找朋友Look for a friend
Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away.
Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly.
Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?”
Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.”
Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.” They become good friends.
塞姆是一條小魚,他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤獨,想要找一個朋友,那個朋友看起來要想他。
塞姆看見一條墨魚。墨魚有8條腿,看上去不像塞姆。因此塞姆游走了。
塞姆遇見一條鯊魚。他想跟鯊魚問好。鯊魚張開大嘴,塞姆有迅速地逃走了。 塞姆又累又餓,他要休息一會兒。這時他看見一條圓魚,圓魚對他說:“你好!你愿意做我的朋友嗎?”
塞姆回答:“好哇!可你是圓形的,我是扁的。”圓魚說:“但是我們倆都是魚啊!” 塞姆思考后說:“你講得對,讓我們做朋友吧。”他們就成為好朋友了。
脹肚的狐貍The bulging belly fox
A hungry Fox found in a hollow tree a quantity of bread and meat, which some shepherds had placed there against their return. Delighted with his find he slipped in through the narrow aperture and greedily devoured it all. But when he tried to get out again he found himself so swollen after his big meal that he could not squeeze through the hole, and fell to whining and groaning over his misfortune. Another Fox, happening to pass that way, came and asked him what the matter was; and, on learning the state of the case, said, “Well, my friend, I see nothing for it but for you to stay where you are till you shrink to your former size; you’ll get out then easily enough.”
饑餓的狐貍在一棵中空的樹干中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些牧羊人存留的面包和肉。高興之余,他立即通過那狹窄的縫隙擠進去,貪婪的大吃起來。然而,當他吃飽之后,卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的肚子脹鼓鼓的,即便費了九牛二虎之力,卻怎么也鉆不出那個洞來,便在樹洞里唉聲嘆氣。另一只狐貍恰巧經(jīng)過那里,聽到他的呻吟,便過去問他原因。聽明白緣由后,那只狐貍便說道:“我的朋友,你就老老實實待在里邊吧,等到恢復了鉆進去之前的身材,你就能輕松地出來了。”
Long ago, there was a man traveling from the Kingdom of Wei to the Kingdom of Chu. He took a lot of traveling money with him, hired a good carriage, harnessed it to a strong steed, hired an exquisitely skilled driver, and then began his journey. The Kingdom of Chu was to the south of the Kingdom of Wei, but this man couldn’t tell the difference when the driver rode away towards the north.
On the road, a passing traveler asked where they were going. The man loudly answered, “We’re going to the Kindom of Chu!”. The traveler told him, “If you’re going to Chu, you should go south. You’re going north, it’s the wrong direction.” The man unconcernedly replied, “No problem! My horse is very fast.” Worried for him, the traveler pulled at the horse, and warned, “You’re going the wrong way. Even if your horse was even faster than it is, you still won’t reach the Kingdom of Chu!” Still not seeing the truth, the man said, “Don’t worry, I’ve brought a lot of money with me.” Making a concerted effort to dissuade him, the traveler said, “Though you may have a lot of money, you’re still going the wrong direction, and your money will be spent in vain.” Thinking of nothing other than getting to the Kingdom of Chu, the man impatiently said, “It’s not a problem, my driver is extremely skilled!” Out of options, the traveler let go of the carriage and watched helplessly as the aimless man from Wu rode away. The man from Wu didn’t listen to anyone’s exhortations, relying on his fast horse, his money, his driver’s skill and many other favorable conditions, and obstinately continued to go in the opposite direction. Doing this, he could only continue to get further and further away from his goal, because his overall direction was wrong.
This story tells us, no matter what the situation is, we’d better first be sure we’re going the right way, and only then can we fully employ our other advantages, otherwise those advantages will just cause us pain 從前有一個人,從魏國到楚國去。他帶上很多的盤纏,雇了上好的車,駕上駿馬,請了駕車技術精湛的車夫,就上路了。楚國在魏國的南面,可這個人不問青紅皂白讓駕車人趕著馬車一直向北走去。 路上有人問他的車是要往哪兒去,他大聲回答說: “去楚國!”路人告訴他說: “到楚國去應往南方走,你這是在往北走,方向不對。那人滿不在乎地說:”沒關系,我的馬快著呢!” 路人替他著急,拉住他的馬,阻止他說, “方向錯了,你的馬再快,也到不了楚國呀!” 那人依然毫不醒悟地說: “不要緊,我?guī)У穆焚M多著呢!” 路人極力勸阻他說:“雖說你路費多,可是你走的不是那個方向,你路費多也只能白花呀!” 那個一心只想著要到楚國去的人有些不耐煩地說: “這有什么難的,我的車夫趕車的本領高著呢!” 路人無奈,只好松開了拉住車把子的手,眼睜睜看著那個盲目上路的魏人走了。
那個魏國人,不聽別人的指點勸告,仗著自己的馬快、錢多、車夫好等優(yōu)越條件,朝著相反方向一意孤行。那么,他條件越好,他就只會離要去的地方越遠,因為他的大方向錯了。
這個故事告訴我們,無論做什么事,都要首先看準方向,才能發(fā)充分揮自己的有利條件;如果方向錯了,那么有利條件只會起到相反的作用。
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