我們中國有很多寓言故事,每一個寓言故事雖然短,但是之中還是蘊含了很多道理。大家有沒有想過當中國寓言故事變成英語演講稿會是什么樣子呢?下面的三個英語寓言故事演講稿或許能夠幫助大家了解語言的奧秘。

Hello,everyone:
The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller.A Charcoal-Burner carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied, "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal."

燒炭人在一所房子里干活,看見有一個漂布人搬遷到他的旁邊來住時,滿懷高興地走上 去勸他與自己同住,并解釋說這樣彼此更親密,更方便,還更省錢,英語寓言故事演講稿。漂布人卻回答說:“也 許你說的是真話,但完全不可能辦到,因為凡我所漂白的,都將被你弄黑。”

這故事說明:

不同類的人難相處。Like will draw like.

Hercules and the Wagoner

A carter was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: "Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain."

一名車夫趕著貨車沿著鄉間小路行進,演講稿[http://fanwen.unjs.com/],英語寓言故事演講稿。途中車輪陷入了很深的車轍中,再也無法前進。這時,愚蠢的車夫嚇得茫然失措,一籌莫展,癡呆呆地站在那里,凝視著貨車,不斷地高聲喊叫,求大力神來助他一把。大力神來到后,對他說:“朋友,用你的肩膀扛起車輪,再抽 打拉車的馬。你自己不自力更生,盡力解決,僅靠祈求我,怎么行呢?”

寓言告訴我們:

自力更生,自助自立是克服困難的最好辦法。

The Cock and the Jewel

A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: "If your owner had found thee(you), and not I, he would have taken thee(you) up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee(you) for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world."

一只公雞在田野里為自己和母雞們尋找食物。他發現了一塊寶玉,便對寶玉說:“若不 是我,而是你的主人找到了你,他會非常珍惜地把你撿起來;但我發現了你卻毫無用處。我 與其得到世界上一切寶玉,倒不如得到一顆麥子好。”

故事告訴我們:

自己需要的東西才是真正珍貴的。

Thank you!