課外英語閱讀故事
Ⅰ 關於英語小故事的課外閱讀
這些都是感人的故事.希望你喜歡.
The house with the golden windows
The little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill and as she grew she would play in the small garden and as she grew she was able to see over the garden fence and across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill - and this house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers.
And although she loved her parents and her family, she yearned to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.
When she got to an age where she gained enough skill and sensibility to go outside her garden fence, she asked her mother is she could go for a bike ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she kept close to the house and didn't wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.
As she dismounted her bike and lent it against the gate post, she focused on the path that lead to the house and then on the house itself...and was so disappointed as she realised all the windows were plain and rather dirty, reflecting nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that stood derelict.
So sad she didn't go any further and turned, heart broken as she remounted her bike ... As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her...there across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden ...as the sun shone on her little home.
She realised that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the 'golden house'. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
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2The eagle
Once a farmer found an abandoned eagle's nest and in it was an egg still warm. He took the egg back to his farm and laid it in the nest of one of his hens. The egg hatched and the baby eagle grew up along with the other chickens. It pecked about the farmyard, scrabbling for grain. It spent its life within the yard and rarely looked up. When it was very old, one day it lifted up its head and saw above it a wonderful sight - an eagle soaring high above in the sky. Looking at it, the old creature sighed and said to itself, "If only I'd been born an eagle".
Source: an adaptation from an Anthony de Mello story
http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/stories.html#Story2
Ⅱ 閱讀英語故事短文能對英語學習起到什麼作用
網路知道是國內做的比較好的問答平台，所以希望我的回答不止能夠幫助到你回一個人！到現在外語幾答乎已經成為了我們的第二語言，但是很多人學習了很久還是學不好。但其實有很多學習方法是很有用的，只是你不夠堅持，不夠努力
其中你提到的看故事短文就是其中一個簡單卻很有用的方法，外語的本質是一門語言，語言的基礎是什麼？是詞彙量，我們在學的時候不能只局限於課本內的詞彙，多看看課外的名著或者短文可以有效的積攢詞彙量。
除此之外，在讀的過程中一定不能偷懶要勤做積累，把看到的難點詞彙和句子積累下來進行重復溫習效果才會更好！
Ⅲ 適合小學四年級學生閱讀的英語故事
1. A man goes to church and starts talking to God. He says: "God, what is a million dollars to you?" and God says: "A penny", then the man says: "God, what is a million years to you?" and God says: "a second", then the man says: "God, can I have a penny?" and God says "In a second" 一男子進入教堂和上帝對話.他問:"主啊, 一百萬美元對你意味著多少?"上帝回答:"一便士."男子又問:"那一百萬年呢?"上帝說:"一秒鍾."最後男子請求道:"上帝,我能得到一便士嗎?"上帝回答:"過一秒鍾."
2.Mother sent Tommy to the store across the street to buy a good box of matches.When Tommy came back,mother asked him,」Did you buy a good box of matches?」 「Yes,Mum.」Tommy replied,」I have tried them all.」 媽媽讓湯米去馬路對面的商店裡買一盒好用的火柴。湯米回來後，媽媽問他，「你買的是好用的火柴嗎？」 「是的，媽媽。」湯米回答，「我把它們都試過了。」——《 一盒小火柴》
3.Little Robert asked his mother for tow cents.」What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?」 「I gave it to a poor old woman,」he answered. 「You』er a good boy,」said the mother proudly.」Here are tow cents more.But why are you so interested in the old woman?」 「She is the one who sells the candy.」 小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。 「昨天給你的錢干什麼了？」 「我給了一個可憐的老太婆。」他回答說。「你真是一個好孩子，」媽媽驕傲地說. 「再給你兩分錢。可你為什麼對那位老太太那麼感興趣呢？」 「她是個賣糖果的。」——《好孩子》
4.Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which? Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer. Teacher: Please tell us. Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow. 老師： 這兒有兩只鳥，一隻是麻雀。誰能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？ 學生：我指不出，但我知道答案。 老師：請說說看。 學生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。——《 兩只鳥 》
5.
