2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Athena
On one occasion Zeus suffered a bad headache．All the gods，including Apollo，the god of medicine
，had tried uselessly to offer an effective treatment
．Then the father of gods and men a

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Helen
Helen was the most beautiful woman of the world．She was an infamous lady．She lighted the flames of the Trojan war and brought extreme destruction on the city of Troy．Helen was the daughte

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Niobe
Niobe，the queen of Thebes，had indeed good reason to be proud of her herself ．Both her father and mother were gods．Her husband was a capable and outstanding musician．And she was both wea

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Hermes And Argus

Argus was a watchman with a hundred eyes，set in a circle all around his head．When he slept，he closed only two eyes at a time；the other ninety-eight were always wideopen．So i

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Theseus
Just as Heracles was the chief hero of Peloponnesus，so Theseus was the most famous half god of Attlca．His father was king Aegeus of Athens and his mother a princess of Troezen．When he w

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Acrisius

Acrisius，king of Argos，was Hypermnestra' s grandson．He had one beautiful daughter， Danae by name． So much did he love her that he decided not to remarry after the death of his wife．

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

The Trojan War

At a wedding party Eris， the goddess of discord， threw a golden apple bearing the words“For the fairest！” Hera，Athena and Aphrodite，each wanting to get it for hers

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Achilles

Achilles felt proud of his parentage．His grandfather was noted for his justice and uprightness and became a judge in Hades after death． His father Peleus was a brave warrior and later

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Oedipus
A prophet warned King Laius of Thebes that because he had married his cousin Jocasta，he would be killed by his son．To avoid the disaster，he ordered his loyal shepherd to kill his newbor

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller 　A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house.
One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and
live with him, saying that they shou

2008-03-22 所属栏目:英语故事

The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊
WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Frog Prince英汉对照In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

Prometheus英汉对照There once lived a race of huge giants called Titans. These giants were fierce, violent, and lawless-always fighting among themselves and against Zeus, the king of the gods.
One o

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Wicked Prince
这篇小故事最初发表于１８４０年１０月在哥本哈根出版的《沙龙》杂志上。安徒生在他的手记中说，这是一个在民间口头上流传的故事，他记得很清楚。于是，就写成一篇童话，把这个故事的这样内涵意

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

Momotaro文章背景《桃太郎》是日本童话故事中最受儿童喜爱的一篇古老童话。虽然经历了很多世纪后，故事的讲述形式和内容略有变动，但是大多数版本都紧紧地围绕着同样的主题：一对无儿无女的老夫妇意外地在一颗桃子

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Flying Trunk(1)　The Flying Trunk背景知识（１８３９年）
这是一个阿拉伯的故事，在《一千零一夜》中可以找到它的原形。但安徒生却作了不同的处理，把它和现实的人生与世态结合了起来：那个商人的儿子的钱花

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

A Leaf from HeavenHans Christian Andersen
A Leaf from Heaven背景知识 （１８５５年）
这篇作品首先发表在１８５５年出版的新版《故事集》里。它是安徒生有所感而写的，而且主要牵涉到

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Water of life (1)Once upon a time there was a king who was ill, and no one thought his life could be saved. But he had three sons, and they were sad about this and went down into the palace gar

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Flying Trunk<2>Hans Christian Andersen
(1838)
“'Yes, of course,' said the matches, 'let us talk about those who are the highest born.' “'No, I don't like to be always talking

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Three Snake-leaves英汉对照Once upon a time there was a poor man who could no longer afford to keep his only son. So his son said:" Dear father, you have fallen on very hard times and I'm a

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Water Of Life(2)After that they boarded a ship and sailed over the sea. During the voyage the two elder brothers said to each other:" Our youngest brother found the Water of Life and we di

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Magic Mill英汉对照A long time ago, far, far away, there lived two brothers. One of them was quite rich: the other was very poor. The rich brother lived on a little island; he was a seller of sa

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

The Seven Ravens英汉对照There was a man who had seven sons, but he had no daughter, greatly though he longed for one. At last his wife told him that they could again expect a child and, sure enough

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

Fighting in the Bottomless Cave When Tang Priest and his three disciples come to Mount Pitfall there is a female mouse spirit there. As soon as she sees Tang Priest she falls in love with him. Sinc

2008-03-21 所属栏目:英语故事

Tang Priest and his three disciples traveled westward. One night， they arrived at the Tongtian River， which was 800kilometers wide with torrential waters. They had to put up for the night in a ne