英語短篇小說電子版

1. 英語小說閱讀《羊脂球》選文

英語小說閱讀《羊脂球》選文

《羊脂球》是法國作家莫泊桑創作的短篇小說。《羊脂球》是他的成名作，也是他的`代表作之一。《羊脂球》以1870—1871年普法戰爭為背景。通過代表當時法國社會各階層的10個人同乘一輛馬車逃往一個港口的故事，形象地反映出資產階級在這場戰爭中所表現出的卑鄙自私和出賣人民的丑惡嘴臉。

Some detachments rapped at each door, then disappeared into the houses. It was occupation after invasion. Then the ty commences for the conquered to show themselves gracious toward the conquerors1.

After some time, as soon as the first terror disappears, a new calm is established. In many families, the Prussian officer eats at the table. He is sometimes well bred and, through politeness, pities France, and speaks of his repugnance2 in taking part in this affair. One is grateful to him for this sentiment; then, one may be, some day or other, in need of his protection. By treat-ing him well, one has, perhaps, a less number of men to feed. And why should we wound anyone on whom we are entirely3 dependent? To act thus would be less bravery than temerity4. And temerity is no longer a fault of the commoner of Rouen, as it was at the time of the heroic defense5, when their city became famous. Final-ly, each told himself that the highest judgment6 of French urbanity required that they be allowed to be polite to the strange soldier in the house, provided they did not show themselves familiar with him in public. Outside they would not make themselves known to each other, but at home they could chat freely, and the German might remain longer each evening warming his feet at their hearthstones.

The town even took on, little by little, its ordinary aspect. The French scarcely went out, but the Prussian soldiers grumbled7 in the streets. In short, the officers of the Blue Hussars, who dragged with arrogance8 their great weapons of death up and down the pavement, seemed to have no more grievous scorn for the simple citizens than the officers or the sportsmen who, the year before, drank in the same cafes.

There was nevertheless, something in the air, something subtle and unknown, a strange, intolerable atmosphere like a penetrating9 odor, the odor of invasion. It filled the dwellings10 and the public places, changed the taste of the food, gave the impression of being on a journey, far away, among barbarous and dangerous tribes.

The conquerors exacted money, much money. The inhabitants always paid and they were rich enough to do it. But the richer a trading Norman becomes the more he suffers at every outlay11, at each part of his fortune that he sees pass from his hands into those of another.

Therefore, two or three leagues below the town, following the course of the river toward Croisset, Dieppedalle, or Biessart mariners12 and fishermen often picked up the swollen13 corpse14 of a German in uniform from the bottom of the river, killed by the blow of a knife, the head crushed with a stone, or perhaps thrown into the water by a push from the high bridge. The slime of the river bed buried these obscure vengeances, savage15, but legitimate16, unknown heroisms, mute attacks more perilous17 than the battles of broad day, and without the echoing sound of glory.

For hatred18 of the foreigner always arouses some intrepid19 ones, who are ready to die for an idea.

Finally, as soon as the invaders20 had brought the town quite under subjection with their inflexible21 discipline, without having been guilty of any of the horrors for which they were famous along their triumphal line of march, people began to take courage, and the need of trade put new heart into the commerce of the country. Some had large interests at Havre, which the French army occupied, and they wished to try and reach this port by going to Dieppe by land and there embarking22.

They used their influence with the German soldiers with whom they had an acquaintance, and finally, an authorization23 of departure was obtained from the General-in-chief.

Then, a large diligence, with four horses, having been engaged for this journey, and ten persons having engaged seats in it, it was resolved to set out on Tuesday morning before daylight, in order to escape observation.

For some time before, the frost had been hardening the earth and on Monday, toward three o'clock, great black clouds coming from the north brought the snow which fell without interruption ring the evening and all night.

2. 求1000字以內英語短篇小說！

《蒙娜麗莎》風波

On Tuesday August 11th, 1911, a young artist, Louis Beraud, arrived at the Louvre（盧浮宮） in Paris to complete a painting of the Salon Carre（卡雷沙龍，盧浮宮的畫廊名）. This was the room where the world 's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci（列奧那多·達·芬奇）, was on display. To his surprise there was an empty space where the painting should have been. At 11 o'clock the museum authorities realized that the painting had been stolen. The next day headlines all over the world announced the theft.

