国王和蜘蛛

类别：励志

苏格兰国王屡败意欲放弃，受到顽强织网蜘蛛的鼓舞，重整旗鼓赢得胜利。

时长 50 秒 · 语速 187 wpm

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Robert Bruce was king of Scotland, and he was losing a war. 罗伯特·布鲁斯是苏格兰国王，当时他打仗正节节败退。

Six times, he had led his small army against the English. 他曾六次带着自己弱小的军队迎战英格兰人。

Six times, he had been beaten. 六次，他都被打败了。

Now his soldiers were scattered, 如今他的士兵都被打散了，

and he was hiding alone in a hut in the mountains. 他独自一人躲在山里的一间小屋里。

He lay on the ground, tired and ready to give up. 他躺在地上，筋疲力尽，打算放弃了。

Above his head, a spider was trying to build her web. 在他头顶上，一只蜘蛛正努力织网。

She had to swing on a thin thread from one wooden beam to another. 它得拉着细丝，从一根木梁荡到另一根木梁上。

She tried, and fell short. 它试了一下，没够着。

She tried again. 它又试了一次。

Six times, she failed. 六次，它都失败了。

"Poor thing," said Bruce. “真可怜，”布鲁斯说。

"You know how it feels too." “你也体会到这种滋味了吧。”

But the spider got ready for a seventh try. 但那只蜘蛛又准备尝试第七次了。

Bruce held his breath. 布鲁斯屏住了呼吸。

This time, she made it. 这一次，它成功了。

He stood up. 他站了起来。

"Then I'll try a seventh time as well." “那我也要试第七次。”

He gathered his men, fought one more battle, and won. 他召集了部下，又打了一仗，而且赢了。

They say that for hundreds of years, 据说在后来的几百年里，

nobody named Bruce would ever hurt a spider. 姓布鲁斯的人就再也没伤害过蜘蛛。