愛薇塔樂學英文

伊索寓言：The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller 燒炭人與漂布人
　

A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house.   One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and   live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and  that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller  replied, "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned,  for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again  with your charcoal."    

Like will draw like.     

燒炭人在一所房子裡幹活，看見有一個漂布人搬遷到他的旁邊來住時，滿懷高興地走上去勸他與自己同住，並解釋說這樣彼此更親密，更方便，還更省錢。漂布人卻回答說：“也許你說的是真話，但完全不可能辦到，因為凡我所漂白的，都將被你弄黑。”