急！！求些有哲理性的英语小故事！

去看《 chicken soup for the soul》 各种版本都行。就是生单词略多些。

另附：

The Fox and the Grapes

One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour."

故事内容：

炎热的夏天里，一只狐貍在果园漫步 （One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard），看到一串熟透的葡萄沿著藤蔓高挂在上 （till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.）。「解渴就靠这个了。」他这麼说著 （"Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he）。退了几步之後，他往前又跑又跳的 （Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump），可惜没搆到那串葡萄 （and just missed the bunch），往後再退了几步，一、二、三，往上一跳 （Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up），还是没有构到那串葡萄 （but with no greater success.）。他试了又试，只希望吃口诱人的葡萄 （Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel），可最後还是放弃了（but at last had to give it up），最後离开，鼻子嗅了嗅说 （and walked away with his nose in the air, saying）：「葡萄太酸了 （"I am sure they are sour."）。」

The moral is that：It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

(要鄙视得不到的东西，可真容易呢。)

人生多了酸的滋味，永远比连酸都没嚐过的人生来的圆满。

1.stroll （vi.）：散步

2.orchard （nc.）：果园

3.a bunch of ：一串

4.ripen （vi.）：变成熟，变鲜美

5.vine （nc.）：藤蔓

6.train （vt.）：让植物沿著一定的方向生长

7.lofty （adj.）：很高的

8.quench （vt.）：压抑；解渴

9.quoth （vt.）：说（文言）

10.morsel （nc.）：一口

The Cock and the Pearl

A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. "Ho! ho!" quoth he, "that's for me," and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? "You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls."

故事内容：

有只公鸡昂首阔步在母鸡的庭院走著 （A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens），突然发现稻草推里有东西闪闪发亮 （when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw.）。「喔喔！ （"Ho! ho!"）」他说著 （quoth he）。「那是我的 （"that's for me,"）。」马上把那发亮的东西从稻草底下拿起来 （and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw.）。结果发现那竟是一颗珍珠（What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard?） 。大公鸡就说：「对人类来说，你可能是很珍贵的，因为他们懂得珍惜你 （"You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that prize you ）。可对我来说，我宁愿要一颗大麦，也不想去啄一颗珍珠。（but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls."）」

The moral is that： Precious things are for those that can prize them.

(珍贵的东西是给那些懂得珍惜他们的人)

公鸡都懂得选择自己想要的，我们更不能随波逐流，一昧追寻他人的脚步，来过自己的人生。

1.strut （vi. / vt.）：址高气昂的走著

2.farmyard （nc.）：农家庭院

3.espy （vt.）：意外发现

4.quoth （vt.）：说（古）

5.root （vt.）：生根、固定

6.barley （nu.）：大麦

7.peck （nc.）：啄

The Dog and the Shadow

It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

故事内容：

有只狗嘴巴衔著一块肉，准备回家好好享用一番（It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace）。回家的路上（Now on his way home），他得走过一块板子，以便穿越湍急的溪流 （he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook）。正当他走在板子上的时候 （As he crossed），往下看到河里倒映的影子（he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath），以为是另外一只狗衔著另一块肉（Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat），他也想把那块肉抢过来（he made up his mind to have that also），就啪的一声往水里跳（So he made a snap at the shadow in the water），可当他张开口（but as he opened his mouth），嘴里的肉也掉了出来 （the piece of meat fell out），掉进水里 （dropped into the water），消失无踪了 （and was never seen more）。

The moral is that：Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

小小启发：注意别因为想抓住影子，把看得到的东西给丢了。

A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.

一个男人和他的女朋友结婚，举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。

All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.

所有的朋友和家人都来到结婚典礼上参加欢宴和庆祝活动。大家都过得很开心。

The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

穿着白色婚纱的新娘漂亮迷人，穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒。每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的。

A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, "I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage," she offered. "Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together."

几个月后，妻子走近丈夫提议说：“我刚才在杂志上看到一篇文章，说的是怎样巩固婚姻。”她说：“我们两个人都各自把对方的小毛病列在一张纸上，然后我们商量一下怎样解决，以便使我们的生活更幸福。”

The husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.

