英文典故对译(英语小故事及翻译10篇简短又易懂)
1.英语小故事及翻译10篇简短又易懂
How time flies ,It has past half an month since beginning of the summer holiday . As the weather getting hotter and hotter ,my parent and me go to the seaside .Last week we are go to the Xiamen.It's a beautiful city , bule sky and bule sea .The Xiamen is an island neal the Taiwan .From top of the Riguan rock we can see jinmen island . We spent a happy day in Xiamen . 时间过的很快，从放暑假到现在已经半个月了. 由于天气越来越热，我们全家一起到海边度假，上星期我们就到了厦门，那是一个很美丽的城市，有蓝天大海，厦门是一个岛屿离台湾岛很近.从日光岩上面还可以看到金门岛. 我们在厦门度过了一个很开心的假期. 我的妈妈 我的妈妈叫XX.她中等体格，中等身高..她不是非常漂亮，但在我心中却很美丽.她爱笑，她同样希望我也笑得灿烂..她很平凡，是一名人民教师.她从小就培养我坚强的品格，教我做人的道理.她给我自由，让我过上幸福的声国，让我拥有了一个快乐的童年.生活中的很多事情，她总是很宽容. 我很感谢她，我永远都不会忘记，在她老的时候，好好照顾她. My mother My mother is xx.She is of medium build and is of medium height（这是第七单元的最新语法）.She isn't very good-looking（用于修饰人，而beautiful大用于修饰物或动物），but I think she is really very pretty（这不仅是漂亮，还有在心里的善良等好性情，也有聪明的意思）.She loves laughing(love to do sth.一般表示一段时间类喜欢做的事)，and she also hopes I have the same bright smile.She is ordinary,(common虽普遍，但英语中有粗俗的意思，容易引起异议)she's a teacher.She teaches me to be strong and teaches me how to be a true man from my yonth（这里指青年时代）.She let me free so I have a lovely life,and I remember I had a lovely childhood,too.She is always very good-tempered. I am thinkful to her for everything. I will never forget her. When she is old,I'll take good care of her. 风和太阳（The Wind And The Sun） One day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.” “We will see about that,” said the sun. “I will let you try first.” So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself. “I give up,” said the wind at last. “I cannot get his cloak off.” Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak. （有一天风跟太阳说： “看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来.） （“我们等着看吧，”太阳说， “我让你先试.） （因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹，可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.） （“我放弃了，”风最后说， “我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久，那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.） 第一篇：THE NEWSPAPER 报 纸 Nowadays the newspaper possesses considerable value Everybody should read it. It supplies us with a variety of news every day. It tells us the political situation of the world. If we form the habit of reading the newspaper, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances. 现今报纸拥有极大的价值，人人都应该看它。
它每天提供我们各种类类的消息。它告诉我们世界政治局势。
如果我们养成看报的习惯，我们就能得到足够的知识来因应我们的环境。学生虽然每天须做功课，但他们至少应该匀出一两个小时来看报。
哪些，他们不但能增加知识而且也能赶上时代。总而言之，看报对学生很有益处。
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 第二篇：MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活 Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it. Why? Because I intend to be a good student. I wish to render service to my country. I get up at six o'clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o'clock. After school is over, I return home. We usually have supper at seven o'clock. Then I begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before I go to bed. 虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它。为什么？因为我打算做一个好学生，希望将来为国家服务。
我每天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后，就开始复习功课，七点钟我就去上学。 放学后，我就回家了。
我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐，之后我就开始做家庭作业，希望在睡觉前把它做完。 第三篇：A MODEL STUDENT 模范学生 Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not. So far as I know, everybody intends to be (become) a model student. However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing. First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge. A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed. Secondly, he must remember to improve his health. Only a strong man can do 。
