經(jīng)典趣味英語(yǔ)小故事大全

經(jīng)典趣味英語(yǔ)小故事大全 英語(yǔ)趣味小故事 一英語(yǔ)有時(shí)候真是莫名其妙，你覺(jué)得你明明懂了，可實(shí)際上你又沒(méi)有懂。所以，今天我想講幾件軼事，都是因?yàn)闆](méi)有理解聽(tīng)到看到的東西而鬧出的笑話。也許，從他們的經(jīng)驗(yàn)中，你也可以學(xué)到一些東西。 第一個(gè)故事發(fā)生在秘魯，一位美國(guó)婦女在餐館里用餐。她問(wèn)服務(wù)員： Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands? 服務(wù)員把她帶到洗手間，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手間的墻壁。工人們一看有人要用洗手間，就準(zhǔn)備離開(kāi)。服務(wù)員攔住他們，說(shuō)： Thats Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands. 在英語(yǔ)里，wash my hands實(shí)際上是上廁所的委婉說(shuō)法。那個(gè)服務(wù)員按照字面意思理解，結(jié)果鬧了笑話。 還有一次，一個(gè)留學(xué)生在國(guó)外的第一天上學(xué)，心里又興奮又緊張。一個(gè)美國(guó)人見(jiàn)到一張新面孔，為了表示友好，就問(wèn)： Hi! Whats the good word? 留學(xué)生一聽(tīng)到這個(gè)，立刻傻眼了，他想： My God! I dont know the good word. Ive studied English for years, but no one told me about the good word! 他猶豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就問(wèn)問(wèn)他 好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地問(wèn)：Hello. Whats the good word? 老美聽(tīng)了，很隨意地說(shuō)：Oh, not much. 這下，這個(gè)留學(xué)生就更吃驚了！原來(lái)，Whats the good word? 在美語(yǔ)里，是一句問(wèn)候語(yǔ)，意思是“你 還好嗎？”但問(wèn)話的人并不指望你把遇到的高興 的事情都一一告訴他，只是打個(gè)招呼而已。但這 個(gè)留學(xué)生以為對(duì)方真的在問(wèn)什么是Good word， 所以鬧了笑話，不過(guò)還好，也算給他歪打正著了。 下面的故事就更有意思了。一次，一個(gè)美國(guó)公司的管理人員給公司一個(gè)駐外分部發(fā)了一份傳真，要求對(duì)方把職員的人數(shù)報(bào)上來(lái)。他是這么說(shuō)的：I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken down by sex. 在上面的傳真里，broken down by sex是“按照性別分開(kāi)”的意思，但是分公司的外國(guó)職員沒(méi)有理解“broken down by sex”的意思。不過(guò)break something/someone down倒是還有一個(gè)意思，就是“把某事物，把某人壓服”。 結(jié)果，美國(guó)總部收到了回音。那份傳真是這樣說(shuō)的：Here is your head count. Here we have thirty-five people in our factory, fifteen people in our office, five people in the hospital, none broken down by sex. (這是你要的人頭數(shù)。我們的工廠里有35人，辦公室15人，醫(yī)院5人，無(wú)人因縱欲過(guò)度而垮掉。) 最后，他還加了一句：And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol. (如果你非要知道，我們這兒的問(wèn)題是飲酒過(guò)度。) ，break down就是“把?壓服，把?壓垮”的意思，因此外國(guó)職員就把broken down by sex理解成了“因?yàn)榭v欲過(guò)度而垮了”，但是在那樣的語(yǔ)言環(huán)境下，broken down by sex實(shí)際上是“按照性別分開(kāi)”的意思。美國(guó)人 一下子就理解的東西，在外國(guó)人眼里，就成了匪夷所思?？梢?jiàn)，語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)還真是麻煩。最好 的辦法當(dāng)然是不斷積累，還有，如果有不懂的東西，一定要問(wèn)明白！ 二英語(yǔ)有時(shí)候真是莫名其妙，你覺(jué)得你明明懂了，可實(shí)際上你又沒(méi)有懂。故事發(fā)生在秘魯，一位美國(guó)婦女在餐館里用餐。她問(wèn)服務(wù)員： excuse me. where could i wash my hands? 服務(wù)員把她帶到洗手間，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手間的墻壁。工人們一看有人要用洗手間，就準(zhǔn)備離開(kāi)。服務(wù)員攔住他們，說(shuō)： thats ok. stay. she only wants to wash her hands.在英語(yǔ)里，wash my hands實(shí)際上是上廁所的委婉說(shuō)法。