都说恋爱中的人智商会下降，恋爱中的狮子智商好像也不高呢。下面是小编分享的英语童话故事恋爱的狮子，欢迎阅读!
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.
一只狮子深深爱上了农夫的女儿，想娶她为妻。可是，农夫不忍心让女儿嫁给这么可怕的丈夫，但又不想激怒狮子。于是他急中生智，想出一个权宜之计。他去找狮子，并说：“我认为你是个非常出色的丈夫人选，但是我不同意你们结合，除非先拔掉你的牙齿，剪掉你的指甲，因为我的女儿害怕这些东西。”狮子被爱冲昏了头，毫不犹豫地接受了农夫的要求。然而，狮子刚被缴械，农夫就不再惧怕狮子了，反而用棍棒赶走了狮子。
词汇积累
1 unwilling
adj.不情愿的
参考例句：
The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
2 expedient
adj.有用的，有利的';n.紧急的办法，权宜之计
参考例句：
The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。
Every kind of expedient was devised by our friends.我们的朋友想出了各种各样的应急办法。
3 disarmed
v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 );使息怒
参考例句：
Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。
The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through. 剑客缴了对手的械，并对其乱刺一气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
