非常適合兒童的英語(yǔ)簡(jiǎn)單的小故事大全

1/251/22非常適合兒童的英語(yǔ)簡(jiǎn)單的小故事大全(共16篇)目錄英語(yǔ)故事：AFrenchTraveler英語(yǔ)故事：TheDogandHisShadow英語(yǔ)故事：瘋狂的萬(wàn)圣節(jié)英語(yǔ)故事少兒英語(yǔ)故事：金色的羊毛英語(yǔ)故事《聰明的兔子》英語(yǔ)故事：《烏鴉與狐貍》英語(yǔ)故事：《狼來(lái)了》伊索寓言少兒英語(yǔ)故事—小金魚(yú)少兒英語(yǔ)故事：點(diǎn)金術(shù)英語(yǔ)故事：四只老鼠少兒英語(yǔ)故事:牙齒仙女英語(yǔ)故事：小馬過(guò)河少兒英語(yǔ)故事：TheMoonandTheWell英語(yǔ)故事：生金蛋的鵝英語(yǔ)故事：井底之蛙2/22英語(yǔ)故事：AFrenchTraveler這位法國(guó)人說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)實(shí)在不敢恭維;但他能利用極之有限的幾個(gè)單詞，解脫了困境，其急智與機(jī)巧令人嘆服。AFrenchmanwasoncetravelinginEngland.HecouldspeakEnglishquitewellbutnotperfectly.Foronething,hisvocabularywasnotlarge.Oneday,hewashavingamealinasmallcountryhotelandwantedtoordersomeeggs.Buthecouldn'trememberthewordforeggs.Suddenly,throughthewindow,hesawaroosterwalkingintheyard.HeimmediatelyaskedthewaiterwhatthebirdwascalledinEnglish.Thewaitertoldhimthatitwascalledarooster.TheFrenchmanthenaskedwhattherooster'swifewascalled.Thewaitertoldhimthatshewascalledahen.TheFrenchmanthenaskedwhatthehen'schildrenwerecalled.Thewaitertoldhimthattheywerechickens.TheFrenchmanthenaskedwhatthechickenswerecalledbeforetheywereborn.Thewaitertoldhimtheywerecalledeggs."Fine!"saidtheFrenchman."Pleasebringmetwoeggsandacupofcoffee.l.perfectly熟練地2.vocabulary個(gè)人所使用的詞匯量(集合名詞，單數(shù)概念.)3.rooster公雞(美國(guó)英語(yǔ)，同cock.)4bird此處泛指禽類(lèi)。3/22英語(yǔ)故事：TheDogandHisShadow少兒英語(yǔ)故事：Ithappenedthatadoghadsomemeatthathewantedtoeatathome.Onhiswayhomehemetariver.Ashelookeddown,hesawhisshadowinthewater.一只狗叼著肉打算回家去吃。在回家的路上他遇到一條河。他朝河里望去，看見(jiàn)水中自己的影子。"Justlook!"saidhetohimself."Thatdogdowntherehassomemeat,too.IfIcouldgetitawayfromhim,Iwouldreallyeatwelltonight!"“看吶！”他自言自語(yǔ)道?！跋旅婺菞l狗也銜著肉呢。如果我把他的搶走，今晚上一定可以美餐一頓了！”Withthisthought,hemadeasnapattheotherdog'smeat.Andashedid,hisownmeatfellintothewater.Sothenhehadnothingatall.這么想著，他就沖那只影子狗咬去，這時(shí)候他自己的肉掉進(jìn)了水里。當(dāng)然他什么也沒(méi)有得到。Thenhesawthattheotherdoghadlosthismeat,too."Thatisasitshouldbe!?thoughthe."ForIsawhimtryingtotakemymeatawayfromme."然后，他看到另一只狗的肉也沒(méi)了?！盎钤摚　彼?，“因?yàn)槲铱吹剿霃奈疫@里搶走我的肉?！盉ywantingtohaveeverything,hehaslosteverythinghehad!什么都想要，卻失去了原來(lái)所擁有的！4/22英語(yǔ)故事：瘋狂的萬(wàn)圣節(jié)5/22英語(yǔ)故事Afterthestealingoffire,Zeusbecameincreasinglyunkindtomen.OnedayheorderedhissonHephaestustobuildanimageofabeautifulmaidenoutofclay.Hethenaskedthegodsandgoddessestoawardherwithdifferentkindsofgifts.Acharmingyounglady,shewasthefirstwomanthateverlived.ZeuscalledherPandora.Becauseshehadreceivedfromeachofthegodsandgoddessesagift.Thegiftwasharmfultomen.