經(jīng)典英語散文閱讀：鼠夾

　　只要我們中間任何一個(gè)人遇到威脅，所有的人都會(huì)有危險(xiǎn)。共同走在人生的旅途上，我們應(yīng)該相互照顧，并且愿意為相互激勵(lì)而作出額外的貢獻(xiàn)。下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編為大家?guī)淼慕?jīng)典英語散文閱讀：鼠夾，希望大家喜歡!

　　A Mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. "What food might this contain?" He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

　　一只老鼠透過墻上的裂縫看到農(nóng)夫和他的妻子正在打開一個(gè)包裹。“里面可能裝的是什么吃的呢?”它想?？墒钱?dāng)它看到里面是一個(gè)捕鼠器的時(shí)候，它嚇壞了。

　　Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in the house, there is a mousetrap in the house!"

　　逃回牧場，老鼠鄭重地發(fā)出警告：“屋子里有個(gè)捕鼠器，屋子里有個(gè)捕鼠器!”

　　The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

　　小雞抓著地，抬起頭，咯咯咯地說：“老鼠先生，我看得出這對(duì)你來說是個(gè)非常嚴(yán)重的顧慮，但是對(duì)我卻什么后果也不會(huì)有。我不想被這種事打攪。”

　　The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house!"

　　老鼠轉(zhuǎn)身告訴豬說：“屋子里有個(gè)捕鼠器!”

　　The pig sympathized but said, "I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers."

　　豬很同情地說：“老鼠先生，我很難過，但是除了祈禱我無能為力。不過請(qǐng)相信我會(huì)為你祈禱的。”

　　The mouse turned to the cow who said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you. But it's no skin off my nose."

　　老鼠隨轉(zhuǎn)向奶牛，奶牛說：“喔，老鼠先生，我很為你難過，但是這并傷不到我的皮毛。”

　　So the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

　　于是，老鼠回到屋子里，垂頭喪氣地，獨(dú)自面對(duì)農(nóng)民的捕鼠器。那天晚上，屋子傳來了一個(gè)聲音，聽起來是捕鼠器抓到什么了。

　　The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness the wife did not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife.

　　農(nóng)民的妻子奔去看抓到了什么。在黑暗中，農(nóng)民的妻子沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)是一條毒蛇的尾巴被捕鼠器夾住了。蛇咬了農(nóng)民的妻子。

　　The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever. Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.

　　農(nóng)民趕忙帶她去了醫(yī)院，她回來時(shí)還發(fā)著高燒。人們都知道要醫(yī)治高燒，得用新鮮的雞湯，于是農(nóng)民拿著短斧，到牧場上去取雞湯的主要原料。

　　But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

　　但是他妻子的并還是沒好，所以不斷地有朋友和鄰居來陪她。為了給他們弄吃的，農(nóng)夫把豬給殺了。

　　The farmer's wife did not get well. She died; And so many people came for her funeral the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

　　農(nóng)夫妻子的病沒有好轉(zhuǎn)。她病故了，來參加她葬禮的人非常多，為了讓大家有東西吃，農(nóng)夫?qū)⒛膛Ｒ苍琢恕?/p>

　　So next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it doesn't concern you, remember that when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

　　所以，下次你再聽到某人說遇到問題，而你認(rèn)為與你無關(guān)時(shí)，記住一點(diǎn)：只要我們中間任何一個(gè)人遇到威脅，所有的人都會(huì)有危險(xiǎn)。

　　We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and be willing to make that extra effort to encourage one another

　　我們共同走在人生的旅途上。我們應(yīng)該相互照顧，并且愿意為相互激勵(lì)而作出額外的貢獻(xiàn)。