笨鳥(niǎo)先飛

The early bird catches the worm

笨鳥(niǎo)先飛

A bird hatches six baby birds.The Sixth is very weak and small; his sisters and brothers usuallybully him.The other birds usually rob food from his mouth, and the Sixth has to suffer from hunger.

樹(shù)上一只鳥(niǎo)媽媽孵出了六只鳥(niǎo)寶寶，小六又瘦又小，哥哥姐姐們都欺負(fù)它;經(jīng)常從它嘴里搶蟲(chóng)子，小六只得餓著肚子。

Sisters and Brothers call him “clumsy bird.”

哥哥姐姐們都叫他“小笨鳥(niǎo)”。

He determines to exercise more to be healthier, in order to not be laughed by his sisters and brothers.

于是他決心鍛煉好身體，讓哥哥姐姐們不再嘲笑自己。

The Sixth has a strong will and gets up very early every day.He always finishes exercising and eating worms by the time his sisters and brothers wake up.

他志氣非常大，每天都起得很早，等哥哥姐姐們醒來(lái)，他已經(jīng)跑完步，吃了蟲(chóng)子了。

When the winter is coming and the bird flock prepare to fly to the south, the “clumsy bird” is the first one to start flying.

冬天到了，鳥(niǎo)群要南飛了;小笨鳥(niǎo)是鳥(niǎo)群中第一個(gè)飛往南方的。

【文化鏈接】

“笨鳥(niǎo)先飛”比喻了那些“本身資質(zhì)可能稍遜于他人，但是靠加倍的努力趕上甚至是超過(guò)了別人”的人，英語(yǔ)中有一個(gè)意義相近的短語(yǔ)叫做“The early bird catches the worm.”,意思就是“早起的鳥(niǎo)兒有蟲(chóng)吃”，但是它并不強(qiáng)調(diào)這早起的鳥(niǎo)就是“笨鳥(niǎo)”，更多的強(qiáng)調(diào)了“勤能補(bǔ)拙”的意思。

所以，如果有一天你很早起床去學(xué)校，朋友很驚訝，問(wèn)你：“Why are you so early?”那你就可以回答：“To catch worm.”(也就是自己把自己比喻成了“early bird”~)