偷竊天火之后，宙斯對(duì)人類(lèi)的敵意與日俱增。一天，他令兒子赫菲斯托斯用泥塑一美女像，并請(qǐng)眾神贈(zèng)予她不同的禮物。世上的第一個(gè)女人是位迷人女郎，因?yàn)樗龔拿课簧耢`那里得到了一樣對(duì)男人有害的禮物，因此宙斯稱(chēng)她為潘多拉。Zeusdecidedtosendherdowntomenasapresent.SoHermesthemessengerbroughthertoEpimetheus,brotherofPrometheus.Thegreatnessofherbeautytouchedtheheartsofallwholookeduponher,andEpimetheushappilyreceivedherintohishouse.HehadquiteforgottenPometheus'warning:nevertoacceptanythingfromZeus.宙斯決定把她作為禮物送給世間的男子。于是信使赫耳墨斯將她帶給普羅米修斯的弟弟厄庇墨透斯。她姿容絕美，見(jiàn)者無(wú)不為之傾心。厄庇墨透斯興高采烈地把她迎入屋內(nèi)。普羅米修斯警告過(guò)他不得接受宙斯的任何饋贈(zèng)，而他已將之忘于腦后。這一對(duì)夫妻有過(guò)一段幸福的生活，但不久災(zāi)難卻降臨人間。Whenhewasbusywithteachingmentheartofliving,PrometheushadleftabigcaskinthecareofEpimetheus.Hehadwarnedhisbrothernottoopenthelid.Pandorawasacuriouswoman.Shehadbeenfeelingverydisappointedthatherhusbanddidnotallowhertotakealookatthecontentsofthecask.Oneday,whenEpimetheuswasout,sheliftedthelidandoutitcameunrestandwar,Plagueandsickness,theftandviolence,grief,sorrow,andalltheotherevils.Thehumanworldwashencetoexperiencetheseevils.Onlyhopestayedwithinthemouthofthejarandneverflewout.Somenalwayshavehopewithintheirhearts.當(dāng)普羅米修斯忙于教授人們生存之道的時(shí)候，他把一個(gè)桶托付給厄庇墨透斯。他警告過(guò)他的弟弟不要打開(kāi)桶蓋。潘多拉好奇心強(qiáng)。她的丈夫不允許她看桶中之物，這使她感到十分懊惱。一天乘厄庇墨透斯出門(mén)在外，她打開(kāi)桶蓋，從桶里跑出的是不和與戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，瘟疫與疾病，偷竊與暴力，悲哀與憂慮，以及其他一些人類(lèi)從此要遭受的不幸。只有希望被關(guān)在桶口，永遠(yuǎn)飛不出來(lái)，因此人們常常把希望藏于心中。6/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事：金色的羊毛TheGoldenFleecekingathamusofnorthernGREecehadtwochildren，phrixusandhelle．a(chǎn)fterhelefthisfirstwifeandmarriedino，awickedwoman，thetwochildrenreceivedallthecrueltreatmentthatastepmothercoulddevise，atonetimethekingdomwasruinedbyafamine．inopersuadedhercreduloushusbandintobelievingthathisson，phrixus，wastheactualcauseofthedisaster，andshouldbesacrificedtozeustoendit．thepoorboywasthenplacedonthealtarandwasabouttobeknifedwhenaramwithgoldenfleecewassentdownbythegodsandcarriedoffthetwochildrenonitsback．a(chǎn)stheyflewoverthestraitthatdividesasiafromeurope，helle，faintatthevastexpanseofwaterbelow，fellintotheseaandwasdrowned．thustheseaofhelle，hellespont，becametheancientnameofthestripofwater．herbrotherkeptonandarrivedincolchisontheeasternshoreoftheblacksea．therehesacrificedtheramtozeusandgaveitsgoldenfleecetokingaeetes，whonaileditonasacredtreeandputasleeplessdragonincharge．希臘北部國(guó)王阿塔瑪斯有兩個(gè)孩子，法瑞克斯和赫勒。當(dāng)國(guó)王離開(kāi)第一個(gè)妻子和一個(gè)名叫伊諾的壞女人結(jié)婚后，兩個(gè)孩子受到后母殘忍虐待，整個(gè)王國(guó)也受到毀滅性瘟疫的侵襲。伊諾在愛(ài)輕信的丈夫耳邊進(jìn)讒言，終于使國(guó)王相信：他的兒子法瑞克斯是這次災(zāi)害的罪魁禍?zhǔn)祝⒁獙⑺I(xiàn)給宙斯以結(jié)束瘟疫?？