英語小故事【實用】

英語小故事1

　　時間很重要

　　Time is important. Everyone has 24 hours in a day. There are 365 days in a year. Once a day runs out in our life, it will never come back again. If we love our lives, we shouldn’t waste time. We must control time. The best way to use time is to plan it well.

　　When making the study plan, we should remember two things. First, be realistic. Don’t try to do too many things. Second, a good study plan should be flexible. We may make some small changes on a weekly basis but follow the same pattern.

　　Let’s be the master of time, start out plan now.

　　譯文

　　時間很重要。人人每天有二十四小時，每年有三百六十五天，一旦我們生命中的一天消逝，就再也不會回來。我們要是熱愛生命，就不應(yīng)該浪費時間。我們應(yīng)該掌握時間。使用時間的最好辦法就是好好計劃時間。

　　在制定學(xué)習(xí)計劃時，我們應(yīng)該記住兩件事。第一，應(yīng)該現(xiàn)實一些，不要企圖干太多的事情。第二，好的`計劃要靈活一點。我們可以每周做些小的變動，但總的模式不變。

　　讓我們當(dāng)時間的主人，今天就開始我們的計劃。

英語小故事2

　　In the Song Dynasty(960-1279) there was a joker called Sun Shan.

　　One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of successful candidates. Back in his hometown, one of his neighbours asked him whether the neighbour's son had also passed.

　　Sun Shan said, with a smile: "Sun Shan was the last on the list, your son came after Sun Shan."

　　Later, people used this idiom to indicate failing in an examination or competition.

英語小故事3

　　eeled one and ate one more and then, one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate, five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled two more and continued two more. He ate whole bunch of bananas and can’t sleep.

　　一只小胖猴子很喜歡吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐，他剝一個香蕉，用力地吃著，吃著，吃著，吃了1個香蕉，2個香蕉，3個香蕉，4個…… 他不停地吃， 但是他還想要更多!他邊吃，邊剝， 5個香蕉，6個香蕉，7個香蕉，8個……他又剝了兩個，繼續(xù)撐著吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡覺了。

英語小故事4

　　花生The Peanuts

　　A guy goes to visit his grandma and he brings his friend with him.一名男子帶著朋友去探望他的祖母。

　　While he's talking to his grandma,his friend starts eating the peanuts on the coffee table,and finishes them off.當(dāng)他和祖母聊天時，他的朋友開始吃咖啡桌上放的花生，并把花生都給吃光了。

　　As they're leaving,his friend says to his grandma,"Thanks for the peanuts."他們離開時，他的朋友對祖母說:"謝謝您的`花生。"

　　She says,"Yeah,since I lost my dentures I can only suck the chocolate off."結(jié)果祖母說:"唉!自從我牙齒掉光后，我就只能吮掉花生豆外層的巧克力了。"

　　詞義解析：

　　visit：拜訪

　　2.grandma：奶奶

　　3.peanut：花生

　　4.table：桌子

　　5.since：自從

　　6.suck：吮吸

　　7.chocolate：巧克力

　　詞組解析：

　　finish…off：吃完。

英語小故事5

　　A Sheep was once forced to submit to much harm from the other animals. He therefore appeared before Jupiter, and begged him to lessen his misery.

　　綿羊曾經(jīng)一度被迫忍受別的動物對它造成的諸多傷害。終于，它來見丘比特，懇求他為自己減輕痛苦。

　　Jupiter appeared willing, and said to the Sheep, " I see plainly, my pious creature, that I have created you too defenseless . Now choose how I had best remedy this fault. Shall I arm your jaws with terrible fangs and your feet with claws?"

　　丘比特看上去樂意幫忙，他對綿羊說：“我和清楚，我虔誠的小東西，我創(chuàng)造的你太沒有防御能力了�，F(xiàn)在你可以選擇讓我怎樣來彌補自己的過失。我讓你的上下顎長上尖牙，腳上長出利爪，好嗎？”

　　"O, no! " exclaimed the Sheep, " I will have nothing in common with the beasts of prey."

　　“噢，不！”綿羊驚叫道，“我不愿意和掠食的野獸有任何相同之處�！�

　　"Or," said Jupiter, " Shall I make your bite poisonous?"

