用英语写画蛇添足的故事(精选20篇)

古时候，楚国有一家人，祭完祖宗之后，准备将祭祀用的一壶酒，赏给帮忙办事的人喝。参加的人很多，这壶酒如果大家都喝是不够的，若是让一个人喝，那能喝得有余。这一壶酒到底怎么分呢？

大家都安静下来，这时有人建议：每个人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得快又画得好，就把这壶酒归他喝。大家都认为这一个方法好，都同意这样做。于是，在地上画起蛇来。

有个人画得很快，一转眼最先画好了，他就端起酒壶要喝酒。但他回 头看看别人，还都没有画好呢。心里

想：他们画得真慢。又想显示自己的本领， 他洋洋得意地说： “你们画得好慢啊！我再给蛇画几只脚也不算晚呢！”于是，他便左手提着酒壶，右手拿了一根树枝，给蛇画起脚来。

正在他一边画着脚，一边说话的时候，另外一个人已经画好了。那个人 马上把酒壶从他手里夺过去，说："你见过蛇吗？蛇是没有脚的，你为什么要给它添上脚呢？所以第一个画好蛇的人不是你，而是我了！"

那个人说罢就仰起头来，咕咚咕咚把酒喝下去了。

古代楚国有个主管祭祀的官员，把一壶酒赏给来帮忙祭祀的门客。门客们互相商量说：“大家一起喝这壶酒不足够，一个人喝它还有剩余。要不大家一起在地上比画蛇，谁先画好，谁就喝这壶酒。”画蛇添足一个人最先完成了，拿起酒壶准备饮酒，于是左手拿着酒壶，右手画蛇，说：“我还能够为它画脚呢！”他还没有画完蛇的脚，另一个人的蛇就画好了，那个人抢过他的酒壶，说：“蛇本来没有脚，你怎么能给它画脚呢？”随后喝完了那壶酒。

那个给蛇画脚的人，最终失去了那壶酒。

楚有祠者，赐其舍人卮酒。舍人相谓曰：“数人饮之不足，一人饮之有余。请画地为蛇，先成者饮酒。”

一人蛇先成，引酒且饮之，乃左手持卮，右手画蛇曰：“吾能为之足！”未成，一人之蛇成，夺其卮曰：“蛇固无足，子安能为之足？”遂饮其酒。

为蛇足者，终亡其酒。画蛇添足的成语故事

出处《汉书·杨敞传》

敝惊惧，不知所言。汗出浃背徒唯唯而已。

释义“浃”，湿透，出汗多，湿透脊梁。形容满身大汗。也形容极度惶恐或惭愧过度。

故事

汉大将军霍光，是汉武帝的托孤重臣，辅佐八岁即位的汉昭帝执政，威势很重。霍光身边有个叫杨敞的人，行事谨小慎微，颇受霍光赏识，升至丞相职位，封为安平候。其实，杨敞为人懦弱无能，胆小怕事，根本不是当丞相的材料。

公元前74年，年仅廿一岁的汉昭帝驾崩于未央宫，霍光与众臣商议，选了汉武帝的孙子昌邑王刘贺作继承人。谁知刘贺继位后，经常宴饮歌舞，寻欢作乐。霍光听说后，忧心忡忡，与车骑将军张安世、大司马田延年秘密商议，打算废掉刘贺，另立贤君。计议商定后，霍光派田延年告诉杨敞、以便共同行事。杨敞一听，顿时吓得汗流浃背，惊恐万分，只是含含糊糊，不置可否。杨敞的妻子，是太史公司马迁的女儿，颇有胆识。她见丈夫犹豫不决的样子，暗暗着急，趁田延年更衣走开时，上前劝丈夫说；“国家大事，岂能犹豫不决。大将军已有成议，你也应当速战速决，否则必然太难临头。”杨敞在房里来回酸步，却拿不定注意。正巧此时田延年回来，司马夫人回避不及，索性大大方方地与田延年相见，告知田延年，她丈夫愿意听从大将军的吩咐。田延年听了后高兴地告辞走了。

田延年回报霍光，霍光十分满意，马上安排杨敞领众臣上表，奏请皇太后。第二天，杨敞与群臣遏见皇太后，陈述昌邑王不堪继承王位的原因。太后立即下诏废去刘贺，另立汉武帝的曾孙刘询为君，史称汉宣帝。

春秋时候，晋国世家赵氏灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型与和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有这一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。

小偷找来一把大锤子，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这钟声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。

他越听越害怕，不由自主地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。

One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.

He looks in the well and shouts,“Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!”

An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,“Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!”

And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out,“The moon is in the well.”

A group of monkeys run over to the well.

They look at the moon in the well and shout:“The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Letget it out!”

Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down,with his feet on the branch.And he pulls the next monkeys feet with his hands.

All the other monkeys follow his suit.And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.

Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky.

He yells excitedly “Dont be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!”

一天，有只小猴子在井边玩儿。

它往井里一瞧，高喊道：“噢!我的天!月亮掉到井里头啦!”

一只大猴子跑来一看，说，“糟啦!月亮掉在井里头啦!”

老猴子也跑过来。他也非常惊奇，喊道：“糟了，月亮掉在井里头了!”

一群猴子跑到井边来。

他们看到井里的月亮，喊道：“月亮掉在井里头啦!快来!让我们把它捞起来!”

然后，老猴子倒挂在大树上，拉住大猴子的脚。

其他的猴子一个个跟着，它们一只连着一只直到井里。

正好他们摸到月亮的时候，老猴子抬头发现月亮挂在天上呢。

它兴奋地大叫：“别蠢了!月亮还好好地挂在天上呢!”

Once upon a time there was a poor girl, her name is called the degree of fairy rilla. Her stepmother and two sisters is very bad for her, often bullied her.

One day, the king girl sent invitation letter to the nation, invited all the girls to the party, he is the prince looking for gold. Cinderellas two sisters also received the invitation. Cinderellas invitation by my sisters, also dont have beautiful clothes to wear, she didnt go to the ball, and at this time, a fairy came to, she turn into a lot of beautiful dress, and gave her a carriage, she told Cinderella, "twelve o clock at night be sure to come back, everything will be restored to the same!" Cinderella excited nods. The prince asked Cinderella to dance, the princes falling in love with Cinderella, the clock struck twelve times, Cinderella ran away.

Left a slipper. The prince finds Cinderella, and live a happy life with her.Two bad sister and stepmother were angry. Cinderellas kindness to get a huge return.

