一分钟简短英语小故事（英语小故事1一2分钟）

一分钟简短英语小故事（英语小故事1一2分钟）Moral：Change of habit cannot alter Nature. 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

1一2分钟的英语小故事非常适合在课前给孩子们讲，不仅能够补充学生们的词汇量，还能够带动学生们的学习气氛，让学生对英语的学习兴趣更加的浓厚。今天小编为大家整理了一些1一2分钟的英语小故事，共10篇，都是一些简单有寓意的英语小故事，一起来欣赏一下吧！

英语小故事一：A PIGEON（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.

Moral：Zeal should not outrun discretion.

一只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一只水杯。她并不以为那只是一幅画，而是发出一声响亮的呼噜声，朝画飞去，无意中撞在了招牌上，把自己撞得很不稳。她的翅膀被风吹断了，摔在地上，被一个旁观者抓住。

寓意：热情不应超过谨慎。

英语小故事二：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.

Moral：Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

一只乌鸦看到了一只天鹅，想要得到同样美丽的羽毛。假如天鹅的美丽的白色是由于它在水里游泳时洗过澡而产生的，那么乌鸦就离开它生活的地方，到湖里和水潭里去住下来。但是，尽管他经常清洗自己的羽毛，却无法改变它们的颜色，而由于缺乏食物，他就死了。 寓意：人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。

英语小故事三：The Bat and the Weasels（蝙蝠与黄鼠狼）

Abat 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.

Moral：It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

一只蝙蝠坠落到地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼拒绝了，说他生来就是鸟类的天敌。蝙蝠向他保证他不是一只鸟，而是一只老鼠，于是就被放了出来。不一会儿，蝙蝠又掉到地上，被另一只黄鼠狼捉住了，他请求讨饶。黄鼠狼说他特别恨老鼠。蝙蝠向他保证自己不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠，因此第二次逃走了。

寓意：我们遇事要随机应变方能避免危险。

英语小故事四：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.

Moral：People should not expect anything out of proportion.

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。

寓意：这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。

英语小故事五：The Dog and the Shadow（狗和影子）

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.

Moral：Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉，走过一条河上面的桥，看见他自己在水里的影子，以为是另一只狗，那时狗衔着的肉，比他自己的还要大一倍。因此他仍掉自己的那一块，狠狠地扑向那只狗，想夺到那一块较大的肉。结果两头都落了空，因为他想要抓取在水中的那一块，只不过是一个影子，而原来的那一块，也被水冲走了。

寓意：谨记，切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西

英语小故事六：Apple（苹果）

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said "I cannot go to the rich man's house today for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Moral：Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

一个男人要去一个富人的房子。当他沿着路走时，他看见路边有一箱好苹果。他说:“我不想吃那些苹果;因为那富足人必给我许多食物。他会给我很好的食物吃。”然后他拿起苹果，把它们扔到尘土里。

他继续往前走，来到一条河边。河水变得很大;所以他不能把它翻过来。他等了一会儿;然后他说:“我今天不能去富人家了，因为我过不了河。”

他开始回家。那天他没有吃东西。他开始想吃东西了。他来到苹果旁，高兴地把它们从尘土中拣出来吃。寓意：不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。

英语小故事七：A bird in a dunghill（粪堆里的小鸟）

A little bird fly to south for the winter. It was very cold almost frozen bird. Hence fly to a large space after a cow there in a pile of cow dung upon the bird frozen bird lying on the dunghill feel very warm gradually recovered it is warm and comfortable lying and soon began to sing songs a passing wildcat hear voices see follow the voice wildcats quickly found lying on the dunghill bird pull it out and eat it.

Moral：The way of existence: not everyone to lead the dung upon your people are your enemy. Each of you is not from the dunghill lire people are your friends and when you lying on the dunghill had better keep your mouth shut.

一只小鸟飞往南方过冬。这是一只非常冷，几乎冻僵的鸟。因此 飞到一个大空间 一头牛 在一堆牛粪鸟 冻鸟躺在粪堆里 觉得很温暖 渐渐恢复 它是温暖和舒适的躺着 并很快开始唱歌的时候 一个路过的野猫听到声音 看到 顺着声音 野猫很快发现了躺在粪堆里的小鸟 把它拽出来吃了。

寓意：不是每个往你身上拉大粪的人都是你的敌人。也不是每个把你从粪堆里拉出来的人都是你的朋友，还有，当你躺在粪堆里时，最好把你的嘴闭上。

英语小故事八：The lion in love（恋爱中的狮子）

A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.The old parents did not know what to say. They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts. At last the father said "We are glad to marry our daughter to you but we fear that you might possibly hurt her. So if you remove your claws and teeth we will give her to you."The lion loved the girl very much so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth. When he came to the parents again they simply laughed in his face and beat him out of their house.

Moral：Some people easily believe what others say abandon their own strengths and are easily defeated by those who were afraid of them.　

一只狮子爱上了一位美丽的女孩儿，便找到她的父母向她求婚。女孩儿的父亲不知道该如何回答，他不忍将女儿许配给野兽，但又害怕激怒这兽中之王。于是父亲说：“我们很乐意将女儿嫁给你，但又怕你不小心伤害她，如果你拔去牙齿，剁掉利爪，我们就将女儿嫁给你。”狮子非常爱这个女孩儿，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母。可是这时，他们嘲笑他，并把他赶了出去。

寓意: 有些人轻易相信别人的话，抛弃自己的长处，结果轻而易举地被原来害怕他们的人击败了。

英语小故事九：Hercules and Pallas（赫尔克里斯与雅典娜）

When Hercules was walking in the forest he saw a ball lying on the ground. He kicked it because it blocked his way.To his surprise the ball did not roll away but grew much bigger than before. So he kicked it again much harder.The harder he kicked the bigger the ball grew. At last it completely filled up the road.Pallas then appeared. "Stop Hercules " she said. "Stop kicking. The ball’s name is Strife.Let it alone and it will soon become small again."　

Moral: life requires peaceful coexistence and fights and confrontations often do more harm than good.

赫尔克里斯森林里行走时，他看到地上有一个球。他踢它是因为它挡住了他的路。令他吃惊的是，球并没有滚走，而是比以前大了很多。于是他又狠狠地踢了一脚。他踢得越用力，球就长得越大。最后，整条路上都挤满了人，雅典娜出现了。“不要再踢了，赫尔克里斯。”她说。“别踢。这个球的名字叫冲突。不去管它，它很快又会变小的。”

寓意: 生活中需要和平共处，争斗与对抗往往会带来更大的危害。

英语小故事十：The hare and the tortoise（龟兔赛跑）

The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never been beaten " he said "when I run at full speed no one is faster than me." The tortoise said quietly "I will race with you." "That is a good joke " said the hare. "I could dance around you the whole way."The race started. The hare darted almost out of sight at once. He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.The tortoise plodded on and on. When the hare awoke from his nap he saw the tortoise was near the finish line and that he had lost the race.

Moral: pride goes before a fall. Only by persevering can we achieve our goals.

兔子有一次在其他动物面前夸耀他的速度。“我从来没有被打败过，”他说，“当我全速奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”乌龟平静地说:“我要和你比赛。”“这是个好笑话。”兔子说。“我可以一直围着你跳舞。”比赛开始。那只野兔几乎立刻跑得看不见了。他很快停下来，躺下来打了个盹。乌龟慢吞吞地走啊走。当兔子从午睡中醒来时，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了，他输了比赛。

寓意: 骄兵必败;只有持之以恒，才能实现目标。

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