英语经典故事阅读课程简介

A. 求英语小故事一篇~小学水平啊。要有故事情节，易懂，寓意深刻。

The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.
一条狗嘴里叼块肉,来到一座桥上.它看见水里有自己的影子, 以为是另一条嘴里也叼着一块比自己那块肉大一倍的狗.它忙丢下自己嘴里的那块肉,猛力地攻击水里的狗.试图去抢它的肉.结果,它两块肉都得不到. 因为那只是一个影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉也被水冲走了.

《兔子和乌龟》的故事
The Rabbit And The Turtle
One day, a turtle is climbing. A rabbit sees the turtle. It asks the turtle: “Hi, turtle. What are you doing?” “I’m running.” The turtle says. “Haha, you are running? How slowly! Let’s play a game. Let’s see who runs fast.” The rabbit laughs. “OK.” The turtle says.
The next day is a sunny day. The turtle and the rabbit are ready for a game. Many animals are watching. “Three ! Two! One! Start!” monkey says. The rabbit and the turtle runs to the end. The rabbit runs very fast. The turtle is climbing so slowly. It’s behind the rabbit. The rabbit runs to a tree. It sees the turtle is behind. It thinks: “The turtle is very slow. I can sleep under the tree.” So the rabbit is sleeping.
The turtle climbs to the tree. It sees the rabbit is dleeping and doesn’t stop. In the end it gets to the end and is very happy! Now the rabbit wakes up. It thinks the turtle is still behind. The rabbit runs to the end. It sees the turtle there. “Haha, I win!” the turtle says. The rabbit is very sad. It is crying.
This story tells us: we can’t be pride.
以前有一只兔子，他对他能跑很快感到很自豪，一天他遇到了一只乌龟，他嘲笑乌龟跑的太慢。
乌龟反驳说要不然来场赛跑。
赛跑开始了，兔子能够跑的很快，把乌龟甩在了后边，时间过了一半，兔子感到继续跑下去很无聊，就休息了，睡得很香。这时乌龟一直在跑，最后超过了兔子睡觉的地方。最终乌龟赢得了这次赛跑。兔子醒后发现乌龟在他前边，赶紧跑起来想追上乌龟，但是太晚了。这个故事告诉我们“稳扎稳打才能赢得比赛”或者“不要对你的能力评价太高。”

B. 英语故事内容

英语故事内容很好

C. 英语的经典小故事

中文意思在底下:
Once upon a time an old man and woman lived in the mountains. Everyday the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood, while the old woman went to the river and did the laundry. One day, she was doing the washing when a big peach came floating down the river towards her. As it was a big and juicy-looking fruit, she thought that her husband would be glad to eat it so she took it home. When the old man came back for lunch and saw the nice peach, he was really happy. The old woman cut the big peach open with a knife. What a surprise! A lovely little boy was in the peach.

The old man and woman had no children so they were really grateful the gods had sent them a boy in this peach. Since he was born in a peach, they decided to call him Momotaro which means "peach-boy". The old woman cooked a meal for the little boy who ate as much as he could; the more he ate, the more he grew. Soon he became a tall and strong boy.

No matter how tall or strong he was, Momotaro was a lazy boy. Day after day, all he did was sleep and eat. In the village the other boys went to the mountain and picked firewood while Momotaro was the only one doing nothing. This worried the old man and the old woman, so they asked the other boys to try to make Momotaro go and work with them.

The boys then invited him, "Momotaro, would you come with us? We're going to collect firewood."

But he answered, "I haven't a basket, so I can't go with you" and went back to sleep.

The following day, they invited him again, "Momotaro, would you come with us? We're going to collect firewood."

And he answered them, "I haven't any sandals, so I can't go with you" and went back to sleep. Upon hearing this, the old woman got angry with Momotaro for being so lazy, so the next day he went to collect firewood with the other boys.

While the boys were working and collecting firewood, Momotaro took a nap. When the work was finished, the boys decided to go back to the village. Just then, Momotaro awoke and said to them, "I'll collect firewood and come back with you."

They retorted, "If you start working now, we'll get back too late."

Momotaro turned a deaf ear to them and went to a very big tree. Holding it by the middle, he uprooted it. Astonishing! All the boys could not believe their eyes! Thus the tall and strong Momotaro carried the big tree, while the other boys carried bundles of firewood back to the village. The old man and the old woman were amazed when they saw Momotaro carrying this very big tree as if it was a mere bundle of firewood.