丈夫同意了。于是他们各自走向不同的房间去想对方的缺点。那一天余下的时间里，他们都在思考这个问题，并且把他们想到的都写下来。

The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

第二天早上，吃早饭的时候，他们决定谈谈彼此的缺点。

"I'll start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.

“我先开始吧。”妻子说。她拿出她的单子，上面列举了很多条，事实上，足足写满了三页。当她开始念的时候，她注意到丈夫眼里含着泪花。

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Nothing," the husband replied, "keep reading your list."

“怎么啦?”她问。“没什么，”丈夫答道，“继续念吧。”

The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top of it.

妻子又接着念。整整三页都念完之后她把单子整齐地放在桌上，两手交叉放在上面。

"Now, you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists," she said happily.

“现在该你念了，然后我们谈谈所列举的缺点。”她高兴地说。

Quietly the husband stated, "I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don't want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and change anything about you."

丈夫平静地说：“我什么也没写，我觉得像你这样就很完美了，我不想让你为我改变什么。你很可爱迷人，我不想让你改变。”

The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.

妻子被丈夫的诚实和对她深深的爱和接纳感动了，她转过头去哭起来。

In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don't really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wondrous things before us?

生命中我们有很多的失望、沮丧和烦恼，我们根本不需要寻找。我们美妙的世界充满了美丽、光明、希望。但是，当我们放眼四周时，为什么浪费时间寻找不快、失望和烦恼，而看不到我们面前的美好事物呢？

求富有教育意义或者哲理的英语故事

笑对失败 For the "failure" of the word, I do not think we are strange. After all, no one failed, but also on more than one occasion. However, we should be the attitude of how to deal with failure? Here, I want to say is: Laughter on the failure!

Do not know if you have never heard such a story: The United States, a Hollywood film star, also has been the United States, "and Time magazine," the "great American," the ranks of successful people - but also from a series of setbacks and failures to get out of of. His poor origin. Student days, he's very bad results. To make matters worse, he is not only a natural-born left-handed, but also "reading disorder", to be considered as mental retardation. In the fledgling, he would be black because of the skin, do not be negative ...... handsome but he is still confident of his family, said: "Looking at it, not ten years, I will become a Hollywood the star! "but it is not plain sailing: the first" debut "is just a flash appeared and no small role in a penny fee. Although they subsequently appeared in four films, and films which he also starred in the leading role, but the plot of the film due to poor performances and his immature and have failed ... ...

However, all this did not knock him. A continual process of reflection and improvement of his own, and finally in 1986 a U.S. Navy fighter pilots describe the film - "Top Gun" in the early success.

I think we all know do not think I said that is Hollywood superstar Tom - Cruz.

In fact, the successes and failures as a cycle between the two are closely related, there will be a successful failure.

Therefore, when we failed, the need not pessimistic. Not only that, we may be able to lift the spirits of the laugh! Because I have always think: God is a girl. And, God is not only a gril, but also a headstrong girl. Yes, she likes to make things difficult for our people to open such a joke. And we need to do is to withstand the test. Although we will its failures, but we still have to fight on despite repeated setbacks. To believe that God is fair, a joke is only temporary, you will eventually succeed!

In fact, failure is often a person, but is also often successful. All this is like the spring: Spring to Spring will come again and spend another grateful to the Fair ... ... when the failure of a little nearer, a little bit away from the success, we should believe that as long as the persistent efforts to climb, the success in the near will definitely come again, after ... ...

To remember: Even if a fall should be proud to smile!

What is also hesitant? Let us laugh together on the failure of the successful Meet it!

