篇一：伊索寓言中的经典故事__英汉对照
The Fox and the Grapes
One hot summer’s day a certain Fox saw a juicy bunch of Grapes hanging from a vine.It certainly was very hot, and the Fox was thirsty for something to drink. “These Grapes are just what I need to quench my thirst! ” said the Fox.
But the vine on which the Grapes hung was too high for him to reach even with his longest stretch. So he decided to jump.
Drawing back a few paces, he ran towards the vine and took a great big leap, but missed the Grapes.
Turing around, he jumped again. This time too, with no success.
The Fox tried to jump for the Grapes again and again and yet again and again, in vain.
Since he could not reach the delicious-looking Grapes, the Fox finally concluded, “These Grapes must be sour! ”and walked away with his nose in the air, through hotter and even thirstier than before!
狐狸与葡萄
夏季炎热的一天，一只狐狸看见葡萄藤上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄。天确实很热，狐狸渴得找东西喝。“这些葡萄正是我要解渴的东西！”狐狸说。 但葡萄藤太高，即使狐狸伸长了脖子也够不着。因此他决定跳一跳。
狐狸后退了几步，朝着葡萄藤跑过去并猛烈地跳起来，然而他没有够着葡萄。
狐狸转过身又跳了一次，但同样没有成功。
狐狸一次一次地跳起来够葡萄，然而一次一次地失败告终。
既然他够不着可口的葡萄，狐狸最后总结道：“这些葡萄肯定很酸！”虽然他比刚才更热更渴，但他非常高傲地走开了！
The Two Pots
There were once two pots floating down the river. One shined happily in the sun while the other looked dull and unpleasant from being wet in the water.
That because one pot was made of brass and the other was made of clay. “Please do not come near me!” said the clay pot to the brass one.
“Why not? We could be friends,” said the brass pot.
“No,” replied the clay pot, “I am to fragile. If you touch me even once I will break into pieces. I must stay far from you and cannot think of being your friend. Please go away, you will find someone downstream just like you to play with!”
The brass pot, disappointed and sad, then floated away as the river took him across to another corner of the river bank, while the clay pot wet and cold in the wind, seemed to suddenly grow a shade gloomier.
两只罐子
从前，河中漂着两只罐子。一只在阳光下闪闪发光，另一只却因浸了河水儿显得沉闷、难看。
这是因为一只罐子是用黄铜做成的，而另一只罐子由陶土做成的缘故。“请不要靠近我！”陶罐对铜罐说。
“为什么?我们可以成为朋友。”铜罐说。
“不行，”陶罐回答，“我太脆，你只要碰我一下，我就会成为碎片。我必须远离你，想都不敢想成为你的朋友。请离开我，你可以在下游找到跟你一样的人去玩！”
铜罐又失望又伤心，随后被河水冲着，漂到了河岸的另一角；而陶罐在风中又冷又湿，看上去忽然更加灰暗。
The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
A Fox who was caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing, he lost his tail. After that, he felt his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, so he planned to make all the other Foxes believe that being tailless was much more attractive. In this way, he could make up for his own loss of the tail.
He gathered a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails. He said that they would not only look much better without them, but they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience.
One of them interrupted him and said, “If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus advise us.”
断尾的狐狸
一只狐狸被捕兽器夹住，虽然成功地逃脱了，却因此丢掉了尾巴。有了这次奇耻大辱，他觉得自己脸上无光，生活得很累，所以他计划说服其他的狐狸，让他们相信没有尾巴更有魅力，以此弥补自己失去的尾巴。
他将许多狐狸召集到一起，公开建议大家砍掉尾巴。他说这样一来不仅更加雅观，而且使他们摆脱了那个一点儿也不方便的笨重刷子。
有只狐狸打断他的话说：“朋友，如果你自己没有失去尾巴的话，你就不会这样规劝我们了。”
The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠
A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming:
"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion."
狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请 求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真 的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他 的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说：
“你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答， 现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩。” 这故事说明，时运交替变更，强者也会有需要弱者的时候。
The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊
WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf , "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后，便想找一个名正言顺的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上 游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝 水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计不成，又说道：“我父亲去年被 你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。”
这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。
篇二：伊索寓言中的经典故事 英汉对照
The Fox and the Grapes
One hot summer’s day a certain Fox saw a juicy bunch of Grapes hanging from a vine.It certainly was very hot, and the Fox was thirsty for something to drink. “These Grapes are just what I need to quench my thirst! ” said the Fox.
But the vine on which the Grapes hung was too high for him to reach even with his longest stretch. So he decided to jump.
Drawing back a few paces, he ran towards the vine and took a great big leap, but missed the Grapes.
Turing around, he jumped again. This time too, with no success.
The Fox tried to jump for the Grapes again and again and yet again and again, in vain.
Since he could not reach the delicious-looking Grapes, the Fox finally concluded, “These Grapes must be sour! ”and walked away with his nose in the air, through hotter and even thirstier than before!
