为您找到与有趣的英语典故相关的共200个结果:
1. Why do some old people never use glasses?
They must prefer bottles to glasses.
2. Why is the person wearing two coats while painting the house?
Because the instructions on the paint can say "Put on two coats for best results."
3. What two words have thousands of letters in them?
Post office.
4. What do workers do in a clock factory?
They make faces all day.
5. What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?
Sixty.
6. What animal has a head like a cat, eyes like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?
A kitten.(小猫)
7. What surprising things happen every 24 hours?
Day breaks, but doesn't fall; night falls, but doesn't break.
8. What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth?
An echo.(回声)
9. What do you know about the kings of France?
They are all dead.
10. What question can you never answer 'yes" to"
Are you asleep?
11. What room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors?
A mushroom.(蘑菇)
12. What is smaller than an insect's mouth?
Anything it eats.
13. What large instrument do you carry in your ears?
Drums, that is eardrums.(鼓膜)
14. What's too much for one, just right for two, but nothing at all for three?
A secret.
15. What person tried to make you smile most of the time?
A photographer.
16. When do you go as fast as a racing car?
When you are in it.
17. How many sides does a house have?
Two - inside and outside.
18. What never asks any questions but always gets answers?
A doorbell.
19. Where did Columbus stand when he discovered America?
On his feet.
20. When the boy fell into the water, what's the first thing he did?
He got wet first of all.
21. Who isn't your sister and isn't your brother, but is still a child of your mother and father?
I myself.
22. What has teeth but cannot eat?
A comb.
23. What kind of man can raise things without lifting them?
A farmer.
24. Why does time fly?
To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.
25. Name five days of the week without saying: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.
26. What animal eats and drinks with its tail?
All do. No animal takes off its tail when eating and drinking.
27. What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks?
A river.
28. What kind of dog never bite?
A hot dog.
29. Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor?
Because it can't sit down.
30. What did one invisible man say to the other invisible man?
It's nice not to see you again.
31. What wears a cap but has no head?
A bottle.
32. What rises in the morning and waves all day?
A flag.
33. What is an astronomer?(天文学家)?
A night watchman with a college education.
34. How can you tell clocks and watches are shy?
Because they always have their hands in front of their faces.
35. What is wind?
Air in a hurry.
36. What comes after the letter "A"?
All the other letters.
37. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?
Teapot.
38. What word can you make shorter by adding to it?
Short.
39. What person does every man take his hat off to?
A barber.
40. Why does the boy carry a ladder to the school?
Because he wants to go to high school.
41. What can you swallow that can also swallow you?
Water.
42. What's the difference between a hill and a pill?
A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.
43. Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington?
Because he's dead.
44. A doctor and a lawyer loved the same girl. The lawyer went away for a week and gave the girl seven apples before he left. Why?
Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
45. What will you do if a man-eating tiger is running after you?
Nothing. Because I'm a woman.
46. What always travels on foot?
A shoe.
47. Where can happiness always be found?
In the dictionary.
#p#副标题#e#48. What is higher without a head than with a head?
A pillow.(枕头)
49. Why don't you advertise for your lost dog?
He can't read.
50. On which side does a bird have the most feathers?
The outside.
51. What is the best thing to keep in hot weather?
Cool!
52. What is never used until it's broken?
An egg.
53. What's a skeleton?(骨架)
It's a lot of bones without the person on them!
54. What is dark but made by light?
A shadow.
55. What can you break with only one word?
Silence.
56. What stays indoors no matter how many times you put it out?
The light.
57. A policeman saw a truck driver going the wrong way down a one-way street, but didn't give him a ticket. Why?
Because the truck driver was walking.
58. Where can milk be best stored?
In a cow.
59. Which can move faster, heat or cold?
Heat, because you can catch cold easily.
60. What's the hardest thing about learning skating?
The ice.
61. What has cities with no houses, rivers without water and forests without trees?
A map.
62. What can be measured but has no length, width or thickness?
The temperature.
63. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
It never eats.
64. Why is writing called handwriting?
If people wrote with their feet, we would have to call it footwriting.
65. If there were only thre girls in the world, what do you think they would do?
Two of them would get together ans talk about the other one.
66. How many great men have been born in London?
None. Only babies.
67. When can you have an empty pocket and still have something in it?
When you have a hole in your pocket.
68. The greater it is, the less it can be seen. What is it?
Darkness.
69. The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?
A hole.
70. Who may marry many a wife and stay single all of his life?
A priest.(牧师)
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典故用得适当,可以收到很好的修辞效果。能显得既典雅风趣又含蓄有致,可以使语言更加精练、言简意赅、辞近旨远。下面读文网小编给大家分享英语典故:私下的,欢迎阅读:
Under the Rose秘密地;私下得;暗中
Under the rose直译"在玫瑰花底下",而实际上却表示in secret; privately
【成语来源】
confidentially的意义,语言外壳与内涵,似乎风马牛不相及.它源自古罗马的神话故事和欧洲的风尚.
