寓言故事中英文版

On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi ,

which perished long ago.

Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of

weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.

They replied,

to the perdition.

When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ,

doing good, he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing, never could he help

not participating. That caused the ruin of his capital.

郭氏之墟

齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。

看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百 姓郭氏灭亡的原因。

百姓们 回答说：

郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。< /p>

齐桓公不能理解这种回答，百姓 们便解释说：

郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事，但从来都不能做到；尽管 厌恶

邪恶丑行，却总是忍不住参与其中。这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因。

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A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing. The bull jumped up in a rage

and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard. The mouse was

too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.

The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised his head and

chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole. After a time the bull gave up and

sank down to rest again.

As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered

across the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety. As the

bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:

know.

老鼠和公牛

有一次，公牛躺着打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来，低着头追老鼠，一直追过院< /p>

子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地钻到墙洞里去了。

公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁，尽管头撞肿了，角撞裂了 ，老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿，公牛不撞

了，倒下歇着。

公牛刚睡着，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑过院子，又 咬了公牛一口

??

这回咬了鼻子

??

又跑

回 安全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时，老鼠吱吱叫道：

大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。

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A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle . He ran home to tell his

mother what had happened.

touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can. Then it won't sting you at all.

Face danger boldly.

男孩和荨麻

有个男孩子在地里玩耍，被荨麻刺痛了。他跑回家去， 告诉妈妈出了什么事。

我不过轻轻地碰了它一下，

他说，

那讨厌的东西就把我刺痛了。

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你只轻轻地碰了它一下，所以它才刺痛你，

妈妈对他说，

下一 回你再碰到荨麻，就尽量紧紧地抓住

它。那它就根本不会刺痛你了。

要敢于面对危险。

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A man once bought a brilliantly- coloured parrot. Instead of locking it up in a cage or

chaining it to a perch, he allowed it to fly free all over the house. The parrot was delighted at

this and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming with happiness. At last he

settled on the edge of a rich curtain.

The parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.

learned from my mother that it is best to keep quiet here.

I know my job. My master bought me for my voice and I'm going to make sure he hears it.

Different people are valued for different things.

鹦鹉和猫

< br>从前，有人买了一只毛色鲜艳的鹦鹉。他没有把鹦鹉关在笼子里，也没有用链条把他拴在栖木上，而让

他在家里自由自在地飞来飞去。鹦鹉对此非常高兴，扑动翅膀，从一间屋子飞到另一间屋子， 愉快地尖声

叫着，最后停在华丽的帷幔的边上。

你到底是谁？

从下面传来怒气冲冲的说话声，

马上住嘴，别发出那难听的声音。

鹦鹉看见地毯上有一只猫抬头看着他。

我是鹦鹉。

我刚到，我要使劲地吵吵。

他说。

那你就一声不响吧，

< br>鹦鹉欢快地说，

我不知

道你在这 儿干什么，可我知道我的活儿。主人为了我的声音才买我，我一定得让他听到。