　　“要不然，”丘比特說，“讓你被咬的動物中毒？”

　　"Alas!" replied the Sheep, " the poisonous snakes are so sadly detested."

　　“哎呀！”綿羊回答說，“毒蛇可是讓人深惡痛絕的�！�

　　" Well, what shall I do ?Shall I plant horns on your forehead, and give strength to your neck?"

　　“那么，怎么辦呢？我讓你的頭上長出角來，讓你的脖頸變得有勁兒，行嗎？”

　　"Nor that, gracious father; I should then butt like the goat."

　　“那也不行，我的天父，那樣我就會像山羊一樣用頭去抵撞別人的�！�

　　"At the same time you would be able to injure others, if I gave you the means of defending yourself."

　　“一旦我給了你自衛(wèi)的.武器，你就具有了傷害別人的能力。”

　　"Should I, indeed? " sighed the Sheep. "Oh! Then leave me, merciful father, as I am. For the power of injuring would, I am fearful, awake the desire of doing so; and it is better to suffer harm, than to inflict it."

　　“真的會那樣嗎？”綿羊嘆息道，“唉！那么仁慈的天父，你就讓我保持原樣吧。因為，我擔(dān)心有了傷害別人的能力，就會引發(fā)起那樣去做的念頭。自己忍受傷害總比給別人造成傷害要好呀�！�

　　Jupiter blessed the pious Sheep, who ceased from that moment his complaints.

　　丘比特為這只虔誠的綿羊祝福，綿羊此后再也不抱怨了。

英語小故事6

　　David grew up in the kitchen of the inn. His father was the innkeeper. His mother cooked the food. Davids older sisters cleaned the rooms, and his older brother swept the stable. David loved to sing. He would sing to his mother as she cooked the food. David made up songs and banged on pots and bowls as he sang to her. Davids mother smiled at him. Someday you will sing in the temple, my son, his mother said. David grinned at his mother. Tem-ple, David said very carefully.

　　大衛(wèi)的爸爸是一個旅店的老板，大衛(wèi)從小在旅店的處方里長大，他的媽媽做飯，他的姐姐打掃房間，他的哥哥掃馬廄。大衛(wèi)喜歡唱歌，他媽媽做飯的時候他就給媽媽唱歌，大衛(wèi)可以隨便編歌，唱歌的時候還在在盆盆罐罐上敲節(jié)奏。大衛(wèi)的媽媽笑著對大衛(wèi)說：兒子，總有一天，你會在神殿里面唱歌的。大衛(wèi)對媽媽露齒而笑，認真的說道：神--殿

　　Davids father came into the kitchen. How is my big boy? Davids father asked as he swung David onto his shoulders. Pum Pum Pum! Tem-ple come! David sang as he drummed on his fathers head with a wooden spoon. Davids father smiled as his son kept on drumming. We must find this boy a drum or my poor head will not survive! said Davids father, with a laugh.

　　大衛(wèi)的爸爸進到廚房，把大衛(wèi)扛到肩頭，說我的寶貝兒子怎么樣啊?。大衛(wèi)在他爸爸的頭上用木勺子敲著唱到：砰砰砰，去神殿。大衛(wèi)的爸爸笑著說：看來我必須得給兒子找個鼓，不然我的頭就要被敲壞了。

　　A few years later David got a small drum for his birthday. Soon he was beating rhythms on his drum wherever he went. Pat-a-rum, pat-a-rum, pat-a-rum, David drummed to copy the donkeys on the road. Swish-click-click-tum, swish-click-click-tum, went Davids drumming to copy his brother sweeping straw in the stable.

　　過了幾年，大衛(wèi)過生日，就得到了一個小鼓生日禮物，于是，他走到哪里就敲到了哪里。啪啪啪，大衛(wèi)模仿驢走路的節(jié)奏。沙沙沙，大衛(wèi)模仿他哥哥掃馬廄的節(jié)奏。

　　One day Davids father said to his family, We are going to be very busy. Caesar Augustus has ordered a count of all the families in all the towns. Pum Pum. Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum. I counted six of us! David sang. Why does this make us busy? Because people will come to Bethlehem to be counted with their families, said Davids father. They will need a place to stay. They will stay with us, and we will be very busy.

