只用3分钟的英语演讲小故事
A Brother Like That A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. Is this your car, Mister? he said. Paul nodded. My brother gave it to me for Christmas. The boy was astounded. You mean your brother gave it to you and it didnt cost you nothing? Boy, I wish . . . He hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels. I wish, the boy went on, That I could be a brother like that. Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, Would you like to take a ride in my car? Oh yes, Id love that. After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow, said, Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house? Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. Will you stop where those two steps are? the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car. There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day Im gonna give you one just like it . . . then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Ive been trying to tell you about. Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said: It is more blessed to give . . . 内容： 哥哥的心愿 圣诞节时，的哥哥送他一辆。
圣诞节当天，保罗离开办公室时，一个男孩绕着那辆闪闪发亮的新车，十分赞叹地问： 先生，这是你的车
保罗点点头：这是我哥哥送给我的圣诞节礼物。
男孩满脸惊讶，支支吾吾地说：你是说这是你哥送的礼物，没花你一分钱
天哪，我真希望也能…… 保罗当然知道男孩他真想希望什么。
他希望能有一个象那样的哥哥。
但是小男孩接下来说的话却完全出乎了保罗的意料。
我希望自己能成为送车给弟弟的哥哥。
男孩继续说。
保罗惊愕地看着那男孩，冲口而出地说：你要不要坐我的车去兜风
哦，当然好了，我太想坐了
车开了一小段路后，那孩子转过头来，眼睛闪闪发亮，对我说：先生，你能不能把车子开到我家门前
保罗微笑，他知道孩子想干什么。
那男孩必定是要向邻居炫耀，让大家知道他坐了一部大轿车回家。
但是这次保罗又猜错了。
你能不能把车子停在那两个台阶前
男孩要求道。
男孩跑上了阶梯，过了一会儿保罗听到他回来了，但动作似乎有些缓慢。
原来把他跛脚的弟弟带出来了，将他安置在第一个台阶上，紧紧地抱着他，指着那辆新车。
只听那男孩告诉弟弟：你看，这就是我刚才在楼上对你说的那辆新车。
这是保罗他哥哥送给他的哦
将来我也会送给你一辆像这样的车，到那时候你就能自己去看那些在圣诞节时，挂窗口上的漂亮饰品了，就象我告诉过你的那样。
保罗走下车子，把跛脚男孩抱到车子的前座。
兴奋得满眼放光的哥哥也爬上车子，坐在弟弟的身旁。
就这样他们三人开始一次令人难忘的假日兜风。
那个圣诞夜，保罗才真正体会主耶稣所说的施比受更有福的道理。
A man came home form work late, tired and found his 5 years old son waiting for him at the door. Daddy, may I ask you a question? Yeah, sure, what is it? replied the man. Daddy, how much do you make an hour? If you must know, I make $20 an hour. Oh, The little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, Daddy, may I please borrow $10 the father was furious, If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy, then you go to bed. The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down. And started to think. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.” Are you asleep, son? he asked. no daddy, replied the boy. I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. said the man, Here's the $10 you asked for. the little boy sat straight up, smiling. Oh, thank you daddy! he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. Why do you want more money? Is you already have some? the father asked. Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.”The little boy repiied, Daddy , I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you. Little Red Riding Hood Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little riding hood of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called 'Little Red Riding Hood.' One day her mother said to her: 'Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don't forget to say, Good morning, and don't peep into every corner before you do it.' 'I will take great care,' said Little Red Riding Hood to her mother, and gave her hand on it. The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red Riding Hood entered the wood, a wolf met her. Red Riding Hood did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him. 'Good day, Little Red Riding Hood,' said he. 'Thank you kindly, wolf.' 'Whither away so early, Little Red Riding Hood?' 'To my grandmother's.' 'What have you got in your apron?' 'Cake and wine; yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger.' 'Where does your grandmother live, Little Red Riding Hood?' 'A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood; her house stands under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are just below; you surely must know it,' replied Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf thought to himself: 'What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful - she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both.' So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red Riding Hood, and then he said: 'See, Little Red Riding Hood, how pretty the flowers are about here - why do you not look round? I believe, too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing; you walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is merry.' < 2 > Little Red Riding Hood raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought: 'Suppose I take grandmother a fresh nosegay; that would please her too. It is so early in the day that I shall still get there in good time.' So she ran from the path into the wood to look for flowers. And whenever she had picked one, she fancied that she saw a still prettier one farther on, and ran after it, and so got deeper and deeper into the wood. Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked at the door. 'Who is there?' 'Little Red Riding Hood,' replied the wolf. 'She is bringing cake and wine; open the door.' 