1.On a vacation trip,Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi ,which perished long ago.
Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles,collapsed walls,and clusters of weeds,he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
They replied,"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds,and averse to evildoing,which led to the perdition."
When the Duke could not understand the answer,people explained ," Though he liked doing good,he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing,never could he help not participating.That caused the ruin of his capital."
郭氏之墟
齐桓公出游途中,来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟.
看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象,忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因.
百姓们回答说："郭氏由于喜爱善行善事.厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡."
齐桓公不能理解这种回答,百姓们便解释说："郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事,但从来都不能做到；尽管厌恶邪恶丑行,却总是忍不住参与其中.这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因."
2.A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing.The bull jumped up in a rage and,with his head low to the ground,chased the mouse right across the yard.The mouse was too quick for him,however,and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.
The bull charged the wall furiously again and again,but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns,the mouse stayed safely inside his hole.After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again.
As soon as the bull was asleep,the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole,pattered across the yard,bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety.As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:
"It's not always the big people who come off best.Sometimes the small ones win,you know."
老鼠和公牛
有一次,公牛躺着打盹,一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴.公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来,低着头追老鼠,一直追过院子.然而,老鼠跑得比他快多了,从容地钻到墙洞里去了.
公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁,尽管头撞肿了,角撞裂了,老鼠却安然待在洞里.过了一会儿,公牛不撞了,倒下歇着.
公牛刚睡着,小老鼠就爬到洞口,嗒嗒地跑过院子,又咬了公牛一口 这回咬了鼻子 又跑回安全的地方去.当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时,老鼠吱吱叫道：
"大人物并不总占上风.有时小人物也会取胜."
3.A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one day when a fox came by.
"What are you doing that for?" asked the fox ."There are no hunters around.Everything looks very peaceful to me ."
"Quite true,"said the boar,"but when the hunter does come with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time for this .So let me sharpen my tusks while I can."
Be prepared .
野猪和狐狸
有一天,野猪在树上磨牙齿,狐狸走过来.
"你为什么干这个呀?"狐狸问,"附近又没有猎人,我觉得平安无事."
"不错,"野猪说,"但是,如果猎人真的带着猎狗来了,我只能逃走,就没工夫干这个了.趁我现在可以磨,就让我磨磨牙齿吧."
时刻准备着（有备无患）
4.Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake .
People came from far and near to see what would happen.
"A great river will be born." said one.
"Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will come out." said another.
"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third.
Finally ,after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain.And out popped ---- a mouse.
Just because someone makes a lot of fuss,it doesn't mean he is important.
山
很久以前,一座大山隆隆作响,摇晃起来.远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事.
一个人说："要出现一条大河了."
另一个人说："准会出现一条巨龙."
第三个人说："从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来."
等了几天之后,山坡上终于裂开一条小缝,却蹦出来一只耗子.
正因为某人大肆张扬,所以他没有什么了不起.