　　有一天，大衛(wèi)的爸爸跟家人說：我們接下來會很忙，凱撒奧古斯命令所有鎮(zhèn)的所有人都到這里集合。大衛(wèi)邊敲邊唱到：咚咚咚，我家有六人，這為什么會讓我們忙呢?大衛(wèi)的父親答到：因為人們都會和他們的家人到伯利恒(耶穌降生地)來，他們需要一個住的地方，他們會跟我們一起住，我們會非常忙。

　　Davids mother cooked more food. Davids sisters cleaned the rooms. Davids brother swept out the stable and put new hay and pots of water in the stalls. Davids father greeted the people as they came into town. Soon the inn was very full. David played his drum and sang his songs for the people.

　　大衛(wèi)的媽媽做了更多食物，大衛(wèi)的姐姐打掃房間，大衛(wèi)的哥哥掃馬廄，還在畜欄里放了新干草和水。大衛(wèi)的`爸爸去招呼來鎮(zhèn)里的人，很快旅店就住滿了，大衛(wèi)就給大家打鼓唱歌。

　　Late one night there was a knock at the door. David peeked around his father at the young man and his wife, who was on a donkey. They had no room for these people! What could they do? Davids father was a kind man. You can stay in the stable, he said. It is warm and dry there. I can send food out to you. The young man thanked Davids father and walked the donkey to the stable.

　　一天夜里，有人敲門，大衛(wèi)偷偷看了一眼，原來來了一對騎著驢的夫婦，但是旅店已滿，已經(jīng)沒有地方給他們夫妻倆住了，怎么辦呢?大衛(wèi)的父親心腸非常好，他說：你們可以住在馬廄了，那里很暖和也很干燥，我可以把食物給你們送過去。年輕人謝過大衛(wèi)的爸爸，然后牽著驢去了馬廄。

　　David helped his mother carry bread and cheese out to the young couple. His mother told him the woman was going to have a baby soon. The next day there was a lot of excitement. The young woman who stayed in the stable last night had her baby, Davids mother told him. The baby is the King of Kings, they say! said Davids father.

　　大衛(wèi)幫他媽媽把面包和起司送到那對年輕夫婦那里，大衛(wèi)的媽媽跟他說那個年輕的女人就快要生寶寶了，第二天發(fā)生了很多高興的事。大衛(wèi)的媽媽跟他說：那個在馬廄里住著的女人昨晚生了個寶寶。大衛(wèi)的爸爸說：他們說那是上帝。

　　David could not see the baby because of the crowd around the stable. David stood at the back of the crowd and began to make up a song for the baby: Come, they told me, our newborn king to see. Our finest gifts we bring to lay before the king. So to honor him when we come.

　　大衛(wèi)根本看不到嬰兒，因為馬廄里擠滿了人，大衛(wèi)站在人群后面，然后給嬰兒唱了首歌：來吧，他們跟我說，我們的新生王誕生了，我們把最好的禮物拿來放在王的面前，我們來膜拜他。

　　The crowd began to part when they heard Davids beautiful singing: Baby Jesus, I am a poor boy, too. I have no gift to bring thats fit to give a king. Shall I play for you on my drum?

　　當(dāng)大家聽到大衛(wèi)美麗的歌聲時自動分出一條路來，大衛(wèi)唱到：小耶穌，我也是個窮人，我沒有禮物給我的王，我能給你敲個鼓么?

　　David stepped closer to Mary, Joseph, and their son. Baby Jesus smiled at David, reached out, and patted his drum.

　　大衛(wèi)走進瑪麗、約瑟夫和小耶穌，小耶穌沖著大衛(wèi)笑了笑，伸出手，輕拍了他的鼓。

　　Love, spirit, and the beat of his drum brought one little boy closer to the infant Jesus.

　　是愛和心靈還有鼓聲讓這個小男孩靠近了還是嬰兒的耶穌。

英語小故事7

　　She loves Disneyland. She wants to live at Disneyland. She wants to visit Disneyland every day. Her parents take her to Disneyland every year. She has fun at Disneyland. She sees Mickey Mouse. She goes on many rides. She has fun on the rides. She wants to ride them again and again.

