英文故事短篇及翻译五篇.doc

英文故事短篇及翻译五篇

1.英文故事短篇及翻译

　　bat falling upon the ground was caught by a weasel, ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. the weasel refused,saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. thebat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, andthus saved his life.
　　shortly afterwards the bat again fellon the ground, and was carght by another weasel, whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. the weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. the bat assured him thathe was not a mouse, but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.it is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
　　一只蝙蝠坠落到地面上来，被一只鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求讨饶。鼠狼不答应，说它自己最爱和鸟类为敌。蝙蝠便证明它自己不是鸟，只是一只老鼠，因此鼠狼就放了它。
　　不久这只蝙蝠又坠落到地上来，被另一只鼠狼捉住，它同样地哀求讨饶。那鼠狼说它自己最恨老鼠，蝙蝠证明自己并不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠;因此，它第二次又安然地逃离危险了。随机应变乃聪明之举。
2.英文故事短篇及翻译

　　The Ass and the Grasshopperan
　　Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping， was highly enchanted; and， desiring to possess the same charms of melody， demanded what sort of food they lived on， to give them such beautiful voices。 They replied， “The dew。” The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew， and in a short time died of hunger。
　　驴和蚱蜢
　　一只驴听到几只蚱蜢在叫，便觉得很趣味;于是也想得到同样趣味的音调，便问蚱蜢吃什么东西过活，以致于能有这样优美的声音。蚱蜢说：「露水。」驴子听了，从此以后也单吃露水过活，不久便饿死了。
3.英文故事短篇及翻译

　　the hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “i have never been beaten,” he said, “when i run at full speed, no one is faster than me.” the tortoise said quietly, “i will race with you.” “that is a good joke,” said the hare. “i could dance around you the whole way.”the race started. the hare darted almost out of sight at once. he soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.the tortoise plodded on and on. when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race.
　　moral: pride goes before a fall. only by persevering can we achieve our goals.
　　兔子有一次在其他动物面前夸耀他的速度。“我从来没有被打败过，”他说，“当我全速奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”乌龟平静地说:“我要和你比赛。”“这是个好笑话。”兔子说。“我可以一直围着你跳舞。”比赛开始。那只野兔几乎立刻跑得看不见了。他很快停下来，躺下来打了个盹。乌龟慢吞吞地走啊走。当兔子从午睡中醒来时，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了，他输了比赛。
　　寓意: 骄兵必败;只有持之以恒，才能实现目标。
4.英文故事短篇及翻译

　　A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.
　　一名车夫赶着货车沿着一条非常泥泞的小路前行。
　　Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out.
　　突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。
The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules, help me,please,“ he said.
　　车夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出现，“大力神啊，请来帮助我。”他说。
　　But Hercules appeared to him, and said, “Man, don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“
　　大力神出现了，却说：“朋友，用你的肩膀把车轮扛起来，再驱赶马拉车出来。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”
5.英文故事短篇及翻译

　　A crow feit very thirsty.He looked for water in the pitcher.His beak could not reach it.He tired 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。但是，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。

英文故事短篇及翻译五篇