广告任务网源码:英文一分钟寓言故事

第一篇
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A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.
有一只 乌鸦整天就坐在树上，但就是不做事。

A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him,
之后就有一只兔子看到乌鸦，就问说：

Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?
我能学你这样子就坐在这儿整天不用做事吗？

The crow answered: Sure, why not.
乌鸦就说啦：当然可以，为啥不行？

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested.
所以，兔子就在树的底下休息起来，

All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
突然的，有一只狐狸出现把兔子给吃了。

Moral of the story is:
这故事告诉你：

To be sitting and doing nothing,
想要整天坐著不做事，

you must be sitting very, very high up.
你就必须高高在上

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第二篇
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A turkey was chatting with a bull.
有一只火鸡跟一只公牛在聊天。

I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,
火鸡说：我真的很想爬到这树枝头上耶！

sighed the turkey, but I havent got the energy.
但是我没力气！

Well, why dont you nibble on some of my droppings?
牛说：嗯，没关系，那你要不要吃一点我的牛大便（英译：狗屁，屁话）呢？

replied the bull.Theyre packed with nutrients.
我的牛大便是很营养的喔。

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him
enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree.
火鸡就吃了很多牛大便，就变的很强壮足够让火鸡爬上第一排的树枝。

The next day, after eating some more dung,
接下来的一天，火鸡又吃了很多牛大便（狗屁，屁话）

he reached the second branch.
让火鸡可以爬上第二排枝头。

Finally after a fortnight,
最后，两个礼拜过后，

there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.
火鸡终於爬上枝头很安稳的在休息，

Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer,
好景不常，一位农夫发现这只火鸡，

who shot the turkey out of the tree.
开枪把火鸡打死了。

Moral of the story:
这故事告诉你：

Bullshit might get you to the top, but it wont keep you there.
(狗屁，屁话）或许可以让你爬的更高，但不可能让你成功一辈子。

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第三篇
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When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be Boss.
当一个身体刚完成的时候，所有的器官想要当这身体的老大。

The brain said, I should be Boss because I control the whole bodys responses
and functions.
头脑就说；我应该当老大，因为我支配著整个身体的运作，反应跟功能。

The hands said, We should be the Boss because
接著手就说了；我应该当老大因为都是我在做事赚钱。

we do all the work and earn all the money. And so it went on and on with the
heart,
所以这样的争执就一直继续著，心脏，肺脏跟眼睛也加入争执，
the lungs and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up.

最后屁眼（英译：白痴）也说话要当老大！

All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the Boss.
所有的器官一同取笑屁眼想当老大，

So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work.
屁眼一气之下，将自己塞起来，不爽，罢工去了

Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet
twitched,
在很短的时间内，眼睛、手脚就开始不听使唤，

the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered.
心肺也开始失去功能

Eventually they all decided that the asshole should be the Boss, so the
motion was passed.
最后，大家还是决议让屁眼当老大，

All the other parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and passed out
the shit!
所以, 当所有的器官都在做事时, 就老大坐著拉屎（英译：说屁话）

Moral of the story:
这故事告诉你：

You dont need brains to be a Boss - any asshole will do.
想当老大根本不需要大脑！任何白痴都可以当！

Who Deserves Help?
Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of the main road into town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
"Who put this stone in the center of the road?" said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road, but not one of them tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, "The night will be very dark. Some neighbor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. "
The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to move it to one side. But imagine his surprise when under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message: "This money is for the thoughtful person who removes this stone from the road. That person deserves help."

中文意思：

谁值得帮助？

很久以前，有一个有钱人，他想为他所住的镇上人民做点事。但首要事情是，他要看看人们是否值得他去帮助。于是，他搬了一块非常大石头放在进村的一条主干道的中心，然后他躲在一棵后面默默地等待。不一会儿，一位老人家牵着他的牛走过了。

老人家说：“谁搬一块大石头在路中心呀？”，但他没有把石头搬走。只是比较艰难地绕过石头，继续前进。另一个人走过来了，跟老人家一样，绕过石头走了。这样的人，一个接着一个……所以经过的人都抱怨谁搬了一块大石头在路中心，但都不把石头搬走。

在傍晚，一位年轻人走过来，看见那块大石头说：“晚上会很黑的，村民们走过的话会被石头绊倒的。”于是他开始搬开那块大石头，使尽全身的力气，又推又拉，好不容易把石头移到了一边，出乎年轻人的意料，他发现石头下面有一大袋钱，还有一张纸，上面写着：钱是给为人着想的人的，也就是移走石头的人，他是值得帮助的。

The importance of learning foreign knowledge
One day

Small mouse:Mum,i am afraid, because i was almost caught by an old cat just now .
Mother Mouse:Baby,Don't worry,if i meet the old cat, u see what i shall do.
Then after an hour，
old cat was coming the mouse' house。 Mother mouse cried out:"wang, wang, wang,....."

And then the old cat left the mouse's home immediately.

Mother mouse told her baby: now u should know the importance of learning a foreign knowledge.

Small Mouse nodded his head.

