Question

求2-3分钟英语小故事（带中文翻译）

Answer 1

第一篇
The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子

A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。

这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。

第二篇
Little Robert

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.

"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday？"

"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents

more. But why are you so interested in the old woman？"

"She is the one who sells the candy."

好孩子

小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。

“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”

“我给了一个可怜的老太婆,”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子,”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？”

“她是个卖糖果的。”

第三篇
Belling the cat

long ago,there was a big cat in the house.He caught many mice while they were stealing food.

One day the mice bad a meeting to talk about the way to deal with

their common enemy.Some said this,andsome said that.

At last a young mouse got up,and said that he had a good idea.

“We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat.Then when he comes near,we can hear the sound of the bell,and run away.”

Everyone approved of this proposal,but an old wise mouse got up and said,“That is all very well,but who will tie the bell to the cat？”The mice looked at each other,but nobody spoke.

给猫挂铃铛

很久以前，房子里有只大猫。他抓住了许多偷吃粮食的老鼠。一天，老鼠们开会讨论对付猫的办法。有的说这样，有有的说那样。最后一只小老鼠站起来，说他有一个好办法：我们给猫的脖子上拴一个铃当，当猫走近的时候，我们就可以听到铃声，就可以逃跑了。每个老鼠都同意这个建议，但是一只老老鼠站起来说：那谁去给猫戴上铃当呢？老鼠们你看我，我看你，没人出声了。

第四篇
Steps To Happiness

通往幸福的阶梯

Everybody Knows:

You can't be all things to all people.

You can't do all things at once.

You can't do all things equally well.

You can't do all things better than everyone else.

Your humanity is showing just like everyone else's.

每个人都知道：

你无法为每个人办到每件事。

你无法立刻完成所有的事。

你无法把所有的事都做的尽善尽美。

你无法把每件事都做的比别人好，

你只是和其他人一样。

第五篇
One day,a monkey drove his car near a lake.Sudden,he saw a tiger under a tree.The tiger saw him,too.The tiger ran very fast at the monkey.The monkey was very afraid and he and his car fell into the lake.The monkey couldn't swim and he shouted.A rabbit came and he jumped into the lake.The rabbit swam to the monkey but did not help him.Both of them shouted for help.Luckily,a giraffe came along.He was very tall.He helped the rabbit and the monkey.

一天, 猴子驾驶了他的汽车在lake.Sudden 附近, 他看见一只老虎在tree.The 老虎之下看见了他, too.The 老虎运行了在monkey.The 猴子非常快速地害怕非常并且他和他的汽车分成lake.The 猴子couldn't 游泳并且他shouted.A 兔子来了并且他跳入lake.The 兔子游泳对猴子但没有帮助him.Both 他们呼喊为help.Luckily, 长颈鹿来了along.He 是tall.He 非常帮助了兔子和猴子

Answer 2

The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫特别老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。 于是，老妇特别生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了特别多年，还而且愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。