读点好英文:The Wolf and the Crane 狼与鹭鸶

The Wolf and the Crane 狼与鹭鸶

A wolf had been gorging on an animal he had killed, when suddenly a small bone in the meat stuck in his throat and he could not swaIIow it. He soon felt terrible pain in his throat, and ran up and down groaning and groaning and seeking for something to relieve the pain.He tried to induce every one he met to remove the bone.“I would give anything，”said he，“if you would take it out.”

At last the crane agreed to try, and told the wolf to lie on his side and open his jaws as wide as he could. Then the crane put its long neck down the wolf's throat, and with its beak loosened the bone, till at last it got it out.

“Will you kindly give me the reward you promised?”said the crane. The wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said，“Be content.You have put your head inside a wolf's mouth and taken it out again in safety；that ought to be reward enough for you.”

一只狼正在吞咽刚杀掉的一只动物，忽然一块小骨头扎进了它的喉咙，咽不下去，吐不出来，疼得它上蹿下跳，狼呻吟着去寻找能减轻痛苦的办法，它尝试劝诱每一个遇见的人帮它把骨头取出来。“如果有人能帮我取出骨头，我愿意给它任何东西。”它说。

最终有一只鹭鸶同意试试，它让狼侧身躺着，将嘴尽量张大，然后把自己的长脖子伸进狼的喉咙中，用嘴啄松了骨头，直到将它取了出来。

“你给我你允诺的报酬吧？”鹭鸶说。狼龇着牙冷笑道：“你就知足吧，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回你的头，这对你来说已经是最大的奖励了。”

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单词注解

inconvenient[，inkən'vi：njənt]a.不方便的，造成麻烦的

advantage[əd'va：ntidʒ]n.有利条件，有利因素，优势

swaIIow['swɔləu]v.吞，咽

groan[grəun]v.呻吟

reward[ri'wɔ：d]n.奖赏，报酬

实用句型

A fox's tail was caught in a trap.

一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了。

The fox said that they should all do away with their tails.

它极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴。

……seeking for something to relieve the pain.

……去寻找能减轻痛苦的办法。

智慧点津

Don't believe others easily.

不要轻易相信别人。

Gratitude and greed go not together.

贪婪者绝不会有感恩之心。