有些同学在写英文作文时会需要用到励志故事来作为作文素材，那么励志故事英文作文素材都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。
Once upon a time there was a rich village. The wealthiest of the villagers decided to hide a huge lump of gold to protect it from bandits and robbers. So he buried it in a nearby rice field.
从前有一个富裕的村庄。村民中最有钱的人决定将一大块金子藏起来以免土匪和强盗来打劫。于是他将那块金子埋在四周的稻田地里。
Many years later, the village was no longer rich, and the rice field was abandoned and unused. A poor farmer decided to plow the field. After some time plowing, it just so happened that his plow struck the long forgotten buried treasure.
许多年后，村子不再像以前那样富裕，稻田地被荒废，没有人再去耕种，一个贫穷的农民决定去犁地。犁了一些地后，犁头恰巧碰到了那块早被人们遗忘的金子。
At first he thought it must be a very hard tree root. But when he uncovered it, he saw that it was beautiful shining gold. Since it was daytime he was afraid to try and take it with him. So he covered it up again and waited for nightfall.
起先，农民以为犁头一定是翻到了坚硬的树根，但他扒开土时，才看到那是一块闪光的金子。在白天他不敢将金子拿回家，于是他又将金子埋起来并等待夜幕的降临。
The poor farmer returned in the middle of the night. Again he uncovered the golden treasure. He tried to lift it, but it was far too heavy. He tied ropes around it and tried to drag it. But it was so huge he couldn’t budge it an inch. He became frustrated, thinking he was lucky to find a treasure, and unlucky to not be able to take it with him. He even tried kicking the huge lump of gold. But again it wouldn’t budge an inch.
半夜时，农民回来了。他将金子挖出来，想抬走金子，但是金子是在太重了，他用绳子将金块捆住，想将金子拽回去。但是金块太大了以致于他根本无法挪动。农民开始心烦，心想他能够幸运地找到金子，却无法抬走真是太倒霉了。他甚至去踢金块，但是金块仍然纹丝不动。
Then he sat down and began to consider the situation. He decided the only thing to do was to break the lump of gold into four smaller lumps. Then he could carry home one piece at a time.
农民坐下来开始想办法。他决定唯一可行的办法就是将金块分成四个小块。那样他每次可以抬一块回家。
He thought, "One lump I will use for ordinary day-to-day living. The second lump I will save for a rainy day. The third lump I will invest in my farming business. And I will gain merit with the fourth lump by giving it to the poor and needy and for other good works."
他这样盘算着：“一块金子用来支付日常的花销。第二块金子我会储存起来度过雨季。第三块金子我会用来投资农场生意。第四块金子施舍给穷人和需要帮助的人，和交换其它的好东西，这样我就可以获得很多好处。”
With a calm mind he pided the huge lump of gold into these four smaller lumps. Then it was easy to carry them home on four separate trips.
于是他平静地将那块金子分成四个小块。然后分四次将金块带回家。
Afterwards he lived happily.
从那以后他幸福地生活着。
Once upon a time, there was a mouse father.
(很久很久以前，有一个老鼠爸爸)
He wanted to marry his daughter to the greatest person in the world.
(他想要将他的女儿嫁给世界上最伟大的人)
But, who was the greatest person in the world?
(但是，谁是世界上最伟大的人呢?)
Oh! The sun! He must be the greatest person in the world.
(啊!是太阳!他一定是世界上最伟大的人)
The mouse father went to talk to the sun.
(老鼠爸爸就去找太阳说话)
“Hello! Mr. Sun. I know you are the greatest person in the world.
(哈!太阳先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人)
Would you marry my daughter?”
(你愿意娶我的女儿吗?)
“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the cloud.
(什么?我才不是世界上最伟大的人呢!最伟大的应该是云)
If he comes out, I’ll be covered.”
(只要他一出现，我就被遮住了)
The mouse father went to talk to the cloud.
(老鼠爸爸就去找云)
“Hello! Mr. Cloud. I know you are the greatest person in the world.
(哈!云先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人)
Would you marry my daughter?”