A young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to her kindly, Aren't you pleased that you've come to live with us now?
一位年輕的母親認為，世界上還有許多受飢餓的人，浪費食物真不應該。有天晚上，在安排幼小的女兒睡覺之前，她給女兒喂夜宵。她先給她一片新鮮的黑麵包和黃油，但孩子說她不喜歡這樣吃。她還要一些果醬塗在麵包上。母親看了女兒幾秒鍾，隨即說道，露茜，當我象你一樣小的時候，總是吃麵包加黃油，或者麵包加果醬，從來沒有麵包既加黃油又加果醬。露茜看了母親一會兒，眼中露出憐憫的神情，然後她柔聲說：您現在能跟我們生活在一起難道不感到高興嗎？——《 幸運的母親 》Lucky Mother
6.Two Pieces of Cake
Tom: Mom, can I have two pieces of cake, please?
Mom: Certainly -- take this piece and cut it two!
兩塊蛋糕
湯姆：媽媽，我可以吃兩塊蛋糕嗎？
媽媽：當然可以----拿這塊蛋糕把它切成兩塊吧！——《 兩塊蛋糕》Two Pieces of Cake
7.
A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait.
Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a $100 bill to his test with a note saying "A dollar per point."
The next class the professor handed the tests back out. This student got back his test and $64 change.
一天，教授正在給學生們監考。他發下試卷，然後回到講台前等待。
考試結束了，學生們紛紛交回試卷。教授發現一張試卷上別著一張百元鈔票，還有一張紙條寫著：「一分一塊錢。」
第二堂課，教授把試卷都發回學生們手中。其中一個學生不但得到了試卷還得到64塊錢的找零。
——《一分一塊錢 》A dollar per point
拔苗助長Help the Young Shoots Grow
Long, long ago, a farmer thought the shoots in his fields were not growing fast enough. He wanted to help them. So he pulled every shoot up, then went home, feeling very tired but very satisfied. "Look, how great I an! I can think out such a good idea. From now on, my shoots will grow faster and faster," he thought. "I an very tired today," he said to his family, "I've been helping the young shoots to grow." When his son heard this, he ran out to the fields to have a look. To his surprise, he found all the shoots weredead. 很久很久以前，一個農夫感覺他田裡的幼苗長得不是很快，他想幫助它們。於是他就向上拔它們，然後回了家，雖然感覺很累但是卻很滿意。他默默地想：「瞧我多麼的偉大，我能想出如此好的辦法。從現在起，我的幼苗將會生長得越來越快。」於是他對家人說：「我今天累壞了，我在幫助幼苗生長。」當他的兒子聽到這話，便匆忙跑到地里去看。讓他吃驚的是，他發現所有的幼苗都死了。
龜兔賽跑
The Rabbit And The Turtle
One day the Hare laughed at the short feet and slow speed of the Tortoise. The Tortoise replied:
"You may be as fast as the wind, but I will beat you in a race!"
The Hare thought this idea was impossible and he agreed to the proposal. It was agreed that the Fox should choose the course and decide the end.
The day for the race came, and the Tortoise and Hare started together.
The Tortoise never stopped for a moment, walking slowly but steadily, right to the end of the course. The Hare ran fast and stopped to lie down for a rest. But he fell fast asleep. Eventually, he woke up and ran as fast as he could. But when he reached the end, he saw the Tortoise there already, sleeping comfortably after her effort.一天，兔子嘲笑烏龜爬得慢，烏龜說：「即使你跑得像風一樣快，我也要和你比一場賽跑！」兔子心裡想，烏龜是不可能跑贏它的。於是兔子同意了這場彷彿看到比賽結果的比賽。當比賽開始時，烏龜和兔子同時起跑。在這段賽道上烏龜一直不停歇地向前爬，雖然爬得很慢，但是步子卻很堅定地邁向終點。兔子跑得很快，它中途還躺下來睡了一覺。當兔子睡醒時，它用最快的速度跑向終點。但是當它接近終點時，它卻看到烏龜已經在終點處沉沉的睡著了。
守株待兔
In the Spring and Autumn Period, a farmer in the State of Song was one day working in the fields when he saw a rabbit bump into a tree stump(樹樁) accidentally and break its neck. The farmer took the rabbit home, and cooked himself a delicious meal. That night he thought, 'I needn't work so hard. All I have to do is wait for a rabbit each day by the stump.' So from then on he gave up farming, and simply sat by the stump waiting for rabbits to come and run into it.
