由小学生的认知水平和年龄特点所决定,小学英语教学应注重激发学生的学习兴趣,吸引学生主动参与英语学习,从而提高课堂教学效率。将故事寓于教学中,是实现高效英语课堂的一种方法。本文是有关经典的英语故事，希望对大家有帮助!

有关经典的英语故事：The young thief and his mother

小偷和他的母亲

A young man was caught stealing, and sentenced to death three days later.

一个小偷被抓住了，被判处死刑，三天后执行。

He wanted to speak with his mother before the execution. Of course this was granted.

他想在行刑前与他的母亲话别，得到了允许。

When his mother came to him, he said, "I want to tell you something." He said something but she could not hear. He whispered again, and when she came close to him, she put her ear to his mouth. He nearly bit off her ear. All the bystanders were horrified.

当他妈妈来到他的面前，他说：“告诉你一件事。”他轻轻说了一遍，但是她听不到;等她走近些，小偷又轻声说了一遍。母亲将耳朵贴近时，儿子突然咬住母亲的耳朵，差点撕下来，周围的人都惊呆了。

"It is to punish her," he said. "When I was young I began stealing little things, and brought them home to mother. "Instead of punishing me, she laughed and said, ‘It will not be noticed.‘ It is because of her that I am here today."

“这是对她的惩罚，”小偷说，“我小时候小偷小摸，把偷的东西带回家时，她不但不惩罚我，反而笑着说‘别让人看见。’就是因为她我才落个今天这样的下场。”

有关经典的英语故事：The goose with the golden eggs生金蛋的鹅

One morning a countryman went to his goose‘s nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there.

一天早晨，一位农夫发现自家的鹅窝中有一只金灿灿的蛋。

He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold.

他将蛋带回家，惊喜地发现这是一个金蛋。

Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.

此后，农夫每天都能得到一个金蛋。从此，他靠卖他的金蛋变得富有起来。

The countryman became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the gold at once, so he killed the goose, when he looked inside, he found nothing in its body.

农夫变得越来越贪婪，他想一下子得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅，但是，鹅肚子中什么也没有。

有关经典的英语故事：狐狸与狮子The fox and the lion

When the fox first saw the lion he was terribly frightened. He ran away, and hid himself in the woods.

狐狸第一次见到狮子时非常害怕，赶紧藏到森林里。

The second time, however, he came near the lion. He stopped at a safe distance, and watched him pass by.

当他第二次遇到狮子时，则站在附近看狮子经过。

The third time they came near one another.The fox went straight up to the lion, and stayed the whole day with him. He asked the lion how his family was, and when they would meet again.

第三次遇到狮子时，他竟有胆量，走了上去，与狮子进行十分亲切的谈话。

They soon became good friends.

不久，他们变成了好朋友。

有关经典的英语故事：人与赛特

A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance, sat down together to eat. The day being wintry and cold, the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them. "What's that for, my friend?" asked the Satyr. " My hands are so cold," said the Man, "I do it to warm them." In a little while some hot food was placed before them, and the Man, raising the dish to his mouse, again blew opon it. "And what's the meaning of that, now?" said the Satyr. "Oh," replied the Man, "my porridge is so hot, I do it to cool it." "Nay, then," said the Satyr, "from this moment I renounce your friendship, for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse."

一个人与赛特偶然相识，坐在一起吃东西。正值冬季，天气很冷，那人把手放在嘴边哈气。赛特问道“我的朋友，那是干吗?”这人说“我的手太冷了，这是为了取暖”。过了一会儿，热腾腾的食物端上来了，那人把碟子举到嘴边又吹了起来，赛特问“这又是干吗?”，那人说“哦，我的粥太烫了，我把他吹凉些”。赛特说“从现在起，我要与你绝交，因为我不想和一个反复无常的人做朋友”。