英語(yǔ)文章閱讀第一篇：BetterlatethanneverOnceuponatime,someoneraisedasheep.Onemorning,hefoundasheepmissing.Aftercarefulexamination,hefoundthatthesheepfoldhadbrokenahole.Atnight,thewolfcameinandtookoneofthesheep.Theneighbouradvisedhim,"Repairthesheepfoldandplugthehole!"Themanrefusedtoaccepttheadviceandanswered,"What'sthesheepdoingwhenthey'velostit?"Thenextmorning,hefoundanothersheepmissing.Originally,thewolfcameinfromtheholeandtookasheep.Heregrettedthathehadnotlistenedtohisneighbour'sadvice,sohequicklyblockedtheholeandrepairedthesheepfold.Sincethen,wolvescannolongergetintothesheepfoldtocatchsheep.Thestorytellsus:makeamistake,suffersetbacks,itisacommonphenomenon.Aslongascanlearnseriously,totakeremedialmeasuresintime,canavoidcontinuetomakemistakes,suffergreaterlosses.翻譯：亡羊補(bǔ)牢從前，有人養(yǎng)了一圈羊。一天早晨，他發(fā)現(xiàn)少了一只羊，仔細(xì)一查，原來(lái)羊圈破了個(gè)窟窿，夜間狼鉆進(jìn)來(lái)，把羊叼走了一只。鄰居勸他說(shuō)：“趕快把羊圈修一修，堵上窟窿吧！”那個(gè)人不肯接受勸告，回答說(shuō)：“羊已經(jīng)丟了，還修羊圈干什么？”第二天早上，他發(fā)現(xiàn)羊又少了一只。原來(lái)，狼又從窟窿中鉆進(jìn)來(lái)，叼走了一只羊。他很后悔自己沒(méi)有聽(tīng)從鄰居的勸告，便趕快堵上窟窿，修好了羊圈。從此，狼再也不能鉆進(jìn)羊圈叼羊了。這個(gè)故事告訴我們：犯了錯(cuò)誤，遭到挫折，這是常見(jiàn)的現(xiàn)象。只要能認(rèn)真吸取教訓(xùn)，及時(shí)采取補(bǔ)救措施，就可以避免繼續(xù)犯錯(cuò)誤，遭受更大的損失。第二篇：DrawaSnakeandAddFeettoItLonglongago,severalpeoplehadajarofwineamongthemandallofthemwantedtodrinkitbyhimself.Sotheysetarulethateveryonewoulddrawasnakeonthegroundandthemanwhofinishedfirstwouldhavethewine.Onemanfinishedhissnakeverysoonandhewasabouttodrinkthewinewhenhesawtheotherswerestillbusydrawing,sohedecidedtodrawthefeettothesnake.However,beforehecouldfinishthefeet,anothermanfinishedandgrabbedthejarfromhim,saying,"Whohaseverseenasnakewithfeet?"Thestoryof"DrawasnakeandaddfeettoIt."tellsusgoingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough.翻譯：畫(huà)蛇添足古時(shí)幾個(gè)人分一壺酒。他們都想獨(dú)自喝完那壺酒，所以就定了一個(gè)規(guī)矩：每人在地上畫(huà)一條蛇，誰(shuí)畫(huà)得最快，這壺酒就歸誰(shuí)。有一個(gè)人很快就把蛇畫(huà)好了。他正打算喝這壺酒時(shí)，看見(jiàn)別人都還在忙著畫(huà)，就決定給蛇再畫(huà)上幾只腳。結(jié)果，他的蛇腳還沒(méi)加完，另一個(gè)人已經(jīng)把蛇畫(huà)好了。那人一下把酒壺奪了過(guò)去，說(shuō)："有誰(shuí)見(jiàn)過(guò)長(zhǎng)腳的蛇?"。這個(gè)故事告訴我們這樣的道理：做得過(guò)分和做得不夠都是不對(duì)的。第三篇：大力神與車(chē)夫Awaggonerwasoncedrivingaheavyloadonaverymuddyroad.一名車(chē)夫趕著貨車(chē)沿著一條非常泥濘的小路前行。Suddenlythewheelsofthewagonsankintothemire,andthehorsecouldnotpullthemout.突然，馬車(chē)的輪子陷入了泥潭，馬無(wú)法將它們拉出來(lái)。Thewaggonerthrewdownhiswhip.HekneltdownandprayedtoHercules.“Hercules,helpme,please,“hesaid.車(chē)夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出現(xiàn)，“大力神啊，請(qǐng)來(lái)幫助我?！彼f(shuō)。ButHerculesappearedtohim,a