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LESSON 37 The hare and the tortoise
第三十七課 野兔和烏龜
A hare, very proud of her speed, once ran a race with a tortoise. In a moment the hare got far before her rival,who, with his heavy shell on his back, could move only at a very slow pace.
有一只野兔，很是為自己的迅捷感到驕傲，曾經與一只烏龜進行過賽跑。由于背上的甲克很厚重而行動遲緩的烏龜，很快就被競爭對手野兔給甩得很遠。
"Ha! ha!" laughed the hare, as she stopped half-way to glance back at the tortoise creeping on far behind; "if you don't ply your short legs a little faster, my friend, I'll be half over the country before you reach the end of the field."
“哈哈！”當野兔停下來回頭看到爬行中的烏龜在自己后頭很遠處時，野兔大笑道，“如果你不加快拼命地用你的小短腿兒(爬)的話，我的朋友，沒等你到達終點我就已經繞著國家跑了大半圈了。”
The tortoise said not a word, but toiled on.
烏龜沒有說話，只是繼續艱難地向前爬著。
"Really," said the saucy hare, "if I were to hop on three legs I should get on much faster than you do! I think that I'll take a short nap. If you were but a yard from the goal,I could overtake you with a few bounds."
“真的，”無禮的野兔說道，“如果我只能用三條腿來跳的話，也比你快多了！我想我要小憩一會兒了。即使你離終點就差一碼了，我只要蹦幾下就可以超過你。”
So the hare lay down on the grass, and soon fell fast asleep. She heard not the little feet of the tortoise, as he came creeping up to the place; she saw him not as he went steadily on, never stopping to look behind.
因此野兔躺在草地上，很快睡熟了。她沒聽到烏龜爬過她附近時的腳步聲，也沒看見他從未回顧地始終如一地爬著。
Presently the hare awoke, and sprang up, ready to dart on like the wind. "Where is the tortoise?" cried she.
不一會兒野兔醒了，跳起來準備像風一般飛奔。“烏龜在哪兒呢？”她喊著。
"Here," cried a voice from the end of the field;" slow and steady has won the race!"
“在這兒，”一個聲音從終點傳來；“慢而穩健的那個人已經贏得了比賽！”
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With whom did the hare once run a race? Who got far ahead in a moment? What did she say as she glanced back? What did the tortoise say? What did the hare then do to fill up the time? What did the tortoise do in the meantime? What did the hare cry out when she awoke? What was the answer?
野兔曾經和誰進行過一場比賽？很快是誰領先了？她回頭張望時說了什么？烏龜說了什么？野兔后來為了打發時間做了什么？在那段時間烏龜做了什么？當野兔醒來時喊著說了什么？答案是什么？
