《英语小故事带翻译【25篇】》
大多数小朋友都喜欢听故事，如果是英语故事的话，不但可以在听故事的同时学习英语知识。
英语小故事带翻译 1
天文学家TheAstronomer
There was once an Astronomer whosehabit it was to go out at night and observee stars. One night, as he was walking about outside the town gates, gazing up absorbed into the sky and not looking where he was going, he fell into a dry well As he lay there groaning, some one passing by heard him, and, coming to th edge of the well, looked down and, on learning what had happened, said, ”If you really mean to say that you were looking so hard at the sky that you didn’t even see where your feet were carrying you alongthe ground, it appears to me that you deserve all you’ve got.”
英语小故事带翻译：有一天天文学家养成了晚上出去观察星象的习惯。有一个夜晚，当他走出城门来到郊外后，便聚精会神地观察着天空，一不小心掉进了一口枯井里。当他正坐在井里呻吟时，一个刚从旁经过的`人听到了。便走到井边向下看，待解了事情经过后，对他说：“如果真如你所说，只是一味地努力向上看，而没有看清楚脚下的路况，那么在我看来，你就活该待在这里。”
英语故事 2
The fowler and the lark 捕鸟人和百灵鸟
A fowler was setting his nets for little birds when a lark1 came up to him and asked him what he was doing. "I am engaged in founding a city," said he, and with that he withdrew to a short distance and concealed2 himself. The lark examined the nets with great curiosity, and presently, catching3 sight of the bait, hopped4 on to them in order to secure it, and became entangled5 in the meshes6. The fowler then ran up quickly and captured her. "What a fool I was!" said she: "but at any rate, if that's the kind of city you are founding, it'll be a long time before you find fools enough to fill it."
一个捕鸟人正在撒网，好让小鸟们自投罗网。这时，一只百灵鸟走过来，问他在干什么。“我正在建造一座漂亮的城市。”捕鸟人回答道，说完便跑到远处藏起来。百灵鸟带着极大的好奇心，跑过去想看个究竟，她小心地冲着网中的诱饵跳过去，结果却被缠在网中。捕鸟人很快跑过来，抓住了她。百灵鸟说：“我可真是个傻瓜，但无论如何，如果这就是你建造的城市，那么估计要花很长时间才能找到足够多的傻瓜来填补空缺！”
精选英语小故事简短带翻译 3
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.
追贼
机灵的兔子跑得很快。一天，她回到家的时候看见一只老鼠。这只老鼠正从它家的窗户跳下去。“啊！ 贼！”机灵兔子喊着追过去。 “你跑不过我的！” 不一会它追上了老鼠，还把老鼠丢在后面。“我得赶紧逃。”老鼠窃笑着说：“这家伙真笨。”
机灵兔子继续跑着。一只绵羊看到了就问它：“你在干什么？”“我在追贼。”机灵兔子说。“贼？贼在哪里啊？”绵羊感到奇怪。 “它在我后面呢。”机灵兔子自豪地说着。
英语小故事带翻译 4
Best Reward
A naval officer fell overboard. He was rescued by a deck hand. The officer asked how he could reward him.
"The best way, sir," said the deck hand, "is to say nothing about it. If the other fellows knew I‘d pulled you out, they‘d chuck me in."
一名海军军官从甲板上掉入海中。他被一名甲板水手救起。这位军官问如何才能酬谢他。
“最好的办法，长官，”这名水手说，“是别声张这事。如果其他人知道我救了您，他们会把我扔下去的。”
英语小故事带翻译 5
a pigeon（鸽子）
a pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.
moral：zeal should not outrun discretion.
一只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一只水杯。她并不以为那只是一幅画，而是发出一声响亮的呼噜声，朝画飞去，无意中撞在了招牌上，把自己撞得很不稳。她的翅膀被风吹断了，摔在地上，被一个旁观者抓住。
寓意：热情不应超过谨慎。
英语小故事带翻译 6
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was an old fisherman in Wuling. One day, he took his boat out to go fishing. As the boat floated downstream, the fisherman lost his way. Suddenly, a beautiful forest of peach trees with flowers in full bloom caught his eyes. He carried on sailing to the end of the forest where he found a mountain with a small cave at its foot. After the fisherman walked through the cave, a new world opened up before him. The people seemed happy and gentle, and lived peaceful lives with no arguments or disputes. The old rested quietly while the young played happily.
