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中国寓言故事英语阅读语篇精选——用英语说中国故事
The Farmer and the Tiger
（农夫与老虎）
Reeds grew luxuriantly and densely in the marsh. Next to the marsh was a field of well-grown crops. A farmer, holding a bow and arrows, was patrolling carefully by the crop field. He had walked back and forth several times, and everything around was the same as usual — there seemed to be nothing that would threaten the soon-to-ripen crops.
The farmer got tired from walking, so he sat down by the marsh to rest. Suddenly, he noticed the reed catkins beside him falling one after another. Looking back, he saw large patches of reed catkins in the marsh falling rustlingly. “Strange, there’s no wind right now, and I didn’t touch the reeds either. Why are the reed catkins falling ” He felt a sudden sense of tension and became alert at once. He walked softly towards the place where the reed catkins were falling. As he got closer, he heard a rustling sound, which grew louder and louder. When he approached, he saw through the reed stalks a tiger jumping and frolicking there. It seemed extremely happy, tearing at something, leaping joyfully, and looking as if it owned the vast reed thicket all to itself.
Even though the farmer had come so close, the tiger was still playing to its heart’s content and didn’t notice anyone approaching at all. However, the farmer thought the tiger had seen him. He immediately nocked an arrow to the bowstring as he usually did and hid himself. When he saw the tiger roar and jump towards him again, he aimed at the tiger’s chest, and the arrow flew off the string with a “swish”. The tiger fell to the ground immediately, and a large patch of reed catkins was stirred up by it.
The farmer stepped forward and only then did he find a dead roe deer under the dead tiger. It turned out that the tiger was so happy about catching the roe deer that it forgot all the dangers around it!
Moral
After catching its prey, the tiger was so overly excited that it lost all sense of its surroundings. Unexpectedly, it was easily shot dead by the farmer with a single arrow. This story tells us that we must keep a calm mind at all times — not to be arrogant when we succeed, nor to be discouraged when we fail. We should be modest and prudent as we learn and make progress.
全文翻译
农夫与老虎
沼泽里，芦苇长得繁茂而茂密。沼泽旁边是一片长势良好的庄稼。一个农夫，手持弓箭，正在庄稼地旁仔细地巡逻。他已经来回走了好几趟，周围一切如常——似乎没有什么会威胁到即将成熟的庄稼。
农夫走累了，便在沼泽边坐下休息。突然，他注意到身旁的芦苇花絮接二连三地飘落。回头一看，只见沼泽里大片的芦苇花絮正沙沙地落下。“奇怪，现在没有风，我也没有碰到芦苇。为什么芦苇花絮在掉落？”他突然感到一阵紧张，立刻警觉起来。他轻轻地走向芦苇花絮掉落的地方。越靠近，他听到沙沙的声响越来越大。当他走近时，透过芦苇杆，他看到一只老虎在那里跳跃嬉戏。它看起来高兴极了，撕扯着什么东西，欢快地跳跃着，仿佛这片广阔的芦苇丛完全属于它自己。
尽管农夫已经离得这么近，老虎仍在尽情地玩耍，完全没有注意到有人靠近。然而，农夫以为老虎看见了他。他立刻像往常一样把箭搭在弓弦上，并隐藏起来。当他看到老虎再次咆哮着向他跳来时，他瞄准了老虎的胸膛，箭“嗖”地一声离弦飞去。老虎立刻倒在地上，一大片芦苇花絮被它搅动得飞扬起来。
农夫走上前去，这才发现死老虎身下有一只死去的獐子。原来，老虎是因为捉到了獐子而如此高兴，以至于忘记了周围的一切危险！
寓意：
老虎在捕获猎物后，过度兴奋，以致完全丧失了对周围环境的感知。没想到，它被农夫一箭轻易射死。这个故事告诉我们，我们必须时刻保持冷静的头脑——成功时不要骄傲，失败时不要气馁。我们应该谦虚谨慎，不断学习进步。
逐句解析与高频语块
1. 原文: Reeds grew luxuriantly and densely in the marsh.