2.英语小故事及翻译10篇简短又易懂
How time flies ,It has past half an month since beginning of the summer holiday . As the weather getting hotter and hotter ,my parent and me go to the seaside .Last week we are go to the Xiamen.It's a beautiful city , bule sky and bule sea .The Xiamen is an island neal the Taiwan .From top of the Riguan rock we can see jinmen island . We spent a happy day in Xiamen . 时间过的很快，从放暑假到现在已经半个月了. 由于天气越来越热，我们全家一起到海边度假，上星期我们就到了厦门，那是一个很美丽的城市，有蓝天大海，厦门是一个岛屿离台湾岛很近.从日光岩上面还可以看到金门岛. 我们在厦门度过了一个很开心的假期. 我的妈妈 我的妈妈叫XX.她中等体格，中等身高..她不是非常漂亮，但在我心中却很美丽.她爱笑，她同样希望我也笑得灿烂..她很平凡，是一名人民教师.她从小就培养我坚强的品格，教我做人的道理.她给我自由，让我过上幸福的声国，让我拥有了一个快乐的童年.生活中的很多事情，她总是很宽容. 我很感谢她，我永远都不会忘记，在她老的时候，好好照顾她. My mother My mother is xx.She is of medium build and is of medium height（这是第七单元的最新语法）.She isn't very good-looking（用于修饰人，而beautiful大用于修饰物或动物），but I think she is really very pretty（这不仅是漂亮，还有在心里的善良等好性情，也有聪明的意思）.She loves laughing(love to do sth.一般表示一段时间类喜欢做的事)，and she also hopes I have the same bright smile.She is ordinary,(common虽普遍，但英语中有粗俗的意思，容易引起异议)she's a teacher.She teaches me to be strong and teaches me how to be a true man from my yonth（这里指青年时代）.She let me free so I have a lovely life,and I remember I had a lovely childhood,too.She is always very good-tempered. I am thinkful to her for everything. I will never forget her. When she is old,I'll take good care of her. 风和太阳（The Wind And The Sun） One day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.” “We will see about that,” said the sun. “I will let you try first.” So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself. “I give up,” said the wind at last. “I cannot get his cloak off.” Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak. （有一天风跟太阳说： “看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来.） （“我们等着看吧，”太阳说， “我让你先试.） （因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹，可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.） （“我放弃了，”风最后说， “我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久，那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.） 第一篇：THE NEWSPAPER 报 纸 Nowadays the newspaper possesses considerable value Everybody should read it. It supplies us with a variety of news every day. It tells us the political situation of the world. If we form the habit of reading the newspaper, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances. 现今报纸拥有极大的价值，人人都应该看它。
它每天提供我们各种类类的消息。它告诉我们世界政治局势。
如果我们养成看报的习惯，我们就能得到足够的知识来因应我们的环境。学生虽然每天须做功课，但他们至少应该匀出一两个小时来看报。
哪些，他们不但能增加知识而且也能赶上时代。总而言之，看报对学生很有益处。
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 第二篇：MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活 Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it. Why? Because I intend to be a good student. I wish to render service to my country. I get up at six o'clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o'clock. After school is over, I return home. We usually have supper at seven o'clock. Then I begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before I go to bed. 虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它。为什么？因为我打算做一个好学生，希望将来为国家服务。
我每天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后，就开始复习功课，七点钟我就去上学。 放学后，我就回家了。
