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英语寓言小故事带翻译 何必当初 In a village in the mountain in front, there was a man named Wang Laowu notorious for hislaziness. 前山村里有个王老五，懒得出奇， Everyone called him “Lazy Laowu”， but he never admitted he was lazy. Wheneversomeonecalled him “Lazy Laowu”, he would glare and say: 大家都叫他“懒老五”。可是王老五从来不承认自己懒，一听有人叫他“懒老五”，他就瞪眼，说: “Who is lazy? It is just that I dont want to make my efforts in vain.” “谁懒了?我只是不愿意干那种白费劲的活儿罢了。” One day he went out. Before he had taken several steps, he stumbled and fell down. 有一天，他出门刚走了两步就跌了一跤。 He got up and walked for a few more steps, then fell down again. 他爬起来走了儿步，又跌了一跤。 This time he lay on the ground and would not get up. He said to himself: 这一回，他索性趴在地上不起来了。他自言自语地说: “If I knew this earlier, why did I get up in the first place?” “早知如此，刚才何必爬起来呢!” 忘乎所以 The gorillas in the valleys in the south often lived together in groups of several tens. 南方山谷里的猩猩，常常数十成群地生活在一起。 They were fond of drinking wine, and even fonder of imitating man’s behavior. 它们喜欢喝酒，更喜欢模仿人的行为。 People knew very well their habits and often put wine or distiller’s grains on the roadsidetogether with many straw sandals connected together with ropes. 人们掌握了它们的习性，经常把酒或酒糟放在路边，旁边又放着许多草鞋，草鞋用绳索连接起来。 The gorillas knew this was a trick to lure them into traps and cursed: 猩猩知道这是人们引诱它们上当，便破口大骂: “Humph! Do you think we dont know your tricks?We’ll never be taken in!” “哼!你们以为我们不知道吗?我们决不上你们的当!” So they called one another, turned round and left. 于是，互相招呼，回头就走。 But they had already smelled the aroma of the wine,and couldn’t bear to part with it. 但是，它们已经闻到了酒香，总有点恋恋不舍， Even after they left, they would turn their heads to look back.When they saw no one there,theywould turn back;and after they turned back, 就是走了，也要回过头来望望。回头望不见人，便又转过来; they were afraid of being deceived, and left again. After much hesitation, they finally said tothemselves: 转过来了又怕上当，再返身回去。犹豫了好久，它们最后自言自语地说: “Just for a