一则有趣的英语小故事

① 有没有有趣的英语小故事（有译文）

1.The World's Greatest Swordsman

At an exhibition of the world's best swordsman, the third-place fencer took the stage. A fly was released, and with an arc of his sword he cut the fly in half. The crowd cheered. Then the second-place man sliced a fly into quarters. A hush fell in anticipation of the world's greatest swordsman.

His blade came down in a mighty arc - but the insect continued on its way! The crowd was aghast. The greatest swordsman had missed his target completely, yet he continued to smile.

"Why are you so happy?" someone yelled. "You missed!"

"Ah," replied the swordsman, "you weren't watching very carefully. They fly lives, yes - but he will never be a father."

世界上最伟大的击剑手

在一场世界最佳击剑手表演中，排名第三的击剑手上场了。一只苍蝇放了出来，剑划了一个弧，他将苍蝇劈成了两半。观众欢呼起来。紧接着排名第二的人将一只苍蝇切成了四半。现场一阵沉默，人们期盼着世界上最伟大的击剑手出场。

他的剑锋以一个巨大的弧线划了下来－－然而那只昆虫还在继续飞行!观众被惊呆了。最伟大的击剑手完全错过了他的目标，然而他还在微笑着。

“你为什么这么高兴？”有人嚷道，“你没击中!”

“啊，”剑手答道，“你刚才没有很仔细地看。苍蝇还活着，是的－－但他永远也做不成爸爸了。”

2.How Much Is It?

It was winter, and Mrs. Hermann wanted to do a lot of shopping, so she waited until it was Saturday, when her husband was free, and she took him to the shops with her to pay for everything and to carry her parcels. They went to a lot of shops, and Mrs. Hermann bought a lot of things. She often stopped and said, "Look, Joe! Isn't that beautiful!"

He then answered, "All right, dear, How much is it?" and took his money out to pay for it.

It was dark when they came out of the last shop, and Mr. Hermann was tired and thinking about other things, like a nice drink by the side of a warm fire at home. Suddenly his wife looked up at the sky and said, "Look at that beautiful moon, Joe!"

Without stopping, Mr. Hermann answered, "All right, dear, How much is it?"

多少钱？

严冬来临，荷曼太太想采购一大批东西，所以她就一直等到周六丈夫有空的时候，她拖着他去商店付钱连带拎包裹。他们去了许多商店，荷曼太太买了一大堆东西。她经常停下脚步说道：“看，乔伊!那个多漂亮!”

他总是回答：“好吧!亲爱的，多少钱？”然后掏钱去付款。

他们从最后一家商店出来的时候夜幕已经降临，荷曼先生已精疲力尽了。他心里想着其它事情，比如在家里暖暖的火炉边呷口美酒。突然他太太仰望天空，说道：“看那月亮多美，乔伊!”

荷曼先生不加思索答道：“好吧，亲爱的，多少钱？”

3.Weather Predict

A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained.

A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm.

"This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.

However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks.

Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?"

The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken."

天气预报

一个电影摄制组在沙漠深处工作.一天,一个印度老人到导演跟前告诉导演说"明天下雨."第二天果然下雨了.

一周后,印度人又来告诉导演说,"明天有风暴."果然,第二天下了雹暴.

"印度人真神,"导演说.他告诉秘书雇佣该印度人来预报天气.

几次预报都很成功.然后,接下来的两周,印度人不见了.

最后,导演派人去把他叫来了."我明天必须拍一个很大的场景,"导演说,"这得靠你了.明天天气如何啊?"

印度人耸了耸肩."我不知道,"印度人说,"收音机坏了."

4.A Nail Or A Fly?
An old gentleman whose eyesight was failing came to stay in a hotel room with a bottle of wine in each hand. On the wall there was a fly which he took for a nail. So the moment he hung them on, the bottles fell broken and the wine spilt all over the floor. When a waitress discovered what had happened, she showed deep sympathy for him and decided to do him a favour.
So the next morning when he was out taking a walk in the roof garden, she hammered a nail exactly where the fly had stayed.
Now the old man entered his room. The smell of the spilt wine reminded him of the accident. When he looked up at the wall, he found the fly was there again! He walked to it carefully adn slapped it with all his strength. On hearing a loud cry, the kind-hearted waitress rushed in. To her great surprise, the poor old man was there sitting on the floor, his teeth clenched and his right hand bleeding!
钉子还是苍蝇？
一位视力正在衰退的老绅士住进了一家旅馆的客房。他双手各拿一瓶酒。在墙上有只苍蝇，他误以为是枚钉子。他把两只瓶子朝上一挂，瓶子掉下来摔碎了，酒洒了一地。一个女服务员发现发生的事情以后，对他深表同情，决定帮他个忙。
于是，第二天早上他到楼顶花园散步时，她把一枚钉子钉在了苍蝇停过的地方。
这里，老人回到了房里。倒洒的酒味让他想起了那件事。他抬头往墙上一看，苍蝇又停在了那儿!他轻手轻脚地走近，使尽全力拍了一掌。听到一声大叫，好心的女服务员冲进房来。让她大为吃惊的是，可怜的老头正坐在地板上，牙关紧咬，右手滴血不止。

Lesson 12—Goodbye and good luck

课文内容

Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail.Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o'clock so we shall have plenty of time. We shall see his boat and then we shall say goodbye to him. He will be away for two months. We are very proud of him. He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.

