翻译Life Struggle课件.pptVIP

* * Life Struggle From Chicken Soup for the Soul Words and Phrases insect: [?insekt] 昆虫 cocoon ： [k??ku:n] 蚕茧；茧 scissors：[?siz?] 剪刀 swollen ：[?sw??l?n] 膨胀的；肿起的 shrivel：[??r?v?l] 皱缩 crawl： [kr?:l] 爬行；缓慢行进 snip off: 剪断；剪掉 Life Struggle 破茧成蝶 Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects... ??? 从前，在一个非常非常遥远的地方，有一位善良的老人。老人喜爱所有的东西，动物、蜘蛛、昆虫等等。 One day while walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. 一天，老人在树林中散步的时候，发现了一个蝴蝶的茧。于是，老人把它带回了家。 Life Struggle 破茧成蝶 A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. 几天后，茧上出现了一条缝。老人坐 在那里看了几个小时，看着蝴蝶挣扎着想要 从小口中挤出来。后来，蝴蝶停下来了，没 有一丝的进展。 看来蝴蝶好像是用尽了全身的力量，再也前 进不了了。 Life Struggle 破茧成蝶 Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. 看到这里，老人决定帮助蝴蝶，于是，他拿来了一把剪刀，把茧剩下的部分给剪破了。 The butterfly then emerged easily. 蝴蝶，轻而易举的从茧中出来了。 Life Struggle 破茧成蝶 But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. 但是，蝴蝶的身体肿胀着，翅膀又小又皱。老人继续看着蝴蝶，因为他希望可以看到蝴蝶的翅膀会慢慢变得强大，强大到足以支撑整个身体，到那时身体也会缩小。然而，这一天永远不会到来。实际上，蝴蝶的余生只能拖着肿胀的身体，皱小的翅膀爬行了。 破茧成蝶 Life Struggle It never was able to fly. 它永远都飞不起来了。 破茧成蝶 Life Struggle What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to