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1、英语寓言小故事15则1.MakingHisMark“刻舟求剑”AmanfromthestateofChuwastakingaboatacrossariverwhenhedroppedhisswordintothewatercarelessly.Immediatelyhemadeamarkonthesideoftheboatwherethesworddropped,hopingtofinditlater.Whentheboatstoppedmoving,hewentintothewatertosearchforhisswordattheplace
2、wherehehadmarkedtheboat.Asweknow,theboathadmovedbuttheswordhadnot.Isn’tthisaveryfoolishwaytolookforasword?楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢？船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。2.ToPulluptheSeedlingstoHelpThemGrow“拔苗助长
3、”Onceuponatime,therewasanoldfarmerwhoplantedaplotofrice.Afterheplantedtheseedlings,everydayhewenttothefieldtowatchtheseedlingsgrow.Hesawtheyoungshootsbreakthroughthesoilandgrowtallereachday,butstill,hethoughttheyweregrowingtooslowly.Eventuallyhegotimpatientwiththeyoungplants
4、andsuddenlyhehituponanideathatonebyone,hepulleduptheyoungplantsbyhalfaninch.Thenextearlymorning,theyoungmancouldn’twaittocheckhis“achievement”,buthewasheart-brokentoseeallthepulled-upyoungplantsdying.从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗（seedlings）后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个
5、“最佳方法”，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。1.PluggingOne’sEarsWhileStealingaBell“掩耳盗铃”Onceuponatime,therewasamanwhowantedtostealhisneighbor’sdoorbell.However,heknewclearlythatthebellwouldringandcatchtheotherpeople’sattentionaslongashetouchedthebell.Sohethou
6、ghthardandsuddenlyhitonaclever“idea”.Hepluggedhisearswithsomething,thinkingthateverythingwouldgowellwhenhestolethebell.Unfortunatelytohisdisappointment,thebellstillrangloudlyandhewascaughtonthespotasathief.从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个“妙极”，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，
7、就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住2.TheFoxandtheCrow“狐狸和乌鸦”Onedayacrowstoodonabranchnearhisnestandfeltveryhappywiththemeatinhismouth.Atthattime,afoxsawthecrowwiththemeat,soheswallowedandeagerlythoughtofaplantogetthemeat.However,whateverthefoxsaidtothecrow,thecrowjustkeptsilen
8、t.Untilthefoxthoughthighlyofthecrow’sbeautifulvoice,thecrowfeltflatteredand
