關於經典的英語故事3篇
在英語學習的初級階段 ,根據第一語言習得的相關理論及兒童心理特徵的研究 ,講故事有助於激發兒童的語言學習興趣 ,並能使其處於積極而活躍的最佳學習狀態。本文是關於經典的英語故事，希望對大家有幫助!
There were once upon a time two brothers, one rich and the other poor. The rich one was a goldsmith and evil-hearted. The poor one supported himself by making brooms, and was good and honourable. The poor one had two children, who were twin brothers and as like each other as two drops of water. The two boys went backwards and forwards to the rich house, and often got some of the scraps to eat. It happened once when the poor man was going into the forest to fetch brush-wood, that he saw a bird which was quite golden and more beautiful than any he had ever chanced to meet with. He picked up a small stone, threw it at him, and was lucky enough to hit him, but one golden feather only fell down, and the bird flew away. The man took the feather and carried it to his brother, who looked at it and said, "It is pure gold!" and gave him a great deal of money for it. Next day the man climbed into a birch-tree, and was about to cut off a couple of branches when the same bird flew out, and when the man searched he found a nest, and an egg lay inside it, which was of gold. He took the egg home with him, and carried it to his brother, who again said, "It is pure gold," and gave him what it was worth. At last the goldsmith said, "I should indeed like to have the bird itself." The poor man went into the forest for the third time, and again saw the golden bird sitting on the tree, so he took a stone and brought it down and carried it to his brother, who gave him a great heap of gold for it. "Now I can get on," thought he, and went contentedly home.
The goldsmith was crafty and cunning, and knew very well what kind of a bird it was. He called his wife and said, "Roast me the gold bird, and take care that none of it is lost. I have a fancy to eat it all myself." The bird, however, was no common one, but of so wondrous a kind that whosoever ate its heart and liver found every morning a piece of gold beneath his pillow. The woman made the bird ready, put it on the spit, and let it roast. Now it happened that while it was at the fire, and the woman was forced to go out of the kitchen on account of some other work, the two children of the poor broom-maker ran in, stood by the spit and turned it round once or twice. And as at that very moment two little bits of the bird fell down into the dripping-tin, one of the boys said, "We will eat these two little bits; I am so hungry, and no one will ever miss them." Then the two ate the pieces, but the woman came into the kitchen and saw that they were eating something and said, "What have ye been eating?" - "Two little morsels which fell out of the bird," answered they. "That must have been the heart and the liver," said the woman, quite frightened, and in order that her husband might not miss them and be angry, she quickly killed a young cock, took out his heart and liver, and put them beside the golden bird. When it was ready, she carried it to the goldsmith, who consumed it all alone, and left none of it. Next morning, however, when he felt beneath his pillow, and expected to bring out the piece of gold, no more gold pieces were there than there had always been.
The two children did not know what a piece of good-fortune had fallen to their lot. Next morning when they arose, something fell rattling to the ground, and when they picked it up there were two gold pieces! They took them to their father, who was astonished and said, "How can that have happened?" When next morning they again found two, and so on daily, he went to his brother and told him the strange story. The goldsmith at once knew how it had come to pass, and that the children had eaten the heart and liver of the golden bird, and in order to revenge himself, and because he was envious and hard-hearted, he said to the father, "Thy children are in league with the Evil One, do not take the gold, and do not suffer them to stay any longer in thy house, for he has them in his power, and may ruin thee likewise." The father feared the Evil One, and painful as it was to him, he nevertheless led the twins forth into the forest, and with a sad heart left them there.
And now the two children ran about the forest, and sought the way home again, but could not find it, and only lost themselves more and more. At length they met with a huntsman, who asked, "To whom do you children belong?" - "We are the poor broom-maker's boys," they replied, and they told him that their father would not keep them any longer in the house because a piece of gold lay every morning under their pillows. "Come," said the huntsman, "that is nothing so very bad, if at the same time you keep honest, and are not idle." As the good man liked the children, and had none of his own, he took them home with him and said, "I will be your father, and bring you up till you are big." They learnt huntsmanship from him, and the piece of gold which each of them found when he awoke, was kept for them by him in case they should need it in the future.
