英語(yǔ)寓言小故事

2020-08-28 寓言

　　Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell

　　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 catch 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.

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　　“掩耳盜鈴”

　　從前，有一個(gè)人想偷鄰居門上的鈴，但是他知道一碰到鈴，鈴就會(huì)響起來(lái)，被人發(fā)現(xiàn)。他想啊想，終于他想出一個(gè)“妙極”，他把自己的耳朵用東西塞起來(lái)，就聽不見(jiàn)鈴聲了。但是當(dāng)他去偷鈴時(shí)，鈴聲仍舊響起來(lái)，他被別人當(dāng)場(chǎng)抓住。

　　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."

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　　老貓

　　一位老婦有只貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因?yàn)樗昙o(jì)太大了。一天，老貓發(fā)現(xiàn)一只老鼠，它跳過(guò)去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因?yàn)槔县堃Р涣怂?/p>

　　于是，老婦很生氣，因?yàn)槔县垱](méi)有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說(shuō)：“不要打你的老仆人，我已經(jīng)為你服務(wù)了很多年，而且還愿意為你效勞，但是，我實(shí)在太老了，對(duì)年紀(jì)大的不要這么無(wú)情，要記住老年人在年青時(shí)所做過(guò)的.有益的事情。”

　　Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It

　　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 4 / 12 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, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It.” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

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　　“畫蛇添足”

　　古時(shí)幾個(gè)人分一壺酒。他們都想獨(dú)自喝完那壺酒，所以就定了一個(gè)規(guī)矩：每人在地上畫一條蛇，誰(shuí)畫得最快，這壺酒就歸誰(shuí)。有一個(gè)人很快就把蛇畫好了。他正打算喝這壺酒時(shí)，看見(jiàn)別人都還在忙著畫，就決定給蛇再畫上幾只腳。結(jié)果，他的蛇腳還沒(méi)加完，另一個(gè)人已經(jīng)把蛇畫好了。那人一下把酒壺奪了過(guò)去，說(shuō)：“有誰(shuí)見(jiàn)過(guò)長(zhǎng)腳的蛇?”。這個(gè)故事告訴我們這樣的道理：做得過(guò)分和做得不夠都是不對(duì)的。

　　Drunk

　　One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk."

　　"But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"

　　醉酒

　　一天，父親與小兒子一道回家。這個(gè)孩子正處于那種對(duì)什么事都很感興趣的年齡，老是有提不完的問(wèn)題。他向父親發(fā)問(wèn)道：“爸爸，‘醉’字是什么意思?” “唔，孩子，”父親回答說(shuō)，“你瞧那兒站著兩個(gè)警察。如果我把他們看成了四個(gè)，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子說(shuō)，“那兒只有一個(gè)警察呀!”

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