寓言是用比喻性的故事来寄托意味深长的道理，给人以启示的文学体裁，字数不多，但言简意赅。故事的主人公可以是人，也可以是拟人化的动植物或其它事物。该词最早见于《庄子》，在春秋战国时代兴起，后来成为文学作品的一种体裁。以下是学历学位网整理的相关资料，望对您有所帮助。

【篇一】

A bird was confined in a cage outside a window. She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.

One night a bat came. He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.

The bird answered, “Last year when I was singing in the daytime, a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.”

The bat replied, "But it is useless to do this now that you have become a prisoner." Then he flew away.

金丝雀与蝙蝠

●挂在窗口笼里的金丝雀，经常在鸟儿睡着的夜里歌唱。

●一天晚上，蝙蝠来了，飞过来问她为什么白天安静无声，夜里却要歌唱。

●金丝雀回答说：“去年我在白天唱歌时，捕鸟人听到我的歌声抓住了我。从此，我再也不在白天唱歌了。”

●蝙蝠说：“你现在才懂得谨慎已没用了，你若在变为囚徒之前就懂得，那该多好呀!”说完就飞走了。

寓意: 我们应该在危险发生之前就提高警觉，因为危险一旦发生，我们再怎样小心也没有用了

【篇二】

A clever Old Man

一个聪明的老人

Sam is an old man. He likes walking in the street after supper. And he goes home at seven o’clock.

萨姆是一个老人。他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步，然后7点钟回家。

But a car stops at his house tonight. A policeman helps him get out. Then he tells Sam’s wife， “The old man got lost in the street. He asked me to take him home in the car.”

但是，今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前。一名警察帮助他下了车，然后他告诉萨姆的妻子： “这位老人在街上迷路了。他让我用汽车送他回来。”

After the policeman leaves， his wife asks， “Sam， you go to that street every night. How can you get lost?”

警察离开后，他妻子问道：“萨姆，你每天晚上都去那条街，你怎么会迷路呢?”

“I am not lost. I just don’t want to go home on foot.” Sam answers.

“我没有迷路。我只是不想走路回家。”萨姆回答道。

【篇三】

Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on, to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, ;The dew.; The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

驴听见蚱蜢啾啾的叫声，非常高兴;和，也想拥有这种美妙的旋律，要求他们靠吃什么，给了他们如此美妙的声音。他们回答说，露水。驴子便也只以露水为食，并在短时间内死于饥饿。