Proficiency in a particular line
Gong sun Long , is a famous scholar lived in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period (475-221BC). He had kept a circle skilled people around him. He often said, "A wise man should welcome anyone with a specialty."
One day, a man dressed in tattered and dirty clothes came to see him and said to him:" I have a special skill. "
Gong asked: "What is it?"
"I have a loud voice and I'm good at shouting."
then Gong turned to his followers and asked," Who is good at shouting?" But none of them answered "Yes ". So the scholar took the man in.
Some days later, Gong and his followers went on a trip. they came to a wide river and found the ferryboat was on the other side of the river. All of them had no idea. Suddenly, Gong thought of the shouting expert and turned to him, "Can you have a try?" The man realized it was the chance to show his skill. He shouted to the ferryman as loud as he could, "Hey, ferryman, come here, we want to cross the river." As his voice ended, the ferryman came to fetch them. Gong was very satisfied with the new follower.
Later, people use it to describe anyone who has a special professional skill.
一技之长
战国时期，赵国有位名士叫公孙龙。他手下聚集了许多有自己特长的门客。他常说："一个聪明人应该善于接纳每一个有自己特长的人。"
一天，有一个穿着很破烂的人来见他，并向他推荐自己："我有一项特别的`本领。"公孙龙就问道："什么本领?"那个人回答道："我声音特别大，很善于叫喊。"公孙龙听了，就转身问他旁边的门客："你们有谁善于叫喊?"结果没有一个人回答"是"。于是，他就收下了这个很善于叫的人作他的随从。
没过多久，公孙龙和他的门客一起出外游玩。他们来到一条很宽的河边，发现渡船在河的另一头，所有人都不知怎么办好。突然，公孙龙想起他最*收的那个人的本领是善于叫，于是，他就转过头去对那人说："你大声叫对面的船夫，看能不能把他叫过来。"那人觉得展示他技能的时候到了，就尽力大声向对面喊：" 喂，船夫，过来，我们要过河。"当他叫声刚完，那对面的船夫就摇着船过来了。公孙龙对这个新收的门客非常满意。
后来，"一技之长"就用来形容一个人有一项特殊的本领。
Once upon a time there were three foxes. They worked and lived happily. The youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes, away her older brother and brother. The youngest fox lived happily in the warm house and enjoyed a great deal of food. The eldest brother reopened a small hillside for farming. The second man dug a pond, and soon they lived a rich life. The smallest fox ate all the food left by the fox, and at last he was cold and hungry, and could not even stand.
从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一起。最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的房子里享受着丰富的'食品。老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。老二挖了池塘，不久他们过上了富裕的生活。最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最后又冷又饿连站也站不起来。
Laura went to the stable. Four horses stood there. She put a saddle on Star. He was seven years old, big and dark brown. Her sister came out to the stable. They were both going to exercise the horses. It was a warm, sunny day. Janice saddled up Moonbeam, a white mare. They got on the horses and started walking them.A few minutes later, Laura was telling Janice about the new doctor in her hospital. She raised her hand for a second to make a point. Just then, Star bucked. Laura went flying into the air. She landed on her head and shoulder on the grass."Oh, my gosh!" Jan cried. "Laura, are you all right?"Laura moaned. Jan gently rolled her over. She didn’t see any blood. That’s good, she thought."Can you move? You’re not paralyzed anywhere, are you?"Jan pulled Laura up into a sitting position. Laura slightly moved her legs and arms. She wasn’t paralyzed. When she moved her right hand to touch her head, she groaned."What’s the matter?""That hurt. When I moved my arm, it hurt."They still didn’t see any blood. Jan unbuttoned the top buttons on Laura’s blouse and looked at Laura’s right collarbone."Oh, no," she said.
Laura went to the stable. Four horses stood there. She put a saddle on Star. He was seven years old, big and dark brown. Her sister came out to the stable. They were both going to exercise the horses. It was a warm, sunny day. Janice saddled up Moonbeam, a white mare. They got on the horses and started walking them.
A few minutes later, Laura was telling Janice about the new doctor in her hospital. She raised her hand for a second to make a point. Just then, Star bucked. Laura went flying into the air. She landed on her head and shoulder on the grass."Oh, my gosh!" Jan cried. "Laura, are you all right?"Laura moaned. Jan gently rolled her over.
She didn’t see any blood. That’s good, she thought."Can you move? You’re not paralyzed anywhere, are you?"Jan pulled Laura up into a sitting position. Laura slightly moved her legs and arms. She wasn’t paralyzed. When she moved her right hand to touch her head, she groaned."What’s the matter?""That hurt. When I moved my arm, it hurt."They still didn’t see any blood.
Jan unbuttoned the top buttons on Laura’s blouse and looked at Laura’s right collarbone."Oh, no," she said.
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.
——简短的幼儿英语小故事(精选五篇)
During the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220AD), there was a man called Yue Yangzi. Encouraged by his wife, he left home to visit scholars and enrich his knowledge.
A year later, he came back home suddenly.
“Why have you returned?” asked his wife in surprise, “You've only spent one year studying with scholars.”
“I come back because I missed you very much,” Yue Yangzi replied.
Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom at which she had worked. Pointing at the half-done brocade, she proclaimed, “This brocade is woven from the finest silk. I wove one strand after another to produce the brocade. Now if I cut it, all my previous work will be wasted. It's the same with your studies. Now, you've stopped halfway. Isn't it the same as cutting the brocade on the loom?”
Dee*** moved by what she said, Yue Yangzi again left home to continue his studies.
Several years later, he finished his studies and became a learned man.
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), there were two famous senior officials in the State of Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, ignored the advice of Fan Li and blindly launched an attack against the neighboring State of Wu. As a result, he suffered a disastrous defeat. The King of Wu caught him and had him as a slave. Fan Li persuaded him to endure humiliation, pretend to surrender and wait for an opportunity to avenge. Also, Wen Zhong paid many visits to the State of Wu, trying to help restore Gou's confidence. Years later, Gou was set free. With the help of Fan and Wen, the State of Yue rapidly rehabilitated and later annexed the Wu.
As they had made so much contribution, both Fan and Wen were awarded great riches. Gou Jian even offered half of the state to Fan. However, knowing Gou too well, Fan rejected and decided to live in seclusion. As a hermit, Fan wrote to his friend Wen. In his letter, Fan said, “When all the flying birds have been shot down, the good bow is put away; when all the hares have been bagged, the hounds are killed for food. I suggest you withdraw to avoid disaster.” Taking his advice, Wen pretended to be ill and stopped attending imperial court meetings. But it was too late. Gou Jian believed the slanderous gossip about Wen and ordered Wen to kill himself.
There are all kinds of animals in the sea. Look! They are coming. This is an octopus. The octopus is spraying ink. This is a shark. The shark has sharp teeth. This is a whale. The whale shoots water into the air. This is a sea turtle. The sea turtle has a hard shell. These are starfishes. The starfishes have five legs.
These are angelfishes. The angelfishes have beautiful colors. This is a lobster. The lobster has strong claws. This is a jellyfish. The jellyfish has a soft body. They are different. But all of them live in the sea.
