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　　經典英語故事篇1

　　愚公移山

　　In ancient times, there was an old man named Yu Gong. He was nearly 90 years old. There were two mountains in front of his house. One was the Taihang Mountain, the other the Wangwu Mountain. It was very inconvenient for people to come and go.

　　古時候，有一老人，名字叫愚公，快九十歲了。他家的門口有兩座大山，一座叫太行山，一座叫王屋山，人們進出非常不方便。

　　One day, Yu Gong said to the whole family:

　　一天，愚公對全家人說:

　　"These two mountains block the doorway of our house. It is very inconvenient for us to come and go. Let our whole family exert efforts to move away these two mountains. How about it?"

　　“這兩座大山，擋在了咱們家的門口，進出很不方便。咱們全家出力，移走這兩座大山，好不好?”

　　Upon hearing this, all his sons and grandsons said:

　　他的兒子、孫子一聽，都說:

　　"You are right. Let us start tomorrow!"

　　“你說得對，咱們明天就開始幹!”

　　But his wife felt it too difficult to move the mountains. She said:

　　可是，他的妻子覺得搬山太難了，她說:

　　"Do you know how high these two mountains are? How can you move such big mountains? Where can you put all the stones and earth?"

　　“你們知道，這兩座山有多高嗎?這麼大的山，你們怎麼把它移走呢?哪兒放得下這麼多的石頭和泥土呢?”

　　Everybody said:

　　大家說:

　　"So long as we work hard together, we can certainly move away these two mountains. We can carry the stones and earth of the mountains to the sea."

　　“只要我們一起努力幹，就一定能夠移走這兩座大山。山上的石頭和泥土，我們可以把它們填放到海里去。”

　　The following day, Yu Gong led the whole family and started to move the mountains. His neighbour was a widow with a son, only 7 or 8 years old. When he heard of this, he also came to help happily. They worked nonstop every day, fearing neither heat in summer nor cold in winter, neither wind nor rain.

　　第二天，愚公帶著一家人開始搬山了。他的鄰居是寡婦，她有一個孩子，才七八歲，聽說要搬山，也高高興興地來幫忙。他們夏天不怕熱，冬天不怕冷，不怕颳風，不怕下雨，每天不停地搬。

　　When a shrewd old man named Zhi Sou saw Yu Gong's family moving the mountains, he thought it ridiculous and said to Yu Gong:

　　有個老人叫智雯，很精明。看見愚公一家人在搬山，他覺得很可笑，就對愚公說:

　　"You are so old that you can hardly walk. Can you move the mountains?"

　　“你這麼大歲數了，路也走不動了，能搬得動山嗎?

　　Yu Gong replied:

　　愚公回答說:

　　"You are not even as clever as a child. Though I am about to die, I have sons. When my sons die, there are still grandsons. Generation after generation, my offspring are endless. But with more and more stones being removed, smaller and smaller will the mountains become. Not a grain of earth or a piece of stone will grow on the mountains. If we work without stop every day, why can't we move away the mountains?"

　　“你還沒有小孩子聰明!我雖然快要死了，但是我還有兒子，兒子死了，還有孫子，子子孫孫，一直傳下去，這是無窮無盡的。山上的石頭卻是搬走一點兒就少一點兒，再也長不出一粒泥、一塊石頭來的。我們每天這樣不停地搬，為什麼搬不走山呢?”

　　Zhi Sou, who thought himself clever, had nothing more to say.

　　自以為聰明的智史聽了，再也沒有話說了。

　　Yu Gong led his family digging the mountains continually from early morning till late night. They finally moved God, who sent two celestials to the world to move away these two mountains.

　　愚公帶領一家人每天起早摸黑挖山不止，終於感動了上帝。上帝派了兩個神仙下凡，把這兩座大山搬走了。

　　經典英語故事篇2

　　同道異功

　　During the Spring and Autumn Period, a Shi family in the State of Lu had two sons. One of them studied liberal arts and the other martial arts.

　　春秋時期，魯國一戶姓施的人家，有兩個兒子，一個學文，一個學武。

　　The son who studied liberal arts went to the State of Qi to advocate his doctrines, which were well received by the Lord of Qi. The Lord appointed him Tai Fu ***one of the three highest officials to teach several princes of the State of Lu.

