Tiger

　　Most tigers are orange with black stripes* or a pale color with brown stripes. The color and the stripes help a tiger hide well in long grass or in the shade of trees.A tiger is one of the most powerful animals in the world. Are we praising a person or not when we liken* him to a tiger? That depends. A tiger may refer to a ferocious* man. A brave soldier is a tiger in a fight. An active, energetic young man works like a tiger.“How can one get the tiger cubs* if one does not enter the tiger’s den*?” This is a common Chinese saying. Indeed, occasionally one has to take necessary risk to get something. For this idea English people have their own saying: “Nothing venture, nothing gain*.”

　　Notes:stripe n. 条纹liken v. 把……比作ferocious adj. 凶残的cub n. 幼兽den n. 兽穴Nothing venture, nothing gain 不入虎穴，焉得虎子