這一天是1911年8月11日，星期二，一位年輕的藝術家路易斯·貝勞德來到了巴黎盧浮宮的卡雷沙龍畫廊完成一幅油畫，在這條畫廊里陳列著世界上最著名的油畫——列奧納多·達·芬奇創作的《蒙娜麗莎》。令路易斯感到吃驚的是，本該掛著油畫的地方卻是空空盪盪的。中午11時博物館館方意識到這幅名畫已經被盜了。第二天全球各大報刊的頭條新聞都報道了《蒙娜麗莎》被盜的消息。

Actually the Leonardo had been gone for more than twenty-four hours before anyone noticed it was missing. The museum was always closed on Mondays for maintenance（維修）. Just before closing time on Sunday three men had entered the museum, where they had hidden themselves in a storeroom. The actual theft was quick and simple. Early the next morning Perrugia removed the painting from the wall while the others kept watch. Then they went out a back exit.

實際上，直到達·芬奇的這幅畫被盜24小時後才有人發現此事。每逢星期一盧浮宮都要閉館例行保養文物。就在星期天，有三個人進入了博物館並藏在貯藏室里。他們的盜竊行動迅速而簡單，第二天一大早，三個盜賊之一佩魯吉亞從牆上取下《蒙娜麗莎》，其餘兩個為他望風，然後他們從後門溜走逃得無影無蹤了。

Nothing was seen or heard of the painting for two years when Perrugia tried to sell it to a dealer for half a million lire（里拉）. Perrugia was arrested on December 13th. Perrugia claimed he had stolen it as an act of patriotism（愛國主義）, because, he said, the painting had been looted from the Italian nation by Napoleon（拿破崙）. Perrugia was imprisoned for seven months. It seemed that the crime of the century had been solved.

《蒙娜麗莎》在被盜後的兩年間一直杳無音迅，直到有一天佩魯吉亞想以50萬里拉賣給一個文物販子時，人們才重新見到它。佩魯吉亞於1913年12月13日被捕，他宣稱偷《蒙娜麗莎》之舉完全是出於愛國心。他說，盧浮宮的這幅畫是被拿破崙從義大利搶劫來的。佩魯吉亞為此被判了7個月的監禁，看來這個世紀奇案好像是解決了。

But had it? Perrugia was keen to claim all responsibility for the theft, and it was twenty years before the whole story came out. In fact Perrugia had been working for two master criminals, Valfierno and Chaudron, who went unpunished for their crime. They would offer to steal a famous painting from a gallery for a crooked（不誠實的） dealer or an unscrupulous（肆無忌憚的） private collector. They would then make a of the picture and, with the help of bribed gallery attendants（服務員）, would then tape the to the back of the original（原始的） painting. The dealer would then be taken to the gallery and would be invited to make a secret mark on the back of the painting. Of course the dealer would actually be marking the . Valfierno would later proce forged（偽造） newspaper cuttings announcing the theft of the original, and then proce the , complete with secret marking. If the dealer were to see the painting still in the gallery, he would be persuaded that it was a , and that he possessed the genuine（真正的） one.

果真如此嗎?佩魯吉亞試圖把這次盜竊案的全部責任都攬到自己身上。直到二十年後，整個事件的真相才大白於天下。事實上，佩魯吉亞一直在為兩個犯罪頭目瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍工作。在這個案件中，另兩個傢伙一直逍遙法外。瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍經常從陳列館偷竊名畫提供給奸詐的商人或肆無忌憚的私人收藏家。他們先製作名畫的贗品，然後向博物館的工作人員行賄，以便在博物館工作人員的協助下將偽造品粘在原作的背後，爾後他們再將文物販子帶到陳列室，並要他在要買的那幅畫的背面做上秘密的記號。當然，事實上文物販子只是在贗品的背面作記號。在此之後，瓦爾菲爾諾就偽造一些剪報宣稱原作被盜，然後拿出帶有秘密記號的贗品。如果買畫的販子看見畫仍然在展出，偷盜者將說服他相信展出的畫是贗品，而賣給他的才是真正的原作。

Chaudron then painted not one, but six copies of the Mona Lisa, using 400-year-old wood panels from antique Italian furniture. The forgeries（贗品） were carefully aged, so that the varnish（光澤） was cracked and dirty. Valfierno commissioned Perrugia to steal the original, and told him to hide it until Valfierno contacted him. Perrugia waited in vain in a tiny room in Paris with the painting, but heard nothing from his partners in crime. They had gone to New York, where the six copies were already in store. They had sent them there before the original was stolen. At that time it was quite common for artists to old masters, which would be sold quite honestly（合法的） as imitations（仿造品）, so there had been no problems with US Customs. Valfierno went on to sell all six copies for '300,OOO each. Valfierno told the story to a journalist in 1914, on condition that it would not be published until his death.

