用作初三英語閱讀的小故事
Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love ,the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy -- ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it , next, because it relieves loneliness-- that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world , into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what -- at last -- I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much I have achieved.
Love and knowlidge , so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of lonelines, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
我為什麼活著
羅素
三股簡單而非凡強烈的激情一直控制著我的一生：對愛的渴望，對知識的追求和對人類苦難不堪忍受的憐憫。這三股激情，象陣陣巨風，把我在痛苦的海洋的路途中吹得任意東西，變動無常，直吹到了絕望的邊緣。
我尋求愛，首先是因為它帶來了欣喜若狂之情——欣喜若狂使人如此心醉神迷，我常常願意犧牲我的全部餘生來換取幾小時這樣的歡樂。我尋求愛，其次是因為它能解除寂寞——那種可怕的寂寞，如同一個人毛發悚然地從這世界的邊緣探望令人戰栗的死氣沉沉的無底深淵。我尋求愛，最後是因為在愛的結合中我看到了聖徒們和詩人們所想像的預言中的天堂景象的神秘雛型。這就是我所尋求的東西，雖然它也許似乎是人生所難以得到的美好事物，但這就是——最後——我終於找到的東西。
我懷著同樣的激情尋求知識。我希望理解人們的心。我希望知道星星為什麼發光。我力圖領悟畢達哥拉斯的才能，他的才能使數字支配著不斷變動的事物。在這方面，我只達到了一小部分，並不很多。
愛和知識，盡其可能，遠遠地把人引向九天之上。倡憐憫總是把我帶回到地面上來。痛苦的呼號的回聲在我心裡回盪。受飢挨餓的兒童，在壓迫者折磨下受苦受難的人們，無依無靠而成為自己子女嫌惡的負擔的老人，以及整個孤苦寂寞的世界，窮困與痛苦都在嘲弄著人生，使人們不能過應有的美好生活。我渴望減輕災難禍害，但是我力不從心，我自己也在受苦。
這就是我的一生。我覺得我的一生過得很值得。如果我還有機會的話，我將樂意再度過這樣的一生。
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英語專業八級 ，希望能夠幫到你。
② 初中英語課外閱讀推薦
1.《獅子，女巫和衣櫥》小孩子看到的是奇怪又生動的故事；大人們看到的是從冒險經歷中的傳奇和神話的秘密。
2.《老人與海》這雖然是一個故事簡單、篇皮族亮幅不大的作品，但含義豐富，很多教師把它作為英雄主義教育的教材。
3.《時間的皺紋》三個怪孩子的故事，寫給孩子，也寫給大家。
6.《小王子》不僅贏得了兒童讀者，而且作品凝練的語言滲透了作者對人類及人類文明深邃的思索。它所表現出的諷刺與幻想，真情與哲理，使之成為法國乃至世界上最為著名的一部童話小說。
7.《黑駿馬》本書是一部十九世紀下半葉轟動歐洲文壇的穗埋經典兒童小說。《黑駿馬》在歐美常銷不衰，喚醒一燃寬代又一代讀者去理解所有不會說話的動物。
③ 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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④ 初中幽默英語小故事
從古到今,笑話是人們生活中不可缺少的「調劑品」。笑話使人們在刻板的生活中感到一絲快意和放鬆，在人們的日常生活中起著重要調劑作用。下面我為大家帶來，歡迎大家閱讀!
1：不要動
A friend of mine was giving an important dinner party for her hu *** and's business associates.
She put guest towels and soap in the bathroom, and, not wanting her teenagers to use them first, attached warning notes that read:"Use these, I'll kill you."
When the guests left after a successful evening, she went into the bathroom and xiaogushi8 found towels and soap untouched…with her warning notes still on them.
我的一位朋友為他丈夫舉辦了一次很重要的業務往來交往招待會。
他把客人用的毛巾、香皂都放在洗澡間。為了不讓她的小孩們先把這些東西用了，她在上面貼了張條子。上面寫著：用一下，我就殺了你們。
當客人們度過一個很愉快的晚上滿意而去後，她來到洗澡間，發現毛巾和香皂都無人用過…因為她貼的條子還在上面。
2：真情
We were leaving a football game in a throng of people.
My hu *** and, who never displays affection in public, took my hand. I has delighted. As we walked hand in hand out of the stadium. I looked up at him, *** iling, and asked, "You don't want to lose me?"
"No," he said. "I don't want to look for you."
我們和一大群人在橄欖球比賽散場時紛紛撤離比賽場。
我那位從未在大庭廣眾之下流露感情的丈夫這時拉住了我的手，我非常高興。當我們手拉手往體育場外走時，我抬著頭看著他並笑著問：「你不想失去我，對嗎?」
丈夫回答道：「不是，我只是不想去找你。」
3：受歡迎的聽眾
One afternoon while I was talking to a professor, my two-year-old daughter Melissa, wandered into a nearby classroom. There was a math class in progress and, to my di *** ay, Melissa sat down in the front row.
