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The Lion and the Mouse

It once happened that a hungry lion woke to find a mouse just under his paw.He caught the tiny creature, and was about to make a mouthful of him, when the little fellow looked up, and began to beg for his life.In the most piteous tones ,the mouse said: “If you only spare my life now, O lion, I will be sure to repay you.”

The lion laughed scornfully at this, but he lifted his paw, and let his brave prisoner go free.It befell(降临，发生)the great lion, not long afterwards, to be in as evil a case as had been the helple mouse, and it came about that his life was to be saved by the keeping of the promise he had ridiculed(嘲笑，戏弄).He was caught by some hunters, who bound him with strong rope, while they went away to find means for killing him.Hearing his loud groans(呻吟), the mouse came promptly to his rescue , gnawed(咬，啃)the great rope, and set the royal captive free.“You laughed,” he said, “at the idea of my being able to be of service to you.You little thought I should repay you.But you see it has come to pa that you are as grateful to me as I was once to you.”

The weak have their place in the world as truly as the strong.注释

l．was about to即将，准备，正打算

2．in most piteous tone用极其可怜的声调

3．spare my life饶我一命

4．laugh scornfully at对此轻蔑地一笑置之

5． it befell the great lion...to be in as evil a case as...与……一样倒霉的情形降临到大狮的头上。形式主语it代表后面的不定式短语to be in...6．it came about that...在此it为形式主语，真正的主语是后面的that引导的从句。come about是“发生”意思。

7．came to his rescue来营救他（指遭擒被缚的兽中王狮子）

点评

强者可称王称霸，横行一时，但也有“技不如人”的时候;这时弱者说不定有克敌制胜的法宝、解除危难的“绝招”

Mencius's Mother

Mencius , who lived from 372 to 289 B.C., is regarded as the greatest sage（圣人）next only to Confucius in Chinese history.There are many stories about this great sage.Mencius's father died early.His mother did all she could to make young Mencius to study hard.She moved the family three times in order that her son would be interested in books.Once she moved because her neighbor was a butcher.Young Mencius liked to watch him work and imitate him.Finally the family settled down in the neighborhood of a school.The teacher was a learned man , and the sound of reading could be heard every day.Now young Mencius began to imitate the teacher and liked to read books.Still Mencius wasn't working real hard.Her mother was worried.One day his mother was weaving cotton cloth at home, when she saw her son stop reading his leons.She took up a knife to cut the cloth on the loom.She told her son that if he didn't work hard at his leons, his future would be destroyed like the cloth.It is said that from then on Mencius buried himself in books and later became one of the greatest thinkers in the country.Today，the story about the good mother is told and retold throughout the country.注释

l． Mencius(人名)孟子

2．B·C·= Before Christ公元前

3．is regarded as被认为

4．the greatest sage next only to Confucius仅次于孔子的最伟大的圣人

5．settle down定居,住下

6．a leaned man一个有(高深)学问的人

7．1oom织布机

8．buried himself in埋头于

点评

孟母三次迁居目的是为其子营造良好的学习环境，后来又用“断织”，勉励儿子学习成材。