优秀经典的英语故事

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　英语童话故事：最后一天

Charlotte and Wilbur were alone. Wilbur lay resting after the excitement and strain of the ceremony. His medal still hung from his neck; by looking out of the corner of his eye he could see it.

夏洛和威尔伯单独待着。经过颁奖典礼上一番兴奋和紧张后，威尔伯躺下来休息。他的奖章仍然挂在脖子上，通过眼角的余光就能看到它。

"Charlotte," said Wilbur after a while, "why are you.so quiet?"

“夏洛，”过了一会儿威尔伯说，“你为什么这么安静?”

"I like to sit still," she said."I've always been rather quiet."

“我喜欢静静地坐着，”她说。“我一直都十分安静?”

"Yes, but you seem specially so today. Do you feel all right?"

“是的，但今天你似乎出奇地安静。你感觉还好吗?”

"A little tired, perhaps. But I feel peaceful. Your success in the ring this morning was to a small degree, my future is assured. You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur. Nothing can harm you now. These autumn days will shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall. Christmas will come, then the snows of winter. You will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean a great deal to Zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever. Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy, Wilbur--this lovely world, these precious days...”

也许有点儿累吧。但我觉得很平静。今天早上你在围栏里的成功，在小小的程度上也是我的成功。你的未来有保证了。你将生活得十分安全，威尔伯。现在没有什么能伤害你。秋天的白昼会缩短，天气会变冷。叶子将从树上松动落下。圣诞节即将来临，之后是冬天的飘雪。你将活着享受冰天雪地的美景，因为对于朱克曼先生来说，你意义重大，他不会伤害你的，永远不会。冬天会过去，白昼会延长，牧场池塘上的冰将融化。篱雀将飞回来歌唱，青蛙要苏醒，温暖的风会再次吹起。所有这些景象、声音和香气都将供你享受，威尔伯—这个美好的世界，这些珍贵的日子……”

Charlotte stopped. A moment later a tear came to Wilbur's eye. "Oh, Charlotte," he said. "To think that when I first met you I thought you were cruel and bloodthirsty!"

夏洛停了下来。不一会儿，眼泪涌入了威尔伯的眼眶。“哦，夏洛，”他说，“想当初第一次见到你，我还以为你很残忍，嗜血成性呢!”

When he recovered from his emotion, he spoke again.

等他从情绪中恢复过来，他又说话了。

"Why did you do all this for me?" he asked. "I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you."

“你为什么要为我做这一切?”他问，“我不值得。我从来没有为你做过任何事情。”

"You have been my friend," replied Charlotte.

“你一直是我的朋友，”夏洛答道。

"That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked r all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyones life can stand a little of that."

“这本身就是一件了不起的事。我为你结网，因为我喜欢你。毕竟，生命到底是什么啊?我们出生，活一阵子，之后死去。蜘蛛的生命无非就是一团糟，全忙着捕食和吃苍蝇。但是，通过帮助你，或许我可以提升一点我生活的价值。毫无疑问，人活着该做一点有意义的事情。”

"Well," said Wilbur. "I'm no good at making speeches. I haven't got your gift for words. But you have saved me, Charlotte, and I would gladly give my life for you-I really would."

“嗯，”威尔伯说。“我不善于演讲。我没有你能说会道的天赋。但你救了我，夏洛，我很乐意为你献出我的生命—我真的愿意。”

"I'm sure you would. And I thank you for your generous sentiments."

“我相信你会的。我感谢你的慷慨情怀。”

"Charlotte," said Wilbur. "We're all going home today. The Fair is almost over. Won't it be wonderful to be back home in the barn cellar again with the sheep and the geese?Aren't you anxious to get home?"

“夏洛，”威尔伯说。“我们今天都要回家了。集市差不多结束了。重新回到谷仓，与那些羊和鹅团聚不是很美吗?你不急着回家吗?”

For a moment Charlotte said nothing. Then she spoke in a voice so low Wilbur could hardly hear the words.

有一阵子夏洛什么话也没说。之后，她用一个威尔伯几乎无法听到的很低的声音说:

"I will not be going back to the barn," she said. Wilhur leapt to his feet. "Not going back?" he cried. "Charlotte, what are you talking about?"