课文注释

1.Captain Charles Alison.查尔斯.艾利森船长

2.the Atlantic 大西洋，全称为'the Atlantic Occan'.

参考译文

我们的邻居查尔斯.艾利森船长明天就要从扑次茅斯启航了。明天一大早我们将在码头为他送行。他将乘坐他的‘涛波赛’号小艇。“涛波赛”号是艘有名的小艇，他已经多次横渡大西洋。艾利森船长将于8点钟启航，因此我们有充裕的时间。我们将参观他的船，然后和他告别。他要离开两个月，我们真为他感到自豪，他将参加一次重大的横渡大西洋的比赛。

I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke ring the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 'Do you speak English?' As I soon learnt, he was English himself!

课文注释

1.I drove on the next town.我继续是驶往下一个城镇。

句中的副词 on 有“继续地”，“不停顿地”意思。

2.on the way,在途中。

3.ask for a lift,要求搭车。

4.apart form,除了……以外。

5.As I soon learnt,he was English himself!我很快就知道，他自己就是个英国人。

参考译文

去年我有过一次有趣的经历。在离开法国南部的一个小村庄后，我继续驶往下一个城镇。途中，一个青年人向我招手。我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。他一上车，我就用法语向他问好，他也同样用法语回答我。除了个别几个单词外，我根本不会法语。旅途中我们谁也没讲话。就要到达那个镇时，那青年突然开了口，慢慢地说道“你会讲英语吗？” 我很快了解到，他自己就是个英国人！

Lesson 58: blessing in disguise?
是因祸得福吗？

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why does the vicar refuse to cut down the tree?

The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a 'cursed tree'. Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper, the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased. The tree was planted near the church fifty years ago, but it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation. It is said that if anyone touches the tree, he will have bad luck; if he picks a leaf, he will die. Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victims. The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of income, as tourists have been coming from all parts of the country to see it. In spite of all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk. So far, not one of them has been struck down by sudden death!

New words and expressions 生词和短语

blessing n. 福分，福气
disguise n. 伪装
tiny adj. 极

New words and expressions 生词和短语

blessing n. 福分，福气
disguise n. 伪装
tiny adj. 极小的
possess v. 拥有
cursed adj. 可恨的
increase v. 增加
plant v. 种植
church n. 教堂
evil adj. 坏的
reputation n. 名声
claim v. 以......为其后果
victim n. 受害者，牺牲品
vicar n. 教区牧师
source n. 来源
income n. 收入
trunk n. 树干

参考译文

据说弗林利这个小村里有一棵“该诅咒的树”。就因为报上提到过这棵树，所以现在来弗林利参观的人越来越多。该树是50年前栽在教堂附近的，但只是近几年才得到了一个坏名声。据说，谁要是触摸了这棵树，谁就会交上恶运；如果谁摘了一片树叶，谁就会死去。很多村民相信此树已经害了不少人。人们曾请求教区的牧师叫人把树砍掉，但他直到现在也没有同意。他指出，由于人们从全国各地纷纷前来参观这棵树，它成了一个有用的财源。尽管有上述种种说法，但游客们还是照常摘树叶和把他们的名字刻在树干上。然而到目前为止，还没有一个人暴死呢！

② 求一篇有趣的英语小故事（100到150字左右）

There was a man who had seven sons, but he had no daughter, greatly though he longed for one. At last his wife told him that they could again expect a child and, sure enough, when it was born it was a baby girl. There was great rejoicing, but the child was weak and puny, so weak that it had to be christened at once. The father told one of the boys to go quickly to the spring and fetch christening water; the other six ran along with him, and because each of them wanted to be the first to dip the jug into the well, it fell in and sank. So there they stood and didn‘t know what to do, and none of them dared go home. When they didn‘t come back their father got impatient and said:“ I‘ll wager they‘ve been playing some game again and forgotten all about it, the godless brats.“ He was afraid the little girl would have to die unbaptized, and in his rage he cried out:“ I wish those boys would all turn into ravens.“ He‘d scarcely spoken the words when he heard a whirring of wings in the air overhead, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away.

