英语故事因其具有可理解性、趣味性和足够的语言输入量被认为符合学前儿童学习语言的特点,从而成为幼儿教师在英语教学过程中采用频率较高的一种教学手段。下面是小编带来的关于英语故事短文，欢迎欣赏!

关于英语故事短文篇1

相辅相成

In the past, a man bragged about his how: “There is no bow better than mine. It doesn’t need any arrow!”

从前，有个人自夸他的弓，说：“我的弓嘛，没有比这更好的了，好得不需要用什么箭的!”

Anther man bragged about his arrow: “There is no arrow better than mine. It doesn’t need any bow!”

也有人在夸他的箭，说：“我的箭，没有比这更好了，好得用不着什么弓了!”

At that time, a man good at archery happened to pass by and duanwenw.com heard their dialogue. He said: “You are both wrong. One cannot shoot an arrow without a bow; and without an arrow, how can one hit the target?”

这时候，恰好有一个会射箭的人从他们身边走过，听到他们的这段对话，就说：“你们俩个人的话都不对。没有弓，发不出箭，没有箭，怎么能射中目标呢?”

Thereupon, the man good at archery asked them to take out their bow and arrow. Then he showed them how to shoot at the target with a bow and an arrow.

说完后，会射箭的人还叫他们把弓和箭都拿出来，射箭给他们看。

Now they understood: A bow won’t do without an arrow’ nor an arrow without a bow. They complement each other.

他们这才明白：弓不能离开箭，箭也离不开弓，两者相辅相成。

关于英语故事短文篇2

争先恐后Striving to Be the First and Fearing to Lag Behind

Wang yuqi was a well-known expert in driving carriages in the State of Zhao.

王于期是赵国有名的驾车能手。

When Xiang Zi of Zhao heard of this, he asked Wang to teach him to drive a carriage. Not long after, xiang Zi of Zhao thought he had already duanwenw.com mastered the skills, and suggested a race against Wang. He didn’t expect that after he had changed horses three times in succession, he still lost the race to Wang.

赵襄子听说后，让王于期教他驾车的本领。不久，赵襄子自以为已经学会了，就提出要王于期比赛驾车。他没想到，一连换了三次马，都输给了王于期。

Xiang Zi of zhao was flustered and exasperated. He said to Wang:

赵襄气急败坏，很不满意，对王于期说：

“in teaching me to drive, have you held anything back and not taught me all your skills?”

“您教我驾车，是不是留了一手，没有把全部本领教给我?”

Hearing this, Wang smiled and said:

王于期听后，笑着说：

“You ought to believe that I have taught you all the skills in driving a carriage. But, when your Highness was racing against me, you always tried to keep in front of me. Once you lagged behind, you strove to overtake me; but after you overtook me, you were afraid that I would catch up with you. You focused all your attention on me. You forgot that in driving a carriage, the most important thing duanwenw.com is to take of the horses wholeheartedly and pay attention to the handlebars of the carriage and the harness to see whether they fit of not. Only then can you give the rein to the horses and let them gallop for 1000 li. But during the race, you not only strove to be the first but also feared to lag behind. How could you concentrate your mind on driving the carriage? ”

“您应该相信，我把驾车的本领已经全部教给您了。但是，大王在跟我比赛的时候，总是跑在我的前面。一落后就想拼命地追上我;而大王跑到我前面以后，又怕被我追上。您把注意力全部放在了我身上，忘记了凡是驾车，最关键的是首先要一心一意地调理马匹，注意车把、马套合适不合适，然后车谈得上纵马飞腾，奔驰千里;而您在比赛的时候，即想争先，又恐落后，怎么会集中思想驾车呢?”

Hearing this, Xiang Zi of Zhao was enlightened. He gave a deep sigh and said: ”Your words certainly hit the nail on the head. That is the very reason why I lagged behind.”

赵襄子听了恍然大悟，感叹地说：“您的话，真是一针见血。这才是我落后的根本原因啊!”

关于英语故事短文篇3

楚王击鼓

One day, King Li of the State of Chu announced to the people: If any emergency occurs in our country, the drum will be beaten as a signal. The moment the people hear the drum, they must assemble outside the palace gate at once.

One day, King Li out drunk, when he passed by the drum stand, he started to beat the drum at random. When the people heard the drum, they ran from all directions to the palace gate, thinking that some emergency had occurred in the country. They stood all around in a dense mass.

King Li sent someone to tell them:”Just now the King beat the drum, but nothing urgent had happened, it was only because the King got drunk and when he passed by the drum stand, he beat the drum just for fun.”

All the people returned to their homes , feeling angry.

A few months later, some emergency really occurred in the State of Chu. The drum outside the palace gate sounded from early morning until night. Though the people heard the drum, they no longer cared about it and didn’t rush to the palace gate.

楚厉王通告老百姓：假如国家发生急事，就以击鼓为信号，老百姓一听到鼓声响，就必须立刻到宫门外集合。

有一次，厉王喝醉了酒，从鼓架旁边走过，就胡乱地击起鼓来。老百姓听到鼓声，以为国家发生了什么急事，都从四面八方到宫门外来了，黑压压地站了一片。

厉王派人告诉大家说：“刚才国王喝醉了酒，走过鼓架旁边，为着好玩，才击了一阵子鼓。”

老百姓都回家去了，但是都很气愤。

隔了几个月，楚国真的发生了紧急情况，宫门外的鼓“咚咚咚”地从早晨响到晚上。可是，老百姓虽然听到鼓声，却不再把它当做一回事而赶到宫门前来了。