第一篇：英語(yǔ)故事

1、Fox and cock

One morning a fox sees a cock.He thinks,“This is my breakfast.'' He comes up to the cock and says,”I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and catches him in his mouth.The people see the fox.They cry,“Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,”Mr Fox,do you understand?”

The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it’s yours.Not theirs.''

The fox opens his mouth and says,“The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.狐貍和公雞

一天早上，一只狐貍看到了一只公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。

他朝公雞走來(lái)，對(duì)他說(shuō)：“我知道，你能唱得非常好聽(tīng)，你能唱給我聽(tīng)么？”公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開(kāi)始唱歌。狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。

在田地里的人們看到了狐貍。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐貍抓住公雞逃走了。”公雞對(duì)狐貍說(shuō)：“狐貍先生，你能理解么？人們認(rèn)為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。” 狐貍張開(kāi)她的嘴說(shuō)：“公雞是我的，不是你們的。”就在那時(shí)。公雞跑到了樹(shù)底下.2、A poor pig

Danny is a little pig.He is unhappy because he wants to see the world.It’s a sunny day.Danny goes away when his parents are sleeping.On his way he meets an elephant , a peacock and a rabbit.At last , he gets to a lake.He looks in the water and says, “I would like to have an elephant’s nose , a peacock’s tail and a rabbit’s ears.” After a while , Danny’s wish comes true.He runs back happily.But his parents doesn’t like Danny , “Go away , you’re not our son.” Danny goes to the lake again.“ I just want to be a pig.” He says sadly.Danny waits and waits.He becomes a pig again.Danny runs back quickly.His parents hug and say , “ This is our lovely baby.”

丹尼是只小豬，為此他很不開(kāi)心，他希望自己有能夠擁有大象的鼻子，孔雀的尾巴，小兔的耳朵。可是，當(dāng)他的愿望實(shí)現(xiàn)的時(shí)候，爸爸媽媽卻不認(rèn)他了，可憐的小豬決定，還是變回原來(lái)的樣子吧。

3、Monkeys Fish for The Moon One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well : “Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!”

An old monkey comes, has a look, and says, “The moon is really in the water!”

Another old monkey comes.He is very surprised as well and cries out: “The moon is in the well.”

Many monkeys come to the well.They look at the moon in the well and shout: “The moon did fall into the well!Let’s get it out!”

Then, the oldest monkey hangs on the tree.And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands.They join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just before they reach the moon, a monkey see the moon in the sky , He shouts excitedly: “The moon is still in the sky!”

猴子撈月

一天，有只小猴子在井邊玩兒。它往井里一瞧，高喊道：“噢！我的天！月亮掉到井里頭啦！” 一只大猴子跑來(lái)一看，說(shuō)，“糟啦！月亮掉在井里頭啦！” 老猴子也跑過(guò)來(lái)。他也非常驚奇，喊道：“糟了，月亮掉在井里頭了！” 一群猴子跑到井邊來(lái)，他們看到井里的月亮，喊道：“月亮掉在井里頭啦！快來(lái)！讓我們把它撈起來(lái)！” 然后，老猴子倒掛在大樹(shù)上，拉住大猴子的腳，其他的猴子一個(gè)個(gè)跟著，它們一只連著一只直到井里。正好他們摸到月亮的時(shí)候，老猴子抬頭發(fā)現(xiàn)月亮掛在天上呢它興奮地大叫：“別蠢了！月亮還好好地掛在天上呢！”

4、兩只笨狗熊

狗熊媽媽有兩個(gè)孩子，一個(gè)叫大黑，一個(gè)叫小黑，它們長(zhǎng)得很胖，都很笨。

有一天天氣真好，哥倆手拉手一起出去玩兒。走著走著，突然看到路上有一塊干面包，撿起來(lái)聞聞，嘿，面包香噴噴的。可是，面包只有一個(gè)，該怎么分呢？

大黑說(shuō)：“咱們要分得公平，我的不能比你的小，你的也不能比我的大，不然我會(huì)不高興的。”小黑也說(shuō)：“對(duì)，要分得公平，我的也不能比你的小，你的也不能比我的大，不然我也會(huì)不高興的。”它們倆為一塊面包而爭(zhēng)執(zhí)不休。

