英语幽默故事比赛英语作文【优秀20篇】

尊敬的各位领导老师，亲爱的同学们：

大家好！我是6号选手，三年级二班的白佳鑫。

我在小的时侯，就经常听大人们说：“学雷锋，做好事”。当时我不明白，做好事就是做好事，为什么前面加一个“学雷锋”呢？上学以后，在三月五日这天，老师说：“这是一个特别的日子，是“学雷锋日”。从那天起，我终于知道了雷锋叔叔。

雷锋，原名雷振兴，出生在湖南望城一个贫苦的农民家庭里，更不幸的是，万恶的旧社会逼得雷锋家破人亡，他的父母和兄弟都相继去世了，雷锋七岁就成了一个孤儿，然而，这些苦难却让雷锋和同样贫苦的乡亲们成了“亲人”，事事为“亲人们”着想，还经常帮“亲人们”。解放后的雷锋参了军，他依然处处为别人着想，有需要帮助的人他总会毫不犹豫走上前去……1962年，雷锋因公牺牲年仅22岁。雷锋虽然已经离开了我们，但是依然激励这我们。

钱师傅是杭州钢铁公司北苑的居民，是“爱心天天行服务站”的副站长。有人做好事不留名，可钱师傅却不一样，他大大方方地告诉大家：“有事来找我，我随时候着。”雷锋说过，一个人做好事不难，难的是一辈子做好事。而“活雷锋”钱师傅，退休后已经为大家服务了9年多。他说，只要身体吃得消，这个活雷锋他愿意一直当下去。他的手机号居民们全都知道，有事挂个电话，不一会就能等来乐空巢老人要去挂点滴等等，大事小事他全管，全是义务劳动。他就是这样用自己的热情谱写了雷锋精神。传承雷锋精神的可不只有钱师傅一人。就在今年的3月1人，在广州西提码头，有一位市民不慎掉落珠江，路过此地的武警郑益龙挺身而出，跳入珠江，将市民救起，自己却被激流冲走，不幸牺牲，他用生命篆刻了雷锋精神。

雷锋曾说过：“人民的困难，就是我的困难，帮助人民克服困难贡献自己的一点力量，是我应尽的责任。”最美女教师、最美司机、最美乡村医生，那些最美中国人，都在弘扬着雷锋精神！让我们携起手来，共同学习雷锋，来做一个有道德的人吧！

这个成语来源于东汉。应劭《风俗通义》，时北壁上有悬赤弩，照于杯，形如蛇。宣畏恶之，然不敢不饮。

有一年夏天，县令应郴请主簿（办理文书事务的官员）杜宣来饮酒。酒席设在厅堂里，北墙上悬挂着一张红色的弓。由于光线折射，酒杯中映入了弓的影子。杜宣看了，以为是一条蛇在酒杯中蠕动，顿时冷汗涔涔。但县令是他的上司，又是特地请他来饮酒的，不敢不饮，所以硬着头皮喝了几口。仆人再斟时，他借故推却，起身告辞走了。回到家里，杜宣越来越疑心刚才饮下的是有蛇的酒，又感到随酒入口的蛇在肚中蠕动，觉得胸腹部疼痛异常，难以忍受，吃饭、喝水都非常困难。

家里人赶紧请大夫来诊治。但他服了许多药，病情还是不见好转。

过了几天，应郴有事到杜宣家中，问他怎么会闹病的，杜宣便讲了那天饮酒时酒杯中有蛇的事。应郴安慰他几句，就回家了。他坐在厅堂里反复回忆和思考，弄不明白杜宣酒杯里怎么会有蛇的。

突然，北墙上的那张红色的弓引起了他的注意。他立即坐在那天杜宣坐的位置上，取来一杯酒，也放在原来的位置上。结果发现，酒杯中有弓的影子，不细细观看，确实像是一条蛇在蠕动。应郴马上命人用马车把杜宣接来，让他坐在原位上，叫他仔细观看酒杯里的影子，并说：“你说的杯中的蛇，不过是墙上那张弓的倒影罢了，没有其他什么怪东西。现在你可以放心了！”

杜宣弄清原委后，疑虑立即消失，病也很快痊愈了。

一位著名企业家在作报告，一位听众问：“你在事业上取得了巨大的成功，请问，对你来说，最重要的是什么?”

