英文哲理故事18篇

1、英文哲理故事18篇英文哲理故事:Just Allocati onIna hot after noon , two farmers were enjoying the cool un der the tree。Onefarmercalled L and the other called X。both carried tasty bread astheir lunch 。 Ltookthree bread and X five 。 A bus in essma n p assed by whe n they were ready to havel unch 。“ goodafter noon ,

2、gen tleme n。” The bus in essma n greeted L and X。the bus in essma n wastires and hungry 。 L and X in vited him to have dinner together。” L con fused 。“ Butwe three men how to sep arate three breads?“Let' sput the breads together , then divide every one into three equal parts 。” Xsuggested。Cuttin

3、gand dividing the breads, they all got the exact oneEat ingup the breads , the bus in essma n in sisted to pay and L and X have no idea but toget it 。Whe nthe bus in essma n went away, L and X coun ted the nu mber of golde n bills-eight 。“ Eightbills , two person。 Four bills every one。” Lsaid。“ It &

4、#39; sun just ，” X opp osed loudly ,“ I had five breads and you justthree , so I shouldget five bills and you three。”Lrelucta nt to argue, n either would he gave X five bills。“Let' sinvite our village manager Morwey ' s house and tell all to him。” Thinking for awhile , Morweyreplied:“The jus

5、t wayto distributethese bill is X take seve nbills and L one。”“ Pardon?” L screamed。“Whyshould I posses seven? ” Xalso felt strange。AfterMorwey explained his reason clearly , both Land X had no dispute on thisallocati on。Wasthis really a just rule?An swerthese questi ons before you decide whether it

6、 was just or not:1。2。3。4。5。6。Howma ny small p ieces the eight breads were divided in to?Howma ny p ieces every one ate?Howmany small pieces did L ' s breads?Howma ny p ieces L left for the bus in essma n after he ate eight?Howma ny small p ieces did X ' s breads were divided in to? Howma ny

7、p ieces X left for the bus in essma n after he ate eight?Thereas on that Morwey only gave L one bill and X seve n because the bus in essma n ateeight p ieces and only one was left from L' s while otherseve n pi eces from X 。Tip s:we always in dig nant mostly because weare used to schem ing，but n

8、ot coun ti ng 。翻译：公平的分配一个炎热的下午，两个农民在一棵大树下乘凉。 其中一个叫拉姆，另一个叫 希亚。两个人都带着美味的面包充当午饭。拉姆带了 3个面包，希亚带了 5个。 正当他们准备吃午饭的时候，一个商人飘过此地。“下午好，两位先生。”商人向拉姆和希亚问候道。商人看起来又累又饿， 所以拉姆和希亚邀请他和他们一齐吃午饭。“但是我们有三个人怎样分这三个面包呢？”拉姆为难了。面包切开后，他们把面包平均分成三份， 吃完面包后，商人坚持要给他们钱。商人离开后，两人一数金币的数量 8 “8个金币，两个人。我们就每人“我们把面包放在一齐，再把每个面包切成均等的三块。”希亚推荐道。把 每

9、个人都不多也不少。拉姆和希亚推辞不掉，只好收下。 个。4个金币。”拉姆说道。“这不公平。”西亚大声反对，“我有 5个面包，你只有3个。所以我就应 拿5个金币，你只能拿3个。”拉姆不想争吵，但他也不想给希亚 5个金币。 “我们去找村长做裁决。他是个公正的人。”拉姆说道。他们来到村长毛尔维的家，把整个事情的经过告诉了他。毛尔维想了很久，最后说：“分配这笔钱的公平办法就是希亚拿 7个金币，拉姆拿1个。” “什么？”拉姆惊叫道。“我为什么该得7个？”希亚也觉得很奇怪。当毛尔维把他的分配理由解释清楚后，拉姆和希亚打偶没有对这个分配再提 出异议。这真的是一个公平的裁决吗？要明白毛尔维的裁决是否公平，就要先