那個(gè)服務(wù)員按照字面意思理解，結(jié)果鬧了笑話。 三你聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)有不會(huì)游泳的魚(yú)嗎？你聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)魚(yú)因不會(huì)游泳而淹死的事嗎？如果誰(shuí)有這樣的擔(dān)憂，就和那個(gè)被嘲笑了幾百年的擔(dān)心天會(huì)塌下來(lái)的杞國(guó)人沒(méi)什么差別了，必定會(huì)成為人們 _的笑料。 作為一種本能，魚(yú)兒天生就是會(huì)游泳的，完全適應(yīng)水底生活，如果有人想教魚(yú)兒how to swim，這和在魯班門(mén)前賣弄使斧頭的功夫，在孔老夫子面前賣弄寫(xiě)文章的本領(lǐng)又有什么差異呢？ 因此，teach a fish how to swim 的含義就是“班門(mén)弄斧”，“在孔夫子面前賣文章”。英語(yǔ)中類似的表達(dá)還有：teach a dog to chase rabbits；show the President where the White House is； teach the Pope how to pray. 四In America, if you sit ahead when you take a taxi，the driver will be very happy. 在美國(guó)，如果你坐在車前座上，司機(jī)會(huì)很高興，他會(huì)一路上與你談笑風(fēng)生。 But if you sit at the back, the driver will not say a word to you. 但是，如果你坐在后座上，司機(jī)則跟你一句話也不說(shuō)。即便你主動(dòng)搭訕，人家也愛(ài)搭不理的。 原來(lái)啊，如果你坐在前面，說(shuō)明你把司機(jī)當(dāng)作了朋友；你若坐在了后面，便表明對(duì)方成了純粹為你服務(wù)的司機(jī)，你們就是雇傭關(guān)系了。 現(xiàn)在人們往往還是尋求金錢(qián)（money）以外的尊重（respect）與友誼（friendship），這看上去雖然只是個(gè)座位的問(wèn)題，但卻體現(xiàn)了人與人之間的尊重。 所以啊，如果您有機(jī)會(huì)在美國(guó)打的“take a taxi”，可要記得坐在前面??！ 五最佳有人在美國(guó)拉斯維加斯的時(shí)候曾經(jīng)在餐廳里向服務(wù)生要“napkin” ，服務(wù)生很 納悶，為什么你找我要“尿布”呢？原來(lái)“napkin”在最初在英語(yǔ)中指的是小孩用的尿布，而“餐巾紙”這種含義則在只在美國(guó)東部比較流行。 pants這個(gè)詞在美語(yǔ)中是褲子的意思，但在英式英語(yǔ)中卻是內(nèi)褲的意思。如果美國(guó)人對(duì)英國(guó)人說(shuō)your pants is very pretty。英國(guó)人就會(huì)認(rèn)為你這個(gè)美國(guó)人沒(méi)素質(zhì)。 英式英語(yǔ)(English English)和美式英語(yǔ)(American English)的差別是客觀存在的，并且在語(yǔ)法上也是有一定差別的。 其實(shí)，不單是語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)方面如此，甚至單詞的使用也有這樣的傾向。這是說(shuō)，在英式英語(yǔ)和美式英語(yǔ)中，假若是用不同的詞匯表達(dá)同一個(gè)意思的，那么，使用美式英語(yǔ)的人遠(yuǎn)較使用英式英語(yǔ)者多。 筆者曾對(duì)一些用詞作過(guò)研究，藉此判別上述這種趨勢(shì)是否普遍存在，結(jié)果是肯定的。根據(jù)一些英美人士所作的調(diào)查，在日常應(yīng)用的詞匯中，英式英語(yǔ)和美式英語(yǔ)各有表達(dá)用語(yǔ)的大約有一千個(gè)，其中通用的占了大部分。但所謂通用，其實(shí)是指英國(guó)人采納了美 _用詞而已。在英、美兩國(guó)本土以外的地區(qū)，使用英文的人習(xí)慣了美式英語(yǔ)而少用英式英語(yǔ)者亦占了大多數(shù)。 以下舉一些例子說(shuō)明上述情況的表現(xiàn)。 Antenna，aerial（前者為美式英語(yǔ)，后者為英式英語(yǔ)，下同）-泛指無(wú)線電上使用的天線，但antenna遠(yuǎn)比aerial（或aerial wire）流行。 Apartment，flat-指大廈中的住宅單 位，前者也被譯為（住宅）公寓。不 過(guò)，東南亞地區(qū)目前流行用座來(lái)表達(dá)， 故使用flat的機(jī)會(huì)較多。 Ash，can；dust，bin-指垃圾箱。在 美式英語(yǔ)中，含有同等詞義的還有 garbage can和junk一heap，但英式英 語(yǔ)則只有dust一bin（或dust-bin）. 香港目前多用dustbin。但廢紙簍的兩 種稱呼分別是waste一basket和waste 一paper basket，流行度則似乎相等。 Automobile，motor-car-汽車。美式 英語(yǔ)很多時(shí)更簡(jiǎn)為auto，如車禍即稱 為auto aident。兩個(gè)字的使用度似乎 相差不大。 英語(yǔ)小故事大全 1、The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鴿子 A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion. 