小学阶段是学生成长的重要阶段,在小学阶段的英语教学开展过程中,要对于传统的以模仿为主的教学模式进行转变,并且将培养学生的综合英语理解与运用能力为教学工作的重点。英语故事教学的开展,实现了创造性的学习方式,是提高小学英语教学效果的重要举措之一。小编精心收集了适合4年级的英语故事，供大家欣赏学习!

适合4年级的英语故事：The fox and the goat

狐狸和山羊

An unlucky fox fell into a well. It was quite deep, so he could not get out by himself.

一只不走运的狐狸，失足掉到了井里。井很深，他无法跳出来。

A goat passed by. He asked the fox what he was doing in the well. "Oh, have you not heard?" said the fox. "There is going to be a great drought, so I jumped down to get some water. Why don’t you come down here too?"

一只山羊经过这里，便问狐狸在井下做什么。狐狸说：“哦，你没有听说吗?这里将要大旱，因此我跳进来取水，为什么你不下来一起喝呢?”

The goat believed his words, and jumped down into the well.But the foximmediately jumped on the goat’s back and up to the edge of the well.

山羊相信了狐狸的话，就真的跳进井里。狐狸立即跳上山羊的背，又一跳，跳上了井沿。

"Good-bye, friend," said the fox. "Remember next time don’t trust the advice of a man indifficulties."

“再见，朋友，”狐狸说，“记住，不要相信一个身陷麻烦的人的建议。”

适合4年级的英语故事：狐狸和鹤

Once a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the tableexcept some soup in a very shallow dish.

一次，狐狸请鹤来吃饭。他除了浅盘子中的一点汤以外，什么也没有准备。

The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it. When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the fox, "the soup is not to your taste."

狐狸可以轻而易举地喝到汤，但是鹤只够蘸湿他长长的嘴尖。吃完饭后，鹤仍旧很饥饿。“很抱歉,”狐狸说,“这汤不合你的口味”。

"Please do not apologize," said the stork. "I hope you will come to my house, and dine with me soon."

“别客气，”鹤说，“过几天请到我家来和我一起吃饭吧。”

A few days later the fox visited the stork. He found that his food was put in a long bottle, and the mouth of the bottle was very narrow. He could not insert his big mouth into it, so he ate nothing. "I will not apologize," said the stork. "One bad turn deserves another."

几天后，狐狸应邀而至，他发现食物都装在一个长长的瓶子里，而瓶口很细，他无法将他的大嘴伸进去，什么也吃不到。“我不想道歉，这是你应得的回报。”鹤说。

适合4年级的英语故事：The fox without a tail

断尾的狐狸

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

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。

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.

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。

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