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2023年3月英语四级翻译预测：画饼充饥

在很久很久以前，有个聪明的小男孩，他只有十岁。一天他一个人出去玩，结果他走进了一个森林里迷路了，他走了好久好久都找不到回家的路。到傍晚的时候，小男孩很饿很饿了，他很想吃妈妈做的饼，可这时候他找不到回家的路，怎么能吃到妈妈做的饼呢？于是聪明的小男孩就用树枝在地上画了一个大大的饼，还在饼上点上芝麻。小男孩看着看着，好像就闻到了饼的香味，他想着自己平时吃到的香喷喷的饼，想着想着小男孩就觉得自己不是特别饿了。这个词语比喻以空想来自我安慰。

参考译文：

Long time ago, there was a clever boy who was only ten years old. One day, he was lost in the forest and couldn’t find the way home. At night, the boy was so hungry and he wanted to eat the cake that was made by his mother. So he drew a cake with some sesame seeds on the ground. The little boy looked at the cake as if he could smell the flavour of it. He was thinking of the delicious cake and didn’t feel hungry then. This idiom is a metaphor for comforting oneself with fantasy.