This idiom satirizes(諷刺，挖苦) those who just wait for a stroke of luck, rather than making efforts to obtain what they need.
宋國有個農夫正在田裡翻土。突然，他看見有一隻野兔從旁邊的草叢里慌慌張張地竄出來，一頭撞在田邊的樹墩子上，便倒在那兒一動也不動了。農民走過去一看：兔子死了。因為它奔跑的速度太快，把脖子都撞折(shé)了。農民高興極了，他一點力氣沒花，就白撿了一隻又肥又大的野兔。他心想;要是天天都能撿到野兔，日子就好過了。從此，他再也不肯出力氣種地了。每天，他把鋤頭放在身邊，就躺在樹墩子跟前，等待著第二隻、第三隻野兔自己撞到這樹墩子上來。世上哪有那麼多便宜事啊。農民當然沒有再撿到撞死的野兔，而他的田地卻荒蕪了。
猴子撈月
One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well and shouts :「Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!」An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,「Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!」And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out:「The moon is in the well.」A group of monkeys run over to the well .They look at the moon in the well and shout:「The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let』get it out!」Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch .And he pulls the next monkey』s feet with his hands.All the other monkeys follow his suit,And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky,He yells excitedly 「Don』t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!」一天，有隻小猴子在井邊玩兒。它往井裡一瞧，高喊道：「噢！我的天！月亮掉到井裡頭啦！」一隻大猴子跑來一看，說，「糟啦！月亮掉在井裡頭啦！」老猴子也跑過來。他也非常驚奇，喊道：「月亮掉在井裡頭了！」一群猴子跑到井邊來，他們看到井裡的月亮，喊道：「月亮掉在井裡頭啦！快來！讓我們把它撈起來！」然後，老猴子倒掛在大樹上，拉住大猴子的腳，其他的猴子一個個跟著，它們一隻連著一隻直到井裡。正好他們摸到月亮的時候，老猴子抬頭發現月亮掛在天上呢!它興奮地大叫：「別傻了！月亮還好好地掛在天上呢！」
最後一篇沒看過~補個狐假虎威
The Tiger and The Fox(狐假虎威)
One day, the tiger and the fox are talking. The fox says, 『Do you believe that all the animals in the forest are scared of me not you?』 The tiger doesn』t believe and follows the fox to the forest. All the animals are very frightened when they see the tiger and ran away. The tiger is shocked and thinks that the animals are scared of the fox. The fox is very complacent because in fact it depends on the terror of the tiger to frighten the animals.
一天，老虎和狐狸在說話。狐狸說：「你信不信森林裡的動物們是比起怕你更怕我？」老虎不信，於是跟著狐狸在森林裡轉。所有的動物看到老虎都驚恐地跑開。老虎很受打擊，認為是動物們在害怕狐狸。狐狸非常的得意，而事實上老虎看到的這個現象卻是由於動物們對老虎的恐懼！
Ⅳ 小學四年級課外寓言英語小故事閱讀
To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow
Once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. Everyday he
went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots
break through the soil and grow taller each day. But still, he thought
they were growing too slowly. He got impatient with the young plants.
"How could the plants grow faster?" He tossed in bed ring the night and
could not sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait
for daybreak. He jumped out of the bed and dashed to the field. By the
moonlight, he began working on the rice seedlings. One by one, he pulled
up the young plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was
already morning. Straightening his back, he said to himself, "What a
wonderful idea! Look, how much taller the plants have grown one night!"
With great satisfaction, he went back home. He told his son what he had
done in a triumphant tone. His son was shocked. Now the sun had risen.
The young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants
dying.
