A Tiger in Tow

    A tiger caught a fox on the hunt for animals to devour¹．“You can't be so bold as to eat me．”said the fox．“I am sent by the heavenly god to rule over the animal kingdom．If you eat me you will be disobeying a heavenly mandate²．Do you think I am lying？Let me go first and you follow behind．We'll see whether any animal is so brave as not to flee when they see me．”
    The tiger agreed to the plan and accordingly went with the fox．All the animals who saw them fled．The tiger who was under the impression that they were afraid of the fox，was unaware³ that he himself was the real cause of their flight．Exercises：
    判断对（T）、错（F）：
    ①A tiger caught a fox on the way to hunt．②The fox was clever that he persuaded the tiger not to eat him．③All the animals who saw them fled because they were afraid of the fox．④The tiger believed in what the fox had said after that．

1 devour   

v.吞没；贪婪地注视或谛听，贪读；使着迷

参考例句：

• Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
• Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵，终会被皱纹所吞噬。

2 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

3 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。