When I went in to get her, the instructor stopped me. "Young lady," he said, "I have been teaching calculus at this college for over 20 years. Not once in that time has anyone e to my class just because he or she wanted to. The child may stay."
一天下午，在我和一位教授說話的時候，我兩歲的女兒瑪麗莎轉到了附近的一個教室里。那兒正在上數學課。更糟的是瑪麗莎還居然坐在了前排的座位上。
當我走進去想把她抱出來時，上課的教授攔住了我。她說：「這位女士，我在這所大學里已經教了20多年的微積分。在這期間從未有人是出於自願來到我的課堂，這個孩子可以呆在這里。」
4：禽以毛聚
An American tourist was lunching in a restaurant in China, whose specialty was roast ck. The waiter explained each dish as he brought it to the table: "This is the breast of the ck. This is the leg of the ck. This is the wing of the ck…"
Then came a dish that the American knew was chicken. He waited for an explanation. Silence.
"Well," he finally asked, "What is this?"
"It's a friend of the ck," said the waiter.
一個美國的遊客來到中國，他到了一家專營烤鴨的飯店進餐。服務員每次端上來一道菜都給他報上菜名：「這是鴨胸，這是鴨腿，這是鴨翅……」
這時又上的一個菜，那個美國人一看便知是雞，但他想聽聽服務員會怎麼報這個菜名。他等著，服務員卻一個字也沒說。
「唉!」他終於忍不住了，「這個菜叫什麼?」
「這是鴨的朋友。」服務員答道。
以上就是我為大家帶來的，希望大家喜歡!
⑤ 經典英語小故事十篇
多閱讀一些英語童話小 故事 ，會提高孩子的 英語閱讀 能力而且對口語和詞彙量的增加也有所幫助。下面就是我整理的經典英語小故事十篇，希望大家喜歡。
經典英語小故事（一）：
A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing。 The bull jumped up in a rage and， with his head low to the ground， chased the mouse right across the yard。 The mouse was too quick for him， however， and slipped easily into a hole in the wall。
The bull charged the wall furiously again and again， but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns， the mouse stayed safely inside his hole。 After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again。
As soon as the bull was asleep， the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole， pattered across the yard， bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety。 As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:
"It's not always the big people who e off best。 Sometimes the small ones win， you know。"
老鼠和公牛
有一次，公牛躺著打盹，一隻老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒氣沖沖地跳起來，低著頭追老鼠，一向追過院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，從容地鑽到牆洞里去了。
公牛一次又一次地猛撞牆壁，盡管頭撞腫了，角撞裂了，老鼠卻安然待在洞里。過了一會兒，公牛不撞了，倒下歇著。
公牛剛睡著，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑過院子，又咬了公牛一口??這回咬了鼻子??又跑回安全的地方去。當公牛毫無辦法地吼叫時，老鼠吱吱叫道：
"大人物並不總占上風。有時小人物也會取勝。"
經典英語小故事（二）：
On a vacation trip， Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi ， which perished long ago。
Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles， collapsed walls， and clusters of weeds， he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi。
They replied，"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds， and averse to evildoing， which led to the perdition。"
When the Duke could not understand the answer， people explained ，" Though he liked doing good， he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing， never could he help not participating。 That caused the ruin of his capital。"
郭氏之墟
齊桓公出遊途中，來到已經滅亡許久的郭氏都城的廢墟。
看到瓦礫殘垣、雜草叢生的蕭條景象，忍不住問當地百姓郭氏滅亡的原因。
百姓們回答說："郭氏由於喜愛善行善事。厭惡邪惡醜行而導致滅亡。"
齊桓公不能理解這種回答，百姓們便解釋說："郭氏雖然喜愛善行善事，但從來都不能做到;盡管厭惡邪惡醜行，卻總是忍不住參與其中。這就是他的都城變成廢墟的原因。"
經典英語小故事（三）：
Making His Mark
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly。 Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped， hoping to find it later。 When the boat stopped moving， he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat。 As we know， the boat had moved but the sword had not。 Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
刻舟求劍
楚國有個人坐船渡江時，他不細心把自我的一把寶劍掉落江中。他立刻掏出一把小刀，在寶劍落水的船舷上刻上一個記號。船靠岸後，那楚人立即從船上刻記號的地方跳下水去撈取掉落的寶劍。他怎樣找得到寶劍呢？船繼續行駛，而寶劍卻不會再移動。像他這樣去找劍，真是太愚蠢可笑了。
經典英語小故事（四）：
The miser and his gold Once upon a time there was a miser。 He hid his gold under a tree。 Every week he used to dig it up。
One night a robber stole all the gold。 When the miser came again， he found nothing but an empty hole。
He was surprised， and then burst into tears。All the neighbors gathered around him。
He told them how he used to e and visit his gold。