企业家没有直接回答，他拿起粉笔在黑板上画了一个圈，只是并没有画圆满，留下一个缺口。他反问道：“这是什么?”“零”。“圈”/“未完成的事业”/“成功”，台下的听众七嘴八舌地答道。

他对这些回答未置可否：“其实，这只是一个未画完整的句号。你们问我为什么会取得辉煌的业绩，道理很简单：我不会把事情做得很圆满，就像画个句号，一定要留个缺口，让我的下属去填满它。”留个缺口给他人，并不说明自己的能力不强。实际上，这是一种管理的智慧，是一种更高层次上带有全局性的圆满。给猴子一棵树，让它不停地攀登;给老虎一座山，让它自由纵横。也许，这就是企业管理用人的最高境界。

One day, Doras mother gave her a coin, It was a bit dirty, so Dora washed it. Then it started talking to Dora.

Today I talked to a coin, When it was made, it was nice and clean. People took the coin to a bank. It stayed there for a few days. A person at the bank gave the bank gave the coin to a man. My mother went to buy some cake from the mans shop. The man gave the coin to her as part of her change. She dropped the coin. A street cleaner saw it and picked it up. He returned it to my mother. She gave it to me as pocket money. I washed the coin to make it clean again.

一天，多拉的母亲给了她一枚硬币。它有点儿脏，所以多拉把它洗了洗。听听这个硬币的英语故事。

今天我和一枚硬币谈话了，当它被铸造的时候，它很好看而且干净.人们把钱存到银行。它在那儿待几天.银行的人把这枚硬币给了一名男子。我的母亲从这名男子的商店里买一些蛋糕。这名男子将这枚硬币作为零钱的一部分找给她。她掉了这枚硬币。一位街道清洁工看到了并把它捡起来。他把她还给了我母亲。母亲把它当零花钱给我了，我洗了这枚硬币，让它再次变干净。

"An illusory snake in a goblet" is used to describe the psychological state of being frightened caused by taking illusions as reality.

“杯弓蛇影”比喻把虚幻当作真实的恐惧心理。

In Jin Dynasty there was a man named Yue Guang who was fond of drinking alcohol.

晋朝有个叫乐(yuè)广的人，爱喝酒。

One day, he invited a friend to his house to drink together.

一天，他邀请朋友到家里来对斟（zhēn)对饮。

Suddenly, his friend saw the reflection of a snack swimming in the goblet.

忽然，朋友看见酒杯里有条蛇影在游动。

He got so much frightened that he took ill on bed after getting home.

他受了惊吓，回去便一病不起。

And neither any doctor or any medicine could cure his illness.

请医服药，都无起色。

Yue Guang came to see him and asked about the cause of his disease.

乐广跑来看他，问明起病的缘由。

When he got to know the cause, he pulled his friend from the bed immdiately and took him to his house.

乐广听后一把拉起朋友往家走。

Yue Guang made his friend sit where he used to, pouring a goblet of alcohol for him, and asked him," Is there any snake reflection in the goblet?"

他让朋友坐在原处，斟满酒问：“有蛇影吗？”

There was still a "snake reflection" in the goblet! Yue casually took away the bow hanging on the wall.

杯子里还有“蛇影”！乐广随手取下墙上的弓。

This time, the "snake reflection" disappeared.

这次，“蛇影”不见了！

"So it was the bow reflection that was in the goblet!" His friend at once got well from his illness.

“杯子里原来是弓影呀！”朋友的病情顿时好了！

An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer. One day the dog arrogantly1 says: "How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…"

"Me? How about me ?" the ox says

"You can only plough or draw a cart," the dog slightly says. "Yes. Its true," the ox says. "But if I dont plough, what do you guard?"

一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。狗骄傲地说着：“我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?”

“我?我怎么啦?”

牛反问。“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。“是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢?”

