Most tigers are orange with black stripes or a pale colour with brown stripes. The colour and the stripes help a tiger hide well in long grass or in the shade of trees.

　　大多數(shù)老虎毛色橙黃，帶黑斑紋，或呈蒼白色，帶褐色斑紋。毛色和斑紋有助于老虎隱藏在深草叢中或樹蔭之下。

　　A tiger is one of the most powerful animals in the wild. 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.

　　老虎是最兇猛的野獸之一。當我們把一個人比作老虎的時候，是不是稱贊他呢？那就行看情況而定了。老虎可以指兇殘的人。勇敢的士兵在戰(zhàn)斗中像只老虎。一個活躍的、精力充沛的年輕人干起活來虎虎有生氣。

　　“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.”

　　“不入虎穴，焉得虎子？”這是常用的中國諺語。的確，偶爾也要冒點必要的風險，才能贏得一些東西。英國人表達這一觀念，也有自己的諺語：“不冒險，無所得?！?