"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them。 "No，" he said， "I only came to look at it。" "Then e again and look at the hole，" said the neighbor， "it will be the same as looking at the gold。"
守財奴
從前，有個守財奴將他的金塊埋到一棵樹下，每周他都去把他挖出來看看。
一天晚上，一個小偷挖走了所有的金塊。 守財奴再來查看時，發現除了一個空洞什麼都沒有了。
守財奴便捶胸痛哭。哭聲引來了鄰居
他告訴他們那裡原先有他的金塊。
問明了原因後，一個鄰居問：「你使用過這些金塊嗎?」 「沒用過，」 他說，「我只是時常來看看。」「那麼，以後再來看這個洞，」鄰居說，「就像以前有金塊時一樣。」
經典英語小故事（五）：
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice。 They were friends。 One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city。 After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said， "Do e and see me at my house in the country。" So the City mouse went。 The City mouse said， "This food is not good， and your house is not good。 Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should e and live in the city。 You would live in a nice house made of stone。 You would have nice food to eat。 You must e and see me at my house in the city。"
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse。 It was a very good house。 Nice food was set ready for them to eat。 But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise。 The City mouse cried， " Run! Run! The cat is ing!" They ran away quickly and hid。
After some time they came out。 When they came out， the Country mouse said， "I do not like living in the city。 I like living in my hole in the field。 For it is nicer to be poor and happy， than to be rich and afraid。"
城裡老鼠和鄉下老鼠
從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一隻老鼠居住在鄉村，另一隻住在城裡。很多年以後，鄉下老鼠碰到城裡老鼠，它說：「你必須要來我鄉下的家看看。」於是，城裡老鼠就去了。鄉下老鼠領著它到了一塊田地上它自我的家裡。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城裡老鼠。城裡老鼠說：「這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什麼住在田野的地洞里呢？你應當搬到城裡去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳餚，你應當到我城裡的家看看。」
鄉下老鼠就到城裡老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城裡的老鼠叫喊起來：「快跑！快跑！貓來了！」他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。
過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠說：「我不喜歡住在城裡，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮可是歡樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。
經典英語小故事（六）：
A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance， sat down together to eat。 The day being wintry and cold， the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them。 "What's that for， my friend?" asked the Satyr。 " My hands are so cold，" said the Man， "I do it to warm them。" In a little while some hot food was placed before them， and the Man， raising the dish to his mouse， again blew opon it。 "And what's the meaning of that， now?" said the Satyr。 "Oh，" replied the Man， "my porridge is so hot， I do it to cool it。" "Nay， then，" said the Satyr， "from this moment I renounce your friendship， for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse。"
一個人與賽特偶然相識，坐在一齊吃東西。正值冬季，天氣很冷，那人把手放在嘴邊哈氣。賽特問道「我的朋友，那是干嗎?」這人說「我的手太冷了，這是為了取暖」。過了一會兒，熱騰騰的食物端上來了，那人把碟子舉到嘴邊又吹了起來，賽特問「這又是干嗎?」，那人說「哦，我的粥太燙了，我把他吹涼些」。賽特說「從此刻起，我要與你絕交，因為我不想和一個反復無常的人做朋友」。
經典英語小故事（七）：
Drop at the fox in the well with the 公 goat
An only the fox take a wrong stepped the well， in spite of how he struggle can not still climb up， and have to be foolish there。The 公 goat feels
Thirsty pole， arrive at this well the side， and see the fox under the well， and then ask him the well water the how about it to drink?The fox feels the opportunity to e， heart inside
The 暗 pleaseds， right away the town quiet down， make every effort the laudation well water good drink， say this water is a world the first spring， pure and sweet and good to eat， and advise the goat to hurry up
Come down， and drink to heart's content with him。A the heart think only of to drink the water letter to think the true goat， then the without stopping to think ground jump downed to go to， and be his 咕咚咕 the 咚 painful
After finishing drinking， have to with the fox together totally the pany ascend the well's way。Fox early contain preparation， he to archly say:" I pour to have a
Method。You pick with forepaw on the well wall， again Cape 豎直 ， I behind carry on the back to jump up the well to go to from you， and pull you again to e up， we all
