One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.

　　深秋里一个阳光明媚的日子，蚂蚁一家在和煦的阳光下忙碌着，把自己在夏天贮存起来的谷物晒干。这时，一只饿的奄奄一息的蚱蜢，胳膊下夹着小提琴，走过来卑微的哀求蚂蚁给一点吃的。

　　“What!” cried the Ants in surprise, “haven’t you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?”

　　“什么!”蚂蚁惊讶的大声喊到，“难道你一点儿冬天吃的粮食也没有储存吗?”刚刚过去的一整个夏天，你到底都在做什么呀?

　　“I didn’t have time to store up any food,” whined the Grasshopper, “I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone.”

　　“我没有时间储备任何粮食，”蚱蜢嘀咕着，“意识到夏天已经过去之前，我一直都忙着创作音乐。”

　　The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust.

　　听了蚱蜢的话，蚂蚁们厌恶的耸了耸肩。

　　“Making music, were you?” they cried. “Very well; now dance!” And they turned their back on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.

　　“创作音乐，对吗?”蚂蚁们叫道，“那么，现在你不如跳舞吧!”说完，它们转过身，背朝着蚱蜢继续忙自己的活去了。

　　本故事重点英语词汇学习

　　bustle 匆忙

　　starve (使)饿死

　　fiddle 小提琴

　　whine 抱怨，哀鸣

　　shrug 耸肩

　　一起学道理

　　There’s a time for work and a time for play.

　　要合理的安排工作和玩乐的时间。