英語(yǔ)典故故事(英語(yǔ)小故事40篇)
1.英語(yǔ)小故事40篇
1\\Mrs Black was eighty, but she had a small car, and she always drove to the shops in it on Saturday and bought her food. She did not drive fast because she was old, but she drove well and never hit anything. Sometimes her grandchildren said to her,"Please don't drive your car, Grandmother. We can take you to the shops." But she always said,"No, I like driving.I began to drive fifty years ago, and I'm not going to stop now." Last Saturday she stopped her car at the traffic lights because they were red, and then she couldn't start the car again. The lights were green,then yellow, then red , then green again, but her car did not start. 2. A young woman went to her doctor complaining of pain. " Where are you hurting?" asked the doctor. " You have to help me, I hurt all over" , said the woman. " What do you mean, all over?" asked the doctor, " be a little more specific." The woman touched her right knee with her index finger and yelled, " Ow, that hurts." Then she touched her left cheek and again yelled, " Ouch! That hurts, too." Then she touched her right earlobe, " Ow, even that hurts" , she cried. The doctor checked her thoughtfully for a moment and told her his diagnosis, " You have a broken finger." 2\\Once upon a time, there was a mouse father. （很久很久以前，有一個(gè)老鼠爸爸） He wanted to marry his daughter to the greatest person in the world. （他想要將他的女兒嫁給世界上最偉大的人） But, who was the greatest person in the world？ （但是，誰(shuí)是世界上最偉大的人呢？） Oh! The sun! He must be the greatest person in the world. （啊！是太陽(yáng)！他一定是世界上最偉大的人） The mouse father went to talk to the sun. （老鼠爸爸就去找太陽(yáng)說(shuō)話(huà)） “Hello! Mr. Sun. I know you are the greatest person in the world. （哈啰！太陽(yáng)先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人） Would you marry my daughter？” （你愿意娶我的女兒?jiǎn)幔浚?“What? I'm not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the cloud. （什么？我才不是世界上最偉大的人呢！最偉大的應該是云） If he comes out, I'll be covered.” （只要他一出現，我就被遮住了） The mouse father went to talk to the cloud. （老鼠爸爸就去找云） “Hello! Mr. Cloud. I know you are the greatest person in the world. （哈啰！云先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人） Would you marry my daughter？” （你愿意娶我的女兒?jiǎn)幔浚?“What? I'm not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wind. （什么？我才不是世界上最偉大的人呢！最偉大的應該是風(fēng)） If he comes out, I'll be blown away.” （只要他一出現，我就被吹的遠遠的） The mouse father went to talk to the wind. （老鼠爸爸就去找風(fēng)） “Hello! Mr. Wind. I know you are the greatest person in the world. （哈啰！風(fēng)先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人） Would you marry my daughter？” （你愿意娶我的女兒?jiǎn)幔浚?“What? I'm not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wall. （什么？我才不是世界上最偉大的人呢！最偉大的應該是墻） If he comes out, I'll be stopped.” （只要他一出現，我就被擋住了） The mouse father went to talk to the wall. （老鼠爸爸就去找墻） “Hello! Mr. Wall. I know you are the greatest person in the world. （哈啰！墻先生，我知道你是世界上最偉大的人） Would you marry my daughter？” （你愿意娶我的女兒?jiǎn)幔浚?“What? I'm not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is YOU, the mouse.” （什么？我才不是世界上最偉大的人呢！最偉大的其實(shí)是你們！是老鼠！） “The greatest person in the world is … mouse？” （世界上最偉大的人…是老鼠？） “Yes, the greatest person in the world is mouse. See? If mouse comes out, I'll be bit！” （沒(méi)錯！世界上最偉大的就是老鼠，你看，只要你們一出現，我就被挖洞了！） The mouse father was very happy. （老鼠爸爸好開(kāi)心！） He finally knew mouse was the greatest person in the world. （他終于知道世界上最偉大的人了，就是老鼠。）
He would marry his daughter to the handsome mouse next door. （他決定要將自己的女兒嫁給隔壁英俊的鼠小弟。）。
2.急需10個(gè)英語(yǔ)小故事(短點(diǎn)的 最好是寓言)
1、The fox and the grapes Hungry fox saw the vine hanging from a string of crystal clear grapes, slobber DC, want to eat off, but also Can't reach. At the moment, feel helpless to go, he said while walking his own comfort:" this has not cooked grape, sure Are sour." That is to say, some capacity is small, do not a thing, on the pretext that premature.狐貍和葡萄 饑餓的狐貍看見(jiàn)葡萄架上掛著(zhù)一串串晶瑩剔透的葡萄，口水直流，想要摘下來(lái)吃，但又 摘不到。
