名榜教育10分钟英语学习-02 THE GOOSE THAT L
名榜教育的公众号菲常游学,每天都会分享伊索语言,抽空,花十分钟来学习英语吧,而且还可以随便喝喝鸡汤,补充正能量。今天分享的是02 THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS--02 下金蛋的鹅。
A Man and his wife had the good fortune to possess a Goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and imagining the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious metal at once.
But when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.
Much wants more and loses all.
KEYWORD
good fortune 福分;福气;幸事;休
every day 每天; 天天; 日; 逐日
in order to 为了…
precious metal 贵金属
at once 立刻; 立即; 同时; 一起
just like 就好像,正如; 一般; 犹; 浑似
any other 其他的
all at once 突然; 同时
any longer 再,仍再
addition to 除。。。之外
02 下金蛋的鹅
有一对夫妇非常幸运,他们有一只每天下一枚金蛋的母鹅。尽管非常幸运,可他们很快就觉着财富增加得还不够快,不仅如此,他们还以为这只鹅的内脏肯定也是金的。于是,他们决定杀掉它,这样就能立刻得到全部珍宝了。
然而,他们把鹅开膛破肚之后,却发现和其它鹅没什么两样。如此,他们既没有像当初希望得那样一夜暴富,也不能再享有财富与日俱增的好运气了。
贪多必失。
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