英语幽默故事比赛英语作文【合集20篇】

刘杰大学毕业后，进了交通局，在西关岗街当队长。

西关街街长1500米，双向四车道，中间被铁栅栏分开。街的尽头是六个万人大厂，每天上下班的时候，三四万职工一齐挤到街的一侧，人山人海，浩浩荡荡。几年来，这条路每天都得堵上几个小时。交警队一直想扩路，可苦于没有资金，一直拖到现在，成了局里的头号难题。

刘杰上了十天班后，拿着一份西关街街况报告找到警队的王局长。

王局长接过报告，问：“想改善西关街的交通，你有什么想法?”

刘杰伸出三根手指，对着王局长一晃，说道：“给我三万，我保证在一个月之内把西关街变成双向六车道!”

王局长顿时来了兴趣，忙问他具体方案，可问了半天，刘杰就是不讲，只是一个劲地说：“请领导相信我。”

王局长没办法，大笔一挥，给刘杰批了三万，说：“这个月我要到省里开会，希望我回来的时候，路况能有所改善!”刘杰拿着批款，连连点头。

怎么可能?王局长开完会，立即坐车赶回天水市，一看究竟。

当他来到西关街的时候，正赶上工人们上班，西关街上的工人比以前还多，可似乎不那么挤了。

王局长定睛一看，原来那排三里长的铁栅栏底下都装上了铁轱辘，上班的时候就往这边推过来一个车道，原来是这样的“双向六车道”啊。

指挥交通的刘杰也看到了王局长，他一路小跑，过来“啪”地给王局长敬了个礼：“请局长检查工作!”

王局长拍了拍刘杰的肩膀，叹了口气，说：“十年了，这么简单的办法我怎么就没想到呢，总说要扩道，其实最应该扩的就是我们的思想啊!”

A teacher gave her students of second grade to write an assignment on What Im thankful for on Thanksgiving? She couldnt agree enough with one of the wisest students in her class who wrote that she was thankful that she was not a turkey.

一个老师让二年级学生写一个作业，标题是“感恩节我为什么而感恩?”当她看到班里最聪明的一个学生写的作业，她简直不能更赞同了，这个学生在作业中写道，她感恩的是她“不是”火鸡。

The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.

幽默的圣诞节小故事

故事一

又是一个圣诞节，汤姆向妈妈要一台电脑，但汤姆又淘气，又功课不好，妈妈不给他买，但又不能直接拒绝，只好说：“汤姆，你给上帝写封信，如果你在一年间做了好事，上帝是会给你一台电脑的。”

小汤姆开始给上帝写信：亲爱的上帝，我是您最可爱的小汤姆，这一年间我做了许多好事，圣诞节了，希望仁爱的您能给我一台电脑，爱您的汤姆。

但是，小汤姆写完之后觉得写得太不真实了，于是他又写了一封：上帝啊，我是汤姆，这一年虽然我做过几件不好的事，但我知道我错了，希望您能给我一台电脑，您的汤姆。

可是汤姆看了之后，仍然觉得不好，他就又写了第三封信：上帝，是我，汤姆。是的，我确实做过许多坏事，但还是希望你能给我一台电脑，小汤姆。

于是，小汤姆拿着第三封信去了教堂，他看到了圣母和耶稣的雕像，但他却写了第四封信，然后抱着圣母玛丽亚的雕象回到了家中，并把它放在了床下。 第二天，牧师在耶稣雕像下发现了一封信，只见上面写着：耶稣，你的妈妈在我手中，想再见到她的话，快给我一台电脑，你知道我是谁！

故事二

想要一匹小马驹

圣诞节的前一天,父亲问女儿想要什么礼物,女儿知道妈妈又要生小宝宝了,便说:“我想要个小弟弟。”果然,圣诞夜,母亲怀里抱着个男婴从医院回来了。 不久以后,父亲又问女儿:“孩子,明年圣诞节你想要什么礼物呢?”女儿想了一会儿,回答说:“如果妈妈不觉得太麻烦的话,我想要一匹小马驹。”

故事三

丢失的钱包

一位女士圣诞节大购物,在匆忙中丢失了钱包。有—个诚实的小男孩找到了钱包并还给她。

女士看着钱包,说:“嗯,真有趣。我丢失钱包的时候,里面有一张20元的钞票,但现在变成了20张1元的零钞。

小孩马上回答道:“一点没错,小姐。上次我捡到了一位女士的钱包,但是她钱包里居然没有零钱作酬金。”

