8驴和他的影子-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesops Fables (Selections) 八驴和他的影子 有个旅行者要出远门，雇了一头驴作为坐骑。天气非常热，强烈的阳光 炙烤着大地。旅行者停下来休息，在驴的影子底下躲阴凉。但是影子的面积 太小，只容得下一个人，旅行者和驴的主人都想享受这片阴凉，两人激烈地 争吵起来。驴的主人说，他只出租驴，不出租驴的影子。旅行者说，自己既 然雇了驴，自然也就连驴的影子一起雇下了。争吵很快就发展成了厮打。正 当两人打得不可开交的时候，驴一溜烟地跑掉了。 为了影子而争吵往往会连实物一起丢掉。 ·012· 伊索寓官（精选） VIll The Ass and His Shadow A Traveler hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place.The day being intensely 4 hot,and the sun shining in its strength,the Traveler stopped to rest,and sought shelter from the heat under the Shadow of the Ass.As this afforded5 only protection for one,and as the Traveler and the owner of the Ass both claimed it,a violent dispute arose between them as to which of them had the right to the Shadow. The owner maintained that he had let the Ass only,and not his Shadow.The Traveler asserted that he had,with the hire of the Ass, hired his Shadow also.The quarrel proceeded from words to blows, and while the men fought,the Ass galloped off. In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance. ①shadow/fadau/n.影子 2 hire /haia/t.相用 3 convey /kan'vci/.运输，转移 ④intensely /in'tensli/ad..强烈地 5 afford/3fb:d0.提供 6 protection /pra'tekfan/n.保护 Dassert's3t/.主张，断言 罗proceed/pr3'si:d/.继续进行 blow/blu/n.重击 Wgallop/'galop.飞驰，急速进行 ·013·