誰是熱帶叢林裏的王者呢?一隻獅子想要讓所有動物明白他的統治地位，結果卻出乎了他的意料。下面是小編分享的英語故事自食其果，歡迎閱讀!
A self-important lion in the jungle tried to make his mastery clear to all.
He was so confident that he paid no attention to the smaller animals and went right up to a bear. He asked the bear, "Who is the king of the jungle?" The bear replied, "Of course you are."
Then the lion asked a tiger the same question. The tiger replied with some reluctance1, "Of course you are." And then he went to ask an elephant. But the elephant would not allow the lion to do so. He suddenly took hold of the lion with his long nose and bounced2 the lion against a tree, leaving him bleeding3 and badly shaken up.
When the lion finally got up, he blamed the elephant and said: "Even if you couldn't answer my question, it's not necessary for you to act so rough4."
熱帶叢林裏的一個妄自菲薄的獅子試圖使所有的動物都明白它的`統治地位。
它非常自信，對較小的動物不屑一顧，而是直接去問一隻黑熊：“誰是叢林裏的大王呀?” 黑熊回答說：“當然是你呀。”
於是它又去問一個老虎同樣的問題。老虎有點勉強地回答說：“當然是你呀!”然後他又去問一頭大象。可是大象不買它的賬，突然用它的長鼻子把獅子抓起來向一棵樹扔過去，讓它鮮血淋漓和渾身發抖。
獅子終於爬起來時，它責怪大象說：“即使你回答不了我的問題，也用不着這麼粗魯嘛。”
詞彙積累
1 reluctance 8VRx8
n.厭惡，討厭，勉強，不情願
參考例句：
The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉強把安德魯放走了。
He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不願意答覆。
2 bounced ab1b501fac1a0ea4bd3402b4cad55b0d
v.彈回( bounce的過去式和過去分詞 );(電子郵件)被退回;拒付;(朝某個方向)顛簸行進
參考例句：
The ball bounced twice before he could reach it. 球彈了兩次他才接到。
The new car bounced along the bumpy mountain road. 這輛新車在崎嶇的山路上顛簸行駛。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3 bleeding 2xbztu
adj.出血的;(心情)過度悲痛的;(用於加強語氣，尤表示非常厭煩)該死的;討厭的n.流血，失血v.流血( bleed的現在分詞 );勒索，敲詐;散開;給(某人)放血
參考例句：
Press firmly on the wound to stop the bleeding. 用力壓住傷口止血。
The nurse applied pressure to his arm to stop the bleeding. 護士壓住他的胳膊止血。
4 rough BXRxI
adj.粗糙的;粗略的，大致的;粗野的，粗暴的
參考例句：
It's just a very rough translation.這只是一篇非常粗糙的譯稿。
His reply was a bit rough.他的答覆過於粗魯了一點。