10、回答这些问题：1、8个面包被切成了多少块？2、每个人吃了多少块面包？3、拉姆的面包被分成了多少块？4、拉姆吃了 8块面包，还剩几块留给商人？5、希亚的面包被分成了多上块？6希亚吃了 8块面包，还剩几块留给商人？毛尔维决定只给拉姆一个硬币，而给希亚7个，是因为商人吃了 8块面包，只有一块是从拉姆的面包中来的，而其余7块都是希亚的。点示：我们愤愤不平，太多是因为我们只会算计，不会计算。英文哲理故事：The City Mouse and the Cou ntry MouseOncethere were two mice。They were friends。One mouselived in the

11、coun try; the other mouselived in the city。After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said ，“ Do e and see me at my house in thecountry。” So the City mouse went 。The City mouse said ，“This foodis not good ， and your house is not good 。Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should

12、 e and live in the city。You would live in a nicehouse made of stone 。You would have nice food to eat 。You must e and see me at my house in the city 。”The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouses It was a very good house。Nice food was set ready for them to eat 。But just as they began to eat

13、 they heard a great noise 。The City mouse cried ，“ Run!Run! The cat is ing! ” They ran away quickly and hid 。After sometime they cameout。Whenthey cameout， the Country mouse said，“ I do not like living in the city。I like living in my hole inthe field 。 For it is nicer to be poor and happy， than to be

14、 rich andafraid。”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：“你必须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我的家里。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？你就应搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你就应到我城里的家看看。”当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城 因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在， 比起虽然富有 要好些。”乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮

15、，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。 但是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快 跑!快跑!猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。过了一会儿，他们出来了。 里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。 却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，英文哲理故事：粪堆里的小鸟。It was very cold , almost after a cow there , in a pile on the dunghill , feel veryA little bird fly to south for the winter frozen bird。Hence， fly to a large space， of c

16、ow dung upon the bird ， frozen bird lying，see， follow the voice ，bird ， pull it out。Thedung upon your people are your lire people are your friends ，warm, gradually recovered，it is warmand fortable lying ，and soon began to sing songs ， a passing wildcat hear voices wildcats quickly found lying on the

17、 dun ghill way of existe nee: not every one to lead the enemy。Each of you is not from the dunghilland，when you lying on the dunghill， had better keep your mouth shut 。粪堆里的小鸟 一只小鸟飞到南方去过冬。天很冷，小鸟几乎冻僵了。于是， 飞到一大块空地上，一头牛经过那儿，拉了一堆牛粪在小鸟的身上，冻僵的小鸟 躺在粪堆里，觉得很温暖，渐渐苏醒过来，它温暖而舒服的躺着，不久唱起歌来， 一只飘过的野猫听到声音，走过去看个究竟，循着声音，

18、野猫很快发现了躺在粪 堆里的小鸟，把它拽出来吃掉了。生存之道：不是每个往你身上拉大粪的人都是你的敌人。也不是每个把你从粪堆里拉出来的人都是你的朋友，还有，当你躺在粪堆里时，最好把你的嘴闭上。英文哲理故事：聪明的乌龟A tiger is hungry， he is looking for food。He sees a frogof him。“ Haha! A frog! My dinner!Beh ind the tigerhe bites the tiger“Ouch!” cries，there s tail 。” so he rushes at the frog 。is a tortoise

19、 。 The little tortoisein frontsees it;the tigerand he looks back。 The frog hearsthe voiceand jumps into water“Thank you , little tortoise 。” says the frog 。But the tiger is very angry。“ Bother it! I ' II throw you to the sky! ”“Thank you , I like flying in the sky，” says the tortoise 。The tiger

20、stops ,“ I will throw you int o the river 。”“Oh, no! I can' t swim; I will die if you throw meinto the water。” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly。“Thank you, Mr。Tiger。Bye-bye。” The tortoise and the frog swim away together。一只老虎很饥饿，他正在寻找食物。他看到一只青蛙在他前面。“哈哈！ 一只青蛙，我有晚餐啦！”于是，他扑向青蛙。在老虎