东晋年间，武陵有一个老渔夫。一天，他驾着渔船出去打鱼。船沿着溪水行驶，老渔夫不知怎么迷了路。忽然，一片美丽的桃花林出现在他眼前。渔夫觉得很奇怪，继续往前寻找桃花林的尽头。树林的尽头是一座山，山脚下有个小洞。渔夫穿过了山洞，竟然看到了另外一个世界。
Unlike the world outside the cave, there was no conflict or turbulence. When they saw the fisherman, the people asked him not to tell others what he had seen there.
那里的人们过着幸福安宁的生活，大家和睦相处，没有纷争，老人们安静地休息，儿童愉快地玩耍，没有外界那样动荡不安。大家看见了老渔夫，嘱咐他不要把在那儿看到的一切告诉别人。
But when he got home the fisherman told the other villagers about his experiences. They did not really believe him but followed him back to the cave out of curiosity. But he never found the place again.
渔夫回到了家，把整件事告诉了村庄里的人。大家都不相信，于是跟着他去看看到底有没有这个地方。可是，这次去他们再也找不到桃花林尽头的这个世界了。
英语励志小故事带翻译 7
One family has five brothers, all serving to a minister as attendants. Every five days, they go back home for a reunion, decorating their horses and garments with shining gold. They vie with each other for ostentation and extravagance, attracting crowds of onlookers along the road.
Now there is a peach tree by a well, and a plum tree next to it. When worms come to gnaw at the root of the peach tree, the plum tree invites them to gnaw at its own root. Finally, the plum dies, ossified.
Even trees know how to sacrifice for other trees, why can't brothers do the same?
一户人家有兄弟五人，都在一个大官的家中做仆人。每隔五天，他们会回家团聚一次。他们用金子装饰马匹和衣服，吸引了许多路人来看。五人互不相让，相互比较谁的排场大。
如今一口井边有一棵桃树，桃树旁是一棵李树。有虫子来咬桃树的根，李树便让虫子来咬自己的根。最终，李树变得僵硬，枯死了。
连树都知道为了别的树牺牲自己，为什么兄弟之间反而做不到呢？
英语励志小故事带翻译 8
there is a story in "Hanshu" telling of a rich man, who being a lover of s and had a large collection. Among them was a rare vase made of jade. The vase of exquisite workmanship and of historical value and he loved it dearly. One night he noticed a mouse passing near the precious vase. The mouse jumped into the vase and was trying to eat some food which the man had carelessly left there. The sigh infuriated the man and in a fit of rage he threw a stone at the mouse. For sure, the mouse was killed, but the precious vase was broken also. The loss of the vase pained the man GREatly and he deeply regretted his own thoughtlessness, which bought him this unrecoverable loss. He now realized that any one, who cares for the present and overlooks consequences is apt to bring disasters upon himself. So he exclaimed to warn people by saying do not burn you house to get rid of a mouse.
《汉书》中有这么个故事：有个富人，很喜欢古董并收藏了很多。其中有一件稀有的玉盂，工艺精湛，具有很高的历史价值，深受这个富人的喜爱。一天晚上，一只老鼠跳进了这个玉盂，想去吃里边的一些剩菜，正巧被这个富人看到了。他非常恼火，盛怒之下，他拿了块石头砸向老鼠。当然，老鼠是被砸死了，可是那个珍贵的玉盂也被打破了。这件事使富人非常难过，他深深后悔自己的鲁莽带来的不可挽回的损失。他认识到只考虑眼前，而忽视后果，将给自己带来灾难。他向世人发出警告，不要为了除掉一只老鼠而烧毁自己的房子。
英语励志小故事带翻译 9
Showing Off One's Proficiency with the Axe Before Lu Ban the Master Carpenter
in ancient times, Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate master in construction and sculpture. Carpenters respect him as ancestor master. It is said that he once carved a colorful wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban.
This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts.