“我不会回到谷仓了，”她说。威尔伯跳了起来。“不回去?”他哭着.“夏洛，你在说什么?”

"I'm done for ," she replied. "In a day or two I'll be dead. I haven't even strength enough to climb down into the crate. I doubt if I have enough silk in my spinnerets to lower me to the ground."

“我的生命要终止了，”她答道。“一两天后我就会死去。我甚至没有足够的力气爬到下面板条箱里。我怀疑我的吐丝器里是否有足够的丝把我吊到地面。”

Hearing this, Wilbur threw himself down in an agony of pain and t sobs racked his body. "Charlotte," he moaned. "Charlotte! My true friend!"

听到这话，威尔伯瘫坐下来，极度痛苦和悲伤。他大声抽泣，浑身哆嗦。“夏洛，”他呻吟着。“夏洛!我真正的明友!”

"Come now, let's not make a scene," said the spider. "Be quiet, Wilbur. Stop thrashing about!"

“别这样，我们不要婆婆妈妈了”蜘蛛说。“安静点，威尔伯。不要折腾自已了!”

But I can't stand it," shouted Wilbur. "I won't leave you here alone to die. If you're going to stay here I shall stay, too."

“但我控制不住，”威尔伯喊道。“我不会留下你独自等死。如果你要留在这里，我也要留下。”

"Don't be ridiculous," said Charlotte. "You can't stay here.”

“别傻丁，”夏洛说。“你不能留在这里。”

Wilbur was in a panic. He raced round and round the pen. Suddenly he had an idea he thought of the egg sac and the five hundred and fourteen little spiders that would hatch in the spring. If Charlotte herself was unable to go home to the barn, at least he must take her children along.

威尔伯惊慌不已。他在猪圈里飞奔了一圈又一圈。突然他有了一个想法——他想起了那个卵袋和五百十四只将在春季孵化的小蜘蛛。万一夏洛自已无法回到吞仓，至少他必须把她的孩子们带走。

英语童话故事：皮皮搬进维拉维洛古拉

Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the house lived Pippi Longstocking. She was nine years old, and she lived there all alone. She had no mother and no father, and that was of course very nice because there was no one to tell her to go to bed just when she was having the most fun, and no one who could make her take cod liver oil when she much preferred caramel candy.

在一座小镇的尽头有一座古老的花园，花园里有一座老房子，房子里住着长袜子皮皮。她九岁，独自一个人住在那里。她没有妈妈，也没有爸爸.这当然很好，因为在她玩得最高兴的时候，不会有人来叫她睡觉，当她更喜欢奶油糖果时，没有人会让她吃鱼肝油。

Once upon a time Pippi had had a father of whom she was extremely fond. Naturally she had had a mother too, but that was so long ago that Pippi didn't remember her at all. Her mother had died when Pippi was just a tiny baby and lay in a cradle and howled so that nobody could go anywhere near her. Pippi was sure that her mother was now up in Heaven, watching her little girl through a peephole in the sky, and Pippi often waved up at her and called, "Don't you worry about me. I'1l always come out on top."

很久以前，皮皮有过爸爸，她极其喜欢自己的爸爸。当然她也有过妈妈，但是这是许久以前了，皮皮一点也不记得了。当皮皮还是一个小婴儿躺在摇蓝里的时候，她的妈妈就去世了。她号啕大哭，谁都不敢靠近她。皮皮相信她的妈妈正在天堂里，通过天上的一个小孔看着她的小女儿，皮皮经常对她挥挥手，呼喊着:“不用担心我，我会过得很好。”

Pippi had not forgotten her father. He was a sea captain who sailed on the great ocean,and Pippi had sailed with him in his ship until one day her father was blown overboard in a storm and disappeared. But Pippi was absolutely certain that he would come would never believe that he had drowned; she was sure he had floated until he landed on an island inhabited by cannibals. And she thought he had become the king of all the cannibals and went around with a golden crown on his head all day along.

皮皮没有忘记她的爸爸。他是一个海上的船长，航行在无边无际的大海上，皮皮曾经和他一起在他的船上航行，直到有一天爸爸在一场风暴中被刮下了船，消失了。但是，皮皮完全相信他会回来的。她绝不相信他会溺水而死，她相信他在海上漂流，漂到一个黑人居住的岛屿上。她想他当上了黑人国王，头上戴着一顶金冠整日四处走动。

"My papa is a cannibal king; it certainly isn't every child who has such a stylish papa," Pippi used to say with satisfaction. "And as soon as my papa has built himself a boat he will come and get me, and I'll be a cannibal princess. Heigh-ho, won't that be exciting?"