翻译： 沼泽里，芦苇长得繁茂而茂密。
生词与语块:
Reeds (n.) /ri dz/: 芦苇。
luxuriantly (adv.) /l ɡ ri ntli/: 繁茂地。
densely (adv.) / densli/: 茂密地。
marsh (n.) /mɑ /: 沼泽。
造句: The forest grew densely on the mountainside. (森林在山坡上长得很茂密。)
2. 原文: Next to the marsh was a field of well-grown crops.
翻译： 沼泽旁边是一片长势良好的庄稼。
生词与语块:
Next to... was...: 倒装句，为了强调地点，正常语序是：A field of well-grown crops was next to the marsh.
a field of: 量词短语，“一片…的田地”。
造句: Next to the river is a small village. (河边有一个小村庄。)
3. 原文: A farmer, holding a bow and arrows, was patrolling carefully by the crop field.
翻译： 一个农夫，手持弓箭，正在庄稼地旁仔细地巡逻。
生词与语块:
patrolling (v.) /p tr l /: 巡逻。
holding a bow and arrows: 现在分词短语作状语，表示伴随状态，“手里拿着弓箭”。
造句: The guard, holding a flashlight, was walking around the building. (保安手里拿着手电筒，正在大楼周围走动。)
4. 原文: He had walked back and forth several times, and everything around was the same as usual — there seemed to be nothing that would threaten the soon-to-ripen crops.
翻译： 他已经来回走了好几趟，周围一切如常——似乎没有什么会威胁到即将成熟的庄稼。
生词与语块:
back and forth: 固定短语，“来回地”。
the same as usual: 固定表达，“和往常一样”。
soon-to-ripen: 复合形容词，“即将成熟的”。
threaten (v.) / θretn/: 威胁。
造句: He paced back and forth in the room, thinking. (他在房间里来回踱步，思考着。)
5. 原文: The farmer got tired from walking, so he sat down by the marsh to rest.
翻译： 农夫走累了，便在沼泽边坐下休息。
生词与语块:
got tired from: “因…而感到疲倦”。
sat down to rest: “坐下休息”，`to rest`表示目的。
造句: I got tired from playing basketball. (我打篮球打累了。)
6. 原文: Suddenly, he noticed the reed catkins beside him falling one after another.
翻译： 突然，他注意到身旁的芦苇花絮接二连三地飘落。
生词与语块:
reed catkins: 芦苇花絮。
falling one after another: `notice sth. doing` 结构，意为“注意到某物正在做某事”；`one after another`是固定短语，“一个接一个地”。
造句: I saw the leaves falling one after another in the autumn wind. (我看到树叶在秋风中一片接一片地落下。)
7. 原文: Looking back, he saw large patches of reed catkins in the marsh falling rustlingly.
翻译： 回头一看，只见沼泽里大片的芦苇花絮正沙沙地落下。
生词与语块:
rustlingly (adv.) / r sl li/: 沙沙作响地。
Looking back: 现在分词短语作状语，表示时间，“回头看时”。
large patches of: 量词短语，“大片的…”。
造句: Looking up, I saw a plane in the sky. (抬头一看，我看到天空中有架飞机。)
8. 原文: "Strange, there's no wind right now, and I didn't touch the reeds either. Why are the reed catkins falling "
翻译： “奇怪，现在没有风，我也没有碰到芦苇。为什么芦苇花絮在掉落？”
生词与语块:
right now: 固定短语，“现在，此刻”。
not... either: 固定结构，“也不…”。
造句: I don't like coffee, and I don't like tea either. (我不喜欢咖啡，也不喜欢茶。)
9. 原文: He felt a sudden sense of tension and became alert at once.
翻译： 他突然感到一阵紧张，立刻警觉起来。
生词与语块:
tension (n.) / ten n/: 紧张。
alert (adj.) / l t/: 警觉的。
at once: 固定短语，“立刻，马上”。
造句: When he heard the noise, he became alert at once. (当他听到响声时，立刻警觉起来。)
10. 原文: He walked softly towards the place where the reed catkins were falling.
翻译： 他轻轻地走向芦苇花絮掉落的地方。
生词与语块:
softly (adv.) / s ftli/: 轻轻地。
where the reed catkins were falling: `where`引导的定语从句，修饰`the place`。
造句: This is the house where I was born. (这就是我出生的房子。)
11. 原文: As he got closer, he heard a rustling sound, which grew louder and louder.
