文档介绍：New Story of the Hare and Tortoise
《龟兔赛跑》故事新编
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Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.
很久以前,乌龟与兔子之间发生了争论,他们都说自己跑得比对方快。于是他们决定通过比赛来一决雌雄。确定了路线之后他们就开始跑了起来。
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The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.
兔子一个箭步冲到了前面,并且一路领先。看到乌龟被远远的落在了后面,兔子觉得,自己应该先在树下休息一会儿,然后再继续比赛。
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He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.
于是,他在树下坐了下来,并且很快睡着了。乌龟慢慢地超过了他,并且完成了整个赛程,无可争辩地当上了冠军。
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The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race. The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.
兔子醒了过来,发现自己输了。这个故事的寓意是,稳步前进者往往能够获得最终的胜利。
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This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.
我们从小到大所听到的都是故事的这个版本。
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But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues.
然而最近,有人给我讲述了这个故事的另一个版本,故事到这里还没完。
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The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some Defect Prevention (Root Cause Analysis). He realised that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax.
兔子因为输掉了比赛而感到失望,他做了一些失利原因的分析。他发现,自己失败只是因为过于自信而导致粗心大意、疏于防范。
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If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed.
如果他不那么自以为是,乌龟根本没有获胜的可能。于是他向乌龟提出了挑战:再比一次。乌龟同意了。
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This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.
于是在这一次比赛中,兔子全力以赴,毫不停歇地从起点跑到了终点。他把乌龟甩在几公里后。
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