【寓 言】2011.8.30-The Father and His Sons 父亲, 团结, 儿子们

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AFather had a family of sons who were perpetually（持久的）quarrellingamong themselves. When he failed to heal their disputesby his exhortations（劝告）, hedetermined to give them a practical illustration（说明）of theevils of disunion（不团结）; and for this purpose he one daytold them to bring him a bundle（一捆）of sticks. When theyhad done so, he placed the faggot（捆柴） into the handsof each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They eachtried with all their strength, and were not able to do it. He next unclosed thefaggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them intotheir hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in thesewords: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite toassist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts ofyour enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken aseasily as these sticks.”

一位父亲有很多儿子，这些儿子老是彼此争争吵吵。

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为此，有一天他叫他们拿一捆柴枝来。待他们拿来后，他把这捆柴交到儿子们手中，要他们轮流试试，看能不能把整捆柴折断。儿子们一个个用足了劲试过，但没有人能做到这点。接着，他解开那捆柴，把柴枝一根根分别交给几个儿子，这样，他们就轻而易举的把柴枝全折断了。这时，他对儿子们说道：

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seaso

union is strength.

blueskywhy

回复 4# 清风醉客


    Yes. you're right.

清风醉客

团结就是力量！难道说？

blueskywhy

回复 2# tingroom

Yes. I think that easy and old story can help the people learn the english easily.

tingroom

an old but good story