翻译： 越靠近，他听到沙沙的声响越来越大。
生词与语块:
As he got closer: 时间状语从句，“随着他越来越近”。
louder and louder: `比较级 + and + 比较级`，表示“越来越…”。
造句: The storm became stronger and stronger. (风暴变得越来越强。)
12. 原文: When he approached, he saw through the reed stalks a tiger jumping and frolicking there.
翻译： 当他走近时，透过芦苇杆，他看到一只老虎在那里跳跃嬉戏。
生词与语块:
approached (v.) / pr t t/: 接近，靠近。
frolicking (v.) / fr l k /: 嬉戏。
saw ... a tiger jumping: `see sb. doing sth.` 结构，“看到某人正在做某事”。
造句: I saw him playing football on the field. (我看到他正在球场上踢足球。)
13. 原文: It seemed extremely happy, tearing at something, leaping joyfully, and looking as if it owned the vast reed thicket all to itself.
翻译： 它看起来高兴极了，撕扯着什么东西，欢快地跳跃着，仿佛这片广阔的芦苇丛完全属于它自己。
生词与语块:
leaping (v.) / li p /: 跳跃。
vast (adj.) /vɑ st/: 广阔的。
thicket (n.) / θ k t/: 灌木丛，这里指芦苇丛。
as if: 引导方式状语从句，“仿佛，好像”。
all to itself: 固定短语，“完全归自己所有”。
造句: He talked as if he knew everything. (他说话的样子好像他什么都知道。)
14. 原文: Even though the farmer had come so close, the tiger was still playing to its heart's content and didn't notice anyone approaching at all.
翻译： 尽管农夫已经离得这么近，老虎仍在尽情地玩耍，完全没有注意到有人靠近。
生词与语块:
Even though: 引导让步状语从句，“尽管，即使”。
to its heart's content: 固定短语，“尽情地”。
not... at all: 固定结构，“一点也不…”。
造句: Even though it was raining, we went out. (尽管下着雨，我们还是出去了。)
15. 原文: However, the farmer thought the tiger had seen him.
翻译： 然而，农夫以为老虎看见了他。
生词与语块:
However: 副词，表示转折，“然而”。
造句: I studied hard. However, I failed the exam. (我努力学习，然而考试还是没及格。)
16. 原文: He immediately nocked an arrow to the bowstring as he usually did and hid himself.
翻译： 他立刻像往常一样把箭搭在弓弦上，并隐藏起来。
生词与语块:
nocked (v.) /n kt/: 把（箭）搭在弓弦上。
bowstring (n.) / b str /: 弓弦。
as he usually did: 方式状语从句，“像他通常做的那样”。
造句: She greeted me as she always did, with a warm smile. (她像往常一样，带着温暖的微笑向我打招呼。)
17. 原文: When he saw the tiger roar and jump towards him again, he aimed at the tiger's chest, and the arrow flew off the string with a "swish".
翻译： 当他看到老虎再次咆哮着向他跳来时，他瞄准了老虎的胸膛，箭“嗖”地一声离弦飞去。
生词与语块:
roar (v.) /r (r)/: 咆哮。
aimed at: 短语动词，“瞄准”。
flew off: “飞离”。
造句: The hunter aimed at the target carefully. (猎人仔细地瞄准目标。)
18. 原文: The tiger fell to the ground immediately, and a large patch of reed catkins was stirred up by it.
翻译： 老虎立刻倒在地上，一大片芦苇花絮被它搅动得飞扬起来。
生词与语块:
stirred up: 短语动词，“搅动起来，扬起”。
was stirred up by it: 被动语态，“被它搅动起来”。
造句: The wind stirred up the dust on the road. (风扬起了路上的尘土。)
19. 原文: The farmer stepped forward and only then did he find a dead roe deer under the dead tiger.
翻译： 农夫走上前去，这才发现死老虎身下有一只死去的獐子。
生词与语块:
roe deer: 獐子，狍子。
only then did he find: `Only then`位于句首，句子部分倒装，“直到那时他才发现”。
造句: Only then did I realize my mistake. (直到那时我才意识到我的错误。)
20. 原文: It turned out that the tiger was so happy about catching the roe deer that it forgot all the dangers around it!
