新概念英语--英语短篇寓言故事篇1
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引婴投江
Once upon a time, a man passing by a river noticed that a grown-up man was going to throw a child he carried in his arms into the river.
从前，有个人路过江边时，发现一个成年男子抱着一个小孩，准备把他投到江里去。 At this moment, the child was frightened, crying loudly and shouting in confusion.
这时候，小孩害怕了，吓得“哇哇”地乱哭乱叫。
The passer-by asked:
那个过路人就问:
"Why are you to throw the child into the river?
“你为什么要把孩子投到江里去?难道不怕他淹死吗?”
Aren't you afraid he would be drowned?"
那个男一子回答说:
The man answered:"It doesn't matter. His father is good at swimming." “不要紧，他爸爸是个游泳能手。”
The passer-by then asked:
那个过路人就说:
"His father can swim, but does it follow that the son can also swim without practice?"
“爸爸会游泳，难道他儿子不经过练习，也会游泳吗?”
英语短篇寓言故事篇2
颜回攫甑
One day in the year 489 B.C., Confucius led his disciples to the State of Cai via theState of Chen.
公元前489年的一天，孔子带着弟子经陈国去蔡国。
When they passed by the State of Chen, they were surrounded by the people of Chen.
他们路过陈国的时候，被陈国人包围了。
For seven days and nights in succession, they hadn't eaten one grain of rice. 整整七天七夜，他们没有吃到一粒米饭。
They were so hungry that they couldn't get up from bed.
都饿得躺在床上起不来。
Later, after much effort, one of his disciples Yan Hui somehow obtained some rice.
后来，弟子颜回好不容易弄到了一点儿米。
The rice was washed and cooked, and when it was almost done,
淘洗做饭。当米饭快要熟的时候。
Yan Hui suddenly stretched out his hand to grab a handful of rice from the steamer, put it intohis mouth and swallowed it.
颜回突然伸手从颤里抓起一把米饭，塞进嘴里吞了下去。
Confucius, lying at a distance, saw all this by chance, but pretended that he had seen nothingand didn't say a word.
这一切，恰巧被躺在远处的孔子看在眼里，但是他却装作没有看见，一声不响。
After a while the rice was done. Yan Hui respectfully came to Confucius and asked him to takehis meal.
不一会儿，米饭熟了。颜回恭恭敬敬地来拜见孔子，请老师去吃饭。
Confucius slowly sat up in his bed and said to Yan Hui:
孔子慢悠悠地从床上坐起来，对颜回说:
"A short while ago I had a dream. I dreamed of my deceased father.
“刚才我做了一个梦，梦见我死去的父亲。
If the rice is clean, I would like to make a sacrificial offer to him."
如果米饭干净的话，我想祭奠一下他老人家。”
Yan Hui replied hurriedly: "Master, the rice is not clean, and it's unfit for sacrifice."
颜回急忙说道: “先生，这米饭不干净，不能用来祭祖。”
He then continued: "Some soot has just fallen into the steamer and soiled the rice.
接着又说:“甄里刚才掉进了一点儿烟尘，弄脏了米饭。
It is a pity to throw the rice away, so I picked out the sooted rice and ate it." 倒掉它太可惜，我就用手把有烟尘的米饭抓出来吃了。”
Confucius suddenly saw the light.
孔子恍然大悟。
He sighed and said: "It goes without saying that one can trust one's own eyes. 长叹了一口气，说道:“本来自己的眼睛是可以相信的，现在看来眼睛也不能完全相信呵!
But now it seems that one's eyes cannot be trusted entirely.
本来自己的头脑是可以信赖的，现在看来头脑也不完全可以信赖呵!
It goes without saying that one can trust one's own mind, but now it seems that one's ownmind cannot be trusted entirely either. Disciples, keep this in mind: It is not easy to thoroughlyunderstand a person after all."
弟子们，记住吧!要真正了解一个人，是很不容易的啊!”
英语短篇寓言故事篇3
因噎废食
In the past, there was a man who had a large appetite.
从前，有个人饭量很大。
When he ate, he devoured ravenously.
吃起饭来，狼吞虎咽。
Once he wasn't careful enough so that a fishbone got stuck in his throat. 一次，他不留神，骨头硬在喉咙里。
The food was blocked in his esophagus, and he could neither swallow nor vomit.
食物被堵塞在食道里，想咽咽不下，想吐吐不出。
So he called a physician, but the physician could do nothing.
于是，他请来医生，医生也没有办法。
The people around looked at him in anxiety.
周围的人看着他，干着急。
Finally, as he couldn't breathe, he died of choking.
最后，他因透不过气来而活活噎死了。
Afterwards, someone went so far as to issue a ban:
事后，有人居然下了一道禁令:
Eating is forbidden as from today for the reason that no one will be choked to death if peoplegive up eating.
从今天起，天下禁止吃饭。理由是:不吃饭，就不会噎死人。
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