10～11驴和战马、驴和青娃-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesops Fables (Selections) 十驴和战马 驴羡慕战马的饲料丰富，又能得到精心的照料，而自己的草料一向不 足，还要干重活。战争爆发了，全副武装的士兵跨上战马，骑着他冲锋陷 阵，同敌人短兵相接。战马遍体鳞伤，死在了战场上。驴看到马的遭遇，改 变了以前的想法，反倒同情起战马来了。 X The Ass and the Charger An Ass congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly 3 and carefully provided for,while he himself had scarcely enough to eat and not even that without hard work.But when war broke out,a heavily armed soldier mounted 5 the Horse,and riding him to the charge,rushed into the very midst of the enemy.The Horse was wounded 3 and fell dead on the battlefield.Then the Ass,seeing all these things,changed his mind,and commiserated"the Horse. ①charger'tfa:d3a/n.军马 ②congratulate /kon'graetjuleit/r.祝贺 ungrudgingly'An'grAd3inli/a慷慨地，情密地 ④scarcely /ske3sli/ad.几乎不，简直没有 mount/maunt/r.骑上马 ride /raid,骑 ⑦midst'midst/n.中间，当中 wound/wu:nd.伤害 ⑨battlefield/batlfi:ld/r.战场 0 commiserate/ko'mizoreit/:.怜悯，同情 ·016· 伊索寓言（箱选） 一·一驴和青蛙 有头驴驮着木料过池塘，不小心失足摔倒了，背上驮的东西太沉，压得 他站不起来，于是驴便大声呻吟起来。在池塘里来来往往的青蛙听到了驴的 哀叹，说道：“你只不过一跤摔在水里，就这样长吁短叹，要是你像我们这 样在此长住，又该怎么办呢？” 人可以在巨大的不幸面前表现得很勇敢，但一次小小的挫折却足以让他 丧胆。 XI The Ass and the Frogs An Ass,carrying a load of wood,passed through a pond.As he was crossing through the water he lost his footing,stumbled and fell, and not being able to rise on account of his load,groaned heavily. Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his lamentation5,and said, "What would you do if you had to live here always as we do,when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water? Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes ①frog /frag/n.蛙 2 stumble /'stAmbl/r.绊脚 8 on account of因为，由于 ④frequent/fri:kwant/.常到，常去 ⑤lamentation/lamen'teifan/n.悲痛，哀悼，痛哭 省fuss /fAs/n.大惊小怪，小题大做 ⑦mcre/mia/a仅仅的，只不过 ⑧grievance/'gri:vans/n.委屈，冤情，苦况 courage/"krid/n.勇气 misfortune /mis'fb:tfan/#.不幸，灾祸 ·017·