简短英语励志小故事3篇.docx

简短英语励志小故事3篇GiveuphalfwayDuringtheWarringStatesPeriod(475-221BC),therewasamancalledYueYangziinStateYue.Onedayhesawapieceofgoldontheroadandpickeditup.Hetookithomeandgaveittohiswife.Buthiswifewasnothappy.Thevirtuouswomansaid,"Ihearthatamanofmoralitydoesn'tdrinkathief'swaterandamanofprobityrefusestoacceptalms.Whatdoyouthinkoftheactionofpickingupanother'slostvaluableandpossessingitforone'sown?"YueYangzi,feelingashamed,sentthegoldbacktowherehefoundit.thenextyear,YueYangzifeltthatheshouldgooutandvisitscholarstoenrichhisknowledge.Sohesetoff.Ayearlater,hecamebackhomesuddenly."Whyhaveyoureturned?"askedhiswifeinsurprise,"You'veonlyspentoneyearstudyingwithscholars.""IcomebackbecauseImissedyouverymuch."Withoutsayinganything,hiswifetookapairofscissorsandwenttotheloomatwhichshehadworked.Pointingatthehalfdonebrocade,sheproclaimed:"Thisbrocadeiswovenfromthefinestsilk.Iwoveonestrandafteranothertoproducethebrocade.NowifIcutit,allmypreviousworkwillbewasted.It'sthesamewithyourstudies.Youcanacquireknowledgeonlythroughdiligence.Now,you'vestoppedhalfway.Isn'titthesameascuttingthebrocadeontheloom?"YueYangziwasmovedbywhatshesaid.Heagainlefthometovisitscholars.Severalyearslaterhebecamealearnedman.半途而废战国时期，魏国有个叫乐羊子的人。有一天，乐羊子在路上看到一块金子，他就捡起金子，带回了家并把它拿给妻子看。可他妻子一点儿也不高兴。这个贤惠的女人对他说："我听人说'壮士不饮盗泉之水;廉洁的人不食嗟来之食'。把别人遗失的贵重之物捡起来据为己有，你怎么看待这种行为呢?"乐羊子听了妻子的话，觉得很惭愧，就把那块金子又扔到原来的地方。第二年，乐羊子离开家到了一个很远的地方，去拜师求学。一年后，乐羊子突然回到家中，他的妻子很惊讶地问："你怎么回来了?你才和那些学者学了一年呀。"乐羊子说："我太想你了，所以回来看看。"他的妻子听了以后，二话不说，拿起把剪刀走到她的织布机前。她指着那块已经完成了一半的锦缎说："这块锦缎用的是最好的丝。我一丝丝的累积来织成这锦缎。如果我现在把它剪断，就等于前功尽弃。你求学也是这样。如果现在停止，和剪断织布机上的锦缎有什么区别?"乐羊子被妻子的话所感动，于是立刻离开家，继续拜师求学。几年后，乐羊子终于完成学业，成为一个博学的人。简短英语励志小故事：鞋匠奇遇Theshoemaker'sadventure鞋匠奇遇Ayoungshoemakerlefthisvillage.Alongtheway,hefoundsomeants,whowereverysadbecauseabearhaddestroyedtheiranthill(蚁冢，人群密集的地方).Theshoemakerhelpedthemrebuildit,andtheantsofferedtoreturnthefavor.Theshoemakerfollowedhiswayandfoundsomebeeswiththesameproblemastheants.Theyoungmanalsohelpedthem,andthebeespromisedtohelphiminthefuture.Furtheralong,t