儿童英语寓言故事:拉车的牛和轮子
A pair of Oxen were drawing a heavily loaded wagon along a miry country road. They had to use all their strength to pull the wagon, but they did not complain. The wheels of the wagon were of a different sort. Though the task they had to do was very light compared with that of the Oxen, they creaked and groaned at every turn. The poor Oxen, pulling with all their might to draw the wagon through the deep mud, had their ears filled with the loud complaining of the wheels. And this, you may well know, made their work so much the harder to endure.
有两头牛,拉着一两装满了货物的车子,走在一条泥泞的乡间小路上。尽管使出全身的力气才能拉动货车,牛也并未有任何怨言。而货车的四个轮子却正好是另一种类型。虽然和拉车的牛比起来,它们的任务非常轻松,但一路上吱吱呀呀,每转一圈都要呻吟叹气。这两头可怜的牛,非但要用尽浑身的力气,在深深的烂泥里拉动轮子,耳朵里还充斥着轮子们不间断的大声抱怨。这样一来,你大概也能知道,它们俩的工作变得有多么难以忍受。
“Silence!” the Oxen cried at last, out of patience. “What have you Wheels to complain about so loudly? We are drawing all the weight not you, and we are keeping still about it besides.”
“闭嘴!”最后,牛终于失去了耐心,忍不住吼道,“你们这些轮子到底在大声抱怨什么呢?所有的负重都是我们在承担,而不是你们!而且,我们对此始终都保持着沉默!”
本故事重点词汇学习
complain 抱怨,控诉
Creak 吱吱作响
groan 呻吟(着说)
might 力量,权力
endure 耐久,忍耐
一起学道理
They complain most who suffer least.
承担的责任越少的,发出的抱怨反而越多。
有两头牛,拉着一两装满了货物的车子,走在一条泥泞的乡间小路上。尽管使出全身的力气才能拉动货车,牛也并未有任何怨言。而货车的四个轮子却正好是另一种类型。虽然和拉车的牛比起来,它们的任务非常轻松,但一路上吱吱呀呀,每转一圈都要呻吟叹气。这两头可怜的牛,非但要用尽浑身的力气,在深深的烂泥里拉动轮子,耳朵里还充斥着轮子们不间断的大声抱怨。这样一来,你大概也能知道,它们俩的工作变得有多么难以忍受。
“Silence!” the Oxen cried at last, out of patience. “What have you Wheels to complain about so loudly? We are drawing all the weight not you, and we are keeping still about it besides.”
“闭嘴!”最后,牛终于失去了耐心,忍不住吼道,“你们这些轮子到底在大声抱怨什么呢?所有的负重都是我们在承担,而不是你们!而且,我们对此始终都保持着沉默!”
本故事重点词汇学习
complain 抱怨,控诉
Creak 吱吱作响
groan 呻吟(着说)
might 力量,权力
endure 耐久,忍耐
一起学道理
They complain most who suffer least.
承担的责任越少的,发出的抱怨反而越多。
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