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乌鸦喝水

烏鴉喝水

Level 4 · 寓言故事 · 40 vocabulary words

Source: 《伊索寓言》 · Aesop's Fables: The Crow and the Pitcher

一yī只zhī乌鸦wū yā口kǒu渴kě了liǎo,找到zhǎo dào一yī个gè瓶子píng zi,里面lǐ miàn有yǒu水shuǐ,但是dàn shì水shuǐ很hěn少shǎo。

A thirsty crow found a bottle with a little water in it.

瓶子píng zi很hěn高gāo,瓶píng口kǒu很hěn小xiǎo,乌鸦wū yā喝hē不到bù dào水shuǐ。

The bottle was tall and its mouth was narrow, the crow could not reach the water.

乌鸦wū yā看见kàn jiàn旁边páng biān有yǒu很hěn多duō小xiǎo石头shí tou,想xiǎng了liǎo一yī个gè办法bàn fǎ。

Seeing many small stones nearby, the crow had an idea.

它tā把bǎ小xiǎo石头shí tou一yī个gè一yī个gè放fàng进jìn瓶子píng zi里lǐ。水shuǐ慢慢màn màn升高shēng gāo了liǎo。

It dropped the stones into the bottle one by one, and the water slowly rose.

乌鸦wū yā终于zhōng yú喝hē到dào了liǎo水shuǐ。遇到yù dào问题wèn tí,要yào动dòng脑筋nǎo jīn想xiǎng办法bàn fǎ。

At last the crow could drink. When you meet a problem, think your way through it.

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