189. 2022年6月大学英语四级翻译真题第二套—亡羊补牢

翻译原文：
从前有个人养了一群羊，一天早上他准备出去放羊，发现少了 一只。他仔细一看，看到羊栏上有个窟窿。显然 夜间有狼钻进羊圏叼走了羊。邻居劝他修羊栏，可是他不听。第二天他发现狼又通过窟曉叼走一只羊。他想起邻居的话，就 赶快堵上窟窿，把羊栏补好。此后，他的羊再也没有被狼叼走。这个故事告诉我们：出了问题及时补救，可以防止蒙受更大损失。

参考译文：
Once upon a time, a man, who kept a flock of sheep, was ready to herd them when he noticed one of them was gone. Observing carefully, he saw a hole in the sheepfold. Obviously, a wolf must have got in and taken the sheep away. His neighbor advised him to fix the sheepfold, but he wouldn't listen only to find the next day that another sheep was carried away by the wolf. Remembering his neighbor's words, he hurried to repair the sheepfold by plugging the hole. Since then, no sheep was missing in this way ever again. The story tells us: if we solve the problem in time, we can prevent ourselves from suffering bigger loss.