守株待兔

守株待兔

作者：许萍

来源：《中学生英语·少儿双语画刊》2011年第12期

In the state of Song, there was a farmer in whose fields stood a tree stump. One day, he was working in the field, when a hare running very fast dashed against the stump and died, having broken its neck.

So the farmer abandoned his plough and waited by the tree stump, hoping to get another hare. He didn’t get his hare but became a laughing-stick in the state of Song. Exercises: 判断对(T) 、错(F):

（ ）1. Tree stumps stood in the farmer’s fields in the state of Song. （ ）2. A hare killed itself because of running too fast.

（ ）3. The farmer waited for the hare all the day, hoping to get another hare. （ ）4. He got none but only became a laughing-stick in the state of Song. (1) stump n. 树桩 (2) abandon v. 丢弃，遗弃 (3) laughing-stick 笑柄

宋国有个农夫的田里有一个树桩。一天，他正在地里干活，突然一只野兔飞奔而来，撞到了树桩上，折断脖子死了。于是，农夫放下他的犁，整天倚在树桩上，希望再次拾到野兔。野兔没有得到，而自己却成为宋国的笑柄。