3个伊索寓言小故事(英文)
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1.bell the cat 2.fish in trouble waters
3.cry wolf
They all orginate from
Aesop's Fables
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1.bell the cat
It means to do something dangerous in order to save others；to step forward bravely to
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2.Fish in Trouble Waters
• It means to make use of sb's misfortune to serve one's own needs; chinese meaning:浑水摸鱼，趁火打劫 Eg:Those who made large profits out of illegally selling rationed goods during World War II were fishing in troubled waters.
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The Mice In Council
The Mice summoned a council to decide how to devise the best means for obtaining notice of the approach of their great enemy the Cat. Among the many plans, the best one was to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat that the Mice being warned by the sound of the tinkling .They can run away and hide themselves in their holes when the cat approaching. But when the Mice had a further debate who among them could "bell the Cat" ,there was no one willing to do it.
The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf
Once there was a boy who lived in a farm. Every day he had to take his father’s sheep to a hill. One day he tried to play a trick on the other people. He said to himself. I will call “wolf. wolf.” then everyone come to help me. It will be fun when they find out there is no wolf after all. So he cried: “wolf .wolf.” and everyone ran to help him. When they came he just said: “there is no wolf. It was only a joke.” He did this three times. Then one day a wolf really came. “Help! Help! The wolf is here.” called the boy. But everyone said:“There is no wolf. He is just calling us for fun. There is no danger.” So they did not go to help the boy. The wolf killed all the sheep then.
face the danger; Eg:Everybody made suggestion,but no one actually offered to bell the cat.
• chinese meaning：给猫的脖子挂铃；为
别人冒险 。
this phrase from the story The Mice In Council <<老鼠会议>>
3.cry wolf
It means to give false alarms;to warn of danger where is none chinese meaning:狼来了； 虚发警报，谎报险情， Eg:Nobody will believe he is in trouble because he has cried wolf so many times.
. Do you know this story?
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There was a fisherman on the river fishing
with a net.He put the fishing net in the river, and then tie a stone to keep beating water. The silts made water turbidly, and the fishes were in a panic to fall into the snare.The fisherman caught a lot of fish in this way,but the people who live near the river accused the fisherman,he made the water so muddy that they can't drink.The fisherman retorted: "if I don't muddy the water, I catch nothing to eat and I will starve to death!"
3.cry wolf
They all orginate from
Aesop's Fables
整理ppt
1
1.bell the cat
It means to do something dangerous in order to save others；to step forward bravely to
整理ppt
3
百度文库
2.Fish in Trouble Waters
• It means to make use of sb's misfortune to serve one's own needs; chinese meaning:浑水摸鱼，趁火打劫 Eg:Those who made large profits out of illegally selling rationed goods during World War II were fishing in troubled waters.
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2
The Mice In Council
The Mice summoned a council to decide how to devise the best means for obtaining notice of the approach of their great enemy the Cat. Among the many plans, the best one was to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat that the Mice being warned by the sound of the tinkling .They can run away and hide themselves in their holes when the cat approaching. But when the Mice had a further debate who among them could "bell the Cat" ,there was no one willing to do it.
The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf
Once there was a boy who lived in a farm. Every day he had to take his father’s sheep to a hill. One day he tried to play a trick on the other people. He said to himself. I will call “wolf. wolf.” then everyone come to help me. It will be fun when they find out there is no wolf after all. So he cried: “wolf .wolf.” and everyone ran to help him. When they came he just said: “there is no wolf. It was only a joke.” He did this three times. Then one day a wolf really came. “Help! Help! The wolf is here.” called the boy. But everyone said:“There is no wolf. He is just calling us for fun. There is no danger.” So they did not go to help the boy. The wolf killed all the sheep then.
face the danger; Eg:Everybody made suggestion,but no one actually offered to bell the cat.
• chinese meaning：给猫的脖子挂铃；为
别人冒险 。
this phrase from the story The Mice In Council <<老鼠会议>>
3.cry wolf
It means to give false alarms;to warn of danger where is none chinese meaning:狼来了； 虚发警报，谎报险情， Eg:Nobody will believe he is in trouble because he has cried wolf so many times.
. Do you know this story?
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4
There was a fisherman on the river fishing
with a net.He put the fishing net in the river, and then tie a stone to keep beating water. The silts made water turbidly, and the fishes were in a panic to fall into the snare.The fisherman caught a lot of fish in this way,but the people who live near the river accused the fisherman,he made the water so muddy that they can't drink.The fisherman retorted: "if I don't muddy the water, I catch nothing to eat and I will starve to death!"