在海洋里有各种各样的动物。 看！他们过来了。 这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。 这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。 这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。 这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。 这些是海星，海星有五条腿。 这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。
这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。 这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。 他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。
One evening in December, the wind whistling blowing, the white snow covering the entire piece pine.
After dinner, my mother squirrel receive the tray in the kitchen, the small squirrel to bed, give him cover the quilt, he said softly: "Baby, go to sleep!"
Sleep little squirrel. "I could not sleep." Squirrel wink.
"We want to sleep a long sleep, until the weather became warmer." Squirrel mother stroking a small squirrel.
"I can not sleep." Squirrel tail shaking.
Squirrel father lift a small wooden table will block the portal, lifting a small wooden chair on the table, and the chair put a thick book. Then, he was lying on the right side of squirrels, he said: "! Good boy, and quickly to sleep."
At this time, lying on the left side of the squirrel mother gave a small squirrel sweet goodnight kiss.
Soon, squirrel mom and dad fell asleep. Squirrel secretly get up, go under the bed, playing for a while "Box" of beer caps, glass beads, colored eggs and a variety of good-looking Nutshell.
He got into the cupboard, opened the old mother earlier on large sealed jars, crashed - numerous pieces scattered over the ground hazelnuts.
"Wow, my favorite!" Squirrels cheered.
"There is no table how the line!" He walked to the back door, throw away the book, put down the chair, push the table to its original position. Then he removed the plates from the cupboard, pour chocolate sauce, happily eating.
But soon, little squirrel accidentally dirty dishes, and dirty table, also made himself dirty; he went to wash their hands the basin edge, wet the floor; he took a mop to clean up my mom, but on the ground leaving a string of dirty footprints.
"Hate!" Little squirrel to see their own feet, to climb the window, hung upside down on the curtain, casually wiping foot.
So the little squirrel brazenly play again. Him on the clothesline "tightrope" in the smoke pipe in "drill tunnel" jump "trampoline" on the couch, playying "slippery slide" on the stair railing, when he was holding the chandelier on the ceiling "swing" when, one by one yawn, how he could not open the eyes.
"Boom -" Little squirrel fell from the ceiling.
Fortunately, he just fell on the bed, dropped the squirrel between father and mother.
"...... I can not sleep." Squirrel called long yawn, closed his eyes.
There is a small cat in the forest, who loves to eat only the same thing - snack. The cat is getting thinner and thinner, and it seems like a gust of wind to scrape him away. All the children don't play with him, because he is too thin, a bit of a run on the sick, the wind fell down, and the kids are misunderstanding.
One day, a strong wind came and the cat was blown away. He was scraped to a gourmet restaurant. The waiter saw him lean and let him eat a red braised fish. It was really delicious. The cat had eaten the whole fish. He had never eaten that much. Suddenly, there was a gust of wind, and the kitten returned home. The kitten assured her mother, from now on, never to eat any snacks, and the mother of the cat was gratified.
The kittens no longer eat snacks, slowly fat, and the children are willing to play with the kittens.
森林里有一只爱挑食的小猫，他爱吃的只有一样东西——零食。小猫越来越瘦，现在好像一阵风就能把他刮走。小朋友们都不跟他玩，因为他实在太瘦了，稍微一跑就生病，一刮风就摔倒，害的小朋友们被误会。
有一天，刮来一阵大风，小猫被刮跑了，他被刮到一个美食餐厅，服务生看他瘦巴巴的，就让他吃了一口红烧鱼，真的是太美味了，小猫把整条鱼都吃了，他从来都没有吃过那么饱。突然，又刮来一阵风，小猫又回到了家，小猫向妈妈保证，从今以后，永远不再吃零食了，猫妈妈欣慰的笑了。
小猫不再吃零食了，慢慢的变胖了，小朋友们也愿意和小猫玩了。
——幽默简短的英语小故事实用五篇
Oscar drove his brand new Mercedes to his favorite sporting goods store. He parked it outside and went in to do a little perusing with Jan, his regular sales woman. Jan was a pretty blonde, and as Oscar walked into the store, she happily greeted him. But he re- quested to look around alone today before he needed her help. She obliged and let him do his thing. Five minutes later, Jan came run- ping up to him yelling, "Oscar! Oscar! I just saw someone driving off with your new Mercedes!”
"Dear God! Did you try to stop him?"
"No,”she said，"I did better than that! I got the license plate number”
Mr. Johnson had never been up in an aerophane before ， so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small phane, Mr. Johnson was very worried about accepting. Finally, however, his friend persuaded him that it was very safe, and Mr. Johnson boarded the plane.
His friend started the engine and began to taxi onto the runway of the airport. Mr. Johnson had heard that the most dangerous part of a flight were the take-off and the landing, so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes.
After a minute or two he opened them again, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, "Look at those people down there. They look as small as ants, don't they?"
"Those are ants," answered his friend. "We're still on the ground."
One day, Robin Hood went hunting alone in the forest. He had told his men that if he should fall into any danger and could not escape he would blow his horn so that they might know and come to help him. When he was crossing a river by a long bridge he met a huge man at the middle.
And neither of the two would give way to the other. Robin Hood got angry and put an arrow to his bow and made ready to shoot. The stranger said it was unfair for Robin Hood to shoot a man who had only a staff in his hand. Hearing this Robin Hood lay down his bow and pulled up a small tree and returned to the stranger.
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."
The parents with their three-year-old son went to see film. When they walked into the cinema, the attendant said to them, “you’ll have to go out if your son cries. But we’ll refund you the tickets.”
About half an hour later, the husband asked his wife, “What do you think of the film?” “I’ve never seen such a boring film.” His wife answered. “It’s not worth seeing.” “I don’t think much of it, either.” The husband said. “Wake the child up and let him cry.”
——简短的英语童话小故事整理优选【5】份
The loomploy population was divided into the able and the unable.
The able could care for themselves in the darkness of the land. The cold did not freeze them for they were able to work hard and make warm coats.
The unable were sad creatures who could not help themselves. They depended upon the able to make coats for them to keep warm. This worked out fine for the able were eager to please God who had commanded:
"THOU SHALT MAKE COATS!!!!"
It was said that heaven was a beautifully warm place filled with light. There, everything was perfect. In order to find a very tip top place in heaven one had only to make loads and loads of coats to keep the unables warm! Every able had his own visions of his wonderful place in heaven... just reward for his many coats. Except Tibley.
Tibley didn't like to make coats. He just couldn't help himself. Everyone thought secretly that maybe Tibley really was an unable but they didn't say so out loud. Once Tibley told the head loomploy about his problem, but it didn't help much. Tibley had said, "I just don't feel like making coats". The head loomploy had looked at him sternly. "You don't have to feel anything! Sometimes I feel like making coats and sometimes I don't! If I just did things when I felt like it... nothing would get done! No coats would be made and no one would get into heaven!"
Tibley sighed. "Oh well", he thought, but he knew that no matter how hard he tried he couldn't make himself do something if he didn't feel like it.