古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班，木匠行里尊称他为祖师。传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。在鲁班门前摆弄斧子，当然显得有些自不量力了。
“班门弄斧”这个成语，用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。
英语小故事带翻译 10
Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well and shouts :“Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!”An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,“Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!”And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out:“The moon is in the well.”A group of monkeys run over to the well .They look at the moon in the well and shout:“The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Letget it out!”Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch .And he pulls the next monkeys feet with his hands.All the other monkeys follow his suit,And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky,He yells excitedly “Dont be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!”
一天，有只小猴子在井边玩儿。它往井里一瞧，高喊道：“噢！我的天！月亮掉到井里头啦！”一只大猴子跑来一看，说，“糟啦！月亮掉在井里头啦！”老猴子也跑过来。他也非常惊奇，喊道：“糟了，月亮掉在井里头了！”一群猴子跑到井边来，他们看到井里的'月亮，喊道：“月亮掉在井里头啦！快来！让我们把它捞起来！”然后，老猴子倒挂在大树上，拉住大猴子的脚，其他的猴子一个个跟着，它们一只连着一只直到井里。正好他们摸到月亮的时候，老猴子抬头发现月亮挂在天上呢它兴奋地大叫：“别蠢了！月亮还好好地挂在天上呢！”
英语故事 11
老鹰变成斑鸠
Although an eagle had changed into a cushat, it forgot all this while it was flying.
Seeing a flock1 of birds in the woods, it could not help diving down, tweeting like an eagle.
On hearing the sound of an eagle, and the birds were so scared that they did not dare to move. A crow saw the flying bird's claws. Beak2 and feathers were just like a cushat's rather than an eagle, except its voice. It ran out and shouted to cal on the birds to drive away this fellow, who was making fun.
The cushat, who hadn't the beak and claws of an eagle, could not fight back. It had to hide in the woods, and suffer the censure3 and attack from the flock of birds.
一只老鹰虽然变成了斑鸠，但他在飞翔的时候就忘记了这一点。
看见树林中聚集的鸟群，它忍不住像老鹰一样鸣叫着扑下去。
鸟听见老鹰的叫声，吓得全都不敢动弹。一只乌鸦见飞来的这只鸟除了声音像老鹰外，爪子、嘴和羽毛都是斑鸠的模样，就大呼小叫地跑出来，招呼群鸟驱逐这个寻开心的家伙。
失去了鹰嘴和爪子的斑鸠无力抵抗，只好躲进树丛里，无可奈何地忍受了群鸟的指责和攻击。
英语小故事带翻译 12
Difference
"I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. "When I say, Good afternoon, the undergraduates respond, Good afternoon." But the graduate students just write it down."
区别
“研究生班和本科生很容易就能区别开来，”在洛杉矶加利福利亚州立大学给我们研究生上工程学课的老师如此说。“我说‘下午好’，本科生们回答说‘下午好’。研究生们则把我说的话记在笔记本上。”
带翻译的英语小故事：A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that a whale swallowed Jonah.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said,“When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah.”
The teacher asked,“What if Jonah went to hell?”
The little girl replied,“Then you ask him.”
一个小女孩和她的老师正在谈论有关鲸鱼的'事情。
她的老师说：“一头鲸鱼从身体构造的角度看，是不可能吞掉一个人的。因为尽管鲸鱼是一种非常巨大的哺乳动物，可它的嗓子非常小。”
那个小女孩说：“约拿(一位西伯来先知)就是被鲸鱼吞掉的。”
她的老师非常生气，她再次告诉小女孩说：“从身体构造角度来讲，鲸鱼是不可能吞掉一个人的。”
那个小女孩说：“那等我到了天堂，就去问问约拿。”
她的老师问：“那么，假如约拿下了地狱怎么办？”
那个小女孩回答：“如果是那样的话，你就去问他。”
英语小故事带翻译 13
Such a Long Dog如此长的狗
Once there was a blind. One day when he was walking, he stepped the head of the dog who was sleeping. The dog barked for a while. The blind man went on for miles, this time he stepped the other dogs tail, so this dog barked.
The blind man had thought that it was the first dog, so he said in surprise, Its a wonder that the dog is so long.
