美国小学英语教材5:第110课 点金术(4)

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He made it his custom, therefore, to pass a large part of every day in a dark and dreary³ apartment, underground in the basement of his palace. 因此，他把每天的大部分时间都花在他宫殿地下室阴暗沉闷的公寓里，这成了他的习惯。

It was here that he kept his wealth. 那里都是他的财富。

To this dreary hole — for it was little better than a dungeon—Midas betook himself whenever he wanted to be particularly happy. 到这个阴森的洞里去——因为它比地牢好不了多少——迈达斯想要特别快乐的时候就到这里去。

Here, after carefully locking the door, he would take a bag of gold coin, 在小心地锁好门之后，他会拿一袋金币，

or a gold cup as big as a washbowl, 或者像脸盆那么大的金杯，

or a heavy golden bar, 或者一根沉重的金条，

or a peck-measure of gold-dust, 或是一配克金粉，

and bring them from the dark corners of the room into the one bright and narrow sunbeam that fell from the narrow window. 把它们从房间黑暗的角落带到从狭窄的窗户射下来的明亮狭窄的阳光下。

He valued the sunbeam for no other reason but that his treasure would not shine without its help. 他珍视阳光的唯一原因就是，没有它的帮助，他的财宝就不会发光。

And then would he count the coins in the bag; 然后他会数袋子里的硬币；

toss⁴ up the bar, and catch it as it came down; 把铁棒向上抛，落下时抓它；

sift⁵ the golddust through his fingers; 筛过手指间的金粉；

look at the funny image of his own face in the polished surface of the cup; 看看他自己的脸在抛光的杯子表面的滑稽形象；

and whisper to himself, “O Midas, rich King Midas, what a happy man art thou!” 对自己低语：“噢，迈达斯，富有的迈达斯国王，你是一个多么幸福的人啊!”

 

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