中英雙語故事精選

　　故事文學體裁的一種，側重於事件發展過程的描述。強調情節的生動性和連貫性，較適於口頭講述。已經發生事。或者想象故事。某些故事是人類對自身歷史的一種記憶行為，人們通過多種故事形式，敘述一個帶有寓意的事件。下面是小編為大家帶來，希望大家喜歡!

　　：真正的勇氣

　　A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk to train his boy.

　　一位父親很為兒子擔心，雖然兒子已經16歲了，卻一點兒勇氣都沒有。於是，父親決定去拜訪一位禪師，請他訓練自己的兒子。

　　The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father,“You should leave your son alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can't come to see him during this period.”

　　禪師對男孩的父親說：“你應該把你兒子單獨留在這裡。不出三個月，我會讓他成為一個真正的男子漢。不過，在這段時間，你不能來看他。”

　　Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer.

　　三個月後，男孩的父親又來見禪師。禪師安排這個男孩和一位經驗豐富的拳師進行拳術比賽。

　　Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a punch knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked,“What do you think of your child?”

　　拳師每次一出手，男孩都被擊倒在地上，但男孩又馬上站起來;每次被擊倒，他就又站起來。幾個回合後，禪師問道：“你認為你的孩子怎麼樣?”

　　“What a shame!”the boy's father said,“I never thought he would be so easily knocked down. I needn't have him left here any longer.”

　　“真丟人!”男孩的父親說，“我根本沒想到他是這樣的不堪一擊。我不讓他再留在這裡了。”

　　“I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down; he stands up again instead of crying? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”

　　“很遺憾，你只看到了這一點。難道你沒看到他每次倒下後是重新站起來，而不是哭泣嗎?這才是你想要他擁有的那種勇氣。”

　　：一絲不苟的州長

　　A Governor visiting a state prison was implored by a convict to pardon him.

　　州長在視察一所州管監獄時，有個罪犯哀求州長寬恕他。

　　“What are you in for?”asked the Governor.

　　“你犯了什麼事?”州長問道。

　　“I held a high office,”the convict humbly replied,“and sold subordinate appointments.”

　　“我曾經是個高階官員，”犯人低聲下氣地回答，“因為向下級賣官。”

　　“Then I decline to interfere,”said the Governor, with asperity,“a man who abuses his office by making it serve a private end and purvey a personal advantage is unfit to be free. By the way, Mr. Warden,”he added to the official beside him, as the convict slunk away,“in appointing you to this position, I was given to understand that your friends could make the Shikane county delegation to the next State convention solid for the present administration. Was I rightly informed?”

　　“那樣的話，我絕不會管你的事情，”州長嚴厲地說，“為達到個人目的、牟取私利而濫用職權的人不應該得到自由。順便說一下，監獄長，”當那個罪犯偷偷溜走時，他接著對身旁的那位官員說，“我在任命你擔任這個職務時，得知你的朋友能讓西科恩縣參加下屆州會議的代表團支援本屆政府。我得到的訊息準確嗎?”

　　“You were, sir.”

　　“是的，州長先生。”

　　“Very well, then, I will bid you good-bye. Please be so good as to appoint my nephew Chaplain.''

　　“那麼，很好，我該向你道別了。請別忘記任命我的侄子為牧師啊。”