21、的后边，有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了，他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。“哎呦！ ”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看。此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音，他迅 速跳进水里。“多谢你，小乌龟。”青蛙说。大事老虎十分愤怒：“厌恶！我要把你扔到天上去。”“多谢你，我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。老虎停下来：“那我就把你扔到到水里。”“哦，不！我不会游泳，如果你把我扔井水里我会死的。”老虎很快就把乌 龟仍进水了。“多谢你，老虎先生，再见！ ”乌龟和青蛙一齐游走了。英文哲理故事：This crab is really sp ecial与众不一样的螃蟹A male crab met a female crab and asked her t

22、o marry him。She no ticed that he was walk ing straight in stead of sideways。 Wowshe thought ， this crab is really special。I can ' t let him get away 。So they got married immediately 。The n ext day she no ticed her new husba nd walk ing sideways like all the other crabs ， and got up set 。“ What h

23、appen ed?' she asked。“ Youused to walk straight before we were married。” Oh honey，” he rep lied ，“ I can' t drink that muchevery day。”一只雄蟹遇到了一只雌蟹，便向她求婚。雌蟹发现他是直着走路，而不是横着走。她心想，这只雄蟹真是与众不一样， 我可不能让他跑了。于是他们很快就结婚了。第二天，雌蟹发现她的新郎走起路来和普通螃蟹一样。 她便疑惑重重。”你 怎样了？ ”她问，“我们结婚之前你但是直着走路的。”“哦，宝贝，”他回答说，“我不可能每一天都喝那么

24、多啊。”英文哲理故事：Two Little Mon keysThe mon key mother has two little mon keys。She likes the youngernot the other 。One day, they were p layi ng in a forest whe n a wolf came running at them。The mon key ran away with the youn ger mon key in a hurry and left the older alone。She climbed up a tree and held th

25、e younger in her arms。After sometime， the wolf went away slowly。The monkeytook the baby out of her arms 。She was surprised to see that the baby had died， forthe baby washeld in arms too highly。Very long time later ，she remembered to look for the older baby 。The older baby was hiding in a wood。So hes

26、aved himself 。两只猴子猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的。一天，他们正在森林里玩的时候，一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着 小猴子跑了，单独留下打猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。过些时候，狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴 宝宝已经死了，因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。 过了很长时光，她才想起 去寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里，他救了自我。英文哲理故事：There was once upon a time an old goat who had seve n little kids，and loved them with all the lo

27、ve of a mother for her childre n。One day。 So she called all狼和七只小山羊she wan ted to go into the forest and fetch some food seven to her and said ,“ Dear children , I have to go into the forest,be on your guard aga inst the wolf; if he es in, he will devour you all-skin , hair , and all。The wretch often

28、 disguises himself , but you will know him at once by his rough voice and his black feet。” The kidssaid ,“ Dear mother , we will take good care of ourselves; you may goaway without any anxiety。” Then the old one bleated , and went on herway with an easy mind 。从前有只老山羊。它生了七只小山羊，并且像所有母亲爱孩子一样爱它们。 一天，它要到

29、森林里去取食物，便把七个孩子全叫过来，对它们说：“亲爱的孩 子们，我要到森林里去一下，你们必须要提防狼。要是让狼进屋，它会把你们全 部吃掉的一一连皮带毛通通吃光。这个坏蛋常常把自我化装成别的样貌，但是， 你们只要一听至甩那粗哑的声音、一看到它那黑黑的爪子，就能认出它来。” 小山羊们说：“好妈妈，我们会当心的。你去吧，不用担心。”老山羊咩咩地叫 了几声，便放心地去了。英文哲理故事：Who P ours Ink on My Chair?Donnyis a seven year old boy。He goes to school every day。The school is n ear his h

30、ome 。But today , heSo he goes there on foot and es back home on time is late 。His mother asks him，“Whydo you go to the headmaster' s office? ”Because the teacher asks us a questio n in class and no body can an swer it ， but I can 。”“ It ' s good to answer the teacher ' s question 。”“ But

