英語(yǔ)故事：公羊觸籬

　　There was a sturdy ram with a pair of thick horns upright on its head.

　　It strutted about proudly and saw a fence built with bamboo and wood in front, which blocked its way. It cast a sidelong glance at the fence, lowered its neck and lunged at the fence, hoping to knock it down. The fence remained intact but the ram injured its own horns.

　　If it had not injured its horns, the ram would have persisted obstinately in butting against the fence, even against the spokes of a wheel until it bled with a fractured skull.

　　As a result, with its horns caught in the fence, the ram could neither advance nor retreat but bleat7 helplessly.

　　一頭長(zhǎng)得非常雄壯的公羊的頭上，挺立著一對(duì)粗大的犄角。

　　公羊驕傲地踱著步，看見(jiàn)前面有一道竹木編成的籬笆擋住了它的去路。公羊斜著眼睛看看，便彎下脖子呼的一聲撞上去，想把籬笆撞倒。結(jié)果籬笆紋絲不動(dòng)，它反把自己的犄角碰傷了。

　　假如公羊沒(méi)有碰傷犄角的話(huà)，那么它還會(huì)一個(gè)勁兒地撞下去，甚至向車(chē)輪的輻條上撞去，直到頭破血流為止。

　　結(jié)果呢？公羊的犄角被籬笆夾住，進(jìn)也不得，退也不得，只能“咩咩”不停地叫喚。

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　　1 ram

　　(random access memory)隨機(jī)存取存儲(chǔ)器

　　參考例句：

　　512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推薦配置為512K內(nèi)存，640K內(nèi)存則更佳。

　　2 strutted

　　趾高氣揚(yáng)地走，高視闊步( strut的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞 )

　　參考例句：

　　The players strutted and posed for the cameras. 運(yùn)動(dòng)員昂首闊步，擺好姿勢(shì)讓記者拍照。

　　Peacocks strutted on the lawn. 孔雀在草坪上神氣活現(xiàn)地走來(lái)走去。

　　3 obstinately

　　ad.固執(zhí)地，頑固地

　　參考例句：

　　He obstinately asserted that he had done the right thing. 他硬說(shuō)他做得對(duì)。

　　Unemployment figures are remaining obstinately high. 失業(yè)數(shù)字仍然頑固地居高不下。

　　4 butting

　　用頭撞人（犯規(guī)動(dòng)作）

　　參考例句：

　　When they were talking Mary kept butting in. 當(dāng)他們?cè)谡勗?huà)時(shí)，瑪麗老是插嘴。

　　A couple of goats are butting each other. 兩只山羊在用角互相頂撞。

　　5 spokes

　　n.（車(chē)輪的）輻條( spoke的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；輪輻；破壞某人的計(jì)劃；阻撓某人的行動(dòng)

　　參考例句：

　　Her baby caught his fingers in the spokes of the pram wheel. 她寶寶的手指被嬰兒車(chē)輪的輻條卡住了。 來(lái)自辭典例句

　　The new edges are called the spokes of the wheel. 新的邊稱(chēng)為輪的輻。 來(lái)自辭典例句

　　6 skull

　　n.頭骨；顱骨

　　參考例句：

　　The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.頭骨在15至25歲之間長(zhǎng)合。

　　He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他從窗子摔了出去，跌裂了顱骨。

　　7 bleat

　　v.咩咩叫，(講)廢話(huà)，哭訴；

n.咩咩叫，廢話(huà)，哭訴

　　參考例句：

　　He heard the bleat of a lamb.他聽(tīng)到小羊的叫聲。

　　They bleat about how miserable they are.他們?cè)V說(shuō)他們的生活是多么悲慘。