3分鐘英文故事

　　就像我們中國的故事一樣，英文故事也有很多很吸引人的!下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編給大家整理的可以用作3分鐘演講的英文故事，希望大家喜歡。

　　3分鐘英文故事 Driver Loses Mabel, Finds Jail

　　A fifteen-year-old boy was injured in a car accident when the minivan he was traveling in was hit by a pickup truck at an intersection. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital. The paramedics said that it appeared that the boy had nothing more serious than a broken left leg, but that internal injuries were always a possibility. The boy was conscious and alert. His mother, who was driving, was uninjured. She said that the truck appeared out of nowhere, and she thought she was going to die. She turned the steering wheel sharply to the left, and the truck hit her minivan on the passenger side.

　　The driver of the truck was a 50-year-old man who was unemployed and apparently had been drinking—police found 18 empty beer cans inside the truck. The man denied drinking, but he failed the police test for sobriety. When asked to touch his nose with his arms outstretched and eyes closed, he was unable to touch any part of his head.

　　The handcuffed man asked the police if they knew where “Mabel” was as he was put into the back seat of the police vehicle. The police asked him if Mabel was his wife. He said, “She’s my dog, my dog! Where’s my baby?” A dog with a collar, but no identification, was found minutes later, half a block away. The man was taken to the city jail and booked on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and on causing an accident.

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　　一個15歲的男孩在車禍中受傷當(dāng)他旅行的微型貨車乘一輛卡車撞在一個十字路口。那個男孩被送到附近的醫(yī)院。醫(yī)護(hù)人員說，看來這孩子沒有什么更嚴(yán)重的比斷左腿，但是內(nèi)傷總是可能性。那個男孩意識清醒。他的母親，誰是駕駛，沒有受傷。她說卡車突然出現(xiàn)，并且她認(rèn)為她會死的。她把方向盤向左急轉(zhuǎn)，和卡車撞上她的車的乘客一邊?？ㄜ囁緳C(jī)是一個50歲的男子誰是失業(yè)，顯然已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了18個空的啤酒罐drinking-police卡車?yán)锩?。人否認(rèn)飲用，但他沒有警察測試清醒。當(dāng)被問到觸摸他的鼻子與他的雙臂，閉上眼睛，他無法接觸的任何部分，他的頭。戴上手銬的男子問警察，如果他們知道“梅布爾”，是因?yàn)樗环胚M(jìn)了后座的警車。警察問他如果梅布爾是他的妻子。他說，“她是我的狗，我的狗!我的孩子呢?“一只狗和一個衣領(lǐng)，但沒有鑒定，發(fā)現(xiàn)幾分鐘后，半個街區(qū)遠(yuǎn)的。該名男子被送往監(jiān)獄，訂了涉嫌酒后駕駛和在造成事故。

　　3分鐘英文故事 Jerry Decided To Buy a Gun

　　Jerry Baldwin was 30 years old. He was the manager of a pizza restaurant. He lived in an apartment about one mile north of the restaurant. He walked to and from work. When it was raining, he took the bus.

　　Jerry loved gangster movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theater and watch the new movie three or four times. Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barney’s Video Store. Jerry had a home collection of over 1,000 gangster videos. Old ones, new ones, color, black and white, English, Spanish, Japanese--he loved them all. He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the plot. Did you say you liked “Pulp Fiction”? Well, Jerry would rattle off all the details of that movie. And then he would invite you to his place to watch it some time. He was a nice guy.

　　Jerry finally decided that he would like to own a gun, just like the gangsters. So he saved his money for a couple of years. Then he went to a gun store and bought a used .38 caliber revolver for 0. While there, he also bought a couple of boxes of ammunition. The following Saturday morning, he went to the gun club to practice with his new revolver. He was in the club for only 10 minutes when he accidentally dropped his pistol. The gun went off, and the bullet went into Jerry’s right knee.

　　Jerry now walks with a limp and a cane, just like some gangsters.

