姥姥讲故事Grandma's story in Chinese

这则成语相关的典故最早出现在《庄子·山木》中，衍生典故出现在汉朝刘向的《说苑·正谏》中。螳螂捕捉蝉，却不知道黄雀在它后面正想吃它，比喻为了利益损害别人，而不知道有人跟着算计他。 The story related to this idiom first appeared in "Zhuangzi·Shanmu" (3rd century BC), and "Shuoyuan·Zhengjian" by Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty (1st century BC). The mantis catches the cicada, but does not know that the oriole...

小兔子暂时没有了丝带，却有了那么多好朋友，还有真蝴蝶为她当蝴蝶结呢！这个故事让孩子们懂得分享的乐趣。 The little bunny lost his ribbon, but got many good friends, and a real butterfly as a bow for her! This story teaches children the joy of sharing.

这个故事出自一千零一夜。人类可以获得的资源是有限的，房子不是造得越大越好，生活不是越奢侈越好。哪怕是至高无上的帝王，都不能不节制自己的欲望，如果不珍惜民力，不爱惜资源，终究也会受到惩罚。 This story is from One Thousand and One Nights. The resources available to human beings are limited. Even the supreme emperor needs to control his own desires. If he does not cherish the resources and people's wor...

昨天我们听了伊索寓言里乌鸦喝水的故事。在这个故事里，乌鸦用了老方法，可是为什么没有喝到水呢？老经验是有用的，但如果情况变了，还照搬老经验，就很可笑了。 Yesterday we listened to Aesop's fable about the crow drinking water. In this story, the crow used the old method, but why wasn't it able to drink the water? Old experience is useful, but if the situation changes, it is ridiculous to copy the old ex...

小朋友知道乌鸦的办法是怎样让水面升高的吗？可以做个实验看一看！遇到困难的时候，应该像故事里的乌鸦那样，尽量想办法解决问题。 How did crow raises the water surface? We can do an experiment and show it to our children. When encounter difficulties, we should try our best to find a way to solve the problem, just like the crow in this story.

尽管蟋蟀看不起小青虫，不让它听音乐，但是小青虫始终不放弃音乐，不放弃自己的梦想，它终于变成了美丽的蝴蝶，能够与音乐共舞。 Although the cricket looked down on the little caterpillar and did not let it listen to music, the little caterpillar never gave up on music and never gave up its dream. It finally turned into a beautiful butterfly and could dance with the music. 作者：冰波

这则成语出自《韩非子·难一》，比喻行事或言语先后不相应、互相抵触。 This idiom comes from "Han Feizi" (3rd century BC). It refers to actions or words that are inconsistent and contradict each other.

梅花鹿和山羊是最好的朋友，可是在危机的时刻，它却丢下朋友不管了。这样的事只需发生一次，就会永远失去朋友的信任。 Sika deer and goat are best friends. But in a dangerous situation, the sika deer left its friend behind. It only needs to happen once, to lose the trust of the friend forever. 作者：薛贤荣

这个故事出自《格林童话》，年轻勇敢的小伙子不仅在好运的眷顾下逆转了自己的命运，更是靠智慧和勇气赢得了众人的尊敬。 This story comes from "Grimm's Fairy Tales". The young and brave man not only reversed his own destiny under the blessing of good luck, but also won the respect of everyone with his wisdom and courage.

乌鸦为什么会受狐狸的骗呢？世上有不少骗子，他们的骗术并不一定高明，为什么总有人受骗？受骗的人都像乌鸦一样，吃了虚荣和贪婪的亏。 Why are crows deceived by foxes? There are many liars in the world, and their tricks are not necessarily brilliant. Why are there always people who are deceived? Those who are deceived because of vanity and greed, just like the raven.

萤火虫一整天都在找朋友，可是为什么一个朋友都没有找到呢？听了这个故事，小朋友会明白，一个从不愿为朋友付出的人，是很难找到好朋友的。 The firefly was looking for friends all day, but why didn't it find any friend? After listening to this story, children will understand that, if a person is never willing to help others, it's difficult for him to find a good friend.

