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杜鹃cuckoo[英]['kʊku:] [美][ˈkuku, ˈkʊku] 中英文小故事：蝉和杜鹃 蝉和杜鹃同住在茂密的树林里。蝉经常爬到高高的执树上，振翅高歌，在山林深处都能听到它的歌声。 杜鹃有一对彩色的翅膀、一张金色的小嘴、一副好听的嗓子。它能说会道，一天到晚不停地说。它最喜欢绿叶上晶莹、香甜的露水。 蝉和杜鹃整天吵嘴，因为它们各有自己的想法和要求。 蝉希望天天烈日当空，暖洋洋的，好让自己尽情高歌。杜鹃希望天天下雨，那样自己可以随时喝到清凉的露水。有一天.它们又吵了起来。 蝉说：“艳阳高照好！” 杜鹃说：“下雨好！” 你一句，我一句，声音越来越高，争得面红耳赤，不分胜负。谁也无法说服对方。 它们到画眉那里，请画眉鸟来评评理。画眉说：“我很忙。你们还是找别人吧。” 它们又来到一个老农夫那里，请他评评理。老农夫捋着花白的胡须，为这两位森林来客评理。 他说：“让我们设想一下。要是每天都是烈日当空，那么地上的万物不都给晒死了吗？要是每天都下雨，那么地上的万物不都给淹死了吗？’’ 老农夫接着说：“如果人只顾满足自己的私欲，不顾及世间万物，到头来自己也不会得到任何好处的 蝉和杜鹃鸟听了，觉得老农夫的话很有道理。它们不再争辩.悄悄回到密林去了。 Cicada and Cuckoo Cicada and cuckoo lived in the same thick woods. Cicada used to climb to the tall maple tree flapping its wings there and singing loudly. Its voice could be heard far off in the mountains and forests. Cuckoo, meanwhile，had a pair of colorful wings, a small golden mouth，and a beautiful voice. It was very talkative，and talked on and on everyday. What it liked best was the shiny and sweet dew on the green leaves. But cicada and cuckoo used to quarrel with each other, for they had different wishes and requirements. Cicada wished the sun would shine warmly everyday so that it could sing to its heart’s content. Cuckoo，however, wished it would rain everyday so that it could drink cool dew any time. One day, cicada and cuckoo quarreled again. “I’d rather it was sunny!” said cicada. “I’d rather it was rainy!” said cuckoo. They quarreled and quarreled and their voices grew louder and louder, their faces and ears red with excitement ,but still nobody could win. Neither of them could convince the other as to which way was better. They came to thrush and asked it to decide which was more reasonable. Thrush said，“ I am busy everyday. You d better go to ask someone else s opinion. ’ They came to an old farmer and asked him to decide who was right. The old farmer fondled his gray beard and judged for the two guests from the forest,” Please think a- bout it. If it is sunny every day，won t all the living things be burned to death by the sun? If it is rainy every day, won t everything on the earth get drowned by floods? 1 he old farmer concluded，“If a person only satisfies his own desire and neglects the whole world，he will not be benefited at all. ” Cicada and cuckoo thought the older farmer s talk was sensible and they no longer had anything to argue about and each went back to its own woods quietly. 中英文例句 1. Listen for the first cuckoo of spring 听春天里的第一声布谷鸟叫 2. In a typical cuckoo clock, a bird is pushed out the door by a folding ladder and does not move its body. 在普通的布谷鸟钟表上面，一只小鸟会被折叠梯推出门来，小鸟的身体不会移动。 3. Probably, dr davies and dr welbergen have caught cuckoo and warbler in the middle of an evolutionary arms race. 也许戴维斯博士和韦伯尔根博士已经注意到了杜鹃和莺正处于一个进化的军备竞赛中。 4. But it could also have been something to do with the mating habits of cuckoo birds. 不过，这也可能与布谷鸟的繁殖习性有关。 5. Such is the mystery and folklore attached to the cuckoo that it has become one of the iconic sounds of spring-a sign that winter is finally over. 这就是受神秘的民俗重视的布谷鸟，它已成为春天到来的一个标志性的声音-这表明冬天终于结束了。 |
