「vain」 是:Their studying「徒勞」er。e例如hard noin vain.(他們用功讀書w,力氣t沒有白費。) 還有經常聽到的:He whodoes not work hard in youth willbe sorry in vain when old.(少壯不努力,老大徒
「abound 是 數 龐大」。例如:T」 gard「ens量oundhewi t h fl owers and the ab el dsabound in corn.(花園裡f i滿是鮮花,田野中玉米盛產。)文中的A pool was
提要
一群池中蛙,或因懶得和睦溝通、或因人云亦云,吵著要求老天賜一個國王,最後才終於體會「無」遠勝於「有」的道理。
A pool was abounded with frogs.They alwaysdesired to have a king,as they felt unguardedwithout him.So,they held a meeting anddecided to see Jupiter,the chief of gods,and askhim for a king.So,they went to him and placedtheir request before him.
Jupiter was surprised at the foolish request andtried to advise the frogs but all in vain.So,he casta big log into the pool and said that it was theirking.The splash of the falling log terrified thefrogs and they ran hurriedly to save themselves.
But af ter some time,they came back and saton the log.Seeing itquite motionless,theybegan to hate it.
So,the frogs againcame to Jupiter andrequested him to replace their king with someactive king.Jupiter sent a crane as their king whobegan to catch and eat them up daily.
Finally,they were taught a right lesson fortheir folly.
解說池塘裡,住著一大群青蛙。青蛙們總希望有一個國王來治理牠們,因為不想「群龍無首」。於是牠們開會決定拜訪眾神的首領—邱比特,並要求邱比特賜給眾蛙一個青蛙國王。
邱比特對這個愚蠢的要求非常吃驚,試圖向青蛙們講理,勸牠們打消這格念頭,卻發現一切都是徒勞。於是,他投了一根大木頭入池,告訴青蛙們,這就是他們的國王。從天而降大木頭,飛濺的巨大水花嚇壞了所有的青蛙,每一隻都找地方慌張躲避。過了一段時間後,蛙群回到巨木旁,坐在上面。看到它一動也不動,開始討厭這個「國王」。蛙群又回到邱比特面前,請求一個「活躍
一點」的國王。邱比特於是派了一隻鶴到池塘當「青蛙國王」,這個「國王」,每天都會吃幾隻青蛙。
終於,蛙群因為愚蠢而學到了教訓。
WOW!
原來如此
abounded wit
「abound 是 數 龐大」。例如:T」 gard「ens量oundhewi t h fl owers and the ab el dsabound in corn.(花園裡f i滿是鮮花,田野中玉米盛產。)文中的A pool was aboundedwith frogs.則是說池塘中的青蛙「充斥」。
in vain
「vain」 是:Their studying「徒勞」er。e例如hard noin vain.(他們用功讀書w,力氣t沒有白費。) 還有經常聽到的:He whodoes not work hard in youth willbe sorry in vain when old.(少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。)
解答Finding Words
你至少可以找到terrified;splash;desire;themselves;survive;evergreen;autumn;bare;request;cast等十個字。這些字都可以在內文之中找到。
※若只找十個字不過癮,還有其他的字可以繼續找,例如第六行可以找到GOD(神),最後一行可找到GARDEN(答案)。