我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐，之后我就开始做家庭作业，希望在睡觉前把它做完。 第三篇：A MODEL STUDENT 模范学生 Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not. So far as I know, everybody intends to be (become) a model student. However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing. First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge. A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed. Secondly, he must remember to improve his health. Only a strong man c。
3.英文故事 带翻译
A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. "Now, children," said she , "has anyone of you ever make someone else glad?" "Please, teacher ,"said a small boy, "I've make someone glad yesterday." "Well done. Who was that?" "My grandma" "Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad." "Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her three hours. Then I said to her, 'Granny, I'm going home,' and she said, 'Well, I'm glad'！" 一个主日学校校（基督教教会为了向儿童灌输宗教思想， 在星期天开办的儿童班）的老师在对学生讲使别人高兴的重要性。
“现在，孩子们，”她说：“你们当中有谁让别人高兴过？” “我，老师，”一个小男孩说：“昨天我就使别人高兴过。” “做得好，是谁呢？” “我奶奶。”
“好孩子。现在告诉我们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的。”
“是这样的，老师。我昨天去看她，在她那儿呆了三个小时。
然后我跟她说：‘奶奶，我要回家了。’她说：‘啊，我很高兴。
4.英汉对译英语小故事
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, “If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye.” With each cookie she took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other. She snatched it from him and thought。
oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he's also rude. Why he didn't even show any gratitude! She had never known when she had been so galled and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the ingrate thief. She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat. Then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise. There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief. How many times in our lives have we absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true。was not？ 一天晚上，一位女士在机场候机，她的航班还要等上很长的几个小时。
她在机场的商店里找了一本书，买下一袋曲奇饼，找了一个地方坐下。她全神贯注地读着书，忽然看见坐在她旁边的一个男子居然大胆地从他们之间的曲奇饼袋子里拿走了一两块去吃。
为了不当众发脾气，她尽量假装没有看见，使劲地嚼着曲奇饼，一边看着表，而那个可恶的曲奇饼小偷正在使她的存货不断减少。时间一分一秒地过去，她越来越生气，心想：“要不是我脾气好，我早把他的眼睛打青了！”就这样，她拿一块曲奇饼，他也拿一块，剩了最后一块时，她不知道对方会怎样做。
他呢，脸上带着微笑，又有些紧张，把最后一块曲奇拿起来，掰成两半，给她一半，自己把另一半吃了。她从对方手里夺下半块曲奇，想，哦，老兄！这家伙有点太胆大、太无理了。
他竟然都没有露出一点感激的意思！她从来也没有像这样恼怒过，所以在她的航班通告响起时，她如释重负地叹了口气。她收拾好了行李，走向登机口，根本不想再看一眼那忘恩负义的小偷。
登机之后，她舒适地坐在座位上，开始找那本马上就要看完的书。就在她够到行李时， 却惊讶地喘不过气来。
她的曲奇饼不就放在自己眼前吗？她绝望地喃喃着，如果这是我的，那么那些曲奇就是他的啦，是他在和我分享。她悲哀地意识到，道歉已经太晚，她才是那个不讲理的、忘恩负义的、偷了曲奇饼的人。
在我们的生活中，有多少次我们认为事情就是那样的，而后来才发现我们认为是真相的东西…来并非真相？。
5.英语故事带翻译10则
A pairy friend神奇的朋友Peter was a little boy. His parents were very busy with their work, so he was usually very lonely. One day, Peter sat in the garden playing alone, and he really wished that he could have a friend to play with.Suddenly, Peter saw a purple-winged fairy sitting on a rose. " " Hi! I am Peter. Who are you? " asked Peter. " I am a fairy named Sara," said the fairy." Hi! Sara, would you like to be my friend and play with me? " asked Peter. "Yes, I'd love to." Sara replied. Sara then sat on Peter's knee and talked happily about her fairyland." There are many beautiful flowers in my homeland. I like to ride on the wind and play with the sky-horses," said Sara. " Fantastic!" said Peter.They became good friends. However, Sara needed to go home, so Peter was sad. "Don't be sad, Peter, I'll pray for your happiness. And I'll come and visit you someday." said Sara." I'll miss you, Sara." said Peter. Peter was glad that he had a fairy friend now.译：小男孩彼得的父母非常忙于工作，因此他常常感到寂寞。