正在這時(shí)，狐貍大嬸來(lái)了，看見(jiàn)大黑和小黑因?yàn)橐粔K面包而爭(zhēng)執(zhí)，狐貍大嬸的眼珠子骨碌碌地轉(zhuǎn)了轉(zhuǎn)，想出了一個(gè)壞主意。它讓大黑和小黑閉上眼睛，趁這個(gè)時(shí)候把面包吃下去。吃完，狐貍大嬸讓大黑和小黑睜開(kāi)眼睛，并對(duì)哥倆說(shuō)：“我把面包吃下去，你們都吃不到面包，這樣不就公平了。”

大黑和小黑聽(tīng)了都傻了，你看看我，我看看你，一句話也說(shuō)不出來(lái)……

這個(gè)故事告訴我們：狐貍狡猾得無(wú)藥可救，做人千萬(wàn)不能像狐貍那樣不勞而獲；我們也不要像兩只狗熊那樣笨，輕易地相信別人，凡事都要認(rèn)真思考后再作決定，否則，吃虧的是我們自己。

Mother bear has two children, a large black and a small black, they look fat, stupid.One day they go out to play together hand in hand.Suddenly they see a dry bread on the road.They pick them up.Hey, the yummy bread.However, there is only one piece of bread, and how to share it?

Large black says: ”We should be more fair, I can not be less than you, you can not be more than I, or I will be unhappy.“ Small black also says: ”Yes, we should be more fair, You can not be more than I, you can not be more than I, or I will be unhappy.“Both of them argue endlessly.Just then, the fox comes here and sees two bears’ argument , the lady fox thinks out a bad idea.She tells large black and small black to close the eyes, taking advantage of this time to eat the bread.Finished, big black and small black open the eyes.and the fox says: ”I have eaten the bread, you have no bread, so it is fair.“

Large and small black looks at each other and cann’t say a word...5、The biggest orange There is a poor man.He has an orange tree.On the tree there are many fine oranges.One of them is very, very big.It is as big as a football.Nobody sees so big orange.The poor man is very happy.He takes it to the king.The king is so pleased that he gives the man a lot of money for it.When a rich man hears of it, he says to himself, “It’s only an orange.Why does the king give so much money to the poor man? I’ll take my gold cup to the king.He’ll give me more money.”

The next day when the king receives the gold cup, he says to the rich man, “What a beautiful cup!I’ll show you something wonderful.Please take this great orange.”

The rich man has no words but only take the biggest orange from the king.有一個(gè)窮人。他有一棵橘子樹(shù)。樹(shù)上有許多精美的橘子。一個(gè)非常，非常大。這是個(gè)足球。沒(méi)有人看到這么大的橘子。這個(gè)可憐的人是很高興。他把它帶到國(guó)王。國(guó)王很高興，他給了人很多錢了。當(dāng)一個(gè)有錢人聽(tīng)到它，他對(duì)自己說(shuō)，“它只是一個(gè)橘子。為什么國(guó)王給那么多錢？我將把我的金杯給國(guó)王。他會(huì)給我更多的錢。” 第二天當(dāng)國(guó)王收到金杯，他對(duì)富有的人說(shuō)，“多美麗的杯子啊！我要給你看一樣奇妙的東西。我把這個(gè)大橘子賞給你。”

富人無(wú)語(yǔ)，只好從國(guó)王手里接過(guò)了桔子??