昨天我和小伙伴们举行了一场精彩的足球比赛。我们分成两队，每队11个人。比赛开始后，我们两个队都踢得很积极。只见球迅速地从一个人脚下传到另一个人脚下，真是一场精彩的比赛。最后，我们踢平了。我们彼此向对手表示祝贺，真正体现了“友谊第一，比赛第二”的体育精神。

yesterday my companions and i held a football game in the playground. we were divided into two groups, with eleven players on each side. when the game started, both of us played actively. i could only see the ball passed quickly from one to another. it was really a wonderful game. at last, the game ended in a draw. we congratulated each other. the game really embodied the sports slogan of "friendship first, competition second".

卓别林能编，能导，能演，是不可多得的全能影人。有一次，他召开影片摄制会议，一只苍蝇在他四周绕着圈子飞。起初他用手打几下，没有打到，就要了一个苍蝇拍。会议进行中，他就握着苍蝇拍，摆出打苍蝇的姿态，眼睛狠狠地望着那苍蝇。可是打了三次，都没有打到。后来苍蝇就在他面前的桌上，他慢慢地拿起苍蝇拍，正要作死命一击时，忽然放下手中武器，让苍蝇飞走。旁边在座的人看了，就说：为什么你不把它打死?这位谐星耸了耸肩，说：这只不是方才那只!

The Bear and the Fox

A Bear boasted very much of his philanthropy.saying thai of all animals hewas the most tender in his regard for man.for he had such respect for himthat he would nol even touch his dead body.

A Fox hearing these words said with a smile to the Bear，“Oh!That you wouldeat the dead and not the living.”

熊和狐狸

一只熊在夸耀自己的仁慈，便说道：“所有的动物中，只有熊对人最仁爱，它很敬重人，连人的尸体，也不去碰一下。”

一只狐狸听到这些话，微笑地对熊说：“那就请你吃死人吧，别再生吃活人了。”

When we are chatting with our friends happily, suddenly if we are talking

about the awkward topic, we need to do something to change this situation, what

are we gonna do? The answer is using your humor to make things seem easy, and

then your friends won’t take your awkward topic seriously. Humor is very

important, it can adjust the atmosphere, making things work easily. Life needs

humor, without humor, life would be boring. Foreign people like to make friends

with humorous people, they can feel relax when they are chatting, while most

Chinese people are always taking things too seriously. I like to make friends

with humorous guys, they make me feel life is easy, and we should positive about

life.

补鞋匠穷得绝望了，他不能靠手艺来维持生计，便跑到另一个城市去行医，因为那里没有一个人认识他。在那里，他靠吹牛，卖一种可治百病的假药，骗取了人们的信任和好名声。有一次，他自己得了重病。那城里的官老爷想试验一下他的医术究竟怎样，便拿来一只杯，倒满一杯水，谎称这水是补鞋匠治百病的药和毒汁混和起来的，命令他喝下，并允诺给一笔酬金。补鞋匠知道自己的药无解毒功效，害怕喝了毒汁死亡，便招出自己毫无医药知识，只是靠吹牛来卖假药，被人们盲目称赞而成名。官老爷召集市民大会，告诉大家说：“你们都愚笨至极，竟毫不怀疑地将自己的头托付给这样一个无用的人。在别的城市，大家连脚上穿的鞋都不愿意要他做。”

——个故事是说不要轻易相信那些江湖骗子。

1、老鼠掉进了半满的米缸，意外让它喜不自禁。确定没有危险后，它便开始了在米缸里吃了睡、睡了吃的生活。很快，米缸就要见底了，可它终究还是摆脱不了大米的诱惑，继续留在缸里。最后，米吃完了，它才发现，跳出去只是梦想，一切都无能为力了感悟：我们的生活看似平坦，其实到处都是危机

2、第一天，小白兔去钓鱼，一无所获。第二天，它又去钓鱼，还是如此。第三天它刚到，一条大鱼从河里跳出来，大叫：你要是再敢用胡萝卜当鱼饵，我就扁死你感悟：你给的都是你自己“想”给的，而不是对方想要的，活在自己世界里的付出，不值钱