有一天，彼得坐在花园里独自玩耍，他真希望能有人与他一起玩。 突然间他看到一个紫色翅膀的仙子坐在玫瑰花上。
“嗨！我是彼得，你是谁？”彼得不禁问起仙子。仙子回答彼得：“我是小仙女莎拉。”
彼得便问起莎拉来了：“嗨！莎拉！你愿意当我的朋友，跟我一起玩吗？”莎拉回答：“我很乐意啊！” 莎拉坐在彼得的膝上，高兴地谈论着她的仙境故乡。 莎拉说着：“我家乡有许多漂亮的花朵，我喜欢乘着风，骑着我的天马，四处游玩。”
“真是太棒了！”彼得不可思议地回答。 他们两人从此成为好朋友。
但莎拉总是必须回家的，彼得因此感到非常悲伤。 莎拉安慰着彼得：“彼得，不要悲伤。
我会为你的幸福而祈祷。而且我会再回来看你的。”
彼得不禁对莎拉说：“我会想念你的，莎拉。” 彼得因而非常庆幸有一个莎拉仙子这么一个朋友。
Snow-whiteOnce there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden-snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the hunts and on the trees: all things were white with snow.The Queen was making a coat for a little child. She said, "I want my child to be white as this cloth, white as the snow. And I shall call her Snow-white."Some days after that the Queen had a child. The child was white as snow. The Queen called her Snow-white.But the Queen was very ill, and after some days she died. Snow-white lived, and was a very happy and beautiful child.One year after that, the King married another Queen. The new Queen was very beautiful; but she was not a good woman.A wizard had given this Queen a glass. The glass could speak. It was on the wall in the Queen's room. Every day the queen looked in the glass to see how beautiful she was. As she looked in the glass, she asked: "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" And the glass spoke and said: "The Queen is most beautiful of all."Year went by. Snow-white grew up and became a little girl. every day the Queen looked in the glass and said, "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" And the glass said, "Snow-white is most beautiful of all."When the Queen heard this, she was very angry. She said, "Snow-white is not more beautiful than I am. There is no one who is more beautiful than I am."Then the Queen sat on her bed and cried.After one hour the Queen went out of her room. She called one of the servants, and said, "Take Snow-white into the forest and kill her."The servant took Snow-white to the forest, but he did not kill her, because she was so beautiful and so good. He said, "I shall not kill you; but do not go to the King's house, because the Queen is angry and she will see you. If the Queen sees you, she will make some other man kill you. Wait here in the forest; some friends will help you." Then he went away.Poor Snow-white sat at the foot of a tree and cried. Then she saw that night was coming. She said, "I will not cry. I will find some house where I can sleep tonight. I cannot wait here: the bears will eat me."She went far into the forest. Then she saw a little hut. She opened the door of the hut, and went in. In the hut she saw seven little beds. There was a table, and on the table there were seven little loaves and seven little glasses. She ate one of the loaves. Then she said, "I want some water to drink." So she drank some water out of one of the glasses. Then she fell asleep on one of the seven little beds.The hut was the home of seven Little Men. When it was night, the seven Little Men came to the hut. Each Little Man had a big beard, and a little blue coat. Each Little Man came into the hut, and took his little lamp. Then each Little Man sat down, and 。
6.英语小故事带翻译10篇50字