So often he would console himself and go sit amongst the unables. Of course the able loomploys thought this just punishment. One of the unables would cuddle near him. Although it could not speak, it would gently touch him now and then. Time went by and Tibley looked forward to being with the unables and his special little friend. Then one day Tibley noticed his little friend was extra quiet and no longer reached to touch him. His little friend was sick. Tibley noticed the little unable's coat had holes in it from long wear and he knew that warmth was the only thing that could bring his little friend back. So Tibley after many years became a true able. He sat down and sewed the most beautiful coat the loomploy world had ever seen. Hurriedly he put it on his little friend but nothing happened. A tear came to his eye and a great ache within him but the little friend did not move.
Now everyone knows that when judgment day comes that the ables will go to their just reward because of their many good coats but that the unables will never get to heaven but dwell forever in the cold.
The day came that Tibley should go to heaven. He wasn't sure if they would let him in because he had only sewed one coat his whole life. But nothing was said at the door because Kooble Loomploy who had sewed 3,000 coats in his lifetime was arguing with the Lord. "I don't understand", said Kooble Loomploy, "why everyone else gets to enjoy the same amount of sunshine as me, when I sewed so many more coats! Why look at Tibley over there!! His whole 800 years he only sewed 1 coat. What kind of justice is that?" The Lord smiled at Kooble Loomploy with sadness in his eyes. "My Son", he said, "All that I have is yours!" Kooble Loomploy was not consoled by this, but no matter, for he rushed off into the sunshine with everyone else. They danced and played and drank in the warmth and light. They were in heaven!!!
Except Tibley. He really didn't belong here... after all... he only sewed one coat. It was for his poor little friend unable. He wondered how he was and longed to be by his side. Heaven was warm and glorious on the outside but it didn't fill the ache and loneliness he felt inside. So with much trepidation one day he approached the Lord. "Lord", he said, in a tiny little voice. "I think that this truly is a beautiful place and truly is heaven for everyone but forgive me because I'm not happy in heaven." Tibley gulped. There he was again not feeling the way he was supposed to and not doing what he was supposed to do. Would the Lord banish him forever from the heaven of warmth and light? The kindest eyes that Tibley had ever seen smiled at him and gently a voice whispered. "And why are you unhappy Tibley?" Tibley gazed back and felt suddenly lost in an ocean of warmth. "Why...Why...I miss my little unable... He needs me. I need him. I want to go back. The Lord again smiled. "Tibley... you can be where you want to be. You have found the truth. Heaven is not a place. It is a state of being, a state of feeling. Never be afraid to love for within you is the true light, the true warmth." And suddenly Tibley did not see the same heaven that everyone else saw. He felt a deep, deep peace and warmth where the ache had been. And beside him instantly the warmth of the touch of his little friend "the unable"... who had been healed.
St. Luke 18:17
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
St. Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others?
He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?" He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!
This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't work," we usually learn something valuable from it.
Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert's mother responded to him?
A hound, roaming in the forest, spied a lion. He thought the lion might be a good prey1 and chased, thinking he would make a fine quarry2. Presently the lion perceived that he was being pursued, so, stopping short, he rounded on his pursuer and gave a loud roar. The hound immediately turned tail and fled. A fox, seeing him running away, jeered3 at him and said, "Ho! Ho! There goes the coward who chased a lion and ran away the moment the roared!"
有一条猎狗,正在森林里闲逛,猛然看见了一只狮子,心想这可是一个不错的猎物,便追了上去,想施展一下自己的小伎俩。很快,狮子觉察到自己被追踪了,便突然停住,回过头来冲着追捕者大声吼叫。猎狗立刻转身逃跑了。一只狐狸见状,便嘲笑起猎狗:“呵呵,真是个胆小鬼,竟然还敢追狮子,只要狮子一声吼,你可就落荒而逃了!”
One fine day in winter some ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain. Presently1 up came a grasshopper2 and begged them to spare her a few grains, "For," she said, "I'm sim*** starving." The ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. "May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?" "The fact is," replied the grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time." "If you spent the summer singing," replied the ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing." And they chuckled3 and went on with their work.
冬天一个温暖如春的日子里,蚂蚁们正忙着晒干自己存储的粮食。由于下来很长时间的雨,粮食已经非常潮湿了。这时,来了一只蚂蚱,向他们乞讨一点粮食。“因为,”蚂蚱说,“我实在是饿坏了。”尽管有点违背原则,但蚂蚁们还是停下了手头的工作。“我们能问一下吗?”他们说,“整个夏天你都在做些什么呢?为什么不为冬天储存一些粮食呢?”“实际上,”蚂蚱回答道,“我一直在忙着唱歌,根本没有时间存储粮食。”“如果你整个夏天都在唱歌,”蚂蚁们回答道,“那么,你最好在冬天就忙着跳舞吧。”他们哈哈大笑起来,继续忙于各自的工作。
Eros(Cupid ) eros was the god of love ，better known by hislatin name cupid.son of aphrodite by ares ，he took his place among the small gods of olympus.
厄洛斯(丘比特)厄洛斯是爱神，它的拉丁名称丘比特更为人熟知。他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子，是一位小奥林波斯山神。
he was represented asa little naked boy ，with sparkling wings ，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered.shooting his thrilling arrows in evils ，he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction.
他的形象是一个**的小男孩，有一对闪闪发光的翅膀。他带着弓箭漫游。他恶作剧地射出令人震颤的神箭，唤起爱的激情。给自然界带来生机，授予万物繁衍的能力。
the lovely ，naughty god had two kinds of arrows ：the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it.
这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭：加快爱情产生的.金头神箭和中止爱情的铅头神箭。
besides ，he had a torch to light hearts with. though sometimes he was blindfolded ，no man nor god ，zeus himself included ，was safe from his evils.
at one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and such burning love was awakened in him for the human maiden psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg zeus for justice.
另外，他还有一束照亮心灵的火炬。尽管有时他被蒙着眼睛，但没有任何人或神，包括宙斯在内，能逃避他的恶作剧。
another famous story where eros played an important part was the argonautic expedition.medea ，daughter of king aeetes ，was wounded by eros'' arrows，took jason''s part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero''s wife.
有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中。对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏，以致于他不顾他母亲的干预，鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。
厄洛斯起了重大作用的另一个著名的故事是亚尔古英雄的远征。美狄亚，国王埃厄忒斯的女儿，被厄洛斯的神箭射中，和伊阿宋一起寻觅金羊毛，最后成为这位英雄的妻子。
Far out in the sea the water is very, very blue. You can see through it like glass. Far down in the water there are beautiful trees and plants. These trees and plants are so far from the top of the water that no one can see them. Fishes go in and out of the trees just like birds. This is the place where the Sea King’s city is.
The Sea King’s wife died many years before, so his old mother looked after him. She loved the Sea King’s six children very much, and they loved their grandmother, too. These six children were beautiful princesses. The youngest princess was the most beautiful: her eyes were as blue as the sea and her body was white like a rose. But, like all her sisters, she had no feet. The top of her body was like a girl’s body; and the rest of her body was like the body of a fish.