从前有个瞎子。一天，他正在行路时踩着了一只正在睡觉的狗的脑袋，狗汪汪汪地叫了一阵。这人又往前走，这回踩着的。是另外一只狗的尾巴，狗又汪汪汪地叫起来。
瞎子以为还是那条狗，惊诧地说：奇怪，这只狗可真够长的。
英语励志小故事带翻译 14
Tom is 16. he decides to leave home and joins a music company. His father hears that and angry, “Singer? My son? It’s disgrace!” he shouts, “What do they think of the neighbors know?”
“I will change my name,” Tom says. He thinks he will become a singer in the future.
“Change your name?” Tom’s father shouts angrily, “What if you’re successful? How will the neighbors know you are my son.？”
汤姆16岁了。她决定离家参加一个唱片公司。他父亲听后很生气：“唱歌？我的儿子啊！真丢脸。”他大喊，“要是邻居们知道，他们会怎么想？”
“我会改名字的。”汤姆说。
“改名字？”汤姆的父亲生气地说，“如果你成名了怎么？邻居们怎么知道你是我的儿子？”
小英语故事短文带翻译 15
Three competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a mall. Observers waited for mayhem to ensue.
The retailer on the right put up huge signs saying, "Gigantic Sale!" and "Super Bargains!"
The store on the left raised bigger signs proclaiming, "Prices Slashed!" and "Fantastic Discounts!"
The owner in the middle then prepared a large sign that simply stated, "ENTRANCE"。
译文：
中间战术
三个互相争生意的商店老板在一条商业街上租用了毗邻的店铺。旁观者等着瞧好戏。
右边的零售商挂起了巨大的招牌，上书：“大减价！”“特便宜！”
左边的商店挂出了更大的`招牌，声称：“大砍价！”“大折扣！”
中间的商人随后准备了一个大招牌，上面只简单地写着：“入口处”。
英语故事 16
茑萝和大树
The joss in the temple hated the big tree and the bines and vines clinging to it, which had occupied the vastly space in front of the joss house, because he thought they had usurped1 its role, and ha has always wanted to get rid of them.
One day, the joss said to the bines and wines, "As the saying goes 'There are no nice grasses under big trees,' Now the perimeter2 of the big tree trunk became so long that it takes several persons to embrace, but your bines and wines are less than one inch thick, and all this is because of the big tree, whose branches and leaves have blocked your sunlight." The bines and wines, which had been envying the big tree all along, could not restrain their anger any more at these words.
That night, they appeared in the dreams of nearby people, telling them that, "It was not the joss but the bog3 tree in front of the temple that brought you the misfortune." The villagers were convinced, and cut down the big tree the next day. The bines and wines lost their habitat, and withered4 day by day, and both died soon.
寺庙里的神像对占据庙前广大空间的大树及攀附大树生存的茑藤和松萝十分记恨，认为它们喧宾夺主，一直想把它们除掉。
一天，神像对茑萝说：“俗话说‘大树下面无美草’，如今大树的身躯有几抱粗，而你们的藤蔓却还不到一寸，这完全是由于大树的枝叶挡住了你们的采光。”茑萝原本就嫉妒大树，听了这话，更是难抑怒火。
当晚，它们就托梦给附近的百姓说：“给你们带来灾祸的不是神像，而是庙前的大树。”乡亲们相信了这一说法，第二天就把大树砍掉了。茑藤和松萝失去了攀附物，也一天天枯萎下来，很快便双双死去。
英语励志小故事带翻译 17
A hillbilly was visiting the big city for the first time. Entering an office building, he saw a pudgy older woman step into a small room. The doors closed, lights flashed, and after a while the door slid open and a beautiful young model stepped off the elevator.
一个乡下人第一次到大城市游逛。他走进一座大楼，看见一个岁数很大的矮胖女人迈进一个小房间。房间的门随后关上，有几个灯在闪亮。一会儿，门开了，电梯里走出一位年青漂亮的女模特。
Blinking in amazement, the hillbilly drawled, "I should have brought my wife!"
乡下人惊奇地眨着眼睛，慢吞吞地说：“我应该把我的老婆带来！”
英语励志小故事带翻译 18
Snow White is born on a cold winter day. She is as white as snow. Her eyes are very big, her hair very long and her voice is sweet. She is very kind and beautiful. Everyone loves her. Her mummy, the Queen loves her, too. But she died.