有只鴿子口渴得很難受，看見(jiàn)畫(huà)板上畫(huà)著一個(gè)水瓶，以為是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飛過(guò) 去，不料一頭碰撞在畫(huà)板上，折斷了翅膀，摔在地上，被人輕易地捉住了。 這是說(shuō)，有些人想急于得到所需的東西，一時(shí)沖動(dòng)，草率從事，就會(huì)身遭不幸。 2、The Boys And The Frogs 男孩和青蛙 One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, Boys, please don?t throw stones at us.The boys said, We are only playing. I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us, said the old frog. So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away. 春天里的一天，一些頑皮的男孩在一個(gè)水塘邊玩耍。他們開(kāi)始往水里扔石塊。許多生活在水塘里的青蛙非常害怕這些男孩，因?yàn)槭^曾弄傷了他們中的一些。最后一只老青蛙把他的腦袋探出水面，他說(shuō)：“孩子們，請(qǐng)別向我們?nèi)邮^?！蹦泻⒄f(shuō)：“我們只是在玩耍。”“我知道，但請(qǐng)別扔石頭，孩子們。對(duì)你們而言的玩耍對(duì)我們可意味著死亡。”老青蛙說(shuō)。因此男孩們不再扔石頭并且離開(kāi)了 3、Applauded Twice The Head of the bureau addressde the meeting:I have always felt strange why the audience always applauded twice.Now I have made clear.Those who listened attentively woke up those who were dozing off.That is why we heard the appluase twice. The moment his voice died down,an outburst of uproar of noise and laughter arouse,Again two outbursts of noise and laughter. 4. Difference I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class, observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. When I say, Good afternoon, the undergraduates respond, Good afternoon. But the graduate students just write it down. She is the one who sells the candy. 5. A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. What did you do with the money I gave you yestrday? I gave it to a poor old woman, he answered. Youre a good boy, said the mother proudly. Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman? 6. The Fox. and the Crow A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. ?That?s for me, as I am a Fox,? said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. ?Good-day, Mistress Crow,? he cried. ?How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.? The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. ?That will do,? said he. ?That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future. ?Do not trust flatterers.? 7. Camels 駱駝的故事 At the small zoo camel ask: Mother Mother, why do we eyelashes so long? Camel mother said: When the wind came, the long eyelashes will enable us to be able to see the direction of the storm. small camel asked: Mother Mother, why do we camels back then, the die ugly! camel mother, said: This is called hump, you can help us store a lot of water and nutrients, so that we can tolerate more than a dozen in the desert day of potable water without conditions. small camel