6、Little lamb and the wolf There is a little lamb and a cat.They are good friends.One day, they are playing together.Then the little lamb is thirsty and he would like to drink some water.So he comes to a river.When he is drinks, a wolf comes.Wolf says:” Who is drinking from my river? Oh, it's you ,Little lamb.I'm hungry.I'm going to eat you.“ Little lamb is very scared.She is crying.”Hey , Mr wolf,“ says the lamb: ”if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, because it runs down from you to me.“

”Well, then,“ says the wolf, ”why did you call me bad words this time last year?“

”That cannot be,“ says the Lamb;”I am only six months old.“

”I don“t care,” the wolf shouts “It’s your father;” and after that he rushed to the lamb and eats him all up.狼來(lái)到小溪邊，看見(jiàn)小羊正在那兒喝水。

狼非常想吃小羊，就故意找碴兒，說(shuō)：“你把我喝的水弄臟了！你安的什么心？”

小羊吃了一驚，溫和地說(shuō)：“我怎么會(huì)把您喝的水弄臟呢？您站在上游，水是從您那兒流到我這兒來(lái)的，不是從我這兒流到您那兒去的。”

狼氣沖沖地說(shuō)：“就算這樣吧，你總是個(gè)壞家伙！我聽(tīng)說(shuō)，去年你在背后里說(shuō)我的壞話！”

可憐的小羊喊道：“啊，親愛(ài)的狼先生，那是不會(huì)有的事，去年我還沒(méi)有生下來(lái)哪！”

狼不想再爭(zhēng)辯了，齜著牙，逼近小羊，大聲嚷道：“你這個(gè)小壞蛋！說(shuō)我壞話的不是你就是你爸爸，反正都一樣。”說(shuō)著就往小羊身上撲去。

第二篇：英語(yǔ)故事

Hi!I'm

.I will tell a story.Little Red Riding Hood（小紅帽）

Little Red Riding Hood went to see her Grandma who was ill in bed.On her way, she picked some flowers.When Little Red Riding Hood arrived, she thought Grandma looked different.“What big eyes you've got, Grandma?” “All the better to see you with.” “What big ears you've got, Grandma?” “All the better to hear you with.” “What big nose you've got, Grandma?” “All the better to smell the flowers with.” “What big teeth you've got, Grandma?” “All the better to eat you with.” “Help!Help!Help!” A big wolf suddenly jumped out of the bed.Little Red Riding Hood cried for help.Just then a hunter ran in.The big wolf ran way quickly.The hunter helped Grandma out of the cupboard.Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandma were both safe.Thanks for your listening.Hi!I'm Cui Jinghui.I will tell a story.Two Boys（兩個(gè)男孩）

Two boys come to a park.They see some ducks coming.They quickly follow the ducks and copy their sounds.Quack!Quack!Quack!They see two cats coming.They quickly go after the cats and copy their sounds.Miaow!Miaow!Miaow!Then they see two sheep coming.They quickly stand behind the sheep.They also copy their sounds.Baa!Baa!Baa!Oh, there are two cows coming.They quickly run to the cows and copy the cows' sounds loudly.Moo!Moo!Moo!Seeing so many animals, the boys are very happy.Thanks for your listening.Hi!I'm Hu Can'ang.I will tell a story.Big or Small(孔融讓梨）

Once there was a boy.His name was Kong Rong.He had five elder brothers and one younger brother.One day, the family got many pears.The elder brothers let the younger brothers pick out their pears first.“Do you know what the pear Kong Rong chose was like?” It was not the best or the biggest, but the smallest.When his father saw this, he felt very happy and thought that Kong Rong was well-behaved though he was only four years old.His father asks “Why did you take the smallest pear” “I am younger, so I should take the smallest one.The bigger ones should be given to my elder brothers.” Kong Rong says.“But what about your younger brother? He is younger than you.” “I am older than him, so I should leave the bigger ones for him.” What Kong Rong said made his father very happy.Everybody praised his kindness.“What a good boy!”