英语小故事—The Real Princess 小学403字 There was once a prince who wished to marry a princess; but then she must be a real princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was always something wrong. Princesses he found in plenty; but whether they were real princesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now another, seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned to his palace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his wife.从前有一位王子，他想找一位公主结婚，但她必须是一位真正的公主。
他走遍了全世界，想要寻到这样的一位公主。可是无论他到什么地方，他总是碰到一些障碍。
公主倒有的是，不过他没有办法断定她们究竟是不是真正的公主，她们好象总是有些地方不大对头。结果，他只好回到自己的皇宫来，心中很不快活，因为他是那么渴望着得到一位真正的公主。
One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once there was heard a violent knocking at the door, and the old King, the Prince's father, went out himself to open it.It was a princess who was standing outside the door. What with the rain and the wind, she was in a sad condition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to her body. She said she was a real princess.有一天晚上，忽然起了一阵可怕的暴风雨。天空中风驰电掣，大雨倾盆而降，四周一片漆黑。
就在这时，响起了一阵剧烈的敲门声，老国王自己去开门。站在城外的是一位公主。
可是，天哪！经过了风吹雨打之后，她的样子是多么难看啊！水沿着她的头发和向下面流，她的衣服粘在身上。她说她是真正的公主。
Ah! we shall soon see that! thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put a little pea on the bedstead. She then laid twenty mattresses one upon another over the pea, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses.Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.是的，这点我们马上就可以考查出来。 老皇后心里想，可是她什么也没说。
她静静地走进卧房，把所有的被褥都搬开，在床榻上放了一粒豌豆。然后她取出二十床垫子，把它们压在豌豆上。
随后，她又在这些垫子上放了二十床鸭绒被。这位公主夜里就睡在这些东西上面。
The next morning she was asked how she had slept. Oh, very badly indeed! she replied. I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!Now it was plain that the lady must be a real Princess, since she had been able to feel the little pea through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. None but a real Princess could have had such a delicate sense of feeling.So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.豌豆公主 第二天早晨大家问她昨晚睡得怎样。 啊，不舒服极了！ 公主说， 我差不多整夜没合上眼！天晓得我床上有件什么东西？我睡到一块很硬的东西上面，弄得我全身发青发紫，这真怕人！现在大家就看出来了。
她是一位真正的公主，因为压在这二十床垫子和二十床鸭绒被下面的一粒豌豆，她居然还能感觉得出来。除了真正的公主以外，任何人都不会有这么嫩的皮肤的。
因此那位王子就选她为妻子了，因为现在他知道他得到了一位真正的公主。这粒豌豆因此也就被送进了博物馆，如果没有人把它拿走的话，人们现在还可以在那儿看到它呢。
7.英汉对译英语小故事
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, “If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye.” With each cookie she took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other. She snatched it from him and thought。
oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he's also rude. Why he didn't even show any gratitude! She had never known when she had been so galled and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the ingrate thief. She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat. Then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise. There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief. How many times in our lives have we absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true。was not？ 一天晚上，一位女士在机场候机，她的航班还要等上很长的几个小时。
她在机场的商店里找了一本书，买下一袋曲奇饼，找了一个地方坐下。她全神贯注地读着书，忽然看见坐在她旁边的一个男子居然大胆地从他们之间的曲奇饼袋子里拿走了一两块去吃。
为了不当众发脾气，她尽量假装没有看见，使劲地嚼着曲奇饼，一边看着表，而那个可恶的曲奇饼小偷正在使她的存货不断减少。时间一分一秒地过去，她越来越生气，心想：“要不是我脾气好，我早把他的眼睛打青了！”就这样，她拿一块曲奇饼，他也拿一块，剩了最后一块时，她不知道对方会怎样做。
他呢，脸上带着微笑，又有些紧张，把最后一块曲奇拿起来，掰成两半，给她一半，自己把另一半吃了。她从对方手里夺下半块曲奇，想，哦，老兄！这家伙有点太胆大、太无理了。
他竟然都没有露出一点感激的意思！她从来也没有像这样恼怒过，所以在她的航班通告响起时，她如释重负地叹了口气。她收拾好了行李，走向登机口，根本不想再看一眼那忘恩负义的小偷。
登机之后，她舒适地坐在座位上，开始找那本马上就要看完的书。就在她够到行李时， 却惊讶地喘不过气来。
她的曲奇饼不就放在自己眼前吗？她绝望地喃喃着，如果这是我的，那么那些曲奇就是他的啦，是他在和我分享。她悲哀地意识到，道歉已经太晚，她才是那个不讲理的、忘恩负义的、偷了曲奇饼的人。
