狼和狐貍

The Wolf and the Fox

At one time a very large and strong wolf was born among the wolves, who exceeded all his fellow-wolves in strength, size, and swiftness, so that they unanimously decided to call him “Lion.” The wolf, with a lack of sense proportioned to his enormous size, thought that they gave him this name in earnest, and, leaving his own race, consorted exclusively with the lions. An old Fox saw this and said, “I will never make myself so ridiculous as you do in your pride and self-conceit, for even though you have the size of a lion among wolves, in a herd of lions you are definitely a wolf.”

【日積月累】

exceed vt. 超過，勝過

consort vi. 陪伴，結(jié)交

unanimously adv. 全體一致地，無異議地

ridiculous adj. 荒謬的, 可笑的

【參考譯文】

狼和狐貍

曾經(jīng)有一只又大又強(qiáng)壯的狼降生在狼群里，他超出了所有同伴的體重、身長(zhǎng)和速度，所以他們都毫無異議地決定稱他為“獅子”。這而只狼由于缺乏對(duì)自己巨大身材比例的認(rèn)識(shí)，以為大家給它這個(gè)名字是最誠(chéng)心誠(chéng)意的，因此，他離開了自己的隊(duì)伍，固執(zhí)地和獅群待在一起。一只老狐貍看到了這一幕，說：“我決不會(huì)像你那樣荒唐驕傲和自信，因?yàn)榧词鼓阍诶侨褐袚碛歇{子的身材，但在獅群中你毫無疑問地還是一只狼。”

【人生啟迪】

多么可笑的狼啊，因?yàn)樽约洪L(zhǎng)得強(qiáng)壯，就誤以為自己是雄壯的獅子，殊不知，在別人的眼里，狼就是狼，永遠(yuǎn)也成不了獅子，我們?nèi)艘惨粯樱瑹o論做什么都要有自知之明，在自己的能力范圍內(nèi)量力而為，否則就會(huì)招來嘲笑。