二鸟在林不如一鸟在手谚语全英文.ppt 10页

Goodmorningeveryone!EnglishProverb房荣杰机械设计制造及其自动化（3）班10101023023 SupposeyouareJay,agirlaskyou:“Danhasaskedmetogotoapartywithhim.Whatifmyboyfriendfindsout?Idon"tknowifIshouldgo.”Thenwhat’syouranswer?A:gowithDanB:don’tgowithDanWhichonewillyouchoose? Inmyopinion:"Don"tgo.Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush." AbirdinthehandisworthtwointhebushIt‘sbettertohaveasmallrealadvantage(优势）thanthepossibilityofagreaterone.意思是：双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。abirdinthehandmeansomethingisbelongyouabirdinthebushmeansomethingisn’tbelongyouBushmean(a)lowthickly-growingplantwithseveral（一些）woodystemscomingupfromtheroot;shrub(灌木) Thethingthatyoualreadyhaveisabirdinthehand;thethingsyouwantbutdon"thavearetwo(birds)inthebush.Youshouldnotrisklosingwhatyouhavebytryingtogetsomethingthatyoudon"thave Thisproverbrefersbacktomediaeval（中古的）falconry(猎鹰）whereabirdinthehand(thefalcon)（养猎鹰者）wasavaluableassetandcertainlyworthmorethantwointhebush(theprey).Thefirstcitationoftheexpressioninprint（印刷）initscurrently（当时）usedformisfoundinJohnRay"sAHand-bookofProverbs,1670,whichhelistsitas:JohnRay：(November29,1627–January17,1705)wasanEnglishnaturalist,sometimesreferredtoasthefatherofEnglishnaturalhistory. Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebushnowmeansthatweshouldbehappywithwhatwehaveandnotrisklosingitbybeinggreedyandtryingtogetmore. Hehadonequitereasonableofferforhisusedcar,butturneditdown.Thenhecouldfindnotakeratall.Helearnedwithavengeancethatabirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush.有人出很公道的价钱要买他的旧车，但他拒绝了。其后他全然找不到买主。他由此得到深切的教训；奢求不如实得。Forexample: Anyquestions? TheendThankyou!