5～6蚂蚁和蚱蜢、驴和赶驴人-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesop's Fables (Selections) 五蚂蚁和蚱蜢 在晴朗的冬日，蚂蚁们正忙着翻晒夏天收集的粮食。一只饥饿的蚱蜢走 过来，恳切地向蚂蚁讨一点吃的。蚂蚁问蚱蜢：“你为什么不在夏天储存点 粮食呢？”蚱蜢回答道：“那时候我一直在唱歌，没工夫干活。”蚂蚁于是嘲 笑蚱蜢说：“你这人太蠢，整个夏天都被你唱过去了，那么到了冬天，你就 该从早到晚饿着肚子跳舞吧。” 未雨绸缪，才能防患于未然。 V The Ants and the Grasshopper The Ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.A Grasshopper,perishing③with famine④，passed by and earnestly5 begged for a little food.The Ants inquired of him, “Why did you not treasure⑦up food during the summer？”He replied,"I had not leisure enough.I passed the days in singing."They then said in derision⑨：“If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer,you must dance supperless to bed in the winter." It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. ①grasshopper/gra:shopa/n.蚱蜢 ②dry /drai/.把…弄干，干掉 ③perish/perif/.毁减，死亡 ④famine/famin/n.饥荒 ⑤eamnestly/':nistli/ad.恳切地 @inquire/in'kwaia/u.询问 7 treasure/"tre3a/.储藏 ⑧leisure川c3a;i3a/h空闲，闲暇 ⑨derision/di'ri3on/n.嘲笑 0 foolish/fu:lif/a愚蠢的 ·008· 伊索寓言（箱选） 六驴和赶驴人 驴被赶着走在山路上，忽然间一下子窜到了陡峭的悬崖边。就在驴快要 跳下山的时候，赶驴人一把揪住了驴尾巴，想用力把他拉回来。但驴拼命挣 扎，赶驴人只好放手，让驴掉下山崖，他说道：“挣扎吧，但结果是送了你 自己的命。” 一意孤行的家伙总是不撞南墙不回头。 VI The Ass and His Driver An Ass,being driven along a high road,suddenly started off and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice.While he was in the act of throwing himself over,his owner seized him by the tail,endeavoring to pull him back.When the Ass persisted in his effort,the man let him go and said,“Conquer⑧，but conquer to your cost.” A willful beast0 must go his own way. ①ass/xs/n驴，愚套的人，臀部 ②start off.出发（动身，开始） ③bolt /boult/m.冲出去，急逃 ④precipice/presipis/n.断崔，绝壁 ⑤scic/siz.抓住 ⑥endeavor /in'deva/.努力，尽力 ⑦persist/p'sist/m.坚持 ⑧conquer"k0ka/.克服，征服，战胜 ⑨willful/wilful/a任性的，倔强的 0 beast /bi:stUn.畜生 ·009·