伊索寓言：鹰、风筝与鸽子-The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：Aesop’s Fables-伊索寓言
英语课
The pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk 1 to defend them. He at once consented. When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc 2 and slew 3 a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce 4 upon in a whole year.
The moral of the story is: Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
Wordchecker
terrified (adjective): very afraid
consent (verb): to agree
cote (noun): a shelter for pigeons
havoc (noun): trouble
slew (past verb of “slay”): to kill
pounce (verb): to jump on suddenly
remedy (noun): cure
The moral of the story is: Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
Wordchecker
terrified (adjective): very afraid
consent (verb): to agree
cote (noun): a shelter for pigeons
havoc (noun): trouble
slew (past verb of “slay”): to kill
pounce (verb): to jump on suddenly
remedy (noun): cure
1 hawk
n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员
- The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
- The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。
2 havoc
n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱
- The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
- This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。