Thanks for your listening.Hi!I'm Zhai Yixuan.Water and the Ball(文彥博灌水取球）

Wen Yanbo liked kicking the ball very much when he was young.Once he played with the ball with his friends in the courtyard.One boy kicked the ball so hard that the ball landed in the forest.They all looked for the ball hurriedly, but found nothing.At last, they found the ball in a hole in a tree.They tried getting the ball back, but couldn't reach it because the hole was too deep.“I have an idea.Please fetch some water here!” Wen Yanbo says.“What will we use the water for?” His friends asks.“You know after a while!” His friends got some water and Wen Yanbo poured the water into the hole.The ball floated up as the water in the hole got higher, How clever boy he was!

Thanks for your listening!

Hi!I'm

.Sima Guang Breaking the Vat.(司馬光砸缸）

Once when Sima Guang was a little boy, he was playing one ball with his friends in the courtyard.A boy suddenly kicked the ball in to a large vat full of water.All the children ran to the vat.They talked about how to take the ball out.“Let's push the vat over!” One boy says loudly!So they push the vat.“Come on!Come on!” They tried to push the vat over.But it's too heavy to be moved.So another boys stepped on a child's shouders to reach the ball.Suddenly he fell into the vat.The children were frightened and didn't know what to do.“Let's go and call our parents!” “But it would be too late when they arrive.” “I have an idea!” Then he picked up a large stone and broke the vat with it.Then the water flowed out.The child were saved.Everybody praised his cleverness and calmness.Thanks for your listening.

第三篇：趣味英語(yǔ)故事

趣味英語(yǔ)故事----讀典故學(xué)英語(yǔ)

PIE IN THE SKY 中國(guó)人常說(shuō)“天上不會(huì)掉餡餅”，美國(guó)也有類似的說(shuō)法--pie in the sky，形容不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的事情。下次如果有人跟你說(shuō)“如果我有500萬(wàn)的話......”，你就可以說(shuō)，“forget it, it's a pie in the sky”。

此短語(yǔ)直譯為『天國(guó)（上）的餡餅』，源自美國(guó)流行作曲家、世界產(chǎn)業(yè)工人聯(lián)盟的組織者 Joe Hill 于 1911年所作的一首著名歌曲《傳教士與奴隸》。他在歌中寫道：

You will eat, bye and bye, In the glorious land above the sky!Work and pray, live on hay，You'll get PIE IN THE SKY when you die!這幾句歌詞是 Joe Hill 從美國(guó)救世軍軍歌中引用過(guò)來(lái)的，意在諷刺這個(gè)宗教組織，揭露其欺騙性和虛偽性，喚醒廣大被壓迫的奴隸。后來(lái)人們就用 pie in the sky 比喻『渺茫的希望』和『不能保證實(shí)現(xiàn)的允諾』等意思。

好，這次大家就翻譯一下上面那兩句歌詞吧

-----------------不久你將在天上的圣地就餐。勞動(dòng)吧！祈禱吧！靠干草過(guò)活吧！死后你就會(huì)得到天國(guó)的餡餅！

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趣味英語(yǔ)故事----讀典故學(xué)英語(yǔ)

Rain cats and dogs。

可能你已經(jīng)知道了rain cats and dogs 的含意為『下傾盆大雨』，但你知道這個(gè)短語(yǔ)是怎樣衍生而來(lái)的嗎？下雨就下雨，怎可能從天上掉下來(lái)貓和狗呢？下雨同貓及狗又是怎樣扯上關(guān)系的呢？原來(lái)，據(jù)說(shuō)這個(gè)短語(yǔ)最早出現(xiàn)于17世紀(jì)，不過(guò)關(guān)于它的起源已經(jīng)無(wú)從考證。但是現(xiàn)在人們普遍認(rèn)為，它的起源可能同17世紀(jì)使用的地下排水系統(tǒng)有關(guān)，當(dāng)時(shí)人們使用的排水系統(tǒng)非常簡(jiǎn)陋，排水能力極其有限。一旦下起暴雨，地下排水溝里的污水便四處橫流。隨著污水流出來(lái)的不僅有垃圾，各種污穢物，有時(shí)甚至還有死貓死狗之類的小動(dòng)物死尸隨污水蔓延出來(lái)。如此狗和貓便與瓢潑大雨扯上了關(guān)系，人們也據(jù)此杜撰了 rain cats and dogs 這一短語(yǔ)。由此可以看出，rain cats and dogs 并不是指天上真的掉下貓和狗（要真是如此，還不讓那些喜歡貓和狗的西方人笑歪了鼻子樂(lè)歪了嘴？），而是由于大雨引起地下排水不暢，結(jié)果陰溝里的死貓死狗便隨污水漂浮到地面。

