愛薇塔樂學英文

伊索寓言：The Caged Bird and the Bat 籠中的鳥和蝙蝠

A singing bird was confined in a cage which hung outside a window,

and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep.

One night a Bat came and clung to the bars of the cage, and asked

the Bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night. "I have a

very good reason for doing so," said the Bird. "It was once when I was

singing in the daytime that a fowler was attracted by my voice, and

set his nets for me and caught me. Since then I have never sung except

by night." But the Bat replied, "It is no use your doing that now when

you are a prisoner: if only you had done so before you were caught,

you might still have been free."

"Precautions are useless after the crisis."

  歌唱的鳥被關在籠子裡掛著一個窗口外，

並有晚上唱歌，當所有其他鳥類都睡著了的一種方式。

一天晚上，一個蝙蝠來了，死死抓住籠子的欄杆，並要求

鳥為什麼她沉默了白天和晚上只唱。“我有一個

很好的理由這樣做，“伯德說，”它曾經是，當我

唱歌，一個捕鳥被我的聲音吸引了白天和

設置他的網，我和抓住了我。從那時起，我從來沒有唱過，除了

晚上，“但是蝙蝠回答說：”這是沒有用的你這樣做，現在，當

你是一個囚犯：只要你做了讓你被抓之前，

你或許能得到免費的。“

“在危機後的注意事項是無用的。”