富有哲理的英文小故事

1、The House of 1000 Mirrors Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. Whenhe arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with

2、 his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the Hou

3、se, he thought to himself, “This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often.” In this same village, anotherlittle dog,who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. Whenhe saw the

4、1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, “That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again. All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kinds of reflecti ons

5、do you see in the faces of the people you meet? / V. 跳躍 bounce / / n. 門(mén)口 doorway / / V. wag / 搖擺 / V. 咆哮 growl / / V. 恐嚇 horrify / / reflecti on / n.反射 參考譯文千鏡之屋 很久以前的一個(gè)很遠(yuǎn)的小村莊里，有一個(gè)以“千鏡屋”而著名的地 方。一只樂(lè)觀的小狗聽(tīng)說(shuō)了這個(gè)地方并決定去參觀。 當(dāng)來(lái)到這個(gè)地方， 他蹦蹦跳跳地上了臺(tái)階，來(lái)到房門(mén)口，高高地豎起耳朵，歡快地?fù)u著 尾巴，從門(mén)口往里張望，他驚奇地看到有 1000只歡樂(lè)的小狗像他一 樣快地?fù)u尾巴。他燦爛地微

6、笑著，回報(bào)他的是 1000張熱情，友好的 燦爛笑臉。離開(kāi)時(shí)他心想：“這是一個(gè)精彩的地方，我一定要經(jīng)常來(lái) 參觀?！?在這個(gè)村里還有另一只想?yún)⒂^“千鏡屋”的小狗，他不及第一只小狗 樂(lè)觀，他慢吞吞地爬上臺(tái)階，然后耷拉著腦袋往屋子里看。一看到有 1000只小狗不友好地盯著他，他便開(kāi)始沖他們狂吠，鏡中的1000只 小狗也沖著他狂吠，把他給嚇壞了，他在離開(kāi)時(shí)心想：“這是一個(gè)恐 怖的地方，我再也不會(huì)來(lái)了 世界上所有的臉都是鏡子， 在你所遇見(jiàn)的人的臉上你看到反射出來(lái)的 是什么? An angel wrote: 一位天使這樣說(shuō) Many people will walk in and out of your l

7、ife, 許 多朋友進(jìn)出你的生命， but only true friends will leave footprints in you r heart. 但是只有真正的朋友會(huì)在你的心中留下腳印。 To handle yourself, use your head; 要操控自己，用你的 頭； To handle others, use your heart. 要指揮別人，用你的 心。 Anger is only one letter short of danger. 生氣和危 險(xiǎn)只有一字之隔。 If someone betrays you once, its his fault; 如果別 人背

8、叛你一次，那是他的錯(cuò)； your fault. 如果他背 If he betrarys you twice, its 叛你二次，那是你的錯(cuò)。 Great mi nds discuss ideas;心胸遠(yuǎn)大的人談理想; Average mi nds discuss eve nts; 般的人批評(píng)事情； Small minds discuss people. 心胸狹小的人道人長(zhǎng)短。 God gives every bird its food, 上帝給每只小鳥(niǎo)她的食 物， But He does not throw it into its nest. 但是他不 會(huì)把食物丟到她的巢 He who los

9、es money, loses much; 失去金錢(qián)的人，失去很多 ; He who loses a friend, loses more; 失去朋友的人，失去 更多; He who loses faith, loses all. 失去信心的人，失去所 有。 Beautiful young people are acts of nature, 美麗的年 輕人是天然形成， But beautiful old people are works of art. 美麗的老 年人才是藝術(shù)作品。 Learn from the mistakes of others. 從別人所患的錯(cuò)誤中 學(xué)習(xí) You can

10、t live long enough to make them all yourse lf. 你不能活得那么長(zhǎng)足以經(jīng)歷這一切。 The tongue weights practically nothing, 舌頭的重量微不 足道， But so few people can hold it. 但少有人可控制它。 Frie nds,you and me.你和我是朋友 you broughtano therfrien d.你帶來(lái)另一位朋友 and then there were3. 我們就有三個(gè)朋友 we started our group. 我們開(kāi)始成為一個(gè)小組 Our circle of friends. and like thatcircle. 就 像一個(gè)圈圈 there is no beginn