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伊索寓言:男人与他的两个情人-The Man And His Two Sweethearts

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 A middle-aged1 man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous2 in removing every gray hair she could find. Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head.

The moral of the story is: Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.
 
Wordchecker
 
court (verb): to become romantically involved with
ashamed (adjective): feeling embarrassed or guilty
admirer (noun): a person who likes another person romantically
portion (noun): a part of the whole
zealous (adjective): full of enthusiasm

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1 middle-aged UopzSS     
adj.中年的
参考例句:
  • I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
  • The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。
2 zealous 0MOzS     
adj.狂热的,热心的
参考例句:
  • She made zealous efforts to clean up the classroom.她非常热心地努力清扫教室。
  • She is a zealous supporter of our cause.她是我们事业的热心支持者。

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