第一篇:
The wolf and the sheep
A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs.He lay sick and maimed in his lair.
He felt very hungry and thirsty.When a sheep passed by,he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.
"If you bring me the water," he said,"I will find means to get some food."
"Yes," said the sheep,"if I bring you the water,you would undoubtedly make me your food."
狼和羊
●狼被狗所咬,傷勢很嚴重,痛苦地躺在巢穴里,不能外出覓食.
●他感到又餓又渴,這時,他看見一只羊,便請求他到附近的小河里為他取一點水來.
●“你給我一點水解渴”,他說,“我就能自己去尋找食物了.”
●“是呀”,羊回答說,“如果我給你送水喝,那么我就會成為你的食物.”
寓意:謊言是經(jīng)不起推敲的,它很容易被人們識破.
第二篇:
狐貍和葡萄
One hot summer day a fox was walking through an orchard.He stopped before a bunch of grapes.They were ripe and juicy.
"I'm just feeling thirsty," he thought.So he backed up a few paces,got a running start,jumped up,but could not reach the grapes.
He walked back.One,two,three,he jumped up again,but still,he missed the grapes.
The fox tried again and again,but never succeeded.At last he decided to give it up.
He walked away with his nose in the air,and said“I am sure they are sour.”
●一個炎熱的夏日,狐貍走過一個果園,他停在一大串熟透而多汁的葡萄前.
●狐貍想：“我正口渴呢.”于是他后退了幾步,向前一沖,跳起來,卻無法夠到葡萄.
●狐貍后退又試.一次,兩次,三次,但是都沒有得到葡萄.
●狐貍試了一次又一次,都沒有成功.最后,他決定放棄,他昂起頭,邊走邊說：“葡萄還沒有成熟,我敢肯定它是酸的.”
寓意:在經(jīng)歷了許多嘗試而不能獲得成功的時候,有些人往往故意輕視成功,以此來尋求心理安慰.
第三篇
The crow and the pitcher
A crow felt very thirsty.He looked for water everywhere.Finally,he found a pitcher.
But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher.His beak could not reach it.He tried again and again,but still could not touch the water.
When he was about to give up,an idea came to him.He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.Then he took another and dropped it in.
Gradually,the water rose,and the crow was able to drink the water.
口渴的烏鴉
●一只烏鴉口渴了,到處找水喝.終于,他找到了一個大水罐.
●然而,水罐里面的水并不多,他的尖嘴夠不到水面,他試了一次又一次,都沒有成功.
●就在他想放棄的時候,他突然想到一個主意.烏鴉叼來了一塊小石子投到水罐里,接著又叼了一塊又一塊石頭放進去.
●漸漸地,水面升高了.烏鴉高興地喝到了水.
寓意:有些東西雖然看起來微不足道,但如果積少成多,便會帶來很大變化.
第四篇:青蛙和井
●兩只青蛙住在沼澤里.在一個炎熱的夏季,沼澤干涸了,因此他們不得不離開去尋找新的濕地.
●他們很快發(fā)現(xiàn)一口深井.
●其中一只向下看了看對另一只說：“這是個涼爽的好地方,就住這里吧.”
●而另一只較明智,它說：“別著急,朋友,如果這口井也干了的話,我們怎么出來呢?”
寓意:凡事應(yīng)該首先考慮周到,然后再付諸行動.
第五篇:
The cage bird and the bat
A bird was confined in a cage outside a window.She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.
One night a bat came.He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.
The bird answered,“Last year when I was singing in the daytime,a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.”
The bat replied,"But it is useless to do this now that you have become a prisoner." Then he flew away.
金絲雀與蝙蝠
●掛在窗口籠里的金絲雀,經(jīng)常在鳥兒睡著的夜里歌唱.
●一天晚上,蝙蝠來了,飛過來問她為什么白天安靜無聲,夜里卻要歌唱.
●金絲雀回答說：“去年我在白天唱歌時,捕鳥人聽到我的歌聲抓住了我.從此,我再也不在白天唱歌了.”
●蝙蝠說：“你現(xiàn)在才懂得謹慎已沒用了,你若在變?yōu)榍敉街熬投?那該多好呀!”說完就飛走了.
寓意:我們應(yīng)該在危險發(fā)生之前就提高警覺,因為危險一旦發(fā)生,我們再怎樣小心也沒有用了.