儿童简短英语寓言小故事

小孩子就要从小培养，教他英语也不例外。小编在此献上英语故事，希望对你有所帮助。

　儿童寓言故事:画饼充饥

relieving hunger with a picture of cakes

once in the three kingdoms period (220-280), the duke of the wei, cao rui, planed to select a very capable man to work for him. he said to his ministers: 'when choosing a talented person, always beware of one with a false reputation. a false reputation is just like a picture of a cake; it can' t ease hunger.'

译文

三国时代魏国的皇帝曹睿，准备选拔一个有才能的人到朝廷来做官。曹睿对他的大臣说：“选择人才，不能光找有虚名的人。虚名好像是画的一块饼，只能看，不能解决肚子饥饿的问题啊!”

寓意

后来人们就用“画饼充饥”这个成语比喻用空想安慰自己，不能解决实际问题。

later, this idiom came to be used to mean comforting oneself with unrealistic thoughts, without solving practical problems.

　儿童寓言故事:老人与死神

An old man was gathering sticks in a forest.

At last he grew very tired and hopeless. He threw down all the sticks and cried out, "I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would come and take me!"

As he spoke, Death appeared, and said to him, "What would you do, old man? I heard you call me."

"Please, sir," replied the old man, "would you help me lift this bundle of sticks up to my shoulder?"

译文

老人与死神

有个老人在森林中砍了不少柴，十分吃力地挑着走了很远的路。

一路上他累极了，实在挑不动了，便扔下柴担，叫喊起来：“这种日子我受不了了，死神啊，带我走吧。”

这时，死神来了，对他说：“老头，你想做什么，我听见你叫我?”

“先生”，老人说，“您能帮忙将那担子放在我的肩上吗?”

寓意

即使生活不幸，人们仍需爱惜生命。

　儿童寓言故事:孩子与苎麻

a child was careless ramie stabbed, he rushed home and told his mother: "i only lightly pengyi what, it was my painful thorns." mom said: "because of this, it will thorn you. if the next time you met ramie, to a

courageous and seize it, it will be in your hands become soft as silk, you will no longer be stabbed. "

一个小孩不小心被苎麻刺了，他急忙跑回家，告诉妈妈说：“我只轻轻地碰它一下，它就刺得我很痛。”妈妈说：“正因为如此，它才会刺你。下次你如果再碰到苎麻，要勇敢地一把抓住它，它就会在你的手中变得柔软如丝，

不再会刺伤你了。”

这是说，许多人都是服硬不服软的。 it is said that many people are serving hard against soft.