看了一會(huì )兒，無(wú)可奈何地走了，他邊走邊自己安慰自己說(shuō)：“這葡萄沒(méi)有熟，肯定 是酸的。” 這就是說(shuō)，有些人能力小，做不成事，就借口說(shuō)時(shí)機未成熟。
2、The little boy and the Scorpion There is a child in the front wall to catch the grasshopper, while to catch a lot. Suddenly he saw a scorpion, he thought that is the grasshopper,Then two go to catch him. The scorpion his sting, said: "come, if you really dare to do like this, even you catch a grasshopper Grasshopper will completely lose." This story warns people, to distinguish good and bad, to treat them differently.小男孩與蝎子 有個(gè)小孩在城墻前捉蚱蜢，一會(huì )兒就捉了許多。忽然看見(jiàn)一只蝎子，他以為也是蚱蜢， 便著(zhù)兩手去捕捉他。
蝎子舉起他的毒刺，說(shuō)道：“來(lái)吧，如果你真敢這樣做，就連你捉的蚱 蜢也會(huì )統統失掉。” 這故事告誡人們，要分辨清好人和壞人，區別對待他們。
3、The wolf and the crane Wolf mistakenly swallow a piece of bone, very hard, running around, looking for a doctor. He met the egret, stipulated fees to invite him Bone removed, Lusi their head into the wolf's throat, and drew out the bone, so the wolf to be a good reward. The wolf answered Say:" Hey, friend, you can wolf mouth all is well. Withdraws head, can not meet, how to speak reward?" This story illustrates, the bad guys do no reward, and be thankful if you say the essence of credit.狼與鷺鷥 狼誤吞下了一塊骨頭，十分難受，四處奔走，尋訪(fǎng)醫生。他遇見(jiàn)了鷺鷥，談定酬金請他 取出骨頭，鷺鷥把自己的頭伸進(jìn)狼的喉嚨里，叼出了骨頭，便向狼要定好的酬金。
狼回答 說(shuō)：“喂，朋友，你能從狼嘴里平安無(wú)事地收回頭來(lái)，難道還不滿(mǎn)足，怎么還要講報酬？” 這故事說(shuō)明，對壞人行善的報酬，就是認識壞人不講信用的本質(zhì)。 4、The widow and the hen A widow woman kept a hen, hen lays an egg every day. She thought some more chicken feed barley, a day will be two Egg. Therefore, such a day to feed her, the result looks more and more fat hen, an egg a day is not even under the.This story explained that, some people because of greed, want more benefits, the results are even deprived of the existing.寡婦與母雞 有個(gè)寡婦養著(zhù)一只母雞，母雞每天下一個(gè)蛋。
她以為多給雞喂些大麥，就會(huì )每天下兩個(gè) 蛋。于是，她就每天這樣喂，結果母雞長(cháng)得越來(lái)越肥，每天連一個(gè)蛋也不下了。
這故事說(shuō)明，有些人因為貪婪，想得到更多的利益，結果連現有的都失掉了。5、Standing on the roof of the goat and Wolf The little goats on the roof, saw a wolf from the pass underneath, and cursed him, laughing at him. The wolf said:" Oh, man, scold I is not you, but you are in the ground." This story illustrates the advantages and the secret, often give a person with strong courage to fight.站在屋頂的小山羊與狼 小山羊站在屋頂上，看見(jiàn)狼從底下走過(guò)，便謾罵他，嘲笑他。
狼說(shuō)道：“啊，伙計，罵 我的不是你，而是你所處的地勢。” 這故事說(shuō)明，地利與天機常常給人勇氣去與強者抗爭。
6、Mountain Earthquake One time, a mountain happened a big earthquake, vibration sounds like a loud moan and shout. Many people gathered At the foot of the mountain to watch, do not know what had happened. While they were assembled in anxious, worried about seeing something bad omen, only Saw a mouse running from the mountain.Don't make much ado about nothing.山 震 有一次，一座大山發(fā)生了大震動(dòng)，震動(dòng)發(fā)出的聲音就像大聲的呻吟和喧鬧。許多人云集 在山下觀(guān)看，不知發(fā)生了什么事。
當他們焦急地聚集在那里，擔心看到什么不祥之兆時(shí)，僅 看見(jiàn)從山里跑出一只老鼠。 這是說(shuō)庸人多自憂(yōu)。
7、Good and evil Weak forces of good, evil away to heaven by. Asked Zeus is good at, how can we return to earth to. Zeus told He, you don't go, one of the world's visit. Evil and people very close, so continuously to find him Are. Good because down from the sky, on the very slow to very slow.That is to say, people is not easy to meet good, but every day of the injury or harm.善 與 惡 力量弱小的善，被惡趕走到了天上。善于是問(wèn)宙斯，怎樣才能回到人間去。
宙斯告訴 他，大家不要一起去，一個(gè)一個(gè)的去訪(fǎng)問(wèn)人間吧。惡與人很相近，所以接連不斷地去找他 們。
善因為從天上下來(lái)，所以就來(lái)得很慢很慢。 這就是說(shuō)，人很不容易遇到善，卻每日。
3.英語(yǔ)中常用的典故
1. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
2. God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者
3. Easier said than done.說(shuō)起來(lái)容易做起來(lái)難。
4. Slow and steady wins the race.穩扎穩打無(wú)往而不勝。
5. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長(cháng)一智。