在我们的生活中，有多少次我们认为事情就是那样的，而后来才发现我们认为是真相的东西…来并非真相？。
8.英文故事 带中文翻译
披着狮皮的驴The ass in the lions skinThe ass in the lion's skinAn ass once found a lion's skin. He put it on, and walked towards the village.All fled when he came near,both men and animals.The ass felt quite proud. He lifted his voice and brayed, but then everyone knew him.His owner came up and gave him a sound whipping.Shortly afterwards,a fox came up to him and said, Ah, I knew it was you by your voice.披着狮皮的驴有头驴发现一张狮子皮，他披着狮子皮走进村庄。
所有的人和动物见到他走过来都逃走了。驴感到很得意，他高声地嘶叫，却被人认了出来。
他的主人跑过来打了他一顿。不久，一只狐狸也跑过来，对他说：“哦，你一张嘴我就知道你是驴。”
寓意 外表虽然可以暂时掩盖一个人的缺点，但它很容易被揭穿。狗和影子（The Dog and the Shadow）It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now, on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉，走过一条河上面的桥，看见他自己在水里的影子，以为是另一只狗，那时狗衔着的肉，比他自己的还要大一倍。
因此他仍掉自己的那一块，狠狠地扑向那只狗，想夺到那一块较大的肉。结果两头都落了空，因为他想要抓取在水中的那一块，只不过是一个影子，而原来的那一块，也被水冲走了。
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.谨记，切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西。seasons in the sun的故事seasons in the sun是westlife一首很著名的歌，三个人，我们姑且称他们为A、B、C。
在50年代的法国乡村，他们是同一所高中的同学。A和C是从小一起长大的、最要好的朋友，B是漂亮的女孩。
通常在这种故事里，我们很容易想象发生了什么事情，A和C同时爱上了B。A是那种很阳光、很乐观、很拉 风的男孩，是学校的运动明星，是很多情窦初开的少女仰慕的对象。
生活对于A来说 充满的只是快乐和单纯。而C害羞、内敛，画得一手好画。
早在A和B相爱之前，C已经默默的爱了B很久，但是没有人知道。这份爱被藏在心底，直到毕业后A参军、C成为 一名木匠，直到战后A返回家乡和B结婚，直到婚后A找到工作当上一名货车司机……A经常离家工作很长时间，B打理着外婆留下的乡村杂货店，有太多的事情需要男人的帮忙，C就这样担负起了照顾年轻的母女的责任。
天长日久，大家都想象得到的事情就那样发生了。A乐观的天性加上对妻子的爱、对挚友的信任使他对此茫然无知。
直到一个大雪封路的冬天，A在出车的半夜折返家中，发现了一切……面对骤然被生命中最重要的两个人出卖这个难以接受的事实，A失去控制杀死了他们。当天深夜，A向警察局自首，两个月后被判一级谋杀罪名成立，于第二年初春执行死刑。
在死刑执行前的第三天，A在狱中写了三段话，分别写给他最好的朋友C、他的父亲和他四岁的女儿。在即将离开人世的时刻，他仍然将C看作最好的、生命中最值得信赖的朋友。
这个A，叫做Jacques Brel。他写下的这段话最初的名字叫"Le Moribund"，直译的意思是"the dying man"。
Rod McKuen将之翻译成英语，并套上一首法语歌的旋律，这就是最初的"seasons in the sun"。十年后，Terry Jacks无意中听到了这首歌，经过他的演绎，歌曲从此红遍全球，被很多很多人翻唱，其中最著名的就是westlife。
只要稍稍想到那个三天后就要离去的人是以怎样的心情在怀念活着的幸福、告别自己年迈的父亲和四岁的女儿，只要稍稍想到他的父亲和女儿在看到这些话 时心中剧烈的激荡……我无言。Jacques Brel用美好的笔调歌颂生命的多彩和绚烂，却让聆听的人更加忍不住潸然泪下。
对比Terry和westlife的版本，显然westlife的音乐制作 要好很多，但从表现一个真正面临死亡的人的心境来说，我喜欢Terry，也更能理解为什么歌中反复强调：It's hard to die.A and B were best friends when they were young boys ,they were born in the same neighbourhood ,played together ,studied in the same school.Their relation was so intimate,but there was too many differences in their characters.A was a sunny and charming boy ,be good at sports,then a lot of girls came to him .Otherwise ,B alwayskeep silence ,he was sensitive and shy ,and didn't know howto express himself,but he could do excellent craft.It is funny that both of them were falling in love with a beautiful girl C.You know the result ,A and C got marriedand they birthed a little daughter.In order to give a better life for the little life ,A should delivery goods to somewhere too far away for many days .Then it is a good chance for B to take care of C and 。
9.简短的英语故事,带翻译
The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。
一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。
于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”
A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。
“你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。
可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。” A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”
然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。 他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”
他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。
不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。