　　她喜歡迪斯尼樂園。她想住在迪斯尼樂園。她每天都要去參觀迪斯尼樂園。她的父母每年都帶她去迪斯尼樂園。她在迪斯尼樂園玩的'很開心。她看到米老鼠。她乘著許多游樂設(shè)施。她在游樂設(shè)施上玩的很開心。她想一遍又一遍地騎。

英語小故事8

　　The ball is on the floor. It is a red ball. It is a rubber ball. The baby looks at the ball. The cat looks at the ball. The cat is black. The cat walks over to the ball. The cat hits the ball with its paw. The ball rolls on the floor. The baby smiles.

　　球在地板上。它是一個紅色的球。它是一個橡皮球。嬰兒看球。貓看球。那只貓是黑色的。貓走到球。貓用爪子打球。球滾在地板上。嬰兒微笑。

英語小故事9

　　Cat fishing back and saw a butterfly: "! Haha, more beautiful butterfly" cat fish bucket on the street, jumping and leaping catch butterflies.

　　Bunny mushrooms back and saw the roadside fish tank: "?! Hey, who threw the fish barrels in the street to listen to really careless" rabbit down the basket, lift the fish barrel could find.

　　Puppy go to the market to come back, see the roadside basket: "?! Hey, who threw the mushrooms on the roadside it is really a careless" pocket dog put down, lift the basket could find.

　　Not chasing butterflies, kittens go back: "? Hey, who threw the bones in the street it is really a scatterbrain!" Kitten could find her own pocket. Zhao Ya find, and together they found the bear grandmother.

　　"This is my fish, thank you, Bunny!" Kitten said.

　　"This is my mushrooms, thank you, dog!" Said the little bunny.

　　"This is my bones, thank you, kitten!" Said the dog.

　　Bear Grandma smiled and said: "! He thank you, thank him, and three children, is a bit too careless"

　　小貓釣魚回來，看到一只花蝴蝶：“哈哈，多漂亮的蝴蝶！”小貓把魚桶放在路邊，蹦著跳著追蝴蝶。

　　小兔采蘑菇回來，看到路邊的魚桶：“咦，誰把魚桶丟在路邊聽？真是個馬大哈！”小兔放下籃子，提起魚桶四下找。

　　小狗趕集回來，看到路邊的.籃子：“咦，誰把蘑菇丟在路邊啦？真是個馬大哈！”小狗放下口袋，提起籃子四下找。

　　蝴蝶沒追著，小貓往回走：“咦，誰把骨頭丟在路邊啦？真是個馬大哈！”小貓背起口袋四下找。找呀找，他們一起找到熊奶奶家。

　　“這是我的魚，謝謝你，小兔！”小貓說。

　　“這是我的蘑菇，謝謝你，小狗！”小兔說。

　　“這是我的骨頭，謝謝你，小貓！“小狗說。

　　熊奶奶笑著說：“他謝你，你謝他，三個孩子，就是有點太馬大哈！”

英語小故事10

　　A farmer and his son, traveling by horse and buggy up a narrow lane, met a motorist going the other way. There was no room to pass for two miles in either direction. The motorist, in hurry,honked his horn.

　　"If you don't back up," said the farmer, rolling up his sleeves, "I won't like what I'm going to have to do." The surprised driver put his car in reverse and backed up two miles, allowing the horse and buggy to go by.

　　"What was it you wouldn't have liked to have done back there?" asked the farmer's son.

　　"Back up two miles," replied the farmer.

　　一位農(nóng)民和他的兒子坐著馬車來到一條狹窄的小巷， 他們看到一個司機正往他們這個方向開來。兩個方向2英里以內(nèi)已經(jīng)沒有空間讓他們擦身而過了。司機焦急地按著喇叭。

　　“假如你不往后退，”農(nóng)民擼著袖子說，“我并不喜歡我將要必須去做的.事�！彼緳C甚是驚訝，掛了倒擋，退后了2英里，讓馬車先過去了。

　　“剛才你說你并不喜歡做的事是什么啊?”農(nóng)民的兒子問。

　　“退后2英里�！鞭r(nóng)民回答。

英語小故事11

　　At a sales conference, the manager of a company in the United States asked the attendees to stand up and see what was under his seat. As a result, everyone found money on their chairs, picked up at least one coin, and got one hundred dollars at most. The manager said: "all this money for you, but do you know why?" No one can guess why.