对于“失败”这个词，我想大家都不会对此感到陌生。毕竟，谁都失败过，而且还不止一次。但是，我们应该以怎样的态度来面对失败呢？在这里，我想说的是：笑对失败！　不知道大家有没有听过这样一个故事：美国有一位好莱坞的影视巨星，还曾被美果《时代周刊》列入“美国伟人”行列的成功人士——却也是从一连串的挫折和失败中走出来的。他出身贫寒。学生时代，他的成绩很糟糕。更糟糕的是，他不但是个天生的左撇子，而且还有“阅读障碍症”，被人视为智力低下。在刚出道时，他便因皮肤黑、不英俊而被否定......但他仍自信满满，对他的家人说：“看着吧，不出十年，我一定会成为好莱坞的巨星！”但后来却并不是一帆风顺：第一次的“处子秀”仅仅是出演一个一闪而过且没有一分钱片酬的小角色。其后虽然又出演了4部影片，并且其中有部**他还出演了主角，但却因**的情节不佳和他表演的稚嫩而均告失败……　但是，这一切的一切并未将他击倒。他不断反思和改进自己，终于在1986年的一部描写美国海军战斗机飞行员的影片——《壮志凌云》中初获成功。　我想，不用我说大家早已想到，这个人就是美国好莱坞巨星汤姆-克鲁斯。　其实，成功和失败就像是一种轮回，二者之间有着紧密的关联，有成功就会有失败。　因此，当我们遭遇失败时，大可不必悲观。不仅如此，我们大可以开怀的笑！因为，我一直都认为：God is a girl。并且，God不仅是一个gril，而且还是一个任性的girl。是的，她喜欢和我们开这种刁难人的玩笑。而我们要做的，就是经受住考验。纵然我们会屡战屡败，但我们依然要屡败屡战。要相信上帝是公平的，玩笑只是暂时的，你终究会获得成功！　其实，一个人失败是经常的，但成功也是常有的。这一切就好比春暖花开：春去春会再来，花谢花会再开……当失败一点点逼近，成功一点点远离时，我们都应该相信，只要坚持不懈的努力下去，成功在不久之后必然会再次降临……　要记住：就算跌倒也要豪迈地笑！　还犹豫什么呢？让我们一起来笑对失败，笑迎成功吧！

简单的英语哲理散文

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation

soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen

and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking,

some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,

leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your

problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In

most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you

consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing

each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define,

nor change the quality of Life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!

"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just

make the best of everything."

Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.

Leave the rest to God.上帝的咖啡

一群事业有成的同学回去看望他们的大学老师，很快他们开始抱怨生活和工作中的压力。

老师去厨房为客人们准备咖啡，回来时端着一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子，这些杯子有陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有的普通，有的昂贵，有的精致，老师让大家随意享用。

等每个人都端起一杯咖啡，老师说话了：你们注意到吗：所有好看昂贵的杯子都被用了，剩下那些朴素便宜的杯子。你们都只想要最好的，这很正常，这恰恰是你们的问题和压力所在。杯子不会让咖啡的质量变得更好，很多时候，只是让它变得更贵一些，甚至，有时候，让人忽略了到底我们在喝什么。你们真正想要的其实是咖啡，不是杯子，但你们有意识地去拿那些最好的杯子，随后开始打量其他人手上的杯子。想想吧：生活好比咖啡，工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子，只是生活的容器，而我们拥有的杯子既无法定义、也无法改变我们生活的质量。有时，由于我们只关心杯子，我们甚至不能够好好品尝上帝赐予我们的咖啡。

上帝冲泡了咖啡，不是杯子。······享受你们的咖啡吧。

最快乐的人们并不是因为他们拥有最好的一切，他们只是把一切当成最好。

简单地活着。仁慈地爱着。深深地关心着。友善地说话。

其他的，就留给上帝吧。

这里更多： http://hi.baidu.com/tclyc0001%B7%DC%B6%B7/blog/item/2a95da4415fbce4f510ffeca.html