　　學文的兒子用他自己的道理，打動了齊侯。齊侯任用他為太傅，負責教導幾位魯國公子。

　　The son who studied martial arts went to the State of Chu to tell the King of Chu his own military strategies. The King of Chu gladly asked him to stay to help administer military and political affairs.

　　學武的兒子到了楚國，向楚王講述了自己的韜略，楚王高興地請他留下來協助治理軍事與政治。

　　The two sons of the Shi family achieved success and fame, brought honour to their ancestors, and the whole family enjoyed high position and enormous wealth.

　　施家二子功成名就，光宗耀祖，全家富貴。

　　The next-door family, the Meng family, also had two sons. They learned liberal arts and martial arts in the same way, but remained poor and frustrated.

　　施家的鄰居孟家，也有兩個兒子，也一樣都練過文，習過武，但是一直窮愁潦倒。

　　The Meng family was envious of the Shi family’s achievements, and visited them to ask about the ways of winning promotion and getting rich. The two sons of the Shi family told the Meng family their experiences as they were.

　　孟家很羨慕施家的成就，就登門請教升官發財的方法。施家的兩個兒子把經歷如實地告訴了孟家。

　　Thereupon, the son of the Meng family who studied liberal arts went to the State of Qin to advocate "benevolence and righteousness". At this, the King of Qin was very displeased. He said:

　　於是，孟家學文的兒子跑到秦國，向秦王鼓吹“仁義”。秦王一聽就非常生氣，說:

　　"Nowadays the feudal lords under the emperor are seeking hegemony and fighting one another. We should devote our efforts to farming and preparations for war. If we adopt your doctrines of benevolence and righteousness to govern our state, we will be on the way to destruction." Then he ordered to castrate the son of the Meng family and deport him from the State of Qin.

　　“如今諸侯稱霸，武力相爭，我們應該致力於農業和備戰。如果採用你的那套仁義來治理我們的國家，就會走上滅亡的道路。”說罷，下令將他處以宮刑，趕出秦國。

　　The other son of the Meng family who studied martial arts went to the State of Wei and talked at length with the Lord of Wei about the doctrine of strengthening the army. The Lord of Wei was very disgusted and said angrily:

　　孟家學武的兒子投奔衛國，向衛侯大談強兵之道。衛侯非常反感，氣憤地說:

　　"Our state is small and weak, and situated in between several large states. We treat the large states with reverence and courtesy, and the small states with respect and care. This is the only correct strategy to keep peace and guarantee safety. If we follow what you said and mobilize the army for war, our state will be destroyed very soon. Today, if I let you go intact to other states to confuse and poison people's minds to wantonly engage in military aggression, it will certainly put us in big danger." So he ordered to cut off both feet of the son of the Meng family and drive him back to the State of Lu.

　　“我們是弱小的國家，又處在幾個大國之間。對大國，我們恭敬禮貌;對小國，我們尊重愛護，這才是保持和平求得安全的正確策略。如果照你所說的去興兵動武，那麼我們衛國很快就會被滅亡。今天，如果讓你全軀而歸跑到其他國家，蠱惑人心，窮兵默武，一定會給我們造成很大的危險。”於是，下令砍掉他的腳，攆回魯國。

　　When the two sons of the Meng family returned home, they and their father, all three of them, rushed to the Shi family to rebuke them.

　　孟家二子回到家裡，父子三人又趕到施家，拍著胸膛責罵。

　　After the Shi family learned about the situation, they said with a sigh of emotion:

　　施家問清楚情況後，感慨地說:

　　"Only those who understand the times will get along smoothly in life. Otherwise they will end up in tragic failure. Though your sons have learned the same things as ours, the results are entirely different from ours."

　　“凡是識時務的人，就能一帆風順;反之，就會慘遭失敗。您兒子雖然學習的東西跟我們一樣，但是結果卻和我們的完全相反。”

　　經典英語故事篇3

　　致富妙法

　　There lived a rich man named Guo in the State of Qi and a poor man named Xiang in the State of Song.

　　齊國有個姓“國”的富人，宋國有個姓“向”的窮人。

　　The poor man came to the State of Qi to visit the rich man, and asked him about the way to get rich.