31、 the questionis Who pours ink on my chair? '”谁把墨水倒在我椅子了？唐尼是个7岁孩子，每一天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。 因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是这天他回来迟了。他的母亲问他：“你为什么去校长的办公室？”“因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。”“回答老师的问题是好事。”“但那个问题谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了？”英文哲理故事：Our Mood Belo ng to OthersMost of us holdthat our moodsare of ourselves。Actually ， our moods be

32、l ong to others。 For along time， I did not feel well and always up set。 My wife forted me and askedme to see the doctor 。“ Your con diti on doesmatter to yourself 。 On othercondition， how can you makekids feel wellwhe n you are not feeli ng well? Ano thertime， I was so anno yed with thetalki ng of m

33、yfather。 Mywife exp la ining aga in: “ You d better offer your sin cere。As for howto do， you are the master。What weshould do is justmake them happy。” I dee ply regretted for my bad mannersMangot his ownmoodver since his birth。While young，we cried when we hungry and neverpretended our secrets 。As we

34、grew up，we realized that we can hide our mod an dadjust it。 It is just like a maskTo be hon est， themood is our own bus in ess ， and can exp ress in the way we like to 。In fact ， sin ceyour mood has an in flue nee on others，your moodbelongs to others， too。If youhold your modas others '， then you

35、 will be more responsible and less headstrong， more understanding and less stubborn，more care and less selfish ， moreharmony and less dispute。翻译：情绪是别人的好多人认为情绪是自我的，其实，情绪还是别人的。一段时光，我身体不是 很好，感觉烦燥，妻子对我说，身体不好就去看，你这样对身体也没好处啊！你不高兴，喊和孩子能高兴吗？还有一次，父亲说话，我感觉烦。妻子说，既然父 亲说了，你就答应，至于你怎样做，还不是你说了算，我们能为老人做什么。只 能让他们高兴。我

36、也为此深感内疚。但其实，因为你的情绪而影响 如果你能把情绪当作是别人的， 少一份固执；多一份关爱，少一人刚出生就有了情绪。那时，饿了就哭，不隐瞒情绪。长大后明白了，情绪 能够掩盖，能够调节，这才有了面具之说。按说情绪是自我的，自我能够想怎样就怎样， 了别人情绪，从这个好处上说，情绪就是别人的。 也许就会多一份职责，少一份任性；多一份理解， 份自私；多一份和谙，少一份纷争。英文哲理故事：Modesty is a Double-edgedSwordnominatedto campaign for thehelost the chaneeIn his universitytime ， 马克赫德 wa

37、schairma n of the Stude nt Union。Tough very con fide nt ， for his over modesty and caution when answering questions 。 Thishad a bad in flue nee on him whe n he graduated and seeked his job。Still dismay ，though he was appointed by惠普公司 with excellentability 。 He considered fora long time and then came

38、to a conclusion-he was con fused by thesocalled modesty 。Later ， for his outsta nding ability ， he became the CEO。The other day ，the board called him to represent the board meetingMark felt the same sceneas ever。 The reason that the board let Mark e the CEO was that there were some problems in p ubl

39、icity and saleThe samequesti on: Are you con fide nt to de better job for Mark gavethe opposite reply than the last time。 Hesaid: that I can promises 。At least be better than now 。”In fact ，aftertrials of tests ，Mark did an excellent his nomin ati on ， 惠普 pany p roduced varies styles of p roduct Thr

40、oughselect ing mediums， decreas ing publicity， the pany ' ssales grew steadily 。Whe n beingin terviewed ， the holder asked: gentle ，knowledge，wiseand modest。WewouldMark exp ressed his un dersta nding on “ un reas on able modesty is adouble-edged sword future 。惠普？ Then“it is undoubtedjob。Ever sin

