各年龄段的孩子都会故事非常感兴趣，讲故事对于孩子语言的学习能力和语感的培养是很有帮助的，接下来让我们来看看几个英语小故事吧！
英语小故事3分钟篇一：
a certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it.
有一个人种了一株玫瑰，诚心诚意地浇水，在它开花之前一直仔细观察。
he saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought，"how can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?"
他看到花蕾很快就要开花，但也注意到了花茎上的刺，他想：“为什么美丽的花都来自负担了这么多尖锐的刺的植物呢？”
saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom……it died.
因为这个想法，他感到非常悲伤，就在花要开之前，他疏忽了，没有浇水，植物就死了。
so it is with many people. within every soul there is a rose.
很多人都是这样。在每个人的灵魂里都有这么一株玫瑰。
the god-like qualities planted in us at birth, grow amid the thorns of our faults.
在我们出生时，优秀的品质把它种下，在我们犯下的错误铸成的刺中成长。
many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects.
我们中许多人审视自己的时候只看到那些刺，那些缺陷。
we despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us.
我们感到绝望，觉得我们身上没有什么好的东西。
we neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies.
我们忽视了浇灌我们本身好的那些东西，最后它们都死了。
we never realize our potential. some people do not see the rose within themselves；
我们从未了解自身的潜能。一些人没有看到他们内心的玫瑰花；
someone else must show it to them.
其他人就必须向他们展示。
one of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the rose within them.
一个人能拥有的最棒的天赋之一就是可以原谅别人身上的刺，找到他们内心的玫瑰。
this is the characteristic of love……to look at a person and, knowing his faults，recognize the nobility in his soul and help him realize that he can overcome his faults.
看到一个人，了解他的缺点，欣赏他灵魂里的高贵，帮他认识到他可以克服缺点，这都是爱的体现。
if we show him the "rose" within himself, he will conquer the thorns. only then will he blossom many times over.
如果我们向他展示他心中的玫瑰，他会征服那些刺。只有那样，他才能花开不败。
英语小故事3分钟篇二：
a little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. but the pumpkin is too big. the panda can’t take it home.
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。
suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. she watches the bike. “i know! i have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “i can roll a pumpkin. it’s like a wheel.”
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。
so she rolls the pumpkin to her home. when her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “oh, my god! how can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “i can’t lift it, but i can roll it.” her mother smiled and says，“what a clever girl! use you heard to do something.”
于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。”
英语小故事3分钟篇三：
a man was going to the house of some rich person. as he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. he said, "i do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.
he went on and came to a river. the river had become very big; so he could not go over it. he waited for some time; then he said, "i cannot go to the rich man‘s house today, for i cannot get over the river."
he began to go home. he had eaten no food that day. he began to want food. he came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.
moral：do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
一个男人要去一个富人的房子。当他沿着路走时，他看见路边有一箱好苹果。他说:“我不想吃那些苹果;因为那富足人必给我许多食物。他会给我很好的食物吃。”然后他拿起苹果，把它们扔到尘土里。
他继续往前走，来到一条河边。河水变得很大;所以他不能把它翻过来。他等了一会儿;然后他说:“我今天不能去富人家了，因为我过不了河。”
他开始回家。那天他没有吃东西。他开始想吃东西了。他来到苹果旁，高兴地把它们从尘土中拣出来吃。寓意：不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。
英语小故事3分钟篇四：
the hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "i have never been beaten," he said, "when i run at full speed, no one is faster than me." the tortoise said quietly, "i will race with you." "that is a good joke," said the hare. "i could dance around you the whole way."the race started. the hare darted almost out of sight at once. he soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.the tortoise plodded on and on. when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race.
moral: pride goes before a fall. only by persevering can we achieve our goals.
兔子有一次在其他动物面前夸耀他的速度。“我从来没有被打败过，”他说，“当我全速奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”乌龟平静地说:“我要和你比赛。”“这是个好笑话。”兔子说。“我可以一直围着你跳舞。”比赛开始。那只野兔几乎立刻跑得看不见了。他很快停下来，躺下来打了个盹。乌龟慢吞吞地走啊走。当兔子从午睡中醒来时，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了，他输了比赛。
寓意: 骄兵必败;只有持之以恒，才能实现目标。
英语小故事3分钟篇五：
it happened that a dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. now, on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. as he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. so he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.
moral：beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉，走过一条河上面的桥，看见他自己在水里的影子，以为是另一只狗，那时狗衔着的肉，比他自己的还要大一倍。因此他仍掉自己的那一块，狠狠地扑向那只狗，想夺到那一块较大的肉。结果两头都落了空，因为他想要抓取在水中的那一块，只不过是一个影子，而原来的那一块，也被水冲走了。
寓意：谨记，切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西