英国语文第二册 第40期:男孩与李子

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　　A man was¹ taking a basket of plums to market³. He carried the basket on his head. 一个男人拿着一筐李子去市场。他用头顶着框。

　　As² he walked along⁴ the road, three or four of the plums dropped out, and fell⁵ on the ground⁶. 他沿街走着，三四个例子从筐里掉出来，落在了地上。

　　The man did⁷ not notice⁸ them fall, so he went on. But a poor boy saw⁹ them fall, and picked¹¹ them up. 这个男人没意识到，于是继续走着。但是一个穷小子看见李子掉落了，于是捡了起来。

　　"Here! here!" he called to the man; who turned round when he heard him, and stopped.  “这里！这里！”他向男人喊着，而后者听到后停下脚步，转了过来。

　　The boy brought¹² the plums to him, and put them in his hand. 男孩儿将李子拿过去，放在男人的手里。

　　"Thank you kindly," said¹³ the man as he took¹⁴ the fruit; "and now," said he, putting his basket on the ground, " “谢谢你这样好心，”男人接过水果，“现在，”一边说着，他一边把篮子放在地上，

　　take the best you can pick¹⁰ for yourself¹⁵, for you are an honest¹⁶ boy." “为自己从中选出最好的，因为你是个诚实的孩子。”

　　When the man had¹⁷ gone on, a lad came¹⁸ up and said to the boy,  男人走远后，一个小伙子来到男孩跟前说，

　　"You might¹⁹ as well have kept all that fell; for then you could²⁰ have given²¹ some to me." “你应该把那些掉落的留下，那样你还能分我一些。”

　　"No, no," replied²² the boy: "you may have this plum if you like, for it is mine to give; “不行，不行，”男孩回答说，“如果你喜欢的话就拿着这个，因为这个是我的了；

　　but if I had given you what was not mine, I should have been stealing²³.  但如果我把不属于我的给了你，我那就叫偷。

　　Poor as I am, I am too proud²⁴ to lose²⁵ my good name." 尽管我穷，但我很自豪没有丢了我的好名声。”

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