It was a cyclonic season. There was flood everywhere.

Many houses drowned in the flood. There was a copper pot and an earthen pot in a house. Both these were washed away in the flood to a river.

The copper pot called the earthen pot and said, "My friend, you are made of mud. You are so weak. Please, come near me. I'll save you".

The earthen pot replied, "Thank you for your kindness, my friend. But, let me swim to the bank by myself'. The earthen pot began to swim towards the bank of the river.

As the copper pot tried to swim, water got filled into the pot and the copper pot drowned. But earthen pot reached the bank.

MORAL : Weakness is not in appearance.

【關(guān)鍵詞】

1、 cyclonic （adj.）暴風(fēng)的

2、 drown （vt.）淹沒；淹死

3、 copper （n.）銅

4、 earthen （adj.）土制的

5、 wash away （phr.）沖走

6、 mud （n.）泥巴

7、 kindness （n.）善良

8、 bank （n.）河岸

9、 weakness （n.）弱點(diǎn)

10、 appearance（n.）外表

【譯文】兩口鍋

這是一個暴風(fēng)雨季節(jié)。 洪水泛濫。

許多房屋淹沒于洪水之中。 房子里有一口銅鍋和一口砂鍋。 它倆被洪水沖走，漂流進(jìn)一條河里。

銅鍋招呼砂鍋說：“我的朋友，你是泥土做的，太軟了。清靠近我。我會救你的?！?/p>

砂鍋回答說：“謝謝你的好意，我的朋友。不過，還是讓我獨(dú)自游到河岸吧?！鄙板侀_始朝著河對岸游去。

當(dāng)銅鍋試圖游泳時，水灌滿肚子，銅鍋被淹死了。 而砂鍋則游到了對岸。

寓意：金玉其外，敗絮其中。