關於經典的英語故事：魔術師的禮物Beauty and the Beast
One day, the merchant heard that all his ships had been lost in a storm. He was penniless andwould have to move to a tiny cottage on the edge of the woods.
"Everything will be alright," said the youngest daughter, Beauty,. "We can all help. We don'tneed any servants as the house is so small."
The merchant was very grateful to Beauty. The older girls were very upset, and were no helpat all.
In no time at all, Beauty had the little cottage spick and span.
One day, a messenger arrived.
"I have good news," he said to the merchant. "One of your ships has made harbour. You areneeded to oversee matters in the unloading."
"Oh, good news indeed!" said the merchant. He called his daughters around him. they weredelighted when they heard the news.
"Does this mean that we can move back home?" asked the oldest daughter.
"First things first," said her father. "If there is a profit, I'll bring you all back a present. You musttell me what you would like."
"Oh, a beautiful dress, father," cried the first.
"A new hat, father," said the second.
"What about you, Beauty?" asked the merchant.
Beauty simply said," A red rose please, father."
The merchant set out that very day for the town with the messenger. He completed hisbusiness, and found that he had indeed made a profit. There was enough to buy his daughters'presents and some to invest. The dress and hat were soon bought, but there were no roses tobe had in the town.
It was evening when he set out for home.
"Maybe I'll be able to find one on the way home," he said to himself.
He was still far from home when it started to grow dark. He was in an unfamiliar part of theforest, and knew that he would soon be lost if he did not find somewhere for the night. Hesuddenly saw some lights and soon found himself outside a vast mansion.
"I did not know that this was here," said the merchant. "I must really be lost!"
The merchant went into the house as the front door was open. He looked around, but therewas nobody to be seen. He suddenly sniffed the air. He could smell delicious food. A table in thedining room was laid for one, so he sat and ate a hearty supper.
He suddenly remembered his horse, and went to stable it for the night, but it had already beendone, and the horse was tucking into a bag of oats.
'How strange,' thought the merchant, returning to the house. There, a bedroom had beenprepared for him. He slept well, and in the morning, found all his clothes had been cleaned,breakfast was ready and his horse was saddled.
At the front door, he turned to thank his unseen host, but then he saw the garden. I was fullof roses - roses of every different colour.
"Now I can get Beauty's present," said the merchant, and he picked a red rose.
The merchant nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard a furious roar.
"Have I not been a good host? roared the voice. "I fed you, gave you a bed for the night andstabled your horse, and you repay me by stealing from me."
The owner of the voice then came into sight. The merchant shuddered. It was the ugliestcreature he had ever seen.
"I am very sorry, " said the merchant. "I picked it for my daughter."
"If you wish to live, you must send the first living thing you see when you arrive home, " saidthe Beast.
"Very well," said the merchant. He knew that his dog usually greeted him first.
He then set off for home. But to his dismay, it was Beauty who ran out of the house to greethim. The dog was lying asleep in the sun.
The other girls came out to empty the saddle bags and to see their presents. He went quietlyinto the house. Beauty was worried and followed him in.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I must send you to the Beast's house," he said sadly, and then told Beauty what hadhappened.
"I will go," said Beauty. "We must keep your promise."
"But you have not seen him," said her father. "I will still go," said Beauty. "He surely cannot beas ugly as you say."
But Beauty did shudder the first time she saw the Beast at the house in the middle of theforest. The Beast pretended not to notice her shudder, and showed her around the house andgardens. She had a beautiful room and lovely clothes, and he gave her a magic mirror so thatshe could see her family whenever she wanted to.
The Beast spent every afternoon with her, and gradually she became used to his ugly face andlooked forward to seeing him.
One afternoon the Beast said, "Beauty, do you love me?"
