英语哲理故事

篇一：中英文对照哲理小故事

上帝的咖啡

一群事业有成的同学回去看望他们的大学老师，很快他们开始抱怨生活和工作中的压力。 老师去厨房为客人们准备咖啡，回来时端着一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子，这些杯子有、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有的普通，有的昂贵，有的精致，老师让大家随意享用。 等每个人都端起一杯咖啡，老师说话了：你们注意到吗：所有好看昂贵的杯子都被用了，剩下那些朴素便宜的杯子。你们都只想要最好的，这很正常，这恰恰是你们的问题和压力所在。杯子不会让咖啡的质量变得更好，很多时候，只是让它变得更贵一些，甚至，有时候，让人忽略了到底我们在喝什么。你们真正想要的其实是咖啡，不是杯子，但你们有意识地去拿那些最好的杯子，随后开始打量其他人手上的杯子。

生活好比咖啡，工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子，只是生活的容器，而我们拥有的杯子既无法定义、也无法改变我们生活的质量。有时，由于我们只关心杯子，我们甚至不能够好好品尝上帝

上帝冲泡了咖啡，不是杯子。享受你们的咖啡吧。 最快乐的人们并不是因为他们拥有最好的一切，他们只是把一切当成最好。 简单地活着。仁慈地爱着。深深地关心着。友善地说话。 其他的，就留给上帝吧。

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups -, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, 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. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases 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 other's cups.

Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain 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 don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.

Leave the rest to God.

篇二：富有哲理的英文小故事

富有哲理的英文小故事

The House of 1000 Mirrors

Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself,“This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often.”

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to

himself,“That is a horrible place, and I will never go back

there again.”

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kinds of

reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

/ v. 跳跃?????bounce /

/ n. 门口???????doorway /

/ v.???wag / 摇摆

/ v. 咆哮?????growl /

/ v. 恐吓????????horrify /

/?????????reflection / n. 反射

参考译文 千镜之屋

很久以前的一个很远的小村庄里，有一个以“千镜屋”而著名的地方。一只乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观。当来到这个地方，他蹦蹦跳跳地上了台阶，来到房门口，高高地竖起耳朵，欢快地摇着尾巴，从门口往里张望，他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快地摇尾巴。他灿烂地微笑着，回报他的是1000张热情，友好的灿烂笑脸。离开时他心想：“这是一个精彩的地方，我一定要经常来参观。”

在这个村里还有另一只想参观“千镜屋”的小狗，他不及第一只小狗乐观，他慢吞吞地爬上台阶，然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看。一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他，他便开始冲他们狂吠，镜中的1000只

小狗也冲着他狂吠，把他给吓坏了，他在离开时心想：“这是一个恐怖的地方，我再也不会来了。”

世界上所有的脸都是镜子，在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么?

An angel wrote: 一位天使这样说

Many people will walk in and out of your life, 许多朋友进出你的生命，

but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.但是只有真正的朋友会在你的心中留下脚印。

To handle yourself, use your head; 要操控自己，用你的头﹔ To handle others, use your heart. 要指挥别人，用你的心。 Anger is only one letter short of danger. 生气和危险只有一字之隔。

If someone betrays you once, it's his fault; 如果别人背叛你一次，那是他的错﹔

If he betrarys you twice, it's your fault. 如果他背叛你二次，那是你的错。

Great minds discuss ideas; 心胸远大的人谈理想﹔

Average minds discuss events; 一般的人批评事情﹔ Small minds discuss people. 心胸狭小的人道人长短。 God gives every bird it's food, 上帝给每只小鸟她的食物， But He does not throw it into it's nest. 但是他不会把食物丢到她的巢

He who loses money, loses much; 失去金钱的人，失去很多﹔ He who loses a friend, loses more; 失去朋友的人，失去更多﹔

He who loses faith, loses all. 失去信心的人，失去所有。

Beautiful young people are acts of nature, 美丽的年轻人是天然形成，

But beautiful old people are works of art. 美丽的老年人才是艺术作品。

Learn from the mistakes of others. 从别人所患的错误中学习。

You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. 你不能活得那么长足以经历这一切。

The tongue weights practically nothing, 舌头的重量微不足道，

But so few people can hold it. 但少有人可控制它。 Friends, you and me... 你和我是朋友…

you brought another friend... 你带来另一位朋友… and then there were3... 我们就有三个朋友…

we started our group... 我们开始成为一个小组…

Our circle of friends... and like that circle... 就像一个圈圈… there is no beginning or end... 没有开始也没又结束

