英語童話:The dancing bear 會跳舞的熊

　　A bear, who had made his living by dancing for a long time, at length escaped from his master, and returned to his former companions in the woods.

　　His brothers welcomed him with most friendly growls1. The traveler now told what he had seen foreign countries, told a long history of his adventures, and, to exhibit his wonderful feats2, began, in an erect3 position, to dance the Polonaise. His brothers, who were watching the performance, were astonished at his grace, and tried to imitate his ballet steps. It was in vain, hardly were they raised on two legs when they fell again upon all fours. Seeing their awkwardness, the bear went on exhibiting some higher displays of his art, which, at length, aroused the envy of the others, and so they drove him from their society.

　　有只熊以跳舞謀生很有一段日子了，最后逃離了他的主人，回到從林中，回到了從前的老朋友們的身邊。

　　他的同胞兄弟們發(fā)出親昵的嚎叫，歡迎他落難歸來。這只走南闖北的熊向兄弟們講述了在國外的所見所聞，講述了自己的漂流歷險記，接著又展示了他那令人眼花繚亂的技藝—直立起來跳波蘭舞。觀看表演的大熊小熊們看著他那優(yōu)美的舞姿，竟驚詫得目瞪口呆。又都想模仿他的波蘭舞步，可一個個都心有余而力不足。他們兩腿一直立就摔個嘴啃泥?？匆娝麄儎倓偯媛秾擂沃芟壬^續(xù)表演更高難的動作，這一下可撩發(fā)了同伴們的一腔妒火，嫉妒他非凡的技藝，于是就將他趕出了熊群。

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　　1 growls 6ffc5e073aa0722568674220be53a9ea

　　v.(動物)發(fā)狺狺聲， (雷)作隆隆聲( growl的第三人稱單數 );低聲咆哮著說

　　參考例句：

　　The dog growls at me. 狗向我狂吠。 來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

　　The loudest growls have echoed around emerging markets and commodities. 熊嚎之聲響徹新興的市場與商品。 來自互聯網

　　2 feats 8b538e09d25672d5e6ed5058f2318d51

　　功績，偉業(yè)，技藝( feat的名詞復數 )

　　參考例句：

　　He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance. 過去，他表現出來的驚人耐力常讓朋友們大吃一驚。

　　His heroic feats made him a legend in his own time. 他的英雄業(yè)績使他成了他那個時代的傳奇人物。

　　3 erect 4iLzm

　　n./v.樹立，建立，使豎立;adj.直立的，垂直的

　　參考例句：

　　She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂著頭，把背挺得筆直。

　　Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵們訓練站得筆直。