　　So the manager of a word to say, I just want to tell you a most easily ignored you even forget the truth: "sit still never earn money."

　　We often complain about the opportunity always pass you by. In fact, when you do not know the author and the wise, decide on what path to follow, this time has been resolutely stand up, seize the opportunity, only in this way, only in the opportunity comes, so as not to miss at a loss what to do. "Sit still never earn money."

　　在一個促銷會上，美國某公司的經(jīng)理請與會者站起來，看看自己的坐椅下有什么東西。結(jié)果每個人都在自己的坐椅上發(fā)現(xiàn)了錢，最少的撿到一枚硬幣，最多的拿到一百美元。這位經(jīng)理說：“這些錢都歸你們了，但你們知道為什么嗎？”沒有人能猜出這是為什么。

　　于是經(jīng)理一字一頓的'說，我只不過想告訴你們一個最容易被大家忽視甚至忘掉的道理：“坐著不動是永遠也賺不到錢的。”

　　我們往往埋怨機緣總是與自己擦肩而過。實際上，當(dāng)你作者瞻前顧后，不知何去何從時，那些智者，此時已果斷地站起來，抓住了機緣，只有這樣，才會在機緣到來時，不至于束手無策，與之失之交臂�！白�著不動是永遠也賺不到錢的�！�

英語小故事12

　　Explore MKII

　　MKII, a planet billions of kilometers away, is the origin of life in many religions. Physicists have proved the theory that its gentle climate and the pull of its gravity are similar to the earth’s. And astronomers have found that oxygen atoms and carbon dioxide, which are fundamental to life, exist in its atmosphere through satellites. Cheered up by this news, biologists, in their turn, began to do some research to remove people’s puzzles—Now that there are some suitable conditions, does life really exist on this globe? Do they multiply by laying eggs or giving birth to babies?

　　Last month, a spaceship was sent there. It’s a pity that this mission failed. Unlike the earth, MKII is a much younger planet. Thus, masses of harmful acid clouds float everywhere causing violent chain reactions to break out. These clouds not only blocked out the pilots’ sight but also damaged the engine system. Luckily, the pilots watched out carefully and prevented the spaceship from crashing in time.

　　探測MKII行星

　　MK二號是一顆幾十億公里外的行星，它在許多宗教里都是生命起源的地方。物理學(xué)家已經(jīng)證明了它溫和的氣候和重力的牽引都和地球相似的理論；天文學(xué)家也通過衛(wèi)星，在它的大氣層里發(fā)現(xiàn)了氧原子和二氧化碳的'存在，這些都是對生命來說，都是基本的。受到這一消息的鼓舞，生物學(xué)家們接著開始了研究以解開人們的迷惑——既然有了適合的條件，生命真的存在于這個星球嗎？他們是通過下蛋，還是產(chǎn)仔來繁殖后代的呢？

　　上個月，一艘太空飛船被派到了那兒。可惜的是，這次任務(wù)失敗了。不像地球，MK二號是一顆年輕得多的行星。因此，大團大團的有害酸云到處漂浮，引起猛烈的連鎖反應(yīng)的爆發(fā)。這些云團不僅阻擋了飛行員的視線，而且還損壞了發(fā)動機系統(tǒng)。幸運的是，飛行員小心注意，才及時阻止了飛船的墜毀。

英語小故事13

　　過去的一周，我好開心。因為上周二的下午，我代表我們鋼三路小學(xué)去參加殷都區(qū)小學(xué)英語“學(xué)生講故事”大賽，并榮獲比賽特等獎。你說，我能不開心嗎？

　　這次參加比賽的小選手們，都是經(jīng)過各個學(xué)校比賽選拔出來的“英語小達人”。為了參加這次英語故事比賽，我精心準備了一個英語寓言小故事《Wolf Is Coming----狼來啦》。這個故事主要是告誡小朋友不要撒謊，撒謊的人終究沒有好結(jié)果。我利用課余時間，先將準備好的英語稿子背熟，然后對著鏡子練表情，練動作�；丶液�，我一遍一遍地講給爸爸媽媽聽，美化自己的語感和發(fā)音。