[灰姑娘故事的英语作文

A snake, having made his hole close to the door of a cottage, inflicted a sever bite on the cottagers little son. So the child died.

This caused much sorrow to his parents. The father decided to kill the snake. The next day, on its coming out of its hole for food, he took up his ax, but, making too much haste to hit the snake, missed its head, and cut off only the end of its tail.

After some time the cottager, lest the snake should also bite him, tried to make peace, and placed some bread and salt beside its hole, the snake, slightly hissing, said, "From now on there can be no peace between us; for whenever I see you I shall remember the loss of my tail, and whenever you see me you will be thinking of the death of your son."

No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him who caused the injury.

有条蛇在一家农舍的门边打了个洞，并把主人的小孩咬了一口，孩子就一命呜呼。

这对夫妇痛不欲生。孩子的父亲决意弄死那条蛇。第二天，当蛇出洞觅食之时，他举起斧头就砍那条蛇。可惜太操之过急，没砍中蛇头，只砍断了尾巴。

过了一阵子，屋主很害怕那条蛇会以牙还牙，就想同蛇讲和，于是就将一些面包和盐放在洞口。那条蛇发出丝丝的声音作出回答：“从今以后，在我们之间不会有和平。因为我一看到你，就会想自己被砍掉的尾巴;同样当你见到我时， 你会想起你死去的儿子。”

面对伤害过自己的人，我们难以真正忘记有过的创痛。

很小的时候，妈妈手上拿着一张纸，不停地说：黑楼，黑楼，还有踢车。

我问：妈妈，什么是黑楼啊？

妈妈说：不是黑楼，是哈喽。

我以前不懂英语，后来上了幼儿园大班后才知道英语里的hello。在一年级的暑假里，我背过了英语A、B、C等26个字母。二年级时，听说下一年要学英语，我着急了，因为我不知道怎么学英语，后来上了才知道，没有我想象得那么难，英语老师也不凶，还很逗，有时她刚做完的事，转身就忘了。

有人不好好听课时，老师就叽里咕噜，叽里咕噜的，全是英语。

有一次英语课上，一个英语学得不太好的同学，在书上画小人，那个小人画得很好玩，结果被老师发现了。老师叽里咕噜一串英语数落他，逗得我们笑，那个同学摸着脑袋，听不懂老师说啥。

英语课是有趣的，让我懂得了那些美丽的单词。

Thetruest and most expressive thought was hardly be expressed.

Weall face it alone in silence to the most important thing in life. We can talkoccasionally about love, loneliness, happiness, miseries, death and so on, butthe true meaning is hard to deliver by words. I cannot tell others how gentlemy love is; how desperate my loneliness is; my enjoyable happiness is; howdepressive my miseries is; how ridiculous my death is. I have no choice but tohide then deeply in my heart. All what I said and wrote but the product ofthinking, while thinking, to some extend, is a kind of escape which from theparticular to general, fate to life and the abyss of silence to the bank oflanguage. If they have not become

pure/solely and abstract idea, it is merelybecause they have newly struggled out from the silence and with something hardto tell in their bodies.

Iam not to deny the possibility of communication between human beings, but

thecondition. It is silence, instead of words. 美特林克had an excellent explanation: the nature of silence tells the nature of one’ssoul. There is no any words may have a possibility to make a communicationbetween their soul if the two cannot share the same silence. To those who havenot solved the same questions in silence, even profound philosophy is only somepolite formulas. In fact, those superficial reader have no ability to identifythe profound philosophy and abstract thoughts, proverb and polite formulas,philosophy and 老生常谈, insipid/prosaic and commonplace,the knowledge of Buddha dharma and deceitful trick. One’s ability in wordscomprehension is based on his understanding to silence and eternally based onhis silence; that is his capacity of soul. Therefore, I insist that the lessonof one who is determined to seek the life philosophy is silence----to face hisimportant problem of sale in silence. Until he has enough accumulation and tootires to bear, all windows opened to him. This is the way that he not onlyunderstands the limited words, but also the unlimited information behind thesilence of words.

早在青年时代，毛泽东就接触到英语。1910年毛泽东离开韶山老家，进入湘乡县城新式学堂——东山小学堂读书，那里有一个从日本留学回来的老师，教英语。所以，毛泽东是在17岁那年开始学习英语的。不过，在随后的革命战争年代，留给毛泽东学习英语的时间并不多，但只要有机会，他会抓紧时间“重操旧业”。

“拍拍-太根儿!”

抗战胜利后，面对由美国撑腰、武装到牙齿的国民党部队，中国共产党没有被“威慑”住。1946年8月6日下午，毛泽东在延安窑洞前半山坡平台上的一个小石桌旁，会见了美国女记者斯特朗。他谈笑风生，纵论天下。交谈中，毛泽东把身子向后一仰，开怀地得出结论：“美国反动派是……”他停顿了一下，显然是在找合适的词，“纸老虎。”因为英语里没有相对应之词，翻译只好将它译成了“scarecrow(稻草人)”。毛泽东让翻译停下来，要斯特朗解释“scarecrow”是什么意思。斯特朗回答说，那是用稻草扎成的人形，农民把它竖到田里来吓唬乌鸦。毛泽东立即表示这样译不好，这不是他的意思。他说，纸老虎并不是吓唬乌鸦的死东西，它是用来吓唬孩子的。它看起来像一只凶猛的野兽，但实际上是纸糊的，一受潮就会发软，一阵大雨就会把它冲掉。

于是，由“纸(paper)”和“老虎(tiger)”这两个单词组合，临时造出的一个英语中没有的复合词“paper-tiger”就出现了，这实际上是硬译。毛泽东高兴地笑了，用带着浓重湖南腔的英语说：“拍拍-太根儿!”“paper-tiger”后来便随着毛泽东的着名论断，在全世界广泛流传了，它也成了毛泽东最喜欢说的一个英语单词。

1954年正式提出学习英文

一直到新中国成立以后，毛泽东提倡干部学习外文。这时有了非常好的条件，学英文才成为他的一种爱好。1954年，林克(毛泽东英文秘书)到他身边工作时，毛泽东正式提出要向林克学习英文。但毛泽东并不使用英语教科书循序渐进地“上课”，而是自己设计了一种独特的“学英文”方式：念英语文章，一个词、一个词地查字典对照着念。毛泽东那时熟悉的英文词语并不多，于是先从阅读英文版《人民中国》、《北京周报》短文，新华社的英文新闻稿入手。众所周知，这种学英语的方法效率并不高，只有“吃力不讨好”，随读随忘记。但是毛泽东一意孤行。

