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2021年1月11日发(作者：卞煦)【精品作文】经典趣味英语小故事大全
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篇一：英语趣味小故事
英语趣味小故事
一·英语有时候真是莫名其妙，你觉得你明明懂 了，可实际上你又没有懂。所以，今天我想讲几件轶事，都是因为没有理解听到看到的东西而闹出的笑话。也许， 从他们的经验中，你也可以学到一些东西。
第一个故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员： Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands?
服务员把她带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在 粉刷洗手间的墙壁。工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住他们，说：
That’s Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands.
在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。 还有一次，一个留学生在国外的 学校 第一天上学，心里又兴奋又紧张。一个美国人见到一张新面孔，为了表示友好，就问：
Hi! What’s the good word?
留学生一听到这个，立刻傻眼了，他想：
My God! I don’t know the good word. I’ve studied
English for years, but no one told me about
the good word!
他犹豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就问问他
好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地问：Hello. What’s the
good word? 老美听了，很随意地说：Oh, not much.
这下，这个留学生就更吃惊了！原来，What’s the
good word? 在美语里，是一句问候语，意思是“你
还好吗？”但问话的人并不指望你把遇到的高兴
的事情都一一告诉他，只是打个招呼而已。但这
个留学生以为对方真的在问什么是Good word，
所以闹了笑话，不过还好，也算给他歪打正着了。
下面的故事就更有意思了 。一次，一个美国公司的管理人员给公司一个驻外分部发了一份传真，要求对方把职员的人数报上来。他是这么说 的：I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken down by sex. 在上面的传真里，broken down by sex是“按照性别分开”的意思，但是分公司的外国职员没有理解“broken down by sex”的意思。不过break something/someone down倒是还有一个意思，就是“把某事物，把某人压服”。
结果，美国总部收到了回音。那份传真是这样说的：Here is your head count. Here we have thirty-five people in our factory, fifteen people in our office, five people in the hospital, none broken down by sex. (这是你要的人头数。我们的工厂里有35人，办公室15人，医院5人，无人因纵欲过度而垮掉。)
最后，他还加了一句：And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol. (如果你非要知道，我们这儿的问题是饮酒过度。) 查字典，break down就是“把??

压服，把??压垮”的意思，因此外国职员就把broken down by sex理解成了“因为纵欲过度而垮了”，但是在那样的语言环境下，broken down by sex实际上是“按照性别分开”的意思。美国人
一下子就理解的东西，在外国人眼里，就成了匪夷所思。可见，语言学习还真是麻烦。最好
的办法当然是不断积累，还有，如果有不懂的东西，一定要问明白！
二·英语有时候真是莫名其妙， 你觉得你明明懂了，可实际上你又没有懂。故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员：
excuse me. where could i wash my hands?
服务员把她 带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住 他们，说： that’s ok. stay. she only wants to wash her hands.在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。
三·你听说 过有不会游泳的鱼吗？你听说过鱼因不会游泳而淹死的事吗？如果谁有这样的担忧，就和那个被嘲笑了几百年的担 心天会塌下来的杞国人没什么差别了，必定会成为人们茶余饭后的笑料。
作为一种本能，鱼儿天生就是会游泳的，完全适应水底生活，如果有人想教鱼儿how to swim，这和在鲁班门前卖弄使斧头的功夫，在孔老夫子面前卖弄写文章的本领又有什么差异呢？
因此，teach a fish how to swim 的含义就是“班门弄斧”，“在孔夫子面前卖文章”。英语中类似的表达还有：teach a dog to chase rabbits；show the President where the White House is； teach the Pope how to pray.
四·In America, if you sit ahead when you take a taxi，the driver will be very happy. 在美国，如果你坐在车前座上，司机会很高兴，他会一路上与你谈笑风生。
But if you sit at the back, the driver will not say a word to you. 但是，如果你坐在后座上，司机则跟你一句话也不说。即便你主动搭讪，人家也爱搭不理的。
原来啊，如果你坐在前面，说明你把司机当作了朋友；你若坐在了后面，便表明对方成了纯粹为你服务的司机，你 们就是雇佣关系了。
现在人们往往还是寻求金钱（money）以外的尊重（respect）与友 谊（friendship），这看上去虽然只是个座位的问题，但却体现了人与人之间的尊重。
所以啊，如果您有机会在美国打的“take a taxi”，可要记得坐在前面啊！
五·最佳 答案 有人在美国拉斯维加斯的时候曾经在餐厅里向服务生要“napkin”
，服务生很
纳闷，为什么你找我要“尿布”呢？原来“napkin”在最初在英语中指的是小孩用的尿布，而“餐巾纸”这 种含义则在只在美国东部比较流行。 pants‘这个词在美语中是’裤子

