小學四年級經典英語故事

　　英語故事閱讀對豐富小學生的語言知識和提高語言素養有著積極的意義,同時也是非常適合小學生的一種學習渠道。小編精心收集了，供大家欣賞學習!

　　：狼和鸛雀

　　Wolf, having a bone stuck in his throat, hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his throat, and draw out the bone.

　　一隻狼喉嚨鯁了一根骨頭，便用很多錢去僱請一隻鸛雀，將頭伸進他的喉嚨中，把那塊骨頭取出來。

　　When the Crane had extracted the bone, and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: "Why, you have surely already a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf."

　　當鸛雀拔出那塊骨頭，向他索取約定的報酬，狼卻呲牙咧齒地說：「怎麼?允許你的頭從一隻狼的嘴巴和牙床中安全地伸出來，已經是莫大的報酬了。」為惡人效勞，不要希望得到報酬;要是能避免傷害，已經是萬幸了.

　　：蝙蝠和鼠狼THE BAT AND THE WEASELSA

　　Bat falling upon the ground was caught by a Weasel, of whom he earnestly besought his life. The Weasel refused, saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus saved his life.

　　一隻蝙蝠墜落到地面上來，被一隻鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求討饒。鼠狼不答應，說它自己最愛和鳥類為敵。蝙蝠便證明它自己不是鳥，只是一隻老鼠，因此鼠狼就放了它。

　　Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell on the ground, and was caught by another Weasel, whom he like wise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat; and thus a second time escaped. It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

　　不久這隻蝙蝠又墜落到地上來，被另一隻鼠狼捉住，它同樣地哀求討饒。那鼠狼說它自己最恨老鼠，蝙蝠證明自己並不是老鼠，而是一隻蝙蝠;因此，它第二次又安然地逃離危險了。隨機應變乃聰明之舉。

　　：父親和孩子們THE FATHER AND HIS SONSA

　　Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.

　　一位父親有幾個孩子，這些孩子時常發生口角。他絲毫沒有辦法來勸阻他們，只好讓他們看看不合群所帶來害處的例子。為了達到這個目的，有一天他叫他們替他拿一捆細柴來。當他們把柴帶來時，他便先後地將那捆柴放在每一個孩子的手中，吩咐他們弄斷這捆柴。他們一個個盡力去試，總是不能成功。

　　He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

　　然後他解開那捆柴，一根根地放在他們手裡，如此一來，他們便毫不費力地折斷了。於是他就告訴他們說：「孩子們!如果你們大家團結一致，互相幫助，你們就像這捆柴一樣，不能被你們的敵人折斷;但如果你們自行分裂，你們就將和這些散柴一般，不堪一折了。

　　：大力神與車伕

　　Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out.

　　一名車伕趕著貨車沿著一條非常泥濘的小路前行。

　　The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules, help me,please,“ he said.

　　突然，馬車的輪子陷入了泥潭，馬無法將它們拉出來。車伕扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出現，“大力神啊，請來幫助我。”他說。

　　But Hercules appeared to him, and said, “Man, don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“

　　大力神出現了，卻說：“朋友，用你的肩膀把車輪扛起來，再驅趕馬拉車出來。跪在那裡祈求我有什麼用呢?”

　　：哥哥的心願A Brother Like That

　　A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it.

　　"Is this your car, Mister?" he said.

　　Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas." the boy was astounded.

　　"You mean your brother gave it to you and it didnt cost you nothing? Boy, I wish . . ."　He hesitated.

　　Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He　was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

　　"I wish," the boy went on, "That I could be a brother like that."

　　Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"

　　"Oh yes, Id love that."

　　After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow, said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"

　　Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad　wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again.

　　"Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.

　　He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled[5] brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of Squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.

　　"there she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didnt cost him a cent. And some day Im gonna give you one just like it . . . then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Ive been

　　Trying to tell you about." Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. the shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said: "It is more blessed to give . . . "

　　聖誕節時，保羅的哥哥送他一輛新車。聖誕節當天，保羅離開辦公室時，一個男孩繞著那輛閃閃發亮的新車，十分讚歎地問：

　　"先生，這是你的車?"

　　保羅點點頭："這是我哥哥送給我的聖誕節禮物。"男孩滿臉驚訝，支支吾吾地說："你是說這是你哥送的禮物，沒花你一分錢?天哪，我真希望也能……"

　　保羅當然知道男孩他真想希望什麼。他希望能有一個象那樣的哥哥。但是小男孩接下來說的話卻完全出乎了保羅的意料。

　　"我希望自己能成為送車給弟弟的哥哥。"男孩繼續說。

　　保羅驚愕地看著那男孩，衝口而出地說："你要不要坐我的車去兜風?"

　　"哦，當然好了，我太想坐了!"

　　車開了一小段路後，那孩子轉過頭來，眼睛閃閃發亮，對我說："先生，你能不能把車子開到我家門前?"

　　保羅微笑，他知道孩子想幹什麼。那男孩必定是要向鄰居炫耀，讓大家知道他坐了一部大轎車回家。但是這次保羅又猜錯了。"你能不能把車子停在那兩個臺階前?"男孩要求道。

　　男孩跑上了階梯，過了一會兒保羅聽到他回來了，但動作似乎有些緩慢。原來把他跛腳的弟弟帶出來了，將他安置在第一個臺階上，緊緊地抱著他，指著那輛新車。

　　只聽那男孩告訴弟弟："你看，這就是我剛才在樓上對你說的那輛新車。這是保羅他哥哥送給他的哦!將來我也會送給你一輛像這樣的車，到那時候你就能自己去看那些在聖誕節時，掛視窗上的漂亮飾品了，就象我告訴過你的那樣。"

　　保羅走下車子，把跛腳男孩抱到車子的前座。興奮得滿眼放光的哥哥也爬上車子，坐在弟弟的身旁。就這樣他們三人開始一次令人難忘的假日兜風。

　　那個聖誕夜，保羅才真正體會主耶穌所說的"施比受更有福"的道理。