罗马神话中的小爱神丘比特(Cupid),也称希腊神话里的厄洛斯(Eros),在文艺作品中以背上长着双翼的小男孩的形象出现,常携带弓箭在天空中遨游,谁中了他的金箭就会产生爱情.丘比特是战神玛斯(Mars)和爱与美之神维纳斯(venus)所生的儿子.维纳斯,也就是希腊神话里的阿芙罗狄蒂(Aphrodite),传说她是从大海的泡沫里生出来,以美丽著称,从宙斯到奥林匹帕斯的诸神都为起美貌姿容所倾倒.有关她的恋爱传说很多,欧洲很多文艺作品常用维纳斯做题材.小爱神丘比特为了维护其母的声誉,给沉默之神哈伯克拉底(Harpocrates)送了一束玫瑰花,请他守口如瓶不要把维纳斯的风流韵事传播出去.哈伯克拉底受了玫瑰花就缄默不语了,成为名副其实的"沉默之神"
古罗马人对维纳斯非常尊崇,不仅奉为掌管人类的爱情.婚姻.生育的爱与美的神,而且尊为丰收女神.园艺女神.罗马的统治者恺撒大帝甚至追搠维纳斯是罗马人的祖先.由于上述神话传说,古罗马人把玫瑰花当作沉没或严守秘密的象征,并在日常生活中相尚成风.人们去串门做客,当看到主人家的桌子上方画有玫瑰,客人就了解在这桌上所谈的一切行为均不应外传.于是在语言中产生了Sub rosa在玫瑰花底下这个拉丁成语. 据<牛津英语词典>解释,英语under the rose系源自德语unter der Rosen. 古代德国的宴会厅.会议室以及旅店的餐室,在天花板上常画有或雕刻着玫瑰花,用来提醒在场者要守口如瓶,严守秘密,不要把玫瑰花底下的言行透露出去.这个流行于15至17世纪的德语成语反映了这种习俗.
罗马帝国全盛时,其势力几乎席卷了整个欧洲,罗马某些文化风尚也随着他的军事力量渗透到欧洲各国.因此,以玫瑰花象征沉默的习俗,并不限于德国.
under the rose 是个状语性成语,在句中修饰动词,其含义因所修饰的动词的不同而略有不同.如:born underthe rose"私生的""非婚生的";do under the rose"暗中进行"
【例句】
The details were given to him under the rose.
这些细节是私下告诉他的。
The senator told me, under the rose, that there is to be a change in the cabinet.
参议员偷偷地告诉我说,内阁将要改组。
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英语典故能够帮助我们加深对英文的理解,提高学习的兴趣,我们不妨来看看英语典故中我们能够学习到什么?接下来读文网小编分享关于最后的杰作的英语典故给大家,希望大家多多学习!
Swan Song 最后杰作;绝笔
【成语来源】
Swan Song字面译做“天鹅之歌”,源于希腊成语Kykneion asma.
天鹅,我国古代叫鹄,是一种形状似鹅而体形较大的稀有珍禽,栖息于海滨湖畔,能游善飞,全身白色。因此,英语成语black swan,用以比喻稀有罕见的人或物,类似汉语成语“凤毛麟角”之意。
在古希腊神话中,阿波罗(Apollo)是太阳神、光明之神,由于他多才多艺,又是诗歌与音乐之神,后世奉他为文艺的保护神。天鹅是阿波罗的神鸟,故常用来比喻文艺。传说天鹅平素不唱歌,而在它死前,必引颈长鸣,高歌一曲,其歌声哀婉动听,感人肺腑。这是它一生中唯一的,也是最后的一次唱歌。因此,西方各国就用这个典故来比喻某诗人,作家,作曲家临终前的一部杰作,或者是某个演员,歌唱家的最后一次表演。即a lastor farewell appearance;the last work before death之意;偶尔也可指某中最后残余的东西。
Swan Song是个古老的成语,源远流长。早在公元前6世纪的古希腊寓言作家伊索(Aisopos)的寓言故事中,就有“天鹅临死才唱歌”的说法。古罗马政治家、作家西塞罗(Cicero,公元前106-前43)在其《德斯肯伦别墅哲学谈》等论文中,就使用了“天鹅之歌”来比喻临死哀歌。在英国,乔叟,莎士比亚等伟大诗人、剧作家,都使用过这个成语典故。如:莎翁的著名悲剧《奥噻罗》(othello)中塑造的爱米莉霞的形象,她在生死关头勇敢得站出来揭穿其丈夫的罪行。她临死时把自己比做天鹅,一生只唱最后一次歌
【例句】
如:All the tickets have been sold for the singer's performance in Paris this week-the public clearlybelieves that this will be her swan song.