The county lord happened to hear about this and wished to meet Momotaro. The next day Momotaro went to see the county lord. The lord said to him, "Ogres have been threatening and robbing my peasants for a long time. If you are as strong as I heard, you shall go and punish them." Momotaro then agreed to go to the Island of Ogres.

For his journey, the old man and woman baked some millet cookies and gave them to Momotaro. Away he went and on his way he met a dog.

"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the dog.

"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."

"And what are you bringing with you?"

"The best millet cookies of Japan."

"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the dog. Momotaro gave the dog a cookie and they went along together.

Soon they met a monkey.

"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the monkey.

"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."

"And what are you bringing with you?"

"The best millet cookies of Japan."

"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the monkey. Momotaro gave the monkey a cookie and the three of them went along together.

Then they met a pheasant.

"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the pheasant.

"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."

"And what are you bringing with you?"

"The best millet cookies of Japan."

"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the pheasant. So Momotaro gave the pheasant a cookie too.

Momotaro, the dog, the monkey and the pheasant went together to the Island of Ogres by boat. They were sailing but could not see the island, so the pheasant went up in the sky. He found the island and guided the boat. Soon they landed on the Island of Ogres. There on the island was a great big castle with a huge door. It was tightly closed, but the monkey jumped easily inside and opened the huge door.

Momotaro entered and said to the ogres, who were having a feast, "My name is Momotaro, and I came to punish you." The ogres laughed at him, but the dog ran in and bit them as Momotaro fought using his sword. Momotaro and his companions, having eaten the best millet cookies of Japan, knew no fear and were strong.

At last the ogres cried for mercy, "We shall never be bad again, please spare our lives."

The defeated ogres gave Momotaro their treasure. He took it and returned with his companions, who had eaten the best millet cookies of Japan and helped defeat the ogres. The old man and the old woman, who had been worrying about Momotaro, welcomed them back cheerfully.

After that Momotaro and the old man and woman lived happily together.

很久很久以前,一个地方住着老爷爷和老奶奶.通常,爷爷上山砍柴,奶奶去河边洗衣服.一天,奶奶洗衣服时,一个大桃子一沉一浮地顺水漂来.看到了这个桃子,奶奶就把它带回了家,想让爷爷尝个鲜.吃中午饭时,爷爷从山里回来了,看到了这个桃子后欢喜得不得了.两个人刚刚将桃子切开,不由得吓了一大跳,原来呀,一个活蹦乱眺的小男孩从桃子里面跳了出来.

爷爷和奶奶没有孩子,于是欢天喜地地认为孩子是天赐的,就把他叫做"桃太郎", 奶奶做好了饭给他吃,尽管桃太郎有点儿害怕,但仍然吃得很香甜.于是,桃太郎渐渐地长大了.

桃太郎不停地吃,不停地长,变成了一个大力士,同时也是一个大懒汉.每天的任务只是吃了睡,睡了吃.村里的年轻人每日上山捡柴,可桃太郎却什么活也不干.爷爷和奶奶挺担心的,就拜托村里年轻人说:"叫上桃太郎一起去吧."当他们来找桃太郎一起上山并说:"桃太郎,一块儿打柴去吧"时,他却推说:"没有背篓,去不成啊."说完后,继续睡午觉.第二天,这些年轻人又来邀桃太郎,他推诿道:"没鞋,去不了哇."又过了一天,奶奶终于忍不住生气了,没有办法,桃太郎不得不和村里的年轻人们一起上山了.

大家在山里拾柴,桃太郎却只是睡大觉.等到大家收拾好柴篓要回家时,桃太郎说:"我也想拾点儿柴,然后一起回去吧."大家说:"天色都已经不早了,来不及了."就在这时, 桃太郎抓住了一棵大树,突然间将它拔了出来,把大家吓了一大跳.于是,他扛着大树和大伙返回了村里.见到了这种情况,爷爷和奶奶非常吃惊.这事传到了大人的耳朵里,大人萌生了特别想见桃太郎的念头.见了面,大人说:"前一阵儿总有坏魔鬼骚扰村民,偷盗各种物品器具.因为你很有力气,那么请你去征服魔鬼吧."因此,桃太郎伏鬼这件事就这么定了.

