兔子英语谚语100个常用（慢读双语短文012THEEYESIGHT）

It was said that the eye of the vulture could see everything clearly as he gazed down from high above.

A vulture once bragged to the crow, “No one's eyesight can be better than mine.”

“You're just boasting about your eyesight without any evidence,” said the crow. “If it were so, then tell me what you can see in the wilderness.”

The vulture answered, “Don't mock me when I say this, that there is a wheat grain in the wasteland of the wilderness?”

The crow was skeptical over what the vulture said, so both of them flew down towards that place to have a look. As the vulture's position was just above the grain, a net was cast from above and he was trapped. It never occurred to the vulture that he could be trapped as he prepared to peck at the grain.

The crow sighed and said, “Oh vulture, what is the use if you can see the small grain but could not see the trap set up by the enemy?”Trapped in the net, the vulture was resigned to his fate. He said, “One cannot escape losing his life in a vast and boundless ocean, no matter how good a swimmer he is.”

先逐字读一遍短文，不认识的不着急查词典，读完一遍，不熟悉的生词大约心中有数了，再回头仔细读一遍，有生词的部分，细读，根据上下文猜测一下意思。如果手头有纸笔不妨写下来。最好通读三遍，文章的大约意思估计也就明白八九不离十了。再逐字查阅生词，最后再对照译文，通读一两遍。还有疑难不解的地方做好笔记请教他人。

vulture

英[ˈvʌltʃə(r)]美[ˈvʌltʃər]

n.兀鹫; 秃鹫; 乘人之危的人; 趁火打劫的人;

Vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill.

兀鹫通常以腐肉和公路上的死伤动物为食。

gazed down

俯视

I gazed down the length of the shimmering fjord, before I looked down to find the fragments of a broken beer bottle.

我俯瞰着波光粼粼的峡湾，然后低头，看到一堆啤酒瓶碎片。

bragged

英[bræɡd]美[bræɡd]

v.吹嘘; 自吹自擂;

brag的过去分词和过去式;

He bragged about his new house.

他吹嘘他的新房。

boasting

英[ˈbəʊstɪŋ]美[ˈboʊstɪŋ]

v.自夸; 自吹自擂; 有(值得自豪的东西);

boast的现在分词;

His statement isn't merely an idle boast.

他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。

evidence

英[ˈevɪdəns]美[ˈevɪdəns]

n.根据; 证明; 证据; (法庭上的)证据，证词，人证，物证;

vt.证明; 表明; 作为…的证据;

We have no firm evidence to support the case.

我们没有确凿的证据支持这个论点。

wilderness

英 ['wɪldənɪs]美 ['wɪldɚnəs]

n. 荒地；大量，茫茫一片

The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.

南极洲是世界上最後一個大荒原。

mock

英 [mɒk]美 [mɑk]

vt. 嘲弄；模仿；使…失望；使…无效

vi. 嘲弄，嘲笑

n. 嘲弄；仿制品；嘲笑对象

adj. 模拟的；假装的；伪造的

adv. 虚伪地

n. (Mock)人名；(德、英、法、西、芬)莫克

可能来自拉丁语mucus,鼻涕，即作出擤鼻涕的动作以表示嘲笑和嘲弄，并引申词义模仿。或直接来自拟声词，模仿模仿的声音。

"Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.

“啊，我有时会感到绝望，”他假装悲伤地说。

skeptical

英 美 ['skɛptɪkl]

adj. 怀疑的；怀疑论的，不可知论的

These skeptical scientists wrote reports that sounded more like fiction than fact.

这批心存疑窦的科学家写成的报告,读来倒像是小说而不像是事实.

skeptical over

怀疑

trapped

英[træpt]美[træpt]

adj.受困的;受限制的;

v.使落入险境; 使陷入困境; 卡住; 夹住; 绊住; 缠住; 收集; 吸收;

trap的过去分词和过去式;

Until he saw the trapped wagons and animals, he did not realize the full extent of the catastrophe.

直到他看见受困的马车和动物，才意识到灾难的严重性。

occurred

英[əˈkɜːd]美[əˈkɜːrd]

v.发生; 出现; 存在于; 出现在;

occur的过去分词和过去式;

We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.

我们需要了解事情发生的确切时间。

resigned to his fate

听天由命

be resigned to 表示自暴自弃,(精神上)陷入某种境地等resigned to 表示接受 (精神上,无可奈何的)接受；

He resigned himself to his fate.

他听天由命.

vast

英[vɑːst]美[væst]

adj.巨大的; 辽阔的; 庞大的; 大量的;

n.广大无边的空间; 大海;

比较级：vaster 最高级：vastest

They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.

他们发现他们进入了一个地下大洞穴。

boundless

英[ˈbaʊndləs]美[ˈbaʊndləs]

adj.无限的; 无止境的;

The work demanded boundless energy and theatrical imagination

这种工作需要具备无限的精力和夸张的想象力。

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据说，秃鹰从高处俯视的时候，鹰眼能够清楚地看到一切。

有一次，秃鹰和乌鸦吹牛：“没人能和我比视力。”

“你这话没有根据，净瞎吹牛，”乌鸦说，“要真是那样的话，你说说看，这片荒野里你看见什么了？”

秃鹰回答：“我这么说你还真别不信，荒野里有一粒谷子。”

乌鸦不信，他们俩就都朝那个地方往低飞去，想要一看究竟。就在秃鹰刚好飞到那粒谷子正上方的时候，一张网从天而降把他罩住了。他怎么也没想到自己居然在准备叼起那粒谷子的时候被捉住了。

乌鸦叹了口气，说道：“唉，我说秃鹰啊，就算你能看到小小的谷粒，可你却看不到敌人设下的陷阱，这样的视力有什么用呢？”

困在网里的秃鹰只能认命。他说：“就算一个人游泳游得再好，他也逃不出在无边汪洋里丧命的命运啊！”

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