这位歌唱家本星期在巴黎演唱的全部门票都销售一空——显然,公众认为这将是她最后一次告别演出。
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典故用得适当,可以收到很好的修辞效果。能显得既典雅风趣又含蓄有致,可以使语言更加精练、言简意赅、辞近旨远。下面读文网小编给大家分享英语典故:阴谋害人的礼物,欢迎阅读:
Greek Gift(s)阴谋害人的礼物;黄鼠狼拜年,不安好心
Greek Gift(s)直译是“希腊人的礼物”,出自荷马史诗《奥德赛》以及古罗马杰出诗人维吉尔(PubliusVirgilius Maro,公元前70-前19年)的史诗《伊尼特》(Aeneis)中关于特洛伊城陷落经过的叙述。
【成语来源】
据《奥德赛》卷8记述:许多特洛伊人对如何处置希腊人留下的大木马展开了辩论,“他们有三种主张:有的主张用无情的铜矛刺透中空的木马;有的主张把它仍到岩石上;有的主张让它留在那里作为京观,来使天神喜悦”。结果是后一说占优势,把那匹木马拖进城里来,终于遭到了亡国之灾。
维吉尔的史诗《伊尼特》,写的是特洛伊被希腊攻陷后,王子伊尼斯从混乱中携家属出走,经由西西里、迦太基到达意大利,在各地漂泊流亡的情况。史诗第2卷便是伊尼斯关于特洛伊城陷落经过的叙述,其中情节除了模拟荷马史诗的描述外,还做了更详细的补充。当特洛伊人要把大木马拖进城的时候,祭司拉奥孔(Laocoon)劝说不要接受希腊人留下的东西。他说:“我怕希腊人,即使他们来送礼”这句话后来成了一句拉丁谚语:“Timeo Danaos,et dona ferenteso."(原文的达奈人Danaos,即泛指希腊各部族人)译成英语就是:Ifear the Greeks ,even when bringing gifts.其简化形式就是Greek Gifts.可惜特洛伊人不听拉奥孔的警告,把木马作为战利品拖进城里。木马里藏着希腊的精锐部队,给特洛伊人带来了屠杀和灭亡。由此,Greek gift成为一个成语,表示a gift with some sinister purposes of the enemy;one given with intent to harm;a giftsent inorder to murder sb等意思,按其形象意义,这个成语相当与英语的俚谚:When the foxpreaches,take care of your geese;也与汉语“黄鼠狼给鸡拜年--不安好心”十分类似。#p#副标题#e#
【例句】
eg:He is always buying you expensive clothes,I'm afraid they are Greek gifts for you.
Comrades,be on guard against the Greek gifts!
To meet Waterloo(倒霉,受毁灭性打击,灭顶之灾)
滑铁卢是一代天骄拿破仑遭受残败的地方。遭遇滑铁卢,对一个人来说,后果不堪设想。无怪据说二战期间,在准备诺曼底反攻时,温斯顿·丘吉尔和随员冒雨去某地开会,其随员因路滑而摔了一跤,脱口说一句“Tomeet Waterloo!”丘吉尔竟联想到拿破仑兵败滑铁卢的典故,恼怒地斥责他:“胡说!我要去凯旋门呢!”
It's Greek to me.(我不知道)
英国人一般都不懂希腊语。这句话的直译是:对于我这是希腊语。自然是不明白的意思。
Greek Kalends(幽默,诙谐方式表达的永远不)
Kalends是罗马日历的第一天。古希腊不用罗马日历,永远不会有这一天。
Castle in Spain(西班牙城堡,幻想,梦想。相当于汉语中的空中楼阁)
中世纪某一时期,西班牙是一个颇富浪漫色彩的国家,这句成语是和Castle in air(空中城堡)相齐名的。
Set the Thames on fire(火烧泰晤士河,这是何等伟大的壮举)
但是这句成语经常是反其义应用,指那些人对某事只是夸下海口,而不是真正想去做。
From China to Peru(从中国到秘鲁)
它的意义非常明白,指从世界的这一边到世界的那一边,相当于汉语的远隔重洋。
Between Scylla and Charybdis(锡拉和卡津布迪斯之间———在两个同样危险的事物之间:一个人逃出一种危险,而又落入另一种危险)
锡拉是传说中生活在意大利岩石的怪兽,卡津布迪斯是住在海峡中一端经常产生旋涡的另一个怪兽。水手为了躲避其中一个的危害,而常又落入另一个灾难。意大利这一方的海角叫凯尼斯(Caenys),西西里岛那一方的海角叫皮罗鲁姆(Pelorum)。
Spoil Egyptians(掠夺埃及———迫使敌人提供自己所需要的东西)
源于圣经:上帝答应摩西,埃及人必须借给以色列他们所需要的东西。
Do in Rome as Romans Do(在罗马,就按罗马人的方式办)
和我们的入乡随俗的意思一样。
Carry Coals to Newcastle(把煤送到纽卡斯尔)
把某种东西送到一个人们根本不需要的地方。纽卡斯尔盛产煤,送煤到那里,岂不是多此一举。有趣的是法国也有类似的成语“del'eau a la riviere(送水到大河里)。”
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英语典故在帮助我们提高兴趣的同时,还能帮助我们认识单词,从而学习到更多的单词,下面读文网小编给大家推荐英语典故:木马计,欢迎阅读:
The Trojan Horse木马计;暗藏的危险;奸细
【成语来源】
The Trojan Horse直译"特洛伊木马",是个国际性成语,在世界各主要语言中都有。来自拉丁语equnsTrojanus.这个成语甚至还进入到汉语词汇中,**同志在《矛盾论》中,谈到《水浒传》中宋江三打祝家庄时,就用了“木马计”这个典故。
这个成语出自荷马史诗《奥德赛》。希腊人和特洛伊人交战10年之久,胜负未决。最后,希腊著名的英雄奥德修斯(Odusseus)想出了一个木马计,用木头做了一匹巨马,放在特洛伊城外。全体希腊将士伪装撤退,乘船隐藏在附近的海湾里,而奥德修斯率领20名勇士事先藏进妈肚。特洛伊人误认为希腊人已经败退,大开城门,看到城外的巨大木马,以为这是希腊人敬神的礼物,就把它当作战利品拖进城来,大摆宴席,欢庆胜利。到了半夜,特洛伊人好梦正在酣,毫无戒备的时候,藏在木马里的希腊英雄们都爬了出来,打开城门,发出信号,与附近海湾里返回的希腊大军里应外合,一举摧毁了特洛伊城。
因此,The Trojan Horse经过不断引用而成为一个广泛流传的成语,常用来比喻the hidden danger;thecovert wreckers(内奸);to engage in underhand activities等的意义。
【例句】
eg:The superpowers are always sending the Trojan horses to many countries in the world.
