伊索寓言中的经典故事__英汉对照
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The Fox and the Grapes
One
hot summer
’
s
day
a certain
Fox saw a juicy bunch of
Grapes hanging
from a certainly was
very hot, and the Fox was thirsty for something to
drink.
“
These
Grapes are just what I need to quench my thirst!
”
said the Fox.
But the vine on which the Grapes hung
was too high for him to reach even
with
his longest stretch. So he decided to jump.
Drawing back a few paces, he ran
towards the vine and took a great big leap,
but missed the Grapes.
Turing around, he jumped again. This
time too, with no success.
The
Fox
tried
to
jump
for
the
Grapes
again
and
again
and
yet
again
and
again,
in vain.
Since
he
could
not
reach
the
delicious-looking
Grapes,
the
Fox
finally
concluded,
“
These Grapes must be sour!
”
and walked away with his
nose in the
air, through hotter and
even thirstier than before!
狐狸与葡萄
夏季炎热的一天，一只狐
狸看见葡萄藤上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄。天
确实很热，狐狸渴得找东西喝。
“这些葡萄正是我要解渴的东西！
”狐狸说。
但葡萄藤太高，即使狐狸伸长了脖子也够不着。因此他
决定跳一跳。
狐狸后退了几步，朝着葡萄藤跑过去并猛烈地跳
起来，然而他没有够着葡
萄。
狐狸转过身又跳了一次，但同样没有成功。
狐狸一次一次地跳起来够葡萄，然而一次一次地失败告终。
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既然他够不着可口的葡萄，狐狸最后总结道：
“这些葡萄肯定很酸
！
”虽然
他比刚才更热更渴，但他非常高傲地走开了！
The Two Pots
There
were
once
two
pots
floating
down
the
river.
One
shined
happily
in the sun while the
other looked dull and unpleasant from being wet in
the water.
That
because
one
pot
was
made
of
brass
and
the
other
was
made
of
clay.
“
Please do not come near
me!
”
said the clay pot to
the brass one.
“
Why not? We
could be friends,
”
said the
brass pot.
“
No,
”
replied
the
clay
pot,
“
I
am
to
fragile.
If
you
touch
me
even
once I
will break into pieces. I
must
stay far from
you
and cannot
think
of being your friend. Please go away,
you will find someone downstream
just
like you to play with!
”
The brass pot, disappointed and sad,
then floated away as the river
took him
across to another corner of the river bank, while
the clay pot
wet and cold in the wind,
seemed to suddenly grow a shade gloomier.
两只罐子
从前，河中漂着两只罐子。一只在阳光下闪闪发光，另一只却因浸了河水
儿显得沉闷、难
看。
这是因为一只罐子是用黄铜做成的，而另一只罐子由陶土
做成的缘故。
“请
不要靠近我！
”陶罐
对铜罐说。
“为什么
?
我们可以成为朋友。
”铜罐说。
< br>“不行，
”陶罐回答，
“我太脆，你只要碰我一下，我就
会成为碎片。我必
须远离你，想都不敢想成为你的朋友。请离开我，你可以在下游找到跟
你一样
的人去玩！
”
铜罐又失望又伤心，随后被河水冲着，漂到了河岸的另一角；而陶罐在风
中又冷
又湿，看上去忽然更加灰暗。