英语格言大全人生励志篇第188句(mp3+中英对照)

A Greek fable teaches us, "Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs. "
有一则希腊寓言教导我们：“勿杀鸡取卵。”
The story is about a man who had a goose that laid golden eggs.
故事说的是一个人拥有一只会下金蛋的鹅。
He was greedy and was not satisfied with one golden egg a day.
他很贪婪，对于一天只得到一枚金蛋并不感到满足。
He wanted all the eggs at once, so he killed the goose to get them。
他想立刻得到所有的蛋，所以他杀了鹅以便取出所有的金蛋。
Of course, he got nothing in the end。
最后，他当然是一无所获。
This fable teaches us not to destroy the source of something good out of greed。
这寓言告诉我们，不要因为贪心而破坏了美好事物的来源。
If we do, we will end up with nothing.
否则，我们到头来什么也得不到。