蓱z的孩子被推上了祭壇，將要被處死。正在此時(shí)，上帝派了一只渾身上下長(zhǎng)著金色羊毛的公羊來(lái)將兩個(gè)孩子馱在背上帶走了。當(dāng)他們飛過(guò)隔開(kāi)歐洲和亞洲的海峽時(shí)，赫勒由于看到浩瀚的海洋而頭暈?zāi)垦?，最終掉進(jìn)大海淹死了。這片海洋古時(shí)候的名稱(chēng)叫赫勒之海，赫勒拉旁海峽便由此而來(lái)。金色公羊馱著法瑞克斯繼續(xù)向前飛去，來(lái)到了黑海東岸的科爾契斯。在那里，法瑞克斯將公羊獻(xiàn)給了宙斯；而將金羊毛送給了埃厄忒斯國(guó)王。國(guó)王將羊毛釘在一棵圣樹(shù)上，并派了一條不睡覺(jué)的龍負(fù)責(zé)看護(hù)。7/22英語(yǔ)故事《聰明的兔子》這篇英語(yǔ)故事《聰明的兔子》告訴我們：不要被假象迷惑，凡事多多求證才能防患于未然。Thewolfandthefoxwantedtoeattherabbit,butitwasn'teasytocatchhim.狼和狐貍想要吃掉兔子，但是這只兔子太難抓到了。Onedaythewolfsaidtothefox,"Yougohomeandlieinbed.I'lltelltherabbitthatyouaredead.Whenhecomestolookatyou,youcanjumpupandcatchhim."That'sagoodidea,"saidthefox.一天，狼對(duì)狐貍說(shuō)：“你回家假裝躺在床上。我去告訴兔子你已經(jīng)死了。當(dāng)他來(lái)看你的時(shí)候，你就可以跳起來(lái)抓住他了?！薄罢媸莻€(gè)好主意！”狐貍說(shuō)。Hewenthomeatonce.Thewolfwenttotherabbit'shouseandknockedatthedoor."Whoisit?"askedtherabbit."It'sthewolf.I'vecometotellyouthatthefoxisdead."Thenthewolfwentaway.于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲門(mén)，“是誰(shuí)??？”兔子問(wèn)道?！袄牵沂莵?lái)告訴你狐貍已經(jīng)死了。”說(shuō)完狼就走開(kāi)了。Therabbitwenttothefox'shouse.Helookedinthroughthewindowandsawthefoxlyinginbedwithhiseyesclosed.Hethought,"Isthefoxreallydeadorishepretendingtobedead?Ifhe'snotdead,he'llcatchmewhenIgonearhim."sohesaid,"Thewolfsaysthatthefoxisdead.Buthedoesn'tlooklikeadeadfox.Themouthofadeadfoxisalwaysopen."Whenthefoxheardthis,hethought,"I'llshowhimthatI'mdead."Soheopenedhismouth.兔子去狐貍家看情況。他通過(guò)狐貍家的窗戶(hù)看到閉著眼睛的狐貍躺在床上。他想，狐貍是真的死了，還是在假裝呢？如果他沒(méi)有死，那么我走近他就會(huì)被他抓住。于是他說(shuō)：“狼說(shuō)狐貍死了。但是他看起來(lái)并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐貍通常都是張著嘴的。”狐貍聽(tīng)到這些話就想：我得證明自己是真的死了。于是他張開(kāi)了嘴巴。8/22Therabbitknewthatthefoxwasn'tdead,andheranasquicklyashecould.這時(shí)兔子知道狐貍并沒(méi)有死，他就以最快的速度跑開(kāi)啦。9/22英語(yǔ)故事：《烏鴉與狐貍》適當(dāng)?shù)馁澝?，確實(shí)是促進(jìn)人際關(guān)系和諧的潤(rùn)滑劑，但那些令人聽(tīng)了肉麻的阿庾奉承，則只會(huì)迅速地暴露出一個(gè)人的不良企圖，我們要謹(jǐn)慎對(duì)待無(wú)端恭維自己的人，看清他們的真面目。Englishstory：《Thefoxandcrow》Onedayacrowstoodonabranchnearhisnestandfeltveryhappywiththemeatinhismouth.Atthattime,afoxsawthecrowwiththemeat,soheswallowedandeagerlythoughtofaplantogetthemeat.However,whateverthefoxsaidtothecrow,thecrowjustkeptsilent.Untilthefoxthoughthighlyofthecrow’sbeautifulvoice,thecrowfeltflatteredandopenedhismouthtosing.Assoonasthemeatfelldowntotheground,thefoxtookthemeatandwentintohishole.有一天,一只烏鴉嘴里叼著一片肉，非常高興的站在樹(shù)枝上自己的窩旁。這時(shí)候，一只狐貍看見(jiàn)了，饞得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，無(wú)論狐貍說(shuō)什么，烏鴉就是不理睬狐貍。最后，狐貍便贊美烏鴉的嗓音最優(yōu)美，并請(qǐng)求烏鴉唱幾句讓他欣賞。