伊索寓言:The Ass carrying the Image

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      An Ass1 once carried through the streets of the city a famous wooden Image, to be placed in one of its temples. The crowd as he passed along made lowly prostration2 before the Image. The Ass, thinking that they bowed their heads in token of respect for him, bristled3 up with pride and gave himself airs, and refused to move another step. The driver, seeing him thus stop, laid his whip lustily about his shoulders and said: "O you perverse4 dull-head! it is not yet come to this, that men pay worship to an Ass."

      They are not wise who take to themselves the credit due to others.

      10级    伊索寓言 

      单词标签: ass  prostration  bristled  perverse 

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      1ass [æs]   第9级

      n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

      参考例句：

•       He is not an ass as they make him. 他不像大家猜想的那样笨。
•       An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden. 驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

      2prostration [prɒˈstreɪʃn]   第11级

      n. 平伏, 跪倒, 疲劳

      参考例句：

•       a state of prostration brought on by the heat 暑热导致的虚脱状态
•       A long period of worrying led to her nervous prostration. 长期的焦虑导致她的神经衰弱。

      3bristled [b'rɪsld]   第8级

      adj. 直立的，多刺毛的 动词bristle的过去式和过去分词

      参考例句：

•       They bristled at his denigrating description of their activities. 听到他在污蔑他们的活动，他们都怒发冲冠。
•       All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先，大家都气得怒发冲冠。

      4perverse [pəˈvɜ:s]   第9级

      adj.刚愎的；坚持错误的，行为反常的

      参考例句：

•       It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend. 阻止这种健康发展的趋势是没有道理的。
•       She gets a perverse satisfaction from making other people embarrassed. 她有一种不正常的心态，以使别人难堪来取乐。