爷爷和奶奶作好了黄米面团给桃太郎带上.就这样他出发了.途中他遇到了一条狗, 狗问他,:
"桃太郎,你这是去哪儿呀."
"魔鬼要去岛上,我正要去除鬼."
"那你腰间挂的是什么呢?"
"最最好吃的黄米面团."
"给我一个好吗,我和你一起去",狗说.
于是桃太郎给了狗一个黄米面团.
和狗一起继续行进时,又遇到了一只猴子,猴子问:"桃太郎,你这是去哪儿呀."
"魔鬼要去岛上,我去除鬼."
"那你腰间挂的是什么呢?"
"最最好吃的黄米面团."
"给我一个吧,我和你们一块儿去",猴子说.
桃太郎又给了猴子一个黄米面团.
于是,桃太郎带着狗和猴子继续赶路了.这回跳出来一只野鸡.同样地,野鸡问他:
"桃太郎,你这是去哪儿呀."
"魔鬼要去岛上,我去除鬼."
"你腰间挂着的是什么呀?"
"最最好吃的黄米面团."
"给我一个吧,我和你们一块儿去."

这样,桃太郎又给了野鸡一个黄米面团. 桃太郎,狗,猴子,野鸡好不容易才到了海边,因为魔鬼们已经去了岛上,他们就划船向海岛出发了.摇啊摇,摇啊摇,怎么也看不到那个岛屿.野鸡就飞到了空中,观察到了岛屿的位置,指挥着大家向那个地方划去,这样,大家到达了岛上.岛上有一座大城,城门紧闭, 猴子敏捷地爬到了门里,将门栓摘掉,把门打开了.而魔鬼们仍一无所知地又是喝酒又是唱歌.桃太郎大声喝道:"我乃桃太郎是也,前来消除你们.

"魔鬼们见他们势单力薄,并不把他们放在眼里.但是,吃了最最好吃的黄米面团后精力充沛的桃太郎和伙伴们并肩作战, 瞬间就把魔鬼们打得落花流水.

魔鬼们赔罪说:"我们归还抢盗来的宝物,决不再做坏事了,给我们留一条活路吧." 惩治了魔鬼后,桃太郎和伙伴们带着宝物回到了村里.正担惊受怕的爷爷和奶奶见状非常高兴.从那以后,桃太郎与爷爷和奶奶一直过着幸福愉快的生活.

III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组
1. sandal n. 拖鞋，凉鞋
2. bundle n. 捆，束
3. ogre n. 食人魔鬼，怪物
4. cookie n. 面团
5. feast n. 宴会
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D. 阅读英语故事短文能对英语学习起到什么作用

网络知道是国内做的比较好的问答平台，所以希望我的回答不止能够帮助到你回一个人！到现在外语几答乎已经成为了我们的第二语言，但是很多人学习了很久还是学不好。但其实有很多学习方法是很有用的，只是你不够坚持，不够努力
其中你提到的看故事短文就是其中一个简单却很有用的方法，外语的本质是一门语言，语言的基础是什么？是词汇量，我们在学的时候不能只局限于课本内的词汇，多看看课外的名著或者短文可以有效的积攒词汇量。
除此之外，在读的过程中一定不能偷懒要勤做积累，把看到的难点词汇和句子积累下来进行重复温习效果才会更好！

E. 小学英语故事及阅读教学(北京教育学院 袁昌寰)

Rapunzel
upon a time, there lived an old couple in a village. The old couple prayed every day that they might have a baby. One day, an old woman moved into the house next door. The Old woman raised lettuce that looked very tasty and delicious.
The old wife wanted to eat the lettuce from next door, and she constantly pestered her husband to let her eat that mouth-watering lettuce. "Dear, I want to have that lettuce." Without knowing what else to do, the husband crept next door and stole the old woman's lettuce.
However, the woman next door was a witch, and she noticed that the husband of her neighbor had stolen the lettuce. The witch said, "You dare to steal another's lettuce. You deserve to be punished." The husband said, "I am sorry, but my wife wants to have the lettuce very much."
The witch said, "Is that so? Then you can take as much as you want. But there is a condition." The husband asked, "What is it?" The witch said, "If a baby is born, you have to give me the child." After a while, his wife got pregnant and gave birth to a pretty girl. The witch swiftly crept off with the baby girl and disappeared into the forest.
She gave the name Rapunzel to the girl, and this child grew up fast to become a beautiful lady. Yet the witch was afraid of losing Rapunzel, so she locked her up in a tower.
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your golden hair." When Rapunzel dropped down her long hair, the witch would climb up in order to prevent Rapunzel from meeting other people.
One day, a Prince happened to pass by the tower. The Prince lost his heart to the beautiful singing voice of Rapunzel. "How can I climb up to the tower?" The Prince decided to wait under the tower until he saw an opportunity.
On the next day, the Prince saw that the witch climbed up to the tower on the lovely yellow hair of Rapunzel. After the witch left the tower, the Prince imitated the witch. He said, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your golden hair." Then the long hair was dropped from the inside of the tower.
Upon seeing Rapunzel, the Prince fell instantly in love with her. He said, "You are the most beautiful lady in the world." Rapunzel also lost her heart to the handsome prince. The two lovers met each other every night, hiding from the eyes of the witch.
However one day, the witch found out about these secret meetings, cut off the hair of Rapunzel, and sent her to a desert. Then the witch dropped down the cut hair to the Prince, as he came to see Rapunzel. When the Prince climbed up the tower, holding the cut hair, the witch cast off the ladder sending the Prince crashing to the ground. m.niuyingyu.cn
He fell heavily on the earth at the base of the tower and became blind. The Prince gained strength by wandering around the land in order to find Rapunzel, and finally met her in the heart of the desert. Rapunzel recognized the Prince at once. Upon realizing that the Prince had become blind, Rapunzel's eyes filled with tears, which trickled down into the eyes of the Prince.
At that moment, the Prince gained his eyesight again with the power of love. Then the two people returned to the royal palace and lived happily ever after.

