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成人子最喜欢听故事了，故事对于成人来说，是有着不可抵挡的诱惑。孩子在听故事时，一般能够保持绝对的专注，所以很多家长或者老师都会利用一些有趣的英语童话故事，对孩子进行英语的启蒙教育。今天小编为大家精选10篇的成人英语童话故事，大家可以平用来哄成人子，也可以用于孩子的英语启蒙教育。
1、The cage bird and the bat金丝雀与蝙蝠
A bird was confined in a cage outside a window. She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.
One night a bat came. He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.
The bird answered, “Last year when I was singing in the daytime, a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.”
The bat replied, “But it is useless to do this now that you have bee a prisoner.” Then he flew away.
挂在窗口笼里的金丝雀，经常在鸟儿睡着的夜里歌唱。
一天晚上，蝙蝠来了，飞过来问她为什么白天安静无声，夜里却要歌唱。
金丝雀回答说：“去年我在白天唱歌时，捕鸟人听到我的歌声抓住了我。从此，我再也不在白天唱歌了。”
蝙蝠说：“你此刻才懂得谨慎已没用了，你若在变为囚徒之前就懂得，那该多好呀!”说完就飞走了。
2、the wind and the sun风和太阳
One day the wind said to the sun,“Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.”
“We will see about that,” said the sun. “I will let you try first.”
So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.
“I give up,” said the wind at last. “I cannot get his cloak off.” Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.
有一天风跟太阳说: “看看那个沿着路上走的人，我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来。”
“我们等着看吧，”太阳说，“我让你先试。”
因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来，他用力地吹，可是那个人把披风拉得更紧。
“我放弃了,”风最后说，“我无法让他把披风脱下来。”然后由太阳试试看，他尽可能地晒他，不久，那个人很热就把披风脱下来了
3、The crow and the pitcher口渴的乌鸦
A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally, he found a pitcher.
But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher. His beak could not reach it. He tried again and again, but still could not touch the water.
When he was about to give up, an idea came to him. He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher. Then he took another and dropped it in.
Gradually, the water rose, and the crow was able to drink the water.
一只乌鸦口渴了，到处找水喝。最后，他找到了一个大水罐。
然而，水罐里面的水并不多，他的尖嘴够不到水面，他试了一次又一次，都没有成功。
就在他想放下的时候，他突然想到一个主意。乌鸦叼来了一块小石子投到水罐里，之后又叼了一块又一块石头放进去。
渐渐地，水面升高了。乌鸦高兴地喝到了水。
4、The Fox and the Crow狐狸和乌鸦
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.
从前，一只狐狸看见一只乌鸦嘴里叼着一块奶酪飞走了，停在一棵树的树枝上。“那是给我的，因为我是一只狐狸。”狐狸说着走到树下。
“天哪，乌鸦小姐，”他喊道。“你今天看起来多好：你的羽毛多么光滑；你的眼睛多么明亮。”我相信你的声音一定会超过其他鸟儿的声音，就像你的体形一样；让我只听你唱一首歌，我就可以把你当作鸟儿的女王来迎接你了。”
乌鸦抬起头来，开始发出最美妙的叫声，但她一开口，奶酪就掉到地上，结果被狐狸主人咬断了。“那就行了，”他说。“这就是我想要的。作为对你奶酪的交换，我会给你一点未来的建议。
5、The Old Cat老猫
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.”
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。”
6、A tail-lost fox断尾的狐狸
A fox’s tail was caught in a trap。 When he was trying to release himself， he lost his whole tail except the stump。
At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail， but he was determined to face his misfortune。 He called all the foxes to a meeting。
When they had gotten together， the fox said that they should all do away with their tails。
He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies。
He did not talk about any advantages of the tail。 “You are right，” said one of the older foxes， “but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn’t lost it yourself first。”
一只狐狸的尾巴被一个陷阱困住了，当他试图释放自己时，除了残端，他失去了整个尾巴。
起初，他因为没有尾巴而羞于见到其他狐狸，但他决心面对自己的不幸。他召集所有的狐狸开会。
当他们聚在一起时，狐狸说他们都应该把尾巴收起来。
他说他们遇到敌人时尾巴很不方便。
他没有提到尾巴的任何优点。“你说得对，”一只老狐狸说，“但我不认为你会建议我们先把尾巴弄丢。”
7、Fox and cock狐狸和公鸡
One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,”This is my breakfast.”He comes up to the cock and says,”I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?”The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.
The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away. The people in the field see the fox.They cry,”Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.”The cock says to the fox,”Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.”