世界上的强国总是会派一些间谍去其他的国家。
They are defeated only because of the Trojan horse in their country.
他们败在国家的奸细上了。
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Helen of Troy红颜祸水
在现代英语中,Helen of Troy这个成语,除了表示a beautiful girl or woman;a beauty who ruins hercountry等意义外,还可以用来表示a terrible disaster brought by sb or sth you like best的意思。
【成语来源】
Helen of Troy 直译"特洛伊的海伦",源自源自荷马史诗Iliad中的希腊神话故事。
Helen是希腊的绝世佳人,美艳无比,嫁给希腊南部邦城斯巴达国王墨涅俄斯(Menelaus)为妻。后来,特洛伊王子帕里斯奉命出事希腊,在斯巴达国王那里做客,他在爱与美之神阿芙罗狄蒂的帮助下,趁着墨涅俄斯外出之际,诱走海伦,还带走了很多财宝。此事激起了希腊各部族的公愤,墨涅俄斯发誓说,宁死也要夺回海轮,报仇雪恨。为此,在希腊各城邦英雄的赞助下,调集十万大军和1180条战船,组成了希腊联军,公推墨涅俄斯的哥哥阿枷门农(Agamemnon)为联军统帅,浩浩荡荡,跨海东征,攻打特洛伊城,企图用武力夺回海轮。双方大战10年,死伤无数,许多英雄战死在沙场。甚至连奥林匹斯山的众神也分成2个阵营,有些支持希腊人,有些帮助特洛伊人,,彼此展开了一场持久的恶斗。最后希腊联军采用足智多谋的奥德修斯(Odusseus)的“木马计”,里应外合才攻陷了特洛伊。希腊人进城后,大肆杀戮,帕里斯王子也被杀死,特洛伊的妇女、儿童全部沦为奴隶。特洛伊城被掠夺一空,烧成了一片灰烬。战争结实后,希腊将士带着大量战利品回到希腊,墨涅俄斯抢回了美貌的海轮重返故土。这就是特洛伊战争的起因和结局。正是由于海轮,使特洛伊遭到毁灭的悲剧,真所谓“倾国倾城”,由此产生了Helen of Troy这个成语。
特洛伊战争的真实性,已为19世纪德国考古学家谢里曼在迈锡尼发掘和考证古代特洛伊古城废墟所证实。至于特洛伊城被毁的真正原因,虽然众说纷纭,但肯定决不是为了一个美女而爆发这场战争的,与其说是为了争夺海轮而打了起来,毋宁说是为了争夺该地区的商业霸权和抢劫财宝而引起战争的。所谓“特洛伊的海伦”,实质上是财富和商业霸权的化身。中国历史上也有过“妲己亡商”,“西施沼吴”等传说,以及唐明皇因宠杨贵妃而招致“安史之乱”,吴三桂“冲冠一怒为红颜”等说法。汉语中有个“倾国倾城”的成语(语出《汉书·外戚传》:‘一顾倾人城,再顾倾人国’。)这里的“倾”字一语双光,既可指美艳非凡,令人倾倒;也可纸倾覆邦国。其含义与Helen of troy十分近似。
【例句】
eg:It is unfair that historians always attribute the fall of kingdoms to Helen of Troy.
史学家们喜欢将一个朝代的灭亡归结到女人身上,这其实是不公平的。
She didn't think of the beautiful umbrella bought the day before should become a Helen of Troy inher family.Because of this she and her husband quarreled for a long time.
她觉得前天买的那把伞没有什么不好的,为了这个,她和自己的丈夫吵了很久。
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Fire and the First man
The Greeks told stories to explain how things came to be. The first animals and the first man were made by two giants who had been on the side of the gods in the war with Cronus
希腊人用故事来解释万物是怎样生成的。第一批动物和第一个人是由两个人巨人创造出来的,这两个巨人曾在对抗克洛诺斯的战斗中站在神的一边。
Prometheus,a cheerful giant ,ant his brother were told create birds ,beasts and men.Prometheus let his brother make the birds .the brother was easy going ,and gave them many gifts .
普罗米修斯,一位快乐的巨人,和他的兄弟被告知去创造鸟、兽和人。普罗米修斯让他的兄弟创造鸟和兽。他的兄弟是个随和的人,给了鸟和兽许多礼物。
“Have you anything left for man ?”asked Prometheus.
“Sorry,said his brother .I have given most of the good things away .”
Then I’ll try to get fire for him ,”said Prometeus .
“你没留下点什么给人类吗?”普罗米修斯问道。
“对不起,”他的兄弟说,“我已经给出了大部分美好的东西。”
“那么我将把火送给人类。”普罗米修斯说。
Fire was a great power ,and Zeus had said that it must not live heaven.Fire was sacred to the gods .Prometheus was truly noble,and did not want man ,who was made of clay and water to be weak.
