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英语翻译I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the

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英语翻译
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise.At the end I said,“ Son,remember:Be slow and steady,and that will win the race.Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide,“Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy,Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked,“But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said,“Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare?He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted.“He won the race by perseverance,by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while.“That’s a lie,” he said.“He won it because he was lucky.If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep,the tortoise would never have won the race.He could be as steady as you like,or a hundred times steadier,but he’d never have won the race.That’s for sure.”
I gave up.Today’s children are not like what we used to be.
我正在给儿子索尼讲龟兔赛跑的故事,结束时我说,“孩子,记得速度慢脚步稳才能赢啊,你不认为有什么能从乌龟那里学的吗?“
桑尼睁大了眼睛说,“你的意思是下次当我进入60米赛跑的时候,我应该希望比利、托尼和桑迪在半路上睡着了?”
我很震惊,“但是乌龟却不希望兔子睡着了!”
“他一定希望”,索尼说,“否则他怎么会如此愚蠢和兔子比赛呢?他应该知道兔子跑得比他快一百倍”.
“他一定不这样希望”,我坚持道,“他是靠毅力赢得了比赛,靠稳扎稳打”.
索尼想了一会说,“说谎”,他说,“他赢得了比赛是因为运气,如果兔子不是碰巧睡着了,乌龟怎么也不可能赢得比赛.他可以像你想象的那样稳健,或是稳健一百倍,但是他怎么也不可能赢得比赛,这才是事实”.
我放弃了,今天的孩子可不像我们过去那样.