简单英语励志小故事
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简单英语励志小故事
很多人都喜欢找一些比较简单的英语版的励志小故事来看，那么都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。
Lyingwithone'sHeadPillowedonaSpear,WaitingforDaytoBreak
IntheWesternJinDynastythereweretwoyoungmen.OneofthemwasZuTiandtheotherwasLiuKun.Bothofthemweremenofidealsandintegritywhowerechivalrousandofasanguinedisposition.Theynotonlywroteexcellentarticlesbutalsowerefondofpractisingmartialartstokeepfit,inordertorendermeritoriousservicetothecountry.BothofthemwerechiefclerksresponsiblefordocumentadministrationinLuoyang.AlthoughinappearancetheJinDynastyhadjurisdictionoftheCentralPlainscomprisingthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheHaunchandthreatenedbyforeigninvasion.ZuTiandLiuKunoftentalkedaboutthecountry'ssituationtilllateintothenight,andeachtimetheytalkingveryexcitedlyagain.LiuKunfellasleepwithout
knowingit,butZuTiwastooexcitedtofallasleep."Cock-a-doodle-doo,"camethecrowofroosterinthewasteland.ZuTijumpedupandkickedLiuKun
awake:"Listen.Howinspiringtherooster'scrowis.Let'sgetupandpractisedonaslope.Fromthenon,theykeptpractisingswordplayingvigorouslyand
energeticallyinthewastelandeverydaywhentheyheardthefirstcrowinthemorning.DeeplymovedbyZuTi'spatrioticpassion,LiuKunwasdeterminedtodevotehimselftohishomeland.Oncehewrotetohisfamily:"Atthetimewhenthecountryisindireperil,Iamresolvedtodedicatemyselttotheserviceofmycountry.IoftenfearthatImightlagbehindZuTiinrenderingservicetothecountry,and,infact,Iambehindhim..."Thewords"sleepwithmyheadpillowedonaspear,waitingforthedaytobreak"vividlydescribedLiuKun'sdeterminationtodedicatehimselftotheserviceofthecountryandtofighttheenemyatanytime.Later,thissetphraseisusedtomeanmaintainingsharpvigilanceandbeingreadytofightatanytime."
西晋人祖逖和刘琨，都是性格开朗、仗义好侠的志士。年轻时不但文章写得好，而且都喜欢练武健身，决心报效祖国。当时，晋朝表面上还管辖着中原大地，但实际上已是内忧外患，风雨飘摇了。祖逖和刘琨一谈起国家局势，总是慷慨万分，常常聊到深夜。一天，祖逖又和刘琨谈得十分兴奋，刘琨不知什么时候睡着了，祖逖却久久沉浸在谈话的兴奋之中，不能入睡。“喔，喔，喔--”荒原上的雄鸡叫了起来，祖逖一跃而起，踢
醒了刘琨：“听，这雄鸡啼鸣多么振奋人心呀，快起来练剑吧!”于是，两人操起剑来，在高坡上对舞。从此，他俩每天清早听到头一声鸣叫，一定来到荒原上抖擞神练起剑来。刘琨被祖逖的爱国热情深深感动，决心献身于祖。一次他给家人的信中写道：“在国家危难时刻，我经常‘枕戈待旦’枕着兵器睡觉一直到天明，立志报国，常担心落在祖逖后边，不想他到底走到我的前头了!……”
故事出自《晋书·祖逖传》。“枕戈待旦”出自刘琨《与亲故书》，形象地写出了刘琨随时准备杀敌报国的决心。后来用作成语，形容时刻警惕敌人，准备作战。
PeachesandPlumsDoNotHavetoTalk,YettheWorldBeatsaPathtoThem--NaturalAttraction
DuingtheWesternHanDynasty206B.C.-A.D.24Period,therewasaveryfamousgeneralwhosenamewasLiGuang.Hewasverybraveandskillfulinbattle,andhadfoughtmorethanseventybattleswiththeHuns,anancientnationalityinChina.Havingmadebrilliantachievementsinwar,hewasdeeplylovedandesteemedbytheofficersandmenaswellasthecommonpeople.However,hedidnotclaimcreditforhimselfandbecomearrogant,althoughheheldahighpost,commandingabigarmy,andhadrenderedoutstandingserviceindefendingthecounty.Hewasnotonlypoliteandamiable,butalsosharedwealandwoewiththesoldiers.Healwayshadthetroopsunderhiscommandatheart,andwhenevergiftswerebestowedtohimbytheimperialgovernment,hedistributedthegiftstohisofficersandmen.Whenmarching,heenduredthetormentsofhungerandthirstasthesoldiersdidwhenfoodandwaterwereinshortsupply.Whenfighting,hechargedattheheadofhismen,and,whenhegavetheorder,everysoldieradvancedbravelytoengageinfighting,notfearingdeath.
WhenthesadnewsoftheheathofGeneralLiGuangreachedthemilitatycamp,theofficersandmenofthewholearmyweptbitterly.
