外語的重要性

張亞榮

[英語原文]

The value of a second language

A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat， and the cat watched the mice.

Mother mouse barked fiercely， “Woof， woof， woof！”The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.

Mother mouse turned to her babies and said， “Now， do you understand the value of a second language？”

[漢語翻譯]

外語的重要性

一只母老鼠帶著孩子出來散步，突然她看見一只貓正在灌木叢中虎視耽耽。母老鼠向著貓兇猛地叫道：“汪，汪，汪”，貓聽了非常害怕，拼命地跑了。母老鼠回過頭對孩子們說：“現在你們知道外語的重要性了吧。”

[小幽默大智慧]

母老鼠在危機時刻挺身而出，機智地學狗叫，趕走了貓，保護了自己和孩子們的安全。

母老鼠把狗的叫聲當作外語，自我解嘲，幽默地化解了尷尬的局面。

（小淘氣）