上世纪五六十年代，毛泽东学习英语的兴致最高。他在国内巡视工作期间，无论在火车上、轮船上，随时都用自己的方式“学习英语”。1960年的《莫斯科会议声明》发表以后，他写信问林克：“莫斯科声明英文译本出版了没有?请你找两本来，我准备和你对读一遍。”如此这般将英文译本“对读一遍”，毛泽东遇到不少困难，生词很多。但毛泽东不畏困难。

毛泽东在外国人面前“秀”英语

毛泽东与外国人会面的时候，还喜欢“秀”一把英语。

1970年12月18日凌晨7时许，毛泽东身着睡衣，膝盖上盖着一条毛毯，在中南海住处与美国记者斯诺海阔天空的谈话持续了整整5个小时，一直到午后1点钟。进“早餐”的时候，毛泽东宴请斯诺，王海容(记录)、唐闻生(翻译)作陪。宾主入座，毛泽东起立与斯诺热情碰杯。斯诺用中文祝酒：“毛主席万岁!” 毛泽东则用英语回应：“Long live Snow (斯诺万岁)!”毛泽东接着又跟坐在自己身旁的王海容、唐闻生碰杯，然后对斯诺幽默地说：“我看你这个说了半天 woman(妇女)解放的人就是不尊重 woman，你都不跟她们碰杯……”

“毛泽东学英语处”

有着“天下第一名园”美誉的杭州刘庄，有一座傍水而建的精致小楼，是毛泽东来杭州多次住过的一号楼，人们称作“主席楼”。在“主席楼”后面一条小路旁的树阴下，有一块秀石，上书“毛泽东学英语处”几个红字。有张毛泽东与林克一起学习英语的照片作为佐证，这可能是全国唯一一个纪念毛泽东学英语的地方，也成为了西湖一景。旁边一块低矮的石头表面已有些光滑，显然是由于游人坐在这里拍照留念久而久之被磨光的。

1975年除夕——毛泽东最后的英文水平

1975年12月31日子夜，毛泽东会见了美国前总统尼克松的女儿朱莉和女婿戴维。

这两名美国青年注意到，在他们面前，82岁的毛泽东尽管已被疾病折磨得精疲力尽，“斗争”的话题却使他又“像青年人那样兴奋起来，他的头脑甚至比中国的年轻一辈更充满活力，更渴望斗争”。

毛泽东说：“我们这里有阶级斗争，八亿人口，不斗行吗?”并且用他的湖南腔调的发音着重说出了英语：“Class struggle!”

Class struggle这两个英文单词，既代表了毛泽东最后的英文水平，也代表了毛泽东的一生。

从前，楚国有一户人家，祭完祖宗以后，把一壶祭祀时用过的酒，赏给帮助办事的人喝。

办事的人很多，可是酒只有一壶，到底给谁喝呢?有人提议说：“各人都在地上画一条蛇，谁画得快、画得像，就把这壶酒给谁喝。” 大家都认为这个办法很好。

有一个人画得很快，一转眼，就把蛇画好了。这壶酒应该归他。可是，这时候，他看看别人都没有画好，就想再炫耀一下自己的能耐。他得意洋洋地说：“你们画得多慢啊，让我再画上几只蛇脚吧!”

他左手拿着酒壶，右手又开始给画好了的蛇添上脚。当他正在添足的时候，另一个人却把蛇画好了，而且立刻把酒壶夺了过去，说：“蛇是没有脚的，你怎么画上了脚?第一个画好蛇的是我，不是你哩!”

那人说完话，就心安理得地喝起酒来。

画蛇添足的成语故事延伸

【注音】huà shé tiān zú

【出处】《战国策·齐策二》：“蛇固无足，子安能为之足？”

【解释】原意为画蛇时给蛇添上脚。后比喻做了多余的事，非但无益，反而不合适。也比喻虚构事实，无中生有。

【用法】连动式，作宾语。

【近义词】多此一举、弄巧成拙、适得其反

【反义词】恰到好处、画龙点睛

【例句】在作文章时，我们一定要详略得当，绝不能添枝加叶，画蛇添足。

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画蛇添足的成语故事告诉我们，我们做事不能多此一举，因为可能会造成你失去一些东西。无论做什么事情都要尊重客观事实，实事求是。要不然只会弄巧成拙，成为大家茶余饭后的笑谈。

英语寓言故事The Prophet

The Prophet

A WIZARD, sitting in the marketplace, was telling the fortunes of

the passers-by when a person ran up in great haste, and

announced to him that the doors of his house had been broken open

and that all his goods were being stolen. He sighed heavily and

hastened away as fast as he could run. A neighbor saw him

running and said, "Oh! you fellow there! you say you can foretell

the fortunes of others; how is it you did not foresee your own?

真的小猛士：美国9岁男孩徒手斗鳄鱼

A brave 9-year-old is recovering in hospital after he wrestled a 9-foot, 400lb alligator off him with his bare hands - and he now plans to make a necklace from a tooth doctors found embedded in a wound on his back.

美国佛罗里达州一名9岁的小男孩，在湖中游泳时，遭到一条长9英尺(约2.7米长)、重400磅(约180多公斤)的短吻鳄袭击，赤手与其搏斗之后，小男孩身上多处受伤，目前正在医院治疗中。医生从他背部的伤口里取出一颗短吻鳄的牙齿，小男孩表示想把它做成项链。

James Barney Jr, spoke calmly and eloquently about his ordeal from hospital, where he was tucked up in bed with a teddy bear by his side. He was covered in some 30 teeth marks, doctors said.

小男孩名叫小詹姆斯·巴尼，他在医院里平静、生动地讲述了自己与短吻鳄搏斗的经历，在他床边还放有一只泰迪熊。医生说，小詹姆斯全身有30多处牙印。

The little boy described how it was a hot day so he had parked his bike and jumped into Lake Tohopekaliga - a lake that people are forbidden to swim in - when he felt something brush against his leg.

小詹姆斯说那天特别热，于是他就把自行车停在一旁自己跳进了托霍普卡莱加湖，这个湖是禁止人们在里面游泳的，刚一进去他就感觉有东西擦到他的腿了。

It really amazed me what happened. At first, I thought someone was just playing with me, and I didnt know what happened, he told ABC.

