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非洲猎人有一个聪明的办法捕捉猴子。 他们把椰子一切两半，把里面掏空，在其中一半上掏个洞，正好能让猴子的爪子伸进去。 他们在另一半椰子里放上一个橙子，然后把两半椰子系在一起。最后,他们用绳子把椰子拴在树上，撤回到丛林,开始等候。 迟早会有一只毫无戒心的猴子晃晃悠悠地过来，闻到了美味的橙子，并且发现橙子就在椰子里面。于是猴子就把爪子伸进小洞里，抓到了橙子，想把它从洞里拉出来。当然，橙子太大了，拿不出来。徒劳无益后，不屈不挠的猴子继续拉呀拉，一点也没意识到自己已身处险境。 当猴子在拼命拿橙子的时候,猎人悄悄走进，撒一张网就把猴子捕获了。只要猴子手里攥着橙子，肯定会被捕捉到。 其实可怜的猴子可以拯救自己，只要他放弃手里的橙子。然而，猴子却很少知道同时拥有橙子和自由是不可能的，所以美味的橙子变成了致命的陷阱。 How to Catch a Monkey African hunters have a clever way of trapping monkeys. They slice a coconut in two, hollow it out, and in one half of the shell cut a hole just big enough for a monkey’s hand to pass through. Then they place an orange in the other coconut half before fastening together the two halves of the coconut shell. Finally, they secure the coconut to a tree with a rope, retreat into the jungle, and wait. Sooner or later, an unsuspecting monkey swings by, smells the delicious orange, and discovers its location inside the coconut. The monkey then slips his hand through the small hole, grasps the orange, and tries to pull it through the hole. Of course, the orange won’t come out； it’s too big for the hole. To no avail the persistent monkey continues to pull and pull, never realizing the danger he is in. While the monkey struggles with the orange, the hunters simply stroll in and capture the monkey by throwing a net over him. As long as the monkey keeps his fist wrapped a- round the orange, the monkey is trapped. The poor monkey could save his own life if he would only let go of the orange. It rarely occurs to a monkey, however, that he can't have both the orange and his freedom. That delicious orange becomes a deadly trap. |
