【中级趣读】Opportunity

A young man wished to marry the farmer’s beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked him over and said, “Son, go stand out in that field. I’m going to release three bulls, one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”

The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the first bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking bull he had ever seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a better choice than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull pass through the pasture out the back gate. The barn door opened again.

Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his life. It stood pawing the ground, grunting and....Whatever the next bull was like, it had to be a better choice than this one.

He ran to the fence and let the bull pass through the pasture, out the back gate. The door opened a third time. A smile came across his face. This was the weakest, scrawniest little bull he had ever seen. This one was his bull. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and jumped at just the exact moment. He grabbed… but the bull had no tail!

Life is full of opportunities. Some will be easy to take advantage of, some will be difficult. But once we let them pass, those opportunities may never again be available. So always grab the first opportunity.

THE END

【关键词】

1、 permission （n.） 许可

2、 pasture （n.） 牧场；草原

3、 barn （n.） 谷仓；牲口棚

4、 meanest-looking 样子极其暴烈的

5、 fierce （adj.） 凶猛的；酷烈的

6、 paw （vt.） 以蹄扒

7、 grunt（vi.）发出哼哼声

8、 scrawny （adj.） 瘦的；骨瘦如柴的

9、 take advantage of （phr.）利用

10、 available （adj.） 可利用的；可得到的

【译文】机会

一个小伙子希望娶农场主的漂亮女儿为妻。他找到农场主想征得他的同意。农场主上下打量他一番，说，“孩子，去站到那片野地里。我要释放三头公牛，一次一头。如果你能抓住这三头公牛中的任何一头的尾巴，你就可以娶我的女儿。“

那个小伙子站在牧场上等待第一头公牛。牛棚门打开了，冲出来一头他平生从未见过这样一头身材硕大、性情暴烈的公牛。他断定下一头公牛一定比这头公牛好对付，于是，他闪到一旁让公牛穿越牧场奔向后门。牛棚门再次打开。

简直难以置信。他一生中还从未遇见过这样一个家伙——硕大无朋、凶悍无比。它站在那里蹄子挠地，哞哞地叫着......无论下一头公牛什么样，它都会比这头好对付。

他躲到篱笆边，让公牛穿越牧场，奔向后门。门第三次打开。一丝笑意掠过他的脸庞。这是他见过的一头体格最为羸弱且骨瘦如柴的小公牛。这才是是他中意的公牛。As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and jumped at just the exact moment. 他抓住了......但这头公牛没有尾巴！

生活充满机遇。有些容易把握，有些难以掌控。但机不可失，失不再来。所以我们要永远争取第一次机会。

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