A new Queen comes. She is beautiful, but bad. She doesn’t like Snow White, because Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world.
“I will kill Snow White.” So she orders a hunter to kill Snow White. The hunter is an honest man. “You are a good girl; I don’t want to kill you.” So he lets Snow White go.
Snow White goes into a forest. She finds a house, and goes into the house. Seven dwarfs live there. They like Snow White, and ask Snow White to live with them.
No sooner, the new Queen dies. Because she isn’t the most beautiful woman in the world.
白雪公主
白雪公主出生在一个寒冷的冬天，因此她像雪一样洁白无瑕。她又两只大眼晴，有漂亮的长头发和甜蜜的声音。她又善良又美丽。每个人都很喜欢她。她妈妈——皇后也爱她，但她死了。
一位新皇后来了，她很漂亮但很恶毒。她不喜欢白雪公�
“我一定要杀死白雪公主。“因此，她命令一位猎人去杀白雪公主。这位猎人是一个诚实的人。 “你是一个好姑娘，我不想杀你。”所有他放走了白雪公主。
白雪公主走进一片森林，她发现了一个房子，并且走进了房子。七个小矮人住在房子里。他们很喜欢白雪公主并留她一起住下来了。
不久，女皇死了，因为她不是世界上最美丽的人。
英语故事 19
The bear and the sisters
Two sisters were playing games on the bank of a river. They were playing happily. One of them was named Janny, the other was Rose.
While they there running to the foot of a hill, they saw a big brown bear standing1 before them. They were very frightened. They ran away at once.
"Please don't run! I won't eat you. I'm a man, not a bear, I'm friendly," the bear said. The two girls looked at the bear: the bear stood up, his hair all fell away. There, a young man stood, he was tall, he had good looks. "It's lucky for me to meet you, you can save me," he said.
"Who are you? How can we save you?"
"I'm Scoff2. My father and mother don't know I'm a bear now. they are always looking for me. They don't know where I am. I see them often, but I cannot talk to them. Let me tell you something about me."
"I was a prince," the young man said, "One day, I played on the bank of the river, an old woman came, she said soothing3 and threw a brown coat at me.
英语小故事带翻译<一> 20
The hidden gold 隐藏的金子
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive(橄榄树) orchard(果园) . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised(轻视，看不起) the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.
When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."
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.
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.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."
从前有一个农民，他有一座漂亮的橄榄园。他非常勤劳，而且农场在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。可他知道自己的三个儿子瞧不起农活，都迫不及待的想通过冒险发家致富。
这个农民上了年岁，感到死期快要来临时，将三个儿子叫到身边说：“儿子们，橄榄园里藏有一罐金子。你们想要，就去挖吧。”
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。
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。
他们挖啊挖，从果园的一头一直挖到了另一头，果树周围和果树之间也都挖到了，可还是没有找到那罐金子。看来一定是有人已经把那罐金子头走了，要么就是他们的父亲一直在异想天开。三个儿子对他们白干了一场，感到大失所望。
到了第二年的橄榄季节，果园里的橄榄树接出的果子比以往的都多；卖完果子后，三个儿子赚了整整一罐金子。
他们从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的“果园里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”这句话的含义。
英语励志小故事带翻译 21
The Chinese ancestors have accumulated a serious of experience to justand adopt talents, i.e.， five observations.
To observation who to be with: Know more details about his companies. 重用 if e groups withtalents; be cautious if he together with villain.
To observe how to conduct with: See how he would conduct his fortune. Heis not supposed to (be) 重用 if he isjust satisfy himself, waste fortune and covet self-enjoyment.
To observe how to select: See how he select his potential sub-manager ina leading position. The man who is 任人唯贤，量才录用 must be the promising ones who broad in mindand just in business.
