英语寓言故事带翻译
英语寓言故事带翻译一:
The Wolf and the Crane
狼与鹭鸶
A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: "Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf."In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
狼误吞下了一块骨头,十分好受,到处奔走,寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶,谈定酬金请他 取出骨头,鹭鸶把自己的头伸进狼的喉咙里,叼出了骨头,便向狼要定好的酬金。狼答复说:“喂,友人,你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回想来,难道还不满足,怎么还要讲报酬?”
英文寓言故事寓意:对坏人行善的报酬,就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。
英语寓言故事带翻译二:
The Fisherman Piping
吹箫的渔夫
A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the seashore. Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of their own accord dance into his net, which he had placed below. At last, having long waited in vain, he laid aside his flute, and casting his net into the sea, made an excellent haul of fish. When he saw them leaping about in the net upon the rock he said: "O you most perverse creatures, when I piped you would not dance, but now that I have ceased you do so merrily."
有一个会吹箫的渔夫,带着他的箫和渔网来到了海边。他先站在一块突出的岩石 上,吹起箫来,心想鱼听到这美好音乐就会本人跳到他的前面来的。他左顾右盼地吹了好 久,毫无成果。他只好将箫放下,拿起网来,向水里撒去,结果捕到了很多的鱼。他将网中 的鱼一条条地扔到岸上,并对乱蹦乱跳的鱼说:“喂,你们这些不识好歹的东西!我吹箫 时,你们不舞蹈,现在我不吹了,你们倒跳了起来。”
英文寓言故事寓意:这故事适用于那些做事不择机遇的人们。
英语寓言故事带翻译三:
Hercules and the Wagoner
鼎力神跟车夫
A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: "Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and neelf-help is the best help.
一名车夫赶着货车沿着乡间小路前进。途中车轮陷入了很深的车辙中,再也无奈前进。 这时,愚笨的车夫吓得茫然失措,一筹莫展,痴呆呆地站在那里,凝视着货车,始终地高声 喊叫,求大力神来助他一把。鼎力神来到后,对他说:“朋友,用你的肩膀扛起车轮,再抽 打拉车的马。你自己不白手起家,尽力解决,仅靠求我,怎么行呢?”
英文寓言故事寓意:自力更生,自助自破是克服艰难的最好办法。
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