寓言故事是文学体裁的一种。指含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事。它的结构简短，多用借喻手法，使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单的故事中体现。小编精心为你整理了预言故事话题英语阅读，希望对你有所借鉴作用哟。

　　英语寓言经典小故事(一)

　　The swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a place on the roof of the hall for their nests.The mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasure, which assumes a scene of peace and harmony.But they have never thought of the following scene: the chimney at the top of the kitchen might break, the fire might leap up to the roof and the burning purling might destroy their nests.

　　But those swallows and sparrows are unmindful of the coming disaster.

　　They go on with their superficial happiness brought by peace and calm.

　　燕雀处室

　　燕雀为拥有屋顶下面的一个位置而欣慰不已。母鸟用叼来的食物喂养啁啾鸣叫的幼鸟，整个儿是一派欢乐自得的祥和景象。

　　它们完全没有考虑到：炉灶上的烟囱有可能会炸裂，火苗将会窜上屋梁，烧着的椽将会摧毁它们的巢穴。

　　不知大祸将要降临到自己头上的燕雀们正在安然自若地品味这表面上的安宁所带来的幸福。

　　英语寓言经典小故事(二)

　　A great mountain大山

　　Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake.People came from far and near to see what would happen."A great river will be born." said one."Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will come out." said another.

　　"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third.Finally, after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped --- a mouse.Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.

　　很久以前，一座大山隆隆作响，摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。

　　一个人说："要出现一条大河了。"

　　另一个人说："准会出现一条巨龙。"

　　第三个人说："从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。"

　　等了几天之后，山坡上终于裂开一条小缝，却蹦出来一只耗子。

　　正因为某人大肆张扬，所以他没有什么了不起。

　　英语寓言经典小故事(三)

　　A MAN who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic feats he had performed in the different places he had visited. Among other things, he said that when he was at Rhodes he had leaped to such a distance that no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that, there were in Rhodes many persons who saw him do it and whom he could call as witnesses. One of the bystanders interrupted him, saying: "Now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. Suppose this to be Rhodes, and leap for us."

　　有个去过国外旅游的人回国后大肆吹嘘他在别的很多城市的丰功伟绩。其中，他就说道，他在罗德岛曾跳得很远，连奥林匹克的冠军都不能与他抗衡。他还说那些当时在场观看的人们若能到这里来，就可以给他作证。这时，旁边的一个人对他说：“喂，朋友，如果这一切是真的，根本不需要什么证明人。你把这里当作是罗德岛，你跳吧！”

　　A farmer can’t read or write. One day he asks a man to write a letter for him. He wants to post the letter to his uncle.

　　“I can’t write you letter,” says the man, “Because I have a bad leg.”

　　“Sir,” says the farmer, “I know, but I can’t see what a bad leg has to do with writing a letter.”

　　“It has much to do with it,” says the man, “because I can’t walk so far and read the letter to you uncle.”

　　“What do you mean, sir?” says the farmer. “His son can read it to him. Why do you need to read if for him?”

　　“Don’t you understand,” answers the man, “that only I can read what I write?”