英語(yǔ)寓言小故事

1、英語(yǔ)寓言小故事MakingHisMark“刻舟求劍”AmanfromthestateofChuwastakingaboatacrossariverwhenhepedhisswdintothewatercarelessly.Immediatelyhemadeamarkonthesideoftheboatwheretheswdpedhopingtofinditlater.Whentheboatstoppedmovinghewentintot

2、hewatertosearchfhisswdattheplacewherehehadmarkedtheboat.Asweknowtheboathadmovedbuttheswdhadnot.Isn’tthisaveryfoolishwaytolookfaswd楚國(guó)有個(gè)人坐船渡江時(shí)，他不小心把自己的一把寶劍掉落江中。他馬上掏出一把小刀，在寶劍落水的船舷上刻上一個(gè)記號(hào)。船靠岸后，那楚人立即從船上刻記號(hào)的地方跳下水去撈取掉落的寶劍。他怎么找得

3、到寶劍呢？船繼續(xù)行駛，而寶劍卻不會(huì)再移動(dòng)。像他這樣去找劍，真是太愚蠢可笑了。ToPulluptheSeedlingstoHelpThemGrow“拔苗助長(zhǎng)”O(jiān)nceuponatimetherewasanoldfarmerwhoplantedaplotofrice.Afterheplantedtheseedlingseverydayhewenttothefieldtowatchtheseedlingsgrow.Hesawtheyoungs

4、hootsbreakthroughthesoilgrowtallereachdaybutstillhethoughttheyweregrowingtooslowly.Eventuallyhegotimpatientwiththeyoungplantssuddenlyhehituponanideathatonebyonehepulleduptheyoungplantsbyhalfaninch.Thenextearlymningtheyou

5、ngmancouldn’twaittocheckhis“achievement”buthewasheartbrokentoseeallthepulledupyoungplantsdying.從前，有個(gè)農(nóng)夫，種了稻苗（seedlings）后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田時(shí)，都發(fā)覺(jué)那些稻苗長(zhǎng)得非常慢。他等得很不耐煩。想了又想，他終于想到一個(gè)“最佳方法”，他將稻苗全都拔高了幾分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。哪知，卻看

6、到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。PluggingOne’sEarsWhileStealingaBell“掩耳盜鈴”O(jiān)nceuponatimetherewasamanwhowantedtostealhisneighb’sdobell.Howeverheknewclearlythatthebellwouldringcatchtheotherpeople’sattentionas古時(shí)幾個(gè)人分一壺酒。他們都想獨(dú)自喝完那壺酒，所以就定了一個(gè)規(guī)矩：每人在地上