英文讲寓言故事
乌鸦和水罐
The Crow And The Pitcher
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Hello everyone, Welcome to WendyEnglishTimes. 欢迎来到Wendy的英语时光。读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。今天我们要讲的故事来自伊索寓言–乌鸦和水罐 The Crow And The Pitcher.
请你带着这个问题来收听故事：
• 乌鸦最终喝到水了吗？怎么喝到的？
The Crow And The Pitcher
乌鸦和水罐
A thirsty crow found a pitcher with some water in it, but so little was there that, try as she might, she could not reach it with her beak, and it seemed as though she would die of thirst within sight of the remedy. At last she hit upon a clever plan. She began dropping pebbles into the pitcher, and with each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it reached the brim, and the knowing bird was enabled to quench her thirst.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
一只乌鸦口渴了，找到了一只装着水的水罐，不过水罐中的水很少，他试了半天，嘴巴总是够不到水。唉，尽管水就在眼前，但他可能会被活活渴死。最后，它灵光一闪，想到了一个主意。它捡起小石子丢到水罐中，每丢进去一颗石子，水面就上升一点，到了最后，乌鸦的嘴巴终于碰到水面了。这只聪明的乌鸦解了渴。
需要是发明之母。
我们来学习一下这则故事中的地道表达：
1/ the crow and the pitcher 乌鸦和水罐
Crow 表示乌鸦。Pitcher指水罐，水壶，我们经常使用a pitcher of water 来表示一壶水。
2/ as though 好像，仿佛
As though 和 as if 都表示好像，一般跟在感官词后面，比如feel, seem。因此看起来就好像。。。，就是it seems as though…
3/ within the sight of…在视线范围内
Sight表示视野，视线，within表示在。。之内，那么在视线范围内就是within the sight of…
4/ hit upon a plan 偶然想出一个计策
Hit upon表示偶然碰到，偶然发现，那么偶然想到一个计策就是hit upon a plan。
5/ be enabled to…能够
Enable表示能够，能够做某事要加在be enabled to 后面，比如，能够解渴be enabled to quench the thirst.
6/ necessity 必需品，必要性，需要，需求
Necessity 是名词形式，它的形容词形式是necessary，必须的，必备的，必要的。
7/ invention 发明，创造
这个词的动词形式是invent，发明了什么可以加在这个词后面，比如，发明了新方法，invent a new way.
明白了这些单词的含义，让我们再来听一遍这则寓言故事吧。
The Crow And The Pitcher
乌鸦和水罐
A thirsty crow found a pitcher with some water in it, but so little was there that, try as she might, she could not reach it with her beak, and it seemed as though she would die of thirst within sight of the remedy. At last she hit upon a clever plan. She began dropping pebbles into the pitcher, and with each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it reached the brim, and the knowing bird was enabled to quench her thirst.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
一只乌鸦口渴了，找到了一只装着水的水罐，不过水罐中的水很少，他试了半天，嘴巴总是够不到水。唉，尽管水就在眼前，他也可能会被活活渴死的。最后，它灵光一闪，想到了一个主意。它捡起小石子丢到水罐中，每丢进去一颗石子，水面就上升一点，到了最后，乌鸦的嘴巴终于碰到水面了。这只聪明的乌鸦解了渴。
训诫：需要是发明之母。
以上就是本期的全部内容了，故事一开始的问题你找到答案了吗？读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。希望本期内容能够对你有所帮助。Thank you very much for your listening and I’ll see you next time. Bye!