英语小故事通用15篇
英语小故事1
The old man and Death
An old man was gathering sticks in a forest.
At last he grew very tired and hopeless. He threw down all the sticks and cried out, "I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would come and take me!"
As he spoke, Death appeared, and said to him, "What would you do, old man? I heard you call me."
"Please, sir," replied the old man, "would you help me lift this bundle of sticks up to my shoulder?"
老人与死神
●有个老人在森林中砍了不少柴，十分吃力地挑着走了很远的路。
●一路上他累极了，实在挑不动了，便扔下柴担，叫喊起来：“这种日子我受不了了，死神啊，带我走吧。”
●这时，死神来了，对他说：“老头，你想做什么，我听见你叫我?”
●“先生，”老人说，“您能帮忙将那担子放在我的肩上吗?”
寓意: 即使生活不幸，人们仍需爱惜生命。
英语小故事2
For the Dog
The family seated in a restaurant had finished their dinner when Father Called over the waiter.
"My son has left quite a lot of meat on his plate," explained Father, "Could you give me a bag so that I can take it home for the dog?"
"Gosh, Dad!" exclaimed the excited boy. "Have we got a dog then?"
学习笔记：
seat 使坐下
be seated 坐
call over 点名, 顺序读出
中文翻译：
喂狗
一家人在饭馆里吃过晚饭，父亲把服务生叫了过来。
”先生，什么事?“服务生问。
”我儿子的盘子里剩下许多肉，“父亲说，”能给我们一个袋子吗?我把剩下的东西带回去喂狗。“
”啊呀，爸爸!“儿子激动地叫喊着。”咱家养狗了吗?“
英语小故事3
eeled one and ate one more and then, one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate, five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled two more and continued two more. He ate whole bunch of bananas and can’t sleep.
一只小胖猴子很喜欢吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐，他剥一个香蕉，用力地吃着，吃着，吃着，吃了1个香蕉，2个香蕉，3个香蕉，4个…… 他不停地吃， 但是他还想要更多!他边吃，边剥， 5个香蕉，6个香蕉，7个香蕉，8个……他又剥了两个，继续撑着吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡觉了。
英语小故事4
Get up and comb it out. Go out. The weather is so cold, the snow in the sky, the boundless space between the world. I kept stomping on the bus platform. It was dark, I was standing next to two old grey-haired. I listened to the old lady and said to the old lady, "you didn't sleep well for a night, and it began to rush me a few hours earlier, and it's been so long. "
Yes, it takes five minutes for the first bus to come. Finally the car came, and I got on. Driving is a very young boy, he and I got on the bus was rumbling drove off. I said, "Hello, driver, there are two old people here. The weather is so cold. People have been waiting for a long time. How can you drive in the car without them?"
The young man said, "no matter, it's my mom and Dad! Today is my first day to open the bus, they come to see me!"
I suddenly cried. I saw the short message from my father: "daughter," mom said, "it's her fault." she didn't sleep well. She woke up early and worried that you would be late. "
All of a sudden, a Jewish proverb was remembered: when the father gave his son something, his son laughed. When the son gave his father something, his father cried.
翻译：起来梳洗好，出门。天气真冷啊，漫天的雪，天地间茫茫一片。公车站台上我不停地跺着脚。周围黑漆漆的，我旁边却站着两个白发苍苍的老人。我听着老先生对老太太说：”你看你一晚都没有睡好，早几个小时就开始催我了，现在等这么久。“
是啊，第一趟班车还要五分钟才来呢。终于车来了，我上车。开车的是一位很年轻的小伙子，他等我上车之后就轰轰地把车开走了。我说：”喂，司机，下面还有两位老人呢，天气这么冷，人家等了很久，你怎么不等他们上车就开车?“
那个小伙子很神气地说：”没关系的，那是我爸爸妈妈!今天是我第一天开公交，他们来看我的!“
我突然就哭了——我看到爸爸发来的`短消息：”女儿，妈妈说，是她不好，她一直没有睡好，很早就醒了，担心你会迟到。“
忽然想起一句犹太人谚语：父亲给儿子东西的时候，儿子笑了。儿子给父亲东西的时候，父亲哭了。
英语小故事5
One day， a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey，but he can’t help him. Luckily，an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then，three of them become good friends.