3、在一次宴会上，马克吐温与一位女士对坐，出于礼貌，说了一声：您真漂亮！那位女士却不领情，高傲地说：可惜我无法同样来赞美您！马克吐温委婉平和地说：那没关系，你可以像我一样，说一句谎话就行了。那位女士羞愧地低下了头感悟：你扔下的石头，绊倒的往往是你自己

4、一个朋友是医生，一次癌症手术，打开后发现切不了，只好再缝上。去和病人解释情况，那病人农村来的，听不懂术语，坚持认为手术过了，病就好了。只好让其出院，一年后回访，真的好了，癌细胞消失了感悟：乐观的心态是最好的手术

5、那年，他坐在咖啡店等朋友，一位女孩走过来问：你是通过王阿姨的介绍来相亲的吗？他抬头打量一下她，正是自己喜欢的类型，心想何不将错就错，于是忙答应道：对，请坐。结婚当天，他坦白，当时自己不是去相亲的。老婆笑，说：我也不是去相亲的，只是找个借口和你搭讪……感悟：机遇来了，要毫不犹豫的抓住它

6、女生公开投票选班花，相貌平平的小梅发表演说：如果我当选，再过几年，在座的姐妹可以向自己先生骄傲的说，我上大学时，比班花还漂亮！结果，她全票当选！感悟：说服别人支持你，不一定要证明比别人都优秀，而是要让别人觉得，因为有你，他们才变得更优秀、更有成就感

7、在高速行驶的火车上，一个老人不小心把刚买的新鞋从窗口掉了一只，周围的人倍感惋惜，不料老人立即把第二只鞋也从窗口扔了下去。这个举动让人大吃一惊。老人解释说：这一只鞋无论多么昂贵，对我而言已经没有用了，如果有谁能捡到一双鞋子，说不定他还能穿呢！感悟：注定无法挽回的痛苦，不如早点放弃

8、两只老虎，一只在笼子里，一只在荒野中。两只老虎都认为自己所处的环境不好，互相羡慕对方。它们决定交换身份，开始时，十分快乐。但不久，两只老虎都死了：一只饥饿而死，一只忧郁而死感悟：有时，人们对自己的幸福熟视无睹，总是把眼睛看向别人的幸福。其实，你所拥有的正是别人所欣羡的。

There was a basketball game in our school this afternoon. It was between Class 3 and Class 6 of Grade 5. They are the best teams in our school. When the game started, both of them played actively. I could only see the ball passed quickly from one to another.

It was really a wonderful game. At last Class 6 won the first prize and Class 3 congratulated them warmly. They really embodied the sports spirit of "friendship first, competition second".

I like to watch movie so much, because I can learn a lot of things. Comedy

is my favorite type of movie. Every time when I watch it, I will laugh out

loudly. I find so much fun in comedy. It helps me to be humorous and make a lot

of friends. A humorous person is always favored by all, as he can bring

happiness.

如果有人试图评出当下欧洲最有魅力的政治明星，戴维·卡梅伦(David William Donald Cameron)无疑是最有力的竞争者。被人们称为“绅士首相”的卡梅伦1966年10月9日出生于英国的一个贵族家庭，具有纯正的英国王室血统。早在多年前，有研究机构和媒体对他“幽默、活力、自信、开放”的性格进行分析，并预言他必将成为“英国政坛一颗最耀眼的明星”。而他在牛津上学时，同学更是预言他能成为首相。事实果然如此，34岁时他就成为了英国上议院议员，39岁时他就成为了英国保守党的领袖，2015年5月11日，年仅44岁的他就成为了英国第53任首相，也是英国自1812年以来最年轻的首相。

人们说，卡梅伦是一个来自保守党却最不保守的领袖，他的当选必将给深沉的英国带来无限的阳光和活力。卡梅伦气质高雅，极具绅士风度，他幽默风趣，拥有卓越的演讲口才，听他的演讲简直是一种享受。2015年11月，他在北大的一场演讲让北大学子为之倾倒，北大学生以“口才一流，魅力四射”来形容他。

This is aWormwhose body is no less than one millimeter. It is called 熊虫(XC) perhaps forthe reason that it looks like a black bear under the microscop. The XC usuallyhabited in the slurry of fresh water, wet soil and the 水膜 of moss plants.Recently, there was an amazing news discovered by 日本冈山大学物理学家小野文久: when 20 littleXC were placed in a sealed container under the 7.5 万个大气压 making inexperiment condition, there were only two died and the other 18 have no troubleat all. 7.5 万个大气压, equal to over 700 kilogram stress per square meter, which is powerfulenough to它足以上淀粉瞬间变性 and the rice ready to eat.

