给一个有意义，健康，简短，附有中文的英语小故事（最好在2分钟以内可以讲完的）

Question

在今天之内要搞定。。。急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急急~~~~~~~~~~~~~求求大家

Answer 1

One day, a rich father took his little son on a trip to the country. He wanted to show him the poverty in the world. They spent a day and a night at the farm of a very poor family.When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”“Very good, Dad!”“Did you see how the lives of the poor can be?” the father asked.“Yeah!”“And what did you learn?”After thinking for a moment, the son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, and they have a creek that has no end. We have electric lights in the garden, and they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, and they have a whole horizon.”When the little boy finished, his father was speechless. His son added, “Thanks, Dad, for showing how poor we are!”有一天，一个富爸爸带着小儿子到乡下旅行，想让他看看世界上的贫穷是什么样子。他们在一个非常贫穷的家庭的农场呆了一天一夜。旅行回来后，父亲问儿子：“旅行怎么样？”“很好，爸爸！”“你看到了穷人的日子是怎么过的吗？”父亲问。“看到了！”“那你学到了什么？”想了一会儿之后，儿子回答说：“我看到我们家养了一条狗，他们家养了4条狗；我们家的游泳池只通到花园中央，他们家有一条看不到头的小溪；我们在花园里安电灯，他们有满天星星；我们家的天井通到前院，他们拥有整个地平线。”小男孩说完后，他的父亲没有吭声。他的儿子又补充道：“谢谢你，爸爸，是你让我看到了我们是多么贫穷！”
Belling the cat(系铃于猫) Long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealing food. One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this, and some said that. At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea. "We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away." Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke. 从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。 一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。 “我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。” 大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢？”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。

Answer 2

Life is to be Whole
生命在于完整

Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

当一个圆变得残缺时，它拼命地想要变得完美无缺，于是踏上了寻找残片的旅程。然而，因为它并不是个完整的圆，所以它只能慢慢的向前滚动，它在一路上欣赏着野花伸展腰肢，倾听着小虫的细语，享受着阳光暖暖的打在身上。虽然在这一路上它找到许多各式各样的残片，但是却始终没有找到适合他的那一片。于是，它把他们丢在路边，继续前行。有一天，它终于找到了那片遗失的美丽。它欣喜若狂，为这份盼望已久的无瑕和美丽。于是，它迫不及待地将它添补到了自己的伤口上并且一路飞奔。现在它是一整个圆了，它的速度很快，快到无暇估计路边的野花，无法辨清细微的虫鸣。当它意识到“完美”已经让它和这个世界愈来愈远时，它停下了，默默地把那一片曾经梦寐以求的美丽放在了路边，然后慢慢前行。

The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.

我想，这一则寓言所说的正是“金无足赤人无完人”吧。一个完美的人，注定是一个可悲的人。他不知道渴望的感觉，没有对生活的希望，失去了人固有的灵魂而不能孕育梦想。他永远也不会了解给予与感恩所带给自己的那份难忘，或信仰。

There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.

一个真正“完美”的人是一个懂得和自己妥协的人，一个敢于放弃不切实际的梦想而英勇面对现实的人，一个不畏艰险，顽强拼搏，即使经历了如同失去挚友或亲人一般的悲痛任然能毅然挺立的人。

Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing. Life is not a spelling bee, where no matter how many words you’ve gotten right, you’re disqualified if you make one mistake. Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to. That, I believe, is what God asks of us --- not “Be perfect”, not “Don’t even make a mistake”, but “Be whole”.

生活不是上帝对我们的惩戒，所以犯错是在所难免的。它同样不像是拼写单词，不论你曾经有过多少次正确的经历，一次失败却也往往让你顿足捶胸。它更像是一季棒球联赛，强者千胜必有一败，弱者千败，必有一胜。关键在于怎样赢的更多，输的更少。当我们接受了人无完人的事实，我们便可以接纳生活，享受生活，这时我们也许便已经得到了别人梦寐以求的东西。我想，这便是上帝告诫我们的：“不要想着完美无缺”，不求做到“滴水不漏”，只求做一个“玩玩整整的人”。

If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another’s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.

如果我们有足够的勇气放手去爱，有足够宽广的胸怀去包容，有慷慨的心灵去为他人的美满而欣慰，有足够的智慧去感知身边的爱，那么我们就已经达到了万物渴望而不可及的境界，已经实现了那些可想而不可行的梦想。

Answer 3

The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子
A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。
这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸

Answer 4

Life Is The Coffee.(Copied from an exam paper)A group of old classmates ,who have succeed in their work,got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation soon turned to complaining about the stress in work and in life.Offering his guests coffee,the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and cups____china,plastic,glass,some plain looking ,some expensive,some lovely.The professor told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand,the professor said ,"Can you notice all the nice looking expensive cups were taken,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones?While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves,that is the source of your problems and stress."
"What all of you really wanted was the coffee,not the cup,but you went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups."
"Now think about this:life is coffee,and the jobs ,money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain life,and do not change the quality of life .Sometimes,by concentrating only on the cup,we fail to enjoy the coffee.So don't let the cups drive you,enjoy the coffee instead."
Let's try to enjoy our life ,we are sure to be happy every day!
中文你自己翻啦，很简单的

个人觉得这个也不错
Belling the cat(系铃于猫) Long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealing food. One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this, and some said that. At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea. "We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away." Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke. 从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。 一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。 “我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。” 大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢？”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。