三个好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但是他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的'家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
The Old Man and the Old Cat
An old man has a cat. The cat is very old， too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening， the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it， but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.
The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says： “You are a fool cat. I will punish you！” the cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young， I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old， too.”
老人和老猫
一个年迈的老人养一只猫。这只猫也非常老了。她跑得很快，但牙齿很糟糕。一天王还是那个，这只老猫看见一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但它却吃不了它，因为它的牙齿不够锋利了。这只小老鼠逃跑了。
老人很生气，他打了小猫，并且对它说：“你这只蠢猫！我要惩罚你！”猫非常伤心，它想：“在我还年轻的时候，我为你努力工作。现在你却因为我太老了不能够工作而不喜欢我。你应该知道你也老了。”
英语小故事6
he impossible Gate keeper
A man was about to go away on a long journey. He told his servant, "You keep an eye on the gate and look after the donkey."
After the master had left, the servant heard someone playing music in the neighborhood. Unable to restrain himself, he wanted to go there and listen. Feeling ill at ease, he roped the gate onto the donkey's back and made it carry the gate all the way to the site of the show.
With the servant gone, all the valuables in the house were stolen by thieves. When the master returned he asked, "Where are my valuables?" The servant replied, "Master, you only told me to keep on the gate and the donkey with the leash. Apart from them, l know nothing of the whereabouts of your things."
The master declared, "l left you here to guard the gate precisely for the sake of looking after my valuables. With all my valuables gone, what is the good of having a gate?"
英语小故事7
David grew up in the kitchen of the inn. His father was the innkeeper. His mother cooked the food. Davids older sisters cleaned the rooms, and his older brother swept the stable. David loved to sing. He would sing to his mother as she cooked the food. David made up songs and banged on pots and bowls as he sang to her. Davids mother smiled at him. Someday you will sing in the temple, my son, his mother said. David grinned at his mother. Tem-ple, David said very carefully.
大卫的爸爸是一个旅店的老板，大卫从小在旅店的处方里长大，他的妈妈做饭，他的姐姐打扫房间，他的哥哥扫马厩。大卫喜欢唱歌，他妈妈做饭的时候他就给妈妈唱歌，大卫可以随便编歌，唱歌的时候还在在盆盆罐罐上敲节奏。大卫的妈妈笑着对大卫说：儿子，总有一天，你会在神殿里面唱歌的。大卫对妈妈露齿而笑，认真的说道：神--殿
Davids father came into the kitchen. How is my big boy? Davids father asked as he swung David onto his shoulders. Pum Pum Pum! Tem-ple come! David sang as he drummed on his fathers head with a wooden spoon. Davids father smiled as his son kept on drumming. We must find this boy a drum or my poor head will not survive! said Davids father, with a laugh.
大卫的爸爸进到厨房，把大卫扛到肩头，说我的宝贝儿子怎么样啊?。大卫在他爸爸的头上用木勺子敲着唱到：砰砰砰，去神殿。大卫的'爸爸笑着说：看来我必须得给儿子找个鼓，不然我的头就要被敲坏了。
A few years later David got a small drum for his birthday. Soon he was beating rhythms on his drum wherever he went. Pat-a-rum, pat-a-rum, pat-a-rum, David drummed to copy the donkeys on the road. Swish-click-click-tum, swish-click-click-tum, went Davids drumming to copy his brother sweeping straw in the stable.
过了几年，大卫过生日，就得到了一个小鼓生日礼物，于是，他走到哪里就敲到了哪里。啪啪啪，大卫模仿驴走路的节奏。沙沙沙，大卫模仿他哥哥扫马厩的节奏。
One day Davids father said to his family, We are going to be very busy. Caesar Augustus has ordered a count of all the families in all the towns. Pum Pum. Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum. I counted six of us! David sang. Why does this make us busy? Because people will come to Bethlehem to be counted with their families, said Davids father. They will need a place to stay. They will stay with us, and we will be very busy.