今天早上，妈妈带着我赶往了英语风采大赛的比赛处。

是这样的，一个月前高老师让我和几个小伙伴一起去参加星光英语举办的一次比赛。

签到后，我一直非常紧张，因为我怕我会背错，或把歌唱走调。是妈妈一直陪着我，并对我说：“你是最棒的，不需要紧张，你一定会成功的。”我还看见了我的好朋友和周老师，她们都对着我微笑。这是对我多大的鼓励和支持啊!表演结束后评委老师对我说：“你的表现还不错。”这让我兴奋不已。

老师们，同学们，谢谢你们的支持。更要谢谢我的老妈，因为您辅导我写了自我介绍，一直陪着我练习。

Once there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life.

Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too.

Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled.

The eldest fox opened a new hill again.

The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon.

The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. In the end it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.

从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一起。

最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。

最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的房子里享受着丰富的食品。

老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。

老二挖了池塘，不久他们过上了富裕的生活。

最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最后又冷又饿连站也站不起来。

The bulging belly fox

A hungry Fox found in a hollow tree a quantity of bread and meat, which some shepherds had placed there against their return. Delighted with his find he slipped in through the narrow aperture and greedily devoured it all. But when he tried to get out again he found himself so swollen after his big meal that he could not squeeze through the hole, and fell to whining and groaning over his misfortune. Another Fox, happening to pass that way, came and asked him what the matter was; and, on learning the state of the case, said, “Well, my friend, I see nothing for it but for you to stay where you are till you shrink to your former size; you’ll get out then easily enough.”

胀肚的狐狸

饥饿的狐狸在一棵中空的树干中发现了一些牧羊人存留的面包和肉。高兴之余，他立即通过那狭窄的缝隙挤进去，贪婪的大吃起来。然而，当他吃饱之后，却发现自己的肚子胀鼓鼓的，即便费了九牛二虎之力，却怎么也钻不出那个洞来，便在树洞里唉声叹气。另一只狐狸恰巧经过那里，听到他的呻吟，便过去问他原因。听明白缘由后，那只狐狸便说道：“我的朋友，你就老老实实待在里边吧，等到恢复了钻进去之前的身材，你就能轻松地出来了。”

导读：哲理小故事能够引起小朋友们的兴趣，在看故事的同时也能从中学习到一些人生哲理，在外国也有许多的哲理小故事，下面小编为大家整理了一些短篇英语哲理小故事，希望大家能够喜欢。

一、THRIFT 节俭

There is not a (no) thrifty man but becomes a rich man sooner or later. Why? Because he will not spend such money as is unnecessary. Little by little his money will accumulate. Ten to one, he is bound to make a fortune.

I do not like such men as spend their money in a wrong way. They do not know extravagance is a bad thing. It can only make them happy for the time being. In short, thrift makes poor men rich and extravagance makes rich men poor.

一个没有一个节俭的人迟早不成为一个富翁。为什么？因为他决不花像那种不必要的钱。渐渐他的钱就会聚积起来。十之八九，他一定会发财的。

我不喜欢那种乱花钱的人。他们不知道奢侈是一件坏事。它只能够使他们暂时快乐而已。总而言之，节俭使穷人变富，奢侈使富人变穷。

二、PERSEVERANCE 毅力／坚忍

Needless to say, nothing but perseverance can lead a man to the way of success. In other words, a persevering man never does his work without succeeding in it. This is indeed unchangeable truth.

Our National Father, Dr.  , is the most ideal example. He was devoted to the revolution about forty years. He met with many failures, but he was anything but discouraged. As a result, he won. The Republic of China was born.

