100个儿童英语小故事: A Dog and His Meat 狗和它的食物

 

087 A Dog and His Meat

There lived a homeless dog wandering around. Having starved all day, the dog was very hungry. 'Where can I find something to eat?'

While the dog was passing by a butcher shop, the owner was bargaining with a customer. 'Now's the time!' When the owner took his eyes off the meat, the dog stole a cut of meat and ran away.

"Stop right there!" screamed the owner. The dog ran for his life.

As he arrived in the deep and quiet woods, the dog heaved¹ a sigh of relief. However, the dog did not put down the piece of meat in his mouth. 'If I put it down, somebody is going to take it a way, right?' The dog was looking around cautiously².

When he crossed a bridge over a river. He looked down from the bridge. 'Wait a minute! What is going on? '

There was another dog in the water, holding a piece of meat in his mouth. Moreover³, that dog's meat looked a lot bigger than what he had.

'Why! That fellow has a bigger piece of meat!' The dog got angry and barked loudly, "grrr..., ruff, ruff" As he barked, the meat in his mouth fell with a splash⁴ into the river.

The flowing water carried the meat further and further away. The foolish dog regretted it, but it was too late. Having lost the meat because of his greed⁵, the dog barked all day long on the bridge in vain.

1 heaved   

v.举( heave的过去式和过去分词 )；拉；扔；抛

参考例句：

• The poor child has heaved up her dinner again. 那个可怜的孩子又把吃下的饭吐了出来。
• All afternoon we heaved bales of hay up onto the truck. 整个下午我们把一捆捆干草扔上卡车。

2 cautiously   

adv.小心地，谨慎地；小心翼翼；翼翼

参考例句：

• She walked cautiously up the drive towards the door. 她小心翼翼地沿着车道向门口走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 moreover   

adv.再有，此外，而且

参考例句：

• The rent is reasonable, and moreover,the location is perfect.这房租合理，而且地点优越。
• The task is difficult, and moreover,time is pressing.任务艰巨，并且时间紧迫。

4 splash   

v.溅，泼；n.溅泼声，溅出的水等，斑点

参考例句：

• I fell into the water with a splash.我跌入水中，激起水花四溅。
• There's a splash of paint on the white wall.白墙上溅上了一片油漆。

5 greed   

n.贪食，贪心，贪婪

参考例句：

• His greed knows no limits.他的贪心永无止境。
• Greed was his only motive for stealing.贪婪是他盗窃的唯一动机。