The Cat And The Mice

There was once a house that was overrun with Mice. A Cat heard of this, and said to

herself, "That's the place for me," and off she went and took up her quarters in the

house, and caught the Mice one by one and ate them. At last the Mice could stand it

no longer, and they determined to take to their holes and stay there. "That's

awkward," said the Cat to herself: "the only thing to do is to coax them out by a trick."

So she considered a while, and then climbed up the wall and let herself hang down by

her hind legs from a peg, and pretended to be dead. By and by a Mouse peeped out

and saw the Cat hanging there. "Aha!" it cried, "you're very clever, madam, no doubt:

but you may turn yourself into a bag of meal hanging there, if you like, yet you won't

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have

once found to be dangerous.

猫和老鼠

曾经有一所房子被老鼠占用。 一只猫听，一只猫对自己说:那是适合我的地方。她走过去，占据了她在房子里的住处，抓住了一只老鼠，然后吃掉了它们。 老鼠终于受不了了，他们决定躲在洞里不出来。 猫自言自语，猫自言自语道：唯一能做的就是用阴谋把老鼠哄出来。” 于是她想了一会儿，爬上墙，把后脚放在木桩上，假装死了。 过了一会儿，一只老鼠向外窥视，看见猫挂在那里。 “啊哈！” 老鼠喊道：你很聪明，猫夫人，这是毫无疑问的。但是如果你愿意的话，你可以把自己变成一袋美味的食物放在那里，但是你不会发现我们。”

假设你是明智的，你就不会被曾经发现非常危险的人所散发的无辜气氛所欺骗。

单词短语

1.overrun v. 横行，肆虐

2.take up her quarters 占领住所

3.stand v. 忍受

4.determine to do sth. 决心做某事

5.take to their holes 躲在他们的洞里

6.coax v. 哄劝，哄骗

7.hind legs 后脚

8.peg n. 钢钉，木桩

9.peep out 偷看，窥视

10.innocent adj. 无辜的

巩固练习

The Cat And The Mice

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the ______ airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.