英文哲理故事精读

2022-01-27 哲理故事

　　1.口渴的乌鸦

　　The crow and the pitcher-----------------

　　A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally, he found a pitcher.

　　But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher. His beak could not reach it. He tried again and again, but still could not touch the water.

　　When he was about to give up, an idea came to him. He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher. Then he took another and dropped it in.

　　Gradually, the water rose, and the crow was able to drink the water.

　　●一只乌鸦口渴了，到处找水喝。终于，他找到了一个大水罐。

　　●然而，水罐里面的水并不多，他的尖嘴够不到水面，他试了一次又一次，都没有成功。

　　●就在他想放弃的时候，他突然想到一个主意。乌鸦叼来了一块小石子投到水罐里，接着又叼了一块又一块石头放进去。

　　●渐渐地，水面升高了。乌鸦高兴地喝到了水。

　　寓意: 有些东西虽然看起来微不足道，但如果积少成多，便会带来很大变化。

　　2.两个农夫

　　Once upon a time two peasants attempted to pass each other and their sledges became entangled. One cried, “Get out of my way; I must get to the town as quickly as possible;” and the other said, “You get out of my way; I must get home as quickly as possible.”

　　Thus for a long time they disputed. A third peasant saw it and said, “If you are in such a hurry, then each of you gives way a little.”

　　有一次，两个农夫正要交臂而过，他们的雪橇却勾在一起了。一个农夫嚷道：“给我让路，我要尽快赶到城里去呢。”另一个说：“你给我让路，我得尽快赶回家去。”

　　两人就这样没完没了争执不下。第三个农夫看到了说：“既然你们两人都这么急，那就各自退让一点吧。”

　　3.为我所用

　　An elephant said to a mouse ,"no doubt that you are the smallest znd most useless thing that Ihave e ver seen ."

　　"Pless ,say it again .Let me take it down ."the mouse said ."I will tell a flea what I know."

　　一头大象对一只小老鼠说：“你无疑是我见过的最小、最没用的东西。”

　　“请再说一遍，让我把它记下来。”老鼠说。“我要讲给我认识的一只跳蚤听。