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It was said that the eye of the vulture could see everything clearly as he gazed down from high above.
據說，禿鷹從高處俯視的時候，鷹眼能夠清楚地看到一切。
vulture（老鷹）
A vulture once bragged to the crow, “No one's eyesight can be better than mine.” “You're just boasting about your eyesight without any evidence,” said the crow.
有一次，禿鷹和烏鴉吹牛：“沒人能和我比視力。” “你這話沒有根據，淨瞎吹牛，”烏鴉說
crow（烏鴉）
“If it were so, then tell me what you can see in the wilderness.” The vulture answered, “Don't mock me when I say this, that there is a wheat grain in the wasteland of the wilderness（荒野）?”
“要真是那樣的話，你說說看，這片荒野裡你看見什麼了？” 禿鷹回答：“我這麼說你還真別不信，荒野裡有一粒穀子。”
The crow was skeptical over what the vulture said, so both of them flew down towards that place to have a look.
烏鴉不信，他們倆就都朝那個地方往低飛去，想要一看究竟。
As the vulture's position was just above the grain, a net was cast from above and he was trapped. It never occurred to the vulture that he could be trapped as he prepared to peck at the grain.
就在禿鷹剛好飛到那粒穀子正上方的時候，一張網從天而降把他罩住了。他怎麼也沒想到自己居然在準備叼起那粒穀子的時候被捉住了。
The crow sighed and said, “Oh vulture, what is the use if you can see the small grain but could not see the trap set up by the enemy?”
烏鴉嘆了口氣，說道：“唉，我說禿鷹啊，就算你能看到小小的穀粒，可你卻看不到敵人設下的陷阱，這樣的視力有什麼用呢？”
Trapped in the net, the vulture was resigned to his fate. He said, “One cannot escape losing his life in a vast and boundless ocean, no matter how good a swimmer he is.”
困在網裡的禿鷹只能認命。他說：“就算一個人游泳遊得再好，他也逃不出在無邊汪洋裡喪命的命運啊！”
not see the forest for the trees（一葉障目）
生詞
vulture [ˈvʌltʃə(r)] n. 禿鷹
wilderness [ˈwɪldənəs] n. 荒野
peck [pek] v. 啄(食)
英語文化中恰好有“not see the forest for the trees”的表達，正對應中文所說的“一葉障目”。
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