故事四

某人圣诞节前夕买了一大桶好酒放在户外。

第二天他发现少了四分之一，便在酒桶上贴了“不许偷酒”四个字。

篇三：2010年关于圣诞节的故事大全

2010年关于圣诞节的故事大全

每年的12月25日，是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子，称为圣诞节。从12月24日至翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间，各国基督教徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。圣诞节本来是基督教徒的节日，由于人们格外重视，它便成为一个全民性的节日、国家一年中最盛大的节日，可以和新年相提并论，类似我国过春节。

西方人以红、绿、白三色为圣诞色。圣诞节来临时，家家户户都要用圣诞色来装饰。红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。绿色的是圣诞树，它是圣诞节的主要装饰品，用砍伐来的杉、柏一类呈塔形的常青树装饰而成。上面悬挂着五颜六色的彩灯、礼物和纸花，还点燃着圣诞蜡烛。

红色与白色相映成趣的是圣诞老人，他是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。西方儿童在圣诞夜临睡之前，要在壁炉前或枕头旁放上一只袜子，等候圣诞老人在他们入睡后把礼物放在袜子内。在西方，扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。

“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩字。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗教节日。人们把它当作耶苏的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，全世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物、寄圣诞贺卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

耶稣的出生是有一段故事的，耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由童女玛利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为玛利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，把那孩子起名为“耶稣”，意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出来。当玛利亚快要临盘的时候，罗马政府下了命令，全体人民到伯利恒务必申报户籍。约瑟和玛利亚只好遵命。他们到达伯利恒时，天色已晚。无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿，只有一个马棚可以暂住。就在这时，耶稣要出生了！於是玛利亚唯有在马槽上，生下耶稣。後人为纪念耶稣的诞生，便定十二月二十五为圣诞节，年年做弥撒，纪念耶稣的出世。

圣诞节便是於十二月二十五日纪念耶稣的诞生，但真实的诞生日就没有人知道了。十九世纪，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，圣诞节亦开始流行起来。

圣诞老公公的由来：

圣诞节是令人雀跃期待的日子，尤其是孩子们。相信大家对圣诞老公公的事都耳熟能详吧？从前有一个老人，名叫尼古拉斯，他一生最爱帮助贫穷的人家。其中有一次他帮助三个贫穷的少女，送给她们三袋金子以逃过被卖的不幸。当尼古拉斯偷偷把其中一袋金子送给其中一名女子时，他把金子从一个窗户扔进去，恰好掉进在壁炉上的一长袜中。于是，将礼物放在圣诞袜子里成了一种给孩子礼物的传统方式，孩子们可以拿着袜子埃家挨户地去要糖果哟！

从前，楚灵王喜欢在上朝时看到臣子们有个如杨柳般婀娜多姿的细腰身，他认为只有这样才叫赏心悦目，能使满堂生辉。有些生得苗条柔弱的大臣还因此受到了楚灵王的赞美、提拔和重用。

这样一来，满朝的文武大臣们为了赢得楚灵王的欢心和宠 信，便千方百计地实行减肥，拼命使自己的腰围变小。他们不约而同地注意节制饮食，强迫自己一天只吃一餐饭，为此经常饿得头昏眼花也在所不惜；有的大臣更是摸索出了一套快速减肥的绝招，那就是在每天早晨起床 穿衣时，首先做几次深呼吸，挺胸收腹，然后将气憋住，再用宽带将腰部束紧。经过这样一番折腾之后，许多人便渐渐失去了独立支撑身体的能力，往往需要扶住墙壁才能勉强站立起来。

如此这般，经过整整一年的折磨以后，楚国的满朝文武官员们全都变成了面黄肌瘦、形容枯槁、弱不禁风的废物，这又怎么能担当得起治理国家、保卫疆土的重任呢？

“楚王好细腰”的闹剧说明：上有所好，下必甚焉。楚灵王以个人的好恶去规范臣下的行为，并以此决定亲疏，这就必然会引起下属臣僚的刻意逢迎和拼命邀宠 。如此上下互动，渐成风气，势必会酿出大祸，危害国家，毁掉个人。应该说，这个历史故事，对于今天的人们如何安身立命，也不失为一个深刻的教训。

面对同一件事情，小孩和大人的思考模式，有着天壤的差别，孩童纯净、良善的心灵，甚至可扭转悲痛为平静，化泪水为灿亮的珍珠。

家族中最受敬重的三舅于一年前因病辞世，亲友们至今仍难以承受这个事实，而与三舅亲如兄弟的一位同窗挚友，竟也在一年之后随他而去，两人都正当盛年，又分别在单位身居要职，天纵英才，令人扼腕，闻者莫不唏嘘。

