本书精选了120多则生动活泼的寓言故事。它们被分门别类地编为4个章节，每个章节下分为英文原音，中文译文，注释和情景会话4个部分。

书中每一则故事均富含深意：有启发、有训诫、有讽刺、有警示。语言地道，趣味性强，文化内涵丰富，知识性强。从中，不仅可以欣赏到优雅的遣词用字，更可学到先人宝贵的生活智慧与处世哲学。因此，书中每一则故事，都值得细细玩味、反复阅读。

本书精选生动活泼的寓言故事分门别类编为4个章节，每个章节下分为英文原音，中文译文，注释和情景会话4个部分，读者可以在寓言故事的氛围里学英文，加强口语的能力。

第一章 讽刺篇

 1.A Lesson for Fools愚人一课

 2.Borrow Plumes打肿脸充胖子

 3.Friend or Foe是敌非友

 4.Actions Speak Louder Than Words事实胜于雄辩

 5.Cut Off Your Tails tO Save My Face截人之长，补己之短

 6.A Plotter Out—Plotted害人反害己

 7.The Pot Calls the Kettle Black半斤八两

 8.Substance and Shadow贪得无厌

 9.Not Interested事不关己

 10.Vainglory Will Have a Misfortune虚荣使人不幸

 11.Wisdom from Thinking智源于思

 12.Dead Men Tell No Tales死无对证

 13.A Clumsy Liar自作聪明

 14.The Punishment of Selfishness自食恶果

 15.Too Clever by Half聪明反被聪明误

 16.Asinine Pride自命不凡

 17.Have Their Voice Without Its Potential有其声而无其势

 18.A Prophet Without Knowledge自身难保

 19.Out of the Frying—pan into the Fire弄巧成拙

 20.Mote and Beam人错与己过

 21.The Heifer and the Ox小母牛和公牛

 22.The Judge and the PMntiff法官和原告

第二章 启发篇

 1.A Lesson Learnt tOO Late为时已晚

 2.Repayment in Kind感恩图报

 3.A Bird in the Hand惜取眼前福

 4.One—WayTraffic有去无回

 5.Reaping Without Sowing不劳而获

 6.Taught by Experience记取教训

 7.Third—Party Profit鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利

 8.A Communist Dictator言行不一

 9.Forewarned Is Forearmed有备无患

 10.Things Are Not Always what They Seem以偏概全

 11.Lost tO Shame自曝其短

 12.Slow but Sure龟兔赛跑

 13.A Waste of Good Counsel忠言逆耳

 14.Once Bitten，Twice Shy上一次当，学一次乖

 15.Look Before You Leap慎思而行

 16.Ready for Action砺兵以待

 17.Save Us in the Time of Trouble居安思危

 18.A Bad Bargain得不偿失

 19.Dread the Strong Fear the Weak畏强惧弱

 20.Birds of a Feather物以类聚

 21.Know Your Limitations自知之明

 22.Vengeance at Any Price同归于尽

 23.Misplaced Confidence认敌为友

 24.Bom Plumerers天生恶人

 25.Unity Is Strength团结就是力量

 26.Use Is Everything习以为常

 27.Familiarity Breeds Contempt少见多怪

 28.Self Deception自欺欺人

 29.FrOOf Positive前车之鉴

 30.Beneath Notice无足轻重

 31.why the Ant Is a Thief本性难移

 32.Honesty Is the Best Policy诚实为上

 33.A Companion in Fear难兄难弟

 34.The Gentle Art of Persuasion劝说艺术

 35.Jupiter and the Sheep丘比特和绵羊

 36.The Bad Kangaroo淘气的袋鼠

 37.The Two Dogs两只狗

 38.The Brazier and His Dog黄铜匠和他的狗

 39.The Two Pots两只罐子

 40.The Lion in Love恋爱中的狮子

 41.The Ostrich in Love单相思的鸵鸟

 42.The Belly and Its Members肚子和他的器官

 43.The Kite风筝

 44.The Ass and His Masters驴子和它的主人们

 45.The Squirrel and the W01f松鼠和狼

 46.The Pavior铺路工

第三章 警示篇

 1.Breach of Promise言而无信

 2.The Victor Vanquished骄者必败

 3.Misplaced Confidence防不胜防

 4.The I.aw of Self—Preservation但求自保

 5.Look Before You Leap三思而行

 6.Born to Trouble制造麻烦

 7.The Fox Out—foxed道高一尺，魔高一丈

 8.Kindness Ill Requited以怨报德

 9.A Case of Mistaken Identity披上羊皮的狼

 10.Every Man to His Own Trade谨守本分

 11.Reckoning Without His Host顺水人情

 12.As Good as His word言而有信

 13.We Get the Rulers We Deserve如愿以偿

 14.Making the Punishment Fit the Crime罪有应得

 15.Too Big for Her Skin不自量力

 16.A Blood Feud血海深仇

 17.Evil for Good恩将仇报

 18.Try to Make a Silk Purse out of a Sow’s Ear望朽木成美器

 19.Friends Old and New喜新厌旧

 20.Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child玉不琢不成器

 21.Fate命中注定

 22.An Unseasonable Reproof责备非时

 23.A Philosophic Baldpate秃子哲学

 24.Big and Little Fish漏网之鱼

 25.Fishing in Troubled Waters混水摸鱼

 26.Despise Not a Feeble Folk狗眼看人低

 27.Bearding the Lion太岁头上动土

 28.Go to the Ant，Thou Sluggard(1)未雨绸缪(1)

 29.Go to the Ant，Thou Sluggard(2)未雨绸缪(2)

 30.Bowing Before the Storm量力而行

 31.Room for Improvement吹毛求疵

 32.Getting the Worst of Both Worlds两边不讨好的穴鸟

 33.Cherishing a Viper所爱非人

 34.Always in the Wrong欲加之罪

 35.Town Mouse and Country Mouse家鼠与田鼠

 36.The Olive Tree and the Fig Tree橄榄树和无花果树

 37.The Owl and the Ass猫头鹰和驴子

 38.The Hotrod and the Hare猎狗和野兔

 39.The Fox and the Cicada狐狸和蝉

 40.The Wolf and the Goat狼和山羊

 41.The Harebrained Monkey浮躁的猴子

 42.The Fox and the Cockerel狐狸和小公鸡

 43.The Thirsty Ant口渴的蚂蚁

第四章 训诫篇

 1.The Jackdaw Who Would Be an Eagle妄自尊大

 2.Traitor’s Death叛徒的下场

 3.God Helps Those Who Help Themselves天助自助者

 4.A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed患难之交

 5.Share and Share A1ike平均分享

 6.Much Wants More贪多必失

 7.Seeing Is Believing眼见为凭

 8.One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer一燕不成夏

 9.Example Is Better Than Precept身教胜于言教

 10.Who Are Thou That Judgest怨天尤人

 11.Treasure Trove葡萄园里的宝藏

 12.Plucked Clean拔个精光

 13.The Big Oven大火炉

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