狐狸与葡萄
夏季炎热的一天，一只狐狸看见葡萄藤上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄。天确实很热，狐狸渴得找东西喝。“这些葡萄正是我要解渴的东西！”狐狸说。 但葡萄藤太高，即使狐狸伸长了脖子也够不着。因此他决定跳一跳。
狐狸后退了几步，朝着葡萄藤跑过去并猛烈地跳起来，然而他没有够着葡萄。
狐狸转过身又跳了一次，但同样没有成功。
狐狸一次一次地跳起来够葡萄，然而一次一次地失败告终。
既然他够不着可口的葡萄，狐狸最后总结道：“这些葡萄肯定很酸！”虽然他比刚才更热更渴，但他非常高傲地走开了！
The Two Pots
There were once two pots floating down the river. One shined happily in the sun while the other looked dull and unpleasant from being wet in the water.
That because one pot was made of brass and the other was made of clay. “Please do not come near me!” said the clay pot to the brass one.
“Why not? We could be friends,” said the brass pot.
“No,” replied the clay pot, “I am to fragile. If you touch me even once I will break into pieces. I must stay far from you and cannot think of being your friend. Please go away, you will find someone downstream just like you to play with!”
The brass pot, disappointed and sad, then floated away as the river took him across to another corner of the river bank, while the clay pot wet and cold in the wind, seemed to suddenly grow a shade gloomier.
两只罐子
从前，河中漂着两只罐子。一只在阳光下闪闪发光，另一只却因浸了河水儿显得沉闷、难看。
这是因为一只罐子是用黄铜做成的，而另一只罐子由陶土做成的缘故。“请不要靠近我！”陶罐对铜罐说。
“为什么?我们可以成为朋友。”铜罐说。
“不行，”陶罐回答，“我太脆，你只要碰我一下，我就会成为碎片。我必须远离你，想都不敢想成为你的朋友。请离开我，你可以在下游找到跟你一样的人去玩！”
铜罐又失望又伤心，随后被河水冲着，漂到了河岸的另一角；而陶罐在风中又冷又湿，看上去忽然更加灰暗。
The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
A Fox who was caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing, he lost his tail. After that, he felt his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, so he planned to make all the other Foxes believe that being tailless was much more attractive. In this way, he could make up for his own loss of the tail.
He gathered a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails. He said that they would not only look much better without them, but they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience.
One of them interrupted him and said, “If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus advise us.”
篇三：伊索寓言 中英文
1The Lion and the Mouse狮和鼠
Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.
Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.
The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."
Little friends may prove great friends.
一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去，将它从梦中吵醒。
狮子生气地跳起来，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求说：”只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命，我将来一定会报答你的大恩。”狮子便笑着放了它。
后来狮子被几个猎人捉住，用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。
老鼠听出是狮子的吼声，走来用牙齿咬断绳索，释放了牠，并大声说：”你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。但是你现在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向狮子效劳的。”
强者不会永远是强者，强者也会有需要弱者帮助的时候。
2奔跑的小白兔A little rabbit is running
A little rabbit is happily running through the forest when he stumbles upon a giraffe rolling a joint. The rabbit looks at her and says, "Giraffe my friend, why do you do this? Come with me running through the forest, you'll feel so much better!" The giraffe looks at him, looks at the joint, tosses it and goes off running with the rabbit.3 m1
Then they come across an elephant doing coke, so the rabbit again says, "Elephant my friend, why do you do this? Think about your health. Come running with us through the pretty forest, you'll feel so good!" The elephant looks at them, looks at his coke, then tosses it and starts running
with the rabbit and giraffe.
The three animals then come across a lion about to shoot up and the rabbit again says, "Lion my friend, why do you do this? Think about your health! Come running with us through the sunny forest, you will feel so good!"
The lion looks at him, puts down his needle, and starts to beat the hell out of the rabbit. As the giraffe and elephant watch in horror, they look at him and ask, "Lion, why did you do this? He was merely trying to help us all!
The lion answers, "He makes me run around the forest like an idiot each time he's on ecstasy!"
有一只小白兔快乐地奔跑在森林中,在路上它碰到一只正在卷大麻的长颈鹿。小白兔看着长颈鹿说道：“长颈鹿我的朋友，你为什么要做这种事呢?和我一起在森林中奔跑吧，你会感觉心情舒畅很多!”长颈鹿看看小白兔，又看看手里的大麻烟，把大麻烟向身后一扔，跟着小白兔在森林中奔跑。
后来它们遇到一只正准备吸食可卡因的大象，小白兔又对大象说：“大象我的朋友，你为什么要做这种事呢?想想自己的健康啊。跟我们一起在这片美丽的森林中奔跑吧，你会感觉好很多!”大象看看它们，又看看手中的可卡因，于是把可卡因向身后一扔，跟着小白兔和长颈鹿一起奔跑。
后来它们遇到一只正准备注射毒品的狮子，小白兔又对狮子说：“狮子我的朋友，你为什么要做这种事呢?想想自己的健康啊!跟我们一起在这片阳光明媚的森林中奔跑吧，你会感觉如此美好!”
狮子看看小白兔，放下手中的针筒，把小白兔猛揍了一顿。长颈鹿和大象被吓坏了，它们看着狮子问它：“狮子，你为什么要打小白兔呢?它只是想要帮助我们大家啊!”