另外，也有人認(rèn)為，這個(gè)短語(yǔ)可能起源于這樣的事實(shí)：每當(dāng)下起暴風(fēng)雨，風(fēng)大雨急，看上去就好像是貓和狗在打架。還有人認(rèn)為它來(lái)自北歐神話傳說(shuō)，在北歐，人們都認(rèn)為貓影響天氣的變化，而狗則代表風(fēng)，所以一旦下起暴雨，貓和狗自然脫不了干系（不過(guò)我們還是有點(diǎn)替阿貓阿狗們叫屈！不是嗎？^-^）。

另外再列舉一些與阿貓阿狗有關(guān)系的詞組吧，比如：cat and dog production 指多規(guī)格生產(chǎn)，雜亂生產(chǎn)

(3)繼續(xù)狗的話題

A DOG IN THE MANGER 因?yàn)槲幕瘋鹘y(tǒng)的關(guān)系，狗在英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言中都被當(dāng)作忠實(shí)、可愛(ài)、聰敏的象征，因此與之有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)也大多為褒義之詞，但 a dog in the manger 則屬例外。從字面來(lái)看，A dog in the manger 是指『馬廄里的狗』，大家可能覺(jué)得奇怪了，狗怎么跑到馬廄里去了呢？要解釋清楚這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的實(shí)際含義，還得追根溯源。

這個(gè)短語(yǔ)最早出現(xiàn)于《伊索預(yù)言》，故事的梗概是：一匹馬和一條牛正在馬廄里吃草。這時(shí)，一條狗闖進(jìn)來(lái)了，它十分霸道地要馬和牛都走開(kāi)。馬和牛十分溫和地對(duì)它說(shuō)：可是你是不吃草的呀！這條狗卻蠻不講理地說(shuō)：我是不吃草，可是我不吃的東西也不能讓你們白吃！這樣，這條狗霸占了盛滿稻草的馬槽，卻趕走了以草為生的馬和牛。而它自己呢，也只能看著稻草而不能吃。

《美國(guó)韋氏大詞典》將其解釋為：The dog who would not allow a horse or ox to eat the hay in a manger, even though he himself did not want it.并且在這一基本意義的基礎(chǔ)上又將該片語(yǔ)引申為：A person who selfishly withholds from others something that he himself can not use or does not need.講到這里，大家可能已經(jīng)想到了漢語(yǔ)中的一個(gè)俗語(yǔ)：『占著茅坑不拉屎』，兩者在語(yǔ)意上倒也確實(shí)十分貼近。根據(jù)具體的語(yǔ)境，這個(gè)短語(yǔ)還可以理解為『自私自利的人』，『一毛不拔的人』等。例如：

Don't be such a dog in the manger.Lend your bicycle to him since you will not go out this afternoon.還記得上一期帶有阿狗的其他諺語(yǔ)和習(xí)語(yǔ)嗎，我來(lái)考察一下大家記住了沒(méi)

If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate up the frying-pan.let sleeping dogs lie.Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.1 別這么不夠朋友。既然你今天下午不出去就把自行車借給他用一用。欲加之罪, 何患無(wú)辭 3 別多事, 別惹麻煩。4 急不暇擇, 饑不擇食。

第四篇：趣味英語(yǔ)故事

趣味英語(yǔ)故事:[典故+習(xí)語(yǔ)]--讀典故學(xué)英語(yǔ)