Save。" the 公 goat agreed his proposal， fox to trample the feet of his empress， and jump he carry top on his back， and then make an effort from the Cape a
Jump， jump outed the mouth of a well。The fox go ups the hereafter， and the preparation alone escape。The 公 goat blames the fox and does not keep the 諾 speech。The fox returns overdo
Say to 公 goat:" hello， friend， beard that you of brains if resemble you are so perfect， you not to the extent of at did not see the pure exit it
Front blindly jump down to go to。"
This story elucidation， cleverness of the person should to in advance think it over the affair's result， then just go to do。
掉在井裡的狐狸和公山羊
一隻狐狸失足掉到了井裡，不論他如何掙扎仍沒法爬上去，只好獃在那裡。公山羊覺得
口渴極了，來到這井邊，看見狐狸在井下，便問他井水好不好喝？狐狸覺得機會來了，心中
暗喜，立刻鎮靜下來，極力贊美井水好喝，說這水是天下第一泉，清甜爽口，並勸山羊趕快
下來，與他痛飲。一心只想喝水信以為真的山羊，便不假思索地跳了下去，當他咕咚咕咚痛
飲完後，就不得不與狐狸一齊共商上井的辦法。狐狸早有準備，他狡猾地說：「我倒有一個
方法 。你用前腳扒在井牆上，再把角豎直了，我從你後背跳上井去，再拉你上來，我們就都
得救了。」公山羊同意了他的提議，狐狸踩著他的後腳，跳到他背上，然後再從角上用力一
跳，跳出了井口。狐狸上去以後，准備獨自逃離。公山羊指責狐狸不信守諾言。狐狸回過頭
對公山羊說：「喂，朋友，你的頭腦如果像你的胡須那樣完美，你就不至於在沒看清出口之
前就盲目地跳下去。」
這故事說明，聰明的人應當事先研究清楚事情的結果，然後才去做。
經典英語小故事（八）：
The Ass and the Grasshopperan
Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping， was highly enchanted; and， desiring to possess the same charms of melody， demanded what sort of food they lived on， to give them such beautiful voices。 They replied， "The dew。" The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew， and in a short time died of hunger。
驢和蚱蜢
一隻驢聽到幾只蚱蜢在叫，便覺得很趣味;於是也想得到同樣趣味的音調，便問蚱蜢吃什麼東西過活，以致於能有這樣優美的聲音。蚱蜢說：「露水。」驢子聽了，從此以後也單吃露水過活，不久便餓死了。
經典英語小故事（九）：
Little boy and scorpion son
There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper， and in a short while caught the lots of。Suddenly see a scorpion son， he to think is also grasshopper，
Then two go to catch him。The scorpion son raises his poison to stab， say:" e， if you really dare to do like this， connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose。"
This story warns people， and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person， and distinct to treat them。
小男孩與蠍子
有個小孩在城牆前捉蚱蜢，一會兒就捉了許多。忽然看見一隻蠍子，他以為也是蚱蜢，
便著兩手去捕捉他。蠍子舉起他的毒刺，說道：「來吧，如果你真敢這樣做，就連你捉的蚱蜢也會統統失掉。」
這故事告誡人們，要分辨清好人和壞人，區別對待他們。
經典英語小故事（十）：
The Wolf and the Lamba
Wolf， meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold， resolved not to lay violent hands on him， but to find some plea， which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him。 He thus addressed him:"Sirrah， last year you grossly insulted me。" "Indeed，" bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice， "I was not then born。" Then said the Wolf， "You feed in my pasture。"
"No， good sir，" replied the Lamb， "I have not yet tasted grass。" Again said the Wolf， "You drink of my well。" "No，" exclaimed the Lamb， "I never yet drank water， for as yet my mother′s milk is both food and drink to me。" On which the Wolf seized him， and ate him up， saying， "Well! I won′t remain supperless， even though you refute every one of my imputations。"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny。
狼和小羊
一隻狼瞧見一隻迷路失群的小羊，決定暫緩下毒手，想先找一些理由，對小羊證明自我有吃它的權利。它就說：「小鬼!你去年以往罵過我。」小羊可憐地說：「老實說，我去年還沒有出生呢。」狼再說：「你在我的草地上吃過草。」
小羊回答說：「不，好先生，我還未曾嘗過草的味道呢。」狼又說：「你喝過我井裡的水。」小羊叫道：「不，我從沒有喝過水，因為直到今日為止，我都是吃著母親的奶汁。」狼一聽這話，便抓住它，把它吃下去，便說：「好!即使你駁倒我每一句話，我終究要吃晚餐的!」暴君總有他暴行的借口。
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The Old Man and the Old Cat
An old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can』t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.
The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: 「You are a fool cat. I will punish you!」 the cat is very sad. He thinks：「When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don』t like me because I』m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.」
故事二 老人和老貓
一個年邁的老人養一隻貓。這只貓也非常老了。她跑得很快，但是牙齒很糟糕。一天王還是那個，這只老貓看見一隻小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但是它卻吃不了它，因為它的牙齒不夠鋒利了。這只小老鼠逃跑了。
老人很生氣，他打了小貓，並且對它說：「你這只蠢貓！我要懲罰你！」貓非常傷心，它想：「在我還年輕的時候，我為你努力工作。現在你卻因為我太老了不能工作而不喜歡我。你應該知道你也老了。」