The six princesses often played all day in the big rooms inside the Sea King’s house. Beautiful flowers GREw out of the walls on all sides of them. When the windows were opened, fishes would go into the rooms just like birds come into our rooms. But the fishes were braver than birds They went up to the little princesses to eat food from their hands.
In front of the Sea King’s house there was a large garden full of red plants and blue plants. The flowers of these plants were like the burning sun. There was a blue light over the garden; you would think that you were up in the sky ― not down in the sea.
Each of the little princesses had her own little garden inside the large garden. They could plant the flowers, which they themselves liked the most. The youngest princess planted red flowers in the garden, and she planted a red tree near the flowers. She was not at all like her sisters.
在海洋的远处，水很蓝很蓝，你能象隔着玻璃一样，看透它。水底深处有美丽的树木和植物。这些树木和植物离水面很远，谁也看不到它们。鱼儿在树木间游来游去，就象鸟儿在天空飞翔一样。海王的城市就在这个地方。
海王的的妻子死了很多年了，他的老母亲照顾他。她非常喜爱海王的六个孩子。她们也爱她们的祖母。这六个小孩都是美丽的公主。最小的公主最美丽，她的眼睛象海一样蓝，她的身体像玫瑰一样白。不过，她和姐姐们一样，没有腿。她的上半截象一个姑娘的身体，下半截却象一条鱼的身体。
六个公主常常整天在海王王宫的大厅里游玩。这些大厅墙壁周围长满了鲜花。窗户开着的时候，鱼儿会游入室内，就象鸟儿会飞进我们的房间一样。不过鱼儿比鸟儿勇敢，它们游到小公主跟前，吃她们手里的食物。
在海王宫殿前面有一个很大的花园，里面长满了红色的和蓝色的植物。这些植物上的花朵象燃烧着的太阳。花园中闪耀着蓝色的光芒，你会以为这是在空中，而不是在海底。在这个大花园里，每位小公主都有一个自己的小花园，她们可以栽种自己最喜欢的花卉。最年幼的公主在她的花园里种上红色，靠*这些花，又种了一棵红树。她一点儿也不象她的姐姐们。
——儿童简短睡前小故事(十)份
聪明反被聪明误的故事森林里最*颁布了一项法律，那就是不能随意的伤害动物，可是狮子大王却很想吃肉了，这个时候能怎么办呢?让我们来看看故事内容吧。
森林中，有只狮子在到处寻找食物。突然，它发现前面草丛中有只小羊正在悠闲地吃着青草。狮子想，要是他能成为我盘中的晚餐该多好啊，可是，森林法律刚刚颁布，没有犯错误的动物是不能被伤害的，如果我吃了它，大家反而要谴责我，怎么办呢?
正在狮子想不到办法的时候，一只狐狸在狮子身后悄悄站了半天了，它看出了狮子的心思，它想，如果我能帮狮子一把，狮子肯定会感激我，以后在森林里，我就什么都不怕了。
狐狸想了想，一下蹿到草丛中，把自己刚刚偷的几个鸡蛋悄悄摔在小羊身旁，然后大声地叫到，“大家快来看呀，小羊偷鸡蛋啦，我们必须惩罚它!”狮子听到叫声，赶紧跑了出来，它正愁找不到理由吃掉小羊呢!
狮子威风凌凌得站在小羊和狮子面前，俨然一个审判官的.样子，它说道：“小羊，你偷鸡蛋，犯下偷盗罪，根据森林法律，我要惩罚你，”说完，就准备向小羊扑去。
小羊先是一吓，但立刻镇静了下来，它说：“狮子大王，我没有偷鸡蛋，但我可以证明是谁偷的鸡蛋。”“噢，这样，你能证明是其它动物偷的鸡蛋，我就放过你”，狮子说道。
这时狐狸眼睛瞪得大大的，它不知道小羊接下来要干什么。小羊说：“偷鸡蛋，肯定要去鸡窝里，身上难免就会粘上鸡毛，现在在这里的，谁身上有鸡毛，谁就是偷鸡蛋的贼。”这时，拖在狐狸身后的狐狸尾巴上躺着两根花白的鸡毛，风一吹，似乎要飘起来。
狮子看见了，生气地竖起了全身的毛，对着狐狸大吼道，“原来偷鸡蛋的贼是你!”说完就扑了上去。
小羊继续快乐地吃草，而狐狸用自己的小聪明害了自己。
从前，有一只聪明的小猫，它很漂亮，但是它很不爱清洁。小猫有一双伶俐的眼睛，可以看出四周任何的东西。爸爸妈妈很疼爱小猫。小猫每一次和小朋友们做完游戏，都不洗手，马上到家就吃饭、食物。小猫不管什么脏东西，拿到手里就吃下去了。爸爸妈妈说：“小猫呀，你要讲卫生知道吗？”但小猫却当作耳边风，连一句话都没有听进去。
有一次，小猫约朋友们出去玩，不小心掉进一个黑沟里。朋友让它回家洗个澡，小猫却说：“没关系，没关系，我回家会去洗的。”在回家的路上，小猫又看见别人在吃好吃的'食物，它又掏钱去买着吃。小猫一到家，二话没说，它又开始吃饭了。
因为小猫太不爱清洁了，朋友们开始不再理它，也不跟它玩了。小猫很不高兴。终于有一天，因为小猫乱吃乱喝，吃坏了肚子，生病了。小猫感到惭愧，它哭着告诉妈妈：“妈妈对不起，都是我的错，让你为我操心了，我以后一定会爱清洁的。”妈妈每天细心地照顾它，给小猫喂饭，躺在床上的小猫渐渐地好起来了。
经过这一次的教训，小猫很爱清洁了。小猫每天梳好头发，整理好书包，去上学。现在朋友们也跟小猫玩了。小猫爸爸、妈妈和朋友的陪伴下，高高兴兴过着每一天。
滴滴嗒……滴滴嗒……小雨滴不断的落下，它们高兴欢快地唱着歌，可是孩子们却不喜欢，他们讨厌下雨，路边两个孩子吵嚷着，雨滴们听到了非常伤心，原来人们不喜欢它。
小雨滴们不快乐，它们生气了，雷声随即而来，人们都躲了起来，路上没有一个人，小雨滴们看到没人喜欢自己，更是伤心了。
太阳公公躲在云朵后面说：“孩子，不要伤心啊！”
小雨滴说：“大家都不喜欢我。”
太阳公公说：“到需要你的地方去吧！那里的人们会很喜欢你的。”
小雨滴听了太阳公公的话，来到了农民伯伯干旱的庄稼里，滴滴嗒……滴滴嗒……农民伯伯们高兴的称赞着小雨滴们，说它们真能干。
小雨滴听到了夸奖，更是卖力气的来到了干旱的原野，滴滴嗒……滴滴嗒……动物们高兴地迎接着小雨滴们，快乐的和小雨滴们跳着舞。
小雨滴又来到了炎热的城市，滴滴嗒……滴滴嗒……这次人们没有躲起来，而是在雨中，快乐的感受着小雨滴给他们带来的'凉爽，孩子们也在一边欢呼着雨滴的到来。
小雨滴们快乐的唱着歌，滴滴嗒……滴滴嗒……滴滴嗒……原来，有这么多的人需要我啊，现在小雨滴感到非常快乐。
一天，兔妈妈正给孩子们做饭。
懂事的小白兔说：“妈妈，家里柴禾不多了，我去捡一些来好吗?”