The fox opens his mouth ang says,”The cock is mine,not yours.”Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。
狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。”
狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。公鸡跑到了树底下。
8、The donkey and the grasshopper驴子与蚱蜢
An ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, “The dew.” The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.
驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便 羡慕地问他们吃些什么，才能发出如此美妙的声音来。蚱蜢答道：“吃露水。”驴子便也只吃露水，没多久就饿死了。
9、Kangaroos and cages袋鼠和笼子
One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem–how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came to the conclusion that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high.
But the next day the kangaroos were still at large and they again raised the cage to three meters.Quite beyond their expectation the next morning they saw the kangaroos still free to go about.
They were alarmed and determined to go to all the length by raising the cage to the height of ten meters.Later a giraffe, while chatting with some kangaroos, asked them, “Do you think they will go on raising your cage?”
“Hard to say,” said a kangaroo, “if they continue forgetting to fasten the cage door.”
有一天，动物园的管理员们发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了， 于是开会讨论，一致认为是笼子的高度过低，所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的1米加高到2米。结果第二天他们发现，袋鼠还是跑到外面来，所以他们又决定再将高度加高到3米。
没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面，于是管理 员们大为紧张，决定一不做二不休，将笼子的高度加高到10米。
一天，长颈鹿和几只袋鼠在闲聊，“你们看，这些人 会不会再继续加高你们的笼子?”长颈鹿问。
“很难说。”袋鼠说，“如果他们再继续忘记关门的话!”
10、Piggy Moving Watermelon小猪噜噜搬西瓜
In spring, the mother pig took the little pig LuLu to the foot of the mountain. They planted some watermelon.When summer came, there were many big round watermelons in the field.
One day, the sun was burning like a fire, it was terribly hot on the ground. The mother pig said to the little pig:”Lulu, go to the field to pick a watermelon back,ok?” Lulu said happily:”Ok! No problem.”Then he ran to the watermelon field. When he got to the field,
he was happy to find so many big green watermelons. He chose one of the biggest watermelon and picked it from the vine. Then he held it with his hands trying to lift is on his shoulder to carry it home.”Wow!It’s so heavy!” Lulu tried several times, but he failed.
And he was socked with sweat. He wiped his sweat off and decided to have a rest.Suddenly he saw the monkey Pipi. He was playing with a hoop. Lulu patted his head and said:”I’ve got it.” He thought,the round hoop can roll, the watermelon round too,then it can roll too.
He then put the big melon on the ground and rolled it forward quickly.At last he got home with the watermelon.The mother pig knew the story, she exclaimed:”My child, you’re really clever!”
春天的时候，猪妈妈带着小猪噜噜，在山坡下种了一大片西瓜。到了夏天，西瓜地里结满了又圆又大的西瓜。有一天，太阳光火辣辣地照着大地，天啊，可热了。猪妈妈对小猪说：“噜噜，你到咱们的地里摘个大西瓜回来解解渴吧！”小猪噜噜高兴地说：“好吧！”
说完就往西瓜地里跑。到了地里一看。呵，到处躺着大西瓜，水灵灵的，真惹人喜爱！噜噜挑了个最大的摘了下来。它双手搂着西瓜，想抱起来放在肩上扛回家。“哟，好重呀！”噜噜试着抱了几次都没有抱起来，还累得满头大汗。 它直起身来，擦了擦脸上的汗水想休息一下，再去试试抱西瓜。
突然，它看到小猴皮皮在山下边的马路上滚铁环玩呢。小猪噜噜一拍后脑勺高兴地说：“有了，我有办法了。”什么办法呢？小猪噜噜心想：铁环是圆的，可以滚动。西瓜也是圆的，不也可以滚动吗？想到这儿啊，小猪噜噜顾不上休息，把大西瓜放在地上。
咕噜噜，咕噜噜地向前滚，一直把西瓜滚到家里。猪妈妈看到小猪噜噜把又圆又大的西瓜搬回家，夸奖噜噜是个爱动脑筋的猪娃娃！
以上就是小编为大家整理的十篇简易的成人英语童话故事以及翻译，每一篇故事都带有一些人生的哲理，不知道大家是否有所发觉。希望小编的分享的这些故事能够给孩子带来快乐，对孩子的健康成长能够有所帮助。小编最近发现一节挺不错的英语试听课【https://www.nicekid.com/t/nicekid-bite】课程非常的幽默有趣，而且能够从中学到不少的英语知识，赶快让孩子去体验一下吧！
