哲理英语故事短文

篇一：英语短文哲理小故事

英语短文哲理小故事

----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.

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom. Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen. “The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow lie”.

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied. “when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”

“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.

篇二：富有哲理的英文小故事

富有哲理的英文小故事

The House of 1000 Mirrors

Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself,“This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often.”

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to

himself,“That is a horrible place, and I will never go back

there again.”

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kinds of

reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

/ v. 跳跃?????bounce /

/ n. 门口???????doorway /

/ v.???wag / 摇摆

/ v. 咆哮?????growl /

/ v. 恐吓????????horrify /

/?????????reflection / n. 反射

参考译文 千镜之屋

很久以前的一个很远的小村庄里，有一个以“千镜屋”而著名的地方。一只乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观。当来到这个地方，他蹦蹦跳跳地上了台阶，来到房门口，高高地竖起耳朵，欢快地摇着尾巴，从门口往里张望，他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快地摇尾巴。他灿烂地微笑着，回报他的是1000张热情，友好的灿烂笑脸。离开时他心想：“这是一个精彩的地方，我一定要经常来参观。”

在这个村里还有另一只想参观“千镜屋”的小狗，他不及第一只小狗乐观，他慢吞吞地爬上台阶，然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看。一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他，他便开始冲他们狂吠，镜中的1000只

小狗也冲着他狂吠，把他给吓坏了，他在离开时心想：“这是一个恐怖的地方，我再也不会来了。”

世界上所有的脸都是镜子，在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么?

An angel wrote: 一位天使这样说

Many people will walk in and out of your life, 许多朋友进出你的生命，

but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.但是只有真正的朋友会在你的心中留下脚印。

To handle yourself, use your head; 要操控自己，用你的头﹔ To handle others, use your heart. 要指挥别人，用你的心。 Anger is only one letter short of danger. 生气和危险只有一字之隔。

If someone betrays you once, it's his fault; 如果别人背叛你一次，那是他的错﹔

If he betrarys you twice, it's your fault. 如果他背叛你二次，那是你的错。

Great minds discuss ideas; 心胸远大的人谈理想﹔

Average minds discuss events; 一般的人批评事情﹔ Small minds discuss people. 心胸狭小的人道人长短。 God gives every bird it's food, 上帝给每只小鸟她的食物， But He does not throw it into it's nest. 但是他不会把食物丢到她的巢

He who loses money, loses much; 失去金钱的人，失去很多﹔ He who loses a friend, (来自:WWw.zW2.CN 爱作文网)loses more; 失去朋友的人，失去更多﹔

He who loses faith, loses all. 失去信心的人，失去所有。

Beautiful young people are acts of nature, 美丽的年轻人是天然形成，

But beautiful old people are works of art. 美丽的老年人才是艺术作品。

Learn from the mistakes of others. 从别人所患的错误中学习。

You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. 你不能活得那么长足以经历这一切。

The tongue weights practically nothing, 舌头的重量微不足道，

But so few people can hold it. 但少有人可控制它。 Friends, you and me... 你和我是朋友…

you brought another friend... 你带来另一位朋友… and then there were3... 我们就有三个朋友…

we started our group... 我们开始成为一个小组…

Our circle of friends... and like that circle... 就像一个圈圈… there is no beginning or end... 没有开始也没又结束

Yersterday is history, tomorrow is a mistery 昨日已成历史，明日不可预测

Today is a gift 今日是上帝的恩赐

Make each day the best of your life 让每一天成为你生命中最美好的一天

篇三：小故事故事小故事励志小故事英语小故事哲理小故事

小故事故事小故事励志小故事英语小故事哲理小故事

1999年的某天深夜，我驾驶着10轮平板大卡车行驶在漫长、笔直的27号高速公路上，已经穿过了佛罗里达的狭长地带。运送我上车拖货，晚上时间是再好不过的了。装在长长的平板上的是250个蜂箱，里面挤满了蜜蜂。

我从14岁开始就从事养蜂工作，当时父亲从邻居家带了些蜂箱回来。养蜂对我来说即是一种职业也是一种爱好，而且它还有另外意义。在我眼里，不起眼的蜜蜂是上帝赋予我们地球最神奇的一种动物。从导航到给无数水果和鲜花授粉，蜜蜂的世界充满了神秘。我喜欢和它们打交道，它们给我带来了无穷的乐趣。

那天深夜，公路上特别空寂。如果一切正常，我将在清晨卸下这批蜜蜂，回家与妻子达伦和我们的小儿子朱斯丁共度假日。我低头看了一眼路面情况，只见一辆汽车迎面驶来。它突然驶进了我的车道，我竭力避免与之相撞，脚猛踩下刹车，并朝右方迅速打方向盘。

800万只毒蜂向我袭来

我的卡车来了个空翻，车顶撞了个粉碎，挡风玻璃爆裂开了，路面腾起的灰尘从玻璃的裂缝吹了进来。卡车终于停住时，我已经头朝下，身体被卡在座位上，周围是压扁的驾驶舱，将我封闭在了里面。车顶距我的脸只有几英寸，撞击将我的一条腿紧紧地夹住，方向盘死死地抵住我的胸腔。我能活动双臂，但于事无补。

我的脸因挡风玻璃碎片的擦刮出血不止，我的双臂也被划破了，到处都是血。我在漆黑一团的黑暗中无法看见一切，可我能感觉到黏糊糊的混合着泥土的气味。还有其他什么东西和血液混在一起，肮脏且滑腻腻的。是柴油，我心想。油箱肯定漏了！一个小小的火星便能让眼前的一切吞没进火海中，而我的身上浸满了柴油！我屏住呼吸聆听脚步声或者汽车驶近的鸣笛声----任何能显示援救正在到来的声音。不幸的是，我听见了另一种声音：一种尖锐的嗡嗡声。