“我的爸爸是黑人国王，当然，并不是每个孩子都能有这样与众不同的爸爸。”皮皮’常常满意地自言自语。“我爸爸一建好小船，他就会来接我，我将成为黑人公主。哎呀，那难道不是很让人兴奋的事吗?”

Her father had bought the old house in the garden many years ago. He thought he would live there with Pippi when he grew old and couldn't sail the seas any longer. And then this annoying thing had to happen, that he was blown into the ocean, and while Pippi was waiting for him to come back she went straight home to Villa Villekulla. That was the name of the house. It stood there ready and waiting for her. One lovely summer evening she had said good-by to all the sailors on her father's boat. They were all fond of Pippi, and she of them.

许多年前，她的爸爸就买下了花园里的房子。他想等他老了，再也不能出海了，就和皮皮住在这里。之后这件讨厌的事情发生了，他被刮进了大海。而皮皮要等着爸爸回来，她直接住进了维拉维洛古拉的家。维拉维洛古拉，这就是房子的名字，它坐落在那里，准备就绪，等待着她。一个令人愉快的夏夜，她告别了爸爸船上所有的水手，他们全都喜欢皮皮，皮皮也喜欢他们。

"So long, boys," she said and kissed each one on the forehead. "Don't you worry about me. I'll always come out on top."

“再见了，小伙子们。”她说，吻了每一个水手的额头，“不要担心我，我会一直过得很好。”

Two things she took with her from the ship: a little monkey whose name was Mr. Nilsson--he was a present from her father-and a big suitcase full of gold pieces. The sailors stood upon the deck and watched as long as they could see her. She walked straight ahead without looking back at all, with Mr. Nilsson on her shoulder and her suitcase in her hand.

她从船上带走了两样东西:一只小猴子，他叫尼尔森先生—这是爸爸送给她的礼物，以及一个装满金币的大箱子。水手们站在甲板上看着，直到看不到她为止。她头也不回地径直向前走着，肩上站着尼尔森先生，手里提着大箱子。

"A remarkable child," said one of the sailors as Pippi disappeared in the distance.

“多了不起的孩子呀!”一个水手说，这时皮皮已经消失在远方。

He was right. Pippi was indeed a remarkable child. The most remarkable thing about her was that she was so strong. She was so very strong that in the whole wide world there was not a single police officer as strong as she. Why, she could lift a whole horse if she wanted to! And she had bought with one of her many gold pieces the day she came home to Villa Villekulla. She had always longed for a horse, anct now here he was, living on the porch. When Pippi wanted to drink her afternoon coffee there, she simply lifted him down into the garden.

他是对的。皮皮确实是一个了不起的孩子。她最非同寻常的地方是她力大无穷。她力气大极了，恐怕世界上没有一个警察能和她一样。为什么呢，如果她想的话，她能举起一整匹马!当她来到维拉维洛古拉这个家的时候，用一块金币买了一匹马。她一直渴望能有一匹马，现在他就住在门廊里。当皮皮想在门廊上喝下午的咖啡时，她只要把马举到花园里去。

英语童话故事：奉献树

Once there was a tree…and she loved a little boy. Every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples. And they would play hide-and-go-seek. And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree very much… the tree was happy.

从前有一棵树，她喜欢一个小男孩。每天男孩都会跑到这棵树下捡落叶，做成王冠，把自已装扮成森林之王。男孩总是爬上树干，在树枝扛荡秋千，吃树上的苹果，他们还会一起玩捉迷藏的游戏。男孩累了，就在树荫里睡觉。小男孩非常喜爱这棵树，大树也十分开心。

But time went by. The boy grew older, and the tree was often alone.

但是时光流逝，男孩逐渐长大，大树常常形单影只。

Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said."Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat my apples and play in my shade and be happy."

有一天男孩来到大树旁，大树说:“来吧，孩子，爬到我的树干上，在树枝上荡秋千，吃几个苹果，再到阴凉里玩一会儿，你会开心的!”

