老体衰的狮子病得有气无力，奄奄一息地躺在树下。
●动物们围在他的周围，看到狮子快要死了，就来报复他。
●一头野猪冲到他身旁，狠狠地咬他。
●接着，一头野牛也用角来顶他，狮子无助地躺在那里。
●当驴子看到可以对这庞大的野兽为所欲为时，也用他的蹄子用力去踢狮子的头部。这头快要断气的狮子说：“我已勉强忍受了勇者的施暴，但还得含羞忍受你这个小丑的侮辱，真是死不瞑目啊。”
寓意: 无论过去多么辉煌，都难以避免辉煌失去后别人的不敬与报复。
The wolf and the lamb（文本）
编者按：一只狼想吃掉小羊，杜撰了一个又一个理由，却都是让人啼笑皆非的理由。但是狼还是吃掉了小羊。当一个坏人要为自己做坏事找借口时，他是不会在乎这个借口恰不恰当的，我们发现这样的情况时，聪明的做法是赶快想办法脱身，而不是与他理论。
The wolf and the lamb
Once upon a time a wolf was lapping at a stream. When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower down.
"There"s my supper," he thought. "I will find some excuse to catch it." Then he called out to the lamb, "How dare you muddle the water?" "No, master," said the lamb. "I cannot muddle your water because it runs down from you to me."
"Well, then," said the wolf. "Why did you call me bad names this time last year?" "It was impossible," said the lamb. "I am only six months old."
"I don"t care," shouted the wolf. "If it was not you, it must be your father." After that he rushed at the poor little lamb and ate it up.
狼与小羊
●从前，一只狼在溪流喝水，看到一只小羊在下游喝水。
●“那是我的晚餐，”狼想，“我要找一个借口吃掉他。”于是，他恶狠狠地对小羊说：“你怎么敢搅浑浊了我的水？”“我没有，先生，”小羊回答说，“我在下游喝水，怎么能搅浑浊你喝的水呢？”
●“那么，”狼见此计不成，又说道，“你去年的今天为什么说我的坏话？”“不可能，”小羊说，“我现在才只有六个月大。”
●“我不管，”狼说，“如果不是你，就是你的爸爸。”说完，他就冲向小山羊，把他吃掉了。
The fox and the stork（文本）
编者按：一只狐狸自以为很聪明，他捉弄一只白鹤。他请鹤到家里喝汤，却用浅盘子盛，使尖尖长嘴的白鹤没有喝到汤。白鹤以其人之道还治其人之身，回敬了狐狸。
The fox and the stork
Once a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the table except some soup in a very shallow dish.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it.
When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the fox, "the soup is not to your taste."
"Please do not apologize," said the stork. "I hope you will come to my house, and dine with me soon."
A few days later the fox visited the stork. He found that his food was put in a long bottle, and the mouth of the bottle was very narrow.
He could not insert his big mouth into it, so he ate nothing. "I will not apologize," said the stork. "One bad turn deserves another."
狐狸和鹤
●一次，狐狸请鹤来吃饭。他除了浅盘子中的一点汤以外，什么也没有准备。
●狐狸可以轻而易举地喝到汤，但是鹤只够蘸湿他长长的嘴尖。吃完饭后，鹤仍旧很饥饿。“很抱歉,”狐狸说,“这汤不合你的口味”。
●“别客气，”鹤说，“过几天请到我家来和我一起吃饭吧。”
●几天后，狐狸应邀而至，他发现食物都装在一个长长的瓶子里，而瓶口很细，他无法将他的大嘴伸进去，什么也吃不到。“我不想道歉，这是你应得的回报。”鹤说。
The Cock and the Pearl
A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. ‘Ho! ho!’ quoth he, ‘that’s for me,’ and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? ‘Y ou may be a treasure,’ quoth Master Cock, ‘to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.’
Precious things are for those that can prize them.