41、cecost , pay attentionto“ Some one thi nk you are like to knowyour opinion。” modesty”。 He in sisted that, which may destroy hisHe said that tobe really modest , kee p three points in mind:Firstly , modestyis not to deny yourself , for it let you lose the cha nee and feel regret。Secondly, modestyis t

42、o evaluate yourself below your abilityumber。For instanee , if you can getA , then be sure you can get B+ 。Lastly , modestyis not to say “ actually , every one can do that so as you work had ” to answerothers ' praise。翻译：谦逊是把双刃剑大学时代，马克赫德曾被一位老师提名竞争学生会主席。尽管他信心十足，但由于他在回答校方提问时表现得过于谦逊和谨慎，以致与这个职位失之交臂，

43、且在毕业就业时受此影响，未能进入心仪的公司。虽然马克最终以自我出色的潜力被惠普公司聘用， 但是他依旧觉得沮丧。他 反思了许久，得出了一个结论一自我被所谓的“谦逊”迷惑。 失去去了最好的机 会。之后，马克凭着自我的潜力，出任了惠普的 CEO那天，董事会来电话，要他参加董事会议。马克觉得会上场景似曾相识。董 事们有意让马克接任惠普的CEO因为在产品宣传与销售问匙上，惠普遇到了难 题。同样一个问题：你有信心把惠普做得更好吗？马克给出了与上一次不一样的回答。他说：“这是毫无疑问的，至少我保证，状况不会像此刻这么糟糕！”事实上，透过考验的马克，表现出了极强的个人潜力。自从他出任CEC后,惠普产品多面开花

44、，透过筛选渠道，减少成本，加大宣传，经营业绩稳步增长。在理解电视采访的时候，主持人问：“有人说，你的形象是儒雅，知性，睿 智，谦逊的。的怎样看？”马克着重就“谦逊”谈了自我的见解。他认为，不恰 当的“谦逊”是把双刃剑，往往会断了“谦逊者”的发展之路。马克说：“要做到真正的谦逊，需要明白三点：首先，谦逊不是自我否定，自我否定只能让你与机会擦肩而过并留下惋惜。 其次，谦逊就是把话说到你的潜力值以下，比如你能考A,那么先肯定自我能考B+o最后，谦逊不是在应对别人质疑。或者应对问题的时候说哦，我想我办不 到'而是懂得抓住机会。成功之后，应对别人的赞美时说：其实没什么，只要努力，每个人都能做到！

45、”英文哲理故事：No Ready-made Fruit in God ' s HandThreeguys fin ally got the God through trials and errorso They wereeager to ask God forheIp o Right after the Godasked what they want， the first man claim a bigcourtyard ， the sec ond a farmstead， and the thirda bar of gold o God promisedthem o At last

46、， the first man was given a pile of bricks， the second a bag ofseed and the third a mass of sand<翻译：翻译：上帝那里没有现成的果实三个人千辛万苦找到了上帝，请求他给予帮忙。上帝问他们各需要什么。第 一个人说他要一座大宅院；第二个人说，他要一个农庄；第三个人说他要一块大金 条。上帝说他能够满足他们的需要。于是上帝给了第一个人一堆砖头， 给了第二 个人一把种子，给了第三个人一把沙子。英文哲理故事：All Slopes are Easy toGoHe was a professor o At th

47、e age of 90， hestill work eight hourseveryday regardless the seas on and weatheroanHis secretary said: “He is extremely old， but he forced himself walk from his livingplace to office through two blocks o It would take himhour， but he insistedto because it makes him get a senseof success omayThe othe

48、r day ， an university student stepout from his office with a p ile of books o He p lai ned emoti on ally:“ He i salways this man Heanswer mejust with yes' or no to myquestion o However, he always gave me doze ns of books and suggests me to find the an swer。”Later , he knew what this studentplain

49、ed 。 Hetold with smile: “This is the method I have learnt , a hard andtroublesome way。If that kid could makefull use of those books, lawyer in the future 。”This 90-year-old man wasin HawardU niversity。Once a p hilos op histsaid:want to every one or two dayshe might knowhis question and maybea good庞德