学外语的重要性
有一天

小老鼠：妈妈，我吓坏了，刚刚我差点被一只老猫捉住。
鼠妈妈：宝宝，别担心，等一会我遇到她，你看我怎么对付她。
一小时后，
老猫真来了，鼠妈妈叫道：“汪 汪 汪。。。”
那只猫吓得立刻离开了鼠窝。
老猫走后，鼠妈妈对小老鼠说： 现在你明白学一门外语的重要性了。
小老鼠点了点头。

龟兔赛跑
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.
从前，有一只乌龟和一只兔子在互相争辩谁跑得快。他们决定来一场比赛分高下，选定了路线，就此起跑。The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.
兔子带头冲出，奔驰了一阵子，眼看它已遥遥领先乌龟，心想，它可以在树下坐一会儿，放一下，然后再继续比赛。
He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.
兔子很快地在树下就睡着了，而一路上笨手笨脚走来的乌龟则超越过它，不一会儿完成比赛，成为货真价实的冠军。
The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race. The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.等兔子一觉醒来，才发觉它输了。这个故事给我们的启示是：缓慢且持续的人会赢得比赛。
This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.
这是从小伴随我们长大的龟兔赛跑故事的版本。
But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues.
但最近有人告诉了我一个更有趣的版本。故事这么继续下去。
The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some Defect Prevention (Root Cause Analysis). He realised that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. 兔子当然因输了比赛而倍感失望，为此他做了些缺失预防工作（根本原因解析）。它很清楚，失败是因它太有信心，大意，以及散漫。
If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed.
如果它不要自认一切都是理所当然的，乌龟是不可能打败它的。因此，它单挑乌龟再来另一场比赛，而乌龟也同意。
This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.这次，兔子全力以赴，从头到尾，一口气跑完，领先乌龟好几公里。
The moral of the story？ Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.
则故事的有什么启示？动作快且前后一致的人将可胜过缓慢且持续的人。
If you have two people in your organisation, one slow, methodical and reliable, and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap will consistently climb the organisational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap.
如果在你的工作单位有俩个人，一个缓慢，按部就班，且可靠，另一个则是动作快，且办事还算牢靠，那么动作快且牢靠的人会在组织中一直往上爬，升迁的速度比那缓慢且按部就班办事的人快。
It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.
缓慢且持续固然很好，但动作快且牢靠则更胜一筹。
But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realised that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted.
这故事还没完没了。这下轮到乌龟要好好检讨，它很清楚，照目前的比赛方法，它不可能击败兔子。
He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route.它想了一会儿，然后单挑兔子再来另一场比赛，但是是在另一条稍许不同的路线上。
The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river.
兔子同意，然后俩者同时出发。为了确保自己立下的承诺－从头到尾要一直快速前进，兔子飞驰而出，极速奔跑，直到碰到一条宽阔的河流。
The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river.
而比赛的终点就在几公里外的河对面。
The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.
兔子呆坐在那里，一时不知怎么办。这时候，乌龟却一路跚跚而来，撩入河里，游到对岸，继续爬行，完成比赛。
The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.这故事的有什么启示？首先，辨识出你的核心竞争力，然后改变游戏场所以适应（发挥）你的核心竞争力。
In an organisation, if you are a good speaker, make sure you create opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior management to notice you.
在你的工作单位，如果你是一个能言善道的人，一定要想法创造机会，好好表现自己，以便让高峰注意到你。
If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some sort of research, make a report and send it upstairs. Working to your strengths will not only get you noticed but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement.
如果你的优势是从事分析工作，那么你一定要做一些研究，写一个报告，然后呈送上楼。依着自己的优势(专长)来工作，不仅会让上头的人注意到你，也会创造成长和进步的机会。
The story still hasn't ended.故事还没结束。
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realised that the last race could have been run much better.
这下子，兔子和乌龟成了惺惺相惜的好朋友。它们一起检讨，俩个都很清楚，在上一次的比赛中，它们可以表现得更好。
So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.
所以，他们决定再赛一场，但这次是同对合作。
They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back.
它们一起出发，这次可是兔子扛着乌龟，直到河边。在那里，乌龟接手，背着兔子过河。。
On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
到了河对岸，兔子再次扛着乌龟，俩个一起抵达终点。比起前次，它们都感受到一种更大的成就感。
The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.这故事的有什么启示？个人表现优异与拥有坚强的核心竞争力固然不错，但除非你能在一个团对内（与别人）同心协力，并掌控彼此间的核心竞争力，否则你的表现将永远在标准之下，因为总有一些状况下，你是技不如人，而别人却干得蛮好的。
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.团队合作主要就是有关情境（权变）领导这挡事，让具备处理某一情境能力（核心竞争力）的人当家做主。
There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.从这故事，我们可以学到更多
Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.
我们了解，在遭逢失败后，兔子和乌龟都没有就此放弃。兔子决定更拼，并且投入更多的努力。
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort.
在尽了全力之后，乌龟则选择改变策略。在人的一生中，当失败临头时，有时我们需更加努力。
Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.有时则需改变策略，尝试不同的抉择。有时候，俩者都要一起来。
The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.
兔子和乌龟也学到了最关键的一课。当我们不再与竞争对手较力，而开始逐鹿某一情境时，我们会表现得更好。

Two man were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path.
One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could.
The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. "He gave me this advice," his companion replied. "Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger."
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends