英语哲理小小故事

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。

望纳~(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……

100字哲理少儿英语小故事

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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。

英语哲理小故事感悟及翻译，不要太长，演讲用的，急急急（那位大神帮一下忙，谢谢）

以下是 少儿英语频道为大家整理的《100字哲理少儿英语小故事》，供大家参考。更多内容请看本站 少儿英语 频道。

The story hened in Japan, he a 23 year old man bare hands and friends come to Tokyo chuang world. The Tokyo after they surprised to find: people in the faucet connected to the cold water to drink all he to pay for it. Companions disointed to laments: "heens! This place even drink cold water to money, can't stay down." "Words he to return.

Another young man can see the incident, but he did want to: this place even cold water to be able to money, must be good places to make money! So he stay in Tokyo, the beginning of a business career. Later, he became famous Japanese cement big king, his name is shallow brown, a field.

故事发生在日本，有一个23岁的小伙子赤手空拳和同伴们一起来到东京闯天下。到了东京后他们惊讶地发现：人们在水龙头上接凉水喝都必须付钱。同伴们失望地感叹道：“天哪！这个鬼地方连喝冷水都要钱，简直没办法呆下去了。”言罢都纷纷返回故乡了。

另一个小伙子也看到了这幕情景，但他却想：这地方连冷水都能够卖钱，一定是挣钱的好地方嘛！于是他留在东京，开始了创业生涯。后来，他成为日本的水泥大王，他的名字叫浅田一郎。

哲理赏析：

田一郎的成功给我们的启发是深刻的：面对同样的情况，他与常人的看法和做法却大相径庭，他用积极的心态看到了隐藏的商机并因此而逐渐走向成功。所以，积极地面对生活，勇敢地迎接生活的挑战，才是明智之举、才具王者之风。相反，那些思想消极、意志薄弱的懦夫，就注定会一生平庸。（积极面对生活）

英语哲理小短文短一些,有翻译

懒驴

A man bought a Donkey at the market one day and took him home on roval.

一天，有个人在集市上买了一头驴，把驴牵回家先试用一下。

Now the man owned several Donkeys already and he knew each one's character very well.

这人已经有好几头驴了，深知每头驴的习性。

One of the Donkey was very strong and bre. Another was eager to please but quickly exhausted.

有头驴又强壮、又勇敢;还有头驴急于讨人喜欢，可一会儿就累了;

One Donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he possibly could all day long.

另有头驴非常懒，它不愿意一大早就去干活，一整天它都尽可能地少干点活，别的驴载东西时，

When the other animals were being loaded up he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.

它总是尽量排最后一个，这样载的东西就会最轻。

The man led the new Donkey into the stable yard. For a moment he stood

sniffing at his new companions. Then, without hesitation, he trotted up

to the lazy Donkey and began feeding comfortably at his side.

这个人把新买的驴牵进牲口棚的院子里。驴站了一会儿，闻了闻它的新伙伴们，然后，毫不犹豫地跑到懒驴跟前，在它旁边悠闲自得地吃起草来。

Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new Donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.

天色已经很晚了，这个人还是马上把新买的驴牵出了院子，径直回到集市上。

"You cannot he given him a fair trial yet, "said the merchant. "It is only ten minutes since you bought him."

“你不可能已经好好试过了，”卖驴的人说，“你买了它才十几分钟。”

"I don't need to try him any more," replied the man. "I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself.

“我不用再试了，”这个人回答道。“从它自己挑选的朋友，我就知道它是头什么样的驴了。

Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without Donkeys like him."

把它牵走，把钱还给我。我没有这样的驴也能过日子。”

希望能够帮助你，望纳~

求英语哲理小故事 急！！！！！！！ 务必要稍微简短的

A Sioux Indian story ...

这是苏语系印第安人部落中流传的一个古老的故事……

My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone.

在我七岁那年，我的祖父来到田边的一个池塘。他让我丢一颗石子到水中，并嘱咐我仔细观察石子所激起的水波纹。然后他叫我把自己想象成那颗石子。

"You may create lots of splashes in your life, but the wes that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures," he said.

他说：“在生命的水面上，你也许能激起许多波纹，而你所激起的波纹也会打破别人的平静，”

"Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles."