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　　30歲的杰里·。他是經(jīng)理的比薩餅店。他住在一個公寓約一英里的北餐廳。他走到和工作。下雨的時候，他坐公共汽車。

　　杰里喜歡黑幫電影。當(dāng)一個新的來了，他會去電影院看新電影三或四次。然后，當(dāng)它去視頻，杰里會買視頻在巴尼的錄像店。杰里家超過1000集視頻。舊的，新的，顏色，黑色和白色，英國，西班牙，日本——他愛他們所有。他能告訴你的名字的電影，導(dǎo)演，明星，和劇情。你說你喜歡《低俗小說”?嗯，杰里會背出所有的細(xì)節(jié)，電影。然后他會邀請你去他的地方，看著它一段時間。他是一個好人。

　　杰里終于決定，他希望自己的槍，就像歹徒。所以他救了他的錢一兩年。然后他去槍店買了使用。38口徑的左輪手槍300美元。同時，他還買了幾盒彈藥。接下來的星期六早上，他去了手槍俱樂部練習(xí)與他的新的左輪手槍。他在俱樂部只有10分鐘時，他不小心把他的手槍。槍響了，子彈進(jìn)入和杰里的右膝蓋。

　　杰里現(xiàn)在走路一瘸一拐，甘蔗，就像一些匪徒。

　　3分鐘英文故事 The Wolf andthe Lamb

　　Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. ‘There’s my supper,’ thought he, ‘if only I can find some excuse to seize it.’ Then he called out to the Lamb, ‘How dare you muddle the water from which I am drinking?’

　　‘Nay, master, nay,’ said Lambikin; ‘if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me.’

　　‘Well, then,’ said the Wolf, ‘why did you call me bad names this time last year?’

　　‘That cannot be,’ said the Lamb; ‘I am only six months old.’

　　‘I don’t care,’ snarled the Wolf; ‘if it was not you it was your father;’ and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and .WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA .ate her all up. But before she died she gasped out .’Any excuse will serve a tyrant.’

　　3分鐘英文故事：東郭先生和狼Dongguo and the Wolf

　　One day, Mr. Dongguo drove a donkey carrying a sack of books to the State of Zhongshan to seek an official post. Suddenly, a wounded wolf scurried to him and begged: "Sir, I am being pursued by a hunter. I was shot by an arrow and almost lost my life. I beg you to hide me in your sack, and I'll reward you well in the future."

　　一天，東郭先生趕著一頭毛驢，背著一口袋書，去中山國謀求官職。突然，一只帶傷的狼竄到他的面前，哀求說:“先生，我現(xiàn)在正被一位獵人追趕著，一箭射中，差一點(diǎn)送了性命。求求您把我藏在您的口袋里，將來我會好好報答您的。”

　　Mr. Dongguo said: "By doing this I'll offend prominent officials, and face disaster. But I'll surely try to save you. This is something I ought to do." At this moment, the wolf curled up its limbs. Mr. Dongguo tied it up with rope, put it into his sack, and drove the donkey to the roadside to let the hunter pass by.

　　東郭先生說:“我這樣做，會得罪達(dá)官貴人，災(zāi)禍就會臨頭。不過，我一定想辦法救你，這是我應(yīng)該做的事情。”這時候，只見狼蜷曲了四肢。東郭先生用繩子把它捆住，裝進(jìn)了口袋，把驢了趕到道旁，好讓獵人通過。

　　A moment later, the hunter came up and found the wolf missing. He asked Mr. Dongguo: "Have you seen a wolf? Where did it run off to?" Mr. Dongguo said: "I haven't seen any wolf. This road leads to many byroads. The wolf may have escaped from one of them."

　　不一會兒，獵人追了上來，發(fā)現(xiàn)狼不見了，就問東郭先生: “你看見一只狼沒有?它往哪里跑了?” 東郭先生說:“我沒有看見狼。這條路岔道多，狼也許從岔道上逃走了。”

　　The hunter could do nothing but believe this to be true. So he turned around and left. When the wolf heard the xiaogushi8.com hoofbeats fade in the distance, it said in the sack: "Sir, please let me out of the sack, untie the rope, pull out the arrow on my limb, and let me escape." "Please, sir, now I am so starved. Please let me devour you."

　　獵人聽了，無可奈何，也就信以為真。于是，他就轉(zhuǎn)身走了。狼等到聽不見馬蹄的聲音了，就在口袋里說:“先生，請您把我從口袋里放出來，解開捆我的繩子，拔掉我腿上的箭，讓我逃走吧!”

　　The kindhearted Mr. Dongguo, bewitched by its sweet words, released the wolf. But unexpectedly, the wolf howled at him: Whereupon the wolf bared its teeth, brandished its claws, and pounced upon him. Mr. Dongguo fought the wolf bare-handed and kept on shouting: "You ungrateful wolf! You ungrateful wolf!"

