双语伊索寓言:The Dog and His Reflection 狗和他的倒影

发布时间:2017-08-03 编辑:tyl

  Ralph: Hey, who’s that Dog down there? He has a bigger piece of meat. What shall I do? I know. I’m a good swimmer. I’ll jump into the water and take the meat away from him. Then I can eat two pieces of meat. Yahoo! Today is my lucky day. Arf, arf, arf!!!

  罗夫:嘿,下面的那只狗是谁?他有一块更大的肉啊!我该怎么办?我知道了,我是个游泳高手。我要跳到水里,把它那块肉抢过来。这样我就有两块肉了。哈,今天是我的幸运日!汪!汪!

  Ralph jumps into the water.

  罗夫跳入水中。

  Ralph: Where did that other Dog go? I can’t find him anywhere.

  罗夫:咦?那只狗呢?我怎么找不到他。

  Ralph looks everywhere, but the other Dog is gone.

  罗夫四处张望,可是刚才那只狗已经不见了。

  Ralph: Oh, forget it. I better get out of the water. I might catch cold.

  罗夫:哦,算了吧!我最好先上岸。要不然我会感冒的。

  Ralph gets out of the water and quickly shakes his whole body.

  罗夫上了岸,快速地甩掉身上的水。

  Ralph: That’s strange. I wonder where the other Dog went? But wait! Where is my piece of meat? I had it when I jumped into the water. Now it’s gone. Oh no! That’s it! I dropped it when I went into the water. My meat is gone now. Boo-hoo-hoo!

  罗夫:真奇怪!不知道那只狗跑到哪里去了?等等!我的肉呢?我跳水前还在啊!可是现在它不见了。哦,不!我知道了!我跳水的时候把它弄丢了。现在我的肉没了。呜……呜……

  As he is crying, Ralph sees another Dog crying in the water, too. This time Ralph sneezes and the other Dog sneezes, too.

  正当他哭泣的时候,罗夫看到水中的另一只狗也在哭泣。罗夫打了个喷嚏,那只狗也打了一个喷嚏。

  Ralph: Achoo! Hey look! He sneezes just like me. He also cries just like me. Who is he? Let me look closer.

  罗夫:哈秋!嘿,看!他像我一样打喷嚏。怎么他哭起来也像我。他是谁啊?让我走近点儿看看。

  Ralph looks closer into the water. He is surprised, because he sees himself in the water.

  罗夫靠近水边。令他惊讶的是,他在水里看到了他自己。

  Ralph: This can’t be. It’s just me. It’s just my reflection in the water. Then the other Dog was also just my own reflection? I can’t believe it. I lost my piece of meat because of my reflection. Oh, how foolish I am!!! Today is my unlucky day! I’m lost. And I am still hungry. What shall I do? Boo-hoo-hoo!

  罗夫:不会吧!原来这就是我啊!这只不过是我在水中的倒影。那么刚才看到的那只狗也是我的倒影了?我真不敢相信,我弄丢了我的肉,就因为一个倒影。唉,我怎么这么傻啊!今天真倒霉。我还迷了路。现在我还是很饿。我该怎么办?呜……呜……

  MORAL: If you are too greedy, you may even lose what you have.

  寓意:贪得无厌,可能让你失去原来所有的。