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英語文章閱讀第一篇：BetterlatethanneverOnceuponatime,someoneraisedasheep.Onemorning,hefoundasheepmissing.Aftercarefulexamination,hefoundthatthesheepfoldhadbrokenahole.Atnight,thewolfcameinandtookoneofthesheep.Theneighbouradvisedhim,"Repairthesheepfoldandplugthehole!"Themanrefusedtoaccepttheadviceandanswered,"What'sthesheepdoingwhenthey'velostit?"Thenextmorning,hefoundanothersheepmissing.Originally,thewolfcameinfromtheholeandtookasheep.Heregrettedthathehadnotlistenedtohisneighbour'sadvice,sohequicklyblockedtheholeandrepairedthesheepfold.Sincethen,wolvescannolongergetintothesheepfoldtocatchsheep.Thestorytellsus:makeamistake,suffersetbacks,itisacommonphenomenon.Aslongascanlearnseriously,totakeremedialmeasuresintime,canavoidcontinuetomakemistakes,suffergreaterlosses.翻譯：亡羊補(bǔ)牢從前，有人養(yǎng)了一圈羊。一天早晨，他發(fā)現(xiàn)少了一只羊，仔細(xì)一查，原來羊圈破了個(gè)窟窿，夜間狼鉆進(jìn)來，把羊叼走了一只。鄰居勸他說：“趕快把羊圈修一修，堵上窟窿吧！”那個(gè)人不肯接受勸告，回答說：“羊已經(jīng)丟了，還修羊圈干什么？”第二天早上，他發(fā)現(xiàn)羊又少了一只。原來，狼又從窟窿中鉆進(jìn)來，叼走了一只羊。他很后悔自己沒有聽從鄰居的勸告，便趕快堵上窟窿，修好了羊圈。從此，狼再也不能鉆進(jìn)羊圈叼羊了。這個(gè)故事告訴我們：犯了錯(cuò)誤，遭到挫折，這是常見的現(xiàn)象。只要能認(rèn)真吸取教訓(xùn)，及時(shí)采取補(bǔ)救措施，就可以避免繼續(xù)犯錯(cuò)誤，遭受更大的損失。第二篇：DrawaSnakeandAddFeettoItLonglongago,severalpeoplehadajarofwineamongthemandallofthemwantedtodrinkitbyhimself.Sotheysetarulethateveryonewoulddrawasnakeonthegroundandthemanwhofinishedfirstwouldhavethewine.Onemanfinishedhissnakeverysoonandhewasabouttodrinkthewinewhenhesawtheotherswerestillbusydrawing,sohedecidedtodrawthefeettothesnake.However,beforehecouldfinishthefeet,anothermanfinishedandgrabbedthejarfromhim,saying,"Whohaseverseenasnakewithfeet?"Thestoryof"DrawasnakeandaddfeettoIt."tellsusgoingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough.翻譯：畫蛇添足古時(shí)幾個(gè)人分一壺酒。他們都想獨(dú)自喝完那壺酒，所以就定了一個(gè)規(guī)矩：每人在地上畫一條蛇，誰畫得最快，這壺酒就歸誰。有一個(gè)人很快就把蛇畫好了。他正打算喝這壺酒時(shí)，看見別人都還在忙著畫，就決定給蛇再畫上幾只腳。結(jié)果，他的蛇腳還沒加完，另一個(gè)人已經(jīng)把蛇畫好了。那人一下把酒壺奪了過去，說："有誰見過長腳的蛇?"。這個(gè)故事告訴我們這樣的道理：做得過分和做得不夠都是不對的。第三篇：大力神與車夫Awaggonerwasoncedrivingaheavyloadonaverymuddyroad.一名車夫趕著貨車沿著一條非常泥濘的小路前行。Suddenlythewheelsofthewagonsankintothemire,andthehorsecouldnotpullthemout.突然，馬車的輪子陷入了泥潭，馬無法將它們拉出來。Thewaggonerthrewdownhiswhip.HekneltdownandprayedtoHercules.“Hercules,helpme,please,“hesaid.車夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出現(xiàn)，“大力神啊，請來幫助我?！彼f。ButHerculesappearedtohim,a