154～155牧羊人和海、牧童和狼'-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

伊索寓言(精选) ⊙ 一五四 牧羊人和海 牧羊人在海边放羊,看见大海风平浪静,不由产生了航海经商的强烈愿 望。于是他卖掉羊群,买了一船枣,就出航了。可是海上降下猛烈的暴风 雨,船眼看就要沉下去,牧羊人只好抛掉所有的商品,才保全了生命和空 船。过了不久,一个人经过海边,说起大海是如何风平浪静。牧羊人打断了 他的话说, “它准是又想吃枣了,才显得这么老实。” CLIV The Shepherd and the Sea A Shepherd, keeping watch over his sheep near the shore, saw the Sea very calm and smooth, and longed to make a voyage with a view to commerce{}. He sold all his flock, invested②} it in a cargo of dates, and set sail. But a very great tempest③} came on, and the ship being in danger of sinking, he threw all his merchandise④ overboard, and barely escaped with his life in the empty ship. Not long afterwards when someone passed by and observed the unruffled calm of the Sea, he interrupted him and said, "It is again in want of dates, and therefore looks quiet." ①commerce/komas/n. 商业,贸易 ② invest /in'vest/ v. 投资 ③ tempest /tempist/n. 暴风雨 ④merchandise /mo:tfondaiz/n. 商品,货物 unrufle/An'rAfl/v. 使平静 .181· AesopfsTabfes (Selections 一五五 牧童和狼 一个男孩在村子附近放羊,一天他突然大喊,“狼来了!狼来了!”村 里人听到了,赶紧跑出来帮助他打狼,看到他们中了圈套,男孩哈哈大笑。 男孩把这个把戏玩了三四次,最后狼真的来了。男孩这下真的害怕了,恐惧 地放声大叫:“求求你们快来帮我啊,狼吃羊了!”可是没人理踩他,更没 人来帮助他。于是,狼不慌不忙地捕杀了所有的羊只。 说谥的人即使说了真话也没人相信。 .182· 伊索寓言(精选) CLV The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf A Shepherd-Boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, "Wolf! Wolf!" and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains. The Wolf, however, did truly come at last. The Shepherd Boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony^{} of terror②: "Pray, do come and help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep"; but no one paid any heed{③} to his cries, nor rendered④} any assistance. TheWolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure laceratedor destroyed the whole flock. There is no believing a liar^{}, even when he speaks the truth ①agony/aeqani/n.(极度的)痛苦,创痛 ②terror /tero/ n. 恐怖 ③ heed/hi:d/n.注意,留心 ④ render /rendo/ v. 提供 lacerate /laesoreit/ c. 撕裂 liar/laia/n. 说者 ·183·