50、，who was the p reside nt of law college“You should dosome thing that you don notThis is the foun dati on of life p rogressJust like ano ther p hlos op hist said:翻译：容易走的都是下坡路他在一所大学做教授，90岁的时候，荏苒每一天坚持工作 8小时，不论春 秋冬夏，也不论风霜雨雪。他的秘书说：“他很衰弱，但是每一天逼着自我从住的地方走过两个街口到 办公室来，这段路要走一个小时，他却必须要走，因为这使他自觉有成就感。”有一天，有个大学生从他

51、办公室里出来，捧着一大堆书，一脸不高兴的抱怨： “总是这一套。我问一个和简单的问题，他能够用一个是或否回答，却 给我十几本书，说能够在这些书里找到我所要的答案。”他之后明白了这个学生的抱怨，微笑着说：“这就是我学到的读书方法，艰 难费事的方法。那孩子如能好好的钻研这些书，就能够了解这个问题， 能成为一个好律师。”这个90岁的老人就是曾任美国哈佛大学法学院院长的庞德。有一位哲学家说：“你就应每一两天做一些你不想做的事。”这是人生进步的基础。正如另一位哲人所说“容易走的都是下坡路。”英文哲理故事：How Imp orta nt It isThere isa suitcase for you wit

52、h a millio n US dollar inThesuitcase is pl aced in a buildi ng away from you about one hour driv ing 。 Thec on diti on is ， you n eed to get there with in two hours you did ， I will giveyou the suitcase with a million US dollar you late for only one minute，nothing will you getabout?“allsl opes are e

53、asy to go。”将来也许IfOr if。 When would you getManywould say:“ Now ” will you?。YouNow youset out。You hurry into your car ， start it ， drive for the building 。You are soexcited and wonder what to do about the one million US dollars。All of a sudden ，you are stopped by the traffic jamturn on the radio and f

54、ind there is noany way to get there because of the accident on your way。What will you do neststep? Go back? Or step outyour car ， go to the building on foot ?If， youare on the way to the dentist ' s office and there is a traffic jam， surely youwould turn back and app oit for ano ther time。two th

55、ins? Because of theWhy istherediffereneebetween these,you will conquer it,you may call it adest in ati on 。 If it isquite imp orta nt for you regardless any hardsh ip; or ifyit is not so serious day。Therefore ，the best way to face the difficulty is to make the thinga bus in ess 。翻译：事情有多重要我有一个手提箱要给你，

56、里面有100万美元现金。手提箱放在离你此刻住的 地方大约1小时车程的一幢大楼上，条件是：你要在2小时内到达那幢大楼。如 果在2个小时之内到，我就把皮箱交给你，你就多了 100万美元。但是只要你迟 到一分钟，你就一分钱都得不到。那么你什么时候出发去拿幢大楼呢？很多人会回答：“此刻就去。”你呢？你出发了。跳上你的车，发动，向那幢大楼方向开去。你相当激动，计划着 怎样花那100万美元。突然，路上堵车了，你的车子开不动了。你打开收音机， 发此刻你和那幢大楼之间发生了重大交通事故，你没有别的路能够到达那里。你会怎样办？你会打道回府吗？或者打开车门走出来，走路去那幢大楼？如果你去看牙医，在路上也发生堵车，

57、你肯定会转回家，跟牙医约另一天。 这两种状况为什么会不一样？因为出行的目的是不一样的。如果你要做的事情对 你十分重要，再大的困难你都会设法克服；如果你觉得要做的事情不是很重要， 遇到困难你就会放下了。所以，克服困难的最好的方法，就是把你要做的事情看得十分重要。英文哲理故事：狐狸和山羊A fox and a goatAn uniucky fox fell into a well , It was quite deep, so he could not get out by himself 。He asked the fox: ” what are you doing? The fox said : water, so I jumped down to get some water。Why don' too? ”A goat came。 “There will be not you jump down ，The goa