英语口语社：the fox and the grapes1.ppt

狐狸和葡萄的故事 一个炎热的夏日，狐狸走过一个果 园，他停在一大串熟透而多汁的葡萄前. 狐狸想：“我正口渴呢。”于是他后退了 几步，向前一冲，跳起来，却无法够到葡萄。狐狸后退又试。一次，两次，三次，但是都没有得到葡萄。狐狸试了一次又一次，都没有成功。最后，他决定放弃，他昂起头,边走边说：“葡萄还没有成熟，我敢肯定它是酸的 The Fox and the Grapes狐狸和葡萄 One hot summer’s day / a Fox was strolling through an orchard /till he came to a bunch of Grapes /just ripening on a vine /which had been trained over a lofty branch. ‘Just the thing to quench my thirst,’ quote he. /Drawing back a few paces, /he took a run and a jump, /and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, /he jumped up, /but with no greater success. /Again and again he tried after the tempting（尝试） morsel,/ but at last had to give it up, /and walked away /with his nose in the air, /saying: ‘I am sure they are sour.’ The Fox and the Grapes狐狸和葡萄 One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling （闲逛）through an orchard（果园） till （直到）he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening （成熟）on a vine（葡萄藤） which had been trained over a lofty （高高的）branch. ‘Just the thing to quench my thirst（解渴）,’ quote he. Drawing back （缩回去）a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. * *