“要谨记，对你所激起的波纹中所包含的东西负责，因为这些东西会接触、影响到别人的波纹。”

"You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both."

“你应当努力使自己波纹中的平和宁静传播给他人。当然，如果你的波纹中携带有愤怒、嫉妒，别人也会受到你的影响，因此，你要对它们负责。”

That was the first time I realized that each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, dou, or anger.

这是我第一次了解到，每个人心中的平和抑或不和，都会传播给整个世界。如果我们自己内心都被冲突、仇恨、疑虑或者愤怒所纠缠，自然就不能给世界带来平和宁静。

We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.

无论我们是否说出心中的感觉和思绪，我们都在向外界传播它们。无论我们内心激起的是何种波纹，它们都会被传向他人，与别人的生命波纹共同激起美丽，抑或是不和谐。

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简单的英语哲理散文

people he a job to candidates, picked up the corridor to pick up the paper, into the dustbin by the passing of the population to see the official test, so he had the job. The original was reciated very simple, to develop a good habit of it.

有一个人去应徵工作，随手将走廊上的纸屑捡起来，放进了垃圾桶，被路过的囗试官看到了，因此他得到了这份工作。原来获得赏识很简单，养成好习惯就可以了。

Has a younger brother at a bicycle shop as an rentice, someone sent a failure of the bicycle, boy apart from the car repaired, the car also organize such as the pretty new, other rentices laughed him superfluous, then the employer will get back the second day of a bicycle , boy who was recruited into the employer's company. The original is very easy to get ahead at the expense of it.

有个小弟在脚踏车店当学徒，有人送来一部故障的脚踏车，小弟除了将车修好，还把车子整理的漂亮如新，其他学徒笑他多此一举，后来雇主将脚踏车领回去的第二天，小弟被挖角到那位雇主的公司上班。原来出人头地很简单，吃点亏就可以了。

child mother has said: "Mother you pretty well today." The mother replied: "Why." The child said: "Since Mother is not angry today." That is pretty easy to he, as long as you can not be angry .

有个小孩对母亲说：「妈妈你今天好漂亮。」母亲回答：「为什麽。」小孩说：「因为妈妈今天都没有生气。」原来要拥有漂亮很简单，只要不生气就可以了。

There is a ranch owner, called him every day at Children ranch on hard work, a friend said to him: "Do not need you to let children work so hard, crops will be grown as well." Ranch owner replied: "I am not At cultivate crops, cultivate at me are my children. "cultivate the original Child is very simple, so that he can be a bear hardships.

有个牧场主人，叫他孩子每天在牧场上辛勤的工作，朋友对他说：「你不需要让孩子如此辛苦，农作物一样会长得很好的。」牧场主人回答说：「我不是在培养农作物，我是在培养我的孩子。」原来培养孩子很简单，让他吃点苦头就可以了。

there is a tennis of the students said: "If a tennis ball falling into the weeds, there should be how to get?" Someone replied: "From the beginning to find the centerline of haystacks." Someone replied: "From the beginning haystack to find the most hollow . "someone replied:" From the grass to find the longest place start. " announced the correct answer:" step-by-step from the lawn of a search into the other end of the grass. "look for the success of the original method is very simple, from one to ten Do not skip it.

有一个网球教练对学生说：「如果一个网球掉进草堆里，应该如何找?」有人答：「从草堆中心线开始找。」有人答：「从草堆的最凹处开始找。」有人答：「从草最长的地方开始找。」教练宣布正确答案：「按部就班的从草地的一头，搜寻到草地的另一头。」原来寻找成功的方法很简单，从一数到十不要跳过就可以了。

often there is a brightly lit store, someone asked: "are you in the end what the store brand of tube? So durable." Stores said: "We usually he a bad lamp, but for us it is broken on . "bright and original way to keep it simple, as long as you can usually replace.

有一家商店经常灯火通明，有人问：「你们店里到底是用什麽牌子的灯管?那麽耐用。」店家回答说：「我们的灯管也常常坏，只是我们坏了就换而已。」原来保持明亮的方法很简单，只要常常更换就可以了。

live frogs at the edge of the frogs living in the street said: "you here too dangerous to live here with me now!" Side of the road the frog said: "I he got used to not bother moving." A few days later , Tanabe frog street to visit the frog, they found the car he had been crushed to death, dead in the street violence. Hands the fate of the original method is very simple, lazy away from it.