　　窮人到齊國去拜訪那位富人，向他請教致富的方法。

　　The rich man in the State of Qi told him:

　　齊國富人告訴他:

　　"I was also very poor before, but now I am quite well-off. The only reason is that I can steal and rob. But it is very painstaking. By stealing and robbing, I could make a living in the first year, and in the second year I had more than enough to eat and wear. In the third year, my family's storehouse was truly filled with grain and millet."

　　“我原來也很貧窮，可是現在日子過得很好。原因只是我會偷、會搶罷了。不過太辛苦了。我偷呀搶呀，第一年生活就夠維持了，第二年就已經吃不完穿不完了，第三年我家裡真是糧滿囤、谷滿倉。”

　　The man of Song only heard him talk profusely about stealing and robbing, but did not find out clearly how to steal and rob. The minute he returned home, he got dizzy with imagined success and started to steal and rob.

　　宋國人只聽見他滿口的偷呀搶呀，卻沒有問清楚究竟怎麼個偷法、怎麼個搶法。他一回到家就得意忘形地動手去偷、去搶。

　　As soon as it was dark, he climbed over the wall of the family on the east, and dug a hole in the wall of the family on the west. He stole whatever he saw. After some time, his family actually began getting rich. But just when he was immensely proud of himself, the bailiffs from the yamen ***government office*** came and arrested him. He was declared guilty and put in prison. All the things he had stolen and robbed, together with his own old and worn-out stuff, were confiscated.

　　天一黑，他就翻東家的牆，挖西家的洞。看到什麼偷什麼。時間一長，家裡居然也富起來了。可是，正當他洋洋自得的時候，衙門差人到他家裡，將他捉拿歸案，判了罪，坐了牢。他偷來搶來的一切，連同他原有的破舊東西，全部被沒收了。

　　As soon as the thief was released upon completion of his prison term, he went to Guo's home in the State of Qi to blame him. The rich man asked him in haste:

　　這個小偷刑滿之後從監牢裡一出來就跑到齊國姓“國”的家裡責怪他。富人連忙問他:

　　"How are you doing?"

　　“你幹得怎麼樣了?”

　　The thief told him what had happened and sighed:

　　小偷將經過訴說了一遍，唉聲嘆氣地說:

　　"I am now even poorer than before."

　　“我比以前更窮了。”

　　The rich man was astonished at first, then said regretfully:

　　富人先是大吃一驚，接著惋惜地說:

　　"How can you be in reduced circumstances? Alas, you completely misunderstood what I meant by stealing and robbing."

　　“你怎麼會弄到這個地步呢?哎呀!你把我說的偷、搶的意思完全誤會了。”

　　He continued:

　　又說:

　　"By stealing and robbing, I meant seeking for the resources of the earth, and racing against the seasons of the heavens. Dense forests, broad land, sunshine, rain and dew, wind and cloud, all these are my targets for robbing. I approach them, make friends with them, and rely on them to plant crops and build houses. Birds in the sky, beasts on land, fish and shrimp in the river…all these don't belong to me by nature. But I, fearing neither hardship nor toil, use my brains and think up ways to steal them and rob them. This is stealing and robbing in an open and aboveboard way. It is by no means committing a crime. As to the clothing, food and articles of individuals, they are obtained through people's own labour, and can only belong to these people. I have never encouraged you to steal and rob other people's private property. But you have actually done so, which does break the law. Who is to blame for your being found guilty and put in prison?"

　　“我說的偷、搶是向土地要資源，與老天搶時間。茂密的山林、廣闊的土地、陽光、雨露、風雲等都是我搶奪的物件。我接近它們，同它們交朋友，依靠它們，種莊稼、建房屋。空中的飛禽，陸上的走獸，河裡的魚蝦··…這些東西原來都不屬於我，但是我動腦筋，想辦法，不怕苦，不怕累，把它們偷了過來，搶了過來，這是光明正大的偷、搶，並不是犯罪呀!至於那些屬於私人的衣物、食品都是人們用自己的勞動取得的，只能屬於他們自己。我從來沒有叫你去偷、去搶人家的東西呀!可是你竟然去偷、去搶別人家的東西，這是犯法的行為。你被判罪坐牢，這到底應該怪誰呢?”