　　3分鐘英文故事：調(diào)琴如治國

　　晉平公令人制作了一張琴。琴上的弦，粗細(xì)一個樣，大弦、小弦沒有區(qū)別。琴制作好以后，晉平公讓樂官師曠來調(diào)音。師曠調(diào)了一整天，也沒調(diào)出個曲調(diào)來。

　　Ping Gong of Jin ordered someone to make a stringed musical instrument. The strings of the instrument were of the same size, with no difference xiaogushi8.com between the small strings and the large string. After the instrument was made. Ping Gong of Jin asked Shi Kuang, an official in charge of music, to tune the instrument. Shi Kuang spent a whole day doing it, but failed to tune out a melody.

　　晉平公責(zé)怪師曠不會調(diào)琴。師曠解釋說: “一張琴，大弦就好比國君，小弦就好比臣子。大弦小弦各有各的功能，它們彼此配合，才能合成音律。大弦小弦有條不紊，才能奏出和諧悅耳的音樂。您現(xiàn)在把琴弦做成大小不分，破壞了它們應(yīng)有的系統(tǒng)性與規(guī)律性。這樣的琴，您讓我怎么調(diào)呀!”

　　Ping Gong blamed Shi Kuang for his incompetence. Shi Kuang explained: "The large string of a musical instrument is like the king of a state, and the xiaogushi8.com small strings are like his subordinates. The large string and the small strings have their own functions. Only by coordinating with one another can they compose temperament, and only by being orderly can they play harmonious and pleasant music. Now there is no difference in size between the large string and the small strings. This ruins the system and regularity which they should have. How can I tune an instrument like this?"

　　3分鐘英文故事：聰明的黑子Clever Blackie

　　Tom was very proud of his dog Blackie. Whenever he got the chance, he would ask his dog to please his friends with some tricks.

　　湯姆很為他的狗“黑子”感到驕傲。一有機(jī)會他就會讓它玩一些把戲來取悅他的朋友。

　　One day Tom went to visit his friend Jack who was sick at home with a bad cold.“How are you feeling?” asked Tom.“Worse than xiaogushi8.com yesterday, answered Jack,“I have a terrible cough, and there is not a drop of medicine in the house.“Don't worry, Jack. I'll send Blackie to the drugstore for some medicine. He'll be back in a minute before you know it.”Tom put a five dollar note in Blackie's mouth and the dog ran down the street. “And keep the change,” Tom shouted after him.

　　一天,湯姆去看他的朋友杰克。杰克因重感冒生病在家。“現(xiàn)在感覺怎么樣?”湯姆問。“比昨天更厲害了。”杰克說,“我咳嗽得很厲害,家里一點(diǎn)藥也沒有。”“別著急,杰克,我讓黑子去藥房買點(diǎn)藥,他一會兒就會回來的。”湯姆把一張五美元的鈔票放在黑子嘴里,黑子向街上跑去。“記得找零錢。”湯姆追在黑子后面喊到。

　　“oh, Tom doesn't be silly. You know that dog won't be back with any medicine,” said Jack. “oh, yes he will.” answered Tom. Half an xiaogushi8.com hour later, however, Blackie had not returned. Tom was feeling worried and felt angry at his friend's little smile. dog's mouth.

　　“別傻了,湯姆,狗是不會把藥買回來的。”杰克說。“噢,不,他會的。”湯姆說。半小時之后黑子還沒有回來。湯姆有些著急并對他朋友臉上露出的一絲笑意感到生氣。

　　“Something has happened to him, I’m sure,” said Tom. “”He obeyed me as a rule.”

　　Just then Jack saw Blackie at a distance. He hurried to open the door and let him in.

　　Jack was shocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog’s mouth.

　　“黑子一定是出什么事了,”湯姆說,“他一直很聽我話的。”就在這時,他遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地看到了黑子并趕緊跑過去開門讓黑子進(jìn)來。杰克看到黑子嘴里的藥瓶子真吃了一驚。

　　“Good boy,” said Tom, “But what took you so long?” Blackie ran to the window, barking and wagging his tail. Tom looked out of the door and saw a bone outside.

　　“好小子,”湯姆說,“但是怎么花了這么長時間呢?”英語小故事黑子朝窗子跑去,邊叫邊揺尾巴。湯姆從門往外一看,看見了一根骨頭。