asked: Mother Mother, why do we so thick the soles of the feet? camel mother said: That will enable us to many of the body is not stuck in soft sand, to facilitate long-distance ah journey. small camel pleased bad: Wow, so useful that we ah! But mother, why we are still in zoos, do not desert hiking? My talents to be useful, but now no one used. A good attitude + a suessful teaching + an infinite stage = suess. Each potential is unlimited, the key is to find a stage for their full potential. 以下為中文翻譯 駱駝 在動(dòng)物園里的小駱駝問(wèn)媽媽：“媽媽媽媽，為什么我們的睫毛那么地長(zhǎng)?”駱駝媽媽說(shuō)：“當(dāng)風(fēng)沙來(lái)的時(shí)候，長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的睫毛可以讓我們?cè)陲L(fēng)暴中都能看得到方向?！毙●橊?dòng)謫?wèn)：“媽媽媽媽，為什么我們的背那么駝，丑死了!”駱駝媽媽說(shuō)：“這個(gè)叫駝峰，可以幫我們儲(chǔ)存大量的水和養(yǎng)分，讓我們能在沙漠里耐受十幾天的無(wú)水無(wú)食條件?！毙●橊?dòng)謫?wèn)：“媽媽媽媽，為什么我們的腳掌那么厚?”駱駝媽媽說(shuō)：“那可以讓我們重重的身子不至于陷在軟軟的沙子里，便于長(zhǎng)途跋涉啊?！毙●橊劯吲d壞了：“嘩，原來(lái)我們這么有用啊!可是媽媽，為什么我們還在動(dòng)物園里，不去沙漠遠(yuǎn)足呢?” 我的才華必有用，可惜現(xiàn)在沒(méi)人用。一個(gè)好的心態(tài)+一本成功的教材+一個(gè)無(wú)限的舞臺(tái)=成功。每人的潛能是無(wú)限的，關(guān)鍵是要找到一個(gè)能充分發(fā)揮潛能的舞臺(tái)。 8. An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young. 【譯文】 老貓 一位老婦有只貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因?yàn)樗昙o(jì)太大了。一天，老貓發(fā)現(xiàn) _，它跳過(guò)去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因?yàn)槔县堃Р涣怂?于是，老婦很生氣，因?yàn)槔县垱](méi)有把老鼠咬死。她開(kāi)始打這只貓，貓說(shuō)：“不要打你的老仆人，我已經(jīng)為你服務(wù)了很多年，而且還愿意為你效勞，但是，我實(shí)在太老了，對(duì)年紀(jì)大的不要這么無(wú)情，要記住老年人在年青時(shí)所做過(guò)的有益的事情?！?9.A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat. Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had bee very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, I cannot go to the rich mans house today, for I cannot get over the river. He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【譯文】 一個(gè)人正朝著一個(gè)富人的房子走去，當(dāng)他沿著路走時(shí)，在路的一邊他發(fā)現(xiàn)一箱好蘋(píng)果，他說(shuō)：“我不打算吃那些蘋(píng)果，因?yàn)楦蝗藭?huì)給我更多的食物，他會(huì)給我很好吃的東西。”然后他拿起蘋(píng)果，一把扔到土里去。 他繼續(xù)走，來(lái)到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對(duì)岸，他等了一會(huì)兒，然后他說(shuō)：“今天我去不了富人家了，因?yàn)槲也荒芏蛇^(guò)河。” 他開(kāi)始回家，那天他沒(méi)有吃東西。他就開(kāi)始去找吃的，他找到蘋(píng)果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來(lái)吃了。 不要把好東西扔掉，換個(gè)時(shí)候你會(huì)覺(jué)得它們大有用處。 10.The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, Do e and see me at my house in the country. So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should e and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must e and see me at my house in the city. The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great n