Life Lessons with Aesop’s Fables
伊索寓言給我的啟示
Everyone knows at least one fable. These short tales are told to entertain and educate. They commonly include animals which act like humans to teach a lesson about morals. Fables come from many different places and cultures, but there is one person who is more famous than any other when it comes to fables. His name was Aesop, and he was a slave who lived in Greece over 2,500 years ago. Aesop might have been born in modern-day Turkey or possibly Ethiopia.
每個人都至少知道一則寓言故事。這些短篇故事是說來寓教於樂。故事內容常常包括行為像人類的動物們，來教導有寓意的啟示。寓言來自於各種不同的地方及文化，但一講到寓言故事，沒有人比他名聲還響亮。他就是伊索，一名2500多年前生活在希臘的奴隸。伊索很有可能出生於今日的土耳其或是衣索比亞一帶。
生活必備字詞：
at least + 數字 至少……（數目）
Joanna makes it a rule to eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables every day.
educate vt. 教育
slave n. 奴隸
本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見九月號。