“后来发生的事情真的让我大吃一惊。但开始的时候，我以为是有人在跟我闹着玩，我并不知道发生了什么事情。”他告诉美国广播公司(ABC)的记者。

I reached down to grab it, and I felt its jaw, I felt its teeth, and I didnt know what to do, so I immediately reacted and hit it a couple times. And I had enough strength to pry its jaw open. The child pulled the powerful jaws open long enough to slide out and swim to shore.

“我潜入水中抓住了它，摸到了它的下巴，摸到了它的牙齿，可不知道该怎么做，不过我立刻就反应过来了赶紧猛打了它几下，并使劲撑开了它的嘴巴。”小詹姆斯把它的嘴巴撑得足够大后赶紧退后并向岸边游去。

Witnesses say the boy surfaced, screaming that hed been bitten by an alligator. They immediately called 911.

目击者称小男孩浮出水面后尖叫着说自己被一只短吻鳄咬到了。于是他们立刻拨打911报警。

[英语的寓言故事The Prophet

The Fox and the Crow 狐狸和乌鸦

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crows beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞

[英语寓言趣味故事The Fox and the Crow

本文是写作翻译频道为您准备的《圣诞节英语作文大全：圣诞老人的小故事》请大家参考!

圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。 也传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称st.nicholas。据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教，名叫圣尼古拉，死后被尊为圣徒，是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头。每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方而来，由烟囱进入各家，把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前。所以，西方人过圣诞节时，父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里，圣诞夜时挂在孩子们的床头上。第二天，孩子们醒来后的第一件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物

chrismas father was the descendant of a deity called odin. it‘s also said that chrismas father comes from san nichola, so he is also called st.nicholas. he was the bishop of asia minor city of rafah and he was called a man of god after his death. he is an old man in red clothes and he wears a red hat.he has white mustache. he comes from the north on a blowmobile every chrismas day. he went into people‘s houses by the track and he put the presents into children‘s socks. so in western countries,parents put the gifts to their kids in kids‘ socks and put them on the head of the bed on chrismas eve. on the second day, the first thing after kids wake up is to find the presents from chrismas fathers.

[圣诞老人的小故事英语作文

寓言故事是文学体裁的一种。含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事。它的结构简短，多用借喻手法，使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单的故事中体现。

【画蛇添足】

有个楚国贵族，在祭祀过祖宗后，把一壶祭酒赏给门客们喝。门客们拿着这壶酒，不知如何处理。他们觉得，这么多人喝一壶酒，肯定不够，还不如干脆给一个人喝，喝得痛痛快快还好些。可是到底给谁好呢?于是，门客们商量了一个好主意，就是每个人各自在地上画一条蛇，谁先画好了这壶酒就归谁喝。大家都同意这个办法。

门客们一人拿一根小棍，开始在地上画蛇。有一个人画得很快，不一会儿，他就把蛇画好了，于是他把酒壶拿了过来。正待他要喝酒时，他一眼瞅见其他人还没把蛇画完，他便十分得意地又拿起小棍，边自言自语地说：“看我再来给蛇添上几只脚，他们也未必画完。”边说边给画好的蛇画脚。

不料，这个人给蛇画脚还没完，手上的酒壶便被旁边一个人一把抢了过去，原来，那个人的蛇画完了。这个给蛇画脚的人不依，说：“我最先画完蛇，酒应归我喝!”那个人笑着说：“你到现在还在画，而我已完工，酒当然是我的!”画蛇脚的人争辩说：“我早就画完了，现在是趁时间还早，不过是给蛇添几只脚而已。”那人说：“蛇本来就没有脚，你要给它添几只脚那你就添吧，酒反正你是喝不成了!”

那人毫不客气地喝起酒来，那个给蛇画脚的人却眼巴巴看着本属自己而现在已被别人拿走的酒，后悔不已。

有些人自以为是，喜欢节外生枝，卖弄自己，结果往往弄巧成拙，不正像这个画蛇添足的人吗?

【邻人献玉】

魏国的一个农夫有一次在犁田时突然听到一声震响。他喝住耕牛，刨开土层一看，原来是犁铧撞上了一块直径一尺、光泽碧透的异石。农夫不知是玉，所以跑到附近田里请邻人过来观看。那邻人一看是块罕见的玉石，于是起了歹心。他编了一套谎话对农夫说：“这是个不祥之物，留着它迟早会生祸患。你不如把它扔掉。”农夫一时还拿不定主意。他心想：“这么漂亮的一块石头，假如不是怪石，扔掉了多么可惜。”农夫犹豫了一会儿，最后还是决定把它拿回家去，先摆在屋外的走廊上观察一下，看看到底是怎么一回事。

那天夜里，宝玉忽然光芒四射，把整个屋子照得像白昼一样。农夫全家人被这种神奇的景象惊呆了。农夫又跑去找那邻人。邻人趁机吓唬他说：“这就是石头里的妖魔在作怪。你只有马上把这块怪石扔掉才能消灾除祸!”听了这话以后，农夫急忙把玉石扔到了野地里。时隔不久，那邻人跑到野外把玉石搬回了自己的家。

第二天，那邻人拿这块玉石去献给魏王。魏王把玉工召来品评其价值。那玉工一见这块玉石，不觉大吃一惊。他急忙朝魏王跪下，连连叩头，然后起身对魏王说：“恭喜圣上洪福，您得到了一块稀世珍宝。我虽然当了这么多年的玉工，还从来没有见过这样大、这样好的玉石。”魏王问：“这块玉石值多少钱?”玉工说：“这是一件无价之宝，难以用金钱计算它的价值。世上的繁华都市里有各种各样的玉石，但没有哪一块能与它媲美。”魏王听了这话以后大喜，当即赏给献玉者一千斤黄金，同时还赐予他终生享用大夫俸禄的待遇。

狡诈的人因骗取的玉石而受赏食禄，而善良的穷苦人却还蒙在鼓里一点也不知道。

【良臣尹绰】

尹绰和赦(she)厥同在赵简子手下做官，赦厥为人圆滑，会见风使舵，看主人的脸色行事，从来不说让主子不高兴的话。尹绰就不是这样，他性格率直，对主子忠心耿耿尽职尽责。

