英语寓言故事精选
第一则：Making His Mark 刻舟求剑
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢?船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。
第二则：Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It 画蛇添足
Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake. However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?" The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It." tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他的蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说："有谁见过长脚的蛇?"。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的。
第三则：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.
Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
【译文】
一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。
他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”
他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。
不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。
第四则：The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
【译文】
老猫
一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。
于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”
拓展阅读
1、英语寓言小故事带翻译
The goose with the golden eggs生金蛋的鹅
One morning a countryman went to his goose‘s nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there.
一天早晨，一位农夫发现自家的鹅窝中有一只金灿灿的蛋。
He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold.
他将蛋带回家，惊喜地发现这是一个金蛋。
Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.
此后，农夫每天都能得到一个金蛋。从此，他靠卖他的金蛋变得富有起来。
The countryman became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the gold at once, so he killed the goose, when he looked inside, he found nothing in its body.
农夫变得越来越贪婪，他想一下子得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀*鹅，但是，鹅肚子中什么也没有。
2、简短的寓言故事100字：寓言故事精选:蓝色的豺狗
一条名叫桑达拉瓦的豺狗，住在树林里的一个地方。有一天，他饿极了，便窜进了村子。但是村里的狗看见他跑来跑去，便用尖利的牙去咬他。豺狗被咬得鲜血淋淋，怕丢了性命，便跳进一只装满靛青染料的大缸里。等他出来的时候，全身都变成了蓝色，这一来，倒把所有的狗都吓跑了，因为他们以前从来没有见过这样的豺狗，不知道他是从哪儿来的。然而，桑达拉瓦却决定利用这偶然的事件，重新跑回树林里。他身上的颜色再也没有消失。
树林里其他动物看见了这只皮毛又蓝又亮的新奇动物，都吓得要死，四散奔逃——狮子，老虎，豹子，狼——都喊着：“这只动物是从哪里来的？”谁都不知道他是怎么一回事，谁都不知道他的力量。“我们赶快逃跑吧！”
桑达拉瓦看见所有的动物都这么害怕他，就说：“哈！哈！你们这些动物呀，你们为什么要吓成这样呢？别跑，不要怕！是婆罗门本人有二天把我叫去了，说：‘由于动物没有王，我给你涂油，让你当他们的主人，赐名卡库德鲁玛。现在到大地上去吧，去统治他们！’这就是为什么我到这里来。从今以后，所有的动物都在我的保护之下！我，卡库德鲁玛大王，是这个世界上所有的动物之王！”
听了这些话，所有的动物，以狮子为首，围住豺狗，说：“大王啊，请你发号施令吧！”
于是豺狗任命狮子担任大臣，老虎守卫他的土地，豹子经管摈榔的供应，大象站首当大门的门卫，猴子打着华盖。但是对他自己的那些同类，他却一句话也不说。所有的豺狗被提着脖子，扔了出去。
