THE EYESIGHT OF THE VULTURE 秃鹰有个好眼神_英语美文

THE EYESIGHT OF THE VULTURE 秃鹰有个好眼神

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THE EYESIGHT OF THE VULTURE

秃鹰有个好眼神

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

high above.

A vulture once bragged¹ 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 wilderness² .”

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 skeptical³ 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 boundless⁴ ocean, no matter how good a swimmer he is.”

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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收听单词发音

1 bragged
v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。 Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 wilderness
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠
参考例句：
She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。 Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

3 skeptical
adj.怀疑的，多疑的
参考例句：
Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。 Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

4 boundless
adj.无限的；无边无际的；巨大的
参考例句：
The boundless woods were sleeping in the deep repose of nature.无边无际的森林在大自然静寂的怀抱中酣睡着。 His gratitude and devotion to the Party was boundless.他对党无限感激、无限忠诚。