英语故事教学作为英语教学方式的一种,随着先进的教学设备、教学媒体的使用,被越来越多的英语老师所熟知。本文是适合5岁儿童的英语故事，希望对大家有帮助!

适合5岁儿童的英语故事：The lion and the mouse

狮子与报恩的老鼠

When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and downbeside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.

狮子睡着了，有只老鼠在他的周围爬上爬下，很快吵醒了狮子，狮子很生气，一把抓住了老鼠。

"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words. He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.

“饶了我吧，”老鼠请求说，“也许有一天我能帮上你的忙呢。”狮子觉得很好笑，他想：“这只小老鼠怎么能帮上我的忙?”但他还是抬起爪子放他走了。

A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.

不久，狮子被陷阱困住了。

The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.

猎人们想将活狮子献给国王，就把他捆在一棵大树上，然后去找马车。

Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.

这时，老鼠路过这里，看到了绝望中的狮子。

He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.

他走过去，很快啃断了绳索，说：“我虽小，可是我也能帮上你的忙。”

适合5岁儿童的英语故事：The bat, the birds,and the beasts

蝙蝠、鸟和野兽

There was a big fight between the birds and the beasts. The bat did not join in the fight.

鸟与野兽宣战，蝙蝠没有参战。

Some birds said to the bat, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a beast."

鸟对蝙蝠说：“加入我们吧。”蝙蝠回答说：“我是野兽。”

Later on, some beasts said to him, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a bird."

后来，一些野兽对蝙蝠说：“加入我们吧。”但是蝙蝠回答说：“我是鸟。”

At last the fighting ended peacefully. The bat first went to the birds, and wanted to join in thecelebration, but they all turned against him. He then went to the beasts, but was also driven away.

当鸟和野兽宣告停战和平时，交战双方明白了蝙蝠的欺骗行为。蝙蝠来到鸟类当中，他们都敌视他，蝙蝠去野兽那里，也被赶走。

适合5岁儿童的英语故事：The hare and the tortoise

龟兔赛跑

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."

兔子向动物们夸耀他的速度，“我从来没有失败过，”他说，“当我奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”

The tortoise said quietly, "I will race with you." "That is a good joke," said the hare. "I coulddance around you the whole way."

乌龟平静地说：“我要与你比赛。”“真是笑话，我可以边玩边和你赛跑。”兔子说。

The race started. The hare darted almost out of sight at once. He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.

比赛开始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已经跑得不见了踪影，但是他觉得自己跑得快，对比赛掉以轻心，躺在路边睡着了。

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.

乌龟慢腾腾地却持续不停地走，当兔子一觉醒来，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了。兔子输了比赛。

适合5岁儿童的英语故事：The man and his two wives

白发男人与他的太太们

A middle-aged man had two wives. One was old, and the other was young. They both loved him very much.

一个中年男人有两个妻子，一个年轻，一个年老，她们都非常地爱他。

Now the man's hair was turning grey. The young wife felt unhappy about this because it made him look too old.

当男人的头发渐渐变得灰白时，年轻太太感到很不高兴，因为这使他看起来显得很老。

So every night she used to comb his hair and pick out the white ones.

于是，她每晚帮他梳头时都拔去一些白发。

But the elder wife was glad to see her husband growing grey, for she did not want to be mistaken for his mother. So every morning she used to comb his hair and pick out the black ones.

但是，年老的太太很高兴他的男人变老，因为这样自己就不会被错认为是他的妈妈了。于是，每天早晨帮他梳头时都拔去一些黑发。

The consequence was the man soon found himself entirely bald.

结果，不久后男人发现自己变成了秃子。