兒童簡短英語寓言小故事

小孩子就要從小培養，教他英語也不例外。小編在此獻上英語故事，希望對你有所幫助。

　兒童寓言故事:畫餅充飢

relieving hunger with a picture of cakes

once in the three kingdoms period (220-280), the duke of the wei, cao rui, planed to select a very capable man to work for him. he said to his ministers: 'when choosing a talented person, always beware of one with a false reputation. a false reputation is just like a picture of a cake; it can' t ease hunger.'

譯文

三國時代魏國的皇帝曹睿，準備選拔一個有才能的人到朝廷來做官。曹睿對他的大臣說：“選擇人才，不能光找有虛名的人。虛名好像是畫的一塊餅，只能看，不能解決肚子飢餓的問題啊!”

寓意

後來人們就用“畫餅充飢”這個成語比喻用空想安慰自己，不能解決實際問題。

later, this idiom came to be used to mean comforting oneself with unrealistic thoughts, without solving practical problems.

　兒童寓言故事:老人與死神

An old man was gathering sticks in a forest.

At last he grew very tired and hopeless. He threw down all the sticks and cried out, "I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would come and take me!"

As he spoke, Death appeared, and said to him, "What would you do, old man? I heard you call me."

"Please, sir," replied the old man, "would you help me lift this bundle of sticks up to my shoulder?"

譯文

老人與死神

有個老人在森林中砍了不少柴，十分吃力地挑着走了很遠的路。

一路上他累極了，實在挑不動了，便扔下柴擔，叫喊起來：“這種日子我受不了了，死神啊，帶我走吧。”

這時，死神來了，對他說：“老頭，你想做什麼，我聽見你叫我?”

“先生”，老人說，“您能幫忙將那擔子放在我的肩上嗎?”

寓意

即使生活不幸，人們仍需愛惜生命。

　兒童寓言故事:孩子與苧麻

a child was careless ramie stabbed, he rushed home and told his mother: "i only lightly pengyi what, it was my painful thorns." mom said: "because of this, it will thorn you. if the next time you met ramie, to a

courageous and seize it, it will be in your hands become soft as silk, you will no longer be stabbed. "

一個小孩不小心被苧麻刺了，他急忙跑回家，告訴媽媽說：“我只輕輕地碰它一下，它就刺得我很痛。”媽媽說：“正因爲如此，它纔會刺你。下次你如果再碰到苧麻，要勇敢地一把抓住它，它就會在你的手中變得柔軟如絲，

不再會刺傷你了。”

這是說，許多人都是服硬不服軟的。 it is said that many people are serving hard against soft.