　　第一關(guān)，是參加班級的英語小故事選拔賽。班級選拔賽由班里參加英語故事大賽的小選手們一個接一個的將自己準備好的故事講給同學(xué)們聽，每班最后選出一名參加學(xué)校比賽的小選手。功夫不負有心人，我用自己聲情并茂的表演征服了英語老師和班里的小觀眾，被推薦代表我們班參加學(xué)校英語小故事演講比賽。

　　第二關(guān)，是參加學(xué)校英語小故事演講比賽。全校的優(yōu)秀小選手們同臺競技，一決高下，選出代表學(xué)校去參加殷都區(qū)小學(xué)英語“學(xué)生講故事”比賽的選手。看到評委老師們挑剔的眼光，想到要與六年級的.哥哥姐姐們一較高下，我心里不免多了一些緊張。怎樣克服緊張呢？哼！我就把你們當(dāng)成我在東教學(xué)樓后面練習(xí)時的那幾棵白楊樹吧。我把故事講完后，臺下傳來了一陣雷鳴般的掌聲。比賽結(jié)束后，我竟然榮獲一等獎， 被推薦去參加殷都區(qū)小學(xué)英語“學(xué)生講故事”比賽。

　　比賽在安陽市外國語小學(xué)進行。那天下午，我化好妝，梳好頭，穿上自己最漂亮的衣服，由媽媽帶我去參加比賽。輪到我上臺比賽了，我看了看臺下那么多的家長和小觀眾，心“砰！砰！”地跳著個不停，好像要從嗓子眼蹦出來一樣。��！我好緊張啊！腿也不停地顫抖。突然，我在人群中找到了媽媽的目光。媽媽似乎看出了我的心事，好像在安慰我說：“寶貝，不要緊張，就當(dāng)臺下只有媽媽一個觀眾！”我深吸一口氣，把這個人人皆知的小故事用流利的英語講給大家聽。我講的很有感情，動作感覺也是那么的優(yōu)雅大方。我講完后，臺下熱烈的掌聲此起彼伏。

　　比賽結(jié)束了，我獲得了特等獎！我給我們班級和學(xué)校爭了光！這次比賽，我明白了一個道理“機會永遠留給那些準備充分的人”。

英語小故事14

　　Why the Sea is Salt

　　Long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in the house, either of meat or bread; so he went to his brother, and begged him, in God's name, to give him something for Christmas Day. It was by no means the first time that the brother had been forced to give something to him, and he was not better pleased at being asked now than he generally was.

　　"If you will do what I ask you, you shall have a whole ham," said he. The poor one immediately thanked him, and promised this.

　　"Well, here is the ham, and now you must go straight to Dead Man's Hall," said the rich brother, throwing the ham to him.

　　"Well, I will do what I have promised," said the other, and he took the ham and set off. He went on and on for the livelong day, and at nightfall he came to a place where there was a bright light.

　　"I have no doubt this is the place," thought the man with the ham.

　　An old man with a long white beard was standing in the outhouse, chopping Yule logs.

　　"Good-evening," said the man with the ham.

　　"Good-evening to you. Where are you going at this late hour?" said the man.

　　"I am going to Dead Man's Hall, if only I am on the right track," answered the poor man.

　　"Oh! yes, you are right enough, for it is here," said the old man. "When you get inside they will all want to buy your ham, for they don't get much meat to eat there; but you must not sell it unless you can get the hand-mill which stands behind the door for it. When you come out again I will teach you how to stop the hand-mill, which is useful for almost everything."

　　So the man with the ham thanked the other for his good advice, and rapped at the door.

　　When he got in, everything happened just as the old man had said it would: all the people, great and small, came round him like ants on an ant-hill, and each tried to outbid the other for the ham.

　　"By rights my old woman and I ought to have it for our Christmas dinner, but, since you have set your hearts upon it, I must just give it up to you," said the man. "But, if I sell it, I will have the hand-mill which is standing there behind the door."

　　At first they would not hear to this, and haggled and bargained with the man, but he stuck to what he had said, and the people were forced to give him the hand-mill. When the man came out again into the yard, he asked the old wood-cutter how he was to stop the hand-mill, and when he had learned that, he thanked him and set off home with all the speed he could, but did not get there until after the clock had struck twelve on Christmas Eve.

　　"Where in the world have you been?" said the old woman. "Here I have sat waiting hour

　　after hour, and have not even two sticks to lay across each other under the Christmas porridge-pot."