6. Where there is a will,there is a way.有志者事竟成。
7. One false step will make a great difference.失之毫厘，謬之千里。
8. It's never too old to learn.活到老，學(xué)到老。
9. All that glitters is not gold.閃光的未必都是金子。
10. Experience is the mother of wisdom.實(shí)踐出真知。
11. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.只工作不休息，聰明孩子也變傻。
12. Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.無(wú)德之美猶如沒(méi)有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。
13. More hasty,less speed.欲速則不達。
14. Rome was not built in a day.偉業(yè)非一日之功。
15. Great minds think alike.英雄所見(jiàn)略同。
16. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。
17. Look before you leap.三思而后行。
18. Facts speak plainer than words.事實(shí)勝于雄辯。
19. Call back white and white back.顛倒黑白。
20. well begun,half done.好的開(kāi)始等于成功的一半。
21. It is hard to please all.眾口難調。
22. Ill news travels fast.壞事傳千里。
23. Out of sight,out of mind.眼不見(jiàn)，心不念。
24. Beauty will buy no beef.漂亮不能當飯吃。
25. Like and like make good friends.趣味相投。
26. First things first.凡事有輕重緩急。
27. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見(jiàn)真情。
28. To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.活著(zhù)為了學(xué)習，學(xué)習為了更好的活著(zhù)。
29. live not to eat,but eat to live.活著(zhù)不是為了吃飯，吃飯為了活著(zhù)。
30. Action speaks louder than words.行動(dòng)勝過(guò)語(yǔ)言。
31. East or west,home is the best.金窩銀窩不如自家草窩。
32. It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。
33. An idle youth,a needy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
34. As the tree,so the fruit.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
35. The older, the wiser.姜是老的辣。
4.15個(gè)英語(yǔ)小故事(含中文 越短越好
1.The Ox and the Dog An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…” “Me? How about me ?” the ox says “You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says. “Yes. It's true,” the ox says. “But if I don't plough, what do you guard？” 一頭牛和一只狗同時(shí)為一個(gè)農夫工作。
狗驕傲地說(shuō)著(zhù)；'我是多么重要啊！白天我在牧場(chǎng)看護家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..？” “我？我怎么啦？“ 牛反問(wèn)。
“你只會(huì )犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地說(shuō)。
“是的。你說(shuō)得沒(méi)有錯，”牛回答道。
“但是如果沒(méi)有我犁地，你看護什么呢？”2. A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 【中文譯文】 好孩子 小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢(qián)。“昨天給你的錢(qián)干什么了？” “我給了一個(gè)可憐的老太婆，”他回答說(shuō)。
“你真是個(gè)好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說(shuō)。“再給你兩分錢(qián)。
可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢？” “她是個(gè)賣(mài)糖果的。”3.tooth extraction “I'm sorry ,Madam ,but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .” “Twenty d ollars! Why ,I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!” “Yes,but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .” 拔牙 “對不起，夫人，為您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元！為什么？不是說(shuō)好只要4美元。” “是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四個(gè)病人嚇跑了。”
4. One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,"This is my breakfast.'' He came up to the cock and said,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away. The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.'' The cock said to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'' The fox opened his mouth and said,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree. 一天早上，一只狐貍看到了一只公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。
他朝公雞走來(lái)，對他說(shuō)：“我知道，你能唱得非常好聽(tīng)，你能唱給我聽(tīng)么？”公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開(kāi)始唱歌。
狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。 在田地里的人們看到了狐貍。
大喊大叫：“看，看！狐貍抓住公雞逃走了。”公雞對狐貍說(shuō)：“狐貍先生，你能理解么？人們認為你叼走了公雞。
告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。” 狐貍張開(kāi)她的嘴說(shuō)：“公雞是我的，不是你們的。”
就在那時(shí)，公雞逃離了狐貍的嘴巴，跑到了樹(shù)底下。5. Making His Mark “刻舟求劍” A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword？楚國有個(gè)人坐船渡江時(shí)，他不小心把自己的一把寶劍掉落江中。
