第668期:英語小故事 The Singing of the Cicada
現在的時代，真的很好。信息發達，物質豐富。只要你有疑惑，你可以瞬間通過關鍵詞找到你所需要的信息。不管你缺什麼，網上幾乎都能找到你想玩，想吃，想穿，想用的任何東西。這個時代，似乎不管找什麼，都非常的便捷，更甚者，沒有你找不到，只有你想不到。
但這個時代，唯有一樣東西，越來越難找到。而且，就算是依靠發達的搜索，物流，專業的app,書籍，機構也是難以找到的。這樣東西，就是自己。 今天分享一個小故事，從一個側面可以給我們提供一個找回自己的路徑和線索。
New Words:
cicada n. 蟬; 知了;
endure v. 忍耐; 忍受; 持續; 持久;
shortcoming n.缺點; 短處;
dew n.露; 露水;
earthy adj.粗俗的; 庸俗的;
capability n.能力; 才能;
The best thing about the donkey is that it has a strong back to carry heavy loads and endure hardships.
驢子優點是腰力好，能負重又能吃苦耐勞。
The shortcoming of the donkey is that he makes awful sounds, as unpleasant as the screams of ghosts.
驢子缺點是嗓子破，叫聲如鬼哭狼嚎。
One day, the donkey heard a very pleasant voice, it was the cicada.
有一天，驢子聽到了一個非常好聽的聲音，原來是蟬的聲音。
What do you eat every day? Why does your voice sound so sweet?
你每天吃什麼? 爲何聲音這麼好?
I drink only morning dew, and I don't eat any grass.
我只喝露水不吃草。
My voice is not beautiful because I eat foods that are too earthy.
原來是我吃的食物太俗,聲音纔不美妙。
From then on, the donkey consumed only mountain dew and not a blade of grass. And eventually, he starved to death.
從此以後，驢只吃露水不吃草，結果餓死了。
Everybody has his own strengths and weaknesses. To give up one's strength to search for what is beyond one's capabilities often requires paying a high price even to the extent of one's own life.
人各有所長所短，棄己之長，奢求自己所不能的，往往要付出很高代價，甚至於寶貴的生命。
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