英語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)小故事PPT優(yōu)秀課件

1、勵(lì)志，友誼，理想 1 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 有志者,事竟 成。 The longest journey begins with the first step.千里之 行,始于足下。 You have to believe in yourself. That is the secret of success.必須相信自己,這是成功的秘訣。 A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.燕 雀安

2、知鴻鵠之志. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.世上無(wú)難事, 只要肯登攀. 2 A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友難得。 A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父親是財(cái)富，兄 弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。 A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy hiscrimes. 朋友宣揚(yáng)人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過(guò)。 A friend in court is better t

3、han a penny in purse.曩中有錢(qián)，不如朝中有友。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難朋友 才是真朋友。 3 All things in their being are good for something.天生我才必有用。 Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.困難坎坷是人們的生活教科書(shū)。 Failure is the mother of success.失敗乃成功之 母。 For man is man and master of his fat

4、e.人就是人， 是自己命運(yùn)的主人。 4 In the Spring and Autumn period, a thief had stolen a bell and intended to carry it away on his back, but the bell was too bulky and heavy to be carried, so he tried to break it into pieces with a hammer to make it easier for carrying. On his first hit, however, the bell made a l

5、oud noise. He thus feared that the ringing sound might be heard by someone, who would come to rob him of his bell. His fright made him plug his own ears, while hitting the bell with the hammer. The bell sound was, nevertheless, audible to others and therefore to stuff his ears for the purpose of ste

6、aling a bell was a stupid action it is as foolish as burying ones head in the sand. 掩耳盜鈴 在春秋戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)期，有一個(gè)小偷偷了一只鐘。他準(zhǔn)備把鐘扛在背 上帶走?？墒晴娪执笥殖粒茈y扛走。因此他想用錘子把鐘敲成碎片，這 樣運(yùn)起來(lái)就能多了?？墒?，他敲了一下，那只鐘發(fā)出巨大的響聲。他怕別 人聽(tīng)到了鐘聲會(huì)來(lái)?yè)屗溺?，于是他在錘子敲鐘時(shí)捂上了自己的耳朵。不 過(guò)，即使他這樣做，別人還是聽(tīng)得到鐘聲的。所以掩耳盜鈴是非常愚蠢的 行為，就像把頭埋在沙子中一樣。 （淮南子著） 再短的、或許找不到了、 5 The Raven and

7、the Swan A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired tose cure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing tha t the Swans splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars i n the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and too k up residence in thela

8、kes and pools. But cleansing his fe athers as often as hewould, he could not change their colo r, while through wantof food he perished. Change of habi t cannot alter Natur. 烏鴉非常羨慕天鵝潔白的羽毛。他猜想天鵝一定是經(jīng)常洗澡，羽毛 才變得如此潔白無(wú) 瑕。于是，他毅然離開(kāi)了他賴以生存的祭壇， 來(lái)到江湖邊。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 點(diǎn)都沒(méi)洗白，反而 因缺少食物饑餓而死。 這故事是說(shuō)，人的本性不會(huì)隨著生活方式 的改變而改變

9、。 6 The Goat and the Goatherd A GOATHERD had sought to brin g back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the s ummons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking i ts horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master. The Goat replie

10、d, Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak thoug h I be silent. Do not attempt to hide things which canno t be hid. 很多山羊被牧羊人趕到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好東西， 單獨(dú)落在后面。牧羊 人拿起一塊石頭扔了過(guò)去，正巧打斷了山羊 的一只角。牧羊人嚇得請(qǐng)求山羊不要告訴主人， 山羊說(shuō)：“即使 我不說(shuō)，又怎能隱瞞下去呢？我的角已斷了，這是十分明顯的事 實(shí)?！?這故事說(shuō)明，明顯的罪狀是無(wú)法隱瞞的。 7 The Miser A MISER sold all that he ha

11、d and bought a lump of gold, which he buri ed in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at dail y. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to wa tch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and dig ging down, came

12、to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visi t, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentation s. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, ra y do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fan

