【寓言】The Crow and the Pitcher(有声)

The Crow and the Pitcher¹
 
  A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. 
  When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain.

   At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak² into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.

   Necessity is the mother of invention.
 

1 pitcher   

n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手

参考例句：

• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

2 beak   

n.鸟嘴，茶壶嘴，钩形鼻

参考例句：

• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
• This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。