Cả nhà ơi, ai có truyện ngắn tiếng Anh hay thì cùng vào đây chia sẻ bà con cùng đọc để học tiếng Anh luôn nha. Hôm nay rảnh rỗi ngồi đọc được mấy truyện ngắn cực hay, chia sẻ với bà con luôn ^^. Truyện thứ nhất: THE WISE OLD MAN A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits. The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant. The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all. "Now pull out that one," said the old man pointing to a bush. The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out. "Now take this one out," said the old man, indicating a guava tree. The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out. But it would not budge. "I – It's impossible," said the boy, panting with the effort. "So it is with bad habits," said the sage. "When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when they take hold they cannot be uprooted." The session with the old man changed the boy's life. Truyện thứ hai: THE BEST ARTIST. A despotic sultan who was blind in one eye invited three artists to paint his picture. “If you do a bad portrait, I will punish you,” he warned, “ but if you do a good one I will reward you. Now start!” The first artist produced a picture that showed the sultan as he was: blind in one eye. The sultan had him executed for showing disrespect to his monarch. The second artist showed him with both eyes intact. The sultan had him flogged for trying to flatter him. The third artist drew him in profile, showing only his good eye. The sultan, pleased, rewarded him with gold and honours.
Ðề: Một vài mẩu truyện ngắn tiếng Anh hay và ý nghĩa Mình mới đọc được truyện ngắn về Phật giáo cũng rất hay: PEACE OF MIND Buddhist was going from town to town with some of his followers. They happened to pass by a lake and they decided to stop a little close to it to rest. After resting for a while, the Buddhist told one of his followers, 'I'm dying of thirst, please move down to the lake and get me some water to drink' The follower immediately obeyed and went down to get his master a drink of water. When he got there, he met a group of natives washing clothes in the water. While still there, a bullock cart crossed through the lake and the water became so turbid and dirty. He couldn't get clean water for his master todrink. He felt it was inappropriate to give the dirty water to his master and so, he went back to explain things to him. Getting to his master, he told him, ''I met some people washing by the lake, the water is very muddy and it is not fit to be drunk'' After an hour or there about, the Buddhist sent the disciple to the lake again to get him water to drink. Not uttering a word of complain, the follower obeyedand went down to get the water for his Buddhist master. This time around, he discovered that the water was no longer muddy and dirty as it was before, it had settled and was clean, hence, fit for drinking. He tooksome water in the jar he took with him and went back to his master. The Buddha took the water, looked at the disciple in the face and said,"See what you did to make the water clean, you let it be... and the mud settled down on its own - And you got clear and clean water. Your mind is alsolike that. When it is disturbed, just let0it be. Give it a little time, it will settle down on its own. You don't need to put in any effort to calm it down, it will happen. It's effortless"
Ðề: Một vài mẩu truyện ngắn tiếng Anh hay và ý nghĩa Thêm câu chuyện về những điều quan trọng trong cuộc đời bạn: The important things in life A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.” “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.” “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
Ðề: Một vài mẩu truyện ngắn tiếng Anh hay và ý nghĩa Góp vui với mọi người, bài đọc với lượng từ rất vừa phải The Telephone call Camille was three years old. She lived in a small town in France. Her father worked far away in the city. Her mother worked in the house. One Saturday, Camille's mother fell down on the floor. Her eyes were closed. She did not move. Camille's father was home. He called the doctor on the telephone. The doctor came to help Camille's mother. In a few days, she was well. Then one day she fell down again. This time, Camille's father was not home. There was only Camille. She looked at her mother on the floor, and she was afraid. She started to cry. Then she remembered the telephone. She went to the telephone. She did the same thing her father did. She pushed some numbers on the telephone. A man answered her call. He was Claude Armand, an engineer. His office was in the city. He did not know Camille. At first, he did not understand her. Camille said, "Mommy, Mommy!" "Where is your mother?" asked Claude Armand. "She's lying down," said Camille. "She can't get up." Camille started to cry. Claude Armand wanted to help Camille. "Where do you live?" he asked. "Near my grandma," she answered. She didn't know her street or her town. She was only three! Then Claude Armand said to her, "Don't put down the telephone. Talk to me some more. Tell me about your daddy. Where is he?" He asked her lots of questions. At the same time, a friend in his office called the telephone company. She told the telephone company about Camille's mother. She said they needed Camille's address. The telephone company told the police. The police told the government in Paris. Then the government said okay to the police. The police said okay to the telephone company. And the telephone company told them Camille's address. All this time, Camille talked with Claude Armand. She told him about her house and her family. She told him about her grandparents, her friends, and her little cat. They talked for 45 minutes! Then the police were at Camille's house with a doctor. They called to her and rang the doorbell. Camille said good-bye to Claude Armand and went to open the door. Now she was not alone anymore. Now her mother was okay.
Ðề: Một vài mẩu truyện ngắn tiếng Anh hay và ý nghĩa sTORY OF THE WOOD CUTTER'S AXe Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job with a timber merchant, and he got it. The salary was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees "Congratulation !," the boss said. "Go on that way!" Very motivated by the boss' words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but could bring 15 trees only. The third day he tried even harder, but could bring 10 trees only. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees. "I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on. "When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked. "Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees..." MORAL LESSON: "Working hard is not enough; one has to keep on sharpening one's skills."