英语人生哲理短文 或者是感人的爱情故事 不宜太长 适合朗读 有中文翻译的

God's Coffee A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into plaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define,nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us." God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee! "The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. 神的咖啡 一群校友,高居其职业生涯中,聚在一起去看望他们的老大学教授。 谈话内容很快就变成了抱怨工作和生活中的压力。 教授去厨房为他的客人提供咖啡, 并带回来一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子——瓷、塑料、玻璃、水晶、杯子有些外表平平, 有些昂贵,有些精致——告诉他们自己随意倒咖啡喝。 当学生们手里拿着一杯咖啡时,教授说:“不知你们发现没有,所有好看的昂贵的杯子都被拿走了, 剩下的是一些普通的和便宜的杯子。虽然这是正常的,因为你只要为自己得到最好的,但这也是你们问题和压力的来源。 很明显的是，杯子本身不增加咖啡的质量。 在大多数情况下,它只是比较贵,而且在某些情况下,甚至隐藏我们的饮料。 你们真正想要的是咖啡,而不是杯子,但你们有意识地拿更好的杯子…然后你开始盯着彼此的子。现在想想这个:生活是咖啡,工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子。 他们只是用来装载人生,而且我们并不是采用何种杯来定义,也不用杯子来改变生命的质量和我们的寿命。 有时,仅仅专注在杯子,我们就无法享受神所赐的咖啡我们。” 神赐咖啡,而不是杯子..........享受你的咖啡! “最幸福的人并不拥有最好的一切。他们只是让所有的东西变得最好。” “过简单的生活。 很慷慨地爱。 深入地思考。 说话和蔼可亲。 把其余的交给神。　如果演讲的 话 最好是 用中文 在此劝告　我这里有很多 碰巧自己刚刚找到的 希望能够帮到你32313133353236313431303231363533e59b9ee7ad94313332663137 ~~ 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。 The Raven and the Swan乌鸦和天鹅 A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished. Change of habit cannot alter Nature. 乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。 这故事是说，人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。 The Goat and the Goatherd 山羊与牧羊人 A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master. The Goat replied, "Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent." Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid. 很多山羊被牧羊人赶到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好东西，单独落在后面。牧羊 人拿起一块石头扔了过去，正巧打断了山羊的一只角。牧羊人吓得请求山羊不要告诉主人， 山羊说：“即使我不说，又怎能隐瞒下去呢？我的角已断了，这是十分明显的事实。” 这故事说明，明显的罪状是无法隐瞒的。 The Miser 守财奴 A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overe with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it." 有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋在一个地方。他每天走去看 看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。 守财奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如此悲痛，问明原因后， 说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一 块石头来，代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。这样与你拥有 真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有那金块时，也从没用过。” 这故事说明，一切财物如不使用等于没有。 The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊 WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him:"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf , "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny. 一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后，便想找一个名正言顺的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计不成，又说道：“我父亲去年被你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。” 这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。 The Bat and the Weasels 蝙蝠与黄鼠狼 A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped. It is wise to turn circumstances to good account. 这故事说明，时运交替变更，强者也会有需要弱者的时候。 蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼说绝不会放过他，自己生来痛恨鸟类。蝙蝠说他是老鼠，不是鸟，便被放了。后来蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼叼住，他再三请求不要吃他。这只黄鼠狼说他恨一切鼠类。蝙蝠改口说自己是鸟类，并非老 鼠，又被放了。这样，蝙蝠两次改变了自己的名字，终于死里逃生。 这故事说明，我们遇事要随机应变方能避免危险。 The Ass and the Grasshopper 驴子与蚱蜢 AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger. 驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便 羡慕地问他们吃些什么，才能发出如此美妙的声音来。蚱蜢答道：“吃露水。”驴子便也只吃露水，没多久就饿死了。 这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。 The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与老鼠 A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion." 狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他 的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说： “你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答， 现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩。”

英语哲理小小故事

A girl and a boy were on a motorcycle, speeding through the night.

一天夜里，男孩骑摩托车带着女孩超速行驶

they loved each other a lot..

他们彼此深爱着对方

girl:" Slow down a little.. I'm scared.."

女孩：“慢一点...我怕...”

boy: "no, it's so fun.."

男孩：“不，这样很有趣....”

girl: "please... it's so scary.."

女孩：“求求你...这样太吓人了...”

boy: "then say that you love me.."

男孩：“好吧，那你说你爱我...”

girl: "fine..i love you..can you slow down now?"

女孩：“好....我爱你...你现在可以慢下来了吗？”

boy: "give me a big hug.."

男孩：“紧紧抱我一下...”

the girl gave him a big hug.

女孩紧紧拥抱了他一下

girl: "now can you slow down?"

女孩：“现在你可以慢下来了吧？”

boy: "can you take off my helmet and put it on? it's uncomfortable and? It's bothering me while i drive."

