The Power of the Scalawag

时间：2007-11-07 07:56:02

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  A FORESTRY1 Commissioner2 had just felled a giant tree when, seeing
an honest man approaching, he dropped his axe3 and fled.  The next
day when he cautiously returned to get his axe, he found the
following lines pencilled on the stump:

  "What nature reared by centuries of toil,
A scalawag in half a day can spoil;
An equal fate for him may Heaven provide -
Damned in the moment of his tallest pride."

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1 forestry 8iBxk     
n.森林学；林业
参考例句：
  • At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
  • Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
2 commissioner gq3zX     
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
3 axe 2oVyI     
n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减
参考例句：
  • Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
  • The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

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