有一天，大卫的爸爸跟家人说：我们接下来会很忙，凯撒奥古斯命令所有镇的所有人都到这里集合。大卫边敲边唱到：咚咚咚，我家有六人，这为什么会让我们忙呢?大卫的父亲答到：因为人们都会和他们的家人到伯利恒(耶稣降生地)来，他们需要一个住的地方，他们会跟我们一起住，我们会非常忙。
Davids mother cooked more food. Davids sisters cleaned the rooms. Davids brother swept out the stable and put new hay and pots of water in the stalls. Davids father greeted the people as they came into town. Soon the inn was very full. David played his drum and sang his songs for the people.
大卫的妈妈做了更多食物，大卫的姐姐打扫房间，大卫的哥哥扫马厩，还在畜栏里放了新干草和水。大卫的爸爸去招呼来镇里的人，很快旅店就住满了，大卫就给大家打鼓唱歌。
Late one night there was a knock at the door. David peeked around his father at the young man and his wife, who was on a donkey. They had no room for these people! What could they do? Davids father was a kind man. You can stay in the stable, he said. It is warm and dry there. I can send food out to you. The young man thanked Davids father and walked the donkey to the stable.
一天夜里，有人敲门，大卫偷偷看了一眼，原来来了一对骑着驴的夫妇，但是旅店已满，已经没有地方给他们夫妻俩住了，怎么办呢?大卫的父亲心肠非常好，他说：你们可以住在马厩了，那里很暖和也很干燥，我可以把食物给你们送过去。年轻人谢过大卫的爸爸，然后牵着驴去了马厩。
David helped his mother carry bread and cheese out to the young couple. His mother told him the woman was going to have a baby soon. The next day there was a lot of excitement. The young woman who stayed in the stable last night had her baby, Davids mother told him. The baby is the King of Kings, they say! said Davids father.
大卫帮他妈妈把面包和起司送到那对年轻夫妇那里，大卫的妈妈跟他说那个年轻的女人就快要生宝宝了，第二天发生了很多高兴的事。大卫的妈妈跟他说：那个在马厩里住着的女人昨晚生了个宝宝。大卫的爸爸说：他们说那是上帝。
David could not see the baby because of the crowd around the stable. David stood at the back of the crowd and began to make up a song for the baby: Come, they told me, our newborn king to see. Our finest gifts we bring to lay before the king. So to honor him when we come.
大卫根本看不到婴儿，因为马厩里挤满了人，大卫站在人群后面，然后给婴儿唱了首歌：来吧，他们跟我说，我们的新生王诞生了，我们把最好的礼物拿来放在王的面前，我们来膜拜他。
The crowd began to part when they heard Davids beautiful singing: Baby Jesus, I am a poor boy, too. I have no gift to bring thats fit to give a king. Shall I play for you on my drum?
当大家听到大卫美丽的歌声时自动分出一条路来，大卫唱到：小耶稣，我也是个穷人，我没有礼物给我的王，我能给你敲个鼓么?
David stepped closer to Mary, Joseph, and their son. Baby Jesus smiled at David, reached out, and patted his drum.
大卫走进玛丽、约瑟夫和小耶稣，小耶稣冲着大卫笑了笑，伸出手，轻拍了他的鼓。
Love, spirit, and the beat of his drum brought one little boy closer to the infant Jesus.
是爱和心灵还有鼓声让这个小男孩靠近了还是婴儿的耶稣。
英语小故事8
There were two men who fled to Tokyo. Tokyo is a very busy commercial city, everything is asking for money, they see the rich money buy water to drink, all very strange: "water still need money to buy?" One of them immediately thought: "in this part of Tokyo, it costs money to use water. The cost of living is too high for me to live long." So he left and continued to wander.
And the other guy didn't think much, he thought, "Tokyo is a place where even water can make money, and I'm sure I can make a difference here." He was so excited to think of it that he began his entrepreneurial career.
The man who stayed in Tokyo soon started his own business. He is the Japanese cement king, ichiro.