当我哀伤地提及此事时，七岁的女儿竟一语惊醒梦中人：“那很好啊！舅公的好朋友也上天堂了，那他们两个就可以手拉手，一起去玩，舅公在天上就不会无聊了。”

女儿的“正面思维”，冲击了大人教育了们的“负面思维”，就算再痛心、不舍，我们冰冷的心却因美丽的童言童心而温暖、发热。

三舅！你听到小外甥孙女对你的祝福吗？我想你也在天上哈哈地笑开了吧！

Before I went to middle school, I lived with my grandparents. At that time,

I stayed in the country, which was the most beautiful place for me. Early in the

morning, I walked along the country road, appreciating the fresh air. We raised

a little dog. He was my best friend, and he accompanied me all the time. No

matter what I did and where I went, the little dog was with me and I loved him

so much. Sometimes I would pick up the fruit in the garden, sometimes I would

catch the fish in the clear river. It was such a happy childhood for me that I

will never forget.

东汉灵帝在位的时候，有个大臣名叫蔡邕。蔡邕为人正直，性格耿直诚实，眼里容不下沙子，对于一些不好的现象，他总是敢于对灵帝直言相谏。这样，他顶撞灵帝的次数多了，灵帝渐渐讨厌起他来。再加上灵帝身边的宦官也对他的正直又恨又怕，常常在灵帝面前进谗言说他目无皇上，骄傲自大，早晚会有谋反的可能，蔡邕的处境越来越危险。他自知已成了灵帝的眼中钉、肉中刺，随时有被加害的危险，于是就打点行李，从水路逃出了京城，远远来到吴地，隐居了起来。

蔡邕爱好音乐，他本人也通晓音律，精通古典，在弹奏中如有一点小小的差错，也逃不过他的耳朵。蔡邕尤擅弹琴，对琴很有研究，关于琴的选材、制作、调音，他都有一套精辟独到的见解。从京城逃出来的时候，他舍弃了很多财物，就是一直舍不得丢下家中那把心爱的琴，将它带在身边，时时细加呵护。

在隐居吴地的那些日子里，蔡邕常常抚琴，借用琴声来抒发自己壮志难酬反遭迫害的悲愤和感叹前途渺茫的怅惘。

有一天，蔡邕坐在房里抚琴长叹，女房东在隔壁的灶间烧火做饭，她将木柴塞进灶膛里，火星乱蹦，木柴被烧得“噼里啪啦”地响。

忽然，蔡邕听到隔壁传来一阵清脆的爆裂声，不由得心中一惊，抬头竖起耳朵细细听了几秒钟，大叫一声“不好”，跳起来就往灶间跑。来到炉火边，蔡邕也顾不得火势的人，伸手就将那块刚塞进灶膛当柴烧的桐木拽了出来，大声喊道：“快别烧了，别烧了，这可是一块做琴的难得一见的好材料啊！”蔡邕的手被烧伤了，他也不觉得疼，惊喜地在桐木上又吹又摸。好在抢救及时，桐木还很完整，蔡邕就将它买了下来。然后精雕细刻，一丝不苟，费尽心血，终于将这块桐木做成了一张琴。这张琴弹奏起来，音色美妙绝伦，盖世无双。

这把琴流传下来，成了世间罕有的珍宝，因为它的琴尾被烧焦了，人们叫它“焦尾琴”。

灵帝不识人才，使蔡邕落魄他乡；而焦尾琴又何其有幸，遇到了蔡邕这样慧眼识良材的音乐专家，终于使一身英华得以展现。这两件事情形成了鲜明对比，告诉我们的道理却是一样的：要爱惜人才、尊重人才，要善于发现别人的才能并合理地使用，做到人尽其才。

这个故事后来变成成语“日暮途穷”，比喻处境十分困难，力量用尽了，计策没有了。

The Day Is Waning and the Road Is Ending

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ping of Chu was misled by slanderers, and had Wu Zixu"s father executed. Wu Zixu fled to the State of Wu. More than then years later, Wu Zixu took his revenge by helping. Wu conquer Chu. Yet he suffered agonies of remorse, because his countrymen called him a traitor. He protested, "I"m just like a traveller. It"s already late, but I still have a long way to go. I simply dont know what to do."

This idiom comes from the above story. It means being in a very difficult situation at the end of one"s tether.