'Lift the latch,' called out the grandmother, 'I am too weak, and cannot get up.' The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap, laid himself in bed and drew the curtains. Little Red Riding Hood, however, had been running about picking flowers, and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more, she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her. She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself: 'Oh dear! how uneasy I feel today, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.' She called out: 'Good morning,' but received no answer; so she went to the bed and drew back the curtains. There lay her grandmother with her cap pulled far over her face, and looking very strange. 'Oh! grandmother,' she said, 'what big ears you have!' 'All the better to hear you with, my child,' was the reply. 'But, grandmother, what big eyes you have!' she said. 'All the better to see you with, my dear.' 'But, grandmother, what large hands you have!' 'All the better to hug you with.' 'Oh! but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!' 'All the better to eat you with!' And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with one bound he was out of bed and swallowed up Red Riding Hood. < 3 > When the wolf had appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud. The huntsman was just passing the house, and thought to himself: 'How the old woman is snoring! I must just see if she wants anything.' So he went into the room, and when he came to the bed, he saw that the wolf was lying in it. 'Do I find you here, you old sinner!' said he. 'I have long sought you!' But just as he was going to fire at him, it occurred to him that the wolf might have devoured the grandmother, and that she might still be saved, so he did not fire, but took a pair of scissors, and began to cut open the stomach of the sleeping wolf. When he had made two snips, he saw the little red riding hood shining, and then he made two snips more, and the little girl sprang out, crying: 'Ah, how frightened I have been! How dark it was inside the wolf.' After that the aged grandmother came out alive also, but scarcely able to breathe. Red Riding Hood, however, quickly fetched great stones with which they filled the wolf's belly, and when he awoke, he wanted to run away, but the stones were so heavy that he collapsed at once, and fell dead. Then all three were delighted. The huntsman drew off the wolf's skin and went home with it; the grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine which Red Riding Hood had brought, and revived. But Red Riding Hood thought to herself: 'As long as I live, I will never leave the path by myself to run into the wood, when my mother has forbidden me to do so.' It is also related that once, when Red Riding Hood was again taking cakes to the old grandmother, another wolf spoke to her, and tried to entice her from the path. Red Riding Hood, however, was on her guard, and went straight forward on her way, and told her grandmother that she had met the wolf, and that he had said 'good morning' to her, but with such a wicked look in his eyes, that if they had not been on the public road she was certain he would have eaten her up. < 4 > 'Well,' said the grandmother, 'we will shut the door, so that he can not come in.' Soon afterwards the wolf knocked, and cried: 'Open the door, grandmother, I am Little Red Riding Hood, and am bringing you some cakes.' But they did not speak, or open the door, so the grey-beard stole twice or thrice round the house, and at last jumped on the roof, intending to wait until Red Riding Hood went home in the evening, and then to steal after her and devour her in the darkness. But the grandmother saw what was in his thoughts. In front of the house was a great stone trough, so she said to the child: 'Take the pail, Red Riding Hood; I made some sausages yesterday, so carry the water in which I boiled them to the trough.' Red Riding Hood carried until the great trough was quite full. Then the smell of the sausages reached the wolf, and he sniffed and peeped down, and at last stretched out his neck so far that he could no longer keep his footing and began to slip, and slipped down from the roof straight into the great trough, and was drowned. But Red Riding Hood went joyously home, and no one ever did anything to harm her again. One Friday morning, a teacher came up with a novel way to motivate her class. She told them that she would read a quote and the first student to correctly identify who said it would receive the rest of the day off. She started with This was England's finest hour. Little Suzy instantly jumped up and said, Winston Churchill. Congratulations! Said the teacher, You may go home. The teacher then said, Ask not what your country can do for you. Before she could finish this quote, another young lady belts out, John F.Kennedy. Very good, says the teacher, you may go. Irritated that he has missed two golden opportunities, Little Johnny said,I wish those girls would just shut up. Upon overhearing this comment, the outraged teacher demanded to know who said it. Johnny instantly rose to his feet and said,Bill Clinton. I'll see you Monday.
