【第一篇】
The oxen and the axletrees
A pair of Oxen were drawing a heavily loaded wagon along the highway, and, as they tugged and strained at the yoke, the Axletrees creaked and groaned terribly. This was too much for the Oxen, who turned round indignantly and said, “Hullo, you there! Why do you make such a noise when we do all the work?”
They complain most who suffer least.
【譯文】
公牛和車軸
幾頭公牛正用勁拉著超重的貨車在大路上行走，當(dāng)他們用勁拖拉貨車和牛軛時，車軸被壓得吱吱作響。牛有點不耐煩了，回過頭對車軸說道：“喂，朋友，我們正在努力地干活，你叫喚什么?”
寓意：沒受什么苦難的人往往最愛抱怨。
【第二篇】
The Two Bags
Every man carries Two Bags about with him, one in front and one behind, and both are packed full of faults. The Bag in front contains his neighbours’ faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.
【譯文】
兩個口袋
每個人生來都帶著兩個口袋，一個在前，一個在后，兩個口袋里都滿載缺點。前面那只口袋里裝的是別人的缺點，而后面那只口袋里則裝滿的是自己的缺點。因此，人們總是看不見自己的缺點，卻永遠(yuǎn)也不會忽視去看別人的缺點。
【第三篇】
The Boys And The Frogs
One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, ¨Boys, please don‟t throw stones at us.〃The boys said, ¨We are only playing.〃 ¨I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,〃 said the old frog. So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.
【譯文】
男孩和青蛙
春天里的一天，一些頑皮的男孩在一個水塘邊玩耍。他們開始往水里扔石塊。許多生活在水塘里的青蛙非常害怕這些男孩，因為石頭曾弄傷了他們中的一些。最后一只老青蛙把他的腦袋探出水面，他說：“孩子們，請別向我們?nèi)邮^�！蹦泻⒄f：“我們只是在玩耍�！薄拔抑溃垊e扔石頭，孩子們。對你們而言的玩耍對我們可意味著死亡。”老青蛙說。因此男孩們不再扔石頭并且離開了