翻译： 原来，老虎是因为捉到了獐子而如此高兴，以至于忘记了周围的一切危险！
生词与语块:
It turned out that...: 固定句式，“原来…，结果是…”。
so happy about... that...: `so... that...` 结构，表示“如此…以至于…”。
造句: It turned out that he was the one who helped us. (原来是他帮助了我们。)
21. 原文: After catching its prey, the tiger was so overly excited that it lost all sense of its surroundings.
翻译： 老虎在捕获猎物后，过度兴奋，以致完全丧失了对周围环境的感知。
生词与语块:
prey (n.) /pre /: 猎物。
overly (adv.) / v li/: 过度地。
lost all sense of: 固定搭配，“完全丧失了对…的感知”。
造句: He was so overly excited that he couldn't sleep. (他过度兴奋，以至于睡不着觉。)
22. 原文: Unexpectedly, it was easily shot dead by the farmer with a single arrow.
翻译： 没想到，它被农夫一箭轻易射死。
生词与语块:
Unexpectedly (adv.) / n k spekt dli/: 出乎意料地，没想到。
shot dead: 固定表达，“射杀”。
with a single arrow: 介词短语，“用一支箭”。
造句: Unexpectedly, our team won the game. (出乎意料地，我们队赢了比赛。)
23. 原文: This story tells us that we must keep a calm mind at all times — not to be arrogant when we succeed, nor to be discouraged when we fail.
翻译： 这个故事告诉我们，我们必须时刻保持冷静的头脑——成功时不要骄傲，失败时不要气馁。
生词与语块:
arrogant (adj.) / r ɡ nt/: 傲慢的，骄傲的。
discouraged (adj.) /d s k r d d/: 气馁的，沮丧的。
keep a calm mind: 固定搭配，“保持冷静的头脑”。
at all times: 固定短语，“始终，一直”。
not... nor...: 结构，“既不…也不…”。
造句: We should keep a calm mind in an emergency. (在紧急情况下，我们应保持冷静的头脑。)
24. 原文: We should be modest and prudent as we learn and make progress.
翻译： 我们应该谦虚谨慎，不断学习进步。
生词与语块:
modest (adj.) / m d st/: 谦虚的。
prudent (adj.) / pru dnt/: 谨慎的。
make progress: 固定短语，“取得进步”。
造句: If you work hard, you will make progress. (如果你努力学习，你会取得进步的。)
《The Farmer and the Tiger》练习
一、词汇匹配 (Vocabulary Matching) (10分)
请将左列的单词与右列正确的中文意思连接起来。
1. marsh A. 巡逻
2. patrol B. 沼泽
3. threaten C. 警觉的
4. tension D. 接近
5. alert E. 威胁
6. approach F. 紧张
7. frolic G. 广阔的
8. vast H. 猎物
9. prey I. 谨慎的
10. prudent J. 嬉戏
二、短语填空 (Phrase Filling) (10分)
请用方框中短语的适当形式填空，使句子完整、通顺。
back and forth, the same as usual, one after another, at once, louder and louder, to one's heart's content, as if, so... that..., It turned out that..., keep a calm mind
1. The tiger walked _______________ in the cage, looking for a way out.
2. Though it was a holiday, he got up early _______________.
3. When the bell rang, students came out of the classroom _______________.
4. Seeing the fire, the teacher told the students to leave the building _______________.
5. As the storm came closer, the wind blew _______________.
6. At the party, the children played _______________.
7. He acted _______________ he knew nothing about it.
8. The story was _______________ interesting _______________ everyone wanted to hear it again.
9. _______________ he had been waiting for us for two hours.
10. In an emergency, it's important to _______________.
三、单项选择 (Multiple Choice) (10分)
1. What was the farmer doing at the beginning of the story
A. He was hunting in the marsh.
B. He was patrolling his crop field.
C. He was fishing in the river.
2. Why did the farmer become alert
A. Because he heard a tiger roaring.
B. Because he saw reed catkins falling without wind.
C. Because he found his crops were damaged.
3. What was the tiger doing when the farmer found it
A. It was sleeping soundly.
B. It was eating a roe deer.
C. It was jumping and playing happily.
4. Why didn't the tiger notice the farmer's approach
A. Because the farmer walked very softly.
B. Because the tiger was too excited about its prey.
C. Because it was too dark in the reed thicket.
5. How did the farmer kill the tiger
A. He used a trap.
B. He shot it with an arrow.
C. He scared it to death.
6. What did the farmer find under the dead tiger
A. A dead roe deer.
B. Another small tiger.
C. Nothing.
7. According to the moral, what should we do when we succeed
A. We should celebrate wildly.
B. We should not be arrogant.
C. We should immediately look for the next goal.
8. "He _______________ an arrow to the bowstring" means he prepared to shoot.
