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The Wolf and the Lion A wolf ,roaming by the mountain's side, saw his own shadow , as the sun was setting ,become greatly extended and magnified ,and he said to himself, "Why should I, being of such an immense size, and extending nearly an acre in length ,be afraid of the lion? Ought I not to be acknowledged as King of all the collected beasts?" While he was indulging in these proud thoughts, a lion fell upon him , and killed him. He exclaimed with a too_late repentance, "Wretched me! this over_estimation of myself is the cause of my destruction." roam 徘徊, 漫步 magnified 放大了的 acre 一英畝 ,喻指很大 collected 全體的 indulge in 沉迷於 repentance 後悔 wretched 可憐的, 不幸的 over_estimation 高估 by the mountain's side 介詞by這里意為"在...旁"及"靠近" There is a pumping station by the river. 河邊有一個抽水站 The floor electric fan stands by the desk.寫字桌邊有一台落地電扇, mountain's side 解作"山的一邊",如概括指"山邊"可簡化為mountainside 同類單詞有hillside ,riverside, seaside, roadside等 extended and magnified magnify 意為"放大"或"誇大",magnified用作形容詞 We can see the magnified cell under the microscope.我們可以用顯微鏡下看到放大了的細胞. They are trying to magnify the risk in order to deter us ,我們設法誇大危機,目的要使我們裹足不前. extending nearly an acre in length in length 解"長度",可用形容詞long代替, 同樣,in width/breadth或wide/broad解"寬度",in height或high解高度,in depth或deep解"深度"等等 The swimming pool is 100 meters in length and 50 in width.游泳池的長度為100米,寬度為50米. The desk is four feet long and two feet wide.桌子長四英尺, 寬兩英尺. to be acknowledged as... acknowledged as意為"承認, 認為",相當於regarded as 或considered(to be) Professor Yang is acknowledged as one of the prominent experts in the field of biophysics in the world. 楊教授被認為是世界生物物理學界中著名的專家之一. 中譯 狼在山坡下徘徊, 正值落日斜照, 看見自己的影子變得又長又大, 於是自言自語道:"我這麼巨大的個子,身長百尺,難道還要害怕獅子嗎? 我不該被公認為百獸之王嗎" 正當它顧影自憐,想入非非之際, 一頭獅子猛撲上來, 一口把牠咬死,狼死前後悔地哀歎:"哎呀! 過高地估計自己,是我送命的禍根" 伊索

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The Cock and the Jewel As a cock was scratching up the straw in a farmyard, in search of food for the hens, he hit upon a jewel that by some chance had found its way there. "Ho!" said he ,"you are a very fine thing ,no doubt ,to those who prize you ; but give me a barley-corn before all the pearls in the world." _Aesop scratch up 挖起 straw 稻草 hit upon 找到 prize高度重視, 珍視 ...in search of food.. 解"尋找, 尋找" He spent almost an hour in search of his notes . 他花了差不多一個小時尋找筆記. They came all the way from the U.S. in search of their relations. 他們從美國遠道來尋找親屬. by some chance had found its way there. by(some) chance解"碰巧","偶然" He met with his old friend in the street yesterday by (some) chance. 昨天他偶然在路上遇到他的老友. By (some) chance ,I found the book under my pillow . 碰巧我在枕頭下面找到那書. to find one's way to/into 解"設法到達", "找到了...的途徑" With the help of a policeman, the old man found his way home. 得到警察的幫助, 那住老人找到路回家. The student has found her way to the solution for the sticky issue. 那學生找到了難題的答案. ...no doubt... 解"無疑地", 同義詞為undoubtedly ,doubtless,在口語中使用時,解"不用說","難怪" No doubt, she has changed her attitude towards learning . 無疑,她已改變了對學習的態度. No doubt, you know the story so well. 難怪你對這故事非常熟悉. 中譯 一隻公雞正在農家院子里扒開稻草給母雞找吃的, 忽然,他發現一顆寶石不知怎的落在那兒, "哼!"公雞說:"對於賞識寶石的人來說,你倒是寶貝; 但我現在情願要一顆麥粒, 也不稀罕世上所有的珠寶." 此篇喻指一件對某人也許是無價之寶的東西, 對另一人來說,也許一文不值. 每個人的需要不同, 如果能得到對他來說是最需要的東西, 那比得到金銀財寶更有價值.

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