　　"Oh! I could not come before; I had something of importance to see about, and a long way to go, too; but now you shall just see!" said the man, and then he set the hand-mill on the table, and bade it first grind light, then a table-cloth, and then meat, and beer, and everything else that was good for a Christmas Eve's supper; and the mill ground all that he ordered. "Bless me!" said the old woman as one thing after another appeared; and she wanted to know where her husband had got the mill from, but he would not tell her that.

　　"Never mind where I got it; you can see that it is a good one, and the water that turns it will never freeze," said the man. So he ground meat and drink, and all kinds of good things, to last all Christmas-tide, and on the third day he invited all his friends to come to a feast.

　　Now when the rich brother saw all that there was at the banquet and in the house, he was both vexed and angry, for he grudged everything his brother had. "On Christmas Eve he was so poor that he came to me and begged for a trifle, for God's sake, and now he gives a feast as if he were both a count and a king!" thought he. "But, for heaven's sake, tell me where you got your riches from," said he to his brother.

　　"From behind the door," said he who owned the mill, for he did not choose to satisfy his brother on that point; but later in the evening, when he had taken a drop too much, he could not refrain from telling how he had come by the hand-mill. "There you see what has brought me all my wealth!" said he, and brought out the mill, and made it grind first one thing and then another. When the brother saw that, he insisted on having the mill, and after a great deal of persuasion got it; but he had to give three hundred dollars for it, and the poor brother was to keep it till the haymaking was over, for he thought: "If I keep it as long as that, I can make it grind meat and drink that will last many a long year." During that time you may imagine that the mill did not grow rusty, and when hay- harvest came the rich brother got it, but the other had taken good care not to teach him how to stop it. It was evening when the rich man got the mill home, and in the morning he bade the old woman go out and spread the hay after the mowers, and he would attend to the house himself that day, he said.

　　So, when dinner-time drew near, he set the mill on the kitchen-table, and said: "Grind herrings and milk pottage, and do it both quickly and well."

　　So the mill began to grind herrings and milk pottage, and first all the dishes and tubs were filled, and then it came out all over the kitchen-floor. The man twisted and turned it, and did all he could to make the mill stop, but, howsoever he turned it and screwed it

　　, the mill went on grinding, and in a short time the pottage rose so high that the man was like to be drowned. So he threw open the parlour door, but it was not long before the mill had ground the parlour full too, and it was with difficulty and danger that the man could go through the stream of pottage and get hold of the door-latch. When he got the door open, he did not stay long in the room, but ran out, and the herrings and pottage came after him, and it streamed out over both farm and field. Now the old woman, who was out spreading the hay, began to think dinner was long in coming, and said to the women and the mowers: "Though the master does not call us home, we may as well go. It may be that he finds he is not good at making pottage and I should do well to help him." So they began to straggle homeward, but when they had got a little way up the hill they met the herrings and pottage and bread, all pouring forth and winding about one over the other, and the man himself in front of the flood. "Would to heaven that each of you had a hundred stomachs! Take care that you are not drowned in the pottage!" he cried as he went by them as if Mischief were at his heels, down to where his brother dwelt. Then he begged him, for God's sake, to take the mill back again, and that in an instant, for, said he: "If it grind one hour more the whole district will be destroyed by herrings and pottage." But the brother would not take it until the other paid him three hundred dollars, and that he was obliged to do. Now the poor brother had both the money and the mill again. So it was not long before he had a farmhouse much finer than that in which his brother lived, but the mill ground him so much money that he covered it with plates of gold; and the farmhouse lay close by the sea-shore, so it shone and glittered far out to sea. Everyone who sailed by there now had to be put in to visit the rich man in the gold farmhouse, and everyone wanted to see the wonderful mill, for the report of it spread far and wide, and there was no one who had not heard tell of it.

　　After a long, long time came also a skipper who wished to see the mill. He asked if it could make salt. "Yes, it could make salt," said he who owned it, and when the skipper heard that, he wished with all his might and main to have the mill, let it cost what it might, for, he thought, if he had it, he would get off having to sail far away over the perilous sea for freights of salt. At first the man would not hear of parting with it, but the skipper begged and prayed, and at last the man sold it to him, and got many, many thousand dollars for it. When the skipper had got the mill on his back he did not stay there long, for he was so afraid that the man would change his mind, and he had no time to ask how he was to stop it grinding, but got on board his ship as fast as he could.

