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1、英语小故事英语小故事 3 3 分钟分钟3 分钟英语小故事一爱与时间 Once upon a time,there was an island where all the feelingslived:Happiness,Sadness,Knowledge,and all of the others,includingLove.One day it was announced to the feelingsthat the island wouldsink,so all constructed boats and left.E 某 cept for Love.从前有一个岛，所有的情感都住在那里：幸
2、福、悲伤、知识和所有其它的，爱也不例外。一天，所有的情感听说小岛即将沉没，因此建造小船，纷纷离开，除了爱。Love was the only one who stayed.Love wanted to hold out untilthe last possible moment.爱是唯一留下来的，因为它希望能坚持到最后一刻。When the island had almost sunk,Love decided to ask for help.小岛即将沉没了，爱决定请求帮助。Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat.Love said,富有驾着一
3、艘大船从爱身边经过，爱说，Richness,can you take me with you?“富有，你能带上我么?”Richness answered,No,I cant.There is a lot of gold andsilver in my boat.There is no placehere for you.富有回答说：“不行，我的船上载满金银财宝，没有你的地方。”Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautifulvessel.Vanity,please helpme!虚荣坐在漂亮的小船中从爱身边驶过，
4、爱问：“虚荣，你能帮助我么?”I cant help you,Love.You are all wet and might damage myboat,Vanity answered.虚荣说：“不行，你全身湿透，会弄脏我的船。”第 1页 共 5页 Sadness was close by so Love asked,Sadness,let me go withyou.悲伤的船靠近了，爱问：“悲伤，请带我走吧。”Oh.Love,I am so sad that I need to be by myself!“哦.爱，我太难过了，想一个人呆着。”Happiness passed by Love,t
5、oo,but she was so happy that she didnot even hear when Lovecalled her.幸福经过爱的身边，它太开心了，根本没听见爱在呼唤。Suddenly,there was a voice,Come,Love,I will take you.Itwas an elder.So blessed andoverjoyed,Love even forgot to ask theelder where they were going.When they arrived at dryland,the elderwent her own way.Rea
6、lizing how much was owed the elder,突然，一个声音喊道：“来，爱，我带你走。”声音来自“年老”。爱太高兴了，甚至忘了问他们即将去何方。当他们来到岸上，年老自己离开了。爱突然意识到“年老”给了它多大的帮助。Love asked Knowledge,another elder,Who Helped me?于是，爱问另一位老者-知识：“谁帮助了我?”It was Time,Knowledge answered.知识说：“是时间。”Time?asked Love.But why did Time help me?“时间?”爱问：“但是时间为什么帮助我?”Knowled
7、ge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,Because onlyTime is capable ofunderstanding how valuable Love is.知识睿智地微笑道：“因为只有时间了解爱的价值。”3 分钟英语小故事二炼狱能成天堂 A king was embarked on board a ship,which also carried a slave.国王带着一个奴隶乘坐在一条船上第 2页 共 5页 The boy had never been at sea,nor e 某 perienced theinconvenience o
8、f a ship.奴隶从未出过海，也从未经历过坐船之苦。He set up a weeping and wailing,and all his limbs were in astate of trepidation,and,however much they soothed him,he was notto be pacified.他开始哭泣、悲号，四肢不停地颤抖。人们想尽办法安抚他，但他仍无法平静。The kings pleasure party was disconcerted by him;but theyoffered no help.国王原本愉快的心情被他搅得不安起来，但人们却束手无
9、策。On board that ship there was a physician.He said to the king;“If you will order it,I can manage to silence him.”一个医师也在船上，他对国王说：“如果允许让我一试的话，我有办法让他平静。”The king replied,“It will be an act of great favor.”国王说道：“那就太好了。”The physician directed that they throw the boy into the sea,andafter he had plunged
10、repeatedly,they seized him by hair of the headand drew him close to be ship,医师吩咐他们把奴隶扔到海里，让他反复沉浮几次后，才抓住他的头发把他拖到船边 where he grabbed the rudder with both hands and,scrambling up onto the deck,slunk into a corner and sat down quiet.他双手紧紧抓住船舷，爬上甲板，缩到一个角落里坐下来，不再吭声了。The king,pleased with what he saw,said,
11、“What art is there inthis?”国王很满意，问道：“这是什么道理?”第 3页 共 5页The physician replied,“Originally he had not e 某 perienced thedanger of being drowned,and undervalued the safety of being in aship;医师回答说：“先前他没有经历溺水的危险，所有不珍惜在船上的安全 just as a person is aware of the preciousness of health only whenhe is overtaken wi
12、th the calamity of sickness.”就象一个人只有感受到病痛的折磨时，方知健康的可贵一样。”3 分钟英语小故事三秃鹫的视力 It was said that the eye of the vulture could see everythingclearly as he gazed down from highabove.据说，秃鹫从高处向下俯视，一切都能清楚地尽收眼底。A vulture once bragged to the crow,No ones eyesight can bebetter than mine.一次，秃鹫对乌鸦吹嘘：“谁的视力也不如我的好。”You
13、re just boasting about your eyesight without any evidence,said the crow.If it were so,then tell me what you can see in thewilderness.乌鸦说：空口无凭，既然你夸耀自己的眼力，那请说说在旷野上你看到了什么东西?The vulture answered,Dont mock me when I say this,that thereis a wheat grain in thewasteland of the wilderness?秃鹫答：我若说出来你可别笑我，有一颗麦
14、粒掉落在旷野的 土地上。The crow was skeptical over what the vulture said,so both ofthem flew down towards thatplace to have a look.乌鸦听了心中置疑。于是它们一同往下飞去看个究竟。As the vultures position was just above the grain 某 a net wascast from above and he wastrapped.第 4页 共 5页当秃鹫飞到那颗麦粒上方时，忽然背后有一张大网撒了下来，它被罩住了。It never occurred t
15、o the vulture that he could be trapped as heprepared to peck at the grain.秃鹫万万没想到就在它啄那颗麦粒的时候，却被罩住了。The crow sighed and said,Oh vulture,what is the use if you cansee the small grain but couldnot see the trap set up by the enemy?乌鸦叹息道：“秃鹫啊，你看到麦粒有何用 7 你却看不到敌人 设置的陷阱。Trapped in the net,the vulture was resigned to his fate.Hesaid,One cannot escape losinghis life in a vast and boundless ocean某 no matter how good a swimmer he is.而那落人猎入网中的秃鹫感叹着它的命运。它说：“在一片浩瀚无际的大海里，再高明的游泳者也在劫难逃第 5页 共 5页