The peach and the apple decided to have a contest to determine which one was more beautiful than the other. However, when tempers flared and the competition appeared to be getting out of hand, a blackberry thrust his head from a nearby bush and carried out, "This dispute's gone on long enough. Let's all be friends and stop this nonsense!"

The loudest quarrels are often the most petty.

【關鍵詞】

tempers[?temp?z] ? n.脾氣

blackberry[?bl?kb?ri]? n.黑莓

thrust[θr?st] ? vi.用力推

bush[b??] ? n.灌木

dispute[d??spju:t] ? vt.辯論，爭論

nonsense[?n?nsns] ? n.胡說，廢話

petty[?peti] ? adj.不重要的

【翻譯】

桃子和蘋果決定進行一次比賽，來決定誰更漂亮。然而，當脾氣上來，比賽開始失去控制，一個黑莓拍了下他的腦袋并且說，“這個爭論持續得夠久了，讓我們成為朋友，停止這些無謂的爭吵。”

最高聲的爭吵經常是最不重要的。