《伊索寓言》| 狐狸与猫 The Fox and the Cat

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The Fox and the Cat

狐狸与猫

A Foxwas boastingto a Cat ofits clever devices for escaping its enemies. "I have a whole bag of tricks," he said, "which contains a hundred ways ofescapingmy enemies."

一只狐狸正在向一只猫吹嘘它摆脱敌人的聪明手段。“我有一大堆窍门，”他说，“其中包括一百种逃脱敌人的方法。”

"I have only one," said the Cat; "but I can generallymanagewiththat." Just at that moment they heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming towards them, and the Cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs. "This is my plan," said the Cat. "What are you going to do?" The Fox thought first of one way, then of another, and while he was debating the hounds came nearer and nearer, and at last the Fox in hisconfusionwas caught up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen. Miss Puss, who had been looking on, said:

“我只有一种方法”猫说，“但是我用这种方法一般就能应对。”就在这时，他们听到一群正在靠近的猎犬的叫声，猫立即快速爬上树，藏在树枝上。“这就是我的方法，”猫说。“你打算怎么办呢？”狐狸想了一种又一种办法，当他还在盘算时，猎狗越来越靠近了，最后困窘的狐狸被猎狗抓住了并很快就被猎人杀死了。猫看着这一切，说道：

"Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannotreckon."

“一种安全的方法胜过一百种靠不住的法子。”

词句解析

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重点词汇词组

1.boast of sth. 吹嘘某事

例：The company is inclined toboast ofits success.

这家公司倾向于吹嘘它的成功。

常见搭配：

boast about... 吹嘘……

例：He'sboasting abouthow much money he has made.

他正在吹嘘他挣了多少钱。

2.escape sb. 逃离/摆脱某人

常见搭配：

① escape from/through/over... 从……逃脱

例：Heescaped fromprison in October.

他十月份从监狱逃脱了。

② escape with带着...逃

例：Heescaped withminor injuries.

他受了一点轻伤逃出来。

③ narrowly escape sth. 侥幸逃脱

例：The firemennarrowly escapedbeing killed by the explosion.

这位消防员从爆炸中侥幸逃生。

④ escape with your life / escape alive 死里逃生

例1：When the tunnel collapsed, the men were lucky toescape with their lives.

当隧道坍塌时，这些人幸运地死里逃生。

例2：The crew of the sinking vessel were lucky toescape alive.

沉船的全体船员幸运地死里逃生。

相关俚语：

escape sb.'s clutches 逃脱某人的抓捕；摆脱某人的控制

例：He managed to escape the men's clutches and run off.

他设法成功逃脱了这些人的抓捕并跑掉了。

3.manage with sth. 用... ... 设法应付

例：I can't afford to get you a new coat -- you'll have tomanage withthe one you've got.

我没钱给你买新外套了——你得用你已经有的应付一下。

常见搭配：

manage to do sth. 设法做成某事

例：I finallymanaged to pushthe huge animal away.

我终于设法推走了这只庞大的动物。

注意：manage to do sth. 与succeed in doing sth. 意思相近。但书面语中，succeed in doing sth.更常用，因为manage to do sth. 没有succeed in doing sth. 正式。

相关俚语：

manage a smile 强颜欢笑；勉强笑了笑

例：Tom looked tired but stillmanaged a smile.

汤姆看起来很累，但仍然勉强笑了笑。

4.confusion 不明朗，不确定；困惑；混乱；混淆；困窘

常见搭配：

①in confusion 困窘地，尴尬地，局促不安地

例：Matt stared at herin confusion.

马特困窘地注视着她。

② confusion about/over/as to 对……不明朗，对……不确定

例：There was someconfusion as towhether we had won or lost.

关于我们赢了还是输了，还有些不确定。

③ confusion between 混淆……和……

例：There is aconfusion in the public mind betweenpsychology and psychiatry.

大众对心理学和精神病学存在混淆。

5.reckon on sth. 指望

例：We'dreckoned onhaving good weather.

我们原指望会有好天气。

常见搭配：

① sth. is reckoned to be sth. 某物估价为……

例：The average selling price for flats in the areawas reckoned to bearound £200,000.

这个区域公寓的平均销售价格预计是200,000英镑左右。

② be reckoned as sth. 被认为是

例：An earthquake of magnitude 7is reckoned asa major quake.

7级地震被认为是大地震。

③ reckon sth. up 统计，合计

例：Hereckoned upthe cost of everything in his mind.

他在脑子里把所有费用都合计了一下。

④ reckon without sb./sth. 没考虑到，不把......算在内 = not take sb./sth. into account

例：Theyhad reckoned withoutthe determination of the opposition.

他们没料到会遭到坚决反对。

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长难句解析

"Ihavea whole bag of tricks," he said, "which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies."

“我有一大堆窍门，”他说，“其中包含一百种逃脱敌人的方法。”

解析：这里是which引导的定语从句，修饰名词bag。Which代指先行词bag，在定语从句中作主语。因为bag是第三人称单数，所以从句中的谓语动词contain使用单三式，加s。A whole bag of 字面意思是一整包...， 此处结合语境应该理解为“一大堆”或者“许多”。

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