有两个人他们逃难来到东京。东京是一个十分繁华的商业都市，什么都要钱，他俩看到有钱人用钱买水喝，都很奇怪：“水还得用钱买吗?”其中一个人马上想到：“东京这个地方，连用点水都要花钱，生活费用太高，怕难以久住。”于是便离开了，继续去流浪。
而另外一个人却不怎么想，他想：“东京这个地方，居然连水也能赚钱，我一定可以在这里出人头地。”想到这他十分兴奋，从此开始了他的.创业生涯。
留在东京的那个人不久便开创了一片自己的事业。他就是日本水泥大王，汪野一郎。
英语小故事9
The bulging belly fox
A hungry Fox found in a hollow tree a quantity of bread and meat, which some shepherds had placed there against their return. Delighted with his find he slipped in through the narrow aperture and greedily devoured it all. But when he tried to get out again he found himself so swollen after his big meal that he could not squeeze through the hole, and fell to whining and groaning over his misfortune. Another Fox, happening to pass that way, came and asked him what the matter was; and, on learning the state of the case, said, “Well, my friend, I see nothing for it but for you to stay where you are till you shrink to your former size; you’ll get out then easily enough.”
【译文】
胀肚的狐狸
饥饿的狐狸在一棵中空的树干中发现了一些牧羊人存留的.面包和肉。高兴之余，他立即通过那狭窄的缝隙挤进去，贪婪的大吃起来。然而，当他吃饱之后，却发现自己的肚子胀鼓鼓的，即便费了九牛二虎之力，却怎么也钻不出那个洞来，便在树洞里唉声叹气。另一只狐狸恰巧经过那里，听到他的呻吟，便过去问他原因。听明白缘由后，那只狐狸便说道：“我的朋友，你就老老实实待在里边吧，等到恢复了钻进去之前的身材，你就能轻松地出来了。”
英语小故事10
Many boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same clothes. Many of them have long hair, so it is hard to tell whether they are boys or girls.
在西方国家，许多男孩和女孩都穿着同样的'衣服。他们中许多人都留长发，所以很难分辨他们是男孩还是女孩。
One day an old man is sitting on a chair near a pool. A person is beside him. The old man asks the person, “Is it a boy or a girl in the pool?” The person answers, “A girl , she is my daughter.”、
“Oh, sorry,” the old man says, “I didn’t know you were her mother.” “You are wrong,” the person says, “I’m her father.”
一天，一个老年人坐在游泳池旁的一张椅子上，在他的旁边有一个人，老人就问这个人，“游泳池里的那个人是男孩还是女孩?”这个人私人答道：“是个女孩子，她是我女儿。”“哦，对不起，”老人说，“我不知道你是她妈妈。”“您错了，”这个人说道：“我是她父亲。”
英语小故事11
Story1Three
Good Friends Oneday, a monkey rides his bike near the river.This time he sees a lion under a tree.The lion runs at him.He is afraid and falls into the river.He can’t swim.He
shouts.The rabbit hears him.He jumps into the river.The rabbit swims to the monkey,but he can’t help him.Luckily,an elephant comes along.He is very strong.He helps the rabbit and monkey.Three friends are very happy.They go to the elephant’s home.Then,three of them become good friends.
故事一三个好朋友一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
Story2 The Old Man and the Old Cat An old man has a cat.The cat is very old,too.He runs very quickly.And his teeth are bad.One evening,the old cat sees a little mouse.He catches it,but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough.The mouse runs away.The old man is very angry.He beats his cat.He says:“You are a fool cat.I will punish you!”the cat is very sad.He thinks：“When I was young,I worked hard for you.Now you don’t like me because I’m too old towork.You should know you are old,too.”
故事二老人和老猫一个年迈的.老人养一只猫。这只猫也非常老了。她跑得很快，但是牙齿很糟糕。一天王还是那个，这只老猫看见一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但是它却吃不了它，因为它的牙齿不够锋利了。这只小老鼠逃跑了。老人很生气，他打了小猫，并且对它说：“你这只蠢猫！我要惩罚你！”猫非常伤心，它想：“在我还年轻的时候，我为你努力工作。现在你却因为我太老了不能工作而不喜欢我。你应该知道你也老了。”
Story3 Spring in the Green Season Spring is coming.Spring is the first season of the year.In China,spring comes in February.It is still cold,but it is getting warmer and warmer.The days get longer and longer.The leaves on the trees begin to turn green.Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground.Spring is also sowing times eason.
