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1、The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, “Do come and see me at my house in the country.“ So the City mouse went. The City mouse
2、 said, “This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.“ The Country mouse went to the hou
3、se of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, “ Run! Run! The cat is coming!“ They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse s
4、aid, “I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.“ 【译文】 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。 很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。” 于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把 所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的
5、家也 不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头 造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。 可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来： “快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿，他们出来了。 当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。 因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说， 要好些。”In china, people believe that, at the beginning
6、, the tiger and the cat were friends, and the cat was much smarter than the tiger .The cat learned the physical skills quickly, and the tiger was always behind. Gradually, the tiger had to learn from the cat, and the cat was patient to teach the tiger. Day after day, month after month, finally, the
7、tiger could also run, jump, roll, grasp, tear, and strike as well as the cat. 在中国，人们相信在很久以前猫和老虎是好朋友，而且猫比老虎聪明的多。猫 学习动作技巧很快，老虎却总是落后。渐渐的，老虎不得不向猫学习了，猫也 很有耐心的教老虎。日复一日，月复一月，老虎终于也可以像猫一样，跑，跳， 打滚，扑抓，撕咬，击打。One summer afternoon, the cat was taking a nap as the tiger sitting nearby. Looking at the cat, the tige
8、r suddenly thought, why should he keep befriending with such a small animal since he had already learnt all the skills from the cat? The evil tiger decided to kill the sleeping cat as a before dinner snack. The tiger stood up and approached the cat viciously. Just as this moment, the cat woke up. Op
9、ening up her eyes, the smart cat immediately realized what the tiger was trying to do and swiftly jumped onto a nearby tall tree and climbed to the top branch. 一个夏天的下午，猫在打盹，老虎在边上坐着。老虎看着猫，忽然想到，既然 自己已经学会了猫的所有本领，为什么还要和这么小的动物一直做朋友呢？邪 恶的老虎决定杀死熟睡中的猫，当作晚餐前的点心。老虎站起来，邪恶的一步 步靠近猫。就在这时，猫醒来了。聪明的她睁开眼睛立刻意识到老虎要干什么，
10、 于是立刻灵活的跳到了附近的大树上，爬到树顶。The tiger thought he had already learned every skill from the cat .But he never knew that the cat had hidden the tree climbing from him. 老虎以为他已经学到了猫的所有本领，但他不知道猫还藏了一手爬树的本事。“I kept the last technique of the tree climbing from you just because I suspected you might be can ungrateful friend.” The cat loudly told the tiger who watched under the tree helplessly. “我没有让你学这最后一个爬树的技巧，因为我怀疑你可能会是个不知感恩的朋 友。”猫高声告诉树下无奈的老虎
