07.老鹰和鸡|The Eagle and the Chicken

Legend has it that originally chickens and eagles were the same, both ran away and could not fly, although they had wings!
One day, when the chicken and the eagle were playing together, they unknowingly got lost and came to a desperate situation: there was a cliff in front of them and there was no way back. The chicken looked down the cliff and shuddered!
The eagle also looked down the cliff and said to the chicken, "Now we have only one way to live, and that is to jump off!
The chicken said to the eagle, "Isn't that asking us to die? The hawk replied: "We have never used our wings before, we don't have anything to spare, this time we can use our wings and maybe we will fly forever in the blue sky and white clouds and never have to walk again!
The chicken said: "It's too risky. Besides, we've never used our wings before, so if they don't let us fly, we're dead. The hawk retorted: there is no shortage of risk in doing anything, and in order to survive, sometimes we have to take a gamble, and with that the hawk jumped off the cliff, and in that moment, it flapped its wings hard, and in that moment, the hawk flew, and the chicken was stunned at that scene, and the chicken wanted to fly too, so the chicken jumped off the cliff too, and the chicken flapped its wings hard a few times, and felt too tired, so it slowed down its speed strength, and the chicken felt so The chicken felt quite comfortable, and self-absorbed, descended safely to the bottom of the cliff, at that moment, the chicken saw the eagle in the blue sky ......
This story tells us that when faced with a challenge, different attitudes can lead to different results; whether you choose to fly or not depends on whether you can persevere to the end.
重点词汇
One day 将来有一天;总有一天;有朝一日 ; 一天；一日
got lost 迷路
desperate situation 危急的形势
in front of 在前面 ; 在…前面
only one 唯一 ; 只有一个 ; 独一无二
and that 而且，并且
jump off 跳下 ; 开始行动；发起进攻jump off作此解时通常不用于进行体。
this time 这次 ; 这时候
相传，原先鸡和鹰是一样的，都是跑走的，不会飞，虽然它们长有翅膀！
有一天，鸡和鹰一起玩的时候，不知不觉迷了路，来到了绝境：在它们面前是悬崖，已无路可退。鸡朝悬崖下看看了，打了一个颤！
鹰也朝悬崖下看了看，对鸡说，现在我们只有一条生路，就是跳下去！
鸡听了对鹰说：那不是让我们送死吗？鹰回答说：我们以前还没用过翅膀，我们身上没有一样东西是多余的，这次正好，我们可以用一用翅膀，说不定我们从此就永远的在蓝天白云间飞翔，不用再走了！
鸡连忙说：这风险太大了，再说，我们从来没用过翅膀，要是翅膀不能让我们飞起来，那不是死定了吗？鹰反驳说：干任何事少不了风险，为了生存，有时候，我们必须赌一赌，说着鹰纵身跳下了悬崖，在那一瞬，它用力地扇动自己的翅膀，在那一瞬，鹰飞了起来，鸡看了那一幕惊呆了，鸡也想飞起来，于是，鸡也跳下了山崖，鸡使劲扇了几下翅膀，觉得太累了，就放慢了速度力度，鸡感觉这样挺舒服的，自我陶醉地安全降到了悬崖地底下，在那一刻，鸡看见了蓝天上的鹰……
这个故事告诉我们，面对挑战，不同的态度可能造就不同的结果；选择飞还是不飞，就看你能否坚持到底。