伊索寓言：生病的狮子-The Sick Lion
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：Aesop’s Fables-伊索寓言
A Lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice 1. He returned to his den 2, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known. The beasts expressed their sorrow, and came one by one to his den, where the Lion devoured 3 them. After many of the beasts had thus disappeared, the Fox discovered the trick and presenting himself to the Lion, stood on the outside of the cave, at a respectful distance, and asked him how he was. “I am very middling,” replied the Lion, “but why do you stand without? Pray enter within to talk with me.” “No, thank you,” said the Fox. “I notice that there are many prints of feet entering your cave, but I see no trace of any returning.”
The moral of the story is: He is wise who is warned by the misfortune of others.
Word checker：
infirmity (noun): weakness
artifice (noun): cleverness
devour (verb): to eat quickly and fully
middling (adjective): okay; neither good nor bad
trace (noun): a small amount
- The use of mirrors in a room is an artifice to make the room look larger.利用镜子装饰房间是使房间显得大一点的巧妙办法。
- He displayed a great deal of artifice in decorating his new house.他在布置新房子中表现出富有的技巧。