41～42战马和磨坊主、公鸡和珍珠-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesop's Fables (Selections) 四一战马和磨坊主 一匹年老体衰的战马不能再上战场了，就被送到磨坊里干活。被迫拉磨 的战马想着从前的日子，不禁哀叹命运无常：“磨坊主啊，我以前驰骋沙 场，从前胸到尾巴伤痕累累，但是有人精心照料。我现在看不出磨坊有哪一 点比战场好。”磨坊主答道：“别老拿陈年旧事唠叨个没完，命运起起伏伏 是世间常情。” XLI The Charger and the Miller A Charger,feeling the infirmities of age,was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle.But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars,he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state,saying,"Ah!Miller,I had indeed to go campaigning before,but I was barbed from counter to tail,and a man went along to groom me,and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle..”“Forbear,”said the Miller to him, "harping on what was of yore,for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune." ①infirmity /in'fa:miti/n.虚弱，衰弱 ②compel/kom'peV.强迫，迫使 ③gind/graind.限碎，磨碎 ④bewail/bi'weiW.悲叹，伤感 ⑤campaign /kaem'pein/u.参加战役 ⑥barb /ba:b/.钩 ⑦goom/grum/n.喂马 图forbear/fo:bca/u.忍耐，克制 ②harp /ha:p/.反复诉说，唠叨 yore /jo:/n.昔日 ⑩sustain/sos'tein/.承受，经受 ·054· 伊索寓言（箱选） 四二公鸡和珍珠 场院里的公鸡在一群母鸡旁边趾高气扬地走来走去，忽然发现草丛里有 个东西在闪闪发光，公鸡大叫一声：“喔喔喔，那是我的！”他拨开草丛， 发现那是一颗珍珠，是有人不小心丢在院子里的。公鸡说：“喜欢珍珠的人 可能会认为这是个宝贝，但我宁可用满满一袋子珍珠来换一粒大麦。” 珍贵的东西要有人欣赏才有价值。 XLII The Cock and the Pearl A Cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid 5 the straw.“Ho!Ho!'”quoth he,“that's for me,”and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw.What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard."You may be a treasure,"quoth Master Cock,"to men that prize you,but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck⑦of pearls..” Precious things are for those that can prize them. ①pear/pVn.珍珠 ②strut/strAL/B,趾高气扬地走 ③farmyard/fa:mja:d/n.农家场院 ④espy /is'pail.(从远处等)突然看到 份amid/'mid/pep.在其间，在其中 ⑥straw /stro:/n.稻草 ⑦peck /pek/n配克(2加仑或9升) ·055·