小学阶段的英语学习非常重要,不仅是教学大纲的要求,对学生今后的英语学习也有着重要意义。小编精心收集了短小简单英语故事，供大家欣赏学习!

短小简单英语故事篇1

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.

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拔苗助长

从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗(seedlings)后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个“最佳方法”，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。

短小简单英语故事篇2

Making His Mark

A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn’t this a very foolish way to look for a sword?

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刻舟求剑

楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢?船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。

短小简单英语故事篇3

It’s Good to Walk

散步有益

A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight.

在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。

Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice.

那里的15只金企鹅每天散步两次，每次500米。

“Just like human, penguins don’t exercise much during winter. They become fat easily,” says a zookeeper.

动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容易发胖。”

短小简单英语故事篇4

Sit back and wait

Once upon a time there was a farmer who worked hard in the fields every day.One day,while he was ploughing the fields,he heard a bumping sound. He saw a dead rabbit .He thought to himself ,"Since it is so easy to get a rabbit like that, why should I work so hard all day long"He threw his hoe away and lay by the tree everyday,dreaming for more rabbits to come.When he finally realized his foolish,he starved to death.

The story told us no pain ,no gain , no one can reap where one has not sown.

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守株待兔

从前有一个农民每天在地里辛苦劳作。一天他正在耕地时听到撞击声;他看到一只兔子躺在树旁。他捡起一看是一只肥大的兔子，他自言自语地说：“既然这么容易捡到兔子，为什么我要整天辛苦劳作呢?”他扔掉锄头，每天躺在树边，梦想有兔子来。当他最终意识到他的愚蠢返回地里时，他发现他的稻谷全死了。

这个故事告诉我们，我们不能等着机会和运气带来的不可预料的收获，也就是说，我们希望不劳而获。

短小简单英语故事篇5

The Bathing Boy

One day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn’t swim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man is just passing by. He doesn’t help the boy, but stands by and says to him. “How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in the river.” “Oh, yes sir,” cries the boy, “ Please help me out and scold me afterward.” Counsel without help is useless.

洗澡的男孩

有一天，汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼看就要被淹死，他大声呼喊救命。有个人正好从旁边经过，他没有帮助小男孩，却是站在旁边对小孩子说道：“ 你怎么这么草率!在河里洗澡很危险。”“哦，先生，”小男孩喊叫：请你还是先把我救起来后再责备我吧。” 只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。