91～92猎人和伐木工、猎人和渔夫-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesop's Fables (Selections) 九一猎人和伐木工 有个胆小的猎人在森林里搜寻狮子的踪迹，他问正在砍橡树的伐木工有 没有见过狮子的脚印，知不知道狮子的巢穴在哪儿。伐木工说，“我这就带 你去找狮子。”猎人听了，吓得脸色苍白，牙齿打战，哆哆嗦嗦地说：“谢 谢，不必了。我要找的是狮子的踪迹，不是狮子。” 语言和行动都勇敢才称得上英雄。 XCI The Hunter and the Woodman A Hunter,not very bold,was searching for the tracks of a Lion. He asked a man felling oaks in the forest if he had seen any marks of his footsteps②or knew where his lair was.“Twil,”said the man,“at once show you the Lion himself."The Hunter,turning very pale and chattering with his teeth from fear,replied,"No,thank you.I did not ask that;it is his track only I am in search of,not the Lion himself." The hero is brave in deeds as well as words. ①oak/uk/n橡树 ②footstep/futstep/n.脚步，足迹 ·108· 伊索寓言（箱选） 九二猎人和渔夫 猎人带着猎狗打猎归来，路上碰见了渔夫，他见渔夫拎着满满一篮子 鱼，很羡慕，渔夫也对猎人袋中的猎物很有兴趣，于是两人立刻同意将各自 一天的劳动成果做一个交换。这个安排让猎人和渔夫皆大欢喜，在接下来的 一段日子里，他们每天都这样交换。最后，有位邻居对他们说：“如果你们 继续这样换下去，交换带来的乐趣很快就会因过于频繁而丧失殆尽，到那 时，你们两人都会希望留住自己的猎物。” 节制带来乐趣。 XCIl The Huntsman and the Fisherman A Huntsman,returning with his dogs from the field,fell in by chance with a Fisherman who was bringing home a basket well laden with fish.The Huntsman wished to have the fish,and their owner experienced an equal longing for the contents of the game-bag.They quickly agreed to exchange the produce of their day's sport.Each was so well pleased with his bargain that they made for some time the same exchange day after day.Finally a neighbor said to them,"If you go on in this way,you will soon destroy by frequent use the pleasure of your exchange,and each will again wish to retain the fruits of his own sport.” Abstain⑤and enjoy. ①longing /lonir/n渴望 ②produce /'prodju:s/n.产品 ③bargain /ba:gin/n.协议，交易 ④retain/r'tein/.保持，保留 ⑤abstain/pb'stein/,自制 ·109·