适合大学生英语演讲的小故事
THE LION AND THE MOUSE Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteouslyentreated, saying： “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar,came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed： “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting toreceive from me any repayment of your favour； but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.” 1．狮和鼠 一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去，将它从梦中吵醒。
狮子生气地跳起来，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。
老鼠哀求说：「只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命，我将来一定会报答你的大恩。
」狮子便笑着放了它。
后来狮子被几个猎人捉住，用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。
老鼠听出是狮子的吼声，走来用牙齿咬断绳索，释放了它，并大声说：「你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。
但是你现在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向狮子效劳的。
」
急需“红色经典小故事演讲稿”1到2分钟讲完，不要太长，只是小学生演讲比赛
<<金色的鱼钩>> 1935年秋天，红四方面军进入草地，许多同志得了肠胃病。
我和两个小同志病得实在赶不上队伍了，指导员派炊事班长照顾我们，让我们走在后面。
炊事班长快四十岁了，个儿挺高，背有点儿驼，四方脸，高颧骨，脸上布满皱纹，两鬓都斑白了。
因为全连数他岁数大，对大家又特别亲，大伙都叫他“老班长”。
三个病号走不快，一天只走二十来里路。
一路上，老班长带我们走一阵歇一阵。
到了宿营地，他就到处去找野菜，和着青稞面给我们做饭。
不到半个月，两袋青稞吃完了。
饥饿威胁着我们。
老班长到处找野菜，挖草根，可是光吃这些东西怎么行呢
老班长看我们一天天瘦下去，他整夜整夜地合不拢眼，其实，这些天他比我们瘦得还厉害呢
一天，他在一个水塘边给我们洗衣裳，忽然看见一条鱼跳出水面。
他喜出望外地跑回来，取出一根缝衣针，烧红了，弯成了钓鱼钩。
这天夜里，我们就吃到了鲜美的鱼汤。
初二，历史课前演讲，讲一个历史小故事，不要太长，几分钟就好了。
《陈平忍辱苦读书》陈平西汉名相，少时家贫，与哥哥相依为命，为了秉承父命，光耀门庭，不事生产，闭门读书，却为大嫂所不容，为了消弭兄嫂的矛盾，面对一再羞辱，隐忍不发，随着大嫂的变本加厉，终于忍无可忍，出走离家，欲浪迹天涯，被哥哥追回后，又不计前嫌，阻兄休嫂，在当地传为美谈。
终有一老着，慕名前来，免费收徒授课，学成后，辅佐刘邦，成就了一番霸业。
《陆羽弃佛从文》唐朝著名学者陆羽，从小是个孤儿，被智积禅师抚养长大。
陆羽虽身在庙中，却不愿终日诵经念佛，而是喜欢吟读诗书。
陆羽执意下山求学，遭到了禅师的反对。
禅师为了给陆羽出难题，同时也是为了更好地教育他，便叫他学习冲茶。