西汉时候，有一位勇猛善战的将军，名叫李广，一生跟匈奴打过七十多次仗，战功卓著，深受官兵和百姓的爱戴。李广虽然身居高位，统领千军万马，而且是保卫国家的功臣，但他一点也不居功自傲。他不仅待人和气，还能和士兵同甘共苦。每次朝廷给他的赏赐，他首先想到的是他的部下，就把那些赏赐统统分给官兵们;行军打仗时，遇到粮食或水供应不上的情况，他自己也同士兵们一样忍饥挨饿;打起仗来，他身先士卒，英勇顽强，只要他一声令下，大家个个奋勇杀敌，不握牺牲。这是一位多么让人崇敬的大将军啊!后来，当李广将军去世的噩耗传到军营时，全军将士无不痛哭流涕，连许多与大将军平时并不熟悉的百姓也纷纷悼念他。在人们心目中，李广将军就是他们崇拜的大英雄。
汉朝伟大的史学家司马迁在为李广立传时称赞道：“桃李不言，下自成蹊。”意思是说，桃李有着芬芳的花朵，甜美的果实，虽然它们不会说话，但仍然会吸引人们到树下赏花尝果，以至树下都走出一条小路，李广将军就是以他的真诚和高尚的品质赢得了人们的崇敬。
“桃李不言，下自成蹊”这则成语出自《史记·李将军列传》,比喻为人真诚,严于律已,自然会感动别人,自然会受到人们的敬仰。
DuringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod707-476B.C.,DukeXianoftheStateofJinWantedtoexpandhispositionofstrengthandsphereofinfluence.ThereforehewouldliketosendhistroopstodestroytheStateofGuoonthepretestthattheStateofGuooftenencroachedonthebordersoftheStateofJin.Buttherewasathirdstate,theStateofYu,betweentheStateofJinandtheStateofGuo,andtheJinarmyhadtocrosstheStateofYubeforeitcouldreachtheStateofGuo."HowcanmyarmycrosstheStateofYuwithoutahitch?"DukeXianoftheStateofJinaskedhisministers.XunXi,oneoftheministers,said,"ThemonarchoftheStateofYuisshort-sightedandcovetssmalladvantages.Ifwegivehimpricelesspreciousstonesandfinehorses,itisnotunlikelythathewillallowourarmytopassthroughhis
country."SeeingthatDukeXianoftheStateofJinwasalittlebitgrudging,XunXicontinuedtosay,"TheStateofYuandtheStateofGuoareneighborstatedascloselyrelatedaslipsandteeth.TheStateofYucannotexistindependentlyifthestateofGuoisdestroyed.YourpreciousstonesandfimehoresarejustleftinthecareofthemonarchoftheStateofYu."SoDukeXianoftheStateofJinacceptedXunXi'splan.WhenthemonarchofYusawthepreciousgifts,hewaselated,andreadilypromisedtolettheJinarmypassthroughhisstate.Hearingthenews,GongZhiqi,oneoftheministersastheStateofYu,hastenedtoadmonishthemonarch,saying,"Thatwon'tdo.FortheStateofYuandtheStateofGuoareneighborstatesascloselyrelatedaslipsandteeth.Ourtwosmallstatesareinterdependent,andcanhelpcachotherwhenproblemscropup.IftheStateofGuoweredestroyed,itwouldbedifficultforourStateofYutocontinuetoexist.Asthecommonsayinggoes,ifthelipsaregone,theteethwillbecold,Theteethcanhardlybekeptifthelipsaregone.Soitwon'tdoatalltoallowtheJinarmypassour
state."ThemonarchoftheStateofYusaid,"TheStateofJinisabigstate.Nowtheyherespeciallytopresentgiftstouswiththeintentionofbeingonfriendlytermswithus.Undersuchcircumstances,howcanwerefusetoallowthemtopassthroughourstate?"Hearingthis,GongZhiqisighedrepeatedly.KnowingthattheStateofYuwouldsoonbedestroyed,GongZhiqilefttheStateofYutogetherwithhiswholefamily.
Asexpected,thetroopsoftheStateofJin,allowedtopassthroughtheStateofYu,destroyedtheStateofGuoandontheirreturntripcapturedthemonarchoftheStateofYuwhowentoutpersonallytomeetthem,htusdestroyingtheStateofYuasWell.
Thisstoryappearsinthechapter"TheFifthYearofDukeXi"inZuozhuan,thefamouscommentarybyZuoQiumingonTheSpringandAutumnAnnals.Thesetphrase"ifthelipsaregone,theteethwillbecold"isusedtomeanthattwopersonsorthingsshareacommonlotandthatisonefails,theotherisindanger.
