英语寓言小故事15则(中英文对照)

成果

”

。

哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。

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3.

Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell

“

掩耳盗铃

”

Once

upon

a

time,

there

was

a

man

who

wanted

to

steal

his

neighbor’s

doorbell.

However,

he

knew

clearly

that

the

bell

would

ring

and

catc

h

the

other

people’s

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.

从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人

发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个

“

妙极

”

，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听

不见铃声了。但是当 他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住

4.

The Fox and the Crow

“

”

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 crow’s 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.

有一天

,

一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，

一 只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什

么，乌鸦就 是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几

句让他欣赏欣赏。乌 鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉

一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻 回了洞

5.

Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It

“

画蛇添足

”

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

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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,

ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of

going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

古时几个人分一壶酒。

所以就定了一个规矩：

每人在

地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正< /p>

打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他

另一个人已经把蛇画好了。

那人 一下把酒壶夺了过去，

说：

“

有

谁见过长脚的蛇？

”

。这个故事告诉我们这样 的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是

不对的

6.

郭氏之墟

On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo

Shi , which perished long ago.

Seeing

the

desolate

and

bleak

prospects

of

broken

tiles,

collapsed

walls,

and

clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the

ruin of Guo Shi.

They replied,

which led to the perdition.

When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ,

liked doing good, he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing, never

could he help not participating. That caused the ruin of his capital.

齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。

看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百 姓郭氏灭亡的原因。

百姓们 回答说：

郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。< /p>

齐桓 公不能理解这种回答，百姓们便解释说：

郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事 ，但从

来都不能做到；

尽管厌恶邪恶丑行，

却总是忍不住参与其中。

这就是他的都城变

成废墟的原因。

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7.

老鼠和公牛

A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing. The bull jumped up in

a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard.

The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.

The

bull

charged

the

wall

furiously

again

and

again,

but

although

he

bruised

his

head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole. After a time the

bull gave up and sank down to rest again.

As

soon

as

the

bull

was

asleep,

the

little

mouse

crept

to

the

mouth

of

the

hole,

pattered across the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back

to safety. As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:

you know.

有一次，

公牛躺着打盹，

一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。

公牛 怒气冲冲地跳起来，

低着头追老鼠，一直追过院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地 钻到墙洞里

去了。