狼和羊

The Wolf and the Sheep

A wolf, seriously wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair. Being in want of food, he called to a sheep who was passing, and asked him to fetch some water from a stream flowing close beside him. “For,” he said, “if you will bring me drink, I will find means to provide myself with meat.” “Yes,” said the sheep, “if I should bring you the drought, you would doubtless make me provide the meat too.”

Hypocritical speeches are easily seen through.

【日積月累】

lair n. 獸窩，獸穴；躲藏處，藏身處

hypocritical adj.偽善的，虛偽的

【參考譯文】

狼和羊

一只狼受了非常嚴重的傷并且又被狗群咬了，在它的巢穴里病怏怏的躺著。因為想要東西吃，他叫住了一只路過的羊，想讓他從離他很近的一條小溪取些水給自己喝。“因為，”他說，“如果你給我一些水喝，我就能自己找到肉吃。”“是啊，”這只羊說，“如果我（給你水喝），解決了你的口渴，你也會毫無疑問地讓我提供肉。”

假意的言論很容易被識破。

【人生啟迪】

狼即使以一種很可憐樣子出現，他的壞心腸也很容易被識破。所以，生活中，本性壞的人，無論他裝得多么友好或可憐，他表現出的目的也總是有具有侵略性的——對于這樣的人，我們必須充分提高警惕！