火是一种巨大的力量,并且宙斯曾说过绝不能让它离开天国。火对诸神而言是神圣的。普罗米修斯非常高尚,他不想让用粘土和水做出人类过于弱小。
He went up to heaven and lit a torch near the sun.He brought the torch back to earth and gave it to the first man.
他升入天国,在太阳边上点燃了火把。他把火把带回到地面给了世上第一个人。
Zeus was so angry when he found out about this that he tied pronetheus to a great rock on a mountain.Avulture came and ate his liver,and Prometheus wanted to die and his pain.But Zens made the liver grow back each night,and every day the vulture ate it .
宙斯发现这件事情以后,非常震怒,于是他把普罗米修斯绑在了山上一块巨大的岩石上。一只兀鹰来啄食他的肝,普罗米修斯想以死来结束痛苦。但是宙斯让他的肝每晚又复原,每天兀鹰都会来啄食。
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A War of Giant and Gods
The Greed made up stories about how.The world began, and how gods,giants and people came be.
希腊人编造了很多故事,这些故事是有关世界是怎样形成的,神、巨人和人类怎样出现的。
At first ,they said, the world was all mixed up. Earth fire and water were all mixed together.Then heaven and earth came to be.Heaven was a god,and earth was a goddess their children were giants.One of them,Cronus,was the ruler of time.
他们说起初整个世界都是混沌的。土地、火和水都混和在一起。然后有了天和地。天是一位男神,地是一位女神。他们的孩子就是巨人。其中一个叫克洛诺斯的,他是当时统治者。
Cronus learned from his father that one of his own sons would take away his power. This made cronus angry and afraid,so he swallowed all of his children except one .That one was little Zeus.Zeus was saved by his mother, who gave Cronus a stone dressed as a baby to swallow.She hid Zeus in a cave.
克洛诺斯从他父亲那知他的一个儿子将会夺走他的权力。这使克洛诺斯又惊又怕,所以他吞下了他所有的孩子,但有一个除外。那一个孩子就是小宙斯。宙斯的妈妈用一个装扮成婴儿样子的石头代替他被吞掉了。她把宙斯藏在一个洞中。
When Zeus grew up he heard of what Cronus had done.He tricked Cronus into drinking strong liquor ,which made him cough the children up ,along with the stone dressed like Zeus!
当宙斯长大听说了克洛诺斯所做的事情后,他骗克洛诺斯喝下了烈酒,这使得克洛诺斯把所有的孩子连同那个做成宙斯模样的石头一起咳了出来。
The children of Cronus were angry ,and their father was angry too.This led to a war .Cronus and most of the giants were on one side, with Zeus and most of the giants were on one side,with Zeus and his brothers and sisters and few giants on the other.
克洛诺斯的孩子们很生气,克洛诺斯也很生气。这导致了一场战争。克洛诺斯和大部分的巨人站在一边,宙斯和他的兄弟姐妹及少数巨人站在另一边。
Zeus and his group were on top of mount Olympus .The giants stood on a nearby peak.The fighting was fierce and noisy . Boulders,trees and lingtning bolts flew back and forth.
宙斯和他的一队人马在奥林匹斯山顶上。巨人们站在附近的山峰上。战争激烈面喧嚣。巨石、树木和闪电飞来飞去。
After ten years the biants were beaten.one giant ,named Atlas,was forced to hold up the sky .Cronus ran away. Zeus and his brothers and sisters became gods and goddesses, and controlled the world.
十年后巨人们被打败了。其中一个叫阿特拉斯的人被迫擎着天。克洛诺斯跑掉了。宙斯和他的兄弟姐妹变成了神灵,统治着世界。
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Prometheus普罗米修斯
Prometheus was a Titan .In the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympiangods.Out of the clay he made the first man,to whom Athena gave soul and holy breath.Prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire.And fire raised man above all animals .Later,there held a joint meeting of gods and men.The meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods and what to men.Prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts:under the skin he placed the fresh,and under the fat he put the bones,for he knew the selfish Zeus loved fat. Zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the Prometheus' favor towards men.So in a masterful wayhe took away the gift of fire from mankind.However,Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen.Flying into an anger atthis unjustified act of rebellion,Zeus let the other gods chain Prometheus to a rockon Mountain Caucasus,where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again.His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years.Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus.At last Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus restore to friend ship,when Heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free.
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普罗米修斯是泰坦巨人之一。在宙斯与巨人的战争中,他站在新的奥林波斯山神一边。他用粘土造出了第一个男人。雅典娜赋予了这个男人灵魂和神圣的生命。普罗米修斯还花费了很多时间和精力创造了火,并将之赠予人类。火使人成为万物之灵。在这之后,举行了第一次神与人的联席会议。这个会议将决定烧烤过的动物的哪一部分该分给神,哪一部分该给人类。普罗米修斯切开一头牛,把它分成两部分:他把肉放在皮下,将骨头放在肥肉下。因为他知道自私的宙斯爱吃肥肉。宙斯看穿了他的把戏。普罗米修斯偏袒人类,这使宙斯感到不快。因此,他专横地把火从人类手中夺走。然而,普罗米修斯设法窃走了天火,偷偷地把它带给人类。宙斯对他这种肆无忌惮的违抗行为大发雷霆。他令其他的山神把普罗米修斯用锁链缚在高加索山脉的一块岩石上。一只饥饿的老鹰天天来啄食他的肝脏,而他的肝脏又总是重新长出来。他的痛苦要持续三万年。而他坚定地面对苦难,从来不在宙斯面前丧失勇气。最后,海格立斯使普罗米修斯与宙斯恢复了他们的友谊,找到了金苹果,杀死了老鹰,因而解救了人类的老朋友。
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1、At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.(Benjamin Franklin,American president)
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
2、Do you love life ? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.(Benjamin Franklin, American president )
你热爱生命吗?那么,别浪费时间,因为生命是由时间组成的。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
3、Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.(Richard Nixon, American president )
历史巨轮飞转,分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵,也独具意义。(美国总统 尼克松. R.)