他馬上掏出一把小刀，在寶劍落水的船舷上刻上一個(gè)記號。船靠岸后，那楚人立即從船上刻記號的地方跳下水去撈取掉落的寶劍。
他怎么找得到 寶劍呢？船繼續行駛，而寶劍卻不會(huì )再移動(dòng)。像他這樣去找劍，真是太愚蠢可笑了。
6. 狗屋 The Dog' House 英語(yǔ)小故事大道理：It's easy to put off today what can be done tomorrow. 人們總是今天吧今天應做的事拖到明天 In the wintertime, a Dog curled up in as small a space as possible on account of the cold, determined to make himself a house. However when the summer returned again, he lay asleep stretched at his full length and appeared to himself to be of a great size. Now he considered that it would be neither an easy nor a necessary work to make himself such a house as would accommodate him.英語(yǔ)小故事帶翻譯： 冬天時(shí)，有一只狗由于寒冷，盡可能地把身子蜷成一團，他下決心一定要為自己建一所房子。可是夏天到來(lái)的時(shí)候，狗伸直了身子躺著(zhù)睡覺(jué)，把身體盡可能伸展開(kāi)。
現在 他覺(jué)得為自己建個(gè)適合自己的房子來(lái)住實(shí)在不容易，也沒(méi)有那個(gè)必要。7.Sleeping Pills Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills. Sunday night Bob 。
5.有哪些英語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)的典故
Playing the Lute to a Cow 對牛彈琴 In ancient times was a man who played the zither very well. Once, he played a tune in front of a cow, hoping that the cow would appreciate it. The tune was melodious ,but the cow showed no reaction, and just kept on eating grass. The man sighed, and went away. This idiom is used to indicate[5IndIket]reasoning with stubborn[5stQbLn]people or talking to the wrong audience。
6.關(guān)于英語(yǔ)的小故事（成語(yǔ)、神話(huà)）
A poor pig
Danny is a little pig . He is unhappy because he wants to leave home to see the world .
It's a sunny day . Danny goes away when his parents are sleeping . on his way he meets an elephant , a peacock and a rabbit . At last , he gets to a lake . He looks at his reflection in the water and says, “I wish I have an elephant's nose , a peacock's tail and a rabbit's ears .” after a while , Danny's wish comes true . He runs back excitedly .
But his parents can't recognize Danny , “Go away , you're not our son .” Danny goes to the lake again . “ I just want to be a pig .” He says sadly .Danny waits and waits . He becomes a pig again .
Danny runs back quickly . His parents hug and say , “ This is our lovely baby .”
可憐的小豬
丹尼是只小豬，為此他很不開(kāi)心，他希望自己能夠擁有大象的鼻子、孔雀的尾巴、小兔的耳朵。可是，當他的愿望實(shí)現的時(shí)候，爸爸媽媽卻不認他了。可憐的小豬決定，還是變回自己原來(lái)的樣子吧。
很好的故事，祝愿你能有好成績(jì)。
7.英語(yǔ)的成語(yǔ)故事
畫(huà)蛇添足 An official of the ancient State of Chu awarded a pot of wine to his men after the ceremony of Spring Sacrifice. One man said, “We have only one pot of wine. It's not enough for all of us but sufficient for one. Let's determine who'll have the wine by drawing a snake on the ground. He who finishes first will have the wine.” The others agreed. Very soon, one man finished his snake. He was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing. He said complacently,“How slowly you are! I still have enough time to add feet to my snke.” But before he finished the feet, another man finished his snke and grabbed the pot from him, saying,“Whoever has seen a snake with feet? Yours is not a snke. So the wine should be mine!” He drank the wine. The man adding the feet to the snake had to give in and could only regret his foolishness. 楚國有一個(gè)官員，在春天祭過(guò)了祖宗之后，便將一壺酒賞給他的辦事人員喝。
有人提議：“我們只有一壺酒，肯定不夠我們大家喝的，一個(gè)人喝倒是綽綽有余。我們每人在地上畫(huà)一條蛇，誰(shuí)畫(huà)得最快，就把這壺酒給他。”
大家都同意了。 有一個(gè)人很快就把蛇畫(huà)好了。
他正打算喝這壺酒時(shí)，看見(jiàn)別人都還忙著(zhù)畫(huà)呢。他就得意揚揚地說(shuō)：“你們畫(huà)得好慢呀，等我再畫(huà)上幾只腳吧！” 他的蛇腳還沒(méi)畫(huà)完，另一個(gè)人已經(jīng)把蛇畫(huà)好了。
那人把酒壺奪了過(guò)去說(shuō)：“有誰(shuí)見(jiàn)過(guò)長(cháng)腳的蛇？你畫(huà)的不是蛇，這壺酒應該是我的了。”說(shuō)罷，就喝起酒來(lái)。
那個(gè)給蛇畫(huà)腳的人沒(méi)辦法，只能懊悔自己的愚蠢。一鳴驚人 In the Warring States Period, Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation. One of his ministers, Chun Yukun who had a good sense of humour, said to him: 'There is a big bird which has neither taken wi