兔妈妈见小白兔这么勤劳，非常高兴。点点头说：“孩子，小心些，早去早回。”
小白兔和老虎小白兔沿着山路一直往前走，树林里小鸟在唱歌，两旁的小花小草在微风中摇摆。
正在这时，忽然一只老虎走了过来，小白兔吓了一跳，心想逃走已经来不及了。
压住心中的`恐惧，小白兔勇敢地说：“老虎大王，来这里有什么事吗?”
老虎说：“我饿了，出来找吃的，今天遇见你，我很高兴。来!让我吃一顿吧!”说着，便伸出了爪子。
小白兔不慌不忙地说：“请等一等，前面有个酒家，我去给你打些酒来。”
老虎说：“那你就快去吧!”
离开老虎，小白兔跑得飞快，它知道前面住着长颈鹿，家中有许多客人来祝贺生日。
小白兔累的气喘吁吁，来到门前，喊了几声：“救命啊!救命啊!”
听见叫喊声，小马、小象、小猫、小猴、小熊猫、小狐狸和长颈鹿等走了出来，说：“小白兔，怎么了?”
小白兔哭着说：“老虎要吃我呢。”
长颈鹿说：“小白兔别害怕，我们人多力量大。”
就这样，老虎被吓跑了，机智的小白兔自己救了自己。
做噩梦的熊宝宝的故事 熊宝宝不敢一个人睡觉，因为熊宝宝很怕做恶梦。梦里的大怪兽特别吓人，所以每天晚上都缠着妈妈给她讲故事，哄她睡觉，不让妈妈离开，熊妈妈很伤脑筋。 这天，熊妈妈趁熊宝宝睡着的时候，悄悄走出房间，熊宝宝这时不知是做了什么噩梦，突然被吓的从梦中惊醒，哇哇大哭。不见妈妈在身边的熊宝宝哭的更是大声了，熊妈妈急忙从另一个房间赶过来。 知道熊宝宝做了噩梦的`妈妈，安慰的说：“别怕孩子，妈妈教你一个咒语，下次你在睡觉梦到怪兽的时候，只要一念这个咒语，怪兽就会消失。” 熊宝宝瞪大眼睛，说：“妈妈……妈妈……那你快教我啊!” 熊宝宝跟着妈妈一遍又一遍的念着咒语，乌拉拉……乌拉拉……怪兽怪兽我不怕，然后妈妈交给熊宝宝一个魔法棒，告诉熊宝宝说：“只要你念完咒语，再将魔法棒指向梦里的大怪兽，怪兽就会……轰……的一声消失不
小羊白白爱吃零食，不好好吃饭，大家都叫他小羊瘦瘦。
小鸡告诉小羊：“豆豆好吃，吃豆豆长肉肉！”
小狗告诉小羊：“骨头香，吃骨头长骨头！”
小兔告诉小羊：“萝卜甜，吃萝卜胖又胖！”
小羊说：“我才不吃呢，我就爱吃巧克力！”
羊妈妈说：“宝宝们快来吃饭呀！”小羊瘦瘦说：“我要边看电视边吃饭。”可他只顾看电视，却忘了吃饭。
羊妈妈带领羊宝宝们到南山坡下，喝冰凉凉的泉水，吃鲜嫩嫩的`青草。可小羊瘦瘦却不吃不喝，躺在那里晒太阳。
突然，从山后跑来一只大灰狼，小羊们都往家里跑去，只有瘦瘦越跑越慢，眼看要被大灰狼追上了！
幸好，羊妈妈带着猎狗及时赶到，救出了小羊瘦瘦。
回到家里，羊妈妈告诉小羊瘦瘦：“好好吃饭才能有力气，大灰狼才不敢欺侮你！”
从此，小羊瘦瘦改掉了不好好吃饭的坏毛病。
这是一个秋高气爽的日子。小松鼠起床后就准备享用他的早餐，突然，它发现它的一筐松果不见了！它马上去了小猴子那，小猴子是森林之家的大侦探。小猴在松鼠家的后院发现了狐狸的'一串脚印。这些脚印把它们带到了小白兔的家。小白兔这时才发现它的一篮胡萝卜也消失得无影无踪了。
于是它们一起来到狐狸家，狐狸正在吃烤鸡。
他们问：“狐狸，你是不是偷了我们的松果和胡萝卜？”
狐狸不承认，说道：“我咋会吃那些东西？我只爱吃肉！”
听到这话，小兔和松鼠失望极了！正在这时，小猴提着一只空的竹筐和一只空竹篮从狐狸的后院走了进来。小兔和松鼠马上就认出是自己的东西。这下狐狸无话可说了，只好承认自己把偷了来的东西拿去市场换了两只鸡。
事情总算真相大白了，狐狸将会受到森林法庭的严厉惩罚。
聪明反被聪明误的故事森林里最*颁布了一项法律，那就是不能随意的伤害动物，可是狮子大王却很想吃肉了，这个时候能怎么办呢?让我们来看看故事内容吧。
森林中，有只狮子在到处寻找食物。突然，它发现前面草丛中有只小羊正在悠闲地吃着青草。狮子想，要是他能成为我盘中的晚餐该多好啊，可是，森林法律刚刚颁布，没有犯错误的动物是不能被伤害的，如果我吃了它，大家反而要谴责我，怎么办呢?
正在狮子想不到办法的`时候，一只狐狸在狮子身后悄悄站了半天了，它看出了狮子的心思，它想，如果我能帮狮子一把，狮子肯定会感激我，以后在森林里，我就什么都不怕了。
狐狸想了想，一下蹿到草丛中，把自己刚刚偷的几个鸡蛋悄悄摔在小羊身旁，然后大声地叫到，“大家快来看呀，小羊偷鸡蛋啦，我们必须惩罚它!”狮子听到叫声，赶紧跑了出来，它正愁找不到理由吃掉小羊呢!