People now use " Ba Miao Zhu Zhang" to describe the behavior of those
who are too eager to get something done only to make it worse. The idiom
is a bit like the English proverb "Haste makes waste" ------to spoil
things by excessive enthusiasm.
撥苗助長
從前，有個農夫，種了稻苗後，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田時，發覺那些稻
苗長得非常慢。
他等得不耐煩，心想：「怎麼樣才能使稻苗長得高，長很快呢?
想了又想，他終了想到一個「最佳方法」，就是將稻苗撥高幾分。
經過一番辛勞後，他滿意地扛鋤頭回家休息。心想：明天稻苗長得一定更高了。
隔天早晨．一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的「成果」。
哪知，他跑到稻田時，卻看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
Ⅳ 適合初中生閱讀的英語故事小短文
GoodExcuse
好借口
There
was
a
middle-aged
man
who
bought
a
Mercedesconvertible
2000.
有個中年男子買了一輛賓士2000敞篷車。
He
took
off
down
the
road,
flooring
it
up
to
80
mph
and
enjoying
the
wind
blowing
through
what
little
hair
he
had
left
on
his
head.
他開車上路，加速到時速80英里，享受著風兒吹過頭上那頭超短發的快感。
「This
is
great,」
he
thought
and
floored
it
some
more.
「好舒服。」他邊想邊繼續加速。
He
looked
in
his
rearview
mirror
and
sees
a
State
Patrol
behind
him.
這時，他從後照鏡看到後面有個公路警察。
「I
can
get
away
from
him
with
no
problem,」
thought
the
man
and
flew
down
the
road
at
over
100
mph.
「要把他甩掉還不容易。這個人邊想邊加速」到100多英里急馳而去。
Then
he
thought,
「What
am
I
doing?
I』m
too
old
for
this
kind
of
thing,」
and
pulled
over
to
the
side
of
the
road
and
waited
for
the
police
officer.
接著他又想說：「我到底在干嗎？這把年紀實在不適合做這種事。於是把車停到路邊等警」察來。
The
officer
pulled
in
behind
the
Mercedes
and
walked
up
to
the
man.
警察把車停在這輛賓士後面，走到這個人旁邊。
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Ⅵ 英語閱讀小故事(小學四年級)
To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow
Once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. Everyday he
went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots
break through the soil and grow taller each day. But still, he thought
they were growing too slowly. He got impatient with the young plants.
"How could the plants grow faster?" He tossed in bed ring the night and
could not sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait
for daybreak. He jumped out of the bed and dashed to the field. By the
moonlight, he began working on the rice seedlings. One by one, he pulled
up the young plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was
already morning. Straightening his back, he said to himself, "What a
wonderful idea! Look, how much taller the plants have grown one night!"
With great satisfaction, he went back home. He told his son what he had
done in a triumphant tone. His son was shocked. Now the sun had risen.
The young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants
dying.
People now use " Ba Miao Zhu Zhang" to describe the behavior of those
who are too eager to get something done only to make it worse. The idiom
is a bit like the English proverb "Haste makes waste" ------to spoil
things by excessive enthusiasm.
撥苗助長
從前，有個農夫，種了稻苗後，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田時，發覺那些稻
苗長得非常慢。
他等得不耐煩，心想：「怎麼樣才能使稻苗長得高，長很快呢?
想了又想，他終了想到一個「最佳方法」，就是將稻苗撥高幾分。
經過一番辛勞後，他滿意地扛鋤頭回家休息。心想：明天稻苗長得一定更高了。
隔天早晨．一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的「成果」。
哪知，他跑到稻田時，卻看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
Ⅶ 適合短時間閱讀的英語小故事
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st.
He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."
He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them.
Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
解釋：
一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：「我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土裡去。
他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然後他說：「今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。」
他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。
不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
解釋：
一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。
於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還願意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」
Ⅷ 適合小學生閱讀的英語故事有哪些
建議使用外研社推出的書蟲系列，文章生動有趣，難度分級。非常不錯，推薦使用
Ⅸ 課外閱讀一本英語小故事書或者五篇簡單英語小文章（文章要求抄寫或者列印出來，故事書記下書名）
