The Flying Turtle飛行的烏龜的故事英語伊索寓言

1、The Flying Turtle The Flying Turtle1 2伊索寓言 The Flying Turtle飛行的烏龜The Flying Turtle飛行的烏龜 One bright sunny morning, Mr. Turtle gets bored in the water. He plans to go out on the shore.Turtle: I am tired of swimming all day.Ill go out on the shore today. Fish: Good morning, Mr. Turtle.Where are you goi

2、ng so early?Turtle: Well, Im going out of the water. I plan to walk along the shore.Fish:On the shore?!I envy you, Mr. Turtle.Turtle:Why is that?Fish:Well, if I go out of the water,Ill die. So you are very lucky. Please tell me about the outside world. What is out there?Turtle: Well, Mrs. Fish, ther

3、e is so much to see. I dont know where to begin. First, there are trees and mountains. Second, there are houses and people. Third, there is the sky.Fish:Tell me about the sky!Turtle: It is blue and beautiful. It is also bigger than the sea. You can see everything from there. But you must fly.Fish: Y

4、ou are lucky, Mr. Turtle. But can you fly, too?Turtle:Well, uhThe Flying Turtle The Flying Turtle1 23 4Of Course. Its easy. Ill teach you someday.Fish: Really? You promise?Turtle:I must go now. Im a little busy today. Ill talk to you later.Fish: Okay. Im sorry. Please go now. Ill see you later. Have

5、 a nice day.Turtle: Thank you. You too. Bye. Bye.Mrs. Fish and Mr. Turtle part. Mr. Turtle is out on the shore. He walks around.Turtle: Look at all those trees. Its so beautiful here. Hey, whats that?Its a bird. Look at it fly. Birds are so lucky. I wish I were a bird. I wish I could fly, too.5 6Jus

6、t then, a little butterfly lands on a flower for a moment. Then it flies away again. Turtle:Its so unfair. Even that little butterfly can fly. Why cant I ? I want to fly, too.Eagle:Hello there, Mr. Turtle. What did you just say?Turtle: Oh, its you, Mrs. Eagle. I said I want to fly.Hey. Perhaps, you

7、can teach me?Eagle:Ha, ha, ha. You must be joking. How can a turtle fly?Turtle: Why not? You can teach me.Eagle: Thats nonsense. You dont even have wings. And you are too heavy.Turtle: Why do I need wings?Eagle: You need wings to fly.Turtle: Oh no. Boo-hoo.Then I cant fly?Eagle:No. But you can swim.

8、 I cant. So cheer up.Turtle:How about this, Mrs. Eagle?Eagle: What?7 8Turtle: Can you take me up?Eagle: Its too dangerous.Turtle: Oh, please!Just this once. I want to see the land and the sea from the sky. Ill do anything for you.Eagle: Well, I dont know. Its dangerous up there. What if you fall?Tur

9、tle: Dont worry. Ill hold on tight.Ill be careful.The turtle keeps begging. The Eagle cannot say “no” any longer. She agrees to take the Turtle up into the sky.Eagle: Okay, Mr. Turtle. Just this once. Never again.Turtle:Oh, thank you so much.Eagle:Okay, now hold on tight. Lets go up. One, two, three

10、. Whee9 10The Eagle takes the Turtle up into sky.Turtle:Oh my goodness! Its scary up here.Eagle:Are you okay? Do you want to go back down?Turtle: No, no. Im fine now. Look below. Its so beautiful. I feel like Im flying.Eagle: Okay. Lets go down now.Turtle: No. No. I want to go up higher.Eagle: Its t

11、oo dangerous.The turtle insists. So the Eagle takes him up even higher.Turtle:It is so wonderful up here.I think I can fly by myself now.Eagle:What?!Are you crazy? You cant fly by yourself!Turtle:Yes, I can. Ill show you. Please, let me go.Eagle: As you please. But I warned you. Good luck.21The Eagl