4、Fish and visitors smell three days.( Franklin Benjamin, American president )
鱼放三天发臭,客住三天讨嫌。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
5、I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.(Abraham Lincoln, American president)
我走得很慢,但是我从来不会后退。 (美国总统 林肯. A.)
6、If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.(Pearl Buck, American female writer )
想要懂得今天,就必须研究昨天。(美国女作家 赛珍珠)
7、In delay there lies no plenty, Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth's a stuff that will not endure. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)
迁延蹉跎,来日无多,二十丽姝,请来吻我,衰草枯杨,青春易过。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)#p#副标题#e#
8、Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today. (Benjamin Franklin, American president )
今天的事不要拖到明天。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B. )
9、Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it. (Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher )
普通人只想到如何度过时间,有才能的人设法利用时间。(德国哲学家 叔本华. A. )
10、The golden age is before us, not behind us. (Mark Twain, American writer )
黄金时代在我们面前而不在我们背后。( 美国作家 马克·吐温)
11、The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist )
人生苦短,若虚度年华,则短暂的人生就太长了。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)
12、Time is money.( Benjamin Franklin, American president)
时间就是金钱。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
13、To choose time is to save time.( Francis Bacon, British philosopher )
合理安排时间就是节约时间 。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)
14、We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet )
只要我们能善用时间,就永远不愁时间不够用。(德国诗人歌德. J.W.)
15、Weep no more, no sigh, nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that's gone.(John Fletcher, British dramatist )
别哭泣,别叹息,别呻吟;悲伤唤不回流逝的时光。(英国剧作家 弗莱沏. J.)
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A long time ago, there was a Bo Luo Nai City in the State of Jia Shi. Outside the city was a large forest, where 500 macaques lived.
很久以前,在伽尸国有一座波罗奈城。城外有一片大森林,森林里生活着五百只称猴。
One night the 500 macaques wandered around and came to a ni ju lu (bodhi) tree. Under the tree was a deep ancient well. The water in the well was very clean and reflected the full moon in the sky.
有一天晚上,五百只称猴到处游逛,来到了一棵尼俱律树畔。树下,有一口很深的古井,井水清悠悠的,映出了天上的一轮圆月。
The leading macaque bent1 over the well and watched carefully for a while. Then it jumped onto the edge of the well and said to the others: "Alas2! Today the moon has died and fallen into this well. Let us scoop3 it up together; otherwise the nights will be dark forever."
领头的称猴俯在井边仔细看了一阵,然后跳到井台上对大家说:“不好了,今天月亮死了,就落在这口井中。让我们一起把它捞出来,不然的话,夜晚就永远黑暗了。”
All the macaques tweaked their ears and scratched their cheeks, saying:"The well is so deep. How can we scoop up the moon?"
众猴听了,个个抓耳挠腮,说:“井这么深,怎样才能把月亮捞起来呢?”
The leading macaque had a sudden brainwave and said: "I have it! I will climb up the tree and grasp a branch, then another one grasps my tail. In this way, one following another in succession4, can't we hang down into the well?"
领头的称猴灵机一动,说:“办法有了!我爬上树,抓住树枝,然后另一个抓住我的尾巴,这样一个一个接下去,不就可以垂到井里去了吗?”
When the other macaques heard this, they jumped with joy. So they linked their heads and tails together, extending5 longer and longer until they almost touched the surface of the well water. At this moment, the branch broke with a big crack and all 500 macaques fell into the ancient well.
大家一听,都高兴得欢蹦乱跳。于是,猴们头尾相连,越接越长,眼看就要碰到水面了。这时候,只听见咔嚓一声巨响,树枝断了,五百只称猴统统掉进了古井。
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典故用得适当,可以收到很好的修辞效果。能显得既典雅风趣又含蓄有致,可以使语言更加精练、言简意赅、辞近旨远。下面读文网小编给大家分享英语典故故事,欢迎阅读:
你的厨艺进步了
Robert is twenty-six and works in a middle school .Two and a half years ago he was ill in hospital and there he knew a beautiful nerse called Ann .The girl took care of him and he made friends with her .They loved each other .About six months later they married .
罗伯特是在一个中学二十六和作品。两年半前他生病住院,他认识了一个漂亮的护士叫安。女孩照顾他,后来他们成为朋友了。他们彼此深爱着对方。六个月后他们结婚了。
Cooking
Robert likes reading .When he comes home ,he always reads some newspapers or books .Ann begins to cook in the kitchen .And when the meat is roasted ,she always tells her husband to cut it in two .Then they begin have supper together .After supper they go out for a walk ,or they go to the cinema .And they enjoy themselves.
