英文小故事中英文版伊索寓言51驴和他的影子.pptx

1、Aesops FablesA certain man hired an Ass for a journey insummertime,and started out with the ownerfollowing behind to drive the beast.某人为了夏日的旅行而雇了一头驴，于是，驴的主人跟在后面赶着驴出发了。By and by,in the heat of the day,they stoppedto rest,and the traveller wanted to lie down inthe Ass s Shadow;烈日当头的正午时分，越走越热的他们停下来休息。行

2、人想要躺在驴的影子下休息，but the owner,who himself wished to be outof the sun,wouldnt let him do that;for hesaid he had hired the Ass only,and not hisShadow:the other maintained that his bargainsecured him complete control of the Ass forthe time being.可是驴的主人也希望能够躲避太阳的照射，不想让他这么做，因为行人只说雇佣了驴，没说要雇佣它的影子。而行人也坚持认为自己完全有权利控制驴的一切行为。From words they came to blows;and whilethey were belabouring each other the Ass tookto his heels and was soon out of sight.他们争论不休，互相打了起来。就在他们打架时，驴逃之夭夭了。