F. 2篇英文故事的内容概要

Susan和Nancy
作者：小巫 2008-04-08 22:59:53
标签： 杂谈

Susan想，要找，就找一个最后会嫁给他的男人，Susan还想，哪怕结了婚又离婚，也可以。这就是的爱情观。

Nancy是Susan最好的朋友，好到她们自己都不知道为什么世界上还有这样一个可以为了彼此什么都不管不顾的朋友。从小学开始，一直到大学都是同学，慢慢的发展成亲密的朋友。Susan想，自己一定是一个能让别人感动的人，她会在不告诉Nancy的情况下，突然去离她很远的Y城，拿着Nancy喜欢吃的家乡特产出现在她的面前，傻傻的笑着说：“看，我给你带了什么？”

Nancy是个很独立的女孩，一直都让自己坚强起来。而实际上在很多人眼里，Nancy就是那个样子，做事总是很有努力，像一个工作狂一样可以好几天不睡觉，忘记吃饭。在Nancy的记忆中，童年的经历让她变得有时候很理智，不相信一些看不到抓不到的东西。Susan是单亲家庭，跟妈妈生活，妈妈是个女强人，有自己的公司，开自己的宝马，住自己的别墅，有自己的员工。Susan常一个人呆在家里，喜欢比自己年龄大的男人。Susan想，也许自己只是想找个“爸”。需索来自那个男人的没有回报的爱，那个能让她安全的男人，在遇到问题的时候，她只需要站在他的身后，即可。

可是，这样的爱在那么多人眼中都是可怕的，他们总是告诉Susan，你太天真了，会上当受骗的，甚至连Nancy也这样说。

Nancy和Susan都喜欢安妮的书，从《告别薇安》到《莲花》和《素年锦时》，她们都包上漂亮的书皮放在枕头边上。即便后来生活都变了，安妮也变了，那种貌似恋物癖的习惯还是没有办法改变。就像Susan喜欢的青蛙玩偶，Nancy喜欢的漂亮火机和木吉他。曾经因为一些人或者一些事，后来只是习惯了。仿佛与生俱来就依恋的。就像她们彼此。

Susan想，如果以后跟Nancy住在一起，不用很大的房子，睡一张双人床，有设备齐全的厨房和浴室就好。她一定会早起给Nancy做早饭。或者一壶奶茶，或者一碗咸粥……Susan想，看着Nancy睡梦中的样子一定很幸福。Susan知道，Nancy给她的爱仅次于来自妈妈的爱，在某些方面，甚至有些超越。

Nancy第一次有那种来自心底的痛苦是因为Susan，到现在Nancy都能想起来那个飘着雪的春天，在电脑前那种歇斯底里的感觉，眼泪流下来的时候Nancy感觉整个世界都陪她难过了。Nancy不知道为什么会对Susan有那么深的依恋，想要站在她的身边，无论什么时候。Susan应该也还记得，Nancy曾经对Susan说，如果你指给我一个人，我会义无反顾地爱上他。

Susan喜欢黄河，想春天到来的时候要去看它。Susan喜欢《黄河绝恋》里面，宁静站在黄河边，伸展双臂时陶醉的表情。Susan不知道Nancy会不会像陪她一起去。