男孩：“你可以脱下我的头盔并自己戴上吗？它让我感到不舒服，还干扰我驾车。”

the next day, there was a story in the newspaper. a motorcycle had crashed into a building because its brakes were broken.

第二天，报纸报道：一辆摩托车因为刹车失灵而撞毁在一幢建筑物上

there were two people on the motorcycle, of which one died, and the other had survived...

车上有两个人，一个死亡，一个幸存...

the guy knew that the brakes were broken. he didn\'t want to let the girl know, because he knew that the girl would have gotten scared.

驾车的男孩知道刹车失灵，但他没有让女孩知道，因为那样会让女孩感到害怕。

instead, he was told the last time that she loved him, got a hug from her,put his helmet on her so that she can live, and die himself...

相反，他让女孩最后一次说她爱他，最后一次拥抱他，并让她戴上自己的头盔，结果，女孩活着，他自己死了...

once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale...

就在一会的时间里，就在平常的生活里，爱向我们展示了一个神话。

英文幽默人生哲理故事

The Fox and the Grapes

One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour."

故事内容：

炎热的夏天里，一只狐狸在果园漫步 （One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard），看到一串熟透的葡萄沿著藤蔓高挂在上 （till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.）。「解渴就靠这个了。」他这麼说著 （"Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he）。退了几步之后，他往前又跑又跳的 （Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump），可惜没构到那串葡萄 （and just missed the bunch），往后再退了几步，一、二、三，往上一跳 （Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up），还是没有构到那串葡萄 （but with no greater success.）。他试了又试，只希望吃口诱人的葡萄 （Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel），可最后还是放弃了（but at last had to give it up），最后离开，鼻子嗅了嗅说 （and walked away with his nose in the air, saying）：「葡萄太酸了 （"I am sure they are sour."）。」

The moral is that：It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

(要鄙视得不到的东西，可真容易呢。)

人生多了酸的滋味，永远比连酸都没尝过的人生来的圆满。

望采纳~(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……

跪求，急需！！！一天之内要有啊！！！一篇英语短文：富有哲理的幽默的故事

An old soldier often told his garden about his past war exploits. "Once I met with a dozen enemy sol-diers and took them prisoners singlehand-ed." "It was half a dozen enemy soldiers when you told me the story last year.But why have you added so many more this time?" "You silly lad.You were younger last year,and I was afraid to frighten you." While wisiting the cemetery,a sorrowful couple noticed a headstone,which read,"here lies a lawyer and a honest nan"."look at that",the woman said,"money's so tight they're putting then o in a grave." Lawyer Jokes : 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." These are from a book called Disorder in the Court, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters - who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.　

什么问题，不是问题吧

what is this　老处女求援 一个老处女打电话到消防队：“喂，喂！请赶快派 人来……有两个年轻人正想从窗子爬进我的房间！” 消防队的负责人告诉她：“是由警察处理的，你 为什么打电话到消防队来？” “因为，要从窗子爬进来，必须有一把长梯子才 行。”　有两条蛇遇到了一起. 其中有一条蛇问:"大哥,我们有毒吗?" 另一条蛇问:"你说这干啥." 那条蛇说:"我咬到了自己的舌头"　Let me take it down An elephant said to a mouse ,"no doubt that you are the smallest znd most useless thing that Ihave e ver seen ." "Pless ,say it again .Let me take it down ."the mouse said ."I will tell a flea what I know." 为我所用 一头大象对一只小老鼠说：“你无疑是我见过的最小、最没用的东西。” “请再说一遍，让我把它记下来。”老鼠说。“我要讲给我认识的一只跳蚤听。 An old soldier often told his garden about his past war exploits. "Once I met with a dozen enemy sol-diers and took them prisoners singlehand-ed." "It was half a dozen enemy soldiers when you told me the story last year.But why have you added so many more this time?" "You silly lad.You were younger last year,and I was afraid to frighten you." While wisiting the cemetery,a sorrowful couple noticed a headstone,which read,"here lies a lawyer and a honest nan"."look at that",the woman said,"money's so tight they're putting then o in a grave." Lawyer Jokes : 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." __________________________________ These are from a book called Disorder in the Court, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters - who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. __________________________________ Q: What is your date of birth? A: July 15th. Q: What year? A: Every year. Q: How old is your son, the one living with you? A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. Q: How long has he lived with you? A: Forty-five years. _________________________________ Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning? A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?" Q: And why did that upset you? A: My name is Susan. _________________________________ Q: How was your first marriage terminated? A: By death. __________________________________ Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. __________________________________ Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No. Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing? A: No. Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? A: No. Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law. A:Nice to meet you. B:Nice to meet you,too. C:Nice to meet you,three.