一次赵简子带尹绰、赦厥及其他随从外出打猎，一只灰色的大野兔窜出来，赵简子命随从全部出动，策马追捕野兔子，谁抓到野兔谁受上奖。众随从奋力追捕野兔，结果踩坏了一大片庄稼。野兔子抓到了，赵简子十分高兴，对抓到野兔的随从大加奖励。尹绰表示反对，批评赵简子的做法不妥。赵简子不高兴地说：“这个随从听从命令，动作敏捷，能按我的旨意办事，我为什么不能奖励他呢?”尹绰说：“他只知道讨好您而不顾老百姓种的庄稼，这种人不值得奖励。当然，错误的根源应该是在您的身上，您不提出那样的要求，他也不会那样去做。”赵简子心里闷闷不乐。

又一次，赵简子因头天晚上饮酒过多，醉卧不起，直到第二天已近晌午，仍在醉梦中。这时，楚国一位贤人应赵简子3月前的邀请前来求见，赦厥接待了那位贤人。为了不打扰赵简子睡觉，赦厥婉言推辞了那位楚国人的求见，结果使那位贤人扫兴而去。赵简子直睡到黄昏才醒来，赦厥除了关心赵简子是否睡得香甜外，对来人求见的事只是轻描淡写地敷衍了几句。

赵简子常对手下人说：“赦厥真是我的好助手，他真心爱护我，从不肯在别人面前批评我的过错，深怕伤害了我。可是尹绰就不是这样，他对我的一点缺点都毫不放过，哪怕是当着许多人的面也对我吹毛求疵，一点也不顾及我的面子。”

尹绰听到这些话后，依然不放过赵简子。他又跑去找赵简子，他对赵简子说：“您的话错了!作为臣下，就应帮助完善您的谋略和您的为人。赦厥从不批评您，他从不留心您的过错，更不会教您改错。我呢，总是注意您的处世为人及一举一动，凡有不检点或不妥之处，我都要给您指出来，好让您及时纠正，这样我才算尽到了臣子的职责。如果我连您的丑恶的一面也加以爱护，那对您有什么益处呢?丑恶有什么可爱的呢?如果您的丑恶越来越多，那又如何能保持您美好的形象和尊严呢?”

赵简子听了，似有所悟。

可见，真正的爱护并不是一味讨好，而是在发现对方的缺点错误后，能真心指出并帮助其改正，使之不断完美起来。

【割席断交】

管宁和华歆(xin)在年轻的时候，是一对非常要好的朋友。他俩成天形影不离，同桌吃饭、同榻读书、同床睡觉，相处得很和谐。

有一次，他俩一块儿去劳动，在菜地里锄草。两个人努力干着活，顾不得停下来休息，一会儿就锄好了一大片。

只见管宁抬起锄头，一锄下去，“噹”一下，碰到了一个硬东西。管宁好生奇怪，将锄到的一大片泥土翻了过来。黑黝黝的泥土中，有一个黄澄澄的东西闪闪发光。管宁定睛一看，是块黄金，他就自言自语地说了句：“我当是什么硬东西呢，原来是锭金子。”接着，他不再理会了，继续锄他的草。

“什么?金子!”不远处的华歆听到这话，不由得心里一动，赶紧丢下锄头奔了过来，拾起金块捧在手里仔细端详。

管宁见状，一边挥舞着手里的锄头干活，一边责备华歆说：“钱财应该是靠自己的辛勤劳动去获得，一个有道德的人是不可以贪图不劳而获的财物的。”

华歆听了，口里说：“这个道理我也懂。”手里却还捧着金子左看看、右看看，怎么也舍不得放下。后来，他实在被管宁的目光盯得受不了了，才不情愿地丢下金子回去干活。可是他心里还在惦记金子，干活也没有先前努力，还不住地唉声叹气。管宁见他这个样子，不再说什么，只是暗暗地摇头。

又有一次，他们两人坐在一张席子上读书。正看得入神，忽然外面沸腾起来，一片鼓乐之声，中间夹杂着鸣锣开道的吆喝声和人们看热闹吵吵嚷嚷的声音。于是管宁和华歆就起身走到窗前去看究竟发生了什么事。

原来是一位达官显贵乘车从这里经过。一大队随从佩带着武器、穿着统一的服装前呼后拥地保卫着车子，威风凛凛。再看那车饰更是豪华：车身雕刻着精巧美丽的图案，车上蒙着的车帘是用五彩绸缎制成，四周装饰着金线，车顶还镶了一大块翡翠，显得富贵逼人。

管宁对于这些很不以为然，又回到原处捧起书专心致志地读起来，对外面的喧闹完全充耳不闻，就好像什么都没有发生一样。

华歆却不是这样，他完全被这种张扬的声势和豪华的排场吸引住了。他嫌在屋里看不清楚，干脆连书也不读了，急急忙忙地跑到街上去跟着人群尾随车队细看。

管宁目睹了华歆的所作所为，再也抑制不住心中的叹惋和失望。等到华歆回来以后，管宁就拿出刀子当着华歆的面把席子从中间割成两半，痛心而决绝地宣布：“我们两人的志向和情趣太不一样了。从今以后，我们就像这被割开的草席一样，再也不是朋友了。”

真正的朋友，应该建立在共同的思想基础和奋斗目标上，一起追求、一起进步。如果没有内在精神的默契，只有表面上的亲热，这样的朋友是无法真正沟通和理解的，也就失去了做朋友的意义了。

He looked at us and said, "I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish."

He looked at us and said, "I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish."

Frank‘s voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"

Frank‘s voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"

He paused and then went on, "I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.‘

He paused and then went on, "I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.‘

Near Chinas northern borders lived a man well versed in the practices of Taoism. His horse, for no reason at all, got into the territory of the northern tribes. Everyone commiserated with him.

"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing," said his father.

After a few months, his animal came back, leading a fine horse from the north. Everyone congratulated him.

"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a cause of misfortune," said his father.

Since he was well-off and kept good horses his son became fond of riding and eventually broke his thigh bone falling from a horse. Everyone commiserated with him.

"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing," said his father.

One year later, the northern tribes started a big invasion of the border regions. All able-bodied young men took up arms and fought against the invaders, and as a result, around the border nine out of ten men died. This mans son did not join in the fighting because he was crippled and so both the boy and his father survived.