在钻研茶艺的过程中，陆羽碰到了一位好心的老婆婆，不仅学会了复杂的冲茶的技巧，更学会了不少读书和做人的道理。
当陆羽最终将一杯热气腾腾的苦丁茶端到禅师面前时，禅师终于答应了他下山读书的要求。
后来，陆羽撰写了广为流传的《茶经》，把祖国的茶艺文化发扬光大
《少年包拯学断案》包拯包青天，自幼聪颖，勤学好问，尤喜推理断案，其家父与知县交往密切，包拯从小耳濡目染，学会了不少的断案知识，尤其在焚庙杀僧一案中，包拯根据现场的蛛丝马迹，剥茧抽丝，排查出犯罪嫌疑人后，又假扮阎王，审清事实真相，协助知县缉拿凶手，为民除害。
他努力学习律法刑理知识，为长大以后断案如神，为民伸冤，打下了深厚的知识基础。
《万斯同闭门苦读》清朝初期的著名学者、史学家万斯同参与编撰了我国重要史书《二十四史》。
但万斯同小的时候也是一个顽皮的孩子。
万斯同由于贪玩，在宾客们面前丢了面子，从而遭到了宾客们的批评。
万斯同恼怒之下，掀翻了宾客们的桌子，被父亲关到了书屋里。
万斯同从生气、厌恶读书，到闭门思过，并从《茶经》中受到启发，开始用心读书。
转眼一年多过去了，万斯同在书屋中读了很多书，父亲原谅了儿子，而万斯同也明白了父亲的良苦用心。
万斯同经过长期的勤学苦读，终于成为一位通晓历史遍览群书的著名学者，并参与了《二十四史》之《明史》的编修工作。
《唐伯虎潜心学画》唐伯虎是明朝著名的画家和文学家，小的时候在画画方面显示了超人的才华。
唐伯虎拜师，拜在大画家沈周门下，学习自然更加刻苦勤奋，掌握绘画技艺很快，深受沈周的称赞。
不料，由于沈周的称赞，这次使一向谦虚的唐伯虎也渐渐地产生了自满的情绪，沈周看在眼中，记在心里，一次吃饭，沈周让唐伯虎去开窗户，唐伯虎发现自己手下的窗户竟是老师沈周的一幅画，唐伯虎非常惭愧，从此潜心学画。
《文天祥少年正气》南宋末年著名的民族英雄文天祥少年时生活困苦，在好心人的帮助下才有机会读书。
一次，文天祥被有钱的同学误会是小偷，他据理力争，不许别人践踏自己的尊严，终于证明了自己的清白，而且通过这件事，更加树立了文天祥金榜题名的志向。
《叶天士拜师谦学》叶天士自恃医术高明，看不起同行薛雪。
有一次，叶天士的母亲病了，他束手无策，多亏薛雪不计前嫌，治好了他母亲的病。
从此，叶天士明白了天外有天，人上有人的道理。
于是他寻访天下名医，虚心求教，终于成了真正的江南第一名医。
《杨禄禅陈家沟学艺》杨禄禅受到乡里恶霸的欺负，他不甘心受辱。
一个人离开了家，到陈家沟拜师学艺。
拳师陈长兴从不把拳法传外人，杨禄禅也不例外。
不过，杨禄禅的执着精神终于感动了陈长兴，终于学到了拳法，惩治了恶霸，也开创了杨式太极拳。
《王献之依缸习字》王献之，字子敬，是东晋大书法家书——圣王羲之的第七个儿子。
他自己也是东晋著名的书法家。
王献之三四岁的时候，母亲就教他背诗诵诗，到五六岁的时候，就能够出口成章，顺口吟出几句诗来。
和他的哥哥王凝之相比，越发显得机警聪敏，而且还特别喜欢习字。
王献之家有一只大水缸，本片的故事，正与这个大水缸密不可分
《柳公权戒骄成名》柳公权从小就显示出在书法方面的过人天赋，他写的字远近闻名。
他也因此有些骄傲。
不过，有一天他遇到了一个没有手的老人，竟然发现老人用脚写的字比用他手写的还好。
从此，他时时把“戒骄”记在心中，勤奋练字，虚心学习，终于成为一代书法大家。
《匡衡凿壁偷光》西汉时期，有一个特别有学问的人，叫匡衡，匡衡小的时候家境贫寒，为了读书，他凿通了邻居文不识家的墙，借着偷来一缕烛光读书，终于感动了邻居文不识，在大家的帮助下，小匡衡学有所成。
在汉元帝的时候，由大司马、车骑将军史高推荐，匡衡被封郎中，迁博士。
《屈原洞中苦读》这个故事讲述了，屈原小时侯不顾长辈的反对，不论刮风下雨，天寒地冻，躲到山洞里偷读《诗经》。
经过整整三年，他熟读了《诗经》305篇，从这些民歌民谣中吸收了丰富的营养，终于成为一位伟大诗人。