肖德龍不僅偽造了一幅，而是六幅《蒙娜麗莎》。他用400年前古義大利老傢具做油畫板，所有贗品均經過了細心的老化處理，以使油畫表面產生裂縫顯得不幹凈。瓦爾菲爾諾指派佩魯吉亞盜走《蒙娜麗莎》的真品並叫他躲藏起來直到與他取得聯系。佩魯吉亞一直帶者那幅畫首在巴黎的一間小屋裡，可是他卻一直未見同夥們的蹤跡。原來瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍早已跑到了紐約，那裡儲存著六幅《蒙娜麗莎》的贗品。他們在原作被盜前就已將贗品運到了美國。在那個時代，藝術家們復制已故大師的作品是司空見慣的事情，而且復製品還能夠合法地在市場上進行交易，因此復製品可以毫不費力地通過美國海關。在美國瓦爾菲爾諾以每幅300，000美元的價格陸續將這六幅《蒙娜麗莎》贗品出售。1914年瓦爾菲爾諾將事件真相透露給了一位記者，條件是只有等到他死後才能將此事公之於眾。

Does the story end there? Collectors have claimed that Perrugia returned a . It is also possible that Leonardo may have painted several versions of the Mona Lisa, or they might be copies made by Leonardo's pupils. There has been a lot of controversy and argument about a 450-year-old painting, but after all, maybe that's what she's smiling about.

事情就此了解了嗎?收藏專家們宣稱佩魯吉亞還回的《蒙娜麗莎》或許是贗品。或許當初達·芬奇創作了幾個不同版本的《蒙娜麗莎》；或許這些《蒙娜麗莎》皆為達·芬奇的學生們製作的復製品。因此迄今為止人們對於這幅有著450年左右歷史的名畫，仍有著諸多的爭議。也許，這就是蒙娜麗莎微笑的原因吧！