土豆，鸡蛋与咖啡豆的哲理

按你的要求，奉献一篇关于人生的真实的哲理故事，希望有帮助——

Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one girl who decided to study judo[柔道] despite the fact that she had lost her left arm in a car accident.

The girl began lessons with an old Japanese judo instructor. The girl was doing well. So she couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the instructor had taught her only one move.

"Instructor," the girl finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?"

"This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the instructor replied.

Not quite understanding, but believing in her teacher, the girl kept training.

Several months later, the instructor took the girl to her first tournament[比赛]. Surprising herself, the girl easily won her first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, her opponent became impatient and charged. The girl deftly[巧妙的] used her one move to win the match. Still amazed by her success, the girl was now in the finals.

This time, her opponent was bigger, stronger and more experienced. For a while, the girl appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the girl might get hurt, the referee[裁判] called a time-out. She was about to stop the match when the instructor intervened.

"No," the instructor insisted, "Let her continue."

Soon after the match resumed, her opponent made a critical mistake: she dropped her guard. Instantly, the girl used her move to pin her opponent. The girl had won the match and the tournament. She was the champion.

On the way home, the girl and her teacher reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the girl summoned the courage to ask what was really on her mind.

"Instructor, how did I win the tournament with only one move?"

"You won for two reasons," the teacher answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm."

The girl's biggest weakness had become her biggest strength.

有的时候，你的软弱之处反而拥有强大的力量。比如我们下面要讲的这个故事：一位在车祸中丧失了左臂的小女孩，决定去学习柔道。

小女孩向一位年长的日本老师学校柔道。小女孩学习进展不错，而三个月过去了，老师却只是重复的教授她一个动作，这使得她很迷惑不解。

“老师，”女孩终于忍不住问，“能不能再多教我一些动作？”

老师回答说：“你只要把这个动作学好就可以了。”

尽管女孩并不明白老师的用意，不过她相信老师的话，继续努力练习。

几个月过去了，老师决定带她去参加一次竞赛。令女孩惊讶的是，她轻松地击败了头两个对手。第三个对手虽然比较强悍，但一番苦战后，对手就开始心浮气躁。女孩巧妙的使用她唯一的一招赢得了比赛。女孩自己虽感到不可思议，但她却一步步进入的决赛。

这一次，她的对手更高大强壮，而且经验丰富。女孩在一些时候甚至显露出败相，由于害怕女孩受伤，裁判宣布暂停比赛。正当她准备下场时，教练却制止了她。

“让她继续比赛。”教练坚持道。

比赛恢复后，她的对手犯了一个严重的错误：她放松了自己的防卫。女孩立即用她那一招封住了对手。女孩终于赢得了这场比赛，也成为了这次竞赛的冠军。

回家的路上，女孩和老师回顾了比赛的每个环节，女孩鼓起勇气问老师一个困惑已久的问题。

“教练，为什么我用一个招式就赢得了这场比赛？”

老师回答她说：“有两个原因：一、我教你的招式是柔道中最难的一个动作，而你把它掌握的很精通；二、对手想要破解这个招式只有一个动作，就是抓住你的左手。”

这个女孩最软弱的地方，竟然成了她致胜的关键所在。

我们每个人都有软弱的地方，但上天总在我们的软弱上，给我们以意想不到的力量。只要善于利用命运给我们的一切，我们也能像这个女孩一般，在自己的软弱上，得到上天的另一种祝福。

