英語演講小故事雙語版

1、The hidden gold隱藏的金子There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄欖樹） orchard（果園） . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised（輕視，看不起） the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.從前有一個農(nóng)民，他有一座漂亮的橄欖園。他非常勤勞，而且農(nóng)場在他的照

2、管下蒸蒸日上?？伤雷约旱娜齻€兒子瞧不起農(nóng)活，都迫不及待的想通過冒險發(fā)家致富。 When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."這個農(nóng)民上了年歲，感到死期快要來臨時，將三個兒子叫到身邊說：“兒子們，橄欖園里藏有一罐金子。你們想要，就

3、去挖吧?！盩he sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.兒子們想讓父親告訴他們金子藏在果園的那一塊地方，可他什么也沒再給他們說。 After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agr

4、eed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have sto

5、len it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，閑逛） in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.那個農(nóng)民死后，三個兒子就開始挖地，想找到那罐金子；因為他們不知道金子藏在什么地方，所以他們一致同意排成一行從果園的一頭開始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子為止. The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than the

6、y had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.到了第二年的橄欖季節(jié)，果園里的橄欖樹接出的果子比以往的都多；賣完果子后，三個兒子賺了整整一罐金子。And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig f

7、or it, if you wish it.他們從果園里得到這么多錢后，突然明白了聰明的父親所說的“果園里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”這句話的含義.The Gold and the Fur Coat金子與皮大衣A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They sat next to eachother.“Good morning, sir.” said the young man.“Good morning.” said the old man.“Where are you going, sir?” asked

8、 the young man.“I want to go to the bank.” answered the old man. “Is there a bank near here?”“Yes, you can take the No.2bus.Then get off the next bus stop, it is near here.” answered the young man“Thank you.” said the old man.“What's that in your bag? It is so big.” asked the young man, pointing

9、 to a big bag beside the old man.“Gold, nothing but gold,” answered the old man.The young man could hardly believe his own ears,” What?” he said to himself in surprise.” So much gold? My God! How I wish to be able to get so much gold!” Then he began to think about how to get the gold.The old man loo

10、ked tired and sleepy and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open.” Are you sleepy, sir?” asked the young man.” Then you'd better lie down on the chair and have a good rest. Don't worry about the bus. I'll wake you up in time.”“All right. It's very kind of you, young man.” T

11、he old man lay down and before long he fell asleep.The young man took the big bag gently. But when he was about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn't. At last he took off his coat and went away with

12、 the bag.The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him. When he reached a place where he thought the old man couldn't find him, he stopped and quickly opened the bag. To his surprise, there was nothing but a lot of small stones in it. He hurried to the station at on

13、ce. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.一個美國人乘英國火車A young American entered a railway compartment on a British train, to discover that all seats were occupied, Including one on which was seated a small dog. To its owner, a middle-aged lady wearing a large hat, he said politely,“Excus

14、e me, ma'am, but may I sit down?”She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.Again he said,“Excuse me, ma'am, but may I have this seat, please? And again she ignored him.For a third time the young American said,“Ma'am, would you please remove your dog

15、so that I may sit down?”And for the third time the snooty matron totally ignored him, so he opened a window, picked up the dog, threw it out, and then sat on the empty seat.There was a stunned silence, and then an Englishman sitting opposite said,“You know, you Yanks are the strangest people. You dr

16、ive on the wrong side of the road. You eat with the fork in the wrong hand, you name the floors in the wrong numbers, and now you've just thrown the wrong bitch out of the window!”成功的秘訣The Secret To Success A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to mee

17、t him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked(vt. 將?猛按入水) him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him t

18、here until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp(vi.喘息) and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to s

19、uccess. When you want succeas badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it.There is no other secret.”一個年輕人向蘇格拉底詢問成功的秘訣，蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨到河邊 見他。他們見面后，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他一起走向河里，當(dāng)河水淹至他們的 脖子時，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人并把其壓入水中，那人想要掙出水面， 而強壯有力的蘇格拉底將他摁在水中直到他變得無力抗?fàn)?，臉色發(fā)青。蘇格拉 底將他的頭拖出水面，這個年輕人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 氣。蘇格拉底問： “當(dāng)你悶在水里的時

20、候你最想要的是什么?”年輕人回答說： “空氣。 ”蘇格拉底說： “那就是成功的秘訣。當(dāng)你像渴望空氣一樣渴望成功， 你就能夠獲得它!沒有其他的秘密了。The old man and the starfish老人與海星 There was a young man walking down a deserted beach just before dawn. In the distance he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man, he saw him picking up stranded starfish and throwing

21、 them back into the sea. The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and again threw the small starfish from the sand to the water. He asked, "Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time?" The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die

22、 if left in the morning sun. " But there must be thousands of beached and millions of starfish!" exclaimed the young man. "How can you make any difference?" The old man looked down at the small starfish in his hand and as he threw it into the safety of the sea, he said, "I m

23、ade a difference to this one."有一個男人沿著茺涼的海灘欣賞日落時，望見遠遠的海岸邊有一個老人。 當(dāng)那男人靠近時，他才知道那老人是把海水沖刷上岸的海星，一次一個的逐 一丟回水中。 那男人感到十分疑惑，于是走到那個老人身邊問他：你好!請問你在做什 么呢?那老人回答：我把這些海星丟回海里。你看，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)退潮了。如 果我不把它們丟回海里，它們就會缺氧而死在這里。 那男人當(dāng)然能了解這種情形，但是他仍舊感到疑問：但是海灘上有成千上 萬的海星，而你不可能把它們?nèi)珌G回海里啊!它們有如天上繁星，更何況在這 么長的海岸線，這樣的情形很多，你這樣做并不能改變什么的。 那老人，

24、仍是彎下腰再度拾起另一只海星。當(dāng)他把海星丟進海中的時候，說： 這只海星的命運改變了。 有時候我們會覺得一己之力實在太小了，在整個大環(huán)境里或許是沒有改變，但 或許這個小改變卻改變了小環(huán)境的整個生命。The Miser守財奴A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon di