初中经典英语成语故事

初中经典英语成语故事

成语寓言故事:A Young Girl Encounters a Bandit少女遇盗

Once upon a time, there was a young girl wearing a strand of precious pearls around her neck and a jade loop around her waist, and carrying a great deal of gold with her.

古时候，有位少女，脖子上挂着宝珠，腰间佩着玉环，身上带着许多金子。

One day, while walking in the hills, she encountered a bandit and was very much frightened.

一天，她在山里行走，突然遇到一个强盗，心里非常害怕。

When the bandit saw the gold, silver and other treasures, an evil thought occurred to him. Holding a weapon in his hand, he intended to rob her. The young girl was scared out of her wits. Trembling all over and not daring to look at him squarely in the face, she quickly bent and knelt down before the bandit, begging

him piteously, and saying that she was even willing to marry him to be his concubine.

那个强盗看到金银财宝，顿时产生了罪恶的念头，手持凶器，准备抢劫。少女吓得魂不附体，浑身发抖，不敢正面看他，急忙弯下腰来，跪在强盗面前，苦苦哀求，并且表示愿意嫁给强盗，做他的小老婆。

Yet, the atrocious bandit still killed her in the end.

但是，穷凶极恶的强盗，最后还是把她杀了。

It is thus clear that one should never expect mercy from a bandit.

可见，不能指望强盗会发善心。

成语寓言故事:The "Five Skills" of the Flying Squirrel潇鼠“五会”

In the fields, there was a small animal called "wu shu" the flying squirrel.

田野里有一种小动物，名叫“b鼠”。

It would say to everyone it met:

它逢友便说:

"I have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and

digging holes in the ground."

“我有五种本领:会飞、会走、会游泳、会爬树、还会掘土打洞。”

Thereupon, its pals would laugh at it, saying:

于是，小伙伴们讥笑它说:

"Though you have learned these skills, you have mastered none of them."

“你虽然学了这几种本领，却一种也没有学好。”

"You can fly, but not high; you can swim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can dig holes in the ground, but not deep enough."

“会飞，却飞得不高;会游泳，却游得不远;会爬树，却爬不到树顶;会掘土打洞，却

打得不深。”

When the flying squirrel heard what its pals said, it ran away manger.

b鼠听了小伙伴们的话后，气呼呼地跑了。

Indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use, they were useless. How could they be called real skills?

是啊，A鼠是学了五种本领，但是用起来，却一种也不中用。这怎么能说是有真本领

呢!

成语寓言故事:Cao Shang Acquires Chariots曹商得车

There was a man named Cao Shang in the State of Song.

宋国有个人，名叫曹商。

Once, he was sent on a mission by the King of Song to the State of Qin. Before departure, the King of Song bestowed upon him several horse-drawn chariots. Upon arriving in the State of Qin, Cao Shang won the favour of the King of Qin. Consequently, the King bestowed upon him 100 chariots.

一次，他受宋王的派遣，出使秦国。临行时，宋王赐给他几乘车马。到了秦国，曹商

很得秦王欢心，于是秦王又赐给他百乘车马。