英语寓言故事1分钟

民间文学中的寓言故事虽短小精悍、情节简单,但寓意深刻。幼儿往往能理解寓言故事的情节,但对其中的深刻寓意却往往难以理解。下面是我带来的简短英语寓言故事，欢迎欣赏!

询楼捕蝉

One day, Confucius led his disciples to the State of Chu. When crossing a stretch of forest, they saw a hunchbacked old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas with a bamboo stick. With each stroke he caught one cicada, just as easily as picking it up at will. Confucius asked: "You are very skillful at catching cicadas. You must have followed some pattern."

"That's right!”the old man answered. "The cicada is a clever little insect. It would fly away at themere rustling of leaves in the wind. Therefore, to catch cicadas, one must, first of all, train one's hand to hold the bamboo stick without shaking. When 2 pellets are put on the top of the bamboo stick and do not fall off, one has certain assurance in catching cicadas; when 3 pellets are put there and do not fall off, only one cicada out of ten can manage to escape; when 5 pellets are put there and do not fall off, then catching cicadas is as easy as picking them up at will."

He then added: "But that is not enough. One must be good at hiding oneself. Now I am standing under a tree, just like half of a tree stump, with my arm stretching out like part of awithered twig. Last of all, one must be attentive. When I am catching cicadas, I don't think at all of the vastness of the universe, nor do I look at the numerous things around. I only see the two wings of the cicada. No matter what happens, nothing will distract my attention. As I manage to accomplish all these, I can be so skillful at catching cicadas."

Hearing this, Confucius turned to his disciples and said: "Whatever you do, only when youpersevere with concentrated attention and devotion, can you achieve the acme of perfection. This is the truth that this hunchbacked old man has taught us."

一天，孔子带着弟子去楚国。穿过一片树林的时候，他们看到一位驼背老人站在树下，手拿竹竿捕蝉，一粘一只，就像随手拾来一样容易。孔子问：“您捕蝉捕得这么熟练，一定掌握了什么规律吧?”

老人回答说：“是啊!蝉是一种非常乖巧的小虫。一有风吹草动，它就飞掉了，所以要捕蝉，首先要练得手拿竹竿不晃动。一直练到在竹竿顶端放两颗弹丸不掉下来的时候，捕蝉就有了一定的把握;当放三颗弹丸不掉下来的时候，捕十只蝉只会逃走一只;当放五颗弹丸不掉下来的时候，捕蝉就像随手拾取一样容易了。”

又说：“不过，这还不够，还必须善于隐蔽自己。我现在站在树下，就像是半截子树桩;伸出去的手臂，就像是一段枯萎的树枝。最后，还必须用心专一。我捕蝉时，根本不想天地多么广大，也不看众多万物，只看见蝉的两只翅膀，不管发生什么情况，都不会分散我的注意力。因为我能够做到这些，所以捕蝉才会这样熟练。”

孔子听了，回头对他的弟子说：“无论做什么事情，只有锲而不舍，专心致志，才能达到这样出神人化的境界。这就是这位驼背老人告诉我们的道理。”

意怠免患

According to legend, there was a kind of birds called "dais" (swallow) on the East China Sea.

The Yidais were slow in reaction. They could not fly very high and seemed clumsy andincapable.

But when they moved about, they always moved in groups, depended on one another for survival, and flew and landed together.

When they advanced, no one dared to advance rashly. When they retreated, no one dared to fall behind at will. When they fed, no one dared to scramble to be the first. All their activities were orderly.

When they went into action,万 dais always acted uniformly without any disorder. They depended upon the collective efforts to avoid any harm from the outside world.

传说，东海上有一种叫做“意怠”的鸟。

意怠反应比较迟钝，不能高飞，似乎笨拙无能。

但是，它们行动的时候，总是成群结队，相依为命，一起飞翔，一起降落。

它们前进的时候，没有一只敢擅自冒进;后退的时候，没有一只敢随便掉队;吃食的时候，也没有一只敢抢先。一切活动，都很有秩序。

意怠行动起来总是这样一致而不散乱，它们就是靠着集体的力量来避免外界对自己的伤害。

鲫鱼求救

Zhuang Zhou's family was poor. Once, he went to the official who supervised rivers to borrow some grain. The official said: "Well, wait until the end of the year when I collect the taxes from the people, then I will lend you 300 gold pieces. All right?"

When Zhuang Zhou heard this, he was so angry that the colow of his face changed. But he told the official this story: When I came here yesterday, on the way I heard a voice calling 'Help!' I turned my head and saw a small crucian carp in the dried-up carriage ditch."

I went over and asked: "Little crucian carp, why are you calling for help?"

The little crucian carp answered: "I am a subject of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Unfortunately I fell down here. Can you give me a little water to save my life?"

I said: "All right, I am just going to the south to sell ideas to the kings of the States of Wu and Yue. I will ask them to stir up the water of the Xijiang River to welcome you. Will that do?"

When the crucian carp heard this, it got angry and said: "When I lose the water which is always with me, I cannot survive. Now, I want only a little bit of water so that I can survive.Yet you say such things. Then you'd better go to the salt-fish shop to look for me."