俗语说：一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃。这是一个看起来浅显，却很有哲理的故事。根据这个俗语，上海美术电影制片厂在1980年拍了一部动画电影，在当时获得了很多大奖。 As the saying goes: One monk carries water by himself, two monks carry water together, and three monks have no water. This is a simple but philosophical story. According to this saying, Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio made an...

公鸡凯文最大的烦恼是不能在早上打鸣。小朋友有没有烦恼呢？如果有什么事做得老不如别的小朋友好，你可能也会烦恼吧？听了这个故事，就不用再烦恼了。每个人都有自己擅长做的事，对自己有信心是最重要的。 Cock Kevin was upset about not being able to crow in the morning. But in the end he realized, everyone has something they are good at. Having confidence in themselves is the most important thing. 作者：妮娜.阿...

这则成语出自《庄子·天运》，比喻模仿别人，不但模仿不好，反而出丑。 This idiom comes from "Zhuangzi: Heaven's Fortune" (3rd century BC). It is a metaphor for imitating others, and ending up with making fool of oneself.

蜘蛛想去吃大餐，可是两顿它都不想错过，最后他想出一个办法…… The spider wanted to eat a big feast, and didn't want to miss any of the two meals, and finally came up with a way... 出自：加纳童话

巨人有一个美丽的花园。他不让孩子们走进他的花园，结果花园永远都是冬天…… The giant has a beautiful garden. He doesn't let any children into his garden. As the results, the garden is always in winter... 作者：王尔德（英国） Author: Oscar Wilder

风和太阳比赛。风用尽力气却不能达到目的，而太阳温和的方法很轻松就达到了目的。 The wind and the sun had a competition. The wind exerts all its strength and failed. However the gentle method of the sun achieves its purpose with ease.

美洲虎和猫学习了很多本领。它不但不感激猫，还想把猫吃掉！然而猫很聪明…… The jaguar learned a lot from the cat. It does not appreciate the cat, and wanted to eat the cat! But the cat was smart... 作者：简.R.阿迪尔（巴拉圭）

泼水节是中国傣族，以及泰语民族和东南亚地区最盛大的传统节日。 The water-sprinkling (or Songkran) festival is the grandest traditional festival of the Dai people in China, as well as the Thai-speaking people in many Southeast Asian countries.

森林里的动物们要装饰圣诞树，为了谁来贡献装饰品，它们争论不休。忽然大家发现了蜘蛛…… The animals in the forest wanted to decorate the Christmas tree. They argued about who should contribute the decorations. Suddenly they saw the spider... 出处：墨西哥童话

这个成语源自《呂氏春秋》中记述的一则寓言，比喻死守教条，拘泥成法，固执不变通的人。 This idiom comes from a fable described in "Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals" (3rd century BC). It is a metaphor for a person who sticks to the law, and is stubborn and inflexible.

这是一首幽默的儿童诗。小耗子都听了哪些动物哄睡的歌谣呢？ This is a humorous children's poem. Which animals do you find in the poem? 作者：马尔夏克（俄罗斯） Author: Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (Russia)

天鹅湖是柴可夫斯基于1875年-1876年间为莫斯科帝国歌剧院所作的芭蕾舞剧。讲述了被巫师变成天鹅的少女和王子的爱情故事。 Swan Lake is a ballet performed by Tchaikovsky for the Moscow Imperial Opera in 1875-1876. It tells the love story between a prince and a girl who was turned into a swan by a wizard.

得到能下金蛋的鸡，却因为想更快的得到金蛋而把鸡杀了。人如果太贪婪，永远不会得到好结果。 A couple got a hen that can lay golden eggs. But they wanted to get eggs faster and killed the hen. Greedy people lose everything in the end.

这个幽默的小故事大家都太熟悉啦。它还适合讲给刚学说话的孩子听。 This is a well-known humorous little story. Good for teaching little children to speak.