烏鴉聽(tīng)了狐貍的奉承話得意極了，就真的唱起歌來(lái)。沒(méi)想到，它一開(kāi)口肉就掉了下來(lái)，狐貍叼起肉鉆回了自己的洞。10/22英語(yǔ)故事：《狼來(lái)了》伊索寓言伊索寓言-《狼來(lái)了》說(shuō)謊是一種不好的行為，它既不尊重別人，也會(huì)失去別人對(duì)自己的信任。我們應(yīng)該培養(yǎng)誠(chéng)懇待人的良好品質(zhì)。你聽(tīng)過(guò)《狼來(lái)了》的故事嗎？Longlongago,therewasashepherdboywhograzedsheeponahilleveryday.Onedaytheboyfeltalittlelonelyandwantedtomakefunofthefarmerslaboringatthefootofthehill.Soheclimbedupabigstone,andshouted:"wolveshavecome!wolveshavecome!"Inaminute,thefarmerscameonlytofindtherewerenowolvesatall.Seeingthefarmersweretakenin,theboylaughedandsaid,‘Iamjustjoking,Don'ttakeitseriously.’Thenthefarmersshooktheirheadandleft.Afewdayslater,thefarmersheardtheboyshoutagain.Sotheyranupthehillandfoundthattheywerecheatedagain.Anotherday,severalwolvesreallycame.Theboywasfrightenedandcriedout:‘help!Wolveshavecome!”Butthistime,noonecame.從前，有個(gè)放羊娃，每天都去山上放羊。一天，他覺(jué)得十分無(wú)聊，就想了個(gè)捉弄大家尋開(kāi)心的主意。他向著山下正在種田的農(nóng)夫們大聲喊：“狼來(lái)了！狼來(lái)了！救命??！”農(nóng)夫們聽(tīng)到喊聲急忙拿著鋤頭和鐮刀往山上跑，他們邊跑邊喊：“不要怕，孩子，我們來(lái)幫你打惡狼！”農(nóng)夫們氣喘吁吁地趕到山上一看，連狼的影子也沒(méi)有！放羊娃哈哈大笑：“真有意思，你們上當(dāng)了！”農(nóng)夫們生氣地走了。第二天，放羊娃故伎重演，善良的農(nóng)夫們又沖上來(lái)幫他打狼，可還是沒(méi)有見(jiàn)到狼的影子。放羊娃笑得直不起腰：“哈哈！你們又上當(dāng)了！哈哈！”大伙兒對(duì)放羊娃一而再再而三地說(shuō)謊十分生氣，從此再也不相信他的話了。過(guò)了幾天，狼真的來(lái)了，一下子闖進(jìn)了羊群。放羊娃害怕極了，拼命地向農(nóng)夫們喊：“狼來(lái)了！狼來(lái)了！快救命呀！狼真的來(lái)了！”農(nóng)夫們聽(tīng)到他的喊聲，以為他又在說(shuō)謊，大家都不理睬他，沒(méi)有人去幫他，結(jié)果放羊娃的許多羊都被狼咬死了。相關(guān)內(nèi)容：11/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事—小金魚(yú)Ihaveninelittlegoldfish.Eightgoldfishareallorangeandoneisblack.Iliketheblackonebest.WecallitXiaoHei.Itsbodyisblack.Ithastwobigandroundeyes,asmallmouth,andabigtail.Thoughit＇sverysmall,itswimsfast.Ioftenfeedthemandchangewaterforthem.Wearegoodfriends.我有九條小金魚(yú)。八條金魚(yú)都是桔黃色的，只有一條是黑的。我最喜歡那條黑的。我們叫它小黑。它全身都是黑色的。它有兩只又大又圓的眼睛，一張小嘴和一條大尾巴。盡管它非常小，但它卻游得很快。我常常去喂它們，給它們換水。我們是好朋友。12/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事：點(diǎn)金術(shù)Midas，sonoftheGREatgoddessofida，byaherowhosenameisnotremembered，wasapleasurelovingkingofmacedonianbromium，whereheruledoverthebrigiansandplantedhisfamousrosegardens．彌達(dá)斯是伊達(dá)山大女神和一位姓名不詳?shù)挠⑿鄣膬鹤?。他是馬其頓勃洛彌恩的好尋歡作樂(lè)的國(guó)王。他統(tǒng)治勃里癸亞人民，種植聞名遐邇的玫瑰花。Oneday，theoldherosilenus，dionysus'formerteacher，happenedtostragglefromthemainbodyofthedionysianarmyasitmarchedoutofthraceintoboeotia，andwasfoundsleepinganddrunkenintherosegardens．thegardenerstiedhimandledhimbeforemidas，towhomhetoldwonderfultalesofabigcontinentlyingbeyondtheocean''sstream——altogetherseparatefromtheunitedmassofeurope，asia，orafrica——wheregigantic，happy，andlonglivedpeoplelivedinsplendidcities，enjoyingawonderfullawsystem．