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When a goatherd drove his goats back home at sunset, he found there were some wild goats in his flock , so he shut them up together with his own goats. The next day it snowed really hard.He couldn't take the goats out as usual but kept them in the fold .To his own goats, he only gave a little food to keep them alive. To those wild goats, he was very generous . He ofered them plenty of food in order to attract them to stay.
A few days later, the weather was better, and the goatherd drove all the goats out to feed. Suddenly, the wild goats began to run away to the mountains. Shocked and angry, the goatherd cried, “You are such ungrateful creatures! I took more care of you than of my own goats, but now you leave me like this.”
One of wild goats heard him and stopped.
▲ goatherd [ˈgəʊthɜ:d] n. 牧羊人
▲ flock [flɒk] n. （羊或鸟）群
▲ fold [fəʊld] n. 羊栏，羊圈
▲ generous [ˈdʒenərəs] adj. 慷慨的，大方的
▲ ungrateful [ʌnˈgreɪtfl] adj. 忘恩负义的
● creature [ˈkri:tʃə(r)] n. 生物；动物
● treat [tri:t] v. 对待；款待
“That is exactly the reason why we are leaving you. Your old goats have been with you for a long time, but you treat us newcomers better than them. It is quite clear that if other goats came after us, you would prefer them and ignore us.”
· Don't make friends with people who treat newcomers better than old friends.
● prefer [prɪˈfɜ:(r)] v. 更喜欢
▲ ignore [ɪɡˈnɔ:(r)] v. 忽视；不顾