　　When he had gone a little way out to sea he took the mill on deck. "

　　;Grind salt, and grind both quickly and well," said the skipper. So the mill began to grind salt, till it spouted out like water, and when the skipper had got the ship filled he wanted to stop the mill, but whatsoever way he turned it, and how much soever he tried, it went on grinding, and the heap of salt grew higher and higher, until at last the ship sank. There lies the mill at the bottom of the sea, and still, day by day, it grinds on; and that is why the sea is salt.

英語小故事15

　　Once upon a time there lived a lot of insects Insect Kingdom, which has a pretty little butterfly, there will be a magic ants.

　　Because small butterfly pretty, so he looked down on other insects, other insects are not willing to play with her, are not willing to make friends with her. Small butterfly was very lonely, but she did not recognize, always looked up to high in front of other insects, wings flapping greatly dancing, a very happy look.

　　Little butterfly little butterfly story of arrogance finally let the little worms can not see passed, begged the magician to the little ant butterfly lesson, magician nodded. The next day, a small butterfly awoke to find himself a beautiful large wings gone, replaced by a pair of very nasty little gray wings, small butterfly can not believe that he was turned into an ugly little moth, anxious wah straight cry, cry a day, two days ...... small insects to see her like this, and my heart hurt, take the initiative to come to her play. Little Butterfly thought: "I have nothing to be proud of." Small insects and they play together again.

　　Small insects in the golden sunshine, happy to play, slapstick, chase. Little Butterfly by their infection, but also happy together, and they sing it danced together, she had never felt happiness.

　　While she was dancing, I suddenly found myself beautiful big wings back, got a smart as before. Everyone said sadly: "Beautiful butterfly little pride back, we have to leave now." The little butterfly blushing sincerely to everyone, said: "Before I was wrong, but now I know how precious a friend is! Please forgive me! "and everyone happy up and continue dancing in the sun ......

　　Since then, the Kingdom of insects every day full of laughter, a small butterfly live every day in joy and happiness. We all feel that little butterfly more beautiful than before.

　　從前，昆蟲王國里住著很多昆蟲，其中有一只漂亮的小蝴蝶，還有一只會魔法的螞蟻。

　　小蝴蝶由于長得很漂亮，于是就瞧不起其他的昆蟲，其他的昆蟲也都不愿意跟她玩，都不愿意和她交朋友。小蝴蝶心里很孤獨，可她卻不承認，在別的蟲子面面前總是高高地仰著頭，扇動著大大的翅膀跳著舞，一副很快樂的樣子。

　　小蝴蝶的故事小蝴蝶的趾高氣揚終于讓小蟲子們看不過去了，就懇求螞蟻魔法師給小蝴蝶點教訓(xùn)，魔法師點頭答應(yīng)了。第二天，小蝴蝶醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)自己美麗的大翅膀沒了，取而代之的是一雙很討厭的灰色小翅膀，小蝴蝶不敢相信自己竟然變成了一只丑陋的小飛蛾，急得哇哇直哭，哭了一天，兩天……小昆蟲們看到她這個樣子，心里也很難受，就主動來找她玩。小蝴蝶想：“我已經(jīng)沒有什么值得驕傲的了�！北愫托∠x子們一起玩了起來。

　　小昆蟲們在金燦燦的陽光下，快樂地嬉戲、打鬧、追逐。小蝴蝶受到了他們的.感染，也開心了起來，和他們一起唱呀跳呀，她感受到了從未有過的快樂。

　　正當(dāng)她翩翩起舞的時候，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)自己美麗的大翅膀又回來了，身子也像以前一樣靈巧了。大家都傷心地說：“美麗驕傲的小蝴蝶回來了，我們該離開了�！边@時小蝴蝶紅著臉誠懇地對大家說：“以前是我不對，現(xiàn)在才知道，朋友是多么的珍貴！請原諒我吧！”大家又高興了起來，繼續(xù)在陽光下載歌載舞……

　　從此，昆蟲王國每天都充滿了歡聲笑語，小蝴蝶每天都生活在快樂和幸福中。大家都覺得小蝴蝶比以前更美了。

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