哲理的英语故事
引导语：故事文学素材应用于英语教学也越来越普遍,故事正逐渐被视为英语教学的最佳材料之一。小编整理了有哲理的英语故事，欢迎阅读!
有哲理的英语故事：名落孙山
In the Song Dynasty (宋朝) there was a joker called Sun Shan (孙山).
宋朝有一个很幽默的人，他叫孙山。
One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of successfulcandidates.
有一年他去参加考试，公布名单时他是最后一名。
Back in his hometown, one of his neighbor asked him whether the neighbor's son had also passed.
回到家，他的.邻居向他打听自己的儿子考得怎么样。
Sun Shan said, with a smile:"Sun Shan was the last on the list. Your son came after Sun Shan."
孙山笑着对邻居说：“孙山考了最后一名，你儿子的名字还在孙山的后面呢。”
The people used this idiom to indicate failing in an examination or competition.
人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取。
有哲理的英语故事：杞人忧天
In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him.
春秋战国时期，杞国有个人喜欢胡思乱想。
One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep.
一天，他竟然担忧天会塌下来，地会陷下去，自己无处存身。这个人越想越害怕，便整天愁眉苦脸，坐立不安，睡不好觉，吃不下饭。
Later, someone persuade him that his fears were groundless.
后来，有个人就去开导他，那个杞国人听后，才放下了心。
This idioms satirizes those who worry unnecessarily.
成语杞人忧天讥笑那些没有必要或毫无根据的忧虑。
有哲理的英语故事：郑人买履
A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes.
从前，郑国有个人想买双鞋。
He measured his foot and put the measurement on a chair.
他量好了自己脚的尺码，把它放在了椅子上。
When he set out for the market,he forgot to bring it along.
可当他赶往市集时，却忘了带量好的尺码。
It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this occurred to him.
他要买鞋时，才想了起来。
"I forgot the measurement", said he.
他说：“我忘带尺码了。”
He went home to get it. But when he returned, the market had closed and he did not get his shoes after all.
他回家去取量好的'尺码。等他赶回来时，市集已经关了，他还是没能买到鞋。
"Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet?" He was asked.
有人问：“为什么不用你自己的脚去试一试鞋子呢?”
"I'd rather trust the measurement than trust myself."
他说：“我宁愿相信尺码也不相信我自己的脚。”
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