简单英语寓言故事(3)

　　四、The Bathing Boy

　　One day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn't swim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man is just passing by. He doesn't help the boy, but stands by and says to him. "How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in the river." "Oh, yes sir," cries the boy, " Please help me out and scold me afterward."

　　Counsel without help is useless.

　　洗澡的男孩

　　有一天，汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼看就要被淹死，他大声呼喊救命。有个人正好从旁边经过，他没有帮助小男孩，却是站在旁边对小孩子说道：" 你怎么这么草率!在河里洗澡很危险。""哦，先生，"小男孩喊叫：" 请你还是先把我救起来后再责备我吧。"

　　只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。

　　五、naughty Monkey

　　It's very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man's nose.

　　The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases the fly.

　　The fly comes back again and sits on the old man's nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again.

　　This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.

　　When the fly sits on the old man's nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.

　　He kills the fly and breaks the old man's nose.

　　调皮的猴子

　　天气很热。一位老人在椅子上睡着了。

　　一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。

　　老人有一只顽皮的猴子。猴子在追打苍蝇。

　　苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。

　　这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。

　　他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。

　　当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。

　　他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。