狮子威风凌凌得站在小羊和狮子面前，俨然一个审判官的样子，它说道：“小羊，你偷鸡蛋，犯下偷盗罪，根据森林法律，我要惩罚你，”说完，就准备向小羊扑去。
小羊先是一吓，但立刻镇静了下来，它说：“狮子大王，我没有偷鸡蛋，但我可以证明是谁偷的鸡蛋。”“噢，这样，你能证明是其它动物偷的鸡蛋，我就放过你”，狮子说道。
这时狐狸眼睛瞪得大大的，它不知道小羊接下来要干什么。小羊说：“偷鸡蛋，肯定要去鸡窝里，身上难免就会粘上鸡毛，现在在这里的，谁身上有鸡毛，谁就是偷鸡蛋的贼。”这时，拖在狐狸身后的狐狸尾巴上躺着两根花白的鸡毛，风一吹，似乎要飘起来。
狮子看见了，生气地竖起了全身的毛，对着狐狸大吼道，“原来偷鸡蛋的贼是你!”说完就扑了上去。
小羊继续快乐地吃草，而狐狸用自己的小聪明害了自己。
有两只老鼠，公的叫东东，母的叫西西，它们有一群可爱的孩子，但没有房屋住，它们每时每刻都在想着有一个温暖的家。
机会终于来了。有一天，东东和西西像往常一样出去寻找适合自己居住的小屋。当它们来到约瑟家时，发现了一个小洞，于是钻进去一看，哇!多美的地方呀，漂亮的房子，还有很多用来做毯子的布，太令人兴奋了。东东和西西高兴极了，迅速整理起了房子来，它们利用毯子布做了好多漂亮的衣服，给自己和孩子们每人都穿上一件，还做了一些被子呀枕头呀!东东又出去找了木头，抬来了核桃壳，支起了小宝宝的床，一下子就有了一个温暖的家。
有了家，东东和西西开始带着小宝宝们四处寻找吃的，它们出去了一趟，带回了好多吃的；就是冬天来了，也不怕了。
东东开始教小宝宝们在黑板前学拼音，学累了，西西和东东就带它们去外面玩，顺便又带回来好多好吃的.。
约瑟的爷爷一直在帮约瑟改衣服，而掉下的毯子布就从地板缝里掉到了东东的家里，西西正好用这些布做了窗帘、门帘、桌布，等等，它们幸福地生活着。
突然有一天，好多水冲进了它们的家，把它们辛辛苦苦弄好的家冲得乱七八糟。西西和小宝宝们奋力地抵抗着大水，好不容易，水终于退了，西西把被水冲湿的衣服、被子等都晾了起来，把家重新整理了一下。
自从东东一家安居下来后，有好多朋友经常未串门，家里一直都非常热闹，小宝宝们在*静而幸福的日子里边学*边成长。
小宝宝们一天天地长大，衣服、裤子都穿不下了。西西又开始重新为小宝宝们做起了新衣服。
一条红鱼和一条青鱼结伴而游。红鱼一路做着好事，青鱼不理解：“看你，婆婆妈妈的，管着不该管的闲事。”
“这不是闲事，而是举手之劳的`好事。这些好事，对我们来说，可能只是一些施予别人的小善，而对别人来说，可能就是让他们铭记一生的大恩。”红鱼说。
说完，红鱼讲起了一个故事。它说，几年前，它还是一条小鱼的时候，被困在海边的一个小水坑里，小水坑里的水就要干涸了，眼看它就要渴死了，这时，过来一个人，把它从小水坑里捡起来，然后把它放回到旁边的海里。
“这有什么呢？对那个人来说，不是举手之劳的事吗？而且，我记得，这件事，你已经说过无数遍了。”青鱼说。
“是的，这件事对那个人来说，可能只是举手之劳的小善，而对我来说，却是拯救我生命的大恩。所以，任何时候，都不要放弃我们的小善，因为这些小善，对别人来说，可能就是大恩。”红鱼说，“如果我们对别人有大恩，就权当做了一件举手之劳的小事；如果别人对我们有小善，我们就该当作大恩去铭记、去感恩，去知恩图报。”
——英语小故事的读后感(五)份
Today, the teacher showed us a movie, the name is Lei Feng, the movie mainly tells the story of Lei Feng doing good deeds and serving the people. What impressed me most was Uncle Lei Feng's kind-hearted, economical and helpful qualities.
What touched me the most in the movie was when Lei Feng was young and when Lei Feng died. When he was young, all his relatives were lost, but he was strong and said, "China is my home and everyone is my family." In the end Uncle Lei Feng sacrificed his precious life to save others.
Although Uncle Leifeng died, but his spirit will never die, live in our hearts forever!
Last week, I read a book about how the successful persons started their career and succeeded. They met a lot of difficulties and problems, such as lacking of money & experience and arguing with their co-workers, but they did not afraid of restarting again. They are unbeatable, so they succeeded eventually. This book impresses me dee***. Besides, from their stories, I learn that I should never give up to achieve my dreams no matter what happens.
In winter vacation, I watched a movie called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is very interesting. Though I watched this movie before, I still felt moved this time. The movie is very famous, and won seven Oscar Awards. The plot is like following:
Long long ago, Snow White stayed happily with her parents. But the queen was jealous of Snow White and she sent the hunter to kill Snow White, but the hunter let Snow White escape. One day, the queen dressed up as an old farmer’s wife and gave Snow White a poisonous apple. Snow White ate the poisonous apple and felt into a deep sleep. The Seven Dwarfs was very sad and put her in a coffin. By and by, a prince saved Snow White and she woke up. They got married and lived happily.
I like this story. It tells us a truth: People like beauty and good. The wicked never kill the good! We are happy the prince and the princess were married and lived happily. We hope they can live forever!
In this winner holidays, I read the "Chemical Secret" in “shuchong”,Although not quite like to watch the English novel, but I watched this addiction!
For me this novel is a timid man "thriller". The novel is about Mr. Duncan's Paint career: from an impoverished unemployed people to find a wealthy and rich career, to return to live in a small apartment in a dirty unemployed people. Unconventional and downs throughout the story, it is a good thing can be instantly transformed into a negative factor, is "a blessing in disguise, bad thing.".
Duncan is both sympathetic and people who hate people. He is a competent biologist, found that the toxicity of the paint factory, but the boss is under coercion self-deception to think no one will hurt, but to the community to conceal the truth. Sadly, his pregnant daughter, to uncover the truth, unfortunately, in the survey fall into the river, was filling with venom of this river. At the end of his walk in the way to the hospital, mental uneasy thought: fetal malformation ... This makes the novel even more tragic and suspense.
I do not like this inside the paint David's boss, David is a person who only seek their own interests, he ignored the safety of others, just know that money is really selfish shameful act! Be clearly seen in his company and drink contaminated water to seal poisoning, but he said the paint quickly into the sea, we never drink, it was only 200 million dollars a purification equipment costs.
We all know the importance of environmental protection, but in the interests of the face, which one would you choose?
War Horse was such a wonderful movie. This movie exceeded my expectations. It was moving, emotional, beautiful, and so heartwarming. Its sure to become a classic. You dont have to be a horse lover to love this movie.
There isnt a lot of blood, but you can still see the horrors of war and how intense it was for the soldiers and horses, as well as civilians. The Battle of the Somme scene was especially intense.
The acting was wonderful, the cinematography was beautiful, John Williams score was perfect, and the horses were so well trained! Spielberg has made a masterpiece!
——小英语故事短文带翻译合集五篇
The kangaroo has a pouch where babies live until they can hop around on their own. Baby kangaroos are called joeys and are only the size of your thumb when they're born! Kangaroos live and travel in groups of up to 100.