"I am too big to climb and play." said the boy. "1 want to buy things and have fun. I want some money. Can you give me some money?"

“我已经大了，不爱爬树玩儿了，”男孩说，“我想买些东西，想找些乐子。我需要钱，你能给我些钱吗?”

"I'm sorry," said the tree, "but I have no money. I have only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in the city. Then you will have money and you will be happy."

“很抱歉，”大树说，“我没有钱，我只有树叶和苹果。把我的苹果拿去，孩子，把它们拿到城里卖掉，你就会有钱，就会快活了。”

And so the boy climbed up the tree and gathered her apples and carried them away.

于是男孩爬上树，摘下苹果，把苹果带走了。

And the tree was happy.

大树很快乐。

But the boy stayed away for a long time…and the tree was sad.

但是男孩离开了很久，大树很难过。

And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with joy and she said, "Come,Boy, climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and be happy."

后来有一天，男孩回来了，大树高兴地摇晃着肢体，说道:“来吧，孩子，爬到我的树干上，在树枝上荡秋千，你会很快活的!”

I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy. "I want a house to keep me warm," he said. "I want a wife and I want children, and so I need a house. C an you give me a house?"

“我太忙了，没有时间爬树”男孩说，“我需要一幢房子保暖。”他接着说，“我要娶个妻子，还要生些孩子，所以我需要一幢房子。你能给我一幢房子吗?”

"I have no house," said the tree. "The forest is my house, but you may cut my branches and build a house. Then you will be happy."

“我没有房子，”大树说，“森林就是我的房子。但是你可以砍下我的树枝去盖房，那样你就会开心了。

And so the boy cut off her branches and carried them away to build his house. And the tree was happy. But the boy stayed away for a long time.

于是男孩把大树的树枝砍了下来，把它们带走盖了一幢房子。大树很快乐，但是男孩很久都没有再来。

And when he came back, the tree was so happy that she could hardly speak. "Come,Boy," she whispered, "come and play."

当他又回来的时候，大树非常高兴，高兴得几乎说不出话来。“来吧，孩子，”她低声说，“来和我玩吧!”

"I am too old and sad to play," said the boy. "I want a boat that will take me far away from here. Can you give me a boat?"

“我年纪已经大了，心情也不好，不愿意玩。”男孩说，“我需要一条船，离开这里，去遥远的地方。你能给我一条船吗?”

"Cut down my trunk and make a boat," said the tree. "Then you can sail away and be happy.”

“把我的树干砍断，用它造船吧。”大树说，“这样你就可以远航，你就会快乐了。”于是男孩砍断树干，造了一艘船，乘船离开了。

And so the boy cut down her trunk and made a boat and sailed away.

大树很快乐……但并不是真的快乐。

And the tree was not really.

又过了很长时间，男孩又回来了。“非常抱歉，孩子，”大树说，“我没有什么可以给你—我没有苹果了。”

And after a long time the boy came back again, "I am sorry, Boy," said the tree,‘but I have nothing left to give you-my apples are gone."

“我的牙齿已经老化，吃不动苹果了。”男孩说。

“My teeth are too weak for apples," said the boy.

“我没有枝条了，”大树说，“你没法儿在上面荡秋千了—”

"My branches are gone," said the tree. "You cannot swing on them -”

“我年纪太大了，荡不了秋千。”男孩说。

"I am too old to swing on branches," said the boy.

“我没有树干了，”大树说，“你不能往上爬了—”

“My trunk is gone," said the tree. "You cannot climb-"

“我很累，爬不动了。”男孩说。

"I am too tired to climb," said the boy.

“真是抱歉，”大树叹了口气，“我多么希望能给你点什么呀……但是我什么也没有留下，我现在只是个老树墩，抱歉……”

"I am sorry," sighed the tree. "I wish that I could give you something…but I have nothing left. I am just an old stump. I am sorry…"

“我现在不需要太多，”男孩说，“只想找个安静的地方坐坐，好好休息。我很累。”

"I don't need very much now," said the boy,"just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired."

“那好。”大树说，她尽量把身子挺直，“那好，我这个老树墩正好可以让你坐着休息来吧，孩子，坐下吧，坐在我身上休息吧。”

"Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, "Well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting. Come Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."

于是男孩坐下了。

And the boy did.

大树很快乐。

And the tree was happy.