不需说，只有毅力才能引导人迈向成功之途。换句话说，一个具有毅力的人做工作终是(never...without)会把它做成功的。这真是不易之定理也。

我们国父是一个最理想的例了.致力国民革命凡四十年。他遭遇到许多次的失败，但是他决不灰心。结果，他赢了。诞生了。

三、WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY 有志者事竟成

The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.

It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) in the world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.

成功的要诀不是金钱而是一个坚强的意志（用not so mush... as）。一个大人物是一个具有坚强意志和不屈不挠精神的人。换句话说，如果一个人没有坚强意志去获得最后胜利的人，他终其一生永远不会成功。他只不过是（用no more than）一个失败者。

很显明的世界上并没有难事。如果你下定决心去做它，你一定会达到目的。那是显而易见的。

四、Whale 鲸鱼

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that a whale swallowed Jonah.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said,“When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah.”

The teacher asked,“What if Jonah went to hell?”

The little girl replied,“Then you ask him.”

一个小女孩和她的老师正在谈论有关鲸鱼的事情。

她的老师说：“一头鲸鱼从身体构造的角度看，是不可能吞掉一个人的。因为尽管鲸鱼是一种非常巨大的哺乳动物，可它的嗓子非常小。”

那个小女孩说：“约拿(一位西伯来先知)就是被鲸鱼吞掉的。”

她的老师非常生气，她再次告诉小女孩说：“从身体构造角度来讲，鲸鱼是不可能吞掉一个人的。”

那个小女孩说：“那等我到了天堂，就去问问约拿。”

她的老师问：“那么，假如约拿下了地狱怎么办?”

那个小女孩回答：“如果是那样的话，你就去问他。”

After the stealing of fire,Zeus became increasingly unkind to men.One day he

ordered his son Hephaestus to build an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay.He then asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts.A charming young lady,she was the first woman that ever lived.Zeus called her Pandora.Because she had received from each of the gods and goddesses a gift.The gift was harmful to men.

Zeus decided to send her down to men as a present. So Hermes them essenger brought her to Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus. The greatness of her beauty touched the hearts of all who looked upon her, and Epimetheus happily received her into his house. He had quite forgotten Pometheus warning: never to accept anything from Zeus.

When he was busy with teaching men the art of living, Prometheus had left a bigcask in the care of Epimetheus. He had warned his brother not to open the lid. Pandora was a curious woman. She had been feeling very disappointed that her husband did not allow her to take a look at the contents of the cask. One day, when Epimetheus was out, she lifted the lid and out it came unrest and war, Plague and sickness, theft and violence, grief, sorrow, and all the other evils. The human world was hence to experience these evils. Only hope stayed within the mouth of the jar and never flew out. So men always have hope within their hearts.

偷窃天火之后，宙斯对人类的敌意与日俱增。一天，他令儿子赫菲斯托斯用泥塑一美女像，并请众神赠予她不同的礼物。世上的第一个女人是位迷人女郎，因为她从每位神灵那里得到了一样对男人有害的礼物，因此宙斯称她为潘多拉。

宙斯决定把她作为礼物送给世间的男子。于是信使赫耳墨斯将她带给普罗米修斯的弟弟厄庇墨透斯。她姿容绝美，见者无不为之倾心。厄庇墨透斯兴高采烈地把她迎入屋内。普罗米修斯警告过他不得接受宙斯的任何馈赠，而他已将之忘于脑后。这一对夫妻有过一段幸福的生活，但不久灾难却降临人间。

当普罗米修斯忙于教授人们生存之道的时候，他把一个桶托付给厄庇墨透斯。他警告过他的弟

弟不要打开桶盖。潘多拉好奇心强。她的丈夫不允许她看桶中之物，这使她感到十分懊恼。一天乘厄庇墨透斯出门在外，她打开桶盖，从桶里跑出的是不和与战争，瘟疫与疾病，偷窃与暴力，悲哀与忧虑，以及其他一些人类从此要遭受的不幸。只有希望被关在桶口，永远飞不出来，因此人们常常把希望藏于心中。