Three Fish 三条鱼

黄晓琴

阅读下面的寓言故事，试想你是湖里的一条鱼，在面对渔民来捕鱼时，你会如何做呢？

There were three big fish in the lake. One of them， Demo， was wise; another one， Jimmy， was half-wise; Martin， the third one， was stupid.

Some fishermen came to the bank of the lake with their nets. The three fish saw them. Demo decided at once to leave， to make the long and difficult trip to the ocean. He thought， “I won't discuss with these two about this. They love this place so much that they call it home and I will stay on. How silly they are！ They still haven't realized we are in great danger now. Their ignorance will cost them their lives.”

Seeing the wise fish had left， Jimmy thought， “My guide has gone and now I've lost my chance to escape.” He felt sorry for it and then thought， “What can I do to save myself from these men and their nets？ Perhaps I should pretend to be already dead， giving myself totally to the water.” So he did that. He went up and down with the water， helpless， within arm's reach of the fishermen. “Look at this！ The best and biggest fish is dead.” One of the men lifted him by the 1）tail， and threw him up on the ground. He rolled over and over and moved secretly toward the water， and then， back in.

The third fish was 2）aimlessly jumping about， trying to escape with his speed and

1） tail [te?l] n.尾巴

2） aimlessly [?e?ml?sli] adv.漫无目的地

cleverness. The net， of course， finally closed around him， and as he lay in the hot frying-pan bed， he thought， “If I get out of this， I will never live again in the limits of the lake. Next time. the ocean！ I will make it my home.”

However， not everyone has a second chance. Everyone must 3）seize the hard- won opportunity， consider the problem from many aspects， in order to find the best way to survive.

3） seize [si?z] v.抓住

湖中有三条大鱼。其中，德默很聪明，吉米资质平平，马丁很愚蠢。

一些渔民带著网来到湖岸。三条鱼看见了他们。德默决定立即离开，进行漫长而艰难的海洋之旅。他想：“我不会与这两条鱼讨论这个问题。他们非常喜欢这个地方，称其为‘家，而我会继续游。他们多傻啊！仍然没有意识到我们现在处于危险之中。他们的无知将使他们丧命。”

吉米看到德默已经走了，想到：“我的向导走了，现在我失去了逃生的机会。”他为此感到遗憾，然后想到：“我该怎么做才能使自己摆脱这些人和他们的网？也许我应该假装已经死了，把自己完全交给湖水。”他做到了。他无助地在渔民伸手可及的范围内漂浮。“看这个！最好最大的鱼死了。”其中一个人拉起他的尾巴，然后将他扔在地上。他翻来滚去，悄悄地朝着湖水移动，然后回到了水中。

第三条鱼马丁漫无目的地跳跃，试图以他的速度和机敏逃跑。当然，网最终围住了他。当他躺在热的煎锅上时，他想：“如果我摆脱了这个，我将永远不会再住在湖边。下次，海洋！我会把它当作我的家。”

但是，并不是每一个人都有第二次机会。每个人都要抓住来之不易的机会，从多方面去考虑问题，以获得最好的求生之道。