Question

推荐几个能在2分钟之内讲完的英语小故事？

Answer 1

A merchant's Three Son商人的三个儿子
Once,long ago,there was an old merchant who had three sons."To which one shall i leave my fortune?"He wondered:"It must be to the cleverest son.But which one is the cleverest?"
He called his three sons to him:"Here is some money,"he told them."You must each take one coin to buy something to fill this room shall have my fortune."
"It is a big room,"said the eldest son.
"One coin will not buy very much,"said the second son.
But the youngest son said nothing.He stood and thought,and then he smiled,"come,brothers,"he said,"let us go to the market."
The eldest son bought straw with his coin.But he bought only a bit straw with one coin.Even when he had spread it as much as he could,the straw covered only a corner of the room.
The second son bought sand with his coin.But he bought only a bit of sand.Even when he had spread it as much as he could,the sand covered only half of the floor.
"What did you buy?"The eldest son angrily asked his youngest brother,"you don't have any straw."
"Yes,what did you buy?"The second son asked angrily,"you don't have any sand."
"I bought this,"said the youngest brother.
"A candle!"cried his brothers,"what good is a candle?"
"Watch,"said the youngest brother.
He lit the candle,and all at once the room was filled with light from wall to wall.From ceiling to floor!
"Although you are the youngest,you are indeed the cleverest of my sons,"the old merchant said.
And that is how,it came true,that the old merchant left his fortunde to his youngest son,the one who could fill a room with light.
很久以前,有一个上了年纪的商人,他有三个儿子."我该把家产留给哪个儿子呢?"他想,"应该把它留给最聪明的儿子.但是哪个最聪明呢?"
他把三个儿子叫到面前."这里有一些钱,"他告诉他们,"你们每人拿一枚银币去买一件可以装满这间屋子的东西.买到能装满这间屋子的人将得到我的家产.
"这是一间很大的屋子."大儿子说.
"一枚银币买不到多少东西."二儿子说.
但是小儿子却什么也没有说.他站在那儿想着,然后微笑."喂,哥哥们,"他说,"我们到市场上去吧!"
大儿子用他的钱买了麦穗.但一枚银币买到的只是一点儿麦穗,即使他尽量设法把麦穗铺开一些,麦穗遮住的也只是房间的一个角落.二儿子用钱买了沙子,但一枚银币买到的只不过是一点沙子,即使他尽量设法把沙子铺开一些,沙子也只遮住一半的地面.
"你买了什么?"大儿子生气地问小弟,"你没买麦穗."
"是啊,你买了什么?"二儿子也生气地问,"你没买沙子."
"我买了这个."小弟说
"一根蜡烛!"他的哥哥们叫起来,"一根蜡烛有什么用?"
"瞧吧,"小弟说.他点燃了蜡烛,房间从这边到那边,从天花板到地上,一下子全都充满了光亮!
"虽然你最小,但你确实是我儿子中最聪明的."老人说.
这也就是那个老人如何把全部家产都留给了用亮光来充满房间的小儿子的故事.

Answer 2

After Keating had learnt the fine art training course conducted by the Children's Palace for two years,he draw a portrait by the fauvism for his father as his birthday gift.Looking at his　own　"portrait painting" , his father felt a pang of pain, saying:"You'd better add the to it and convert it into a gorilla."
在季慈在少年宫学习了2年的绘画培训之后，他给父亲画了一副野兽派的自画像作为生日礼物。 看着这副
野兽派的自画像，他的父亲感到一阵痛楚，你最好给它加个东西，将它改类为黑猩猩

Why is he crying? 他为什么哭泣？
　　“Tom, what’s the matter with your brother?” asked the mother in the kitchen. “He’s crying.”
　　“Oh, nothing, Mum” replied Tom. “I’m eating my cake. He is crying because I won’t give him any.”
　　“But has he finished his own cake?”
　　“Yes.” said Tom. “And he also cried when I was helping him finish that.”
　　“汤姆，你弟弟怎么了？”在厨房的妈妈问道。“他怎么在哭啊？”
　　“哦，没事儿，妈妈。”汤姆回答道。“我在吃我的蛋糕。因为我不给他，他就哭了。”
　　“那他吃完了自己那块了？”
　　“是的。”汤姆说。“我帮他吃蛋糕的时候就哭了。”

Are They Worn Out?
"No," growled the quartermaster, "you can't have a new pair of shoes. The pair you have aren't worn out."
"Not worn out," cried the recruit, " Why, if I step on a dime I can feel if it's head or tails."
还没穿破？
“不行，”军需官大声说：“你不能领一双新鞋子，你穿着的那双还没有穿破。”
“没穿破，”新兵叫道：“为什么？如果我踩到一个一角硬币，我可以知道踩着的那面是公还是字。”
2.Sunset
Father: This is the sunset my daughter painted. She studied painting abroad, you know.
Friend: Ah, that accounts for it! I never saw a sunset like that in this country.
日落
父亲：这幅《日落》是我女儿画的，你知道，她曾在国外学过画画。
朋友：啊，怪不得！我在本国还从来没有见过这样的日落。
3.A Great Man
Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today?
Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far nobody has lived to over 400 years.
一名伟人
老师：如果莎士比亚还活着，他会是一名伟人吗？
学生：当然。因为到目前为止，还没有人活到400多岁。
4.Where is the father?
　　　 Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.
"Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!"
"Yes," said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?"
The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting the pictures."
父亲在哪儿？
兄弟俩在看一些漂亮的油画。
“看，”哥哥说，“这些画多漂亮呀！”
“是啊，”弟弟说道，“可是在所有这些画中，只有妈妈和孩子。那爸爸去哪儿了呢？”
哥哥想了会儿，然后解释道：“很明显，他当时正在画这些画呗。”
5.THREE PEOPLE
A man visiting a graveyard saw a tombstone that read, "Here lies John Kelly, a lawyer and an honest man." "How about that!" he exclaimed. "They've got three people buried in one grave."
三个人
有一个人参观墓地时见到一块墓碑上写着：“在这里安息的是约翰凯利，一个律师，一个诚实的人。”“这是怎么回事！”他叫了起来。“他们在一个坟墓了埋了三个人。”

It’s Friday night.
周五晚上
Kate comes to stay at Lucy’s house.
凯特走到露西的房子停了下来
“Hi,Kate,”says Lucy.
嗨：凯特， 露西说
“Hi,”says Kate.
嗨， 特说
“Look at this.”
看这
“What is it?”asks Lucy.
露西问“什么”
“It’s a book called’Funny Things to Do’,”says Kate.
凯特说”那是一本叫作《找乐事去做》的书”
“Look at page 14.”Lucy turns to page 14 and laughs.”
“看14页”露西打开书14页并大笑起来
“A Backwaeds Morning,”she says.

一个倒霉的早晨， 她说
“That sounds great.”
那听起来很不错
“But we have to get ready tonight.”says Kate.
凯特说： 但是我们今晚不得不准备好

English joke
On the first day of the school year, little Bob comes to school .His sister ,Amy is in Grade Two and brings him to his classroom, then she leaves.He comes in and sees sixteen boys and fifteen girls.
It’s eight o’clock and class begins.Mr White comes in.He tells the class to stand up and say,”Good morning,sir！”to him.He comes to Bob and says,”What’s your name,pleas?””Bob.”says Bob.”You should say ‘sir’when you speak to the teacher.””Ok, my name is Sir！”