牙牙學(xué)語寓言類The Tortoise and the Hare
- 參考譯文
The Tortoise and the Hare
烏龜與兔子
The Hare was once boasting of his speed before other animals. "I have never been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me."
The Tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge."
"That is a good joke," said the Hare; "I could dance round you all the way."
"Keep your boasting till you've won," answered the Tortoise. "Shall we race?"
So a course was fixed and a start was made. The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save the race.
Then the Tortoise said: "Slow but steady progress wins the race."
從前有一只兔子，他在其它動(dòng)物面前吹噓自己跑得是如何如何的快。
“當(dāng)我全速奔跑的時(shí)候，我從來沒有被打敗過，”他說，“誰敢跟我比一比？”
“我來跟你跑一場(chǎng)”，一只烏龜沉著地說。
“快笑死我了，” 兔子說，“我一邊跑一邊圍著你跳舞都能贏你”。
“你跑贏了再吹牛吧”，烏龜說，“我們可以開始比賽了嗎？”
于是，他們確定了一條比賽路線和起點(diǎn)。比賽開始，兔子是嗖的一聲就跑得沒影了，但他很快就停了下來。 為了讓烏龜知道他并沒把烏龜放在眼里，兔子決定睡上一覺再接著跑。 這時(shí)，烏龜正一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)艱難地向前爬著?！‘?dāng)兔子一覺醒來，發(fā)現(xiàn)烏龜離終點(diǎn)已經(jīng)很近了，要追已經(jīng)趕不上了。
這時(shí)，烏龜說：“踏踏實(shí)實(shí)、一步步前進(jìn)，你就會(huì)贏得比賽”。