3. 英語短篇小說泄密的心翻譯

泄密的心
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真的！焦慮，很焦慮，極其焦慮，經久以來，我都超級焦慮；可是為何說我瘋了？病痛消弱了我的知覺——木有消除——木有麻痹我的知覺。先說說我的聽力。放耳聽去，天上人間，冥界繁事，盡收耳內。所以我怎麼算是瘋子？聽仔細了！我可以不緊不慢、心平氣和地告訴你整個故事的來龍去脈。
講不清啥時候第一次冒出這念頭；但自從想過後，它就日日夜夜縈繞心頭。木啥目的，也木啥貪念。我還挺喜歡那老人。他自從木有煩擾，甚至辱罵過我。我也不念叨他的小金庫。我想：是他的眼！對，就是他的眼！他其中一隻眼像禿鷹眼一樣——蒼藍色。每次他看我，我都全身涼透了；所以，自然而然，我決定滅了他，永遠脫離出那陰冷的視線。
此時正是關鍵。你當我是瘋子？瘋子可是什麼都不知道。你已經明白我做事多麼理智，多麼謹慎，多麼高瞻遠矚——我若無其事地上班！殺他前一星期，我對這老人超殷勤。每晚，午夜，我打開他的卧室門——哎，要多輕柔就多輕柔的說！接著，門縫夠容下腦袋時，我就伸進去一盞提燈。燈被裹得緊緊的，黑乎乎的，一絲光都不透的。然後我伸進頭。哈哈，你要是真看到我怎麼機智地進去的，你肯定會點32個贊的！我慢慢的，很慢很慢，超級緩慢地伸進頭，當然吵不醒那熟睡的老人啦。差不多1小時後，我才完全伸進頭去，就看到他躺在床上。哈哈——瘋子有這智商？後來，我可以方便點動時，就打開提燈。哇塞，我那麼謹慎，那麼小心，剛好露出一絲光線，正好投射到他那禿鷹眼。
連續七晚，我都干這事——每晚午夜——但是他眼睛一直閉著的；我沒辦法下手；因為惹火我的不是這個老人，而是他的魔眼。每天早晨，我進屋，親切地和他交談，誇獎他，呼喚他，問候他睡得好嗎。因此正如你所見，實際上他是純良之人，毫不懷疑每晚午夜時分我窺視他的睡顏。
第八天晚上，一如既往，我極其小心地開門。動作比手錶分針還磨蹭。此前，我從不知道我預見能力這么厲害。勝利在望，我又害怕又激動。心有所思地一點點推開門。他做夢都想不到我的心思我的行為。一想到這，我咯咯地笑了。莫非他聽到了？他好像驚醒，突然動了。你可能猜我現在會退縮——錯。他房間那麼黑，暗黑得不得了，（他害怕匪徒所以緊綳著身子顫抖。）因此我知道他看不見門在打開。我依舊偷偷摸摸地推開門。我伸進頭，要開提燈，手指剛滑過燈線，老人在床上跳起大吼「誰在那？」
我一動不動，始終沉默。一個小時過去了，我一絲肌肉也不曾鬆懈。這時我聽到他躺下的聲音。他也躺在床上聽著——如同我夜夜做的那樣，聽到死神注視著牆面。馬上我就聽到極低的嗚聲，我曉得這是神經恐懼才有的聲音。這不是因為疼痛或憂傷而產生——絕不是！這是過度驚悚時，從心靈深處升起的陰郁的顫抖的聲音。我深知這聲音。每每深夜，萬物皆眠，唯我夢醒子時，內心深處、靈魂深淵中就發出這種聲音，回聲陣陣，讓我恐懼到崩潰。我說了我了解這種聲音。我知道老人想啥子。雖然我心裡竊笑但我仍可憐他。我知道從第一次輕微聲音使他在床上轉身時，他就一直清醒著。他越來越害怕。他嘗試去忽視，但這不可能做到。他不停地自語——「什麼事都沒有，只是煙囪里的風——只是老鼠穿過地板」或「只是蟋蟀的聲音」。是的，他一直這么安慰他自己：但是白費力氣。毫無作用；因為死神來了，都站在他面前和他的影子談判，簽約受害者了。老人感覺得到陰郁地黑影——雖然看不見聽不到——卻真切感知我存在在房間里。
我耐心地呆了很久，還沒聽到他躺下的聲音。我打開了提燈，僅露出一絲縫隙。我開燈了——你想不到我有多偷偷摸摸地開燈——終於，從蜘蛛絲般細的狹縫里射出一線光，落進那禿鷹般的眼眸中。
睜著眼睛的——掙得大大的——看到這些我變得激動。我清楚明白地看到它——蒼藍的眸，似蒙了昏沉的紗，讓我感到徹骨寒氣；但我看不到老人的臉或身體：因為我順著光線直接精準鎖定目標。
跟你說了沒？有這么敏銳的感官會是瘋子？——此刻，我聽到一種聲音，沉悶，模糊，像是鍾表在棉花里發出的聲音。我也熟悉這種聲音。這是老人的心跳聲。我更為興奮，好像受到鼓聲激勵的士兵。但是我依然克制自己，保持沉默，呼吸都有些膽怯。我恍惚地提著燈，小心地保持光線照在那眼上。同時，那該死的心臟跳得更歡了。速度越來越快，聲音越來越大。他一定怕極了！聲音越來越大，分分鍾變大！——你懂我意思嗎？我說過我焦慮：我現在就焦慮著。今晚，挺屍的時，房內死一般的沉寂，多麼搞怪，我驚訝有這聲響竟讓我產生難以抑制的恐慌。目前為止，我仍極度克制，數分鍾一動不動。此時，我異常焦慮——鄰居會聽到聲音的！動手時候到了！大吼一聲，扔掉還亮著的提燈，我沖進房間。老人驚叫一聲——僅一聲。我一下把他抓到地上，掀倒厚重的床板壓住他。然後我會心地笑了。可是，過了很久，他心臟還跳著，發出那種沉悶的聲音。不過這回我沒發火；隔牆聽不到這聲音。終於聲音消失了，老人死了。我移開床，檢查屍身。的確，他死得硬硬的。我手在他心臟那很久，沒有感覺到脈搏。他最終死了。他的眼再也不會煩我了。
還當我瘋了么？聽完我多麼聰明細心地藏屍後，你就不會這么想了。夜深，我安靜地忙碌著。首先，肢解屍體，砍下頭、胳膊和腿。接著拿起卧室地板上的三個木板，把屍塊放入方格。然後重新放好木板。我如此聰慧如此機敏。沒人，就算是老人的眼——也察覺不到異常。沒啥要清洗的——沒任何污漬——沒血斑，啥子也沒有。我超級謹慎地處理了。都用澡盆清洗過了——哈哈！
都處理完，到四點了——天依然漆黑如午夜。鍾聲響起，街上傳來陣陣敲門聲。我淡定地下樓開門——我還有啥怕頭？進來三個人，他們和善地介紹自己是警署人員。那晚鄰居聽到那聲尖叫了；已經懷疑涉嫌謀殺；他們在警局登記了信息，已經開始著手調查。
我笑了——我還怕什麼？我歡迎他們進屋。我說，我做夢時尖叫了。還說，老人去鄉下了沒在這。我讓調查人員在屋子裡全部查看下。我請求他們好好查查——查仔細了。我帶他們去他的卧室。我給他們看他的財寶，一分不少，穩穩當當地放著呢。我相信自己，所以我熱情地搬了椅子進那間屋，招呼他們坐，緩緩疲乏。而我自己，肆無忌憚，坐在存放遇害者屍體的位置上的那把椅子上。警察們很滿意。我的舉止取信了他們。我非常放鬆。他們說話，我也開心地回應著。他們聊著類似的事情。不過，一會兒，我覺得不舒服了，我想他們先離開。我頭疼，幻聽到鈴聲：但他們還坐那兒聊天。鈴聲清晰了，越來越清晰。我說得更加流暢，不顧自己的感受。可是聲音還在，更清晰，更悠長，原來不是在耳朵里響的。
毫無疑問，我現在很虛弱——但是我說得更流利，聲音高昂。聲音越來越大——我能怎麼辦？有低沉的模糊的頻率很快的聲音——像棉花里的鍾表聲。我呼吸不順——警察還沒聽到吧。我說得更快速——更激動；可是雜聲自動變大了。我提高嗓門，嘲諷爭辯，聲音高昂，舉止粗魯；但是那聲音還在增大。他們為什麼還不離開？我大步走來走去，好像被人們看著而激動起來——但是他們干嗎還不滾？我要怎麼辦？我吐口水——胡言亂語——發誓！那些人正愉快地談笑。他們可能聽不到？萬能的神吶！——不，不可能！——他們懷疑啦！——他們嘲笑我的恐懼！——我止不住地這么想。但是沒什麼比這痛苦更糟糕了！沒什麼比嘲笑更不能容忍的了！我受不了這些虛偽的笑容了！我感覺我要麼咆哮要麼去死！——此刻——又來了！——聽！吵！很吵！更吵了！越來越吵！
「夠啦」我吼叫「別裝了！我承認我乾的！掀開地板——這兒，就這兒——就他的心跳聲在吵。」

