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英语文章阅读第一篇：BetterlatethanneverOnceuponatime,someoneraisedasheep.Onemorning,hefoundasheepmissing.Aftercarefulexamination,hefoundthatthesheepfoldhadbrokenahole.Atnight,thewolfcameinandtookoneofthesheep.Theneighbouradvisedhim,"Repairthesheepfoldandplugthehole!"Themanrefusedtoaccepttheadviceandanswered,"What'sthesheepdoingwhenthey'velostit?"Thenextmorning,hefoundanothersheepmissing.Originally,thewolfcameinfromtheholeandtookasheep.Heregrettedthathehadnotlistenedtohisneighbour'sadvice,sohequicklyblockedtheholeandrepairedthesheepfold.Sincethen,wolvescannolongergetintothesheepfoldtocatchsheep.Thestorytellsus:makeamistake,suffersetbacks,itisacommonphenomenon.Aslongascanlearnseriously,totakeremedialmeasuresintime,canavoidcontinuetomakemistakes,suffergreaterlosses.翻译：亡羊补牢从前，有人养了一圈羊。一天早晨，他发现少了一只羊，仔细一查，原来羊圈破了个窟窿，夜间狼钻进来，把羊叼走了一只。邻居劝他说：“赶快把羊圈修一修，堵上窟窿吧！”那个人不肯接受劝告，回答说：“羊已经丢了，还修羊圈干什么？”第二天早上，他发现羊又少了一只。原来，狼又从窟窿中钻进来，叼走了一只羊。他很后悔自己没有听从邻居的劝告，便赶快堵上窟窿，修好了羊圈。从此，狼再也不能钻进羊圈叼羊了。这个故事告诉我们：犯了错误，遭到挫折，这是常见的现象。只要能认真吸取教训，及时采取补救措施，就可以避免继续犯错误，遭受更大的损失。第二篇：DrawaSnakeandAddFeettoItLonglongago,severalpeoplehadajarofwineamongthemandallofthemwantedtodrinkitbyhimself.Sotheysetarulethateveryonewoulddrawasnakeonthegroundandthemanwhofinishedfirstwouldhavethewine.Onemanfinishedhissnakeverysoonandhewasabouttodrinkthewinewhenhesawtheotherswerestillbusydrawing,sohedecidedtodrawthefeettothesnake.However,beforehecouldfinishthefeet,anothermanfinishedandgrabbedthejarfromhim,saying,"Whohaseverseenasnakewithfeet?"Thestoryof"DrawasnakeandaddfeettoIt."tellsusgoingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough.翻译：画蛇添足古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他的蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说："有谁见过长脚的蛇?"。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的。第三篇：大力神与车夫Awaggonerwasoncedrivingaheavyloadonaverymuddyroad.一名车夫赶着货车沿着一条非常泥泞的小路前行。Suddenlythewheelsofthewagonsankintothemire,andthehorsecouldnotpullthemout.突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。Thewaggonerthrewdownhiswhip.HekneltdownandprayedtoHercules.“Hercules,helpme,please,“hesaid.车夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出现，“大力神啊，请来帮助我。”他说。ButHerculesappearedtohim,a