公鸡和珍珠
A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. ‘Ho! ho!’ quoth he, ‘that’s for me,’ and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? ‘Y ou may be a treasure,’quoth Master Cock, ‘to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.’Precious things are for those that can prize them.在农场的庭院里，一只公鸡正昂首阔步地在一群母鸡中间走着。突然他看到稻草中有什么东西在闪闪发光。“哈哈”他说“那是我的”。然后迅速把它从稻草中刨了出来。他刨出出来的是一颗不知什么时候遗落在庭院里的珍珠。“你也许是宝贝。”公鸡说，“对那些珍惜你的人而言是这样的。但对我而言，比起一颗珍珠，我更需要一颗麦粒。”只有懂得价值的人才会珍惜宝物。
The Two Fellows and the Bear（两个年轻人和熊）（文本）
儿童英语小故事：The Two Fellows and the Bear（两个年轻人和熊）
Two Fellows were travelling together through a wood, when a Bear rushed out upon them. One of the travellers happened to be in front, and he seized hold of the branch of a tree, and hid himself among the leaves. The other, seeing no help for it, threw himself flat down upon the ground, with his face in the dust. The Bear, coming up to him, put his muzzle close to his ear, and sniffed and
sniffed. But at last with a growl he shook his head and slouched off, for bears will not touch dead meat. Then the fellow in the tree came down to his comrade, and, laughing, said ‘What was it that Master Bruin whispered to you?’‘He told me,’ said the other,‘Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch.’
题外话：
遇到熊是装死还是跑呢？有人说熊对死的动物也就是不动的动物没兴趣，是真的吗？有的人认为是真的，也有的人认为是假的，认为熊是杂食性的动物、植物、小动物什么都吃还包括腐食。众主纷云，还是不要碰到故事中的事情为妙。
How a Farmer Saved the Snake（农夫和蛇）（文本）
英语寓言故事：How a Farmer Saved the Snake（农夫和蛇）
"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."
农夫和蛇
在一个大雪纷飞的夜晚，一个农夫砍柴回家，在路上发现了一条冻僵了的响尾蛇。
"乖乖，这么冷的天你怎么不待在洞里，跑到外边来了呢？看把你冻成这个样子，多可怜呀！"农夫自言自语道："怎么办呢？我用火给你烤烤。可是不行啊，这么大的雪，我就砍了这一小捆柴火，家里还等着用呢。"
农夫焦急地转来转去。"有了，我把你放在怀里，不是也很暖和吗？"于是，农夫解开坏，把冻僵的响尾蛇揣在了怀里。
过了一个时辰，响尾蛇慢慢地苏醒过来了，但是它恢复了本性，狠狠咬了农夫一口。
"哎呀，你这个坏东西，我救活了你，你怎么还咬我呢？"农夫说着，把响尾蛇掏出来扔到了一边。
可是农夫中了蛇毒。他奄奄一息，临死的时候才明白过来，说道："我怜惜恶人，可是恶人的本性难改，不会怜惜我呀！"
这个故事是说：对恶人即使仁至义尽，其本性也是不会改变的。
The Frog in the Shallow Well（井底之蛙）（文本）
一只井底的小青蛙向海龟炫耀自己自由舒适的生活，哪知海龟的生活更加丰富更加精彩，大开眼界的同时为自己说的话感到惭愧：我真是鲁班门前弄大斧啊！
The Frog in the Shallow Well（井底之蛙）
Have you heard of the frog that lived in a shallow well? It said to a turtle that lived in the East Sea, "I am so happy! When I go out, I jump about on the railing beside the mouth of the well. When I come home, I rest in the holes on the broken wall of the well. If I jump into the water,it comes up to my armpits and holds up my cheeks. If I walk in the mud, it covers up my feet. I look around at the wriggly worms, crabs and tadpoles, and none of them can compare with me. I am lord of this trough of water and I stand up tall in this shallow well. I’m happy. My dear sir, why don"t you come over and look around my place?"
Before the turtle from the East Sea could get its left foot in the well, its right knee got stuck. It hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the frog about the East Sea.
"Even a distance of a thousand li cannot give you an idea of the sea"s width; even a height of a thousand ren cannot give you an idea of its depth. In the time of King Y u of the Xia dynasty, there were floods nine years out of ten, but the waters in the sea did not increase. Ln the time of King Tang of the Shang dynasty there were droughts seven years out of eight, but the waters in the sea did not decrease. The sea does not change with the passage of time and its level does not rise or fall according to the amount of rain that falls. The greatest happiness is to live in the East Sea." After listening to these words, the frog of the shallow well was shocked into realization of his own insignificance and became very ill at ease.
