成吉思汗和他的鹰

类别：智慧

成吉思汗因猎鹰打翻水杯而愤怒将其杀死，发现真相后悟出绝不在愤怒中行事的道理。

时长 56 秒 · 语速 159 wpm

字幕原文

Genghis Khan was riding home alone after a long, 打了一整天猎，又累又热，成吉思汗独自骑马往家赶。

hot day of hunting. 天气闷热难耐。

His favorite hawk flew above him. 他最心爱的猎鹰在头顶盘旋。

He was terribly thirsty, but the summer had dried up every stream. 他渴得要命，但夏天炎热，小溪全都干涸了。

At last, he found water dripping slowly down a rock. 终于，他发现岩石上有水在一滴一滴往下淌。

He held out his silver cup, and drop by drop, it filled. 他拿出银杯去接，水一滴一滴地接满了。

Suddenly, the hawk flew down and knocked the cup out of his hand. 突然，猎鹰猛冲下来，一下子撞掉了他手里的杯子。

He filled it again. 他又重新接了一杯。

Again, the hawk knocked it away. 猎鹰又一次把杯子打翻了。

Now the king was furious, and he pulled out his sword. 大汗彻底被激怒了，他拔出了宝剑。

"Do that once more, and you die." “你再敢来一次，我就宰了你。”

The hawk dived again, and he struck it down. 猎鹰再次俯冲下来，他一剑把它砍落了下来。

Then he climbed up the rock to find the spring. 接着，他爬上岩石想去找泉水。

There, lying in the pool, was a huge, 只见水潭里赫然躺着一条巨大的

poisonous snake, dead in the water. 毒蛇，已经死在了水里。

The hawk had saved his life. 原来是猎鹰救了他的命。

He carried it home in silence. 他默默地带着猎鹰回了家。

"Today I learned something," he said. 他说：“今天我明白了一个道理，

"Never act in anger." 人在愤怒的时候，绝不能冲动行事。”