"Love you?" repeated Beauty. "No, But I do like you, I like you a lot."
"Never mind," said the Beast and he left her, much earlier than usual.
Beauty looked in her mirror and saw that her sister was getting ready to be married.
Beauty asked the Beast if she could go to the wedding.
The Beast agreed, and he sent her in a beautiful carriage with a lovely present.
"Don't go back to him," said her father, after the wedding.
"I must," said Beauty. "I have promised to stay."
On her return, the Beast seemed very pleased to see her, and gave her all sorts of gifts, andspent a great deal of time with her.
The next time that Beauty looked in the mirror, her other sister was preparing for her wedding.
"Please may I go?" Beauty asked the Beast. "I promise I shall return again."
Again, Beauty went with gifts for her sister's wedding.
She returned soon after the wedding, and again the Beast seemed delighted to have her back.
Beauty did not look in her mirror for a long time after that, but suddenly remembered it oneafternoon when the Beast could not join her.
What she saw made her feel quite weak. Her father was ill in bed, and there were doctors andher sisters standing around him shaking their heads.
As soon as the Beast returned, Beauty ran to him. "Please, I must go home," she said. " Myfather is very ill and I must be with him."
"Very well," said the Beast. "But please take this ring with you. If the stone is bright then I amwell, but if it turns dull, I am dying."
Beauty arrived home to find her father as she had seen him.
"He's been asking for you," said her sisters.
As soon as he saw his daughter, the merchant began to improve. Autumn came and went, andthe merchant begged Beauty to stay.
"I am still a little weak," he said. " And it will be winter soon. Return to the Beast in spring."
Beauty agreed, and Christmas and winter were spent at the cottage.
One day, in early spring, Beauty was sorting through some drawers and found the ring that theBeast had given her.
The stone was dull and lifeless.
"I must go back!" she cried.
She left the cottage, the carriage speeding to take her back to the Beast's mansion.
"Please, don't let me be too late," she wept. She had grown very fond of the Beast, and wasvery upset that she hadn't looked at the ring for so long.
The carriage swept into the drive and went up to the house. She leapt out and ran into thehouse, but the Beast was nowhere to be found. She called and called, but there was no answer.
" He must be in the garden," she said, and she ran out, calling his name.
"Beauty," she heard his voice gently whisper. She found him by a great bush of red roses.
Beauty ran to him and sat down to cradle his ugly head in her arms. She was crying and tellinghim how sorry she was. He was very weak.
"Oh, Beast, " she wept. "Please don't die. I do love you."
There was a sudden flash of light, and Beauty no longer held the Beast in her arms! She lookedup and saw a handsome man standing by the rose bush.
"Where is the Beast?" she asked, looking round.
"Here," said the man, " I was the Beast and I was dying. I needed you to say that you love my stepmother's spell has been lifted."
Beauty was delighted, and she and the young man were soon married. They lived happily in thebeautiful mansion with the rose garden.
關於經典的英語故事：The cunning little tailor
There was once on a time a princess who was extremely proud. If a wooer came she gave him some riddle to guess, and if he could not find it out, he was sent contemptuously away. She let it be made known also that whosoever solved her riddle should marry her, let him be who he might. At length, therefore, three tailors fell in with each other, the two eldest of whom thought they had done so many dexterous bits of work successfully that they could not fail to succeed in this also; the third was a little useless land-louper, who did not even know his trade, but thought he must have some luck in this venture, for where else was it to come from? Then the two others said to him, "Just stay at home; thou canst not do much with thy little bit of understanding." The little tailor, however, did not let himself be discouraged, and said he had set his head to work about this for once, and he would manage well enough, and he went forth as if the whole world were his.
