伊索寓言 英汉双译

The

Tortoise

and

the

Eagles

网络版：

A Tortoise, discontented with his lowly life, and envious of the birds he saw

disporting themselvesin the air, begged an Eagle to teach him to fly. The Eagle

protested that it was idle for him to try, as nature had not provided him with wings;

but the Tortoise pressed him with entreaties and promises of treasure,

insisting that it could only be a question of learning the craft of the air. So at length

the Eagle consented to do the best he could for him, and picked him up in his talons.

Soaring with him to a great height in the sky the then let him go. And the wretched

Tortoise fell headlong and was dashed to pieces on a rock.

翻译：

一只乌龟，

< br>不满足于自己的地面生活，

很羡慕鸟儿能在空中玩耍，

于 是便请

求老鹰教他飞翔。

老鹰劝她，

这 是他的一个白日梦，

因为大自然并没有赋予他可

以飞翔的翅膀。

可是乌龟再三恳求，

还用珍宝利诱老鹰，

一再坚持这只是一个了

解如何在空中飞翔的问题。于是，老鹰为了满足乌龟的愿望，一 把抓住他，带着

乌龟飞到一定高度后，

就松开了鹰爪，

而乌龟则落在了岩石上，

被摔得粉身碎骨。

伊索寓言书：

A Tortoise was dissatisfied with his

lowly

life and with

crawling

about on the

ground at a snail

’

s pace. He envied the bird, whocould soar high into the clouds

whenever they desired. He thought that, if he could but once get up into the air, he

would be able to fly with the best of them. So, one day he offered an eagle all the

treasures in the ocean if he would only teach him how to fly. The eagle declined and

assured him that the tortoise

’

s desire to fly was not only absurd but impossible.

However,the tortoise kept insisting and pleading so that the eagle eventually agreed to

do the best he could for him. Therefore, he carried the tortoise high up in the air, and

as he let go of him, he said,

“

Now, spread your legs!

”

But before the tortoise could say

one word to him in response, he

plunged

straight down, hit a rock, and was

dashed

to

pieces.

Demand your own way, demand your own ru in.

这是说，做事违反自己的本性，

不理会别人的忠告，一意 孤行，必然会走向毁灭。

Notes

1. lowly

adj.

地位低的

2. crawl

v.

爬行，蠕动，徐徐前进

3. plunge

v.

投入，跳进，陷入

4. dash

v.

猛撞，冲撞

翻译：

一只乌龟对自己卑微的生活感 到不满，

并以蜗牛的速度爬到地上。

他羡慕那

< br>只鸟，他们可以在他们渴望的时候飞到云端。他认为，如果他能，但一旦进入空

中 ，他将能够以最好的飞行。所以，有一天，他给了一只鹰，所有的宝藏，如果

他只教他如 何飞行。

鹰的下降，

并向他保证，

乌龟 的愿望，

以飞行不仅是荒谬的，

但不可能。然而，乌龟一直坚持 和恳求，使鹰最终同意为他做大的努力。于是，

他把乌龟抬到空中，当他放开他时，他说 ：

“现在，把你的腿张开！

“但是在乌龟

能说一个字之前，他就一头扎了下去，撞到了一块岩石上，就摔成了碎片。

The

Mouse

and

the

Frog

On an

ill-fated

day a mouse made the acquaintance of a frog, and they set off on

their

travels

together.

The

frog

pretended

to

be

very

fond

of

the

mouse

and

invited

him to invite the pond in which he lived. To keep his companion out of harm

’

s way,

the frog tied the mouse

’

s front foot to his own hind leg, and thus they proceeded for

some distance by land. When they came to the pond, the frog told the mouse to trust

him

and

be

brave

as

he

began

swimming

across

the

water.

But

,nosooner

had

they

reached

the

middle

of

the

pond

than

the

frog

suddenly

plunged

to

the

bottom,

dragging the unfortunate mouse after him. Now the struggling and

floundering

mouse

made such a grate commotion in the water that he managed to attract the attention of a

hawk, who pounced upon the mouse and carried him away to be devoured. Since the

frog was still tied to the mouse, he shared the same fate of his companion and was

justly punished for his treachery.

Whoever

plots

the

downfall

of

his

neighbor

is

often

betrayed

by

his

own

treachery.