(你愿意娶我的女儿吗?)
“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wind.
(什么?我才不是世界上最伟大的人呢!最伟大的应该是风)
If he comes out, I’ll be blown away.”
(只要他一出现，我就被吹的远远的)
The mouse father went to talk to the wind.
(老鼠爸爸就去找风)
“Hello! Mr. Wind. I know you are the greatest person in the world.
(哈!风先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人)
Would you marry my daughter?”
(你愿意娶我的女儿吗?)
“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is the wall.
(什么?我才不是世界上最伟大的人呢!最伟大的应该是墙)
If he comes out, I’ll be stopped.”
(只要他一出现，我就被挡住了)
The mouse father went to talk to the wall.
(老鼠爸爸就去找墙)
“Hello! Mr. Wall. I know you are the greatest person in the world.
(哈!墙先生，我知道你是世界上最伟大的人)
Would you marry my daughter?”
(你愿意娶我的女儿吗?)
“What? I’m not the greatest person in the world. The greatest person is YOU, the mouse.”
(什么?我才不是世界上最伟大的人呢!最伟大的其实是你们!是老鼠!)
“The greatest person in the world is … mouse?”
(世界上最伟大的人…是老鼠?)
“Yes, the greatest person in the world is mouse. See? If mouse comes out, I’ll be bit!”
(没错!世界上最伟大的就是老鼠，你看，只要你们一出现，我就被挖洞了!)
The mouse father was very happy.
(老鼠爸爸好开心!)
He finally knew mouse was the greatest person in the world.
(他终于知道世界上最伟大的人了，就是老鼠。)
He would marry his daughter to the handsome mouse next door.
(他决定要将自己的女儿嫁给隔壁英俊的鼠小弟。)
A little boy asked his mother: “Why are you crying?”
“Because I am a woman.” She told him.
“I don’t understand” he said.
His mum just hugged him and said: “And you never will.”
Later the little boy asked his father: “ Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?”
“All woman cry for no reason.” Was all his dad could say.
The little boy grow up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.
Finally he put in a call to God, when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so easily?”
God said: “ When I made the women, she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her inner strength to endure childbirth, and the rejections many times comes from her children.
I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complains.
“I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even her children has hurt her very badly.
“I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.”
“I gave her the wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strength and resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.”
“And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. That is her exclusively to use whenever it is needed.”
“You see the beauty of a women is not the clothes she wears, the figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.”
“The beauty of a women must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where the love resides.”
【中文译文】
一个男孩问他的妈妈：“ 你为什么要哭呢?”
妈妈说：“因为我是女人啊。”
男孩说：“我不懂."
他妈妈抱起他说：“你永远不会懂的。
后来小男孩就问他爸爸：“妈妈为什么毫无理由的哭呢?”
他爸爸只能说：“所有女人都这样”.
小男孩长大了，成为一个男人，但他仍就不懂女人为什么哭泣
最后，他打电话给上帝;在上帝拿起电话时，他问道：“上帝，女人为什么那么容易哭泣呢?”
上帝回答说：“当我创造女人时，就让她很特别。我使她的肩膀能挑起整个世界;同时却柔情似水能给人安慰。
“我让她的内心很坚强，能够承受分娩的痛苦，并能多次忍受来自自己孩子的拒绝。”
“我赋予她耐心使她能在别人选择放弃的时候继续坚持着，并且无怨无悔的照顾自己的家人度过疾病与疲劳.
“我赋予她在任何情况下都会爱孩子的感情，即使她的孩子伤害了她。”
“我赋予她包容她丈夫过错的坚强，并用他的勒骨塑成她来保护他的心。”
“我赋予她智慧让她知道一个好丈夫是绝不会伤害他的妻子的，但有时我也会考验她支持自已丈夫的坚持与决心.
“最后，我让她可以流泪。只要她愿意，这是她所独有的。”
“你看，女人的漂亮不是因为她穿的衣服，她保持的体型或者她梳的发型。”
“女人的美丽只能在她的眼睛里找到，因为那是她心灵的窗口，爱居住的地方。”