4. 關於「友誼」的短篇英文小說

Friendship is indispensable to people's life. A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long tolerance of loneliness and depression. Friendship is the mother of our psyche, who'll warm her kid when hurt occurs. We have much to share with our friends in life, perplexity, excitement, bitterness etc. Alas, it's magnificent to maintain a genuine friendship.

It takes many special qualities to make a friend. Understanding should come first. Only when we get a better understanding of each other can we gain an authentic and meaningful friendship. We may find our hobbies of common interests. This feeling of affinity gets us closer and closer.

It also takes a special kind of love that seems to know no end. Never hesitate to show your heartfelt care and kindness to your friend when he/she is in trouble. Love is not selfish. Love is endowed by God that we should treasure all our life.

Tolerance is the third essential part in friendship. We are absolutely different persons. This indivial distinction may cause conflict between us in every aspect of our life. Don't immerse ourself in this infliction too long. Try to tolerant his/her in an introspective mood. Saints are not perfect, let alone those ordinary people like us. Afterwards, we should get a good communication. Never shy to confess.

Understanding, love and tolerance are the first three essences that comes to an authentic friendship. Other qualities are also concerned such as thoughtfulness, trust and patience. Remember, friendship is your psyche's guard, treasure it
友誼是不可缺少的人們的生活。沒有朋友的人沒有翅膀的天使,他的生活將會受到在長期的寬容的孤獨和抑鬱。友誼是我們的母親心理,誰來溫暖自己孩子什麼時候傷害的發生。我們有很多一起分享我們的朋友在生活中,困惑,興奮,苦等。唉,它卻是很偉大的維持一個真正的友誼。

要用許多特殊性質為了結交新朋友。理解能先來。只有當我們更好的了解對方就會給我們帶來一個真正的和有意義的友誼。我們可能會發現共同利益的業余愛好。這種感覺的親和力讓我們越來越近。

它也需要一種特別的愛似乎知道沒有終點的。不要猶豫,盡管顯示你並給你的朋友的關心和體貼。當他/她有麻煩了。愛不是自私。愛是賦予上帝,我們應該珍惜一生。

寬容是第三中最重要的組成部分的友誼。我們完全不同的人。這個人的區別可能會引起沖突,在各方面我們生命中的一個大境界了。不要讓自己在這所施加的時間太長了。試著寬容他/她的在一個發人深省的心情。聖徒並不完美,更不用說那些一個像我們這樣的普通人。後來,我們應該好好溝通。不害羞的承認。

理解、愛和寬容三個基本要素是第一個是一個真正的友誼。其他的品質也對此表示關注,如體貼、信任和耐心。記住,友誼是心靈的後衛,珍惜它