The Frogs' Complaint Against the Sun

时间：2006-12-07 06:51:29

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ONCE UPON A TIME, when the Sun announced his intention to take a
wife, the Frogs lifted up their voices in clamor to the sky.
Jupiter, disturbed by the noise of their croaking1, inquired the
cause of their complaint.  One of them said, "The Sun, now while
he is single, parches2 up the marsh3, and compels us to die
miserably in our arid4 homes.  What will be our future condition
if he should beget5 other suns?' 

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1 croaking croaking     
v.呱呱地叫( croak的现在分词 )；用粗的声音说
参考例句：
  • the croaking of frogs 蛙鸣
  • I could hear croaking of the frogs. 我能听到青蛙呱呱的叫声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 parches 71b54917842c0dabb335cccf0b21ff95     
v.（使）焦干， （使）干透( parch的第三人称单数 )；使（某人）极口渴
参考例句：
3 marsh Y7Rzo     
n.沼泽，湿地
参考例句：
  • There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
  • I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。
4 arid JejyB     
adj.干旱的；(土地)贫瘠的
参考例句：
  • These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.这些树能挡住旱风,保护农田。
  • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
5 beget LuVzW     
v.引起；产生
参考例句：
  • Dragons beget dragons,phoenixes beget phoenixes.龙生龙，凤生凤。
  • Economic tensions beget political ones.经济紧张导致政治紧张。

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