I live on the continent of Australia and on neighboring islands.
I live in dry areas like deserts.
I rest under shade trees and dug out areas.
I stand on my two large feet and have a long, thick tail.
I have red or brown fur with white arms and legs.
I can grow to be 5 feet tall with a 3-foot long tail.
I can weigh almost 200 pounds!
I eat grass and small shrubs and can go for days without drinking water.
I use my large feet to kick enemies and also can hop very quickly.
I can jump more than 30 feet forward and hop more than 40 miles per hour.
翻译：
袋鼠有一个育儿袋，袋鼠宝宝一直住在里面直到它们自己能到处蹦跳。袋鼠宝宝称作“幼兽”，它们刚出生的时候只有拇指大小!袋鼠是以群体的方式居住和出行，最多可达100只。
我住在澳大利亚大陆和与其接壤的岛上。
我住在象沙漠一样干燥的地方。
我在树荫下休息并掘地。
我用两只大脚站立，我还有一条又长又粗的尾巴。
我白色的胳膊和腿上有红色或棕色的皮毛。
我能长到5英尺高，尾巴3英尺长。
我的体重将*200磅!
我吃草和小的灌木, 能行走数天不喝水。
我的大脚用来踢敌人，也能用它快速地蹦跳。
我能向前跳30多英尺远, 并且每小时跳40多英里。
The situation was a bitter music is often subjective.
It was satisfied with a life, while others may not. So can settle the situation may wish to live on and not have to try to find another way out. You can't say where successful, also cannot besure when you reach a certain point, be happy. Some peoplewill never be satisfied, his joy only in constant pursuit of the process of with their, so his goal kept away over. This person's happiness may be less, but possible.
Bitter all by self-judgment, this environment does not necessarily have a direct relationship, as a woman who doesn't love jewelry, even attaches to the vanity of environment or hurt her pride.
The scholar has thousands of books, and want to exchange ofdiamonds and millionaires or stock. Meet people from the pastoral life did not envy any academic honours, or a high official.
Is your hobby in your direction, your interest is your capital, your character is your destiny. Everyone has his own ideals of paradise has its own what willing to enjoy the world.
一个人的处境是苦是乐常是主观的。
有人安于某种生活，有人不能。因此能安于自已目前处境的不妨就如此生活下去，不能的只好努力另找出路。你无法断言哪里才是成功的，也无法肯定当自已到达了某一点之后，会不会快乐。有些人永远不会感到满足，他的快乐只建立在不断地追求与争取的过程之中，因此，他的目标不断地向远处推移。这种人的快乐可能少，但成就可能大。
苦乐全凭自已判断，这和客观环境并不一定有直接关系，正如一个不爱珠宝的女人，即使置身在极其重视虚荣的环境，也无伤她的自尊。
拥有万卷书的穷书生，并不想去和百万富翁交换钻石或股票。满足于田园生活的人也并不艳羡任何学者的荣誉头衔，或**厚禄。
你的爱好就是你的方向，你的兴趣就是你的资本，你的性情就是你的命运。各人有各人理想的乐园，有自已所乐于安享的花花世界。
A boy fell ill. His organs were damaged by the radiation of an infrared ray stove. But before the ambulance arrived, a number of other injuries happened to this unlucky boy over and over again. First, he was choked by some poisonous liquid from the kettle on the cupboard. Then his wrist skin was burnt by electric shock. Finally, his ankle was cut by a pan.
Fortunately, the boy’s nurse gave him proper temporary treatments according to his complex symptoms. She mildly squeezed the poisonous liquid out of his throat and put bandages firmly in place to ap*** pressure to the ankle wound to stop bleeding. As for the burn, she used scissors to remove his sleeve, poured a basin of cold water over the burn to cool it and put her hands on a damp blouse to cover his swollen tissue tightly. She also inspired his bravery to fight against the unbearable pain. Her first aid made a vital difference in saving his life. A ceremony was held to honour the nurse who overcame a variety of barriers to save the boy.
有个孩子病倒了，他的体内器官被一台红外线烤炉的放射线灼伤了。但是在救护车到来前，这个不幸的.孩子身上还一而再、再而三地发生了许多别的伤害。开始是被橱柜上水壶里的有毒液体噎住，然后是手腕的皮肤被电击烧伤，最后，一只*底锅还割伤了他的脚踝。
幸运的是，男孩的保姆根据他的复杂症状给予了适当的临时治疗。她轻轻地从他喉咙里把有毒液体挤了出来；并在脚踝合适的位置紧紧扎上绷带，施加压力使伤口的流血止住；对于烧伤，她用剪刀剪去他的袖子，倒了一盆凉水给烧伤位置降温，并找来一件湿的女式衬衫紧紧盖住他肿胀的皮肤组织。此外，她还激发起他的勇敢和难以忍受的疼痛做斗争。她的急救在挽救他性命中起了至关重要的作用。人们举办了一场典礼来表彰这位克服各种障碍挽救了男孩的小保姆。
One day,a monkey drove his car near a lake.Sudden,he saw a tiger under a tree.The tiger saw him,too.The tiger ran very fast at the monkey.The monkey was very afraid and he and his car fell into the lake.The monkey couldn't swim and he shouted.A rabbit came and he jumped into the lake.The rabbit swam to the monkey but did not help him.Both of them shouted for help.Luckily,a giraffe came along.He was very tall.He helped the rabbit and the monkey.
一天,猴子驾驶了他的汽车在湖附*，他看见一只老虎在树下。老虎也看见了他，老虎跑向猴子，猴子非常地害怕并且他和他的汽车掉进了湖里，猴子不会游泳并且他喊，兔子来了并且他跳入湖中，兔子游向他但不能帮助他。Both他们都喊救命，很幸运，长颈鹿来了。他很高，帮助了兔子和猴子。
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：
一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，老猫跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为老猫年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，老猫跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，老猫咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从老猫的嘴边溜掉了，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。”
——短篇英语版的寓言小故事实用五份
A sunny day, the small white rabbit on the grass happily playing. It is playing, suddenly, a downpour.
The little white rabbit without an umbrella, it saw a few big mushroom on the ground, so immediately picked one.
In this way, it is holding a mushroom umbrella to go home. At the door of the home, "thump thump" struck three, my mother heard the hurried to open the door, mother rabbit said: "Hey, how can you not get wet?"
The small white rabbit replied: "yes, I did not get wet, with a big mushroom!"
Mother smiled, and the small white rabbit also smiled.
To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still,
he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.
One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a stream. His foot slipped and he fell into the water. “Oh, help, help!” cried the ant. A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help. “Oh, poor ant!” said the dove. “I will help the ant.”
The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant. “Here is a leaf. Climb on it,” said the dove. The ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank.
A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot her. Just then the ant passed by and said to
himself, “This time I must help the dove.” The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hard. The hunter sprang up and missed to shoot the dove. The dove said to the ant, “Thank you very much, my little friend. You have saved my life,” and she could fly away happily.
It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water.
"Just look!"said he to himself. "That dog down there has some meat, too. If I could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!"