Yersterday is history, tomorrow is a mistery 昨日已成历史，明日不可预测

Today is a gift 今日是上帝的恩赐

Make each day the best of your life 让每一天成为你生命中最美好的一天

篇三：英语哲理故事

Good morning everyone .today i am tell you about a Philosophical story

Life's 5 handle the keys

In May 2001, American high school in Nevada Madison entrance exam out such a topic: bill. Gates desk drawer of five locking respectively, the wealth, interest, happiness, honorary five tags. Gates is always take only a key, and the other four in the drawer, which bring gates key? The other four by which several where a or drawer?

A just a name to the American continent students, happened to catch this exam, see this topic, once were to panic, because he does not know what is a language problem or a math problem. After the exam, he asked his sponsor - a member of the school. Director told him, it's a book of intelligent test, content is not, nor standard answer, everyone can freely according to their own understanding, but the answer right according to his views to a fraction.

The continent students in this way of nine points in 5 minutes. The teacher that he didn't answer a word, at least shows that he is honest, with little should give half of the score. But he couldn't understand, he answered the questions of the table, but scored, the answer is, gates pairs of wealth is the key on the drawer, the other key are in the drawer.

Later, the mainland students E__mail through the question back home, the student in the mail to students said, now I know already gates morality is the key, all answer this key, got the richest affirmation and appreciated if you would have a test. Maybe it will also get some inspiration.

Exactly how many classmates, we are not answer. But it is a smart students on the school website, Madison in this web page found on the bill. Gates to the firm. Letters written word: so you are most interested in things of life, and hide your secret. Revelation:

This is short story, but contain life philosophy. The last sentence "in interest you the most things in your life, and the secrets hidden, isn't it the article will reveal the truth?

人生的五把钥匙

2001年5月，美国内华达州的麦迪逊中学在入学考试时出了这样一道题目：比尔。盖茨的办公桌上有五个带锁的抽屉，分别贴着财富、兴趣、幸福、荣誉五个标签。盖茨总是只带一把钥匙，而把其他四把所在抽屉里，请问盖茨带的是哪一把钥匙？其他的四把所在哪一个或哪几个抽屉里？

一位刚一名到美国的大陆学生，恰巧赶上这场考试，看到这个题目后，一下慌了手脚，因为他不知道这到底是一道语文题还是一道数学题。考试结束后，他去问他的担保人——该校的一名理事。理事告诉他，那是一道智能测试题，内容不在书上，也没有标准答案，每个人都可根据自己的理解自由地回答，但是老师有权根据他的观点给一个分数。

那位大陆学生在这道9分的题上得了5分。老师认为，他没答一字，至少说明他是诚实的，凭着一点就应该給一半以上的分数。但让他不能理解的是，他的同桌回答了这个题目，却得了1分，同桌的答案是，盖茨带的是财富抽屉上的钥匙，其他的钥匙都所在这个抽屉里。

后来，那位大陆学生通过E__mail把这道题发回国内，那位学生在邮件中对同学说，现在我已知道盖茨到底是那一把钥匙，凡是回答这把钥匙的，都得到了这位大富豪的肯定和赞赏，你们是否愿意测试一下，说不定从中还会得到一些启发。

同学们到底给出了多少答案，我们不得而知。但是，据说有一位聪明的同学登上了美国麦迪逊中学的网页，他在该网页上发现了比尔。盖茨给该校的回函。函件上写着这么一句话：在你最感兴趣的事物上，隐藏着你人生的秘密。

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本文通过微软公司总裁比尔盖茨的五把钥匙中的一把——兴趣，形象而生动地告诉我们：人生成功的诀窍，就是干自己感兴趣的事，发挥自己的长处。比尔盖茨没有读完哈佛大学就经营电脑公司去了，他是及早发现自己兴趣，并决定发挥自己就长处的人。

文章虽短小，但蕴含人生哲理。最后一句“在你最感兴趣的事物上，隐藏着你人生的秘密”，不正是本文要揭示的道理吗？