★以下是英語資源頻道為大家整理的《英語閱讀：螞蚱和螞蟻》，供大家參考。
One fine day in winter some ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain. Presently1 up came a grasshopper2 and begged them to spare her a few grains, "For," she said, "I'm simply starving." The ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. "May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?" "The fact is," replied the grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time." "If you spent the summer singing," replied the ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing." And they chuckled3 and went on with their work.
冬天一個(gè)溫暖如春的日子里，螞蟻們正忙著曬干自己存儲(chǔ)的糧食。由于下來很長時(shí)間的雨，糧食已經(jīng)非常潮濕了。這時(shí)，來了一只螞蚱，向他們乞討一點(diǎn)糧食?！耙?yàn)?，”螞蚱說，“我實(shí)在是餓壞了?！北M管有點(diǎn)違背原則，但螞蟻們還是停下了手頭的工作?！拔覀兡軉栆幌聠?？”他們說，“整個(gè)夏天你都在做些什么呢？為什么不為冬天儲(chǔ)存一些糧食呢？”“實(shí)際上，”螞蚱回答道，“我一直在忙著唱歌，根本沒有時(shí)間存儲(chǔ)糧食?！薄叭绻阏麄€(gè)夏天都在唱歌，”螞蟻們回答道，“那么，你在冬天就忙著跳舞吧?！彼麄児笮ζ饋?，繼續(xù)忙于各自的工作。
One fine day in winter some ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain. Presently1 up came a grasshopper2 and begged them to spare her a few grains, "For," she said, "I'm simply starving." The ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. "May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?" "The fact is," replied the grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time." "If you spent the summer singing," replied the ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing." And they chuckled3 and went on with their work.
冬天一個(gè)溫暖如春的日子里，螞蟻們正忙著曬干自己存儲(chǔ)的糧食。由于下來很長時(shí)間的雨，糧食已經(jīng)非常潮濕了。這時(shí)，來了一只螞蚱，向他們乞討一點(diǎn)糧食?！耙?yàn)?，”螞蚱說，“我實(shí)在是餓壞了?！北M管有點(diǎn)違背原則，但螞蟻們還是停下了手頭的工作?！拔覀兡軉栆幌聠?？”他們說，“整個(gè)夏天你都在做些什么呢？為什么不為冬天儲(chǔ)存一些糧食呢？”“實(shí)際上，”螞蚱回答道，“我一直在忙著唱歌，根本沒有時(shí)間存儲(chǔ)糧食?！薄叭绻阏麄€(gè)夏天都在唱歌，”螞蟻們回答道，“那么，你在冬天就忙著跳舞吧?！彼麄児笮ζ饋?，繼續(xù)忙于各自的工作。