A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains."Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you too be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!单词速记：1. prairie [ˈpreri] n.北美草原;新大陆北部草原(美国北部和加拿大)借自法语prairie.A single spark can start a prairie fire.星星之火，可以燎原。The prairie stretches to the distant horizon.草原一直伸展到遥远的天边。2. dreary [ˈdrɪri] adj.令人沮丧的;沉闷的;枯燥无味的同源词：drip,drop. 原义为滴血的，引申义沉闷的，阴深的。a dreary winter's day阴沉的冬日a dreary film枯燥无味的影片3. cackling [ˈkæklɪŋ] v.咯咯叫;嘎嘎地笑cackle 拟声词，模仿公鸡的叫声。The old lady cackled, pleased to have produced so dramatic a reaction...看到引起如此大的反应,老太太高兴得咯咯笑了起来。 长按识别二维码可关注该微信公众平台经典回顾勿忘国耻！铭记九一八 这就是中国！火遍了全球……THIS IS CHINA 4分钟短片刷爆朋友圈，泪点低者慎入！每一句都戳进心坎，盘点美剧中的那些经典台词英文字母象形、哲学逻辑意义大解析—K,k 经典老歌——英文版《路灯下的小姑娘》曾经风靡世界的著名舞曲李玫瑾教授：教育孩子最大的问题，是该管的时候不管，不该管的时候开始管 《假如给我三天光明》作者海伦·凯勒10大英文名言月球正在“生锈”，科学家们震惊了 911事件全程高清记录——绝对震撼！ 恩情如海深,教诲如春风!祝天下的老师们节日快乐！英语听力口语提升神技能——看一部电影学会所有英语连读规则 BBC纪录片丨《法外之地——揭秘英属开曼群岛》2020奥斯卡最佳真人短片《邻居的窗》双重窥探的视角很触动