美国语文第二册 第13期:擦鞋童亨利

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support¹ 支持

along² 沿着

boots³ 靴子

belong⁴ 属于

dollar 美元

years 年

manage⁵ 管理

taught⁶ 教

corner 角落

notice⁷ 注意

money 钱

blacking 涂料

gentlemen⁸ 先生们

honest⁹ 诚实的

quite 相当

buy 买

earned¹¹ 赢得

HENRY, THE BOOTBLACK 擦鞋童亨利

Henry was¹² a kind, good boy. His father was dead¹⁴, and his mother was very poor. 亨利是个善良的好孩子。他的爸爸死了，妈妈也很穷，

He had¹⁵ a little sister about two years old. 还有一个两岁大的小妹妹。

He wanted to help his mother, for she could¹⁶ not always earn¹⁰ enough to buy food for her little family. 他想帮助母亲，她时常赚不到足够的钱来为她的小家庭购买食物。

One day, a man gave¹⁷ him a dollar for finding¹⁸ a pocketbook which he had lost. 一天，一个人给了他一元钱，因为他帮助那个人找到了丢失的钱包。

Henry might¹⁹ have kept all the money, for no one saw²⁰ him when he found²¹ it. 亨利本可以拿走所有的钱，因为没有人看见他捡到钱包。

But his mother had taught him to be honest, and never to keep what did²² not belong to him. 但他妈妈告诉过他要为人诚实，不能拿不属于自己的东西。

With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes, and some blacking. 他用那一块钱买了一个盒子、三个刷子和一些黑鞋油。

He then went to the corner of the street, and said²³ to every one whose boots did not look nice, "Black your boots,sir, please?" 然后走到街角，对每个靴子看起来不漂亮的人说：“先生，求求您，让我为您擦鞋，好吗？”

He was so polite²⁴ that gentlemen soon began to notice him, and to let him black their boots. 他很有礼貌，人们很快就开始注意到他，让他给他们擦皮鞋。

The first day he brought²⁵ home fifty cents²⁶, which he gave to his mother to buy foodwith. 第一天，他把五毛钱带回了家，让妈妈用这些钱去买吃的。

When he gave her the money, she said, as¹³ she dropped a tear²⁷ of joy²⁸, "You are a dear, good boy, Henry. 当他把钱交给妈妈时，妈妈流下了高兴的眼泪：“亨利，你是一个可爱的好孩子。

I did not know how I could earn enough to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to get along quite well, ” 我不知道怎么赚足够的钱买面包，但我觉得现在我们可以很容易地买到了。”

Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. 亨利要干一整天的活，晚上去学校上课。

He earned almost²⁹ enough to support his mother and his little sister. 他赚的钱几乎足够用来供养妈妈和小妹妹。

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