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寓言故事橡树和芦苇英语阅读
高大威猛的橡树和纤细的芦苇在狂风暴雨后会有什么不一样的结果?下面是小编分享的英语文章橡树和芦苇，欢迎大家阅读!
Oak and Reed 橡树和芦苇
An oak got talking with a reed one day: "you certainly have cause of nature to complain; why even a sparrow's weight for you is quite a strain. At even the slightest breeze that makes the ripples1 play, you quake as if you're touched with blight2; you bend and bow so desolate3, indeed you are a sorry sight."
"Now I, like Caucasus in all his pride and state 'Tis little that the rage of Phoebus I abate4; Laughing at hurricanes; beneath thunder's roar at ease, I stand as strong and straight, as though I bore a shield of peace inviolate5. For you each breath's a storm, for me the storm's a breeze. For you each breath's a storm, for me the storm's a breeze. If only you were growing somewhere close, then in the depths of shade that my broad boughs6 could lend you form stress of weather I could easily defend you.Alas7 that nature for your dwelling8 chose the banks of a Eolus, the stormy realm of air; No doubt, for such as you she found no time to care. 'You are full of charity,' the reed replied with scorn; 'But do not be distressed9! My lot can well be borne! If storms I fear, it is not for my sake."
"Though bend I must I shall not break; Tis little harm they do to me. Methinks, for you yourself more danger there may be Tis true that up till now, beneath the fiercest blast Your sturdy from stands firm and fast; from all its angry blows you face you never hide; but wait and see the end!"
And scarce the reed had thus replied when see, all sudden from the North. The boisterous10 aquilo with hail and rain broke forth11. The oak stood firm; the reed down to the earth must bend. On raged the storm still fiercer than before Till, roaring, from his root it tore, The tree that close to heaven his towering summit flaunted12 and in the realm of shade his sturdy foot had planted.
一天，一棵橡胶树和芦苇交谈。橡树说：“你的确有权抱怨老天，不是吗?即使是一只麻雀，你也会觉得沉重不堪。即使是引起涟漪的微风，你也会颤抖地像遇到灾难，你摇摇摆摆，俯首低头，十分凄凉，看着真让人悲哀心痛。”
“而我却像高加索山脉一样威严自豪……太阳的威严，对我只是小事一桩，狂风大作，我敢嗤之以鼻，雷声咆哮，我仍然安然自在，我矗立得笔直遒劲，仿佛握着弓不破的和平之盾。对于你，清风拂过就是风暴，对于我，一场风暴只是徐徐和风。只要你生长在我的周围，我宽广的枝叶就可以借给你浓荫，遇到险厄的天气，我就可以庇护你。可惜老天为你选择的住所是风神的河岸，是狂风暴雨的国土。无疑，像你这样，老天来不及照顾。”
芦苇鄙夷地说：“你真是一片好心，可你不用担心，我的的命令自能安然无恙!即使我害怕风暴，也不是因为我自己，虽然我要俯首弯腰，但是不会折断，暴风雨对我的'损害并不大。我认为，你自己的危险倒可能更大，的确，到现在为止，再猛烈的风暴中，你茁壮的身体屹立不动，你也从未躲避过狂风暴雨的正面打击，可是，还是看看最后得结果吧!”
芦苇刚刚这样说完，突然之间，呼啸的北风夹带着冰雹，还有暴雨从北方袭来。橡树屹立不动，而芦苇必须俯倒在地，风雨更加狂暴了，那树尖钻入云霄、炫耀夸口的橡树，那跟深入浓荫下土壤内，茁壮的橡树，最终被呼啸的风连根拔起来了。
词汇积累
1 ripples
逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。
2 blight
n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏，摧残
参考例句：
The apple crop was wiped out by blight.枯萎病使苹果全无收成。
There is a blight on all his efforts.他的一切努力都遭到挫折。
3 desolate
adj.荒凉的，荒芜的;孤独的，凄凉的;v.使荒芜，使孤寂
参考例句：
The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。
4 abate
vi.(风势，疼痛等)减弱，减轻，减退
参考例句：
We must abate the noise pollution in our city.我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。
The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.医生给了他一些药，以减弱那剧烈的疼痛。
5 inviolate
adj.未亵渎的，未受侵犯的
参考例句：
The constitution proclaims that public property shall be inviolate.宪法宣告公共财产不可侵犯。
They considered themselves inviolate from attack.他们认为自己是不可侵犯的。
6 boughs
大树枝( bough的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。
7 alas
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)
参考例句：
Alas!The window is broken!哎呀!窗子破了!
Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。
8 dwelling
n.住宅，住所，寓所
参考例句：
Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
9 distressed
痛苦的
参考例句：
He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑，无法回答他们的问题。
The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。
10 boisterous
adj.喧闹的，欢闹的
参考例句：
I don't condescend to boisterous displays of it.我并不屈就于它热热闹闹的外表。
The children tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play.孩子们经常是先静静地聚集在一起，不一会就开始吵吵嚷嚷戏耍开了。
11 forth
adv.向前;向外，往外
参考例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
12 flaunted
v.炫耀，夸耀( flaunt的过去式和过去分词 );有什么能耐就施展出来
参考例句：
She flaunted the school rules by not wearing the proper uniform. 她不穿规定的校服，以示对校规的藐视。 来自互联网
Ember burning with reeds flaunted to the blue sky. 芦苇燃烧成灰烬，撒向蔚蓝的苍穹。
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