The Ant and the Grasshopper
On a warm summer day, a grasshopper jumped from stem to stem, nibbling a bit here and there as he practiced his jumps and leaps and spins. He spotted an ant far below on the dusty ground, lugging a kernel of corn.
The grasshopper jumped down and landed close to the ant."Did you see that wonderful leap?" he asked.
"No, I missed it," the ant said. "It's easier to carry if I keep my head down and my back straight."
"But why carry at all?" the grasshopper asked. "It looks like hot, dusty business."
"I must help my sisters put away food for the winter," the ant said as she hurried along.
At that, the grasshopper laughed and laughed.Winter was months and months away. How silly to let the beautiful summer pass without leaping and hopping and playing.
Every day the grasshopper would see the ant carrying corn and seeds and bits of crust dropped by people. It never looked like something the grasshopper would enjoy at all. Instead he danced the days away, nibbling grass whenever he wanted.
One day he was jumping and leaping in the crispy brown leaves when something white and wet fell right on his head.Snow!
"Winter is here," the grasshopper gasped. "I must gather!"He hopped and leaped and spun, but he could find no green grass under the snow.
Finally the grasshopper crawled into a crack in a log,shivering. "The ant was right," he chattered.
"Save in the good times to help in the bad."
grasshopper：蚱蜢祭埂，一種跳躍式移動的昆蟲绷跑×骢危“Grasshopper”這個詞的詞根主要是“grass”和“hopper”政勃≌擅ィ“hopper”這部分可能源于動詞“hop”桨嫁，意為“跳躍”。因此辩恼，“grasshopper”可以理解為“跳躍的草”或“草之跳躍者”雇庙，形象地描述了這種昆蟲的跳躍行為。
nibbling：小口咬灶伊，一點點地咬(食物);(對…)略微表現(xiàn)出興趣
ant：螞蟻疆前，一種勤勞的昆蟲，通常與團隊合作聘萨，收集食物竹椒。
kernel：谷粒，這里指的是玉米粒米辐。
leap：跳躍胸完，指蚱蜢的跳躍動作。
spin：旋轉(zhuǎn)翘贮，蚱蜢在跳躍時可能會做的動作赊窥。
lugging：拖著，這里指的是螞蟻拖著玉米粒狸页。
miss：錯過锨能，螞蟻回答說她錯過了蚱蜢的跳躍。
sister：姐妹芍耘，這里螞蟻指的是她的同類址遇。
crust：面包屑，人們丟棄的食物之一斋竞。
gasp：喘息倔约，蚱蜢在意識到冬天到來時可能會有的反應。
crack：裂縫坝初，蚱蜢最后爬進木頭裂縫里躲避寒冷浸剩。
