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 man's 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.
【譯文】
一個(gè)人正朝著一個(gè)富人的房子走去,當(dāng)他沿著路走時(shí),在路的一邊他發(fā)現(xiàn)一箱好蘋(píng)果,他說(shuō)：“我不打算吃那些蘋(píng)果,因?yàn)楦蝗藭?huì)給我更多的食物,他會(huì)給我很好吃的東西.”然后他拿起蘋(píng)果,一把扔到土里去.
他繼續(xù)走,來(lái)到河邊,河漲水了,因此,他到不了河對(duì)岸,他等了一會(huì)兒,然后他說(shuō)：“今天我去不了富人家了,因?yàn)槲也荒芏蛇^(guò)河.”
他開(kāi)始回家,那天他沒(méi)有吃東西.他就開(kāi)始去找吃的,他找到蘋(píng)果,很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來(lái)吃了.
不要把好東西扔掉,換個(gè)時(shí)候你會(huì)覺(jué)得它們大有用處.
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
【譯文】
城里老鼠和鄉(xiāng)下老鼠
從前,有兩只老鼠,它們是好朋友.一只老鼠居住在鄉(xiāng)村,另一只住在城里.很多年以后,鄉(xiāng)下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,它說(shuō)：“你一定要來(lái)我鄉(xiāng)下的家看看.”于是,城里老鼠就去了.鄉(xiāng)下老鼠領(lǐng)著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家里.它把所有最精美食物都找出來(lái)給城里老鼠.城里老鼠說(shuō)：“這東西不好吃,你的家也不好,你為什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你應(yīng)該搬到城里去住,你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子,還會(huì)吃上美味佳肴,你應(yīng)該到我城里的家看看.”
鄉(xiāng)下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去.房子十分漂亮,好吃的東西也為他們擺好了.可是正當(dāng)他們要開(kāi)始吃的時(shí)候,聽(tīng)見(jiàn)很大的一陣響聲,城里的老鼠叫喊起來(lái)：“快跑!快跑!貓來(lái)了!”他們飛快地跑開(kāi)躲藏起來(lái).
過(guò)了一會(huì)兒,他們出來(lái)了.當(dāng)他們出來(lái)時(shí),鄉(xiāng)下老鼠說(shuō)：“我不喜歡住在城里,我喜歡住在田野我的洞里.因?yàn)檫@樣雖然貧窮但是快樂(lè)自在,比起雖然富有卻要過(guò)著提心吊膽的生活來(lái)說(shuō),要好些.”
My Mother
My Mother isa kind and gentle woman. She is always very gentle. She takes good care of her children and keeps them all at school. I have one brother and two sistets. So she gets four children in all. She gives us every comfort. We all love her and she loves us also.
My mother has too much to do in bringing us up. As our family is too poor to keep a servant, my mother has always to do very much work. She gets up very early and sleeps very late every day. She works hard, yet without complaining.
She is also a thrifty, and industrious woman. She saves every cent that she can and keeps everything in order. As she has been busy eversince she was young, she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled, her hair becomes silver white, but she works as hard as ever.
Often she says to us, "work while you work, play while you play. If you do not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society." What piece of good advice this is! We must worth it well and always keep it in our mind.
我的母親
我的母親是一位心地善良、性情溫和的女性.她總是彬彬有禮.她細(xì)心地照顧孩子并使他們都上學(xué)讀書(shū).我有一個(gè)哥哥,兩個(gè)妹妹,所以她總共有四個(gè)孩子.她使我們做每件事時(shí)都感到舒適.我們都愛(ài)她,她也愛(ài)我們.
為了撫養(yǎng)我們,母親有太多的事要做.因?yàn)槲覀兗液芨F,雇不起傭人,母親總是必須做很多工作.她每天起早貪黑,辛苦地工作,從無(wú)怨言.
她又是一位節(jié)儉勤勉的婦女.她盡可能地節(jié)省每一分錢(qián),并且使每一件事情都井井有條.由于年輕時(shí)就一直忙碌,所以從外表看上去更見(jiàn)蒼老.她的臉布滿皺紋,頭發(fā)也變成了灰白,但她仍像從前一樣辛勤地操勞.
她常對(duì)我們說(shuō)：“工作時(shí)工作,玩樂(lè)時(shí)玩樂(lè),如果不工作,你將變得懶惰,從而無(wú)益于社會(huì).”這是一番多么好的忠告啊!我們必須珍視它,并將它牢記心中.
Fox and cock
One morning a fox sees a cock.He
think,"This is my breakfast.''
He comes up to the cock and says,"I know
you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The
cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins
to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.
The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''
The fox opens his mouth ang says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
狐貍和公雞
一天早上,一只狐貍看到了一只公雞.他想：這是我的早餐.
他朝公雞走來(lái),對(duì)他說(shuō)：“我知道,你能唱得非常好聽(tīng),你能唱給我聽(tīng)么?”公雞很高興.他閉上眼睛開(kāi)始唱歌.狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了.
在田地里的人們看到了狐貍.大喊大叫：“看,看!狐貍抓住公雞逃走了.”公雞對(duì)狐貍說(shuō)：“狐貍先生,你能理解么?人們認(rèn)為你叼走了公雞.告訴他們這是你的,不是他們的.”
狐貍張開(kāi)她的嘴說(shuō)：“公雞是我的,不是你們的.”就在那時(shí),公雞逃離了狐貍的嘴巴,跑到了樹(shù)底下.