A hound scared a hare from a bush and chased him for some distance,but the hare was faster and got away.A goatherd,who happened to pass by at the time,mocked the hound for letting a scrawny hare outrun him.
"You forget,"replied the hound,"that it's one thing to run for your dinner and another to run for your life.”
- chased追赶; 追逐; 追捕; 努力获得; 争取得到; 追求; 求爱; chase的过去分词和过去式
- got away逃离，出发旅行
- goatherd牧羊人; 羊倌
- pass by从…旁边走过; 经过
- at the time在一定时间；也；立即；毫不拖延地；在…期间
- mocked嘲笑; 嘲弄; 不尊重; 蔑视; mock的过去分词和过去式
- scrawny干瘦的; 瘦巴巴的
- outrun跑得比…快; 超过; 发展更快
- one thing一件事; 有件事
- run for去叫; 做…的候选人
一只猎犬在灌木丛里吓跑了一只兔子，并追了野兔一段距离，但野兔跑得比猎犬更快，还逃走了。这时一个牧羊人碰巧路过，他嘲笑一只瘦骨嶙峋的野兔跑得比猎犬快。
“你忘了，”猎犬回答说，“我们一个是为了晚餐而跑，另一个却是为了生命而跑。”