12、e lets go and the Turtle starts to go down. The Fish sees the Turtle falling down.Turtle: Whats happening? Why am I not flying? Oh no! I should have stayed on the land.Fish: Hey, why isnt Mr. Turtle flying? He is coming down really fast. Be careful, Mr. Turtle! Theres a big rock below. (splash and c

13、rack)The Turtle lands on a big rock and his back breaks into a thousand pieces.Fish: Poor Mr. Turtle. I dont envy him anymore. MORAL : Know your limits. 要有自知之明。飛行的烏龜在一個春光明媚的早晨，烏龜先生在水里感到無聊。他打算要上岸去。烏龜：我已經厭煩整日游泳了。我今天要到岸上去。魚： 早上好，烏龜先生。這么早你要去哪里？烏龜：我要離開水里。我要一個人到岸上去。魚： 岸上？我好羨幕你呀，烏龜先生。烏龜：為什么？魚： 嗯，如果我離開水的話，會

14、死掉。所以你的命真好。告訴我關于外面世界的事。外面有什么？烏龜：魚太太，外面有很多好看的東西。 我不知道從哪里說起。第一，有樹木有高山。第二，有房子和人類。第三， 有天空。魚： 告訴我關于天空的事。烏龜：它又藍又美。它也比大海還要廣大。從那里你可以看到所有的東西。但是你必須會飛翔。魚： 你好幸運，烏龜先生。但是你也會飛嗎？烏龜：這個嘛，哦。當然。那很簡單。改天我教你。魚： 真的？ 你發(fā)誓？烏龜：我現(xiàn)在得走了。我今天有點忙。晚點再跟你聊。魚： 好的。我很抱歉。請慢走。待會兒見。祝你有個愉快的一天。烏龜：謝謝。你也是。再見。魚太太跟烏龜先生各自己離去。烏龜先生到了岸上。他四處閑逛。烏龜：看看這些樹

15、。這里是多么美麗啊。嘿。那是什么？那是只鳥?？此w翔的樣子。鳥兒們是如此的幸運。我希望我是只鳥。我希望我也能飛。這時候，有只小蝴蝶停在花朵上一會兒。然后又再度飛走。烏龜：真不公平。連一只小蝴蝶都會飛。為什么我不可以？我也想要飛。老鷹：你好，烏龜先生。你剛剛說什么？烏龜：噢，是你啊，老鷹太太。我說我想飛。嘿! 或許你可以教我？老鷹：哈!哈!哈!你在開玩笑吧!一只烏龜是怎么飛呢？烏龜：為什么不行？你可以教我呀、老鷹：無稽之談。你連接翅膀都沒有。而且你太重了。烏龜：為什么我要有翅膀？老鷹：你要有翅膀才能飛啊!烏龜：哦，不! 嗚-嗚-那么我不能飛。老鷹：不能。但是你能游泳。我不會。所以開心點。烏龜：那

16、這樣好不好，老鷹太太？老鷹：什么？烏龜：你可以帶我上去嗎？老鷹：那太危險了。烏龜：哦，拜托!只有這一次。我想要從空中看陸地和海洋。我會為你做任何事情的。老鷹：嗯，我不知道啊。在上面很危險的。如果你掉下來的話？烏龜：別擔心。我會抓緊。我會小心的。烏龜不斷地懇求。老鷹再無法說“不”。她答應帶烏龜到天空。老鷹：好吧，烏龜先生。就這一次。下不為例。烏龜：哦，感激不盡。老鷹：好啦，現(xiàn)在抓緊了。我們上去吧! 一、二、三、嘎-老鷹帶著烏龜飛到天空中。烏龜：我的天啊!上面好恐怖啊!老鷹：你還好嗎？你要回到下面嗎？烏龜：不，不! 我現(xiàn)在很好?？纯聪旅妗６嗝吹孛利惏? 我覺得我好像在飛。老鷹：好啦，我們現(xiàn)在下去吧。烏龜：不，不要。我還要到更高的地方。老鷹：那太危險了。