Học từ vựng qua truyện: The Ant and the Grasshopper

"In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.

""Why not come and chat with me,"" said the Grasshopper, ""instead of toiling and moiling in that way?""

""I am helping to lay up food for the winter,"" said the Ant, ""and recommend you to do the same.""

""Why bother about winter?"" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present."" But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:

It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

New word:

Grasshopper (n) châu chấu

Ant (n) kiến


To chirp (v) kêu, hót

To pass by (v) đi ngang qua

To toil (v) làm việc cực nhọc

To moil (v) lao động vất vả

To lay up (v) cất trữ, để dành

To recommend (v) nhắc nhở, khuyên bảo

To distribute (v) phân phát, phân chia

Plenty of (n) nhiều, sự sung túc, đầy đủ

grain (n) ngũ cốc
corn (n) ngô"