在这条豺狗当王进行统治的时期，狮子和其他猛兽总是捕杀了猎物，放到他的脚下，然后由他分配给每一个吃。
有一天，他正在举行国务会议，听见了远处豺狗群的叫喊声。这叫喊声使他脑袋上的毛都快乐得竖了起来，他的眼睛里也充满了眼泪。他站起来，尖厉地吼叫了一声。狮子和别的动物一听，心想，他原来是条豺狗！他们都站起来，眼睛羞愧地望着地面。他们互相说道：“我们竟让一条可恶的豺狗统治着！把他打死！把他打死！”豺狗听了想逃跑，但是狮子和别的动物却把撕成了碎片，杀*。
因此，我说：“谁疏远了亲近的朋友，去结交陌生人，谁就会被死亡击倒，即使这位卡库德鲁玛大王也是一样。
3、寓言故事精选：野猪的悲剧
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。下面是相关的范文精选，快来看看吧。
深冬，野猪在森林里饱受觅食的艰辛，于是想起自己的远房亲戚家猪来――吃喝有人伺候，而且除了吃就是睡觉与作乐，那样的生活不是自己所向往的吗?不过它马上又清醒了，有人供吃供喝固然不错，但是也是有代价的，那就是死。人类养猪不就是为了吃肉吗?想到这里野猪打了寒颤，紧接着是对家猪的同情，自己觅食固然辛苦，但保住小命更为重要啊。
然而在饿了三天之后野猪又动摇了：家猪之所以被杀，那是因为它没有反抗能力，而我不一样啊。我身体强壮。又有锋利的獠牙，何不混在家猪里先吃上一个冬天，到时候再逃出去也未尝不可啊。当晚，它轻易地跳进了猪圈。整整一个冬天野猪和其它家猪一样吃了睡睡了吃。
过年了，农户发现了野猪，膘肥体壮，肉味一定比一般的家猪鲜美，于是准备第二天宰杀野猪。野猪决定在前一天晚上逃命，然而此时的它已经跳不过猪圈――几个月的暴食加上没有往日在山中的跋涉磨练，它已经失去了反抗的能力，只好任人宰割。
鹦鹉与老牛
一个农夫养了一只会说话的鹦鹉和一只会干活的牛，除这两件东西外，家里再没有值钱的东西了。
一次，牛从田地干活归来，汗流浃背，气喘吁吁，刚一进院，便躺在地上，站不起来了。它已疲惫不堪。鹦鹉见状，十分感慨地说：“老牛呀，你那样吃苦受累，可主人夸过你了吗?还不是说你干活慢，有牛脾气。你呀，可真是受累不讨好呀，真可悲。你瞧我，不用干活，还让主人伺候着，主人还经常表扬我，说我真会说话，会学舌，太可爱了。你说我是不是比你聪明多了?你是否知道自己是个大傻瓜?"
老牛说：“我知道自己傻，但我相信主人不傻，靠漂亮话只能得宠一时，不能得宠一世。”
鹦鹉听了老牛的话感到十分不悦。于是双方便都沉默了。
夜里，农夫家里来了一伙强盗，他们抓住了农夫，逼迫农夫交出一件值钱的东西，否则就要杀死农夫。鹦鹉看在眼里，心想，农夫最不喜欢老牛了，他肯定会把老牛交给强盗的。可结果恰恰相反，农夫将鹦鹉交给了强盗。
鹦鹉不服气，它问农夫，为什么不把牛交给强盗?农夫说：“其实这道理很简单，没有牛就不能耕田，我就得挨饿，甚至被饿死，而没有鹦鹉，只不过少听一些漂亮话而已，无关紧要。
充满信心过简单生活
在北京奥运会上大出风头，连拿八块金牌的美国游泳名将菲尔普斯，赛后在接受记者采访时说：“我算是个天才吗?我也不知道是不是，我不知道什么叫做天才。我的人生信条就是充满信心地过简单生活。”
他的生活到底有多简单呢?菲尔普斯的母亲非常心疼地说，儿子的全部生活只有三件事：吃饭、睡觉、游泳。教练鲍伯，鲍曼说：菲尔普斯的生活，就是从十二岁到现在每周训练七天，每天游十二公里，还要参加各种陆上有氧训练。在北京的奥运村，菲尔普斯每天除了比赛和训练以外，基本上就待在房间里看电视，听音乐。
正是这日复一日，年复一年的简单生活，让菲尔普斯全神贯注，心无旁骛地参加训练，就像一个高速旋转的陀螺;让他不受干扰，不被诱惑，盯着一个目标往前冲，给他更多的时间和精力来冲击人类极限，创造奥运史上的辉煌。
余秋雨曾说：“一个成功的企业，它的经营模式一定是简单的;一个伟大的人物，他的人际关系一定是简单的;一个危机处理专家，他抓住问题的思路一定是简单的;一部划时代的着作，它的核心理念也一定是简单的。”深谙生活本质的人生也一定是简单的。
4、英语寓言小故事带翻译
When the fox first saw the lion he was terribly frightened. He ran away, and hid himself in the woods.
狐狸第一次见到狮子时非常害怕，赶紧藏到森林里。
The second time, however, he came near the lion. He stopped at a safe distance, and watched him pass by.
当他第二次遇到狮子时，则站在附近看狮子经过。
The third time they came near one another.The fox went straight up to the lion, and stayed the whole day with him. He asked the lion how his family was, and when they would meet again.
第三次遇到狮子时，他竟有胆量，走了上去，与狮子进行十分亲切的谈话。
They soon became good friends.
不久，他们变成了好朋友。
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