英文小故事中英文版伊索寓言38奴隶和狮子.pptx

1、Aesops Fables奴隶和狮子A Slave ran away from his master,by whom hehad been most cruelly treated,and,in order toavoid capture,betook himself into the desert.一个奴隶因不堪忍受主人的残暴虐待而逃跑了，为了避免被抓住，他逃进了沙漠中。As he wandered about in search of food andshelter,he came to a cave,which he enteredand found to be unoccupied.R

2、eally,however,it was a Lion s den,and almost immediately,to the horror of the wretched fugitive,theLion himself appeared.正当他思忖着该如何寻找食物和栖身之地时，来到了一个洞穴前，他走进去看了看，空无一人。然而，这是一个狮子的巢穴，就在这时，狮子出现了，可怜的逃亡者吓呆了。The man gave himself up for lost:but,to hisutter astonishment,the Lion,instead ofspringing upon him and

3、 devouring him,cameand fawned upon him,at the same timewhining and lifting up his paw.他认定自己无处可逃，然而，完全出乎他的意料，狮子不但没有扑过来吃掉他，反而过来巴巴地讨好他，一边哭诉着，一边抬起自己的爪子。Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed,he examined it and found a large thornembedded in the ball of the foot.Heaccordingly removed it and dressed

4、 the woundas well as he could:and in course of time ithealed up completely.看到那个爪子又肿又胀，还在发炎，逃亡者认真地检查了一下，发现有一根刺深嵌入狮子的脚掌里。他慢慢地拔出了那根刺，尽可能地处理好伤口，过了一阵，伤口自然就痊愈了。The Lion s gratitude was unbounded;helooked upon the man as his friend,and theyshared the cave for some time together.A daycame,however,when the S

5、lave began to longfor the society of his fellow-men,and he badefarewell to the Lion and returned to the town.狮子对他感激不尽，将他当成了自己的朋友，从此他们一起分享这个洞穴。过了一段时间，有一天，奴隶开始渴望回到人类的社会生活中，他向狮子告别，然后回到镇子上。Here he was presently recognized and carriedoff in chains to his former master,whoresolved to make an example of hi

6、m,andordered that he should be thrown to thebeasts at the next public spectacle in thetheatre.他一出现，立刻就被认出来，接着就被带上镣铐，送到了前主人那里。主人惩罚了他以示警戒，并且还命令道，在下次马戏表演时应该把他扔给野兽。On the fatal day the beasts were loosed intothe arena,and among the rest a Lion of hugebulk and ferocious aspect;and then thewretched Slave

7、was cast in among them.Whatwas the amazement of the spectators,whenthe Lion after one glance bounded up to himand lay down at his feet with every expressionof affection and delight!It was his old friendof the cave!就在性命攸关的那一天，野兽都被释放进竞技场后，其中有一头体态肥硕的狮子，跑到他跟前，带着喜爱和高兴的表情趴在他脚边。这正是他在洞里生活时的老朋友！The audience clamored that the Slave s lifeshould be spared:and the governor of thetown,marveling at such gratitude and fidelityin a beast,decreed that both should receivetheir liberty.观众都嚷嚷着应该饶了这个奴隶的命，镇子上的官员也惊讶于一头野兽的感恩与忠诚，下令让奴隶和狮子都获得自由。