英文小故事

那是1919年的一个寒冷的冬天。一个小男孩正漫步在伦敦的街头。他的名字叫汤姆。他饿极了。他想买一些面包，可是他身无分文。他该怎么办呢？当他非常年幼的时候，他就想当一名电影世界中的伟人。所以他努力把歌唱好，把舞跳好。三十年之后，这个小男孩真地成为了电影世界中的著名人物之一。

2. In a small village， under a very large storm， floods submerged the whole village began， a priest in the church to pray and watch the flood he has a knee knees． Lifeguard driving a sampan came to church with the priest said： \"Father， come as soon as possible on！ Otherwise you will drown in the flood！\" The priest said： \"No！ I am confident that God will save me， you go Well to save others． \"But soon enough， the floods have Father's chest， the priest stood on the altar of choice． At this time， and a police speedboat drove over with the priest said： \"Father， fast up， otherwise you really will be drowned！\" The priest said： \"No， I would like to keep my church， I believe that God must will save me． you better start to save others． \"and after a while， floods have submerged entire church， the priest had no choice but to firmly grasp the top of the Cross Church．A helicopter flying over slowly， after the pilot dropped a rope ladder shouting： \"Father， fast up， this is the last chance， we do not want to see you can be drowned by the flood！！\" Father or strong－willed said： \"No， I would like to keep my church！ God will save me． you or someone else to save it． God will be with me were in the！！\" rolling in the flood， the priest was finally stubborn…Father drowned on the heaven， God was very angry to see the question： \"Lord， ah， I give their life， the fear serve you， Why do you refuse to help me！\" God said： \"I refuse to put out how you? the first time， I sent a sampan to rescue you， you do not， I think you are worried about the risk sampan； the second time， I sent a speedboat to go， you do not； the second time， I am Ambassador of etiquette when you send a helicopter to rescue you， you are unwilling to accept the results． Therefore， I thought you wanted to hurry back to my side， you can make good with me． \"In fact， too many obstacles in life ， chiefly because of excessive stubbornness and ignorance caused by ignorance．At a time when others lend a helping hand， do not forget， but we are also willing to reach out to help other people get on the busy！！！

在某个小村落，下了一场非常大的雨，洪水开始淹没全村，一位神父在教堂里祈祷，眼看洪水已经淹到他跪着的膝盖了。一个救生员驾着舢板来到教堂，跟神父说：“神父，赶快上来吧！不然洪水会把你淹死的！”神父说：“不！我深信上帝会来救我的，你先去救别人好了。” 过了不久，洪水已经淹过神父的胸口了，神父只好勉强站在祭坛上。这时，又有一个开着快艇过来，跟神父说：“神父，快上来，不然你真的会被淹死的！”神父说：“不，我要守住我的教堂，我相信上帝一定会来救我的。你还是先去救别人好了。”又过了一会，洪水已经把整个教堂淹没了，神父只好紧紧抓住教堂顶端的十字架。

一架直升飞机缓缓的飞过来，飞行员丢下了绳梯之后大叫：“神父，快上来，这是最后的机会了，我们可不愿意见到你被洪水淹死！！”神父还是意志坚定的说：“不，我要守住我的教堂！上帝一定会来救我的。你还是先去救别人好了。上帝会与我共在的！！”洪水滚滚而来，固执的神父终于被淹死了……神父上了天堂，见到上帝后很生气的质问：“主啊，我终生奉献自己，战战兢兢的侍奉您，为什么你不肯救我！”上帝说：“我怎么不肯救你?第一次，我派了舢板来救你，你不要，我以为你担心舢板危险；第二次，我又派一只快艇去，你还是不要；第二次，我以国宾的礼仪待你，再派一架直升飞机来救你，结果你还是不愿意接受。所以，我以为你急着想要回到我的身边来，可以好好陪我。”其实，生命中太多的障碍，皆是由于过度的固执与愚昧的无知所造成。

在别人伸出援手之际，别忘了，惟有我们自己也愿意伸出手来，人家才能帮得上忙的！！！ 3. 上帝的咖啡God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen

and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: \"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.\" God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!

