2023年最新的经典励志小故事英语翻译

1、第 PAGE5 页 共 NUMPAGES5 页2023年最新的经典励志小故事英语翻译 有很多英语版的经典励志小故事都是很值得我们去品读的，那么经典励志小故事英语版都有哪些呢一起来看看吧。 经典励志小故事英语版：望洋兴叹 Tradition has it that many,many years ago,there lived on the Yellow River a river god known as He Bo.One day ,He Bo stood on the riverbank and watched the turbulent waves from the west surgi

2、ng forward to the east.He said both excitedly and conceitedly: How big the Yellow River is !No other river on earth can compare with it.And therefore I am the greatest river god. One man said to him, You are wrong.There is a place to the east of the Yellow Rivers called the North Sea.The North Sea i

3、s really big. He Bo said, I don t believe it .Big as the North Sea is, can it be bigger than Yellow River The man said, Should the water of several Yellow River flow into the North sea,it could not fill the North Sea,let alone one Yellow River. He Bo said obstinately, I don t believe it,for I have n

4、ever been to the North Sea. Having no alternative,the man said, You will not be able to understand what I mean until you have a chance to see the North Sea for yourself. Winter came,and torrential rain had been falling for days on end.Rivers big and small emptied themselves into the Yellow River,mak

5、ing the Yellow River even broader.Standing on one side of the river,people could hardly tell what animals the oxen and horses on the other side of the river were.Thus He Bo was even more proud,thinking that all the magnificent sights were accumulated here.Then ,remembering the North Sea which had be

6、en mentioned to him before,he decided to go there and have a look. He went downstream,and arrived at the river mouth to the sea.Suddenly,the god of the North Sea,whose name was Biennia Ruo,appeared before his eyes.With a smile,Beihai Ruo was welcoming He Bo to the North sea.He looked ahead,and saw t

7、hat the North Sea,with its vast expanse of water,was boundless.With a dull look in his eyes,He Bo stood there for a while.Finally he said to Beihai Ruo with deep feeling, As the common saying goes,some people go so far as to think that they are more knowledgeable than anybody else when they have got

8、 some knowledge.Actually I am one of such people.If I had not seen with that the Yellow River is matchless in the world.If I remained like that, I would be laughed at for ever by sensible people. 相传很久很久以前，黄河里有一位河神，人们叫他河伯。何伯站在黄河岸上。望着滚滚的浪涛由西而来，又奔腾跳跃向东流去，兴奋地说;“黄河真大呀，世上没有哪条河能和它相比。我就是最大的水神啊!” 有人告诉他：“你的话不

9、对，在黄河的东面有个地方叫北海，那才真叫大呢。” 河伯说：“我不信，北海再大，能大得过黄河吗” 那人说：“别说一条黄河，就是几条黄河的水流进北海，也装不满它。” 河伯固执地说：“我没见过北海，我不信。” 那人无可奈何，告诉他：“有机会你去看看北海，就明白我的话了。” 秋天到了，连日的暴雨使大大小小的河流都注入黄河，黄河的河面更加宽阔了，隔河望去，对岸的牛马都分不清。这一下，河伯更得意了，以为天下最壮观的景色都在自己这里，他在自得之余，想起了有人跟他提起的北海，于是决定去那里看看。 河伯顺流来到黄河的入海口，突然眼前一亮，海神北海若正笑容满面地欢迎他的到来，河伯放眼望去，只见北海汪洋一片，无边无

10、涯，他呆呆地看了一会儿，深有感触地对北海若说：“俗话说，只懂得一些道理就以为谁都比不上自己，这话说的就是我呀。今天要不是我亲眼见到这浩瀚无边的北海，我还会以为黄河是天下无比的呢!那样，岂不被有见识的人永远笑主。” 故事见于庄子秋水。成语“望洋兴叹”，比喻要做某事而力量不够，感到无可奈何。 经典励志小故事英语版：唇亡齿寒 During the Spring and Autumn Period (707 - 476 B.C.), Duke Xian of the State of Jin Wanted to expand his position of strength and sphere of

11、 influence. Therefore he would like to send his troops to destroy the State of Guo on the pretest that the State of Guo often encroached on theborders of the State of Jin. But there was a third state, the State of Yu,between the State of Jin and the State of Guo, and the Jin army had to cross the St

12、ate of Yu before it could reach the State of Guo . How can my army cross the State of Yu without a hitch Duke Xian of the State of Jin asked his ministers.Xun Xi , one of the ministers, said, The monarch of the State of Yu is short - sighted and covets small advantages. If we give him priceless prec

13、ious stones and fine horses, it is not unlikely that he will allow our army to pass through his country. Seeing that Duke Xian of the State of Jin was a little bit grudging, Xun Xi continued to say, The State of Yu and the State of Guo are neighbor stated as closely related as lips and teeth. The St

14、ate of Yu cannot exist independently if the state of Guo is destroyed. Your precious stones and fime hores are just left in the care of the monarch of the State of Yu. So Duke Xian of the State of Jin accepted Xun Xi s plan. When the monarch of Yu saw the precious gifts, he was elated,and readily pr

15、omised to let the Jin army pass through his state. Hearing the news, Gong Zhiqi, one of the ministers as the State of Yu, hastened to admonish the monarch, saying, That won t do.For the State of Yu and the State of Guo are neighbor states as closely related as lips and teeth. Our two small states ar

16、e interdependent, and can help cach other when problems crop up .If the State of Guo were destroyed, it would be difficult for our State of Yu to continue to exist. As the common saying goes, if the lips are gone ,the teeth will be cold, The teeth can hardly be kept if the lips are gone. So it won t

17、 do at all to allow the Jin army pass our state. The monarch of the State of Yu said, The State of Jin is a big state. Now they here specially to present gifts to us with the intention of being on friendly terms with us. Under suchcircumstances, how can we refuse to allow them to pass through our st

18、ate Hearing this, Gong Zhiqi sighed repeatedly. Knowing that the State of Yu would soon be destroyed, Gong Zhiqi left the State of Yu together with his whole family. As expected, the troops of the State of Jin, allowed to pass through the State of Yu, destroyed the State of Guo and on their return t

19、rip captured the monarch of the State of Yu who went out personally to meet them, htus destroying the State of Yu as Well. This story appears in the chapter The Fifth Year of Duke Xi in Zuo zhuan,the famous commentary by Zuo Qiuming on The Spring and Autumn Annals. The set phrase if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold is used to mean that two perso