midas，delightedwithsilenus''fictions，entertainedhimforfivedaysandnights，andthenorderedaguidetoleadhimtodionysus''headquarters．一天，狄俄尼索斯酒神和追隨者從色雷斯出發(fā)去維奧蒂亞。狄俄尼索斯以前的老師森林之神老西勒諾斯不巧跟隊(duì)伍走散了。他喝得醉醺醺的，躺在彌達(dá)斯的花園里酣然大睡。園丁發(fā)現(xiàn)了他，把他捆起來(lái)領(lǐng)去見(jiàn)彌達(dá)斯。他給彌達(dá)斯講述有關(guān)大洋河彼岸的、與連成一片的歐羅巴、亞細(xì)亞或阿非利加完全脫離的一個(gè)大洲的奇妙的故事。大洲上座落著神奇的城市，居住著身材高大、幸福而長(zhǎng)壽的人民，擁有值得贊頌的法律制度。西勒諾斯的故事使彌達(dá)斯聽(tīng)得欣喜若狂。他盛情款待老山神五天五夜，然后派向?qū)ёo(hù)送他回到狄俄尼索斯的大本營(yíng)。Dionysus，whohadbeenworryingaboutsilenus，senttoaskhowmidaswishedtoberewarded．herepliedwithouthesitation：‘pleaseturnallitouchintogold．''however，notonlystones，flowers，andthefurnishingsofhishouseturnedtogoldbut，whenhesatdowntotable，sodidthefoodheateandthewaterhedrank．midassoonbeggedtobefreedfromhiswish，becausehewasfastdyingofhungerandthirst．highlyamused，dionysustoldhimtovisitthesourceoftheriverpactolusandtherewashhimself．heobeyed，andwasatoncefreedfromthegoldentouch，butthesandsoftheriverpactolusarebrightwithgoldtothisday．狄俄尼索斯一直在為西勒諾斯擔(dān)心?，F(xiàn)在，他派人問(wèn)彌達(dá)斯有什么要求，他應(yīng)該怎樣報(bào)答他。彌達(dá)斯毫不遲疑地回答說(shuō)，“請(qǐng)恩準(zhǔn)使我摸到的一切都變成金子?！比欢?，變成金子的不僅僅是石塊、花朵和屋內(nèi)的陳設(shè)。他坐下吃飯時(shí)，他吃的食物和喝的水也都變成金子。過(guò)了不久，彌達(dá)斯懇求狄俄尼索斯使他從他那愿望中解脫開(kāi)來(lái)，因?yàn)樗嚳式患?，快死了。狄俄尼索斯逗弄彌達(dá)斯，開(kāi)心得很。他叫彌達(dá)斯前往帕克托羅斯河的源頭，在河里洗個(gè)澡。彌達(dá)斯依法行事，立即解除了點(diǎn)金術(shù)，但帕克托羅斯河的沙子至今因含金而閃閃發(fā)光。13/22英語(yǔ)故事：四只老鼠英語(yǔ)故事：Onceuponatime,therewerefourmicethatlivedinawallinthefield.很久以前，在田野中的一筑圍墻里住著四只老鼠。Summerwascoming,andsothemicecameoutofthewalltocollectberries,nuts,cornandstraw.Everyonewasworkingveryhard,dayandnight.Everyonewasworkingveryhard,except,Frederick.夏天來(lái)了，老鼠們走出墻外去收集漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草。他們從早到晚玩努力工作，除了弗雷德里克。“Whyaren’tyouworking,Frederick?”hisfriendsaskedhim.“oh,butIam.”Fredericktoldthem.“I’mcollectingthesunshineforthecold,darkwinter.”“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作？”他的朋友們問(wèn)他?！拔以诠ぷ鬟?。”弗雷德里克說(shuō),"我在為寒冷的深冬收集陽(yáng)光呢?！盇fewdayslaterhisfriendsaskedhimagain“whyaren’tyouworking,Frederick?”“Oh,butIam.”Fredericktoldthem.“I’mcollectingcolorsforthelong,greywinter.”幾天過(guò)后，他的朋友們?cè)僖淮螁?wèn)道，“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作？”他的朋友們問(wèn)他?！拔以诠ぷ鬟埂！备ダ椎吕锟苏f(shuō),"我在為漫長(zhǎng)的灰白色冬天收集色彩呢?！盇fewdayslaterhisfriendsaskedhimagain“whyaren’tyouworking,Frederick?”“Oh,butIam.”Fredericktoldthem.“I’mcollectingwordsforthelong,quietwinter.”