The hare and the tortoise 來自小學(xué)英語盒子 00:00 03:05

Once a hare was playing near a lake in a forest. Suddenly he saw a tortoise and made fun of him. He said, 'Hurry up, you slow coach! I could have run to the other side of the lake by now.'

從前，有一只兔子正在森林里的湖邊玩耍，突然間他看到一直烏龜，然后就開始笑話他：“走快點(diǎn)啊，你這個(gè)慢性子，這個(gè)時(shí)間我都能跑到湖對(duì)面了?！?br/> 
The tortoise felt teased and dared the hare to a race. The race was to be through the wood to the top of the hill.

烏龜感到被嘲笑了，于是就向兔子發(fā)起了比賽?？凑l先穿過森林，到達(dá)山頂。
 

The hare laughed and agreed. In a few minutes he was away and out of sight. 

兔子大笑著答應(yīng)了，幾分鐘之后兔子就跑得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的看不見了。
 
'What a funny race it is!' he said to himself, 'I am already half-way through. But it is too cold; why not have a nap in the warm sunshine?'

“這個(gè)比賽真搞笑，”兔子自言自語道，“我都跑完一半的路了，不過天好冷，不如睡個(gè)午覺曬曬太陽！”

The tortoise walked steadily on and on. In a short time, he passed by the sleeping hare. 

烏龜慢慢地走啊走，過了不久，他就從睡著覺的兔子身邊走了過去。
 
The hare slept for quite a while. When he woke up at last, he looked around in surprise and said to himself, 'I can't even see poor tortoise anywhere; I had better finish the race.'

兔子睡了很久，終于他醒了，他四處看了看，驚訝地說：“我都還看不到那只可憐的烏龜?shù)挠白?。還是跑完比賽吧！”
 

The hare ran to the goal. He was amazed to see all the animals cheering the tortoise who had arrived just a minute earlier. How ashamed he felt indeed!

兔子跑到終點(diǎn)，驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的動(dòng)物們都在為烏龜歡呼。原來烏龜就在幾分鐘前到達(dá)了終點(diǎn)。他感到羞愧極了。
 
Moral: Slow and steady wins the race.