井底之蛙
一口废井里住着一只青蛙。有一天，青蛙在井边碰上了一只从海里来的大龟。
青蛙就对海龟夸口说：“你看，我住在这里多快乐！有时高兴了，就在井栏边跳一阵；累了，就回到井里，在砖洞边睡一会儿。或者只留出头和嘴巴，安安静静地把全身泡在水里：或者在软绵绵的泥浆里散一会儿步，也很舒适。看看那些虾和蝌虾，谁也此不上我。而且，我是这个井里的主人，在这井里极自由自在，你为什么不常到井里来游赏呢！”
那海龟听了青蛙的话，倒真想进去看看。但它的左脚还没有整个伸进去，右脚就已经绊住了。它连忙后退了两步，把大海的情形告诉青蛙说：“你看过海吗？海的广大，哪止千里；海的深度，哪只千来丈。古时候，十年有九年大水，海里的水，并不涨了多少；后来，八年里有七年大旱，海里的水，也不见浅了多少。可见大海是不受旱涝影响的。住在那样的大海里，才是真的快乐呢！”
井蛙听了海龟的一番话，吃惊地呆在那里，再没有话可说了。
The lion and the mouse（狮子和老鼠）
The lion and the mouse
When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.
"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.
He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.
A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.
He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.
狮子和老鼠
狮子睡着了，有只老鼠在他的周围爬上爬下，很快吵醒了狮子，狮子很生气，一把抓住了老鼠。
“饶了我吧，”老鼠请求说，“也许有一天我能帮上你的忙呢。”狮子觉得很好笑，他想：“这只小老鼠怎么能帮上我的忙？”但他还是抬起爪子放他走了。
不久，狮子被陷阱困住了。猎人们想将活狮子献给国王，就把他捆在一棵大树上，然后去找马车。
这时，老鼠路过这里，看到了绝望中的狮子。他走过去，很快啃断了绳索，说：“我虽小，可是我也能帮上你的忙。”
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。
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The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more. 儿子们想让父亲告诉他们金子藏在果园的那一块地方，可他什么也没再给他们说。 After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，闲逛） in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing. 那个农民死后，三个儿子就开始挖地，想找到那罐金子；因为他们不知道金子藏在什么地方，所以他们一致同意排成一行从果园的一头开始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子为止.The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had
古英语文学
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His great hall, called Heorot, built for big gatherings and feasts with his followers, has been laid waste for twelve years by a monster named Grendel, which lives in a lake and comes to kill and eat Hrothgar?s men at night. One night Beowulf waits secretly for this thing, attacks it and in a fierce fight pulls its arm off. It is mortally wounded and manages to reach the lake again, but dies there. Then its mother comes to the hall in search of revenge, and the attacks begin again. Beowulf followed her to the bottom of the lake and kills her there. In later days Beowulf, now king of his people, has to defend his country against a fire-breathing dragon. He kills the animal but is badly wounded in the fight, and dies. The poem ends with a sorrowful description of Beowulf?s funeral fire. Stylistic features of Beowulf Alegdonthatomiddesmaernetheoden Haelethhiofendehlafordleofne Ongunnontha on beorgebael-fyramaest Wigendweccanwuwu-rec astah Sweartoferswiotholeswogende leg Wopebewunden The sorrowing soldiers then laid the glorious prince, their dear lord, in the middle. Then on the hill the war-men began to light the greatest of funeral fires. The wood-smoke rose black above the flames, the noisy fire, mixed with sorrowful cries. From the few lines above, we can see that: Each half line has two main beats. There is no rhyme. Instead, each half line is joined to the other by alliteration. Things are described indirectly and in combinations of words. For instance, a ship is not only a ship; it is a sea-goer, a sea-boat, a sea-wood, or a wave floater. If the poet wants to say that the ship sailed away, he may say “the ship, the sea-goer, the wave floater set out, started its journey and set forth over the sea, over the ocean-streams, over the waves.” 4. As is known, the Anglo-Saxons were Christianized by the end of the 7th century. At that time few but monks could read and write, the earliest English books were written down by them. But as the monks hated the heathen books, they managed to tinge them with some Christian color which does not go in with the content of the whole thing. Major themes 1.This epic presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world represented by Grendel, his mother and the fire-breathing dragon under the wise and mighty leader.