春秋时候，晋献公想要扩充自己的实力和地盘，就找借口说邻近的虢guó国经常侵犯晋国的边境，要派兵灭了虢国。可是在晋国和虢国之间隔着一个虞国，讨伐虢国必须经过虞地。“怎样才能顺利通过虞国呢?”晋献公问手下的大臣。大夫荀息说：“虞国国君是个目光短浅、贪图小利的人，只要我们送他价值连城的美玉和宝马，他不会不答应借道的。”晋献公一听有点舍不得，荀息看出了晋献公的心思，就说：“虞虢两国是唇齿相依的近邻，虢国灭了，虞国也不能独存，您的美玉宝马不过是暂时存放在虞公那里罢了。”晋献公采纳了荀息的计策。
虞国国君见到这两们珍贵的礼物，顿时心花怒放，听到荀息说要借道虞国之事时，当时就满口答应下来。虞国大夫宫之奇听说后，赶快阻止道：“不行，不行，虞国和虢国是唇齿相依的近邻，我们两个小国相互依存，有事可以自彼帮助，万一虢国灭了，我们虞国也就难保了。俗话说：‘唇亡齿寒’，没有嘴唇，牙齿也保不住啊!借道给晋国万万使不得。”虞公说：“人家晋国是大国，现在特意送来美玉宝马和咱们交朋友，难道咱们借条道路让他们走走都不行吗?”宫之奇连声叹气，知道虞国离灭亡的日子不远了，于是就带着一家老小离开了虞国。
果然，晋国军队借道虞国，消灭了虢国，随后又把亲自迎接晋军的虞公抓住，灭了虞国。故事出自《左传·僖公五年》。成语“唇亡齿寒”，比喻双方关系密切，相互依存。Traditionhasitthatmany,manyyearsago,therelivedontheYellowRiverarivergodknownasHeBo.Oneday,HeBostoodontheriverbankandwatchedtheturbulentwavesfromthewestsurgingforwardtotheeast.Hesaidbothexcitedlyandconceitedly:"HowbigtheYellowRiveris!Nootherriveronearthcancomparewithit.AndthereforeIamthegreatestrivergod."
Onemansaidtohim,"Youarewrong.ThereisaplacetotheeastoftheYellowRiverscalledtheNorthSea.TheNorthSeaisreallybig."HeBosaid,"Idon'tbelieveit.BigastheNorthSeais,canitbebiggerthanYellowRiver?"Themansaid,"ShouldthewaterofseveralYellowRiverflowintotheNorthsea,itcouldnotfilltheNorthSea,letaloneoneYellowRiver."
HeBosaidobstinately,"Idon'tbelieveit,forIhaveneverbeentotheNorthSea."
Havingnoalternative,themansaid,"Youwillnotbeableto"understandwhatImeanuntilyouhaveachancetoseetheNorthSeaforyourself."Wintercame,andtorrentialrainhadbeenfallingfordaysonend.RiversbigandsmallemptiedthemselvesintotheYellowRiver,makingtheYellowRiverevenbroader.Standingononesideoftheriver,peoplecouldhardlytellwhatanimalstheoxenandhorsesontheothersideoftheriverwere.ThusHeBowasevenmoreproud,thinkingthatallthemagnificentsightswereaccumulated
here.Then,rememberingtheNorthSeawhichhadbeenmentionedtohimbefore,hedecidedtogothereandhavealook.
Hewentdownstream,andarrivedattherivermouthtothesea.Suddenly,thegodoftheNorthSea,whosenamewasBienniaRuo,appearedbeforehiseyes.Withasmile,BeihaiRuowaswelcomingHeBototheNorthsea.Helookedahead,andsawthattheNorthSea,withitsvastexpanseofwater,wasboundless.Withadulllookinhiseyes,HeBostoodthereforawhile.FinallyhesaidtoBeihaiRuowithdeepfeeling,"Asthecommonsayinggoes,somepeoplegosofarastothinkthattheyaremoreknowledgeablethananybodyelsewhentheyhavegotsomeknowledge.ActuallyIamoneofsuchpeople.IfIhadnotseenwiththattheYellowRiverismatchlessintheworld.IfIremainedlikethat,Iwouldbelaughedatforeverbysensiblepeople."
相传很久很久以前，黄河里有一位河神，人们叫他河伯。何伯站在黄河岸上。望着滚滚的浪涛由西而来，又奔腾跳跃向东流去，兴奋地说;“黄河真大呀，世上没有哪条河能和它相比。我就是最大的水神啊!”
有人告诉他：“你的话不对，在黄河的东面有个地方叫北海，那才真叫大呢。”河伯说：“我不信，北海再大，能大得过黄河吗?”
那人说：“别说一条黄河，就是几条黄河的水流进北海，也装不满它。”河伯固执地说：“我没见过北海，我不信。”
那人无可奈何，告诉他：“有机会你去看看北海，就明白我的话了。”
秋天到了，连日的暴雨使大大小小的河流都注入黄河，黄河的河面更加宽阔了，隔河望去，对岸的牛马都分不清。这一下，河伯更得意了，以为天下最壮观的景色都在自己这里，他在自得之余，想起了有人跟他提起的北海，于是决定去那里看看。