有个人，他有七个儿子，他很希望有个女儿，可是怎么盼也没有。好不容易，妻子又怀孕了。生下来一看，果然是个女孩。他们非常高兴。但是孩子太小，又非常虚弱，非得马上急救洗礼不可。父亲打发一个男孩立即到井台去打洗礼水，其余六个也跟着去了。在井台旁，他们都争着先打水，结果罐子掉进井里，沉了下去。他们不知道该怎么办才好，都真楞楞地站在那儿，谁也不敢回家了。父亲在家里等得不耐烦了，就说：“我敢说这些无法无天的孩子一定是贪玩，把打水的事给忘了。”他担心女孩子不经洗礼会死，就生气地大声喊起来：“淘气鬼，都变成乌鸦才好呢！”这话刚出口，就听到头顶有“吧哒吧哒”鸟儿拍打翅膀的声音。他抬头一看，只见空中有七只漆黑漆黑的乌鸦飞过去了。

③ 急求一篇有趣英语小故事

3 Dick was seven years old, and his sister, Catherine, was five. One day their mother took them to their aunt's house to play while she went to the big city to buy some new

clothes.

The children played for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt took Dick into the kitchen. She gave him a nice cake and a knife and said to him, "Now here's a

knife, Dick. Cut this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentleman."

"Like a gentleman?" Dick asked. "How do gentlemen do it?"

"They always give the bigger piece to the other person." answered his aunt at once.

"Oh" said Dick. He thought about this for a few seconds. Then he took the cake to his sister and said to her,"Cut this cake in half, Catherine.".

迪克年龄七岁，他的妹妹凯瑟琳五岁。一天，妈妈把他们带到姨妈家去玩，自己就到大城市去买些新的

衣服。

孩子们玩了个把小时，在四点半的时候，姨妈领着迪克走进了厨房。她交给迪克一块精美的蛋糕和一把

刀子，并对他说：“喏，迪克，给你刀子，把这块蛋糕一切为二，给你妹妹一块。不过，你得记住要做得

像一个绅士那样。”

迪克问：“像一个绅士？绅士怎样做呢？”

他姨妈马上回答说：“绅士总是把大的一块让给别人的。”

迪克说了一声“噢”。他对此想了一会，然后，他把蛋糕拿给妹妹，并对她说：“凯瑟琳，你来把这块蛋糕

一切为二吧。”

④ 介绍一个有关自己的有趣的小故事 英语

My name is Angela. I like collecting coke bottles. I am quit a messy person, sometimes this causes troubles. One day my friend came to my house. She said she's thirsty. Then I told her to get a drink in the refrigerator on her own. Unfortunately, she took the coke bottle that I use as a container for vinegar.

我是复Angela. 我喜欢收集可乐瓶子。我并制不是一个很整洁的人，这件事有时会给我惹麻烦。一天我的朋友来我家。他说他有点渴了。我就让他自己去冰箱拿东西喝。悲催的是，他拿的那个可乐瓶子是我用来放陈醋的。
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⑤ 英语的有趣的小故事

Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack's mini-van and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. They pulled into a nearby farm house and asked the attractive lady who answered the
door if they could spend the night.

"I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained,"and I'm afraid the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house."

"Not to worry," Jack said, "we'll be happy to sleep in the barn, and if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light. The lady agreed and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night.

Come morning, the weather had cleared and they got on their way and enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.

About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he met on the ski weekend.

He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked: "Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up North?"

"Yes, I do."

"Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and have sex with her?"

"Yes," he said, a little embarrassed about being found out, "I have to admit that I did."
"And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?"

Bob's face turned red and he said, "Yeah, sorry buddy, I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?"

"No need to apologize, Bob. She just died and left me everything!

全文讲解

Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack's mini-van and headed north.

1）mini-迷你,早已经如了中国的词汇，表示精致小巧的意思.
如：(miniskirt,miniature.minibike小型摩托车minibus面包车minicam便携式(电视)摄影

2)head + 地点
where are we heading？
我们朝哪里走？
we are heading home.
我们往家的方向走。
After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard(snowstorm).

3)be caught in=meet, be encountered with ----碰上，遇到
We were caught in a shower on the way home.我们在回家的路上遇到骤雨。
They pulled into a nearby farm house and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.

4)叫门就要有人回应--我们就可以说---answer the door
"I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained,"and I'm afraid the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house."
"Not to worry,(don't worry)" Jack said, "we'll be happy to sleep in the barn and if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light.

5)barn (美语)--大车库

6)at first light--天刚亮
We will start off at first light.
我们天一亮就出发。
The lady agreed and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night.

7)settle in=move in--住进去，搬进去
We'll settle in the new apartment at the end of the month.
我们月底要搬到新公寓。
Come morning, the weather had cleared=the weather breack) and they got on their way and enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.

8)get on one's way
on one's way大家都学过，是在途中在路上的意思，如：On his way home, he met arnold(他在回家的路上碰到了阿诺).
加上get在这里就有了动作，即为上路。
we will get on our way to Florida, when the weather clears.
天放晴，我们就上路去弗罗里达。
About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he met on the ski weekend.

9)figure out --- 理解；弄明白
I can't figure out why she said so.
我搞不懂她为什么这么说。
He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked: "Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up North?"

10)drop in 顺便到某处一下
She dropped in on me./She dropped on at my house.
她顺便拜访了我

11)widow寡妇---widower鳏夫
widow也可做动词，死了妻子或丈夫都可以用。
He's just widowed.
他刚刚死了老婆。
"Yes, I do."
"Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and have sex with her?"

12)happen to--碰巧
I happened to meet lingxue on the street today.
今天在街上，我碰巧遇到了凌雪。
"Yes," he said, a little embarrassed(awkward) about being found out, "I have to admit that I did."
"And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?"

13)instead of是一个大家需要熟练应用的用法；
Would you like to talk to me on the microphone, instead of typing in the chatroom.
你愿意用麦克风跟我讲话，而不是在聊天室里打字吗？Bob's face turned red and he said, "Yeah, sorry buddy, I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?"
"No need to apologize, Bob. She just died and left me everything!

Does the dog know the proverb, too?

The little boy did not like the look of the barking dog.

"It's all right," said a gentleman, "don't be afraid. Don't you know the proverb: Barking dogs don't bite?"

"Ah, yes," answered the little boy. "I know the proverb, but does the dog know the proverb, too?"

狗也知道这个谚语吗？

一个小男孩非常不喜欢狗狂叫的样子。

“没有关系，”一位先生说，“不用害怕，你知道这条谚语吗：‘吠狗不咬人。’”

“啊，我是知道，可是狗也知道吗？”

A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. She was very excited, and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!"

精明的家庭主妇

一位精明的家庭主妇听人说有一种炉子用起来可以比她现在用的炉子省一半的煤。她听了大为兴奋，说：“那太好了！一个炉子可以省一半的煤，那么如果我买两个炉子的话，不就可以把煤全都省下来了吗？”

⑥ 求一个有趣的英语小故事（有译文）

The Raven and the Swan乌鸦和天鹅
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.
Change of habit cannot alter Nature.
乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。
这故事是说，人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。

⑦ 求有趣的英语小故事（好的加分）

The bus was crowded, and as one more man tried to get on, the passengers wouldn’t let him aboard.
“It is too crowded, ”they shouted.”“who do you think you are?” he said.
公共汽车上很挤，当又一个人还是试图上车时，乘客们不让他上。
“车上太挤了，”他们喊道，“你以为你是谁？”
。。。。。。

大耳朵英语可以学习很多英语，也有很多笑话。。

o(∩_∩)o

记得采纳昂。。。。

⑧ 要一则英语小故事,幽默,有启发性,用英语写喔

一件有趣的事
很久很久以前，发生过这样一件有趣的事情
有一只猫和一只猴子，一天，猴子在火里发现了一些栗子，他很想吃它们，但又怕烧了自己的手。于是，他找到了猫和猫说： “啊！这有多好栗子，味道可真香啊！猫，我亲爱的朋友，你有象人的手一样的爪子。您是唯一可以把栗子从火中取出来的。为什么你不试试看呢？
猫听了猴子的话，受宠若惊，愿意为猴子做任何事情，她把她的爪子伸到火里，并开始从火中捡栗子，每次捡出一个栗子都烧猫的爪子一下。
“有和人的手一样的爪子多么好呀？猴子说。 “尝试获得一些更多。我们共同来分享这些。 ”
因此，猫从火中取出了越来越多的栗子，但是，当她取完了栗子的时候，她发现，猴子吃了所有的栗子。
这就是火中取栗的故事，很有趣，一直沿用到今天。

One of the interesting things

Long long ago, There have been such a fun thing.
there lived two animals a cat and a monkey.One day the monkey found some chestnuts in a fire.He wanted very much to eat them,but was afraid of burning his hand .So he took the cat to the fire and said:“Ah!how good those chestnuts smell!Cat, my dear friend, your paws are made just like man’s hands. You are the only one who can pull the nuts from the fire.Why don’t you try it?”
The cat was flattered by the monkey’s praise.She was willing to do anything for him.So she put out her paw and began to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.She burned her paw each time she pulled a nut out.
“How fine it is to have hands like a man!”said the monkey.“Try to get some more .we’ll share them.”
So the cat went on pulling more and more chestnuts out of the fire .But when at last she turned for her share of the nuts. She found that the monkey had eaten them all.
This is how the term“cat’s paw”has come into use.