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1、2023年英文小故事哲理篇与幽默篇 哲理篇 The Help from the God A small village came into a very large storm, and floods began to submerge the whole village.A priest prayed in the church when the flood submerged his knees Lifeguard came to the church driving a sampan： Father, come here as soon as poible！Otherwise you w

2、ill drown in the flood！ The priest said： No！I am confident that God will save me, please go to save others But soon, the water rose to the priests chest, and the priest had to stand on the altar At this time, a police drove to the priest with a speedboat：Father, hurry up, otherwise you will be drown

3、ed！ The priest said： No, I would like to keep my church.I believe that God will save meYoud better to save others. After a while, the floods have submerged the entire church.The priest had no choice but to firmly grasp the top of the Cro ChurchA helicopter flied over slowly, and the pilot dropped a

4、rope ladder：Father, hurry up, this is the last chance! But the priest said: No, I would like to keep my church！God will save me”The stubborn priest was finally drowned.In the heaven, the priest asked the God angrily：Lord, I devoted my whole life to serving you, why you refuse to help me！ God said： T

5、he first time, I sent a sampan to rescue you, but you didnt get on .I think you are not satisfied with the sampan；the second time, I sent a speedboat, you refuse it again；the third time, I send a helicopter to rescue you, but also you are unwilling to accept it.Therefore, I thought you wanted to com

6、e back to my side. In fact, there are many obstacles in life chiefly coming from our stubbornne and ignoranceWhen others give us a hand, do not forget, only we accept it, can they help us！ Gods Coffee A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old profeor.Con

7、versation soon turned into complaints about stre in work and life.The profeor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an aortment of cupstelling them to help themselves.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the profeor said: If you noticed, all the nice looking e

8、xpensive cups were taken up, while the plain and cheap ones are left on the table.It is normal for you to have only the best for yourselves, which is the source of your problems and stre.Be aured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.In most cases it is just more expensive and in some ca

9、ses even hides what we drink.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups.And then you began eyeing each others cups.Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contai

10、n Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. God brews the coffee, not the cups.Enjoy your coffee! The happiest people dont have the best of everything.They ju

11、st make the best of everything. Live simply.Love generously.Care deeply.Speak kindly.Leave the rest to God. Pebbles and diamonds Why do we have to learn about these usele things? This is what teachers have heard students complain about most commonly.In such cases, we may tell the students such a fab

12、le: One night, a group of nomadic tribes of herdsmen was preparing to break camp, all of a sudden, a bunch of bright light shrouded.They knew that God would be there, so that they looked forward to getting wishes from God. God began to speak: You have to collect along the way a number of pebbles.Tom

13、orrow night, you will be very happy, but you can also be regretted. Then God disappeared.Herdsmen were very disappointed, because they would look forward to God to bring them untold wealth and health and longevity, but they did not expect that God had told them to do all these meaningle things.Howev

14、er, in any case, after all, that was Gods will, although there were some diatisfaction, they were still picking over some stones, In this way, they took a day, when night fell, they camped.All of a sudden, they found that all the pebbles they picked had turned into diamonds.They were delighted, at t

15、he same time, they felt very sorry, and regretted that they did not collect more pebbles. Now we feel that knowledge is usele, like pebbles, in the future, they may become endle wealth. Sand and Stone The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert.During some point of the journey th

16、ey had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the face. They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.The one who had been

17、slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life. The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write

18、on a stone.Why? The other friend replied: When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgivene can erase it away.But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it. The Nail There was a little boy with a bad temper.His f

19、ather gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down.He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finall

20、y the day came when the boy didnt lose his temper at all.He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days paed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.The fath

21、er took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.He said, You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.The fence will never be the same.When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.It wont matter how many times

22、you say Im sorry, the wound is still there.A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed.They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.Show your friends how much you

23、care. Five Keys in life In May, 2023, American Nevada state Madison middle schools entrance examination set such a topic: On the Bill Gates desk there are 5 locked drawers, respectively representing wealth, interest, happine, honor, and succe.Gates always only have one key, and the other 4 are locke

24、d in the drawers.Which key does Gates take? One immigrated mainland student had flustered after he saw this topic, because he did not know whether it was a language question or a mathematics one.When the test finished, he asked his guarantor.The director told him that the answer was not in the books

25、, and there were no standard answers.The mainland student got 9 points.He didnt answer the question, but the teacher believed that, at least he was honest.At last, we know which key Gates takes in Gates writing in reply for this school.What does he write? The letter reads: the secret of your life is