英语人生哲理小短文 ，要翻译对照 不要寓言故事

前两天读到一则很好的英语小故事，读完以后深深的触动到我，以下是它的中文版

　从前，女儿向父亲抱怨道，她的人生苦不堪言，她不知道如何继续生活下去，她厌倦了一直奋斗挣扎，问题一个接着一个的出现。

父亲是个厨师，听完女儿的不如意，他把女儿带进厨房，同时往三口煮着沸水的锅里分别放进土豆，鸡蛋和研磨过的咖啡。

20分钟后父亲捞出土豆和鸡蛋，倒出咖啡?并示意女儿摸摸土豆，剥开鸡蛋最后喝一口咖啡。

女儿照做了但是不解的看向父亲：爸爸，你这是什么意思？

父亲解释到：他们三个都分别经历过相同的逆境 - 沸水

土豆 - 开始强壮，坚硬，不屈不饶，但是在沸水中，它却变得软弱。

鸡蛋 - 开始易碎，脆落的蛋壳包裹着蛋液，在沸水中煮过以后内部就变硬了。

咖啡豆 - 经过研磨放进沸水时，它改变了水，创造了新的事物。

当身处逆境，我们该如何应对？你是土豆，鸡蛋还是咖啡豆？

生活中，事情发生在我们身边，事情发生在我们身上，但是它的好坏则完全取决于我们自身

是的，你就是你思维的产物！

刚好这两天有在复听复旦大学的老师陈果的哲学课，我是去年买的课听完以后思绪会被拉长泛起涟漪，她的课真的是节节爆满，很多人都说要是早点听过她的课也许人生会大不同，我喜欢她自然随性的那种酷酷的样子，虽然是个女老师但每次上课都喜欢手插裤带，用最直白的文字讲着最深奥的哲学，苏格拉底，尼采，老子的话顺手拈来分分钟让你简单的明白其中真意。

陈果的开场白就是：换一种看法就是换一种活法。去年对于这句话还不是很好的理解，而这两天却也通透了，结合这个故事就可以很好的理解： 你的思维决定你的感受，你如果觉得你是土豆那你就是遇事就软弱的纸老虎，你如果觉得你是鸡蛋那你就是逼着自己坚强成熟的鸡蛋，但你只是改变了自己。而如果你是咖啡豆，你会敢于创新敢于挑战敢于改变自己并投身入逆境并将之改变为美好的事物，以变应万变。这样才是真的做到“镜随心转”而不以“心随镜转”

从心开始，从新开始，从信开始，从行开始， Be you ，be your self ! Yes ,I can !

我相信我是咖啡豆，你呢？

People on such a lifetime

I used to, "so people on a lifetime" is remind ourselves and persuade friends. This, easy to say, sounds easy, think it is very deep. It makes me weak at the time to become brave, proud to become humble, decadence have become active, the pain becomes joy when, on any matter can also get fit, so I call it "a wake-up call", "Proverbs on the seventh." - I often think the world of the laboring, TU grudges and resentment, if not resolve, and should not endure, and do not have this short period of several decades vanish on it? If so, what ones can not be untied?

People on such a life, thought of this remark, if I were the hero, they will have to create more great exploits; if I were the scholars, they will have to access to higher learning; what if I love people, they will have to boldly tell her. Today because the past will no longer come; this in our lifetime the past, nothing disappeared. Not read a book, did not speak a word is no chance. This precious life, I have a good grasp it ah!

People on such a life, you can actively grasp it; the ground it can also take it lightly. Take things too hard about it, so relieved now! Think about it when the spirit of decadence to your Thanksgiving! However because you are always blessed with this life, this should not have been in vain ah.

Flowery

flowery, flowery sincere hope that flowery, flowery life also.

Everyone has their favorite flower, each person has many reasons to treat themselves to a lifetime time cemented long time that the heart of a long-lasting incense. In full bloom at the moment, dazzling it will attract all the attention.

Flower is so weak, then the United States re-Yan still can not move to Hanyu night to the wind. Chunhong Xie hastily, and left full of melancholy.

But beauty of the flower are fighters, in spite of wind and rain gradually, after all, did not bow.

The same is true of life, like fine glass, usually can not withstand the impact of natural and man-made, one to smash into the bright, each is a transparent heart. Life again as Epiphyllum usually with many years of tears and sweat, the blood-doped water, the world will havemoment.

Today's world, people love the flower less. When people go for the livelihood of the time, and even their lives are not catch and who would listen about the flower?

