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乌鸦crow[英][krəʊ] [美][kro] 中英文小故事：乌鸦和蛇 一对乌鸦夫妇在河边的一棵树上把窝建好之后，雌乌鸦就在窝中下蛋，然后很耐心地孵蛋，一直到小乌鸦出世为止。 大树下有个洞，不知什么时候开始，洞里已住着一条大黑蛇。这条大黑蛇很恶毒，最喜欢吃刚出世的鸟儿。他每次都等到乌鸦爸爸和乌鸦妈妈出去找食物时，才爬到树上捉小乌鸦吃。结果，一只接一只的小乌鸦都成为了蛇的美食。 乌鸦妈妈对大蛇的所作所为感到恼火，她决定想个办法对付他。“如果我们再不想办法除掉大蛇，我们就永远保不住孩子的性命了。”乌鸦妈妈说。 “但我们能做些什么呢？”乌鸦爸爸问。 “放心，我自有计划。” 就在这时候，有个王子像平日一样到河里来洗澡。王子的身边总有几个保卫员守在一旁。首先，王子脱去身上的首饰和衣服，小心翼翼地将这些衣服和首饰堆放在河岸边，然后才跳入河里洗澡。 乌鸦妈妈趁着王子洗澡，同时保卫员没有注意的当儿，悄悄地飞到衣服和首饰处。在首饰当中，乌鸦妈妈发现了一个金光闪耀的金手镯。她衔起这个金手镯，飞到蛇洞那里去。 这时的蛇已吃饱正在沉睡中，没发觉乌鸦将金手镯放在他身旁。乌鸦飞回窝里，心情很愉快。 不久，王子洗过了澡回到岸上。他抹干身子后穿上衣服，忽然，他发现金手镯不见了！他很着急也很生气地命令所有的保卫员寻找金手镯。 保卫员分头四处寻找，寻遍了河岸边还是不获。后来，一个保卫员发觉一道耀眼的光芒自蛇洞里射出来。他走前一看，果然发现了金手镯就在那儿，而大蛇还在睡觉呢！保卫员担心惊动了蛇而不敢轻举妄动。 他急忙去召集其他的保卫员，一同合力将蛇打死，才敢取出金手镯，然后才交到王子手里。 “亲爱的，你的计划成功了。”乌鸦爸爸说。“是的，”乌鸦妈妈说，“从今以后，我们再也不必担忧孩子的安全啦！” 故事哲理： 要对付敌人，须有周详的计策，切勿鲁莽行事。 The Crow and the Snake In a large tree near a river, a pair of crows built their nest. The mother crow laid her eggs in the nest and kept them warm until they hatched. In a hole at the lower part of the tree trunk lived a big snake. He was a greedy snake who loved eating young birds. Therefore, as soon as the little nestlings hatched out of their shells the snake quickly ate them up. The snake was a smart fellow. He would wait until the mother and father crows left the nest to look for food. Then he would glide up the tree and catch the nestlings. One by one the baby crows disappeared into the big snake’s mouth. Every time the mother crow laid a fresh batch of eggs，the snake would wait eagerly for them to hatch. Then he would eat them all up. The two crows decided they must put a stop to this. While they were both discussing this, a prince came by as usual to take his bath in the river. He took off his clothes and his beautiful jewellery and placed them carefully on the river bank. Then he dived into the river to bathe. When the mother crow saw the Prince bathing in the river，she hopped over to the place where the Prince had put his clothes and jewellery. She looked through the jewellery and found a sparkling gold bangle. She picked it up and flew away with it to the snake’s hole. It so happened that the snake was fast asleep after eating a huge meal. He did not see the crow putting the bangle into his hole and flying back to her nest. “My dear, why did you do that?” asked the father crow. “What will happen when the snake finds the bangle?” “Don’t worry，” answered the mother crow. “You’ll soon understand why I did it.” The Prince finished bathing and came out of the river. He dried himself and began to dress. Suddenly, the realised that his bangle was missing. He grew angry and told his guards to search for the bangle. The guards searched high and low but they did not find it anywhere on the river bank. Finally, one of the guards saw something glittering in the snake’s hole. He looked inside and saw that it was the bangle. Beside it was the snake, still fast asleep. The guard was afraid of the snake so he dared not take the bangle out of the hole. He quickly called the other guards. They killed the snake and took out the bangle. Then they returned the bangle to the Prince. “My dear, now I understand why you put the bangle in the snake’s hole,” said the father crow. “Now we need not worry about the snake eating any more of our children,” said the mother crow. “At last we can have peace.” Sacrificing or betraying others may get you into serious trouble in the end. 中英文例句 1. A person can eat a fish but not a crow. 人可以吃鱼，但不能吃乌鸦。 2. Luria: what do a fish and crow have in common? 鲁利亚：鱼和乌鸦有什么共同点？ 3. A fish isn't an animal, and a crow isn't either. 鱼不是牲畜，乌鸦也不是。 4. When crow was white he decided the sun was too white. 当乌鸦还是白色的时候，他觉得太阳太白了* 5. Hattie hid her face as I twirled the crow round and round, made it dance on its string. 海蒂藏起脸来，而我一圈圈转着那只乌鸦，让它在挂着的那根绳子上舞动。 |
