英语智慧背囊05-没有耐心的狗
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.00]The Impatient Dog 没有耐心的狗[00:05.19]Long ago, [00:07.38]only the cat had the ability to trace their prey by its odour, [00:11.98]while the other animals used their vision to discover their prey. [00:15.69]The dog knew that was the best way to hunt a prey [00:19.40]so he decided to visit the cat. [00:21.49]“Mr Cat, [00:23.68]can you teach me the skill to trace the prey by its odour? [00:27.40]It is very efficient and convenient. ” [00:29.90]The cat agreed to teach the dog [00:32.76]and to let him stay in his house during the lessons. [00:35.59]After a few days, [00:37.35]the dog thought that he could use the skill [00:39.75]and he wanted to go home. [00:41.39]“You have not learnt the skill yet,” [00:43.70]said the cat, [00:44.99]“You have to stay longer.” [00:46.76]“But I have to go home now,” [00:48.62]the dog insisted. [00:50.13]“All right,” [00:51.57]the cat said, [00:52.88]“you may go back tomorrow but not today.” [00:55.50]The next morning, [00:57.15]the cat said to his wife, [00:58.79]“When the dog comes to bid farewell, [01:01.74]tell him that I have gone out. [01:03.38]When he asks where, [01:04.81]tell him that you don’t know.” [01:06.32]After a while, the dog came. [01:08.85]“Where is the teacher?” [01:10.58]he asked. [01:12.02]“He went out early in the morning [01:14.10]and I don’t know where he went,” [01:16.06]the cat’s wife answered. [01:17.71]Actually, the cat intended to test [01:20.87]whether the dog had learnt how to trace any prey by its odor. [01:24.38]The dog started by following footprints of the cat. [01:27.77]However, after a short distance, [01:30.19]the cat had jumped from one rock to another [01:33.01]and then gone into a cave. [01:35.00]Then he came out from the other side and leapt onto a tree. [01:39.04]The dog followed the seemingly vanishing footprints of the cat [01:43.30]and he came to the two rocks. [01:45.06]He entered the cave and managed to come out from the other side of it. [01:49.65]At last, he came to the tree [01:51.49]but he could not find any footprint. [01:54.13]The dog could not trace the cat [01:56.42]though he kept going round and round the tree. [01:58.83]The cat stayed on top of the tree watching every move of the dog. [02:04.08]Finally, he said, [02:06.06]“Look up! [02:07.02]You have not completely learnt the skill and yet you are ready to leave. [02:11.40]You can see now that you are still ignorant.” [02:14.91]Since then, [02:16.45]the dog only knows how to trail its prey on the ground. |
