微信公眾號(hào):曲線英語(yǔ) The Lion and the Boar On a summer day, when the great heat induced a general thirst, a Lion and a Boar came at the same moment to a small well to drink. They fiercely disputed which of them should drink first, and were soon engaged in the agonies of a mortal combat. On their stopping on a sudden to take breath for the fiercer renewal of the strife, they saw some Vultures waiting in the distance to feast on the one which should fall first. They at once made up their quarrel, saying:"It is better for us to make friends,than to become the food of Crows or Vultures, as will certainly happen if we are disabled." Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantageoftheirdefeat to benefit themselves. 獅子和野豬 炎熱的夏季，難耐的酷暑使人口渴，一只獅子和一只野豬同時(shí)來(lái)到一個(gè)小泉邊喝水。他們立刻為誰(shuí)應(yīng)該先喝水而爭(zhēng)吵起來(lái)，很快，爭(zhēng)吵升級(jí)成了戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，他們互相攻擊，斗得你死我活。就在他們喘氣休息時(shí)，忽然看見(jiàn)幾只禿鷹正坐在巖石上，顯然他們正在等著看誰(shuí)先敗下陣來(lái)，接著就會(huì)沖過(guò)來(lái)吃掉那個(gè)尸體。一看到禿鷹，他們立刻停止了爭(zhēng)斗，說(shuō)：“我們還是成為朋友吧，總比相互爭(zhēng)斗并被禿鷹吃掉好多了?！? vocabulary 1.engaged in be engaged in 參與；從事于；忙于 2.renewal [r?'nju??l] n. 更新，恢復(fù)；復(fù)興；補(bǔ)充；革新；續(xù)借；重申 3.fierce [f??s] adj.兇猛的；猛烈的；暴躁的 fiercer 比較級(jí) fiercely ['f??sl?] adv. 猛烈地；厲害地 4.strife [stra?f] n. 沖突；爭(zhēng)吵；不和 5.strive [stra?v] vi. 努力；奮斗；抗?fàn)?6.agony ['?ɡ?ni] n. 苦惱；極大的痛苦；臨死的掙扎 in agony痛苦不堪 7. mortal ['m?rtl] adj. 凡人的；致死的；終有一死的；不共戴天的 n. 人類，凡人 mortal combat 殊死搏斗 9. feast [fi?st] n. 筵席，宴會(huì)；節(jié)日 vt. 享受；款待，宴請(qǐng) vi. 享受；參加宴會(huì) feast on 盡情欣賞；盡情享受；大吃大喝 10.crow [kr??] n. [鳥] 烏鴉；雞鳴；撬棍 vi. 啼叫；報(bào)曉 11. disabled [d?s'e?bld] adj. 殘廢的，有缺陷的 v. 使…失去能力（disable的過(guò)去分詞） 12. vulture ['v?lt??] n. 禿鷹，禿鷲；貪婪的人 13. make up 和解；調(diào)節(jié) It is very hard to make up the quarrel between the couple. 很難調(diào)解這對(duì)夫婦之間的爭(zhēng)吵。 She came back and they made up. 她回來(lái)了，他們和好了。 一組一組記單詞 duce- 引導(dǎo) 1.induce [?n'dus] vt. 誘導(dǎo)；引起；引誘；感應(yīng) Herbal teas can help induce sleep. 花草茶是能夠引起你的睡意。 名詞形式 in duction Labor induction 引產(chǎn) 2. seduce [s?'d?s] vt. 引誘；誘惑；誘奸；慫恿 She has set out to seduceStephen. 她已開始勾引斯蒂芬 名詞形式 勾引 seduction 例：Her methods of seduction are subtle. 她勾引人的手法很巧妙。 語(yǔ)法 Grammar It is better for us to make friends, than to become the food of Crows orVultures, as will certainly happen if we are disabled. as 引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，一般不指代某個(gè)具體的名詞或代詞，而是代表整個(gè)主句或主句的一部分。這種從句可放在主句之前，也可以放在主句之后，有時(shí)還可以放在主句的中間。如： As is reported in the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress. 正如在報(bào)紙上所報(bào)道的，兩國(guó)間的談判有所進(jìn)展。 Grammar is not a set of dead rules, as has been said above. 如上所說(shuō)，語(yǔ)法不是一套死條文。 Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them. 蜘蛛不是昆蟲，盡管許多人都這樣認(rèn)為，它甚至與昆蟲幾乎沒(méi)有聯(lián)系。