篇一：经典英语谚语
经典英语谚语
1.Children should be seen but not be heard. 大人说话，小孩别插嘴。 2.If a man once fall, all will tread on him. 人倒众人踩。 3.Fool’s haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。 4.A fair death honours the whold life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 5.A straw will show which way the wind blows. 草动知风向。 6.Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清，当局者迷。 7.Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door. 人人都有走运的一天。 8.Every bean hath its black. 人孰无过。 9.Judge not of man and things at first sight. 初次印象，难得真相。 10.Diamond cut diamond. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。 11.A tale never loses in telling. 故事越传越长。 12.Ill news flies spaces. 恶事传千里。 13.Do not quarrel with your bread and butter. 不要自砸饭碗。 14.He that travels far knows much. 远行者，见识广。
15.When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。 16.When wine sinks, words swim. 美酒一下肚，话匣关不住。 17.The cheap buyer takes bad meat. 便宜无好货。 18.Short pleasure, long lament. 痛快一时，痛苦一世。 19.Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源。 20.Grasp all, lose all. 欲尽得，必尽失。 21.Friendship should not be all on one side. 友谊靠双方。 22.Empty vessels make the most noise. 满瓶子不响，空瓶子晃荡。 23.The day has eyes, the night has ears. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。 24.Go while the going is good. 此时不走，更待何时。 25.The best mirror is an old friend. 老友是明镜。 26.Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长。 27.Fortune favours those who use their judgement. 智才天助。 28.Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。 29.He is rich that has few wants. 无欲者为富。 30.No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前，无路不通。
31.He that begins many things, finishes but few. 贪多嚼不烂。 32.He that is full of himself is very empty. 妄自尊大，腹中空空。 33.Do not cry for the moon. 海底捞月办不到。 34.Do not cry out before you are hurt. 没受伤，别乱叫。 35.Good council has no price. 忠言无价。 36.A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。 37.A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言为智。 38.Least said, soonest mended. 少说为佳。 39.The fox may grow grey, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。 40.Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的灯塔。 41.All roads lead to Rome. 条条大道通罗马。 42.Everything comes to him who waits. 耐心等待，万事皆成。 43.Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。 44.A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。 45.Virture is fairer far than beauty. 美德远胜于美貌。
46.Beauty and folly are often companions. 美貌常与愚蠢为伴。 47.Misfortunes never come singly. 祸不单行。 48.Clealiness is next to godliness. 整洁近于美德。 49.Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 别离情更深。 50.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 51.No fool like an old fool. 老糊涂，最糊涂。 52.Fortune favours fools. 傻子有傻福。 53.Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king. 山中无老虎，猴子称大王。 54.Never make a mountain of a molchill. 切勿小题大做。 55.Men make houses, women make homes. 男人盖房，女人持家。 56.If it were not for the hopej, the heart would break. 人若无希望，心碎肝肠断。 57.An evil lesson is soon learned. 恶习易染。 58.Hedge have eyes and walls have ears. 篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。 59.Let bygones be bygones. 既往不咎，多一事不如省一事。 60.What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。 61.All lay loads on a willing horse. 好马负重。
62.Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。 63.Look at the bright side. 满怀信心。 64.Hear all parties. 兼听则明，偏听则暗。 65.Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竞成。 66.Stolen fruit is sweetest. 偷来的果子分外甜。 67.Joy surfeited turns to sorrow. 乐极生悲。 68.All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。 69.Doing nothing is doing ill. 无所事事，必做坏事。 70.Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 71.Better lose the saddle than the horse. 宁可失鞍，不可失马。 72.A useful trade is a mine of gold. 一技傍身，犹如金矿在手。 73.Still waters run deep. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。 74.Every bird likes its own nest the best. 金窝银窝，不如自家的狗窝。 75.Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。 76.Words are but wind, but seeing is believing. 耳听为虚，眼见为实。
篇二：英文 小故事
英文小故事
The City Mouse and the Country MouseOnce there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
【译文】
城里老鼠和乡下老鼠
从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”
乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。
过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”
While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, a college student led the way into the den. "What is the big brass gong and hammer for?" one of his friends asked. "That is the talking clock," the man replied. "How's it work?"
"Watch," the man said and proceeded to give the gong an ear
shattering pound with the hammer. Suddenly, someone screamed from the other side of the wall, "Knock it off, you idiot! It's two o'clock in the morning!"
一个学生带他朋友们参观他的新公寓，甚是得意。“那个大铜锣和锤子是干什么用的？”他的一个朋友问他。“那玩意儿厉害了，那是一个会说话的钟”，学生回答。“这钟怎么工作的”，他的朋友问。“看着，别眨眼了”，那学生走上前一把操起铜锣和锤子，拼命地敲了一下，声音震耳欲聋。突然，他们听到隔壁墙那边有人狂叫，“别敲了，你这白痴！现在是凌晨两点钟了！” God Got An A
The bright young man thought he could talk his way out of anything. Stumped by a hard paper midyear, he wrote this excuse across the cover: " Only God knows the answers. Merry Christmas!"
He got his paper back, marked " God got an A. You got an F. Happy New Year!"
上帝得了A
一名聪明的年轻人以为花言巧语可解一切难题。一次他被年中考题难住了，于是在卷子首页上写下一条理由：“只有上帝知道答案。圣诞节快乐！” 他拿回的考卷上判到：“上帝得了A，你得了F。新年快乐！”
Second language A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice. Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.
Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"
一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步，突然她看见一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视耽耽。 母老鼠向着猫叫道：“汪，汪，汪”，猫听了非常害怕，拼命跑走了。
母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说：“现在你知道外语的重要性了吧。”
I'm Trying to Stop It "Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?"
"No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it."
“孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？”
“没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进，一个耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在里面。”
“I'm sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .”
“Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!”
“Yes ，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .”
“对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。”
“是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
TWO： Teacher：We all know that beat causes an object to expand an cold cauese it to contract. Now，can anyone give me a good example?
John：Well ，in the summer the days are long，and in the winter the days are short.
老师：我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在，谁给我举个例子？
约翰：嗯，在夏天天都长，在冬天天都短。
A boy cried to his mother, "All the children make fun of me. They say I have a big head."
"Don't listen to them," his mother said, "You have a beautiful head. Now stop crying and go to the store to buy twenty pounds of patotoes."
"Where is the shopping bag?"
"I haven't got one-use your hat
Notes:
(1) make fun of取笑；嘲弄
(2) shopping bag购物袋
一个小男孩向他母亲哭诉道：“他们都取笑我，说我脑袋大。” “别听他们的，”他母亲安慰道，“你有一个很漂亮的脑袋。好啦，别哭了，去商店买十斤土豆来。”
“购物袋在哪儿？”
“没购物袋了----就用你的帽子吧。”
One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk." "But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"
醉酒
一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，?醉?字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”
Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。
“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”
“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？”
“她是个卖糖果的。”
篇三：chinese new year英语小故事
1 Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February 19.
On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named
according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first!
The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of that animal.
lunar 月(亮)的
exact 确切的
calendar 日历
rat 鼠
ox 公 牛
rabbit 兔子
ram 公羊
rooster 公鸡
legend 传说
name after 按....命名
particular 特殊的 characteristic 特征
春 节
对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。 公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日 到 2 月 19 日 之间。
在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根据动物们到达终点的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达终点！
《关于新年的英语谚语、小故事》出自：百味书屋
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