狮子回答：“这家伙每次嗑了摇头丸就拉着我像白痴一样在森林里乱跑!”
3狐狸和葡萄THE FOX AND GRAPES
A hungry fox saw some fine bunches of grapes hanging from a vine that trained along a high trellis,and did his best to reach them by jumping as high ai he could
into the air.But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach:so he gave up trying ,and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern,remarking,"I thought
those grapes were ripe,but i see now they are quite sour."
英语小故事带翻译：一只饥肠辘辘的狐狸，看见缠绕在高架上的葡萄枝上挂着几串成熟的葡萄，就尽力向上跳，想要摘下那些葡萄。但无论他怎么努力，也是徒劳无功，因为它始终够不着那些葡萄。于是他放弃了，反而带着不屑一顾的样子走开了，边走边说：“还以为那些葡萄已经熟透了呢，现在看起来根本就是酸葡萄。”
4The Cock and the Pearl公鸡和珍珠
A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. ‘Ho! ho!’ quoth he, ‘that’s for me,’ and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? ‘You may be a treasure,’ quoth Master Cock, ‘to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.’
Precious things are for those that can prize them.
英语小故事带翻译：在农场的庭院里有一只公鸡正昂首阔步地在一群母鸡中间来来回回。突然他瞥到稻草中有什么东西在闪闪发光。“哈哈”他说“那是我的”。然后迅速把它从稻草中刨了出来。他刨出出来的是一颗不知什么时候遗落在庭院里的珍珠“你也许这是个宝贝”，公鸡大人说，“对于人类来说，他们会珍惜你，但在我看来，我宁可要一粒大麦也不想琢一粒珍珠。”
5下金蛋的鹅 THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS
A Man and his Wife had the good fortune to possessa Goose which laid a Golden Egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they
were not getting rich fast enough, and imagining the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious metal at once. But
when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their
wealth.
Much wants more and loses all.
英语小故事带翻译：有一对夫妇非常幸运，他们有一只每天下一枚金蛋的母鸡。尽管非常幸运，可他们很快就觉得财富增加得还不够快，不仅如此，他们还以为这只鹅的内脏肯定也是金的。于是，他们决定杀掉它，这样就能立刻得到全部珍宝了。然而，他们把鹅开膛破肚之后，却发现和其他鹅没有什么两样。如此，他们既没有像当初希望得那样一夜暴富，也不能再享有与日俱增的好运气了。
6猫和老鼠THE CAT AND MICE
There was once a house that was overrun with Mice. A Cat heard of this, and said to herself, "That's the place for me," and off she went and took up her quarters in the house, and caught the Mice one by one and ate them. At last the Mice could stand it no longer, and they determined to take to their holes and stay there. "That's awkward," said the Cat to herself: "the only thing to do is to coax them out by a trick." So she considered a while, and then climbed up the wall and let herself hang down by her hind legs from a peg, and pretended to be dead. By and by a Mouse peeped out and saw the Cat hanging there. "Aha!" it cried, "you're very clever, madam, no doubt: but you may turn yourself into a bag of meal hanging there, if you like, yet you won't catch us coming anywhere near you."
If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.
英语小故事带翻译：从前，有一座房子，里面的老鼠泛滥成灾。一只猫听到此事，便自言自语的说：“那正是我要去的地方。”于是她走到那座房子里住下了，一只接一只地抓老鼠，然后吃掉他们，最好，老鼠们再也无法忍受下去，决定躲到自己的洞里，再也不出来，“这还
真不好办了，”猫自言自语道，“若想骗它们出来，只能耍个花招了。”她琢磨了一会儿，然后爬上墙，用后腿钩住木桩倒挂下来，假装已经死了。过了一会儿，一只老鼠向外窥探，看到了挂在那里的猫。“啊哈！”老鼠大叫，“夫人，你还真聪明，不过，就算你假装成一袋食粮挂在那里，你也骗不了我们去接近你。”
如果有足够的智慧，面对那些曾认定的危险人物所假装出来的无辜，你也不会上当受骗。
7恶狗THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG
There was once a Dog who used to snap at people and bite them without any provocation, and who was a great nuisance to every one who came to his master's house. So his
master fastened a bell round his neck to warn people of his presence. The Dog was very proud of the bell, and strutted about tinkling it with immense satisfaction. But an old
dog came up to him and said, "The fewer airs you give yourself the better, my friend. You don't think, do you, that your bell was given you as a reward of merit? On the contrary,
it is a badge of disgrace."
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
英语小故事带翻译：
从前，有一条狗经常无缘无故地抓人、咬人，去他主人家做客的每个人都很讨厌他。主人在他的脖子上系上了一个铃铛，以此提醒人们提防他的出现。这条狗对脖子上戴着的铃铛引以为傲，大摇大摆地戴着它走来走去，十分满意这种叮当声。但是，一条老狗却走过来对他说：“我的朋友，姿态越低，对你越好。你不会真以为这个铃铛是对你的奖赏吧？事实恰恰相反，它是耻辱的标志呀。”
小故事大道理：恶名常被误以为美誉
《伊索寓言英语故事四则》出自：百味书屋
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