A Mouse and a Frog老鼠与青蛙

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中国有句俗话：悖入亦悖出，害人终害己。意思是：用不正当手段得来的东西，最后同样会被别人以不正当手段夺走；做伤害别人的事情，最终也会伤害到自己。这句话，用在这个非洲的小寓言故事中也非常贴切！

A mouse and a frog were friends. Every morning, the frog would jump out of his1)pond and go to visit his friend. And the mouse lived in a hole in the side of a tree.

The mouse felt happy about his friend’s visiting, but the frog was slowly turning into an2)enemy. Why? The frog felt angry, because though he visited the mouse everyday, the mouse had never visited him.

One day, when the frog wanted to leave the mouse’s house, he3)tied one end of a4)stringaround his leg, and tied the other end to the mouse’s tail.The frog jumped away,5)draggingthe mouse behind him.

The frog6)dived deep into the pond. The mouse was7)drownedand his body8)floated to the top.

A9)hawksaw the mouse floating on the pond. He10)grabbedthe mouse and flew to a tree. The frog, of course, was dragged out of the water too, and was soon killed by the hawk. In Africa, they have a saying:Don’t dig too deep a11)pit for your enemy, you may fall into it yourself.

1) pond [pɒnd] n. 池塘

2) enemy ['enImI] n. 敌人，仇敌

3) tie [taI] v. 系，打结

4) string [strIŋ] n. 线，细绳

5) drag [dræɡ] v. 拖，拖曳

6) dive [daIv] v. 潜水，下潜

7) drown [draʊn] v. 溺死，淹死

8) float [fləʊt] v. 浮动，飘浮

9) hawk [hɔːk] n. 鹰

10) grab [ɡræb] v. 抢夺，夺取

11) pit [pIt] n. 坑，陷阱

词组加油站

★ turn into 变成，成为

★ fall into 落入，陷于

参考文译

一只老鼠和一只青蛙是朋友。每天早上，青蛙都会跳出池塘去探望他的朋友。老鼠住在树干侧边的一个洞里。

老鼠对朋友的探望感到很开心，但青蛙却渐渐变成了仇人。为什么？青蛙很生气，因为尽管他每天都去探望老鼠，但老鼠却从来都不去探望他。

一天，当青蛙要离开老鼠家时，他将一根绳子的一头系在自己的腿上，另一头系在老鼠的尾巴上。青蛙跳着离开时，将老鼠拖在身后。

青蛙深深地潜入池塘中。老鼠被淹死了，尸体浮在池塘的水面上。

一只老鹰看到了浮在水面上的老鼠。他抓住老鼠，飞向一棵树。而青蛙当然也被从水里拉了出来，很快就被老鹰干掉了。在非洲，有这么一句俗话：给仇人的陷阱不要挖太深，不然你自己也可能会掉进去。

名师考点小结

see sb. doing意为“看见某人正在做某事”，侧重指动作正在进行。例如：

When I came in, I saw him watching TV.

我进来的时候，看见他正在看电视。

I saw the boys playing on the playground.

我看见那些男孩们在操场上玩耍。

I saw him repairing his bike.

我看见他正在修他的自行车。

拓展：see sb. do sth.也表示“看见某人做某事”，侧重指动作发生的全过程，强调结果。例如：

I saw an old man get off the bus.

我看见一位老人从公共汽车上下来。

I often see her read books in the library.

我经常看见她在图书馆看书。