幾天過(guò)后，他的朋友們?cè)僖淮螁?wèn)道，“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作？”他的朋友們問(wèn)他?！拔以诠ぷ鬟??！备ダ椎吕锟苏f(shuō),"我在為漫長(zhǎng)寂靜的冬天收集言語(yǔ)呢?！盨oon,thefirstsnowcame,andthefourmicewentbackintothewall.14/22Theyatetheirberriesandtheyatetheirnutsandtheyatetheircornandtheyatetheirstraw.Buttimepassed,andtimepassed,andsoontherewerenomoreberries,andsoontherewerenomorenutsandsoontherewerenomorecornandsoontherewerenomorestraw.很快，第一場(chǎng)雪就到了，四只老鼠回到了洞中。他們吃著漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草。但是隨著時(shí)間的推移，他們沒(méi)有漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草這些吃的東西了。Nowthewinterwascoldanddark,longandquiet.Themiceweresadandhungry.ThentheyrememberedFrederick.現(xiàn)在冬天又冷又黑暗，漫長(zhǎng)又寂靜。老鼠們饑腸轆轆。這時(shí)候他們想起了弗雷德里克?！癏ey,Frederick,canyoushowuswhatyoucollectedforthewinter.”“嘿，弗雷德里克，能給我們看看你為冬天收集的東西嗎？”“Ok,”saidFrederick,“closeyoureyes.Hereismysunshineforthecold,darkwinter.”AndFrederickbegantotellhisfriendssomestories,andthemicetofeelwarmerandwarmer."好的,"弗雷德里克說(shuō)，“閉上你們的眼睛。這里有我為寒冷冬天收集的陽(yáng)光?！苯又ダ椎吕锟藶樗呐笥褌冎v故事，小老鼠們感覺(jué)越來(lái)越溫暖起來(lái)。“Great,Frederick!Howaboutthecolorsandthewords?”“很好，弗雷德里克！那么色彩和語(yǔ)言呢？”“Ok,”saidFrederick,“closeyoureyes”andhetoldthemabouttheblueskies,andhetoldthemabouttheredpoppies,andhetoldthemaboutthegreengrass,andhetoldthemaboutthepurpleberries,andhetoldthemabouttheyellowcornofsummer."好的,"弗雷德里克說(shuō)，“閉上你們的眼睛。他開(kāi)始給他們.夏天藍(lán)色的天空、紅色的罌粟花、綠色的小草、紫色的漿果和黃色的玉米粒。“That’swonderful,Frederick,thankyou.”Saidthemice.“We’velearnedsomethingaboutyou”,theytoldhim.“太棒了，弗雷德里克，謝謝你?！毙±鲜髠冋f(shuō)道。“我們跟你學(xué)到了很多東西?！盬hatdoyouthinktheylearned?你知道它們學(xué)到了什么嗎？15/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事:牙齒仙女Primitivepeoplesbelievethathair，nailclippings，andlostteethremainmagicallylinkedtotheownerevenaftertheyhavebeendisconnectedfromhisbody.Asanyvoodooartistwilltellyou，ifyouwanttogrindsomeoneintopowder，youdon'tneedtotouchhimatall.It'squiteenoughtostamponamissingmolarandlet"contagiousmagic"dotherest.Thisiswhypeoplesallovertheworldtraditionallyhidelostbodyparts，lesttheyfallintothewronghands.遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)期的人們認(rèn)為毛發(fā)、剪下的指甲和脫落的牙齒即使離開(kāi)了人的身體，仍與其主人保持著神秘的聯(lián)系。正如任何一個(gè)伏都教大師都會(huì)告訴你的，假如你想置某人于死地，根本用不著去碰他，只需用腳踩碎那人脫落的一顆臼齒就夠了，剩下的事就交給“無(wú)邊的法力”去辦。這就是為什么全世界各個(gè)民族都習(xí)慣于把身體上脫落的東西藏起來(lái)，以免落入惡人之手。Americanchildren'sritualofhidinglostteethundertheirpillowsprobablyderivesdistantlyfromthispractice.Butthereisanobviousdifference，forwhenSuzieconcealsherbabymilk-tooth，shefullyexpectsittobefound，andbyagoodmagician，notanevilone.Moreover，sheexpectstobepaidforhavingsurrenderedit，andatthegoingrate.Nothingmareclearlysuggeststheblithecommercialgustoofourculturethanthistransformationofafearfulsuperstitionintoacheerybusinesstransaction.