都說戀愛中的人智商會下降，戀愛中的獅子智商好像也不高呢。下面是小編分享的英語童話故事戀愛的獅子，歡迎閱讀!
A lion fell deeply in love with the daughter of a cottager and wanted to marry her; but her father was unwilling1 to give her to so fearsome a husband, and yet didn't want to offend the Lion, so he hit upon the following expedient2. He went to the Lion and said, "I think you will make a very good husband for my daughter, but I cannot consent to your union unless you let me draw your teeth and pare your nails, for my daughter is terribly afraid of them." The lion was so much in love that he readily agreed that this should be done. When once, however, he was thus disarmed3, the cottager was afraid of him no longer, but drove him away with his club.
一隻獅子深深愛上了農夫的女兒，想娶她爲妻。可是，農夫不忍心讓女兒嫁給這麼可怕的丈夫，但又不想激怒獅子。於是他急中生智，想出一個權宜之計。他去找獅子，並說：“我認爲你是個非常出色的丈夫人選，但是我不同意你們結合，除非先拔掉你的牙齒，剪掉你的指甲，因爲我的女兒害怕這些東西。”獅子被愛衝昏了頭，毫不猶豫地接受了農夫的要求。然而，獅子剛被繳械，農夫就不再懼怕獅子了，反而用棍棒趕走了獅子。
詞彙積累
1 unwilling
adj.不情願的
參考例句：
The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不願受殖民勢力的擺佈。
His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝嗇的僱主不肯給他加薪。
2 expedient
adj.有用的，有利的';n.緊急的辦法，權宜之計
參考例句：
The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府發現略微放寬審查是可取的。
Every kind of expedient was devised by our friends.我們的朋友想出了各種各樣的應急辦法。
3 disarmed
v.裁軍( disarm的過去式和過去分詞 );使息怒
參考例句：
Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛亂分子被俘獲並解除了武裝。
The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through. 劍客繳了對手的械，並對其亂刺一氣。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