13、c y that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; fo r when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest us e of it. 有個(gè)守財(cái)奴變賣(mài)了他所有的家產(chǎn)，換回了金塊，并秘密地埋在一個(gè)地方。他每天走去看 看 他的寶藏。有個(gè)在附近放羊的牧人留心觀察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金塊拿走了。 守財(cái)奴再來(lái)時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)洞中的金塊沒(méi)有了，便捶胸痛哭。有個(gè)人見(jiàn)他如此悲痛，問(wèn)明原因 后， 說(shuō)道：“喂，

14、朋友，別再難過(guò)了，那塊金子雖是你買(mǎi)來(lái)的，但并不是你真正擁有的。 去拿一 塊石頭來(lái)，代替金塊放在洞里，只要你心里想著那是塊金子，你就會(huì)很高興。這樣 與你擁有 真正的金塊效果沒(méi)什么不同。依我之見(jiàn)，你擁有那金塊時(shí)，也從沒(méi)用過(guò)?！?這 故事說(shuō)明，一切財(cái)物如不使用等于沒(méi)有。 8 The Wolf and the Lamb WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fol d, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to j ustify to the Lamb the Wo

15、lfs right to eat him. He thus addressed him: Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me. Indeed, bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, I was not then born. Then said the Wol f , You feed in my pasture. No, good sir, replied the Lamb, I hav e not yet tasted grass. Again said the Wolf, You drin

16、k of my well. No, exclaimed the Lamb, I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother s milk is both food and drink to me. Upon which the Wolf seized him a nd ate him up, saying, Well! I wont remain supperless, even though yo u refute every one of my imputations. The tyrant will always find a p retext

17、 for his tyranny. 一只小羊在河邊喝水，狼見(jiàn)到后，便想找一個(gè)名正言順的借口吃掉他。于是他跑 到上游，惡狠狠地說(shuō)小羊把河水?dāng)嚋啙崃?，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答說(shuō)，他僅 僅站在河邊喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水?dāng)嚋?。狼?jiàn)此計(jì)不成， 又說(shuō)道：“我父親去年被你罵過(guò)?！毙⊙蛘f(shuō)，那時(shí)他還沒(méi)有出生。狼對(duì)他說(shuō)： “不管你怎樣辯解，反正我不會(huì)放過(guò) 你?！?這說(shuō)明，對(duì)惡人做任何正當(dāng)?shù)霓q解 也是無(wú)效的。 9 The Bat and the Weasels A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to

18、be spared his life. The Weasel ref used, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The B at assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus wa s set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated no t to eat

19、 him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility t o mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped. It is wise to turn circumstance s to good account. 蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黃鼠狼叼去，他請(qǐng)求饒命。黃鼠狼說(shuō)絕不會(huì)放過(guò)他， 自己生來(lái)痛恨鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)。蝙蝠說(shuō)他是老鼠，不是鳥(niǎo)，便被放了。后來(lái)蝙蝠又掉 落了下來(lái)，被另一只黃鼠狼叼住，他再三請(qǐng)求不要吃他。這只黃鼠狼說(shuō)

20、他 恨一切鼠類(lèi)。蝙蝠改口說(shuō)自己是鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)，并非老 鼠，又被放了。這樣，蝙 蝠兩次改變了自己的名字，終于死里逃生。 這故事說(shuō)明，我們遇事要隨 機(jī)應(yīng)變方能避免危險(xiǎn)。 10 The Ass and the Grasshopper AN ASS having hea rd some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly encha nted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they live d on to give them such beauti

21、ful voices. They r eplied, The dew. The Ass resolved that he wou ld live only upon dew, and in a short time die d of hunger. 驢子聽(tīng)見(jiàn)蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙動(dòng)聽(tīng)的歌聲所打動(dòng)，自己 也想能發(fā)出同樣悅耳動(dòng)聽(tīng)的聲音，便 羨慕地問(wèn)他們吃 些什么，才能發(fā)出如此美妙的聲音來(lái)。蚱蜢答道： “吃露水。”驢子便也只吃露水，沒(méi)多久就餓死 了。 這個(gè)故事告訴人們不要企望非份之物。 11 The Lion and the Mouse A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse runn ing over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to ki ll him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I