美国一家媒体幽默地评价道:“姚明大概是我们除了烤鸭酱外,从中国进口的最重要的东西。”热爱篮球的父母给了姚明2.26米的身高和充满智慧的大脑,任他纵横天下,成为世人瞩目的偶像。

姚明的玩笑能够让所有的人会心而笑,没有愚弄,没有嘲讽,也没有对任何人的伤害。

参加2015年nba全明星赛的球员们接受媒体的第一次采访时,姚明一进入见面会的大厅,就被记者包围在中间。一名记者问姚明:“泰格·伍兹对高尔夫球的发展作出了巨大的贡献。而篮球在中国比起高尔夫球来说影响要大得多,你认为这其中你的个人影响力有多大?”姚明歪着脑袋狡黠地称:“我想,那是因为篮球比高尔夫球大一点点吧。”接着一名记者问:“你将来如何对待媒体的围追堵截?”姚明又是幽默:“尽可能跑得快一些。”记者接着追问:“在这里最害怕什么?”“希望大家不要将我逼进厕所。”姚明说完自己也笑了。

在一次颁奖晚会上,央视名嘴孙正平对姚明进行采访时问:“你认为在nba打球和cba打球最大的区别是什么?”“在nba打球需要翻译。而cba就不需要。”颁奖晚会的第六项是“最具影响力的男女球员”,姚明在第二次上台领奖时,孙正平丢给他的问题是:“你所到之处都是球迷追捧,有人说你是麦当劳大叔,对此你有什么感想?”“我正在考虑开一间快餐店。”这是姚明机智的回答。

面对记者问起自己一言难尽的nba第一年,姚明给出了令人叫绝的比喻:“这好比学开车。光坐在车上看别人开,你永远学不会。只有自己亲自感觉油门,你才知道哪一脚油给大了,啥时候该踩刹车。”

作者：曲姿谕

星期五下午，我们年级举行了讲故事比赛，每个班有两名代表，我幸运的成为了选手，那天，我的运气很好，抽到的顺序是第25个，我已经知足了。

下午起床后，我们年级组织着进了五楼报告厅。我仔细倾听着前24个选手的精彩演示，快到了我了，我的脸不知怎么了就开始通红通红的，心脏也不知怎么了开始“怦怦怦”的跳了起来，恨不得现在就发高烧，不参加不比赛。我试着用深呼吸的方式来调整心跳，就这样，到我了。我迈着沉重的脚步走上主席台，流利的讲了起来。就在这时，突然，我忘词了，心里想：糟糕，我怎么忘词了！我努力地想啊想，想啊想，终于想起来了。剩下的就很顺利了。

开始颁奖了，我听着自己的名字，啊！不会吧，我真的成了“故事大王”，我太高兴了。

Thetruest and most expressive thought was hardly be expressed.

Weall face it alone in silence to the most important thing in life. We can talkoccasionally about love, loneliness, happiness, miseries, death and so on, butthe true meaning is hard to deliver by words. I cannot tell others how gentlemy love is; how desperate my loneliness is; my enjoyable happiness is; howdepressive my miseries is; how ridiculous my death is. I have no choice but tohide then deeply in my heart. All what I said and wrote but the product ofthinking, while thinking, to some extend, is a kind of escape which from theparticular to general, fate to life and the abyss of silence to the bank oflanguage. If they have not become

pure/solely and abstract idea, it is merelybecause they have newly struggled out from the silence and with something hardto tell in their bodies.

Iam not to deny the possibility of communication between human beings, but

thecondition. It is silence, instead of words. 美特林克had an excellent explanation: the nature of silence tells the nature of one’ssoul. There is no any words may have a possibility to make a communicationbetween their soul if the two cannot share the same silence. To those who havenot solved the same questions in silence, even profound philosophy is only somepolite formulas. In fact, those superficial reader have no ability to identifythe profound philosophy and abstract thoughts, proverb and polite formulas,philosophy and 老生常谈, insipid/prosaic and commonplace,the knowledge of Buddha dharma and deceitful trick. One’s ability in wordscomprehension is based on his understanding to silence and eternally based onhis silence; that is his capacity of soul. Therefore, I insist that the lessonof one who is determined to seek the life philosophy is silence----to face hisimportant problem of sale in silence. Until he has enough accumulation and tootires to bear, all windows opened to him. This is the way that he not onlyunderstands the limited words, but also the unlimited information behind thesilence of words.