罗伯特喜欢读书。他回家时,他总是读一些报纸或书籍。安开始在厨房做饭。当肉烤好后,她总是告诉她丈夫把它切成两半。然后他们开始一起吃晚饭。晚饭后,他们出去散步,或他们去他们享受自己的电影。
One day Robert planted trees with his students .They climed up a mountain and worked hard .When he got home ,he felt hungry .His wife roasted a piece of chicken that evening and told him to cut it .This time he chose a bigger piece of chicken for himself and gave her the smaller one .
一天,罗伯特种植的树木和他的学生们。他们爬上了山,很辛苦。当他回到家时,他感到饿了。他的妻子烤一块鸡肉,晚上告诉他切两片。这次他选择了鸡为自己更大的一块给了她一个比较小的。
“I remember ,dear ,”Ann said with a smile .“When we married ,you always gave me the bigger meat .Why do you give me the smaller meat to me now ?”
“我记得,亲爱的,”安笑着说。“我们结婚的时候,你总是给我更大的肉。你为什么给我的小肉呢?“
Robert felt shy and didn’t know what to say .He thought for a while and said ,“You cook better now than before .”
罗伯特感到很害羞,不知道说什么。他想了一会儿,说,“你做得比以前更好了。”
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关于英语的典故故事:骗猎遭黑(中英对照)
The deer feared the leopard cat, the leopard cat feared the tiger, and the tiger the brown bear.
The brown bear resembled the fox but was bigger in size. It had long fur on its head, and could stand up like man. It had great strength and would devour man.
In the south of the State of Chu, there was a hunter good at ventriloquy. With a bamboo pipe he could imitate the cries of various kinds of wild animals.
Once, carrying his bow, arrows and firearms, he quietly went hunting in the mountain.
Up on the mountain, he first imitated the cries of the deer to lure the horde of deer to come over, so that he could shoot at them with the firearms. The leopard cat heard the cries of the deer and came running to devour the deer. The hunter was afraid of the leopard cat, so he hurriedly imitated the roar of the tiger to scare away the leopard cat. Hardly had the leopard cat been scared away when the tiger heard the roar and came. At this moment, the hunter was even more frightened, so he imitated the cries of the brown bear. As a result, the tiger was scared away like the leopard cat.
Then, when the brown bear heard the cries, it came to look for its companions. Seeing that it was a man, the brown bear at once struck him with its front paws, and tore him up with its teeth. In a short while, the hunter was torn to pieces and devoured by the brown bear.
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鹿害怕驱,驱害怕老虎,老虎害怕黑。
黑像狐狸,但是体形比较大。它头上披着长毛,能够像人一样站立起来,力气很大,要吃人。
楚国南方有一个猎人口技很好。他会用竹管来模仿各种野兽的叫声。
有一次,他拿着弓箭和火器悄悄上山打猎。
上山以后,他先学鹿的叫声,想引诱鹿群过来,再用火器射猎。驱一听是鹿叫,就快步跑来想吃鹿。猎人害怕,急忙又学虎啸来吓走它。驱刚刚被虎啸吓跑,可是老虎却闻声赶到了。这时候,猎人更加害怕,于是就学黑叫。结果,老虎也像驱一样逃跑了。
后来,黑听见叫声,就来寻找同伴。刚走到前面,它一看是一个人,就立刻用前爪打他,用牙齿撕他,不一会儿,把猎人撕成碎块吃掉了。
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英语典故在帮助我们提高兴趣的同时,还能帮助我们认识单词,从而学习到更多的单词,下面读文网小编给大家推荐英语典故,欢迎阅读:
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can't take it home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. "I know! I have a good idea." she jumps and shouts happily, "I can roll a pumpkin. It's like a wheel."
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, "Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?" the little panda answers proudly, "I can't lift it, but I can roll it." Her mother smiled and says, "What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,"
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜,想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了,她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车,跳着说:“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。
于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候,很惊讶:“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它,可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说:“真聪明啊!记住:只要你肯动脑筋,没有难办的事。
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一枕黄粱
唐代有个读书人,名叫卢生。
一天,卢生赴京赶考,路过邯郸,住在一家客店里。一个姓吕的道士,也住在这家店里。卢生坐在屋里慨叹自己的穷困不得志,唉声叹气,愁眉苦脸。
吕道士看见卢生这个样子,便从自己口袋里拿出一个枕头递给卢生,并且对他说:“你枕这个枕头睡一觉试试,可能会有好处的。”
卢生照着道士的嘱咐去睡觉了。这时候,客店主人正在蒸小米饭,卢生枕着道士的枕头睡着了,做了一个梦。梦中,他娶了清河崔大官的女儿,自己也做了官。他官运亨通,不断提升,一次上阵杀敌又立了功。这样,他官越做越大,一直做到户部尚书兼御史大夫。
后来,卢生遭人嫉妒。有人诬陷卢生谋反,皇帝下令抄家问罪。过了几年,皇帝又恢复了他的官职。他子孙满堂,继续享受着荣华富贵。晚年,他得了病,医治无效,终于死去.
卢生一梦醒来,发现自己仍然睡在客店里,吕道士就坐在他的身旁,连店主人蒸的小米饭还没熟呢。
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In ancient times, the people of Yongzhou liked to live by the river. They were all very good at swimming.
