英語趣味故事

英語趣味故事

英語趣味故事(一)獅子國王

THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be.

有隻獅子做了國王，他善良、溫和，與人一樣和平、公正。

During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity.

在他的統治下，懲惡揚善， 裁決動物之間的糾紛，使所有的動物和睦相處。

The Hare said, "Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in which the weak shall take their place with impunity by the side of the strong."

野兔說，“我祈禱能得到這樣的日子，那時弱者就不怕被強者傷害了”。

牛和狗 The Ox and the dog

An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.

One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…”

“Me? How about me ?” the ox says

“You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says.

“Yes. It’s true,” the ox says. “But if I don’t plough, what do you guard?”

英語趣味故事(二)牛和狗

一頭牛和一隻狗同時爲一個農夫工作。

一天， 狗驕傲地說着;‘我是多麼重要啊!白天我在牧場看護家羣，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?”

“我?我怎麼啦?“ 牛反問。

“你只會犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地說。

“是的。你說得沒有錯，”牛回答道。“但是如果沒有我犁地，你看護什麼呢?”

英語趣味故事(三)數字

A lady noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach. Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this maneuver, she commented,"I don’t think that’s going to help.""Sure it will,"he said."It’s the only way I can see the numbers."

一個女人看見丈夫使勁收腹站在體重秤上，以爲他想稱得輕一點，就說：“沒用的。” 丈夫說：“當然有用，這樣我才能看到秤上的數字。”