They all three announced themselves to the princess, and said she was to propound her riddle to them, and that the right persons were now come, who had understandings so fine that they could be threaded in a needle. Then said the princess, "I have two kinds of hair on my head, of what color is it?" - "If that be all," said the first, "it must be black and white, like the cloth which is called pepper and salt." The princess said, "Wrongly guessed; let the second answer." Then said the second, "If it be not black and white, then it is brown and red, like my father's company coat." - "Wrongly guessed," said the princess, "let the third give the answer, for I see very well he knows it for certain." Then the little tailor stepped boldly forth and said, "The princess has a silver and a golden hair on her head, and those are the two different colors." When the princess heard that, she turned pale and nearly fell down with terror, for the little tailor had guessed her riddle, and she had firmly believed that no man on earth could discover it. When her courage returned she said, "Thou hast not won me yet by that; there is still something else that thou must do. Below, in the stable is a bear with which thou shalt pass the night, and when I get up in the morning if thou art still alive, thou shalt marry me." She expected, however, she should thus get rid of the tailor, for the bear had never yet left any one alive who had fallen into his clutches. The little tailor did not let himself be frightened away, but was quite delighted, and said, "Boldly ventured is half won."
When therefore the evening came, our little tailor was taken down to the bear. The bear was about to set at the little fellow at once, and give him a hearty welcome with his paws: "Softly, softly," said the little tailor, "I will soon make thee quiet." Then quite composedly, and as if he had not an anxiety in the world, he took some nuts out of his pocket, cracked them, and ate the kernels. When the bear saw that, he was seized with a desire to have some nuts too. The tailor felt in his pockets, and reached him a handful; they were, however, not nuts, but pebbles. The bear put them in his mouth, but could get nothing out of them, let him bite as he would. "Eh!" thought he, "what a stupid blockhead I am! I cannot even crack a nut!" and then he said to the tailor, "Here, crack me the nuts." - "There, see what a stupid fellow thou art!" said the little tailor, "to have such a great mouth, and not be able to crack a small nut!" Then he took the pebble and nimbly put a nut in his mouth in the place of it, and crack, it was in two! "I must try the thing again," said the bear; "when I watch you, I then think I ought to be able to do it too." So the tailor once more gave him a pebble, and the bear tried and tried to bite into it with all the strength of his body. But no one will imagine that he accomplished it. When that was over, the tailor took out a violin from beneath his coat, and played a piece of it to himself. When the bear heard the music, he could not help beginning to dance, and when he had danced a while, the thing pleased him so well that he said to the little tailor, "Hark you, is the fiddle heavy?" - "Light enough for a child. Look, with the left hand I lay my fingers on it, and with the right I stroke it with the bow, and then it goes merrily, hop sa sa vivallalera!" - "So," said the bear; "fiddling is a thing I should like to understand too, that I might dance whenever I had a fancy. What dost thou think of that? "Wilt thou give me lessons?" - "With all my heart," said the tailor, "if thou hast a talent for it. But just let me see thy claws, they are terribly long, I must cut thy nails a little." Then a vise was brought, and the bear put his claws in it, and the little tailor screwed it tight, and said, "Now wait until I come with the scissors," and he let the bear growl as he liked, and lay down in the corner on a bundle of straw, and fell asleep.
When the princess heard the bear growling so fiercely during the night, she believed nothing else but that he was growling for joy, and had made an end of the tailor. In the morning she arose careless and happy, but when she peeped into the stable, the tailor stood gaily before her, and was as healthy as a fish in water. Now she could not say another word against the wedding because she had given a promise before every one, and the King ordered a carriage to be brought in which she was to drive to church with the tailor, and there she was to be married. When they had got into the carriage, the two other tailors, who had false hearts and envied him his good fortune, went into the stable and unscrewed the bear again. The bear in great fury ran after the carriage. The princess heard him snorting and growling; she was terrified, and she cried, "Ah, the bear is behind us and wants to get thee!" The tailor was quick and stood on his head, stuck his legs out of the window, and cried, "Dost thou see the vise? If thou dost not be off thou shalt be put into it again." When the bear saw that, he turned round and ran away. The tailor drove quietly to church, and the princess was married to him at once, and he lived with her as happy as a woodlark. Whosoever does not believe this, must pay a thaler.
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