雅思閱讀材料歐洲寓言名著的英文典故
1.a dog in the manger占著茅坑不拉屎的人
出自《伊索寓言》，有一篇狗站馬槽的.故事，說(shuō)的是一頭狗躺在堆滿稻草的馬槽里，狗是不吃草的動(dòng)物，而當(dāng)馬或牛一走進(jìn)稻草時(shí)，這頭狗卻朝著馬，�？裣�，不準(zhǔn)食草動(dòng)物享用。因此，狗站馬槽就成了一個(gè)家喻戶曉的成語(yǔ)而進(jìn)入英語(yǔ)中，常用來(lái)比喻a person who prevents others from enjoying sth that is useless to himself; a churlish fellow who will neither use a thing himself nor let others use it，諷刺那些占據(jù)說(shuō)職位或某些物質(zhì)卻不做事的人。
a dog in the manger是個(gè)名詞性短語(yǔ)，常與系動(dòng)詞連用，充當(dāng)表語(yǔ)
eg:He borrowed a lot of books from the library,but he didnt read a book.He was really a dog in the manger.
There are some officials who are only the dogs in the manger.
Smith was a dog in the manger over that roll of wire;it was no use whatever to him,but he wouldnt let us have it.
2.bell the cat自告奮勇去冒險(xiǎn);老虎頭上拍蒼蠅
bell the cat系成語(yǔ)to hang the bell about the cats neck的簡(jiǎn)略，愿意是給貓的脖子上掛鈴。它來(lái)自《伊索寓言》中的《老鼠會(huì)議》
這篇寓言講的是：一群老鼠在鼠洞里舉行會(huì)議，討論如何對(duì)付兇狠的貓。白胡須老鼠提出：我有個(gè)方法，在貓的脖子上掛一個(gè)鈴。這樣，貓一走動(dòng)鈴就響，我們就可以聞鈴聲而逃避了，群鼠一致同意這個(gè)建議，歡呼：Thats a capital idea.We will bell the cat!No more fear of the cat!但是，誰(shuí)去給貓掛鈴鐺呢?沒有一只老鼠敢去，一個(gè)個(gè)都溜掉了。老鼠會(huì)議豪無(wú)結(jié)果，它們不安全的境況當(dāng)然也無(wú)法改善。
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