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趣味英語(yǔ)故事

[典故+習(xí)語(yǔ)]--讀典故學(xué)英語(yǔ)，夠有趣--開(kāi)張大吉篇

PIE IN THE SKY 中國(guó)人常說(shuō)“天上不會(huì)掉餡餅”，美國(guó)也有類似的說(shuō)法--pie in the sky，形容不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的事情。下次如果有人跟你說(shuō)“如果我有500萬(wàn)的話......”，你就可以說(shuō)，“forget it, it's a pie in the sky”。

此短語(yǔ)直譯為『天國(guó)（上）的餡餅』，源自美國(guó)流行作曲家、世界產(chǎn)業(yè)工人聯(lián)盟的組織者 Joe Hill 于

1911年所作的一首著名歌曲《傳教士與奴隸》。他在歌中寫道：

You will eat, bye and bye, In the glorious land above the sky!

Work and pray, live on hay，You'll get PIE IN THE SKY when you die!這幾句歌詞是 Joe Hill 從美國(guó)救世軍軍歌中引用過(guò)來(lái)的，意在諷刺這個(gè)宗教組織，揭露其欺騙性和虛偽性，喚醒廣大被壓迫的奴隸。后來(lái)人們就用 pie in the sky 比喻『渺茫的希望』和『不能保證實(shí)現(xiàn)的允諾』等意思。

好，這次大家就翻譯一下上面那兩句歌詞吧

-----------------不久你將在天上的圣地就餐。勞動(dòng)吧！祈禱吧！靠干草過(guò)活吧！死后你就會(huì)得到天國(guó)的餡餅！

[典故+習(xí)語(yǔ)]--讀典故學(xué)英語(yǔ)，夠有趣--（2）

今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的是個(gè)很常見(jiàn)的習(xí)語(yǔ) RAIN CATS AND DOGS 可能你已經(jīng)知道了rain cats and dogs 的含意為『下傾盆大雨』，但你知道這個(gè)短語(yǔ)是怎樣衍生而來(lái)的嗎？下雨就下雨，怎可能從天上掉下來(lái)貓和狗呢？下雨同貓及狗又是怎樣扯上關(guān)系的呢？原來(lái)，據(jù)說(shuō)這個(gè)短語(yǔ)最早出現(xiàn)于17世紀(jì)，不過(guò)關(guān)于它的起源已經(jīng)無(wú)從考證。但是現(xiàn)在人們普遍認(rèn)為，它的起源可能同17世紀(jì)使用的地下排水系統(tǒng)有關(guān)，當(dāng)時(shí)人們使用的排水系統(tǒng)非常簡(jiǎn)陋，排水能力極其有限。一旦下起暴雨，地下排水溝里的污水便四處橫流。隨著污水流出來(lái)的不僅有垃圾，各種污穢物，有時(shí)甚至還有死貓死狗之類的小動(dòng)物死尸隨污水蔓延出來(lái)。如此狗和貓便與瓢潑大雨扯上了關(guān)系，人們也據(jù)此杜撰了 rain cats and dogs 這一短語(yǔ)。由此可以看出，rain cats and dogs 并不是指天上真的掉下貓和狗（要真是如此，還不讓那些喜歡貓和狗的西方人笑歪了鼻子樂(lè)歪了嘴？），而是由于大雨引起地下排水不暢，結(jié)果陰溝里的死貓

死狗便隨污水漂浮到地面。

另外，也有人認(rèn)為，這個(gè)短語(yǔ)可能起源于這樣的事實(shí)：每當(dāng)下起暴風(fēng)雨，風(fēng)大雨急，看上去就好像是貓和狗在打架。還有人認(rèn)為它來(lái)自北歐神話傳說(shuō)，在北歐，人們都認(rèn)為貓影響天氣的變化，而狗則代表風(fēng)，所以一旦下起暴雨，貓和狗自然脫不了干系（不過(guò)我們還是有點(diǎn)替阿貓阿狗們叫屈！不是嗎？^-^）。