26、 hiding behind what you are interested in. 幽默篇 A Fine Match One day a lady saw a mouse running acro her kitchen floor.She was very afraid of mouse, so she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops.There she bought a mousetrap.The shopkeeper said to her, Put some cheese in it and you

27、 will soon catch that mouse. The lady went home with her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in it.She did not want to go back to the shop, because it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap. Surprisingly

28、, the picture of the cheese was quite succeful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese! He Was Only Wrong by Two Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an Amercian college, and he was always trying to find g

29、ood players, but they werent always smart enough to be accepted by the college. One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the dean of the college and asked that the student be allowed to enter without an examination.Well, the dean said after some persuasion, Id better ask him a few ques

30、tions first. Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions, but the student didnt know any of the answers. At last the dean said, Well, whats five times seven? The student thought for a long time and then answered, Thirty-six. The dean threw up his hands and looked at the coac

31、h in despair, but the coach said earnestly, Oh, please let him in, sir! He was only wrong by two. Napoleon Was Ill Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history profeor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the u

32、niversity.However, his father decided that he would go to see the profeor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year. Hes a good boy, said Jacks father, and if you let him pa this time, Im sure hell improve a lot next year and pa the examinations at the end of it really well. No

33、, no, thats quite impoible, replied the profeor immediately.Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, he didnt know! Please, sir, give him another chance, said Jacks father.You see, Im afraid we dont take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill. Be

34、 Careful What You Wish For A couple had been married for 25 years and they were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each. The wife

35、 wanted to travel around the world.The fairy waved her hand, and Boom! She had the tickets in her hand. Next, it was the husbands turn.He paused for a moment, then said shyly, Well, Id like to have a woman 30 years younger than me. The fairy picked up her wand, and Boom! He was ninety. Midway Tactic

36、s Three competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a mall.Observers waited for mayhem to ensue. The retailer on the right put up huge signs saying, Gigantic Sale! and Super Bargains! The store on the left raised bigger signs proclaiming, Prices Slashed! and Fantastic Discounts! The owner in th

37、e middle then prepared a large sign that simply stated, ENTRANCE. That man knows the future Nasreddin was cutting a branch of a tree in his garden.While he was sawing, another man paed in the street.He stopped and said, Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down

38、with it. He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree. Nasreddin said nothing.He thought, This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do. The man conti

39、nued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it. My God! he cried.That man knows the future! and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live.But the man had gone. A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.What did you do with the mo

40、ney I gave you yesterday? I gave it to a poor old woman, he answered.Youre a good boy, said the mother proudly.Here are two cents more.But why are you so interested in the old woman? She is the one who sells the candy. Drunk One day, a father and his little son were going home.At this age, the boy w

41、as interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions.Now, he asked, Whats the meaning of the word Drunk, dad? Well, my son, his father replied, look, there are standing two policemen.If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk. But, dad, the boy said, Theres only ONE police

42、man! Hospitality The hoste apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese.The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guests plate.The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then s

43、aid: You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny.Where did you find the cheese? In the rat-trap, sir, replied the boy. How many children will I have Four best friends met at the hospital since their wives were giving births to their babies.The nurse comes up to the first man and says, Congratu

44、lations, you got twins. The man said How strange, Im the manager of Minnesota Twins. After a while the nurse comes up to the second man and says, Congratulations, you got triplets. Man was like Hmmm, strange I worked as a director for the 3 musketeers. Finally, the nurse comes up to the third man an

45、d says Congratulations, you got twins x2. Man is happy and says, Ironic, I work for the hotel 4 Seasons. All three of them are happy until they see their last buddy jumping all over the place, cursing God and banging his head on the wall.They asked him whats wrong and he answered, Whats wrong? I wor

46、k for 7up! Youre not going to make it Gravely ill, a man went to the doctor with his wife.After the examination the physician motioned for the wife to meet him in the hallway. Your husband is very sick, the doctor said, but there are three things you can do to ensure his survival.First, fix him thre

47、e healthful, delicious meals a day.Next, give him a stre-free environment, and dont complain about anything.Finally, make paionate love to him every day. On the drive home the husband asked, What did the doctor say? Im sorry, she said, but youre not going to make it. A lawyers dog A lawyers dog， running about unleashed， beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast.Butcher goes to lawyers office and asks， “if a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat fr