‘的意思，但在’ 英式英语‘中却是’内裤‘的意思。如果美国人对英国人说’your pants is very pretty。‘英国人就会认为你这个美国人没素质。 英式英语(English English)和美式英语(American English)的差别是客观存在的，并且在语法上也是有一定差别的。
其实，不单是语法结构方 面如此，甚至单词的使用也有这样的倾向。这是说，在"英式英语"和"美式英语"中，假若是用不同的词汇表达 同一个意思的，那么，使用"美式英语"的人远较使用"英式英语"者多。 笔者曾对一些用词作过研究，藉此判 别上述这种趋势是否普遍存在，结果是肯定的。根据一些英美人士所作的调查，在日常应用的词汇中，"英式英语 "和"美式英语"各有表达用语的大约有一千个，其中通用的占了大部分。但所谓"通用"，其实是指英国人采纳 了美国人的用词而已。在英、美两国本土以外的地区，使用英文的人习惯了"美式英语"而少用"英式英语"者亦 占了大多数。 以下举一些例子说明上述情况的表现。 Antenna，aerial（前者为"美式英语"， 后者为"英式英语"，下同）--泛指无线电上使用的"天线"，但antenna远比aerial（或aer ial wire）流行。
Apartment，flat--指大厦中的住宅单
位，前者也被译为"（住宅）公寓"。不
过，东南亚地区目前流行用"座"来表达，
故使用flat的机会较多。
Ash，can；dust，bin--指垃圾箱。在
美式英语中，含有同等词义的还有
garbage can和junk一heap，但英式英
语则只有dust一bin（或dust- bin）.
香港目前多用dustbin。但废纸篓的两
种称呼分别是waste一basket和waste
一paper basket，流行度则似乎相等。
Automobile，motor-car-- 汽车。美式
英语很多时更简为auto，如"车祸"即称
为auto accident。两个字的使用度似乎
相差不大。
篇二：英语小故事大全
英语小故事大全
1、The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子
A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。 这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。
2、The Boys And The Frogs 男孩和青蛙
One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stone

s hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, ¨Boys, please don?t throw stones at us.〃The boys said, ¨We are only playing.〃 ¨I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,〃 said the old frog. So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away. 春天 里的一天，一些顽皮的男孩在一个水塘边玩耍。他们开始往水里扔石块。许多生活在水塘里的青蛙非常害怕这些男 孩，因为石头曾弄伤了他们中的一些。最后一只老青蛙把他的脑袋探出水面，他说：“孩子们，请别向我们扔石头 。”男孩说：“我们只是在玩耍。”“我知道，但请别扔石头，孩子们。对你们而言的玩耍对我们可意味着死亡。 ”老青蛙说。因此男孩们不再扔石头并且离开了
3、Applauded Twice
The Head of the bureau addressde the meeting:"I have always felt strange why the audience always applauded I have made who listened attentively woke up those who were dozing is why we heard the appluase twice.
The moment his voice died down,an outburst of uproar of noise and laughter arouse,Again two outbursts of noise and laughter.
4.
Difference "I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at
California State University in Los Angeles. "When I say, 'Good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond, 'Good afternoon." But the graduate students just write it down."
"She is the one who sells the candy."
5. A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yestrday?"
"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?"
6. The Fox. and the Crow
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. ?That?s for me, as I am a Fox,? said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. ?Good-day, Mistress Crow,? he cried. ?How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.? The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. ?That will do,? said he. ?That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future. ?Do not trust flatterers.?
7. Camels 骆驼的故事
At the small zoo camel ask: "Mother Mother, why do we eyelashes so long?" Camel mother said: "When the wind came, the long eyelashes will enable us to be able to see the direction of the storm." small camel asked: "Mother Moth

er, why do we camels back then, the die ugly!" camel mother, said: "This is called hump, you can help us store a lot of water and nutrients, so that we can tolerate more than a dozen in the desert day of potable water without conditions. "small camel asked:" Mother Mother, why do we so thick the soles of the feet? "camel mother said:" That will enable us to many of the body is not stuck in soft sand, to facilitate long-distance ah journey. "small camel pleased bad:" Wow, so useful that we ah!! But mother, why we are still in zoos, do not desert hiking? "
My talents to be useful, but now no one used. A good attitude + a successful teaching + an infinite stage = success. Each potential is unlimited, the key is to find a stage for their full potential.
以下为中文翻译
骆驼
在动物园里的小骆 驼问妈妈：“妈妈妈妈，为什么我们的睫毛那么地长?”骆驼妈妈说：“当风沙来的时候，长长的睫毛可以让我们 在风暴中都能看得到方向。”小骆驼又问：“妈妈妈妈，为什么我们的背那么驼，丑死了!”骆驼妈妈说：“这个 叫驼峰，可以帮我们储存大量的水和养分，让我们能在沙漠里耐受十几天的无水无食条件。”小骆驼又问：“妈妈 妈妈，为什么我们的脚掌那么厚?”骆驼妈妈说：“那可以让我们重重的身子不至于陷在软软的沙子里，便于长途 跋涉啊。”小骆驼高兴坏了：“哗，原来我们这么有用啊!!可是妈妈，为什么我们还在动物园里，不去沙漠远足 呢?”
我的才华必有用，可惜现在没人用。一个好的心态+一本成功的教材+一个无限的舞台=成功 。每人的潜能是无限的，关键是要找到一个能充分发挥潜能的舞台。
8. An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
【译文】
老猫
一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发 现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它 。
于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我 已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在

年青时所做过的有益的事情。”
9.A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.
He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."
He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.
Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
【译文】
一个人正朝 着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富 人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。
他继续走，来 到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡 过河。”
他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土 中翻出来吃了。
不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。
City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once 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。”
篇三：经典英语小故事
经典英语小故事The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."