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本期音频：
Hello everyone, welcome to WendyEnglishTimes. 欢迎来到Wendy的英语时光。读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。今天我们要讲的故事来自伊索寓言--下金蛋的鹅 the goose that laid the golden eggs.
请你带着这2个问题来收听本期故事：
1、下金蛋的鹅为什么会被夫妇*掉？
2、这个故事告诉我们什么道理？
The goose that laid the golden eggs
下金蛋的鹅
A man and his wife had the good fortune to possess a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and, imaging the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious metal at once. But when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.
Much wants more and loses all.
一对夫妻非常走运，他们有一只会下金蛋的鹅，这只鹅每天都能下一个金蛋。尽管如此走运，没多久他们就开始觉得富裕起来的速度不够快，于是猜测那只鹅的身体里肯定也全都是金子，他们决定把鹅*了，一次性的将里面的财宝都拿到。但当他们把鹅开膛破肚，却发现那只鹅和普通的鹅没有什么区别。因此，他们没有像所期望的那样一下子变成有钱人，而且再也无法享受到财富每天都有所增加的幸福了。
贪得无厌者满盘皆输。
我们来学习一下这则故事中的地道表达：
1/ have good fortune 有好运，运气好
Fortune表示好运，机遇。那么有好运就是have good fortune.
2/ lay eggs 下蛋
Lay意为躺下，产卵。在这里显然是产卵的意思。
3/ get rich 变得富有
get后面加形容词，表示变得。。。，比如，变大get big, 变胖get fat, 变富有get rich。
4/ be made of 由。。。制成的
Made表示制作，制造。Be made of...后面接材质，就表示由这种材料制作而成。比如，be made of wood,由木头制作而成的，be made of gold, 由黄金制作而成的。
5/ in order to...为了。。。
这个词组表示为了。。。，后面加目的。比如，为了有健康的生活，就是in order to have a healthy life，为了变漂亮，就是in order to become beautiful。
6/ at once 立即，马上
这个词组表示时间，可以放在一个句子的末尾。比如，do it at once，立刻去做。Run at once, 立刻跑了。
7/ neither...nor....既不。。也不。。。
这个表达里虽然没有no或not这样的否定词，但其本身就自带否定含义。Neither A nor B, 就是指A和B哪个都不是，既不是A，也不是B。
8/ wealth 财富
Wealth是名词形式的财富，wealthy则表示有钱的，富有的。比如a wealthy family 富裕的家庭。
明白了这些单词的含义，让我们再来听一遍这则寓言故事吧。
The goose that laid the golden eggs
下金蛋的鹅
A man and his wife had the good fortune to possess a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and, imaging the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious metal at once. But when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.
Much wants more and loses all.
一对夫妻非常走运，他们有一只会下金蛋的鹅，这只鹅每天都能下一个金蛋。尽管如此走运，但没多久他们就开始觉得他们富裕起来的速度不够快，于是猜测那只鹅的身体里肯定也全都是金子，于是他们决定把鹅*了，一次性的将里面的财宝都拿到。但是当他们把鹅开膛破肚，却发现那只鹅和普通的鹅没有什么区别。因此，他们没有像他们所期望的那样一下子变成有钱人，而且再也无法享受到财富每天都有所增加的幸福了。
贪得无厌者满盘皆输。
以上就是本期的全部内容了，故事一开始的2个问题你找到答案了吗？读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。希望本期内容能够对你有所帮助。Thank you very much for your listening and I'll see you next time. Bye!
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