英语小故事短文

英语小故事短文：男孩和钉子Oncetherewasalittleboywhohadabadtemper.Hisfathergavehimabagofnailsandtoldhimthateverytimehelosthistemper,hemusthammeranailintothefence.从前，有一个小男孩，他的脾气很坏。他的父亲送给他一袋钉子。告诉他说，他每发一次火，就必须将一颗钉子钉在栅栏上。Thefirstdaytheboyhammered37nailsintothefence.Overthenextfewweeks,ashelearnedtocontrolhisanger,thenumberofnailshammereddailydwindleddown.Hediscovereditwaseasiertoholdhistemperthantodrivethosenailsintothefence.第一天，男孩将37颗钉子钉进了栅栏。又过了几周，随着他学会控制自己的怒火，钉子的数目日益减少。他发现控制自己的脾气要比往栅栏上钉那些钉子容易。Finallythedaycamewhentheboydidn’tlosehistemperatall.Hetoldhisfatheraboutitandhisfathersuggestedthattheboynowpulloutonenailforeachdaythathewasabletoholdhistemper.最后，男孩再也不发火的日子终于来了。他把这件事告诉了他的父亲。他的父亲建议他现在每天能控制住自己的脾气，就拔掉一颗钉子。Thedayspassedandonedaytheyoungboytoldhisfatherthatallthenailsweregone.Thefathertookhissonbythehandandledhimtothefence.Thefencewouldneverbethesame.“Whenyousaythingsinanger,theyleaveascarjustlikethosenails,”hisfathersaid.又过去了好几天。有一天，男孩对他的父亲说，所有的钉子都没有了。男孩的父亲拉住他的手，将他领到了栅栏边。栅栏再也不是从前的样子了。“当你生气的说出事情时，它们就像那些钉子一样留下了伤疤。”他的父亲说。袋鼠与笼子(KangaroosandtheCage)Onedaythestaffmembersofazoocalledameetingtodiscusstheproblem--howtodealwiththekangaroosthatwerefoundoutofthecage.Theycametotheconclusionthatthecagewasplacedtoolowanddecidedtoraiseitfromonetotwometershigh.Butthenextdaythekangarooswerestillatlargeandtheyagainraisedthecagetothreemeters.有一天，动物园的管理员们发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了，于是开会讨论，一致认为是笼子的高度过低，所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的1米加高到2米。结果第二天他们发现，袋鼠还是跑到外面来，所以他们又决定再将高度加高到3米。Quitebeyondtheirexpectationthenextmorningtheysawthekangaroosstillfreetogoabout.Theywerealarmedanddeterminedtogotoallthelengthbyraisingthecagetotheheightoftenmeters.没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面，于是管理员们大为紧张，决定一不做二不休，将笼子的高度加高到10米。Lateragiraffe,whilechattingwithsomekangaroos,askedthem,“Doyouthinktheywillgoonraisingyourcage?”一天，长颈鹿和几只袋鼠在闲聊，“你们看，这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子?”长颈鹿问。“Hardtosay,”saidakangaroo,“iftheycontinueforgettingtofastenthecagedoor.”“很难说。”袋鼠说，“如果他们再继续忘记关门的话!”风和太阳(TheWindAndTheSun)Onedaythewindsaidtothesun,“Lookatthatmanwalkingalongtheroad.Icangethiscloakoffmorequicklythanyoucan.”(有一天风跟太阳说:“看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来.)“Wewillseeaboutthat,”saidthesun.“Iwillletyoutryfirst.”(“我们等着看吧,”太阳说,“我让你先试.)Sothewindtriedtomakethemantakeoffhiscloak.Heblewandblew,butthemanonlypulledhiscloakmorecloselyaroundhimself.(因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹,可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.)“Igiveup,”saidthewindatlast.“Icannotgethiscloakoff.”Thenthesuntried.Heshoneashardashecould.Themansoonbecamehotandtookoffhiscloak.(“我放弃了,”风最后说,“我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久,那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.)TheFoxandtheCrowOnedayacrowstoodonabranchnearhisnestandfeltveryhappywiththemeatinhismouth.Atthattime,afoxsawthecrowwiththemeat,soheswallowedandeagerlythoughtofaplantogetthemeat.However,whateverthefoxsaidtothecrow,thecrowjustkeptsilent.Untilthefoxthoughthighlyofthecrow’sbeautifulvoice,thecrowfeltflatteredandopenedhismouthtosing.Assoonasthemeatfelldowntotheground,thefoxtookthemeatandwentintohishole.“狐狸和乌鸦”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，钻回了洞英语幽默小故事：ProwlingCatAladyhadabeautifulblackcat,Midnight,whospenthisdaysoutsideandcameindoorsatnight.一位女士拥有一只非常美丽的黑猫，叫做子夜，它会在晚上跑出去玩一阵，再回家来。Onecrispfalleveninghedisappeared.然而在一个凉爽的傍晚，它消失了。Theladysearchedforhiminvain.女士苦苦找寻而徒劳无功。Thefollowingspring,however,Mdnightreappeared,lookinghealthyandclean.Shefiguredhe'dbeensowinghiswildoats.第二年春天，子夜又回来了，看上去干净又健康的样子。。女士想着：它大概在外面种了燕麦吧。Everythingwasbacktonormal,untilthatfall,whenMidnightdisappearedagain.一切如旧，直到这年秋天，子夜又消失了。Thenextspring,hereturned.Perplexedtheladywentdoortodoorquestioningothersinthearea.再接下来的春天，它又回来了。女士感到十分困惑，一家一家地询问附近的邻居。Finallysherangthebellofanoldercouple.最终她按响了一对老夫妇的门铃。Ablackcat?theoldwomansaid,Ohyes,MyhusbandandIhatedtoseehimoutinthecold,soweboughtacatcarrier.WetakehimtoFloridaeverywinter.“一只黑猫？”老妇人说，“啊，是的。我们夫妇俩不想让它在外面挨冻，于是我们就买了一个猫笼，每年冬天都带它去弗洛里达。”