中国北部边界附近住着一个人精通道教的实践。他的马,毫无理由,进入北方部落的领地。每个人都同情他。

“也许这会是一个祝福,”他的父亲说。

几个月后,他的动物回来,主要来自北方的马。每个人都祝贺他。

“也许这会是不幸的一个原因,”他的父亲说。

因为他是富裕和保持良好马他儿子喜欢骑,最终摔断了腿骨从一匹马。每个人都同情他。

“也许这会是一个祝福,”他的父亲说。

一年后,北方部落开始入侵边境地区。所有强壮的年轻人拿起武器反对侵略者,结果,在边境的十个人死亡。这个人的儿子没有加入战斗,因为他是残疾,所以男孩和他的父亲活了下来。

“太阳底下最光辉的事业”、“人类灵魂的工程师”……不知道有多少人用这样深情的字眼来讴歌教师这一平凡而又伟大的职业!曾经的她也是一样，憧憬着自己手拿粉笔奋起疾书的画面。经过几年的努力，她成了一名优秀的小学英语老师。今天小编就来分享最美英语老师王云的故事,希望读者喜欢。

最美英语老师王云的故事

一、精备每节课

从十四年前踏上讲台的那一刻，她就明白自己的生活就是这样的单调：学校，家，与那灯火柳绿的社会，她始终保持应该有的距离。在她毕业第一年的时候，也是她小学英语起步的第一年，学校给她的就是一本书，别的什么也没有，于是，别人所有的休闲时间，她都用来制作教具，自己动手画课文的插图，寻找一切可以用来辅助教学的工具，当时就有很多人劝她：英语又不是作为主科的，最后也不要考试，你干嘛这么认真，差不多就行了!对于别人的“善意提醒”，她只能抱以一笑，坚持沉浸在自己的“快乐”之中，为了上出一节让学生感兴趣的课，为了让自己的每一节课都达到自己满意的效果，为了那一张张充满期待的小脸和初学英语的热情和喜悦，她所有的辛苦和努力都显得是那么的有价值。

二、争当好老师

在她心目中，希望学生把她当作朋友一样，可以交心的。所以她一直努力营造一种更为和谐的师生关系，无论是生活中，还是学习上，她都乐意为他们排忧解难，她希望每一个在自己课堂上的学生都是“亲其师而信其道”的，她的坚持，从后来到她课堂上听课的老师那儿得来的反馈得到了很好的印证，每一个老师都能感受到她与学生之间的融洽，她在关注学生时的投入与真诚，学生在听时的入神，教师与学生互动的和谐，她觉得这已经成为了一种享受。她常用乐观无私的心态看待自己的职业，她从中发现无尽的快乐，汲取工作的热情，收获成功的喜悦。

刚毕业时所教的四年级学生中，有一个叫陆曼的小女孩，活泼，开朗，特别喜欢学英语，课堂表现特别的棒，王老师一直以为她是一个优秀的学生，后来通过与其他老师还有她家长的交流，才知道，她的语文成绩只有六十几分，数学也好不到哪儿去，王老师就觉得很困惑，这样一个热情向上的小女孩怎么就成了别的老师眼中的“差生”了呢?王老师不能理解，更不能接受，于是总是利用课间的时候找学生聊聊天，终于知道，原来她的语、数成绩不好，是因为她不喜欢语文和数学老师，觉得她们太严厉了，就讨厌学习这两门课程，所以就越学越差。真的，如果只是因为这种原因，让这样一个原本可以很优秀的学生就这样放弃了自己，真是太可惜了。王老师耐心的开导陆曼，告诉她，每一个老师的教学方法有不同，但每一个老师的出发点都是一样的，都是为了学生好，希望他们能够进步，学有所得。这是一个懂事的女孩，通过与科任老师的协调，对于陆曼的点滴进步都予以表扬，很快，陆曼就让王老师看到了出乎意料的效果，最后考上了南京晓庄师范学校。王老师很感动，感动于自己当初的坚持，其实这样的学生她每一年都会遇到，并且她也一如继往的以自己的耐心和爱心去感化，教育他们，希望每一个孩子都成为一朵美丽的花朵，为祖国贡献一份自己的力量。

三、热衷教科研

打铁还需自身硬，她不是一名专业的英语老师，却从此踏上了英语教学的岗位，她知道自己将付出的要比别人多得多，每一个单词，每一篇课文，在教学生之前，都要反反复复的跟录音读很多遍。在教学之余，她能潜心钻研，认真学习教学理念，充实自己，完善自己，积极的撰写教学心得，总结在教学中的一些体会和经验，把实践的教学心得上升到理论的层次和高度，个人的多篇教研论文在省市教学杂志上发表，多篇论文在国家、省、市级评比中获奖，撰写的全镇英语质量分析报告连续3年获得县评比一等奖。此外，还积极参与课题研究，并将课程研究成果运用到日常英语教学中去，先后主持了县十五、十一五、十二五课题研究，均顺利结题。

功夫不负有心人，她的文章陆续发表于各类报刊、杂志，各类评比的荣誉证书接踵而至，指导学生的习作大量发表，自己也成为一名县小学英语教学能手。

四、争做好队友

工作中她都能够坚持发挥自己乐于助人的善良本性，无论是哪一个老师需要帮助，她都会不遗余力的去贡献自己的力量。所以，每一个老师在需要上公开课，或者比赛课，或者是教学中有什么困惑的时候，都喜欢来找她，和她一起探讨，或者请她帮忙出主意，做课件等等，同事们的信任对她来说就是最大的动力，记不清有多少个夜晚为了别人的课，或是别人的课件她熬到深夜，有时候只是为一句话，或是一个字体，一个图片，反反复复的修改，只是为了不辜负别人对她的信赖。看到同事们一个个取得喜人的成绩她也由衷的替她们感到高兴!

付出总有回报，她的努力获得了学校领导，同事，学生，家长的一致认何，这让她感到作为一个教师的无比幸福。她不知道，做一名好老师，究竟有什么样的标准，她只知道努力做一名好老师，并且将一直坚持下去!

乡村真美。此时正值夏季，田里的小麦都呈现金黄色而燕麦依然青绿。干草被堆放在低洼的草地上，广阔的树林围绕着

田野和草地，树林的中央有多处深邃的湖泊，在阳光最充足的地方矗立着一栋老旧的大宅邸。这栋宅邸被一条深长的壕沟所包围，茂盛的

叶子从这栋房子干部上的藤蔓往下长，延伸到河水的边缘。其中有一些叶子很大，小孩子可以拿它们来当雨伞。

在森林的深处有一只母鸭子坐在她的巢中，她的小鸭子们即将孵出来。

终于蛋一个接一个地开始裂了。 “吱，吱！”小鸭们叫着。“呱，呱！”母鸭回道。“这个世界好大啊！”小鸭子异口同声道。

The countryside was lovely. It was summer. The wheat was golden and the oats were still

green. The hay was stacked in the low-lying meadows. There lay great woods around the fields and meadows.

