伊索寓言：鹰、风筝与鸽子-The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons

The pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk¹ to defend them. He at once consented. When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc² and slew³ a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce⁴ upon in a whole year.

The moral of the story is: Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

 

Wordchecker

 

terrified (adjective): very afraid

consent (verb): to agree

cote (noun): a shelter for pigeons

havoc (noun): trouble

slew (past verb of “slay”): to kill

pounce (verb): to jump on suddenly

remedy (noun): cure

1 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

2 havoc   

n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱

参考例句：

• The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
• This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。

3 slew   

v.（使）旋转；n.大量，许多

参考例句：

• He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
• They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。

4 pounce   

n.猛扑；v.猛扑，突然袭击，欣然同意

参考例句：

• Why do you pounce on every single thing I say?干吗我说的每句话你都要找麻烦？
• We saw the tiger about to pounce on the goat.我们看见老虎要向那只山羊扑过去。