The Fox and the Crow 狐狸和乌鸦

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crows beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞

[英语寓言趣味故事The Fox and the Crow

作者：孙栋浩

我们班有两名同学参加，一位是“王浩然”11好，”一位是“曲子愈”25号。”

我们觉得王浩然讲的别较好，因为他讲的时候很有精神，声音很大，很洪亮，讲的也很流利，还有一些符合要求的动作。

我们五(10)班的王浩然在比赛中的了第二名，满分十分，他的了9。64分，曲子愈是第10几名，是9点45分，最高的得了9。70分，王浩然讲的是岳家军，“岳飞”，讲得非常好，里面讲了，岳飞小的时候妈妈把精忠报国这四个字刻在了岳飞身上，然后岳飞长大了，每次处于打仗赫赫立功，为祖国献上了很大的贡献。

曲子愈讲的是《注视的眼睛》，讲的很好，但是在台上也有忘词的部分，里面讲的是，有一对妇女在一个商店偷偷的拿走了一把精美的伞，一个少年想把她抓住教训一番，可是被老婆婆组织了。

他们两人讲的故事都很有趣。

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。

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich mans house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【译文】

一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。

他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”

他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。

不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。

Since I was small, I like to play basketball, because I was effected by my father, he likes to watch basketball game so much, I will watch the basketball game with him. So when I went to school, I joined the basketball team in my class, we made up of a basketball team. Last week, we had our first match.

I was asked to play in the first time, I felt so nervous, I am so afraid that I could not cooperate with my team well. When the match started, I watched the basketball and moved as the ball flied, I forgot my job, I was asked to cover the team leader. I recognized my mistake, I changed my move, at last, I covered our captain successfully, our team won the game.

I learned so much from this match, team work comes first.

Ji Anlived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright and just and for daring to speak the truth. He did not bother about amall matters in personal behaviour and in being an official. He was particular about actual effects and ,although he did not cause a stir ,he could keep the prefecture he governed in perfect order. Because of this. the imperial court transferred him to the central government from being the perfect of the Donghai Prefecture to being a commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officals.

Once,Emperor Wudi said that he would implement the policy of benevolence and justice of Confucianism and would do good turns to the people.Emperor Wudi Had hardly finished his remards when Ji An said that there was no need for the emperor to say so.Why should the emperor bother,Ji An said, about pretending to implement the policy of benevolence and justice since he was so greedy and avaricious within himself? This choked the emperor off. The emperor suddenly Changed his countenance and declared the meeting over. All the civilian and military officers at court were breathless with anxiety for fear that Ji An might bring disaster upon himself because of this. After returning, Emperor Wudi said to the people around him that Ji An was a little too rude and too straightforward.

For this reason ,Ji An was never promoted again. When he was the commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officials, both Gongsun Hong and Zhang Tang were low -ranking lfficials of little importance. Later ,they were promoted continuously. Gongsun Hong became the prime minister and Zhang Tang became the imperial censor. However, JiAns post remained thesame. One day, Ji An said to Emperor Wudi that the way the emperor used his ministers was just like piling up firewood, which meant that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers. Of course, Emperor Wudi could see that Ji An was complaining. So,turning to his ministers, Emperor Wudi said, "It is true that no one can stop learning.You see, Ji An is making more and more indiscreet remarks."

This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase "the latecomers surpass the old-timers " to indicate that successors can cxcel the predecessors, which is quite different from the original idea when Ji An said that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers.

汲黯是西汉武帝时代人，以刚直正义、敢讲真话而受人尊重。他为人和做官都不拘小节，讲求实效。虽然表面上不那么轰轰烈烈，却能把一个郡治理得井井有条，因此，朝廷把他从东海太守调到朝廷当主爵都尉——一种主管地方吏任免的官职。

有一次，汉武帝说要实行儒家的仁义之政，为老百姓办好事了。没等皇帝把话说完，汲黯就说：“陛下内心里那么贪婪多欲，表面上却要装得实行仁政，这是何苦呢？”一句话把皇帝噎了回去。汉武帝登时脸色大变，宣布罢朝，满朝文武都为汲黯捏着一把汗，担心他会因此招来大祸。武帝回到宫里以后，对身边的人说，汲黯这个人也未免太粗太直了。

从此以后，汲黯的官职再也没有提升。他当主爵都尉的时候，公孙弘、张汤都还是不起眼的小官，后来，他们一个劲儿住上升，公孙弘当上了丞相，张汤做上了御史大夫，可他汲黯还蹲在原地没动窝。有一天，汲黯对武帝说，陛下使用群臣，跟码劈柴一样，是“后来者居上”啊！汉武帝当然听得出这是发牢骚。于是，转脸对臣下们说：“人真是不能不学习啊！你们听汲黯说话，越来越离谱了！”

