The Dog and the Shadow狗和自已的影子
A dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other dog to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.
一只狗嘴里叼着一片肉去通过一座小河上的桥。

他看见水中自己的倒影，还以为是另一条狗叼着一块更大的肉。

他马上放下自己的肉，为了得到另一只狗更大的那片肉，凶猛的去攻击那只狗。

于是，他两块肉都没得到，水中那块他想得到的肉只是影子，而他自己原有那块又被河水冲走了。

stream[英][stri:m] [美][strim] n.河流，小河，川，溪
flesh[英][fleʃ] [美][flɛʃ]
piece[英][pi:s] [美][pis] n.（尤指一套中的）一件；一部分，一段；片，部分；
saw[英][sɔ:] [美][sɔ] v.看见（see的过去式）；观看；领会；考虑
own[英][əun] [美][on] n.自己的事物；自己人adj.自己的；特有的
shadow[英][‘ʃædəu] [美][ ‘ʃædo] n.阴影；影子；鬼，幽灵；隐蔽处
water[英][ ‘wɔ:tə] [美][ ‘wɔtɚ, ‘wɑtɚ] n.水；雨水；海水；海域
another[英][ə‘nʌðər] [美][ə‘nʌðɚ] adj.又一个；再一个；另一的；其他一种
double[英][ ‘dʌbl] [美][ ‘dʌbəl] adj.双的；两倍的；两面派的；双人用的
size[英][saiz] [美][saɪz] n.大小，尺寸；规模
immediately[英][i‘mi:diətli] [美][ɪ‘midiɪtli] adv.立即，马上；直接地；紧接地
fiercely[英][ ‘fɪəslɪ] [美][ ‘fɪrslɪ] adv.凶猛地；残酷地；猛烈地；激烈地
attack[英][ə‘tæk] [美][ə‘tæk] vt.& vi.攻击，进攻，抨击
thus[英][ðʌs] [美][ðʌs] adv.于是，因此；如此，这样，像这样
grasp[英][ɡrɑ:sp] [美][ɡræsp] vt.抓住；了解；急忙抓住；急切（或贪婪）地抓住vi.攫取（常与at 连用）；急于接受；急切地寻求（常与for 连用）
was[英][wʌz, wɔz,wəz] [美][wʌz, wɑz,wəz] v.用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（be的过去式）
swept[英][swept] [美][swɛpt] sweep的过去式和过去分词v.扫（sweep的过去式和过去分词）；扫视；蜿蜒；步态轻盈地走
sweep[英][swi:p] [美][swip] vt.打扫，清理；扫除；彻底搜索；掠过vi.打扫；扫过；蜿蜒；大范围伸展。