英语的成语故事

2020-04-10成语故事

  今天小编给大家整理了英文版的成语故事,欢迎大家阅读!

  Story 1Covering One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell

  Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things.

  One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. “Oh! How nice! I will take it

  home.” He thinks, “What can I do?” After a while he has a “good” idea. “Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.” Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. “What ate you doing?” the owner says angrily.

  故事1 掩耳盗铃

  王先生总以为自己很聪明,实际上他总干傻事。

  一天,他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。“啊,真漂亮啊!我要把它拿回家去。”他自言自语道:“我该怎么做呢?”过了一会儿他想到了一个“好”主意。“啊哈!我有办法了!我把耳朵堵上,拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。”

  于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛,屋子的主人就打开门,怒气冲冲地说:“你在干什么?”

  Story 2Adding Feet to a Snake

  One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it.

  Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’ve finished. I’m No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”

  故事2 画蛇添足

  一天,狮子先生举行一场聚会,许多动物都来了,他们喝很多酒。最后只剩一

  壶酒了。让谁喝呢?它们想了想,有个主意。它们比赛画蛇,谁最快画好,谁就喝这壶酒。

  不一会,狼先生画好了。“哈,我画好了,我是第一个。”它说。可是它又画了起来,它还说:“再给它加几只脚吧。”这是猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那酒壶喝起来。一边喝一边说:“那不是蛇,蛇是没有脚的,我赢了这壶酒。”

  Story 3 Adding Eyes to a Dragon

  Mr. Li is a good painter. One day he draws a beautiful dragon without eyes.

  Mr. Zhou looks at the picture and says, “The dragon has no eyes. It isn’t a good picture.”

  But Mr. Li smiles and says, “If I add eyes to the dragon, it will fly away.”

  Mr. Zhou shakes head and says, “You are boasting. I don’t believe you.”

  Mr. Li isn’t angry. He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon. Woe! The dragon really flies.

  故事 3 画龙点睛

  李先生是位很好的画家。一天画了一条栩栩如生的龙,但是这只龙没有眼睛。 周先生见了说:“这条龙没有眼睛。这不算一张好画。”

  可是李先生笑着说:“如果我给它加上眼睛,它就会飞走了。”

  周先生摇头说:“你吹牛。我不相信。”

  李先生也不生气,只是拿起笔给龙点上眼睛。哇!龙真的飞走了。

  Story 4 Snow White

  Snow White is born on a cold winter day. She is as white as snow. Her eyes are very big, her hair very long and her voice is sweet. She is very kind and beautiful. Everyone loves her. Her mummy, the Queen loves her, too. But she died.

  A new Queen comes. She is beautiful, but bad. She doesn’t like Snow White, because Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world.

  “I will kill Snow White.” So she orders a hunter to kill Snow White. The hunter is an

  honest man. “You are a good girl; I don’t want to kill you.” So he lets Snow White go. Snow White goes into a forest. She finds a house, and goes into the house. Seven dwarfs live there. They like Snow White, and ask Snow White to live with them.

  No sooner, the new Queen dies. Because she isn’t the most beautiful woman in the world.

  故事 4 白雪公主

  白雪公主出生在一个寒冷的冬天,因此她像雪一样洁白无瑕。她又两只大眼晴,有漂亮的长头发和甜蜜的声音。她又善良又美丽。每个人都很喜欢她。她妈妈——皇后也爱她,但她死了。

  一位新皇后来了,她很漂亮但很恶毒。她不喜欢白雪公主,因为白雪公主是世界上最美丽的女孩。

  “我一定要杀死白雪公主。“因此,她命令一位猎人去杀白雪公主。这位猎人是一个诚实的人。 “你是一个好姑娘,我不想杀你。”所有他放走了白雪公主。

  白雪公主走进一片森林,她发现了一个房子,并且走进了房子。七个小矮人住在房子里。他们很喜欢白雪公主并留她一起住下来了。

  不久,女皇死了,因为她不是世界上最美丽的人。

  Story 5 Look at the Sky from the Bottom of a Well

  There is a frog. He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well.

  One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, “Frog, let’s have a talk.” Then the frog asks, “Where are you from?” “I fly from the sky,” the crow says. The frog feels surprised and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?”

  The crow says, “The sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you don’t know the world is big.”

  The frog says, “I don’t believe.” But the crow says, “You can come out and have a look by yourself.”

  So the frog comes out from the well. He is very surprised. How big the world is!

  故事5坐井观天

  有一只青蛙住在井底,他从来没有去过井外面。他以为天空就和井口一样大。 一天,一只乌鸦飞到井边,看见青蛙,就对它说:“青蛙,咱们聊聊吧。”青蛙就问

  他:“你从哪里来?”“我从天上上来。青蛙惊讶了,就说:“天空就只有这井口这么大,你怎么会从天上飞老呢?”

  乌鸦说:“天空很大。只不过你一直呆在井里,所有不知道世界很大。”青蛙说:“我不相信。”乌鸦说:“你可以出来,自己看看嘛。”

  于是青蛙来到井外。他十分惊讶,原来世界这么大!

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