適合兒童讀的英語故事

　　睡前講故事能加深父母與子女之間的交流與溝通，從而使孩子產生一種安全感，這對兒童感情的發展非常重要。本文是，希望對大家有幫助!

　　：掩耳盜鈴

　　At the time when Fan, a nobleman of the state of Jin, became a fugitive, a commoner found a bell and wanted to carry it off on his back. But the bell was too big for him. When he tried to knock it into pieces with a hammer there was a loud clanging sound. He was afraid that someone will hear the noise and take the bell from him, so he immediately stopped his own ears.

　　To worry about other people hearing the noise is understandable, but to worry about himself hearing the noise ***as if stopping his own ears would prevent other people from hearing*** is absurd.

　　【中文】

　　春秋時侯，晉國貴族智伯滅掉了範氏。有人趁機跑到範氏家裡想偷點東西，看見院子裡吊著一口大鐘。鍾是用上等青銅鑄成的，造型和圖案都很精美。小偷心裡高興極了，想把這口精美的大鐘揹回自已家去。可是鍾又大又重，怎麼也挪不動。他想來想去，只有一個辦法，那就是把鐘敲碎，然後再分別搬回家。

　　小偷找來一把大大錘，拼命朝鐘砸去，咣的一聲巨響，把他嚇了一大跳。小偷著慌，心想這下糟了，這種聲不就等於是告訴人們我正在這裡偷鍾嗎?他越聽越害怕，不同自由地抽回雙手，使勁捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，鐘聲變小了，聽不見了!”小偷高興起來，“妙極了!把耳朵捂住不住就聽不進鐘聲了嗎!”他立刻找來兩個布團，把耳朵塞住，心想，這下誰也聽不見鐘聲了。於是就放手砸起鍾來，一下一下，鐘聲響亮地傳到很遠的地方。人們聽到鐘聲蜂擁而至把小偷捉住了。

　　：天生我才必有用

　　In a small zoo camel asked his mother: "Mom Mom, why do we so long eyelashes?" Camelmother said: "When the wind came, the long eyelashes will enable us to be able to see thedirection of the storm." small camel asked: "Mom Mom, why do we camels back then, deadugly!" camel mother, said: "This is called hump, you can help us save a lot of water andnutrients, so that we can tolerate more than a dozen in the desert day of potable waterwithout conditions. "small camel asked:" Mom Mom, why do we so thick the soles of the feet? "camel mother said:" That will enable us to many of the body is not stuck in soft sand for long-distance ah journey. "pleased broken small camel:" Wow, so useful that we ah!! But mother,why we are still in zoos, do not desert hiking? "

　　To be useful, but no one now used.

　　A good attitude + a successful teaching + an infinite stage = success. Everyone's potential isunlimited, the key is to find a stage and give full play to their potential.

　　【中文譯文】

　　在動物園裡的小駱駝問媽媽："媽媽媽媽，為什麼我們的睫毛那麼地長?" 駱駝媽媽說："當風沙來的時候，長長的睫毛可以讓我們在風暴中都能看得到方向。" 小駱駝又問："媽媽媽媽，為什麼我們的背那麼駝，醜死了!"駱駝媽媽說："這個叫駝峰，可以幫我們儲存大量的水和養分，讓我們能在沙漠裡耐受十幾天的無水無食條件。"小駱駝又問："媽媽媽媽，為什麼我們的腳掌那麼厚?" 駱駝媽媽說："那可以讓我們重重的身子不至於陷在軟軟的沙子裡，便於長途跋涉啊。"小駱駝高興壞了："譁，原來我們這麼有用啊!!可是媽媽，為什麼我們還在動物園裡，不去沙漠遠足呢?"

　　天生我才必有用，可惜現在沒人用。

　　一個好的心態+一本成功的教材+一個無限的舞臺=成功。每個人的潛能是無限的，關鍵是要找到一個能充分發揮潛能的舞臺。

　　：擁抱你的敵人

　　Across a small drugstore, a large chain store was newly opened and would defeat the businessof the small drugstore.

　　The shopkeeper of the drugstore went to a priest to talk about his concern. The priestsuggested, “You stand in front of your store every day to pray for it to prosper, and then turnaround to pray for that chain store likewise, that is, to embrace your enemy in public.”

　　Some days later, as what the shopkeeper worried, his store shut down, but he was appointedas the manager of the chain store, and earned more than before.

　　一間小雜貨店對面新開了一家大型連鎖商店，這家商店即將打垮雜貨店的生意。

　　雜貨店老闆找牧師訴苦。牧師建議他：“每天早上站在商店門前祈禱你的商店生意興隆，然後轉過身去，也同樣祈禱那家連鎖商店，也就是當眾擁抱你的敵人。”

　　一段日子後，正如這人當初所擔心的，他的商店關門了，但他卻被聘為那家連鎖店的經理，而且收入比以前更好。