\"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.\" Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God 一群事业有成的同学回去看望他们的大学老师，很快他们开始抱怨生活和工作中的压力。

老师去厨房为客人们准备咖啡，回来时端着一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子，这些杯子有陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有的普通，有的昂

贵，有的精致，老师让大家随意享用。

等每个人都端起一杯咖啡，老师说话了：你们注意到吗：所有好看昂贵的杯子都被用了，剩下那些朴素便宜的杯子。你们都只想要最好的，这很正常，这恰恰是你们的问题和压力所在。杯子不会让咖啡的质量变得更好，很多时候，只是让它变得更贵一些，甚至，有时候，让人忽略了到底我们在喝什么。你们真正想要的其实是咖啡，不是杯子，但你们有意识地去拿那些最好的杯子，随后开始打量其他人手上的杯子。想想吧：生活好比咖啡，工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子，只是生活的容器，而我们拥有的杯子既无法定义、也无法改变我们生活的质量。有时，由于我们只关心杯子，我们甚至不能够好好品尝上帝赐予我们的咖啡。

上帝冲泡了咖啡，不是杯子。······享受你们的咖啡吧。最快乐的人们并不是因为他们拥有最好的一切，他们只是把一切当成最好。简单地活着。仁慈地爱着。深深地关心着。友善地说话。其他的，就留给上帝吧。 4. Pebbles and diamonds

\"Why do we have to learn about these useless things?\" This is what teachers have heard students complain about most commonly. In such cases, we may tell the students such a fable: One night, a group of nomadic tribes of herdsmen was preparing to break camp, all of a sudden, a bunch of bright light shrouded. They knew that God would be there, so that they looked forward to getting wishes from God. God began to speak: \"You have to collect along the way a number of pebbles. Tomorrow night, you will be very happy, but you can also be regretted.\" Then God disappeared. Herdsmen were very disappointed, because they would look forward to God to bring them untold wealth and health and longevity, but they did not expect that God had told them to do all these meaningless things. However, in any case, after all, that was God's will, although there were some dissatisfaction, they were still picking over some stones, In this way, they took a day, when night fell, they camped. All of a sudden, they found that all the pebbles they picked had turned into diamonds. They were delighted, at the same time, they felt very sorry, and regretted that they did not collect more pebbles. Now we feel that knowledge is useless, like pebbles, in the future, they may become endless wealth.

5. Sand and Stone The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: \"Today my best friend slapped me in the face.\" They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: \"Today my best friend saved my life.\" The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, \"After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?\" The other friend replied: \"When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.\"

6. A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. \"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?\" \"I gave it to a poor old woman,\" he answered. \"You're a good boy,\" said the mother proudly. \"Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?\" \"She is the one who sells the candy.\"

7. Drunk One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, \"What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?\" \"Well, my son,\" his father replied, \"look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk.\" \"But, dad,\" the boy said, \"There‟s only ONE policeman!\"

8. Hospitality The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese. The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate. The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then said: \"You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny. Where did you find the cheese?\" \"In the rat-trap, sir,\" replied the boy.

9. You're not going to make it Gravely ill, a man went to the doctor with his wife. After the examination the physician motioned for the wife to meet him in the hallway. \"Your husband is very sick,\" the doctor said, \"but there are three things you can do to ensure his survival. First, fix him three healthful, delicious meals a day. Next, give him a stress-free environment, and don't complain about anything. Finally, make passionate love to him every day. On the drive home the husband asked, \"What did the doctor say?\" \"I'm sorry,\" she said, \"but you're not going to make it.

10. A lawyer's dog A lawyer's dog， running about unleashed， beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast. Butcher goes to lawyer's office and asks， “if a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store，do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from the dog's owner?” The lawyer answers， “Absolutely.”“Then you owe me $8.50. Your dog was loose and stole a roast from me today.”The lawyer， without a word， writes the butcher a check for $8.50. Several days later the butcher opens the mail and finds an envelope from the lawyer: $20 due for a consultation.

11. Time to a pig One day a visitor from the city came to a small rural area to drive around the country roads to see how the farms looked, and perhaps to see how farmers earned their living. The city man saw a farmer in his yard, holding a pig up in his hands, and lifting it so that the pig could eat apples from an apple tree. The city man said to the farmer,\" I see that your pig likes apples, but isn‟t that quite a waste of time?\" The farmer replied,\" What‟s time to a pig.”

12. Be Careful What You Wish For A couple had been married for 25 years and they were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each. The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and Boom! She had the tickets in her hand. Next, it was the husband„s turn. He paused for a moment, then said shyly, \"Well, I„d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me.\" The fairy picked up her wand, and Boom! He was ninety.