Susan和Nancy有个朋友叫刚子，认识有十几年了，喜欢听可米小子的《青春纪念册》，每次去Susan家，他总让屋子里回响它的旋律。可Susan不喜欢。Susan不明白它唱的是什么主题，友谊，还是爱情？Nancy经常会想起高中时三个人一起喝早茶，打台球，翻校门出去玩的时候。只是现在大家离的远了，身边的人你走了我来了，在也找不到当时的感觉了。

Nancy去上大学的时候Susan去复读了。Susan已经记不得当初Nancy为什么会选择那么远的大学，Nancy自己也记不清了，为什么那个自己从来没有去过的地方会让自己充满幻想。去上大学的路上Nancy路过Susan的高中，带了家里煮的排骨和牛肉干去看Susan。可是Susan那天一直都关机，怎么都联系不上。Nancy没有去过，只好去教室门口等着Susan上晚自习。Nancy记得当Susan惊讶得看到站在门口的Nancy时眼圈都红了。然后Susan旷课带着Nancy去逛那个小县城的夜市，到现在Nancy和Susan说起来那天晚上吃的大红枣还是觉得那么香甜。

Susan一个人补习的那段日子真是煎熬，经常接到Nancy从遥远的海边打过来的电话，听见Nancy在电话的那边哭得很伤心。Susan学会了抽烟，尤其是喜欢和Nancy一起的时候抽烟，Susan自己也不知道为什么会想抽烟，也许就是喜欢那种有点晕有点醉的感觉。

日子过得很快，Susan已经习惯过节的时候收到Nancy从远远的地方寄过来的包装精致的糖果，Nancy也习惯穿着Susan买的衣服自信的走在陌生的城市。Susan以为Nancy好久都不会恋爱的，况且很多人都是这样认为，连Nancy自己都觉得爱上一个人是一件很难经营的事情。可是Susan看到Nancy的身边有了一个谁的时候，忽然就有那么一点点难过了。其实应该为Nancy感觉幸福的，又那样一个人对Nancy好，何尝不是一种福气呢，Susan这样想。可是Susan自己也不知道，为什么会有一点点难过，仿佛自己心爱的布娃娃忽然不见了一样。

Nancy做了一个梦，不知道到底梦到了什么，只是忽然很想谁。Nancy知道他对自己很好，所以很珍惜。只是看到Susan的爱情那么不顺利，也不敢幻想什么了。Nancy总是说，人要拿得起放得下，可是Nancy知道，这也去就是自己的劫难，放不下了。

Susan很敏感，但又很迟钝。自己喜欢的男人很久不与她联系了，她却不知道那意味着什么。躺在床上的时候忽然想起过去的许许多多，觉得难过得心疼。

Nancy想起一句曾经写小说的时候写道，思念就像一颗仙人球，悄悄住进我的心里，此的我内心一阵阵发痛发紧。

Nancy流眼泪的时候会忍不住给Susan发个信息，我想你了，晚安。Susan睡觉总是关机，只是Nancy知道，Susan会有感应，在梦里也会听到她的声音。

G. 用英语描述一个经典故事

女娲补天
Nv Wa Mends the Sky
In ancient times, thefour corners of the sky collapsed and the world with its nine regions splitopen. The sky could not cover all the things under it, nor could the earthcarry all the things on it. A great fire raged and would not die out; a fierceflood raced about and could not be checked. Savage beasts devoured innocentpeople; vicious birds preyed on the weak and old.
Then Nv Wa meltedrocks of five colours and used them to mend the cracks in the sky. Shesupported the four corners of the sky with the legs she had cut off from agiant turtle. She killed the black dragon to save the people of Jizhou, andblocked the flood with the ashes of reeds.
Thus the sky wasmended, its four corners lifted, the flood tamed, Jizhou pacified, and harmfulbirds and beasts killed, and the innocent people were able to live on thesquare earth under the dome of the sky. It was a time when birds, beasts,insects and snakes no longer used their claws or teeth or poisonous stings, forthey did not want to catch or eat weaker things.
NvWa's deeds benefited the heavens above and the earth below. Her name wasremembered by later generations and her light shone on every creation.

H. 关于英语阅读方面的美国常用背景知识介绍包括常见人物故事介绍的

如果抄你是中学生为了考试而看，我觉得没有必要浪费时间。那个挺专业的，没有必要看。如果是大学生，时间较充裕，那我推荐你看看《欧美概况》《欧美文化入门》这些书，专业书籍，虽然不是面面俱到，但是一般的欧美文化 历史 政治都有。祝你有耐心看下去。