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The Goatherd and the Goats

It was a stormy day, and the snow was falling fast, when a goatherd drove his goats, all white with snow, into a desert cave for shelter. There he found that a herd of wild goats, more numerous and larger than his own, had already taken shelter.

Thinking to secure them all, he left his own goats to take care of themselves and threw the branches he had brought for them to the wild goats to browse on. But when the weather cleared up, he found his own goats had perished from hunger, while the wild goats were off and away to the hills and woods.

The goatherd returned a laughing-stock to his neighbors, having failed to gain the wild goats and having lost his own.

They, who neglect their old friends for the sake of new, are rightly served if they lose both.

 

贪婪的牧羊人

牧羊人赶着羊群在山上遇上暴风雪，他只好找到一个山洞避一避。

进了山洞，牧羊人意外地发现一群野山羊。他立刻起了贪念，心想：“如果让这群羊乖乖地跟我下山，我就能赚很多钱！”。。。

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Meaning of Words

词语	华文解释	英文解释
贪念	意思是贪心的想法或愿望。 例句：看到地上的钱包，小雨心中不禁起了贪念，于是他偷偷捡起放进书包。	greed
笼络	意思是拉拢、控制。 例句：这位政客只有在竞选前才做做样子，笼络人心。	draw over
讨好	意思是指为得到好感或讨人喜欢而去迎合某人。 例句：这只小狗非常会讨好主人，总在人多的地方摇摆尾巴。	play up to
逃窜	指仓皇地逃走。 例句：小猫扑了过去，老鼠一看立刻四处逃窜。	run away
贪心	意思是贪图不属于自己的东西。 例句：一上了赌桌，他就忍不住贪心要下注。	greed
无影无踪	没有一点踪影。形容完全消失，不知去向。 例句：听到这个好消息，他连日来的疲劳一下子消失得无影无踪。	not the least trace was found
受冻挨饿	意思是遭受饥饿与寒冷侵袭，指无衣无食的穷困境况。 例句：战争让很多人失去了家园，过上了受冻挨饿的流浪生活。	to suffer cold and hunger
失声痛哭	因为过度悲痛而放声痛哭。 例句：想起这些年的辛苦和磨难，他不禁失声痛哭。	lose control and cry out loud