With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's meat. And as he did, his own meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing at all.
Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too.
"That is as it should be!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."
By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything hehad!
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. ‘That’s for me, as I am a Fox,’ said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.
‘Good-day, Mistress Crow,’ he cried. ‘How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.’ The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. ‘That will do,’ said he. ‘That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future. ’Do not trust flatterers.
——简短而有哲理的小故事(精选五篇)
庙
去过庙的人都知道，一进庙门，首先是弥陀佛，笑脸迎客，而在他的北面，则是黑口黑脸的韦陀。但相传在很久以前，他们并不在同一个庙里，而是分别掌管不同的庙。
弥乐佛热情快乐，所以来的人非常多，但他什么都不在乎，丢三拉四，没有好好的管理账务，所以依然入不敷出。而韦陀虽然管账是一把好手，但成天阴着个脸，太过严肃，搞得人越来越少，最后香火断绝。
佛祖在查香火的时候发现了这个问题，就将他们俩放在同一个庙里，由弥乐佛负责公关，笑迎八方客，于是香火大旺。而韦陀铁面无私，锱珠必较，则让他负责财务，严格把关。在两人的分工合作中，庙里一派欣欣向荣景象。
其实在用人大师的眼里，没有废人，正如武功高手，不需名贵宝剑，摘花飞叶即可伤人，关键看如何运用。
所长无用
有个鲁国人擅长编草鞋，他妻子擅长织白绢。他想迁到越国去。友人对他说：“你到越国去，一定会贫穷的。”“为什么？”“草鞋，是用来穿着走路的，但越国人*惯于赤足走路；白绢，是用来做帽子的，但越国人*惯于披头散发。凭着你的长处，到用不到你的地方去，这样，要使自己不贫穷，难道可能吗？”
槁木死灰
一个刚去世的男人来到天堂门口，天使要他先回答一些问题：“你恋爱过没有？”“没有，我从没恋爱过。”“有没有你很关心的朋友？”“没有，我从来不关心任何人。”“你可曾对小孩和善可亲？”“不曾。”“你养过宠物没有？*常是否亲*大自然？”“我没养过宠物，也不亲*大自然。”“你怎么这么晚才来？”天使冷眼看着他说，“十几年前你就应该死了。”
哲理：有些人庸碌一生，却没有为别人留下美好的印象。漫漫人生，为自己准备一个好理由，以积极和热忱，认真地活出生命的灿烂。
做猪
有一次，我开玩笑问四岁多的女儿：“我们准备养头猪，但是需要安排工作，要选一个人每天给猪喂好吃的，一个人每天给猪打扫房间，一个人每天给猪洗澡，还有要选一个人每天陪猪玩，请问你要做什么？”女儿毫不犹豫答道：“做猪！”
墨者说：生活没有既定的答案，谁都喜欢最舒服的生活。虽然我们看似会出现的结果，往往会忽略了人性里最贪婪也最简单的懒惰心理。你给别人的选择往往只是你自己想让别人选择的，但不代表别人一定会按照你的意愿来选择。有时候你做的再好，对别人来说，却因为要的不同而拒绝了你的好意。简单和投其所好让你容易成功一些。
会感激的人不会失意，常失意的人不会感激！人想进化很难，想倒退回禽兽，则是相当容易的！斗米养恩人，担米养仇人，把酒言欢，识人很难！
乞丐和富婆
一富婆牵狗散步，路遇乞丐。她傲慢地奚落乞丐：“你管我的狗叫声爸，我给你一百元！”乞丐说：“我要是叫十声呢？”富婆开心地：“我给一千！”乞丐当即冲狗喊了十声“爸”，引得观者如云。众目睽睽下，富婆只得掏钱给他。乞丐接钱，连声喊：“谢谢妈！谢谢妈……”
墨者说：这世界有时候就是这样，你善良，别人都来占你便宜。你邪恶，反倒是人人都来讨好你。对于欺负你的人，你唯一的报复办法，用不同的方式，同样的态度还击一下，表示你对自己的尊重。同时，你要记住，不管你曾经被伤害得有多深，总会有一个人的出现，让你原谅之前生活对你所有的刁难。
——少儿英语小故事优选【五】份
Counsel without help is useless.
有一天，有个小男孩在河里洗澡，遇到了危险，眼看要被淹死时，看见有人路过，连忙大声呼救。然而，那人却责备小男孩太鲁莽和太冒险。小孩回答：「请你还是先把我救起来，再责备吧。」
这个故事带出的启示就是：该说的时候说，该做的时候做。
Two Soldiers travelling together were set upon by a Robber. One of them ran away, but the other stood his ground, and laid about him so lustily with his sword that the Robber was fain to fly and leave him in peace. When the coast was clear the timid one ran back, and, flourishing his weapon, cried in a threatening voice, “Where is he? Let me get at him, and I’ll soon let him know whom he’s got to deal with.” But the other replied, “You are a little late, xiaogushi8.com my friend: I only wish you had backed me up just now, even if you had done no more than speak, for I should have been encouraged, believing your words to be true. As it is, calm yourself, and put up your sword: there is no further use for it. You may delude others into thinking you’re as brave as a lion: but I know that, at the first sign of danger, you run away like a hare.”
两个士兵和强盗
两个士兵一起赶路，途中被一个强盗所劫。其中一个士兵马上逃跑了，另一个则勇敢地握着剑立在原地，强盗不得不其他而逃。这时候，那个胆小的士兵跑过来，抽出剑，壮着胆子大喝一声：“他去哪里了?让我来对付他，我要让他知道面对的是什么人。”然而，那名勇敢的士兵说：“你来晚了，我的朋友。要是你刚才能帮我就好了，即便只是嘴上这样说也好，因为我会受到你这番话的鼓舞，并且相信这些话都说真的。而现在，还是请你把剑收好，已经没有必要再用它了。你只能欺骗其他人，让人们以为你像雄狮一样勇敢;而我却知道，在遇到危险时，你会像兔子一样落荒而逃。”
He likes to color. He colors with his crayons. His crayon box has many crayons. Each crayon is a different color. He opens his coloring book. His favorite color is red. He colors the trees dark red. He colors the cats light red. He colors the sidewalks medium red. His mom buys extra red crayons for him.
有一次，一座大山发生了异动。
Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. xiaogushi8.com While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse.
人们都听到了很大的.**和喧嚷的声音，于是人群从各处涌来，想看个究竟。他们焦虑地聚集在一起，以为会有可怕的灾难发生，这时跑出来一只老鼠。
Don’t make much ado about nothing.
不要小题大做。
Mother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candles do you have?”
“Ten.” Jim says.
“Then,” Mother asks.
“Yes, Mum. Four candles are in my stomach and six candies are out of my stomach. Four and six is ten, isn’t it right?”
十块糖
妈妈问儿子：“吉姆， 如果你有10块糖，吃了4块，那你还有几块糖?”
“10块。”吉姆说。
“10块?”妈妈问。
“是的.，妈妈。因为4块在我的肚子里面，6块在肚子外面，4加6等于10，不对吗?”
