英文小故事中英文版伊索寓言3猫和老鼠.pptx

1、Aesops FablesThere was once a house that was overrun withMice.A Cat heard of this,and said to herself,That s the place for me,and off she wentand took up her quarters in the house,andcaught the Mice one by one and ate them.从前，有一座房子，里面的老鼠泛滥成灾。一只猫听到此事，便自言自语：“那正是我要去的地方。于是她走到那座房子里住下来，一只接一只地抓老鼠，然后吃掉他们。At

2、 last the Mice could stand it no longer,andthey determined to take to their holes andstay there.That s awkward,said the Cat toherself:the only thing to do is to coax themout by a trick.最后，老鼠们再也无法忍受下去，决定躲到自己的洞里，再也不出来。“这还真不好办了，”猫自言自语道，“若想骗他们出来，只能耍个花招了。”So she considered a while,and then climbedup the

3、wall and let herself hang down by herhind legs from a peg,and pretended to bedead.她琢磨了一会儿，然后爬上墙，用后腿钩住木桩倒挂下来，假装已经死了。By and by a Mouse peeped out and saw theCat hanging there.Aha!it cried,you revery clever,madam,no doubt:but you mayturn yourself into a bag of meal hanging there,if you like,yet you won t catch us cominganywhere near you.过了一会儿，一只老鼠向外窥探，看到了挂在那里的猫。“啊哈！”老鼠大叫，“夫人，你还真聪明，不过，就算你假装成一袋粮食挂在那里，你也骗不了我们去接近你。”If you are wise you won t be deceived bythe innocent airs of those whom youhave once found to be dangerous.如果有足够的智慧，面对那些曾认定的危险人物所假装出的无辜，你也不会上当受骗。