庄周家境贫穷。一次，他去监河侯那里借粮食，监河侯说：“好吧!等到年底，我收到了老百姓的税金时，就借给你三百金，行吗?”

庄周一听，气得脸色都变了，但是他却对监河侯讲了这样一件事情：我昨天来时，半路上听到‘救命’的呼喊声。我回过头来，看见干涸的车沟里有条小螂鱼。

我走过去，问它： “小娜鱼，你为什么喊救命?”

小鲤鱼回答说：“我是东海龙王的臣子，不幸落到这里。您能够给我一些水来救我活命吗?”

我说：“好吧!我正好要去南方游说吴国和越国的国王，那我就请他们激起西江的大水来迎接您，可以吗?”

卿鱼听了，气得不得了，说：“我失去了常跟我在一起的水，就无法生存下去了。现在，我只要得到一些水，就能够生存下去;你却说出这样的话。好吧，你不如趁早到咸鱼店里去找我吧!”

第一篇---------------------------A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.有一只 乌鸦整天就坐在树上，但就是不做事。A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him,之后就有一只兔子看到乌鸦，就问说：Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?我能学你这样子就坐在这儿整天不用做事吗？The crow answered: Sure, why not.乌鸦就说啦：当然可以，为啥不行？So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested.所以，兔子就在树的底下休息起来，All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.突然的，有一只狐狸出现把兔子给吃了。Moral of the story is:这故事告诉你：To be sitting and doing nothing,想要整天坐著不做事，you must be sitting very, very high up.你就必须高高在上----------------------------------第二篇----------------------------------A turkey was chatting with a bull.有一只火鸡跟一只公牛在聊天。I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,火鸡说：我真的很想爬到这树枝头上耶！sighed the turkey, but I havent got the energy.但是我没力气！Well, why dont you nibble on some of my droppings?牛说：嗯，没关系，那你要不要吃一点我的牛大便（英译：狗屁，屁话）呢？replied the bull.Theyre packed with nutrients.我的牛大便是很营养的喔。The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave himenough strength to reach the first branch of the tree.火鸡就吃了很多牛大便，就变的很强壮足够让火鸡爬上第一排的树枝。The next day, after eating some more dung,接下来的一天，火鸡又吃了很多牛大便（狗屁，屁话）he reached the second branch.让火鸡可以爬上第二排枝头。Finally after a fortnight,最后，两个礼拜过后，there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.火鸡终於爬上枝头很安稳的在休息，Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer,好景不常，一位农夫发现这只火鸡，who shot the turkey out of the tree.开枪把火鸡打死了。Moral of the story:这故事告诉你：Bullshit might get you to the top, but it wont keep you there.(狗屁，屁话）或许可以让你爬的更高，但不可能让你成功一辈子。--------------------------------- 第三篇----------------------------------When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be Boss.当一个身体刚完成的时候，所有的器官想要当这身体的老大。The brain said, I should be Boss because I control the whole bodys responsesand functions.头脑就说；我应该当老大，因为我支配著整个身体的运作，反应跟功能。The hands said, We should be the Boss because接著手就说了；我应该当老大因为都是我在做事赚钱。we do all the work and earn all the money. And so it went on and on with theheart,所以这样的争执就一直继续著，心脏，肺脏跟眼睛也加入争执，the lungs and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up.最后屁眼（英译：白痴）也说话要当老大！All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the Boss.所有的器官一同取笑屁眼想当老大，So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work.屁眼一气之下，将自己塞起来，不爽，罢工去了Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feettwitched,在很短的时间内，眼睛、手脚就开始不听使唤，the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered.心肺也开始失去功能Eventually they all decided that the asshole should be the Boss, so themotion was passed.最后，大家还是决议让屁眼当老大，All the other parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and passed outthe shit!所以, 当所有的器官都在做事时, 就老大坐著拉屎（英译：说屁话）Moral of the story:这故事告诉你：You dont need brains to be a Boss - any asshole will do.想当老大根本不需要大脑！任何白痴都可以当！

The importance of learning foreign knowledgeOne daySmall mouse:Mum,i am afraid, because i was almost caught by an old cat just now .Mother Mouse:Baby,Don't worry,if i meet the old cat, u see what i shall do.Then after an hour， old cat was coming the mouse' house。 Mother mouse cried out:"wang, wang, wang,....."And then the old cat left the mouse's home immediately.Mother mouse told her baby: now u should know the importance of learning a foreign knowledge.Small Mouse nodded his head. 学外语的重要性有一天小老鼠：妈妈，我吓坏了，刚刚我差点被一只老猫捉住。鼠妈妈：宝宝，别担心，等一会我遇到她，你看我怎么对付她。一小时后，老猫真来了，鼠妈妈叫道：“汪 汪 汪。。。”那只猫吓得立刻离开了鼠窝。老猫走后，鼠妈妈对小老鼠说： 现在你明白学一门外语的重要性了。小老鼠点了点头。