There were deep lakes in the midst of the woods. In the sunniest spot stood an old mansion surrounded by a deep moat.

Great leaves grew from the vines on the walls of the house right down to the waters edge.

Some of the leaves were so big that a child could use them as an umbrella.

In the depths of a forest a duck was sitting in her nest. Her little ducklings were about to be hatched.

At last one egg after another began to crack." Cheep, cheep!" the ducklings said." Quack, quack!" said the duck.

" How big the world is!" said all the young ones.

但最大的蛋依旧在那儿，于是她又再坐回她的巢中。

一只年长的鸭子过来拜访她说：“喂！你近来可好吗？”坐着的母鸭回答说：“这枚蛋花了很长的时间，

壳偏偏还不裂开，不过其他的小鸭都是最完美的鸭子，他们很像他们的爸爸。”

年长的鸭子说：“让我看看那枚不会裂开的蛋，你或许是坐在一枚火鸡的蛋上！我曾经像那样被骗过一次。不错，那是火鸡的蛋！

你最好不要管它，去教其它的小鸭游泳吧。”

“我要再多坐一会儿。”

But the biggest egg was still there. And then she settled herself on the nest again.

"Well, how are you getting on?" said an old duck who came to pay her a visit." This egg is taking such a long time," answered the sitting duck."

The shell will not crack, but the others are the finest ducklings. They are like their father."

"let me look at the egg which wont crack," said the old duck." You may be sitting on a turkeys egg!

I have been cheated like that once. Yes. its a turkeys egg!

You had better leave it alone and teach the other children to swim."

"I will sit on it a little longer."

终于这枚巨蛋裂开了。这小子可真是又大又丑！她说：“那是一只非常巨大的鸭子，其他的小鸭没有一只看起来像他一样。

他会是火鸡的孩子吗？我会尽快查清楚，我将叫他下水去。”

隔天这只母鸭带着她的一家人走到壕沟。

她跳入水中，“呱，呱，”她说，小鸭们一只接一只地跳进河里。

这只又大又丑的鸭子跟着他们一起游来游去，她说：“不是的，那不是火鸡。呱，呱！现在跟我来，我将带你们去参观这个世界，

要一直靠近我并小心猫！”第一天过去了，一切都还顺利。

At last the big egg cracked. How big and ugly the baby was! " That is a very big duckling." she said,

" None of the others look like that. Can he be a turkeys chick?

I will soon find out. I will make him go into water."

The next day the mother duck with her family went down to the moat. She said, and one duckling jumped in after another.

The big ugly one swam about with them." No, that is no turkey," she said," Quack, quack! Now come with me

and I will take you into the world. Keep close to me all the time. Be careful of the cat!"

The first day passed, and everything was fine.

之后，事情愈来愈糟。这只可怜的小鸭被所有的小鸭追逐和骚扰，因为他长得很丑。大鸭们咬他，母鸡们啄他，

而喂食他们的女孩把他踢到旁边去。于是他离家出走，不久就来到一片野鸭住的广阔沼泽。

他双疲倦又痛苦，因此他整晚都在那里。

早上这群野鸭们飞来看他们的新朋友。这些野鸭说：“你长得非常丑，但那对我们来说无所谓。”他在那里整整待了两天，

然后有两只野雁飞过来。就在那个时候，他听到“砰！砰！”的声音，那两只野雁摔落在芦苇丛中死了。

对这只可怜的小鸭子来说，那是一项很可怕的冲击。

Afterwards, matters grew worse and worse. The poor duckling was chased and harassed by all the ducklings because he was very ugly.

The ducks bit him, the hens pecked him. and the girl who fed them kicked him aside. Then he ran off and soon came to a great marsh where the wild ducks lived.

He was so tired and miserable that he stayed there the whole night.

In the morning the wild ducks flew up to see their new friend." You are very ugly," said the wild ducks," but that does not matter to us."

He stayed there two whole days . And then two wild geese came.

Just at that moment the sound of "Bang! Bang!" was heard, and both the wild geese fell dead among the reeds.

It was a terrible shock to the poor duckling.

一只巨大的狗出现在他的身边，离他很近。这只狗露出锐利的牙齿，继续往前走，没有碰他。

这只小鸭叹息说：“哦，谢谢老天爷！我是这么丑，因此连狗都不会咬我！”

晚上他来到一间小屋。这间小屋住着一位老婆婆和她的猫及母鸡。她的视力不好，以为这只小鸭是一只肥鸭。

她说：“要是我有了鸭蛋，我就发财了，”因此她留这只小鸭住了3个星期，但他并没有下蛋。

这只猫是这间房子的主人，而这只母鸡是女主人。

A big dog appeared close beside him. He showed his sharp teeth and went on without touching him.

"Oh, thank Heaven! I am so ugly that even the dog wont bite me!"

sighed the duckling.

In the evening he reached a little cottage where an old woman lived with her cat and her hen.

Her eyesight was not good, and she thought the duckling was a fat duck.

"I will be rich if I have duck eggs," she said.

So she took in the duckling for three weeks, but he laid no eggs.The cat was the master of the house

and the hen was the mistress.

母鸡说：“你能不能下蛋呢？”

小鸭回答说：“不能。”

这只猫说：“那么你最好离开到外面广阔的世界去。”就这样这只小鸭离开了。

有一天晚上，太阳刚刚下山，此时有一群漂亮的大鸟从矮树丛飞出来。

小鸭心想：“我从来没有看过这么漂亮的东西。”

"Can you lay eggs?" asked the hen.

"No," answered the duckling.

"Then you had better go out into the wide world," said the cat. So away went the duckling.

One evening the sun was just setting when a flock of beautiful large birds appeared out of the bushes.

The duckling thought," Ive never seen anything so beautiful."

他们有长长的脖子，全身是令人眩目的白色。他们是天鹅，他并不知道这些鸟是什么鸟。

冬天非常地寒冷刺骨，因此这只小鸭在水中游来游去以免冻僵了。

太阳又开始温暖地照耀着，云雀在歌唱，美丽的春天已经来临了。突然这只小鸭举起他的翅膀， 而翅膀拍动的力气要比以前大，

不知不觉中，他发觉自己已置身在一座巨大的花园里，花园里的苹果树开满了花，紫丁香长长的枝桠垂挂在湖岸边。

就在他的面前，他看到三只美丽的白天鹅向他游过来。

They were dazzlingly white with long necks. They were swans.