《王十朋苦学书法》王十朋从小聪颖过人，文思敏捷，可是书法却不如人意。
于是，他痛下决心，一定要练好书法。
终于，宝印叔叔的指点下，他终于悟到了书法真谛，成为一名大书法家和文学家。
《王羲之吃墨》被后人称为“书圣”的王羲之，小的时候是一个呆头呆脑的孩子，每天都带着自己心爱的小鹅悠悠逛逛。
王羲之每天刻苦练字，却被老师卫夫人称作是死字，王羲之很是苦恼，在小鹅的启发下，王羲之在书房写成了金光灿灿的“之”字，但却误将馒头沾墨汁吃到了嘴里，留下了王羲之吃墨的故事。
《范仲淹断齑划粥》范仲淹从小家境贫寒，为了读书，他省吃俭用。
终于，他的勤奋好学感动了寺院长老，长老送他到南都学舍学习。
范仲淹依然坚持简朴的生活习惯，不接受富家子弟的馈赠，以磨砺自己的意志。
经过刻苦攻读，他终于成为了伟大的文学家。
司马光是个贪玩贪睡的孩子，为此他没少受先生的责罚和同伴的嘲笑，在先生的谆谆教诲下，他决心改掉贪睡的坏毛病，为了早早起床，他睡觉前喝了满满一肚子水，结果早上没有被憋醒，却尿了床，于是聪明的司马光用园木头作了一个警枕，早上一翻身，头滑落在床板上，自然惊醒，从此他天天早早地起床读书，坚持不懈，终于成为了一个学识渊博的，写出了《资治通鉴》的大文豪。
《诸葛亮喂鸡》诸葛亮，字孔明，东汉三国时期徐州琅琊郡阳都县人，是我国历史上著名的政治家和军事家。
如果你看过《三国演义》，肯定不会忘记诸葛亮。
至今，诸葛亮的智慧一直被后人所传颂，许多人甚至把他当作了智慧的化身。
可是你知道吗，在诸葛亮的小时候，为了上学，发生过一些故事，好玩极了
《岳飞学艺》民族英雄岳飞生逢乱世，自幼家贫，在乡邻的资助下，拜陕西名师周桐习武学艺，期间，目睹山河破碎，百姓流离失所，萌发了学艺报国的志向，克服了骄傲自满的情绪。
寒暑冬夏，苦练不缀，在名师周桐的悉心指导下，终于练成了岳家抢，并率领王贵，汤显等伙伴，加入到了抗金救国的爱国洪流中。
《厉归真学画虎》五代画虎名家历归真从小喜欢画画，尤其喜欢画虎，但是由于没有见过真的老虎，总把老虎画成病猫，于是他决心进入深山老林，探访真的老虎，经历了千辛万苦，在猎户伯伯的帮助下，终于见到了真的老虎，通过大量的写生临摹，其的画虎技法突飞猛进，笔下的老虎栩栩如生，几可乱真。
从此以后，他又用大半生的时间游历了许多名山大川，见识了更多的飞禽猛兽，终于成为一代绘画大师。
《沈括上山看桃花》“人间四月芳菲尽，山寺桃花始盛开”，当读到这句诗时，沈括的的眉头凝成了一个结，“为什么我们这里花都开败了，山上的桃花才开始盛开呢
”，为了解开这个谜团，沈括约了几个小伙伴上山实地考察一番，四月的山上，咋暖还寒，凉风袭来，冻得人瑟瑟发抖，沈括矛茅塞顿开，原来山上的温度比山下要低很多，因此花季才来得比山下来得晚呀。
凭借着这种求索精神和实证方法，长大以后的沈括写出了《梦溪笔谈》。
《徐霞客志在天下》有一天，江边发生了一件怪事，很多人在打捞落水的石狮，却怎么也找不着。
这时，一个叫徐霞客的小孩说，只要溯江而上，就能找到石狮。
果然石狮找到了，大家都赞誉这个聪颖的小孩。
原来他就是长大后成为伟大地理学家、旅行家的徐霞客。
《皇甫谧浪子回头》皇甫谧，魏、晋年间人，是西晋著名的学者和医学家。
皇甫谧小的时候玩劣异常，被村子里的人称为小霸王，一次，他将同窗受气包家的枣树的树皮铲掉，使得枣树枯萎，全村人看到他，都不理他了，在婶婶的教育下，皇甫谧终于浪子回头，成为了一个有用的人。
《司马光警枕励志》陈平西汉名相，少时家贫，与哥哥相依为命，为了秉承父命，光耀门庭，不事生产，闭门读书，却为大嫂所不容，为了消弭兄嫂的矛盾，面对一再羞辱，隐忍不发，随着大嫂的变本加厉，终于忍无可忍，出走离家，欲浪迹天涯，被哥哥追回后，又不计前嫌，阻兄休嫂，在当地传为美谈。
终有一老着，慕名前来，免费收徒授课，学成后，辅佐刘邦，成就了一番霸业。