另外再列舉一些與阿貓阿狗有關(guān)系的詞組吧，比如：cat and dog production 指多規(guī)格生產(chǎn)，雜亂生

產(chǎn)

[典故+習(xí)語(yǔ)]--讀典故學(xué)英語(yǔ)，夠有趣--(3)繼續(xù)狗的話題

A DOG IN THE MANGER 因?yàn)槲幕瘋鹘y(tǒng)的關(guān)系，狗在英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言中都被當(dāng)作忠實(shí)、可愛(ài)、聰敏的象征，因此與之有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)也大多為褒義之詞，但 a dog in the manger 則屬例外。從字面來(lái)看，A dog in the manger 是指『馬廄里的狗』，大家可能覺(jué)得奇怪了，狗怎么跑到馬廄里去了呢？要解釋清楚這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的實(shí)際含義，還得追根溯源。

這個(gè)短語(yǔ)最早出現(xiàn)于《伊索預(yù)言》，故事的梗概是：一匹馬和一條牛正在馬廄里吃草。這時(shí)，一條狗闖進(jìn)來(lái)了，它十分霸道地要馬和牛都走開(kāi)。馬和牛十分溫和地對(duì)它說(shuō)：可是你是不吃草的呀！這條狗卻蠻不講理地說(shuō)：我是不吃草，可是我不吃的東西也不能讓你們白吃！這樣，這條狗霸占了盛滿稻草的馬槽，卻趕走了以草為生的馬和牛。而它自己呢，也只能看著稻草而不能吃。

《美國(guó)韋氏大詞典》將其解釋為：The dog who would not allow a horse or ox to eat the hay in a manger, even though he himself did not want it.并且在這一基本意義的基礎(chǔ)上又將該片語(yǔ)引申為：A person who selfishly withholds from others something that he himself can not use or does not need.講到這里，大家可能已經(jīng)想到了漢語(yǔ)中的一個(gè)俗語(yǔ)：『占著茅坑不拉屎』，兩者在語(yǔ)意上倒也確實(shí)十分貼近。根據(jù)具體的語(yǔ)境，這個(gè)短語(yǔ)還可以理解為『自私自利的人』，『一毛不拔的人』等。例如：

Don't be such a dog in the manger.Lend your bicycle to him since you will not go out this

afternoon.還記得上一期帶有阿狗的其他諺語(yǔ)和習(xí)語(yǔ)嗎，我來(lái)考察一下大家記住了沒(méi) If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate up the frying-pan.let sleeping dogs lie.Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.1 別這么不夠朋友。既然你今天下午不出去就把自行車借給他用一用。欲加之罪, 何患無(wú)辭 3 別多事, 別惹麻煩。4 急不暇擇, 饑不擇食。

第五篇：英語(yǔ)故事演講稿

Hello, everyone.I have a story and everyone says.It is the last day of May today.It is Grandma's birthday.Father, mother and I go to see her.She lives with my uncle in a village not too far away.Early in the morning we buy a birthday cake and some fruit and go to her home by bus.Grandma and uncle are very glad to see us.We give the presents to Grandma and say,“Happy birthday to you!” She is very happy.Then we sit down to talk.Uncle goes to prepare the lunch.The meal is very nice.we all enjoy it very much.At 4 o’clock, we say goodbye to them and go back home.?1.(A)We ___ with Grandma in her house.? A.talk and enjoy a nice lunch

? B.prepare lunch with uncle

? C.talkand play

? D.enjoy the birthday

? 2.(C)Grandma’s birthday is ______.? A.today

? B.May

? C.on May 31st

? D.on May 30th

? 3.(D)Which sentence is not correct?

? A.Uncle is a farmer in a village ? B.We take a bus to see Grandma ? C.Grandma is a very happy to see us ? D.We get back home late today ?