He did not know what the birds were.

The winter was so bitterly cold that the duckling swam about in the water to keep himself from freezing.

The sun began to shine warmly again. The larks were singing and beautiful spring had come.

Then, all at once, the duckling raised his wings and they flapped with much greater strength than before.

Before he knew it, he found himself in a large garden where the apple trees were in

full blossom and long branches of lilacs overhung the shores of the lake.

Just in front of him he saw three beautiful white swans swimming towards him.

“我将朝他们飞去而他们将会把我劈成粉碎，因为我长得非常丑。

不过没有关系，我宁愿被他们杀死也不愿被那些鸭子咬或是被那些母鸡啄。”

因此他飞入水中朝这些天鹅游过去，他们看到他就向他冲过来。

“杀死我吧，噢，杀死我吧！”可怜的小鸭说着朝水中低头，等待死亡的来临。

但他在清澈的水中看到什么样了呢？

"I will fly to them and they will hack me to pieces because I am so ugly.

But it doesnt matter. I would rather be killed by them than be bitten by the ducks or pecked by the hens."

So he flew into the water and swam towards the swans. They saw him and darted towards him.

"Kill me! Oh, kill me!" said the poor duckling,

and he waited for his death bowing his head towards the water.

But what did he see in the clear water? He was no longer a dark gray ugly bird.

他不再是只黑灰丑陋的鸟，他竟然是一只天鹅！

有些小孩手拿玉米和面包来到这个花园，将这些东西投入水中。

个子最小的那个孩子兴高采烈地大叫：“有一只新来的天鹅。”其他的孩子大叫：

“对啊！来了一只新的。”

他对着自己说：“当我是那只丑小鸭的时候，我从来也没梦想过我能够这么快乐！”

He was himself a swan!

Some children came into the garden with corn and pieces of bread, which they threw into the water.

The smallest child shouted with joy," There is a new one."

The other children shouted, "Yes, a new one has come."

He said to himself,

" I never dreamed that I could be so happy when I was the ugly duckling!"

英语寓言小故事：The Wolf and the Lamba

Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his 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." On 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.

狼和小羊

一只狼瞧见一只迷路失群的小羊，决定暂缓下毒手，想先找一些理由，对小羊证明自己有吃它的权利。它就说：「小鬼!你去年曾经骂过我。」小羊可怜地说：「老实说，我去年还没有出生呢。」狼再说：「你在我的草地上吃过草。」

小羊回答说：「不，好先生，我还未曾尝过草的味道呢。」狼又说：「你喝过我井里的水。」小羊叫道：「不，我从没有喝过水，因为直到今天为止，我都是吃着母亲的奶汁。」狼一听这话，便抓住它，把它吃下去，便说：「好!即使你驳倒我每一句话，我终究要吃晚餐的!」暴君总有他暴行的借口。

The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.

人一生，短短数载，不够时间计较，不够时间事事明细，不必在思前想后中耗磨时间，懂得享乐，人生贵在糊涂。

We all， at one time or another， have pretended to be a rock star， singing and dancing along to our favorite song。 Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults， in the privacy of our homes。 Me？ I love to do that when I drive！ I turn on the radio， find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm。 Most of the time， I do this on my way to work。

我们每个人，在不同时期，都曾经像一个摇滚歌星那样，伴着我们最爱的那首歌又唱又跳。很多人在小时候，甚至是已长大成人，都曾在我们自己房间和家里这样的隐秘空间里这样做过。我呢？我喜欢在开车的时候这样！打开收音机，找一首会唱的歌，很快我就会张开双臂，随着节奏起舞。大部分时候，我在上班的路上这么做。

Yes， that is true。 I will be in my nice work clothes， jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light。 I get weird looks from some people and others laugh。 Personally， I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly！

是的，那是真的。我会穿上我漂亮的工作服，在堵车和遇到交通灯时，有人就会用奇怪的眼神看着我，或者笑我。对我个人而言，我喜欢沉浸在一首歌的节奏中，由此我愿和你们分享：为人糊涂贵在何处。

The definition for the word silly， according to the dictionary is： stupid， foolish and nonsensical。 I know many people do not want to look foolish。 So they walk around all serious， which in all honesty， is foolish！

糊涂一词在字典中的定义是：愚蠢的，傻，荒谬的。我知道很多人都不想被人看作愚笨。所以他们在生活中始终一脸严肃，而这在本质上才是真正的愚笨。

No one is perfect， I repeat： no one is perfect。 I dont care how educated， how thin， how beautiful， how simple， how frugal， how rich， and so on… No one is perfect！ So why pretend to be something you are not？

人无完人，我重申一次：没有人是完美的。我不在乎一个人学识多深，身材多好，外表多美，思想多浅薄，生活多俭朴，多富有，等等……人无完人！那么，为什么要伪装成我们实际上本不是的呢？

Life is so short… You never know when this beautiful journey will be over， so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity？ Here is a quote by Souza， that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life：

人生何其短暂……你不会知道这美好的征程何时会结束，那么，为什么要浪费一分一秒，让自己变得棱角分明？这里引用索萨的话，我觉得她一语中的，是人生的一大秘方。

“Dance as though no one is watching you，

Love as though you have never been hurt before，

Sing as though no one can hear you，

Live as though heaven is on earth。“

跳舞吧，就像没有人欣赏一样，

去爱吧，就像没有受到伤害一样，

唱歌吧，就像没有人倾听一样，

生活吧，就像今天是最后一天一样。

When we were kids， we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others。 However， as we grew up， we lost that childlike innocence。

当我们还是孩子，我们天不怕，地不怕，无忧无虑，所以我们可以不在乎自己再别人眼中的形象去做事情。然而，当我们长大，我们失去了那种天真烂漫。

So dont lose the child that still lives within you。 The next time you feel down， go turn on your favorite song， and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow。 Or watch something that makes you laugh。 Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your tummy hurts。 Trust me， you will feel a whole lot better， and who doesnt want to feel good？

所以，不要丢失你心中那个小孩。下次你感到沮丧时，去打开你最爱的那首歌吧，随之歌唱起舞，就像没有明天一样。或者看点能让你笑的东西。笑声是除去任何烦恼良方，没有什么比笑到肚子疼更好的事了。相信我，你会好受很多，谁又不想让自己好受呢？