A. nocked
B. stirred
C. patrolled
9. The tiger was _______________ about catching the roe deer.
A. discouraged
B. prudent
C. overly excited
10. What is the main lesson of the story
A. Farmers should always carry bows and arrows.
B. We should always be aware of our surroundings.
C. Tigers are dangerous animals.
四、同义句转换 (Sentence Rewriting) (10分)
请根据括号内的提示，用不同的句式改写句子，保持句意基本不变。
1. Reeds grew luxuriantly and densely in the marsh. (用`There be`句型改写)
_______________ reeds growing luxuriantly and densely in the marsh.
2. The farmer was patrolling carefully by the crop field. (改为一般过去时的一般疑问句)
_______________ the farmer _______________ carefully by the crop field
3. "Why are the reed catkins falling " he asked. (改为间接引语)
He asked _______________ the reed catkins _______________ falling.
4. He walked softly towards the place. Reed catkins were falling there. (用`where`合并句子)
He walked softly towards the place _______________ reed catkins were falling.
5. The tiger was so happy that it forgot all the dangers. (用`so... that...`改写)
The tiger was _______________ happy _______________ it forgot all the dangers.
6. The arrow flew off the string with a "swish". (改为被动语态)
The arrow _______________ off the string with a "swish".
7. Only then did he find a dead roe deer. (改为正常语序)
He _______________ a dead roe deer only then.
8. It turned out that the tiger had caught a roe deer. (用`The truth was that...`开头)
_______________ the tiger had caught a roe deer.
9. We must keep a calm mind at all times. (改为同义句)
We must _______________ at all times.
10. We should not be arrogant when we succeed. (用`nor`改写后半句为完整句)
We should not be arrogant when we succeed, _______________ when we fail.
五、句子翻译 (Translation) (10分)
请将下列中文句子翻译成英文，注意使用课文中的核心词汇和表达结构。
1. 沼泽里芦苇长得非常茂密。
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2. 农夫在庄稼地旁仔细地巡逻。
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3. 他注意到芦苇花絮接二连三地飘落。
_________________________________________________________
4. 他突然感到紧张，立刻警觉起来。
_________________________________________________________
5. 他轻轻地走向芦苇花絮掉落的地方。
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6. 老虎在那里跳跃嬉戏，看起来高兴极了。
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7. 农夫立刻把箭搭在弓弦上。
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8. 箭"嗖"地一声离弦飞去。
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9. 原来老虎捉到了一只獐子。
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10. 我们必须时刻保持冷静的头脑。
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参考答案
一、词汇匹配
1. B 2. A 3. E 4. F 5. C
6. D 7. J 8. G 9. H 10. I
二、短语填空
1. back and forth
2. the same as usual
3. one after another
4. at once
5. louder and louder
6. to their heart's content
7. as if
8. so, that
9. It turned out that
10. keep a calm mind
三、单项选择
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. B
6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B
四、同义句转换
1. There were
2. Was, patrolling
3. why, were
4. where
5. so, that
6. was flown
7. found
8. The truth was that
9. stay calm
10. nor should we be discouraged
五、句子翻译 (参考答案)
1. Reeds grew very densely in the marsh.
2. The farmer was patrolling carefully by the crop field.
3. He noticed the reed catkins falling one after another.
4. He felt a sudden sense of tension and became alert at once.
5. He walked softly towards the place where the reed catkins were falling.
6. The tiger was jumping and frolicking there, seeming extremely happy.
7. The farmer immediately nocked an arrow to the bowstring.
8. The arrow flew off the string with a "swish".
9. It turned out that the tiger had caught a roe deer.
10. We must keep a calm mind at all times.

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