Goodmorningeveryone!EnglishProverbSupposeyouareJay,agirlaskyou:“Danhasaskedmetogotoapartywithhim.Whatifmyboyfriendfindsout?Idon'tknowifIshouldgo.”Thenwhat’syouranswer?•A:gowithDan.•B:don’tgowithDan.Whichonewillyouchoose?Inmyopinion:•"Don'tgo.Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush."Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush.•It‘sbettertohaveasmallrealadvantage(优势）thanthepossibilityofagreaterone.•意思是：双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。Abirdinthehandmeansomethingisbelongtoyou.Twobirdinthebushmeansomethingisn’tbelongtoyou.Bushmean(a)lowthickly-growingplantwithseveral（一些）woodystemscomingupfromtheroot;shrub(灌木)Thethingthatyoualreadyhaveisabirdinthehand;thethingsyouwantbutdon'thavearetwo(birds)inthebush.Youshouldnotrisklosingwhatyouhavebytryingtogetsomethingthatyoudon'thave.•Thisproverbrefersbacktomediaeval（中古的）falconry(猎鹰）whereabirdinthehand(thefalcon)（养猎鹰者）wasavaluableassetandcertainlyworthmorethantwointhebush(theprey).•Thefirstcitationoftheexpressioninprint（印刷）initscurrently（当时）usedformisfoundinJohnRay'sAHand-bookofProverbs,1670,whichhelistsitas:•JohnRay：(November29,1627–January17,1705)wasanEnglishnaturalist,sometimesreferredtoasthefatherofEnglishnaturalhistory.•Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebushnowmeansthatweshouldbehappywithwhatwehaveandnotrisklosingitbybeinggreedyandtryingtogetmore.Hehadonequitereasonableofferforhisusedcar,butturneditdown.Thenhecouldfindnotakeratall.Helearnedwithavengeancethatabirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush.•有人出很公道的价钱要买他的旧车，但他拒绝了。其后他全然找不到买主。他由此得到深切的教训；奢求不如实得。Forexample:Anyquestions?Theend•Thankyou!
