英语哲理小小故事

TheFoxandtheGrapes

Onehotsummer'sdayaFoxwasstrollingthroughanorchardtillhecametoabunchofGrapesjustripeningonavinewhichhadbeentrainedoveraloftybranch.Justthethingtoquenchmythirst,quothhe.Drawingbackafewpaces,hetookarunandajump,andjustmissedthebunch.TurningroundagainwithaOne,Two,Three,hejumpedup,butwithnogreatersuccess.Againandagainhetriedafterthetemptingmorsel,butatlasthadtogiveitup,andwalkedawaywithhisnoseintheair,saying:Iamsuretheyaresour.

故事内容：

炎热的夏天里，一只狐狸在果园漫步（Onehotsummer'sdayaFoxwasstrollingthroughanorchard），看到一串熟透的葡萄沿著藤蔓高挂在上（tillhecametoabunchofGrapesjustripeningonavinewhichhadbeentrainedoveraloftybranch.）。「解渴就靠这个了。」他这麼说著（Justthethingtoquenchmythirst,quothhe）。退了几步之后，他往前又跑又跳的（Drawingbackafewpaces,hetookarunandajump），可惜没构到那串葡萄（andjustmissedthebunch），往后再退了几步，一、二、三，往上一跳（TurningroundagainwithaOne,Two,Three,hejumpedup），还是没有构到那串葡萄（butwithnogreatersuccess.）。他试了又试只希望吃口诱人的葡萄（Againandagainhetriedafterthetemptingmorsel），可最后还是放弃了（butatlasthadtogiveitup），最后离开，鼻子嗅了嗅说（andwalkedawaywithhisnoseintheair,saying）：「葡萄太酸了（Iamsuretheyaresour.）。」

Themoralisthat：Itiseasytodespisewhatyoucannotget.

(要鄙视得不到的东西，可真容易呢。)

人生多了酸的滋味，永远比连酸都没尝过的人生来的圆满。