To observe what to avoid: Know more about his integrity while introuble: 若虽身处困境，却不做任何苟且之事，这样的人就可以放心地委以重任。
To observe what to deny: Know more about his choice when he is in poverty.The ideal one is不取不义之财，甘守清贫，则品性高洁。若见钱眼开，如蝇逐臭，就万不可重用。
翻译：
古人在实践中积累了一套识人、用夕、的经验，归纳起来为“五视”，即: 居视其所亲。注意观察一个人平时跟谁在一起。如与贤人相近，则可重用；相反，若与小人为伍，就要加以当心。
富视其所与。看他如何支配自己的财富舀如果只满足私欲，大肆挥霍，贪图享乐，则不可重用。
达视其所举。如已处于显赫之位，需要观察他如何来选拔部属。若任人唯贤，量才录用，自然是襟怀坦荡、秉公办事的有为之士。
穷视其所不为。对处于困境之人，可以视其操守如何。若虽身处困境，却不做任何苟且之事，这样的人就可以放心地委以重任。
贫视其所不取。看一个人在贫困潦倒之时的行为。不取不义之财，甘守清贫，则品性高洁。若见钱眼开，如蝇逐臭，就万不可重用。
英语小故事带翻译 22
I Don’t Want to Walk Home
我不想走回家
Tom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o’clock.
汤姆是一位老人，他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步，在7点回来睡觉。
But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Tom’s wife, “The old man couldn’t find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in the car.”
但是，今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前，汤姆在一位警察的帮助下走下汽车。警察告诉汤姆的妻子：“这位老人在街上迷路了，他让我用汽车送他回来。”
After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night.But tonight you can’t find the way, what’s the matter?”
警察走后：“汤姆，你每天都到那条街上散步，但是今天你迷路了，你怎么了？”
The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldn’t find my way? I didn’t want to walk home.”
这位老人像孩子般的笑道：“我迷路了？我是不想走路回家。”
英语小故事带翻译 23
The frogs and the well青蛙和井
Two frogs lived together in a marsh. One hot summer the marsh dried up, so they had to leave it and look for another place.
They soon found a deep well.
One of them looked down and said to the other, "This is a nice cool place. Lets jump in and settle down here."
The other frog was much wiser. He replied, "Don’t be so fast, my friend. If this well dries up like the marsh, how should we get out again?"
两只青蛙住在沼泽里。在一个炎热的夏季，沼泽干涸了，因此他们不得不离开去寻找新的湿地。
他们很快发现一口深井。
其中一只向下看了看对另一只说：“这是个凉爽的`好地方，就住这里吧。”
而另一只较明智，它说：“别着急，朋友，如果这口井也干了的话，我们怎么出来呢？”
寓意： 凡事应该首先考虑周到，然后再付诸行动。
小英语故事短文带翻译 24
Mr. Li is a good painter. One day he draws a beautiful dragon without eyes.
Mr. Zhou looks at the picture and says, “The dragon has no eyes. It isn’t a good picture.”
But Mr. Li smiles and says, “If I add eyes to the dragon, it will fly away.”
Mr. Zhou shakes head and says, “You are boasting. I don’t believe you.”
Mr. Li isn’t angry. He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon. Woe! The dragon really flies.
李先生是一位很好的画家。有一天画了一条栩栩如生的龙，但这只龙没有眼睛。
周先生见了说：“这条龙没有眼睛。这不算一张好画。”
可李先生笑着说：“如果我给它加上眼睛，它就会飞走了。”
周先生摇头说：“你吹牛。我不相信。”
李先生也不生气，只是拿起笔给龙点上眼睛。哇！龙真的飞走了。
精选英语小故事简短带翻译 25
I can’t Cook It
It’s sunny day in spring. Miss Cat is fishing. Suddenly the fishing rod moves. “Great! Oh, it’s so heavy!” Miss Cat says happily.
The fish is plucked out of the river. “Oh, a big fish! How big the fish is!” She cheers. But she puts the fish into the river and goes on fishing.
At the time Mr. House goes by and sees it. “What do you set it free?” He asks. “Because my pot is too small. I can’t cook it,” Miss Cat says.
我没法煮它
这是春天里一个阳光明媚的日子，猫小姐在河边钓鱼。突然鱼竿动了动。“太棒了！哇，好重啊！”猫小姐高兴地喊着。
鱼被拉出来了。“啊！一条大鱼！这条大鱼可真大呀！”她欢呼道。但是她却把鱼放回河里，又继续钓鱼。
这时候马先生路过，看见这一切，就问她：“为什么你把鱼放了？” “因为我的锅太小。我没办法烧这么大的鱼。”猫小姐回答说。