美國(guó)兒童把脫落的牙齒藏到枕頭下的習(xí)慣做法很可能與這個(gè)習(xí)俗稍有聯(lián)系。但兩者又有明顯的差別，因?yàn)楫?dāng)小蘇珊把她的乳牙藏起來(lái)時(shí)，她其實(shí)滿(mǎn)心希望有個(gè)善良的，而不是邪惡的巫師能發(fā)現(xiàn)她的牙齒。而且由于交出了牙齒，她還希望按現(xiàn)行價(jià)格得到報(bào)償。我們把可怕的迷信變成了愉快的商業(yè)交易，沒(méi)有什么比這更明白地表明我們文化中的令人愉快的商業(yè)熱情。BecauseAmericanchildrenexpectfairexchangefortheirlostteeth，itislikelythatthetoothfairyritualderivesmoreimmediatelyfromtheEuropean，andparticularlyGerman，traditionofplacingalosttoothinamouseorarathole.Thefolkbeliefgoverningthispracticeisthatwhenanewtoothgrowsin，itwillpossessthedentalqualities，notoftheoriginal，losttooth，butofwhatevercreaturefindsit，sothecreaturesofchoicewouldbethoseworld-classchampers，therodents.因?yàn)槊绹?guó)孩子希望用他們脫落的牙齒作公平交易，所以牙齒仙女的習(xí)俗可能更直接淵源于歐洲風(fēng)俗，尤其是德國(guó)風(fēng)俗中把脫落的牙齒放在老鼠洞里的傳統(tǒng)做法。這種習(xí)俗依據(jù)的民間觀念認(rèn)為，新牙長(zhǎng)出來(lái)時(shí)不具有原先脫落的牙齒的特質(zhì)，哪種動(dòng)物發(fā)現(xiàn)了掉下來(lái)的牙，新牙就具有那種動(dòng)物的牙的特質(zhì)。因此，要選那些世界一流的擅長(zhǎng)啃咬的動(dòng)物，那些嚙齒目動(dòng)物。Thustheoptimistic，"fairexchange"principlemostlikelystartedinGermanyandwasbroughtherebyGermanimmigrants.ItwasonlylefttoAmericatoreplacethebeneficent“toothrat”withthemoreagreeablefairyandtoreplacethetraditionalhopeofhardmolarswithourmorecharacteristichopeofhardcash.因此，這種樂(lè)觀的“公平交易”原則很可能發(fā)源于德國(guó)，并由德國(guó)移民帶到了這里。美國(guó)人只是把好心的“牙齒老鼠”換成了更可親的仙女，而傳統(tǒng)上人們希望長(zhǎng)出堅(jiān)固的牙齒，到我們這兒卻變成了希望拿到現(xiàn)金，這就更具有我們的特色。16/22英語(yǔ)故事：小馬過(guò)河HowaColtCrossedtheRiverOneday,acolttookabagofwheattothemill.Ashewasrunningwiththebagonhisback,hecametoasmallriver.Thecoltcouldnotdecidewhetherhecouldcrossit.Lookingaround,hesawacowgrazingnearby.Heasked,“AuntCow,couldyoutellmeifIcancrosstheriver?”Thecowtoldhimthathecouldandthattheriverwasnotverydeep,justkneehigh.一天，一匹小馬馱著麥子去磨坊。當(dāng)它馱著口袋向前跑去時(shí)，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)一條小河擋住了去路。小馬為難了，這可怎么辦呢？它向四周望了望，看見(jiàn)一頭奶牛在河邊吃草。小馬問(wèn)道：“牛阿姨，請(qǐng)您告訴我，這條河我能趟過(guò)去嗎？”奶?；卮鹫f(shuō)：“水很淺，剛到膝蓋?！盩hecoltwascrossingtheriverwhenasquirreljumpeddownfronatreeandstoppedhim.Thesquirrelshouted,“Colt,stop!You’lldrown!Oneofmyfriendsdrownedjustyesterdayintheriver.”Notknowingwhattodo,thecoltwenthometoconsulthismum.小馬正準(zhǔn)備過(guò)河，突然從樹(shù)上跳下一只松鼠，攔住它大叫道：“小馬，別過(guò)河！你會(huì)被淹死的。昨天，我的一個(gè)伙伴就在這條河里淹死啦！”小馬不知如何是好，于是決定回家問(wèn)問(wèn)媽媽。