英语寓言故事有哪些(3)

　　But half way through the dance he stopped her and said, "I'm sorry you're not good enough!"

　　但是她只跳了一半，团长就让她停下来，说道： ¨我很抱歉你跳得还不。

　　On hearing this Li Xie ran as fast as her legs could carry her and was ashamed. She gave up her dream.

　　听到这话，李协非常羞愧，拼命地跑开了。从此，她放弃了梦想。

　　Many years later, she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again.

　　多年以后，她听说原来那个芭蕾舞团又一次来到她家乡演出。

　　Bitter memories of the leader's harsh words came flooding back to her.

　　团长尖刻的话语涌上心头，这是一次痛苦的记忆。

　　This time she was determined to find out Why the leader had told her she was not good enough when all her teachers thought otherwise.

　　这次她决定向团长问个究竟，为什么别的老师都认为她跳得很好，而他却不这样认为。

　　This was his reply, "I tell this to every student." She angrily shot back, "You've ruined my life!一 Then she got a further shock, "

　　团长回答道：u我对每个学生都这样说。¨她生气地反驳说：“可是你毁了我的一生!”团长的回话让她更震惊了：

　　I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers but you carried on bravery.

　　“我记得你送的玫瑰，刺戤到了你的手指，而你却勇敢地继续表演。

　　If you only had treated bal}et like that and did not give up so easily; therefore, you still deserve my verdict! "

　　如果你能以那种精神对待芭蕾舞，就不会轻易放弃了。因此，我的意见对你仍然受用。¨　　英语寓言故事：功亏一篑

　　Once a man planned to build a terrace1.

　　He worked very hard and spent a lot of time digging and carrying earth.　　When the mound2 was almost completed and only one more basket of earth was needed, the man gave up.

　　The terrace was never completed.

　　This idiom means to fail to succeed for lack of final effort.

　　古时，有一个人要筑一座九仞(八尺=一仞)高的山。

　　他十分努力的建造这座山，并且花了很多时间挖土、搬运泥土。

　　终于当山快要建成的时候，几乎只差最后一篮子的泥土就行了的时候，他放弃了。

　　这座山便永远无法完工。

　　这个典故用以形容“离成功只有一步之遥，但最终失败告终”的意思。