英语趣味故事
英语趣味故事(一)狮子国王
THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be.
有只狮子做了国王，他善良、温和，与人一样和平、公正。
During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity.
在他的统治下，惩恶扬善， 裁决动物之间的纠纷，使所有的动物和睦相处。
The Hare said, "Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in which the weak shall take their place with impunity by the side of the strong."
野兔说，“我祈祷能得到这样的日子，那时弱者就不怕被强者伤害了”。
牛和狗 The Ox and the dog
An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.
One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…”
“Me? How about me ?” the ox says
“You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says.
“Yes. It’s true,” the ox says. “But if I don’t plough, what do you guard?”
英语趣味故事(二)牛和狗
一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。
一天， 狗骄傲地说着;‘我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?”
“我?我怎么啦?“ 牛反问。
“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。
“是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢?”
英语趣味故事(三)数字
A lady noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach. Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this maneuver, she commented,"I don’t think that’s going to help.""Sure it will,"he said."It’s the only way I can see the numbers."
一个女人看见丈夫使劲收腹站在体重秤上，以为他想称得轻一点，就说：“没用的。” 丈夫说：“当然有用，这样我才能看到秤上的数字。”