故事三春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。
英语小故事12
Stepping from my kitchen into the garage, I accidentally locked myself out of the house. When I tried to persuade my 18-month-old son，Taylor, to open the door, none of my tactics worked. Finally，I walked around the house to check for an open window. To my amazement，I found the front door open and Taylor standing there with a salesman.
出了厨房我便走进了车库，不留神把门锁给撞上了，把我自己锁在了门外。我那18个月的儿子泰勒在屋里。于走，我在外边千方百计地想让他帮我开门，结果均告失败。最后，我围着房子想找个开着的窗子。令我吃惊的是，前门开着，我的儿子站在门口正与一个推销员在谈话。
"I've been locked out for 20 minutes,"I said. "How did you get him to open the door?"
我对那推销员说:“我被锁在了外边20多分钟，你是怎样让他给你开门的`”。
Looking puzzled，the man replied，“I rang the doorbell."
面带惊奇的推销员答说:“我只按了一下门铃。”
英语小故事13
I'm going to sleep at 11 in the night, and there's a little snow outside the window. I indented the quilt, picked up the alarm clock, and found the alarm clock, and I forgot to buy the battery. The day is cold, and I don't want to go up. I made a long distance call to the mother of my family.
"Mom, my alarm clock has no electricity. I'm going to have a meeting in the company tomorrow morning. You call me up at six. "
The voice of the mother on the phone was dumb and might have been asleep, and she said, "well, go to sleep, be good. "
I was dreaming when the phone rang, and it was dark outside. Mother said to the other, "you get up soon, daughter, and we have a meeting today." "I have a watch, it's five forty. I cried impatiently, "don't I call you six?" I'd like to sleep for a little more, and I've been stirred by you! "My mother suddenly stopped talking on the other side, and I hung up.
Get up and comb it out. Go out. The weather is so cold, the snow in the sky, the boundless space between the world. I kept stomping on the bus platform. It was dark, I was standing next to two old grey-haired. I listened to the old lady and said to the old lady, "you didn't sleep well for a night. It started to rush me a few hours earlier, and it's been so long. "
Yes, it takes five minutes for the first bus to come. Finally the car came, and I got on. Driving is a very young boy, he and I got on the bus was rumbling drove off. I said, "Hello, driver, there are two old people here. The weather is so cold. People have been waiting for a long time. How can you drive in the car without them? "
The young man said, "it's all right. That's my mom and Dad!" Today is my first day to open the bus, they come to see me! "
I suddenly cried. I saw the short message from my father: "daughter," mom said, "it's her fault." she didn't sleep well. She woke up early and worried that you would be late. "
Suddenly remembered a Jewish proverb:
The son laughed when his father gave his son something.
When the son gave his father something, his father cried.
英语小故事14
Catching a Thief
Witty Hare can run very fast. One day when he gets home. He sees a rat. The rat is jumping down his window. “Oh. A thief!” Witty Hare shouted and catches the rat, “You can’t run faster then me.” Soon Witty Hare catches up with the rat, and the rat is left behind, “I must run away,’ the rat says and laughs, “He is so silly.”
Witty Hare goes on running. A sheep sees him and asks him, “What a re you doing?” “I’m catching the thief.” Witty Hare says. “ Thief? Where’s the thief?” the sheep fells surprised. “He’s behind me ,”Witty Hare says proudly.
追贼
机灵的肚子跑得很快。一天，她回到家的时候看见一只老鼠。这只老师正从它家的'窗户跳下去。“啊! 贼!”机灵肚子喊着追过去。 “你跑不过我的!” 不一会它追上了老鼠，还把老鼠丢在后面。“我得赶紧逃。”老鼠窃笑着说：“这家伙真笨。”
机灵兔子继续跑着。一只绵羊看到了就问塔：“你在干什么?”“我在追贼。”机灵兔子说。“贼?贼在哪里啊?”绵羊感到奇怪。 “它在我后面呢。”机灵兔子自豪地说着。
英语小故事15
Teacher:Why are you late for school every morning?
Tom:Every time I come to the corner,a sign says,"School-Go slow".
经典的英语小故事三翻译
老师:为什么你每天早晨都迟到?
汤姆:每当我经过学校的拐角处,就看见一个牌子上写着"学校----慢行".
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