住在田边的青蛙对住在路边的青蛙说：「你这里太危险，搬来跟我住吧!」路边的青蛙说：「我已经习惯了，懒得搬了。」几天后，田边的青蛙去探望路边的青蛙，却发现他已被车子压死，暴尸在马路上。原来掌握命运的方法很简单，远离懒惰就可以了。

there is a chicken hatched when there is only just after a tortoise, then on the chicken egg shell on the back over a lifetime. From the hey load that is very simple, stubborn to give up preconceived ideas on it.

有一只小鸡破壳而出的时候，刚好有只乌龟经过，从此以后小鸡就背着蛋壳过一生。原来脱离沉重的负荷很简单，放弃固执成见就可以了。

When there is some kids want to angels, God give them a candlestick one person, ask them to maintain the light, resulting in one or two days later, not to God, all the children that no longer wipe Candlestick, God has a surprise visit to a day, every Candlestick individuals he cast a thick layer of dust, only a child everyone called him a fool, because God did not come, he will wipe every day, the results of this fool has become an angel. When the original angel is very simple, as long as you can really do.

有几个小孩很想当天使，上帝给他们一人一个烛台，叫他们要保持光亮，结果一天两天过去了，上帝都没来，所有小孩已不在擦拭那烛台，有一天上帝突然造访，每个人的烛台都蒙上厚厚的灰尘，只有一个小孩大家都叫他笨小孩，因为上帝没来，他也每天都擦拭，结果这个笨小孩成了天使。原来当天使很简单，只要实实在在去做就可以了。

pig has only to make the request of the disciples of God, God is pleased to agree, just he a calf by the quagmire in climb out of the mud is all that God said to the pig: "to help him wash it down!" Small the Pig replied, surprised: "I am a disciple of God, how can it go wait on the calf so dirty!" God said: "You do not wait on others, how others know you are my disciples do ! "was very easy to become a god, as long as you can really pay.

有只小猪，向神请求做 的门徒，神欣然答应，刚好有一头小牛由泥沼里爬出来，浑身都是泥泞，神对小猪说：「去帮他洗洗身子吧!」小猪讶异的答道：「我是神的门徒，怎麽能去侍候那脏兮兮的小牛呢!」神说：「你不去侍候别人，别人怎会知道，你是我的门徒呢!」原来要变成神很简单，只要真心付出就可以了。

there is a gold digging team walking in the desert, we he the pace of a hey, painful, and only walked one hy person, people ask: "Why are you so hy?" He says with a laugh: "Since I took things at least." Originally Hiness is very simple, with less on it.

有一支掏金队伍在沙漠中行走，大家都步伐沉重，痛苦不堪，只有一人快乐的走着，别人问：「你为何如此惬意?」他笑着：「因为我带的东西最少。」原来快乐很简单，拥有少一点就可以了。

一分钟富有哲理性的英语小故事

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, leing 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 he 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 hiest people don't he the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Lee 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32313133353236313431303231363533e59b9ee7ad9431333264663137 ~~ 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. Hing 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 Ren 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 Ren 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 he 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 hing 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 hened 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 for; 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。”

The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子

A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.

一条狗嘴里叼块肉,来到一座桥上.它看见水里有自己的影子, 以为是另一条嘴里也叼着一块比自己那块肉大一倍的狗.它忙丢下自己嘴里的那块肉,猛力地攻击水里的狗.试图去抢它的肉.结果,它两块肉都得不到. 因为那只是一个影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉也被水冲走了.

Which do you find more important, money or friends?

B: Friends, of course.

A: Why?

B: I can always borrow money from friends.

钱和朋友

甲：你认为钱和朋友哪一个更重要？

乙：当然是朋友。

甲：为什么？

乙：我总可以从朋友那儿借到钱

.THE ANT AND THE DOVE

蚂蚁和鸽子

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring.

To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

She could he drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.

Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.

MORAL: One good turn deserves another.

2.A Simple Gesture 举手之劳

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was hing lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to lee a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mothers sleeping pills and I was going home to commit . But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would he missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you sed my life."

-John W. Schlatter (true story)

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