英语趣味故事精选

The fox without a tail

英语趣味故事断尾的狐狸

A fox’s tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump.

At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting.

When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.

一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了，当他试着脱身的时候，挣断了整条尾巴。

开始时，他看到其他狐狸的时候感到很羞愧。后来，他决定面对这种不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸开会。

He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies.

大家到齐后，他极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，说尾巴在遭遇敌人时很不方便，尾巴一点儿作用也没有。

He did not talk about any advantages of the tail.

"You are right," said one of the older foxes, "but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn’t lost it yourself first."

可他没有说有尾巴的任何好处。

一只老狐狸站出来说：“如果你没有失去你的尾巴，你是不会来劝大家都割去尾巴的。 ”

寓意: 有些人为了自己的利益而劝告他人，我们不能轻信他们的意见。

The wind and the sun

英语趣味故事风和太阳

One day the wind said to the sun, "Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can."

"We will see about that," said the sun. "I will let you try first."

有一天风跟太阳说：“看看那个沿着路上走的人，我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来。”

“我们等着看吧，”太阳说，“我让你先试。”

So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.

"I give up," said the wind at last. "I cannot get his cloak off." Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.

因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来。他用力地吹，可是那个人把披风拉得更紧。

“我放弃了，”风最后说，“我无法让他把披风脱下来。”然后太阳试试看。他尽可能的晒他。不久，那个人很热就把披风脱下来了。