One day, the water in the rivers suddenly rose. Five or six people were crossing the Xiang River in a small boat. When the boat reached the middle of the river, it leaked and sank. All the people on the boat swam for their lives.
At this moment, a man was seen paddling like crazy in the water, but with little progress. One of his companions asked in surprise: "You used to be the best swimmer among us. Why are you laggingbehind today?"
The man panted heavily and replied: "I've got 1,000 copper coins wrapped around my waist. They are very heavy, so I can't swim fast."
His companions advised him anxiously: "Throw away the copper coins at once!"
The man only shook his head and gave no answer.
After a short while, he became weaker and weaker. At this moment, those who had got on the bank shouted to him desperately: "You are such a headstrong fool. You are about to drown, so what do you want the money for?"
But the man shook his head again, sank rapidly and drowned.
腰缠千钱
古时候,永州的人喜欢住在河边,他们都很擅长游泳。
一次,河水暴涨。有五六个人乘着小船横渡湘江。船刚到江心,就漏水下沉了,船上的人纷纷泅水逃生。
这时候,只见一个人拼命划水,但是前进不了多少。他的同伴奇怪地问:“平时你的水性最好,今天为什么落在最后?”
他喘着粗气说:“我腰缠着千数铜钱,分量很重,所以游不动。”
同伴们着急地劝他:“赶快把铜钱扔掉!”
他只是摇了摇头,没有回答。
又过了一会儿,他越来越没有力气了。这时候,已经上岸的人又拼命地向他喊道:“你真是太糊涂,太死心眼了,连人都快要淹死了,还要钱干什么?”
可是,他又摇了摇头,很快地沉了下去,淹死了。
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用典可以增强说服力,还可以委婉含蓄的抒发情感,使语言典雅精炼。下面是读文网小编为大家整理的英语典故故事,希望大家能够从中有所收获!
The king and his Bow 国王与他的弓
King Xuan was fond of shooting an arrow and liked to be boasted as a powerful bowman he was, although he could draw no bow heavier than thirty jin, When he showed is bow to his attendants, they pretended to try to draw it, but only bent it to half its full extent.
"This must weigh at least ninety jin!" They all cried. "None but your Majesty could use such a bow." And at this the prince was pleased.
Though he only used a thirty-jin bow, till the end of his life he believed that it weighed ninety, It was thirty in fact, and ninety only in name, but for the sake of the empty name he sacrificed the truth.
渲王喜爱射箭,喜欢听到别人夸他是个出色的射手,可他的弓箭只不过重30斤。每当他向随从炫耀那弯弓,他们都假装很吃力地拉开弓,尽管他们仅用了一半的力气。
他们会异口同声地说:“这弓少说也有90来斤,除了大王,没人能拉得动这张弓。”
这位王侯就是喜欢听到如此的赞美之词。他至死仍以为这张30斤重的弓箭,有90斤那么重。无论是事实上的30斤,还是被说成是90斤,可他图慕虚荣,牺牲的却是真理。
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A man had an ass and lovely lap-dog.
The ass was left in a stable, and had plenty of oats and day to eat, just as any other ass would. The lap-dog knew many tricks, and was a great favourite with his master.
The master seldom went out to dine or to super without bringing him something nice to eat when he jumped about him in a pleasant manner. The ass, on the contrary, had much work to do, in grinding the corn-mill and in carrying wood from the forest or burdens from the farm,. He often co plained about his own hard fate, and contrasted it with the luxury and idleness of the lap-dog. At last one day he broke the chain and ran into his master's house, kicking up his heels without measuring and jumping as well as he could, he next tried to jump about his master as he had seen the lap-dog do, but he broke the table, and smashed all the dishes on it to pieces. He then tried to lick his master, and jumped upon his back. The servants hearing the strange noise, and imagining the danger of his master, quickly helped him out of the situation and drove out the ass to his stable, with kicks and beatings. The ass, as he returned to his stall beaten nearly to death, thus cried and said sadly, "I have brought it all on myself! Why could I not have been contented to labour with my companions, and not wish to be idle all the day like that useless little alp-dog".
一个人有一头驴和一只可爱的哈巴狗。
驴关在栏里,享受着和其他驴同等的待遇—燕麦和干草。哈巴狗却会很多的鬼把戏,深得主人的宠爱。
主人出去吃晚饭或午饭,每次都要给小狗带回好吃的东西,这时他就会在主人身旁欢快地跳跃,以博取主人的欢心。驴却大相庭径,他有很多的事情要做;到磨坊去推磨,到树林去背回木材,或到农庄去驮运货物。他常常自怨自艾命运太苦,并把自己的境遇同哈巴狗的安逸和懒惰作了一番比较。终于有一天他挣断了缰绳,跑到主人屋乱跳乱踢一通,然后又在主人的身旁模仿这哈巴狗跳跃的摸样试跳起来,可他踢坏了桌子,将桌子上的碗碟摔得粉碎。接着他又去舔它的主人,爬到主人的背上去。仆人们听到了奇怪的声响,以为他们的主人有危险,急忙帮他脱身,他们用棍棒将驴赶回到栏里去。驴差不多被打了个半死。回到栏里,驴哭诉着说:“这都是我自作自受!我为什么不能和同伴们一起去干活,不去奢望成为整日懒惰无用的小哈巴狗呢?”
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