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寓言故事－山泉与金沙

时间：2009-01-10 03:17:16

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　　A small mountain spring ran tinkling1 down the narrow stone crevices3. Many years passed. An egg-sized shallow hole was washed out on the rock. Strangely, the mountain spring anyhow brought some bright yellow gold sand and got to fill the small hole.
　　One day, an old woodcutter hit on this secret. To his amazement4, he cupped the gold sand carefully.
　　Since then, the old man furtively5 fetched the gold sand once every half a month or so, so he became rich soon.
　　When discovering his father's secret, his son advised:If they widened the stone crevice2 for more mountian spring, more gold sand could be washed here. The old man thought it over and felt it advisable. So the father and son chiseled6 the narrow stone crevise so widely that the mountain spring was several times than ever. But unexpectedly, the gold sand didn't increase but disappeared ever since.
　　They felt puzzled: Where had the gold sand gone?


　　一股细细的山泉沿着窄窄的石缝叮叮咚咚往下流淌，也不知道过了多少年，竟然在岩石上冲刷出一个鸡蛋大小的浅坑。奇异的是，山泉不知从哪里冲来黄澄澄的金砂，渐渐的填满了小坑。
　　有一天，一位砍柴的老汉偶然发现了这个秘密，惊喜之下，他小心翼翼的捧走了金砂。
　　从此，老汉过个十天半月就偷偷来取一次金砂，日子很快富裕起来。
　　老汉的儿子发现了父亲的秘密，他建议：拓宽石缝，扩大山泉，不是能冲来更多的金砂吗？老汉想了想，觉得有理，父子俩把窄窄的石缝拓宽了，山泉比原来大了几倍，谁知金砂不但没有增多，反而从此消失的无影无踪。
　　父子俩百思不得其解：金砂到哪里去了呢？

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1 tinkling Rg3zG6     
n.丁当作响声
参考例句：
  • I could hear bells tinkling in the distance. 我能听到远处叮当铃响。
  • To talk to him was like listening to the tinkling of a worn-out musical-box. 跟他说话，犹如听一架老掉牙的八音盒子丁冬响。 来自英汉文学
2 crevice pokzO     
n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝；缺口
参考例句：
  • I saw a plant growing out of a crevice in the wall.我看到墙缝里长出一棵草来。
  • He edged the tool into the crevice.他把刀具插进裂缝里。
3 crevices 268603b2b5d88d8a9cc5258e16a1c2f8     
n.（尤指岩石的）裂缝，缺口( crevice的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • It has bedded into the deepest crevices of the store. 它已钻进了店里最隐避的隙缝。 来自辞典例句
  • The wind whistled through the crevices in the rock. 风呼啸着吹过岩石的缝隙。 来自辞典例句
4 amazement 7zlzBK     
n.惊奇，惊讶
参考例句：
  • All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
  • He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
5 furtively furtively     
adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地
参考例句：
  • At this some of the others furtively exchanged significant glances. 听他这样说，有几个人心照不宣地彼此对望了一眼。
  • Remembering my presence, he furtively dropped it under his chair. 后来想起我在，他便偷偷地把书丢在椅子下。
6 chiseled chiseled     
adj.凿刻的，轮廓分明的v.凿，雕，镌( chisel的过去式 )
参考例句：
  • Woltz had chiseled the guy, given him peanuts for the book. 乌尔茨敲了这个作家的竹杠，用了他的书，却只给微不足道的一点点钱。 来自教父部分
  • He chiseled the piece of wood into the shape of a head. 他把这块木头凿刻成人头的形状。 来自辞典例句