However, the irritability of the city ah, please do not forget that this world is unfulfilled. All flowery, such as flower of all. Therefore, the Buddha Kassapaand smile; the laugh, that is, the entire world.

Life

Life, the universe may be the only factors that should be worshiped. The lives of gestation, birth and display the essence is a very exciting process. Life-like music and pictures secretly relying on the same fate with a tone or color, when it encounteredtide, when it heard the clarion reminder, it will immediately, exposing the nature of the gorgeous and passionate. Of course, this is more likely to be the essence of a dirty, cowardly, tedious; its masters do not have the possibility of selection.

It should be recognized that life is hope. It should be said that should not be proud of despicable and vulgar premature, should not mistakenly think they have succeeded in eliminating pure noble and true. Camouflage is also not sustainable, because as a long time scouring the rolling, despicable, the profiteers and the vulgar can not always stick wearing educators, poets and soldiers crown. Unimpeded in their career, at the end of their descendants will be a long time to feel shame. 人就这么一辈子

我常以“人就这么一辈子”这句话告诫自己并劝说朋友。这七个字，说来容易，听来简单，想起来却很深沉。它能使我在软弱时变得勇敢，骄傲时变得谦虚，颓废时变得积极，痛苦时变得欢愉，对任何事拿得起也放得下，所以我称它为“当头棒喝”、“七字箴言”。——我常想世间的劳苦愁烦、恩恩怨怨，如有不能化解的，不能消受的，不也就过这短短的几十年就烟消云散了吗？若是如此，又有什么解不开的呢？

人就这么一辈子，想到了这句话，如果我是英雄，便要创造更伟大的功业；如果我是学者，便要获取更高的学问；如果我爱什么人，便要大胆地告诉她。因为今日过去便不再来了；这一辈子过去，便什么都消逝了。一本书未读，一句话未讲，便再也没有机会了。这可珍贵的一辈子，我必须好好地把握住它啊！

人就这么一辈子，你可以积极地把握它；也可以淡然地面对它。想不开想想它，以求释然吧！精神颓废时想想它，以求感恩吧！因为不管怎样，你总是很幸运地拥有这一辈子，不能白来这一遭啊。

如花

笑靥如花，真情如花，希望如花，生命亦如花。

每个人都有自己喜爱的花，每个人都有许多种理由善待自己，把一生的光阴凝成时光长河中那一瓣恒久的心香。在盛开的一刹那，灿烂夺目的它会吸引所有的视线。

花是如此柔弱，再美再艳，依然经不起朝来寒雨晚来风。春红匆匆谢了，只剩下满怀愁绪。

花却又是美丽的战士，风雨中尽管渐渐绿肥红瘦，终究不曾低头。

生命也是一样，像精致的玻璃酒杯，常常经不起天灾人祸的撞击，粉碎成一地的璀璨，每一片都是透明的心。生命又常常像昙花，用许多年的泪与汗，掺上心血浇灌，才会有笑看天下的一刻。

如今的世界，爱花的人少了。当人们为着生计奔波的时候，连自己的生命都抓不住，又有谁会倾听花的诉说？

然而，烦躁的都市啊，请不要忘记，这世界本是镜花水月。一切如花、花如一切。所以，佛祖拈花而迦叶微笑；这一笑，便是整个世界。

生命

生命，也许是宇宙之间唯一应该受到崇拜的因素。生命的孕育、诞生和显示本质是一种无比激动人心的过程。生命像音乐和画面一样暗自挟带着一种命定的声调或血色，当它遇到大潮的袭卷，当它听到号角的催促时，它会顿时抖擞，露出本质的绚烂和激昂。当然，这本质更可能是卑污、懦弱、乏味的；它的主人并无选择的可能。

应当承认，生命就是希望。应当说，卑鄙和庸俗不该得意过早，不该误认为它们已经成功地消灭了高尚和真纯。伪装也同样不能持久，因为时间像一条长河在滔滔冲刷，卑鄙者、奸商和俗棍不可能永远戴着教育家、诗人和战士的桂冠。在他们畅行无阻的生涯尽头，他们的后人将长久地感到羞辱.

本文到此结束，希望对大家有所帮助。