桥上吵架的人

类别：寓言

两人为不存在的羊争吵不休，劝架者倒光面粉讽刺他们，到头来全都成了愚人。

时长 50 秒 · 语速 176 wpm

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There's a town in England called Gotham, 英国有个叫高谭的小镇，

and people tell funny stories about it. 人们常讲一些关于那里的搞笑故事。

One day, two men from Gotham met on a bridge. 有一天，镇上的两个人在一座桥上遇上了。

"Where are you going?" “你要去哪儿？”

asked the first. 第一个人问。

"To the market, to buy sheep," said the second. “去集市买羊，”第二个人回答。

"And how will you bring them home?" “那你打算怎么把羊赶回家？”

"Over this bridge." “走这座桥。”

"Oh no, you won't." “不行，你休想。”

"Oh yes, I will." “我就要走。”

Soon they were shouting, waving their sticks, 很快他们就大吵大嚷起来，挥着手里的棍子，

and pushing back sheep that didn't exist. 去驱赶那些压根就不存在的羊。

A third man came by with a sack of flour on his horse. 第三个人骑着马路过，马背上还驮着一袋面粉。

He carried the sack to the edge of the bridge and poured all the flour into the river. 他把面粉袋扛到桥边，把面粉全倒进了河里。

"Tell me," he said. “告诉我，”他说，

"How much flour is in my sack?" “我的袋子里还有多少面粉？”

"None." “一点都没了。”

"Exactly. “一点没错。

And that's how much sense is in your heads." 你们脑子里装的聪明劲儿也就这么多了。”

It was a great lesson. 这堂课上得确实漂亮。

It also cost him all his flour. 但也搭上了他所有的面粉。

So who was the biggest fool on that bridge? 那么，那座桥上到底谁才是最大的傻瓜呢？