故事出自《史记汲郑列传》。成语“后来居上”，往往指后起的可以胜过先前的。和汲黯说这话的原意，大不相同。

每当我看见那支获奖钢笔，就不由自主地想起第一次参加讲故事比赛的情景。

去年冬天，有一天，老师对我们说：“学校要举行一次讲故事比赛，每个班级都要派选手参赛。”老师宣布完这件事，向我们望去，我很紧张，生怕老师选到我。可是怕什么来什么，老师一开口就选到了我。我不知所措。老师问我有没有信心参赛，我又不能说没有信心，只好硬着头皮答应了。

中午，回到家了，我把这件事情告诉了爸爸妈妈。妈妈连忙说：“这是锻炼你的大好机会啊！别人想去还去不上呢。

不过你别着急，还有几天时间才参赛呢，妈妈和你一起练。”我听了，放心地舒了口起。

吃完午饭，妈妈上网帮我查找资料，很久，妈妈才找到满意的资料，决定让我讲抗震救灾小英雄林浩的故事。

晚饭后，妈妈让我先把这个小故事试着读几遍，读熟后，又让我把它背小来，不知道背了多少次，我才把这个故事背了下来。

可妈妈又让我加动作，这下可把我难坏了。有时，我只顾讲故事，忘了加动作。有时老想着加动作，故事讲得又不连贯了。就这样一句一句地训练，几天后，我终于能自如地讲故事了。

参赛那天，到了现场，我抽到了15号签。坐在前面听其它选手讲。我觉得他们讲得都很精彩。到我上场了，我看见台下几十名观众，真怕讲不好，心七上八下跳个不停，可我还是稳了稳神，壮着胆子，放开声音讲了起来。刚开始，还有点怕，可是讲着讲着，我忘记了害怕，就像在家里训练那样绘声绘色地讲。赢得了阵阵掌声。

当评委宣布我得了一等奖时，我心里甭提多美了，我手捧着这来之不易的奖品——钢笔，会心地笑了。我永远忘不了第一次参赛的经历。

[第一次参加讲故事比赛作文500字

一条大蟒蛇和一条小毒蛇是朋友。

这天他们在路边发现了一只巨大的乌龟。

蛇兄弟想，这么大的个儿，可是一顿美餐啊。

蟒蛇说：“我来对付他。”

于是蟒蛇施展自己的绝技，用身体将大乌龟牢牢地缠住。而大乌龟早已将身体缩进了壳里，任凭蟒蛇怎么缠绕，也无法伤害到大乌龟。泄气的蟒蛇，气喘吁吁地爬到了一边。

大乌龟谨慎地露出脑袋，在他露出脑袋的那一瞬间，小毒蛇闪电般地在乌龟脑袋上咬了一口，大乌龟又急忙缩回壳中。但是几分钟后，大乌龟因为中毒而死了。

蟒蛇说：“哇!我花了那么大力气也没能伤害乌龟，你却轻而易举地办到了啊。”

小毒蛇说：“因为我了解他的要害。”

可是接下来的还是有一个问题，大乌龟死后依然缩在壳里，两条蛇都是吞食性的动物，而他们又无法脱下乌龟的外壳，只好怏怏地离开了……

南瓜灯(Jack-O-Lantern)是庆祝万圣节的标志物。下面语文迷网整理了关于南瓜灯的故事作文，希望对你有帮助。

One story about Jack， an Irishman， who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan)， so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.

Well， Irish children made Jacks lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip， hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla. The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern，" abbreviated as " Jack-o-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just childrens fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.

关于万圣节有这样一个故事。是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人，因为他对钱特别的吝啬，就不允许他进入天堂，而被打入地狱。但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地狱，罚他提着灯笼永远在人世里行走。

在十月三十一日爱尔兰的孩子们用土豆和萝卜制作“杰克的灯笼”，他们把中间挖掉、表面上打洞并在里边点上蜡烛。为村里庆祝督伊德神的万圣节，孩子们提着这种灯笼挨家挨户乞讨食物。这种灯笼的爱尔兰名字是“拿灯笼的杰克”或者“杰克的灯笼”，缩写为Jack-o-lantern 。

现在你在大多数书里读到的万圣节只是孩子们开心的夜晚。在小学校里，万圣节是每年十月份开始庆祝的。孩子们会制作万圣节的装饰品：各种各样桔红色的南瓜灯。