THE FOX AND THE GRAPES 狐狸和葡萄的故事 A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them. 一天，有只狐狸发现一串熟透的葡萄挂在葡萄藤上。葡萄似乎快要流出甜蜜的汁液，狐狸渴望地望着它们，口水直流。 The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Again and again he tried, but in vain. 这串葡萄挂在一根高高的树枝上，狐狸不得不跳起来摘下它。 他第一次跳的时候差了好远。 于是他向后走了一小段距离，然后奔跑跳跃向着葡萄飞去，结果再次失败了。 他一次又一次地尝试，但都徒劳无功。 Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust. 现在他坐下来厌恶地看着葡萄。 "What a fool I am," he said. "Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for." “我真是个傻瓜，”他说。 “我在这里把自己弄得筋疲力尽，就为了得到那串酸葡萄。它不值得付出这么多。” And off he walked very, very scornfully. 然后他非常轻蔑地走开了。 The moral of the story of the fox and the grapes is that when we cannot obtain what we desire, we often justify our failure by declaring that it was not worth having in the first place. This is a common psychological defense mechanism known as cognitive dissonance, where we convince ourselves that we didn't want something anyway to avoid the negative emotions associated with failure or disappointment. 狐狸和葡萄这个故事的寓意是，当我们无法得到我们所渴望的东西时，我们经常通过声明它本身并不值得拥有来为自己的失败辩解。这是一种常见的心理防御机制，称为认知失调，我们说服自己说我们原本并不想要这个东西，以避免失败或失望带来的负面情绪。 The story teaches us the importance of perseverance and the dangers of self-deception. The fox in the story desperately wants the grapes but cannot reach them, so instead of admitting defeat, it convinces itself that the grapes are sour and not worth having. This self-deception only serves to make the fox feel better in the moment but ultimately causes it to miss out on a potentially valuable opportunity. 这个故事教导我们坚持不懈的重要性和自我欺骗的危险性。故事中的狐狸渴望葡萄但却够不着，于是它自欺欺人地说葡萄很酸，不值得拥有。这种自我欺骗只会让狐狸在当时感觉好些，但最终导致它错过了一个潜在的有价值的机会。 Therefore, the moral of the story is to be persistent in pursuing our goals, and if we fail, we should acknowledge our disappointment and learn from our mistakes, rather than resorting to self-deception and rationalization. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/bd4fb18fe309581b6bd97f19227916888486b93f.html