这则故 事说，设计加害于同伙的人往往会自食其果。

Note

:

1.

ill-fated

adj.

注定要倒霉的，注定要遭恶运的

2.

flounder

v.

（在水中）挣扎

翻译：

在一个倒霉的一天，

一只老鼠和一只青蛙相识，

开始了他们的同行。

青蛙假

装很喜欢老鼠，

邀请他去它住的池塘。

< br>为了使他的同伴脱离伤害的方式，

青蛙把

老鼠的前脚绑在 他自己的后腿上，

这样他们就从陆地上走了一段距离。

当他们来

到池塘的时候，当他开始在水里游来游去时，青蛙告诉老鼠要相信他，勇敢点。

但是，

他们刚到池塘中央没多久，

突然就一下子 跌入谷底，

把不幸的老鼠拖在后

面。

现 在的奋斗和挣扎的老鼠做了这样一个链条的骚动中的水，

他设法吸引鹰的

注意力，他向老鼠猛扑过去，把他吞噬。因为青蛙仍绑在老鼠，他与他的同伴一

样的命运，是他背叛了应得的惩罚。

The

Travelers

and

the

Bear

网络版：

TWO MEN were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them ontheir

path.

One of them climbed up quickly into a tree andconcealed himself in the

other, seeing that hemust be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when

the Bear cameup and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he heldhis breath,

and feigned the appearance of death as much as Bear soon left him, for it

is said he will not toucha dead he was quite gone, the other

Travelerdescended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the

Bear had whispered in his ear.

travel with a friend whodeserts you at the approach of danger.

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

翻译：

他们一起旅行，突然一只熊突然在他们的小路上遇见他们。

< /p>

他们中的一个爬上树，把自己藏在树枝上。另一个，看到他一定会被攻击，

平落在地面上，当熊过来，觉得他用鼻子，闻他所有，他停止了他的呼吸，它尽

可能假装和死亡一样。

很快熊就离开了他，

因为据说他不会碰一 个尸体。

当他完

全消失了，

另一个旅行 者从树上下来，

故意地问他的朋友这是什么熊在他耳边低

声说了 。

”

“他给我这个建议，

”他的同伴回 答。永远不要和一个在危险的时候抛

弃你的朋友一起旅行。

”< /p>

伊索寓言书：

Two friends were traveling on the same road together when they

encountered

a

bear. Without thinking about his companion, one of the travelers, a

nimble

fellow,

climbed up a tree in great fear and hid himself. The other realized that he had no

chance to fight the bear

single-handedly

, so he threw himself on the ground and

pretended to be dead, for he had heard that bears will never touch a dead body. As he

lay there, the bear came up to his head. And

sniffed

his nose, ears, and heart, but the

man remained still and

held his breath

. Finally, the bear was convinced that he was

dead and walked away. When the bear was out of sight, the man in the tree came

down and asked what it was that the bear had whispered to him, for he had observed

that the bear had put his mouth close to his friend

’

s ear.

“

It was no great secret,

”

the other replied.

“

He merely told me to watch out for

the company I keep and not to trust people who abandon their friends in difficult

times.

”

Adversity

tests the sincerity of friends.

这是说，

危难往 往能考验出友情的真假。

Notes

1.

encounter

v.

遭遇，遇到

2.

nimble

adj.

敏捷的，灵活的，轻盈的

3.

single- handedly

adv.

独立地，单独地

4.

sniff

v.

嗅，闻

5.

hold his breath

屛住呼吸

6.

adversity

n.

不幸，灾祸，逆境

翻译：

两个朋友在同一条路一起旅行 时遇到了一只熊。

没有想到他的同伴，

一个旅行者，

爬上了一棵树，

在很大的恐惧下 然后隐藏他自己。

另一个人意

识到，他没有机会独自的与熊搏斗 ，所以他把自己倒地面上，假装死了，因为他

听说熊不会碰死尸。当他躺在那里时，熊走 到了他的头上。嗅了嗅鼻子，耳朵，

和心脏，但他依然屏住呼吸。最后，熊确信他死了， 走开了。当熊离开了视线，

在树上的人下来，

就问熊给他说了什 么，

因为他观察到，

熊已经把嘴凑到他的朋

友的耳朵。

“这不是什么大秘密，

”

另一个回答说。

“他只是告诉我要注意我的同伴，