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The Oak and the Reed
橡樹和蘆葦
Once upon a time, there lived a huge oak tree. The oak tree was proud that it was the biggest and strongest in the world. "Despite any hardships, I can survive till the end. There is nothing as powerful as me."
從前，樹林里有一棵巨大的橡樹。橡樹覺得自己是世界上體型最大最強(qiáng)壯的樹，因此非常驕傲。“不管是什么困難，我都能安然度過。沒人比我更強(qiáng)大。”
One day, a severe windstorm began. Watching the other trees fall down one by one, the oak tree was triumphant. "I'll be fine."
一天，突然來了一場(chǎng)風(fēng)暴。看著其他的樹一棵一棵地倒下，橡樹油然生出一種勝利感。“我就沒事。”
However, the oak tree collapsed when the windstorm was blowing. Flowing on the water, the oak tree thought, 'How did I end up like this?'
然而，最后橡樹還是被暴風(fēng)吹倒了。橡樹隨水漂流著，心想：“我怎么就這樣結(jié)束了此生？”
As it was swept away by the river, the oak tree passed a field of reeds. The reeds were standing there without being broken. "Oh, Mr. Reed! How did you survive the rainstorm with your fragile body?" The oak tree envied the reeds.
當(dāng)被河水沖走時(shí)，橡樹路過了一片蘆葦叢。那里的蘆葦并沒有被吹倒。“哦，蘆葦先生！你這么脆弱，是如何安然度過的？橡樹很羨慕蘆葦。
One of the reeds kindly said to the oak tree flowing down, "Mr. Oak Tree, you showed that you were the strongest in the world, right? The wind brings down anything with an air of importance."
蘆葦親切地說：“橡樹先生，你自夸是世界上最強(qiáng)壯的人，對(duì)嗎？暴風(fēng)會(huì)把任何趾高氣昂的人打到的。”
"We never think highly of ourselves, but lower our heads when we come across a windstorm. If you had lowered your head without being so proud, you would have survived the rainstorm."
“我們從來不會(huì)自以為是，當(dāng)暴風(fēng)來襲時(shí)，我們會(huì)謙卑地低下頭。如果當(dāng)時(shí)你低下頭，你會(huì)在暴雨中存活下來的。”
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