Hetoldhismumhisexperienceontheway.Hismothersaid,“Mychild,don’talwayslistentoothers.You’dbettergoandtryyourself.Thenyou’llknowwhattodo.”小馬把路上的經(jīng)歷告訴了媽媽。媽媽說(shuō)：“孩子，光聽(tīng)別人說(shuō)是不行的，你自己親自去試一試，就知道答案了?！盠ater,attheriver,thesquirrelstoppedthecoltagain.“Littlehorse,it’stoodangerous!”“No,Iwanttotrymyself,”answeredthecolt.Thenhecrossedtherivercarefully.小馬回到河邊，剛要下水，松鼠又大叫起來(lái)：“小馬，你不要命啦？”小馬說(shuō)：“讓我自己試試吧?！彼幻婊卮鹨幻嫦铝撕樱⌒牡靥肆诉^(guò)去。Realknowledgecomesfrompractice.實(shí)踐出真知。17/2218/22少兒英語(yǔ)故事：TheMoonandTheWell國(guó)王把納斯雷丁叫到他的身邊說(shuō):"要是你能只穿一件襯衣在院子里度過(guò)這一夜,我就送給你一百枚金幣!"OnecoldnightthekingcalledNasreddintohimandsaid,"Ifyou’reabletospendthisnightinthecourtyardwithonlyyourshirton,Iwillgiveyouonehundredgoldcoins!"納斯雷丁在院子里看到一盤(pán)石磨,便開(kāi)始推著石磨轉(zhuǎn),越轉(zhuǎn)越快.當(dāng)黎明來(lái)臨時(shí),他汗流浹背.InthecourtyardNasreddinsawastonemill.Hebegantopushitaround,fasterandfaster.Whendawncame,hewassweatingalloverhimself.國(guó)王起床后,看到納斯雷丁精神抖擻,就吃了一驚.國(guó)王不愿意失去一百枚金幣,就問(wèn):"昨晚有月亮嗎?"ThekinggotupandwassurprisedtoseeNasreddininhighsprits.Thekinghatedtoloseonehundredgoldcoins,soheasked,"Wasthereamoonlastnight?""有.""Yes.""那我們的交易無(wú)效,"國(guó)王說(shuō)."要是有月亮,天就很暖和.在那種情況下,就是我也能在外面過(guò)夜!""Thenourbargainisoff,"saidtheking."Iftherewasamoon,itwaswarm.InthatcaseevenIcouldhavespentthenightoutside!"幾個(gè)月后,國(guó)王和他的隨從們?nèi)ゴ颢C那是一個(gè)炎熱的夏天,在沙漠的邊緣,天熱得像火爐一樣.國(guó)王和隨從們渴得要死.Afewmonthslater,thekingandhismenwenthunting.Itwashotsummerandattheedgeofthedesertitwaslikeafurnace.Thekingandhismenweredyingofthirst.他們轉(zhuǎn)身向納斯雷丁家走去,希望搞點(diǎn)水喝.納斯雷丁正坐在井沿上,突然聽(tīng)到國(guó)王的聲音:"納斯雷丁,端些干凈水!快來(lái)伺候我們!"TheyturnedtowardNasreddin’shouseinthehopeofgettingsomewater.Nasreddinwassittingintheedgeofhiswellwhenheheardthevoiceoftheking,19/22"Nasreddin,bringsomefreshwater!Bequickandserveus!""請(qǐng)不要拘束,"納斯雷丁說(shuō)."Pleasemakeyourselfathome,"saidNasreddin."水在哪里?"國(guó)王叫道."Whereisthewater?"criedtheking."陛下,就在這里,你看到了吧?"納斯雷丁指著井說(shuō)."Righthere,YourMajesty,yousee?"Nasreddinpointedtothewell."你只是讓我看了水,卻沒(méi)有讓我喝!"國(guó)王發(fā)怒說(shuō)."Youonlyshowmethewaterbutdon’tgivemeadrink!"fumedtheking."陛下,要是月亮的光線能給人溫暖,那看看水也能解渴.""YourMajesty,iftheraysofthemooncanwarmaperson,thesightofwatercansatisfyhisthirst."20/22英語(yǔ)故事：生金蛋的鵝人要懂得知足常樂(lè)的道理，如果貪得無(wú)厭殺雞取卵，我們就會(huì)失去已經(jīng)擁有的東西。Onemorningacountrymanwenttohisgoose'snest,andsawayellowandglitteringeggthere.Hetooktheegghome.Tohisdelight,hefoundthatitwasaneggofpuregold.一天早晨，農(nóng)夫去他的鵝窩看見(jiàn)一只金燦燦的蛋，他帶回家后發(fā)現(xiàn)這是一只純金蛋。Everymorningthesamethingoccurred,andhesoonbecamerichbysellinghiseggs.每天早晨同樣的事情都會(huì)發(fā)生，他也靠賣(mài)金蛋逐漸變得富足起來(lái)。The