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江湖

A Handful of Clay 一撮黏土

英汉对照

Henry van Dyke

There was a handful of clay in the bank of a river. It was only common clay, coarse and heavy; but it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place which it was to fill in the world when the time came for its virtues to be discovered.

Overhead, in the spring sunshine, the trees whispered together of the glory which descended upon them when the delicate blossoms and leaves began to expand, and the forest glowed the fair, clear colors, as if the dust of thousands of rubies and emeralds were hanging, in soft clouds, above the earth.

The flowers, surprised with the joy of beauty, bent their heads to one another, as the wind caressed them, and said: "Sisters, how lovely you have become. You make the day bright."

The river, glad of new strength and rejoicing in the unison of all its waters, murmured to the shores in music, telling of its release from icy fetters, its swift flight from the snow-clad mountains, and the mighty work to which it was hurrying --- the wheels of many mills to be turned, and great ships to be floated to the sea.

Waiting blindly in its bed, the clay comforted itself with lofty hopes. "My time will come," it said. "I was not made to be hidden forever. Glory and beauty and honor are coming to me in due season."

One day the clay felt itself taken from the place where it had waited so long. A flat blade of iron passed beneath it, and lifted it, and tossed it into a cart with other lumps of clay, and it was carried far away, as it seemed, over a rough and stony road. But it was not afraid, nor discouraged, for it said to itself: "This is necessary. The path to glory is always rugged. Now I am on my way to play a great part in the world."

But the hard journey was nothing, compared with the tribulation and distress that came after it. The clay was put into a trough and mixed and beaten and stirred and trampled. It seemed almost unbearable. But there was consolation in the thought that something very fine and noble was certainly coming out of all this trouble. The clay felt sure that, if it could only wait long enough, a wonderful reward was in store for it.

Then it was put upon a swiftly turning wheel, and whirled around until it seemed as if it must fly into a thousand pieces. A strange power pressed it and molded it, as it revolved, and through all the dizziness and pain it felt that it was taking a new form.

Then an unknown hand put it into an oven, and fires were kindled about it --- fierce and penetrating --- hotter than all the heats of summer that had ever brooded upon the bank of the river. But through all, the clay held itself together and endured its trials, in the confidence of a great future. "Surely," it thought, "I am intended for something very splendid, since such pains are taken with me. Perhaps I am fashioned for the ornament of a temple, or a precious vase for the table of a king."

At last the baking was finished. The clay was taken from the furnace and set down upon a board, in the cool air, under the blue sky. The tribulation was passed. The reward was at hand.

Close beside the board there was a pool of water, not very deep, not very clear, but calm enough to reflect, with impartial truth, every image that fell upon it. There for the first time, as it was lifted from the board, the clay saw its new shape, the reward of all its patience and pain, the consummation of its hopes --- a common flower-pot, straight and stiff, red and ugly. And then it felt that it was not destined for a king's house, nor for a palace of art, because it was made without glory or beauty or honor; and it murmured against the unknown maker, saying, "Why hast thou made me thus?"

Many days it passed in sullen discontent. Then it was filled with earth, and something --- it knew not what --- but something rough and brown and dead-looking, was thrust into the middle of the earth and covered over. The clay rebelled at this new disgrace. "This is the worst of all that has happened to me, to be filled with dirt and rubbish. Surely I am a failure."

But presently it was set in a greenhouse, where the sunlight fell warm upon it, and water was sprinkled over it, and day by day as it waited, a change began to come to it. Something was stirring within it --- a new hope. Still it was ignorant, and knew not what the new hope meant.
One day the clay was lifted again from its place, and carried into a great church. Its dream was coming true after all. It had a fine part to play in the world. Glorious music flowed over it . It was surrounded with flowers. Still it could not understand. So it whispered to another vessel of clay, like itself, close beside it, "Why have they set me here? Why do all the people look toward us?" And the other vessel answered, "Do you not know? You are carrying a royal scepter of lilies. Their petals are white as snow, and the heart of them is like pure gold. The people look this way because the flower is the most wonderful in the world. And the root of it is in your heart."

Then the clay was content, and silently thanked its maker, because, though an earthen vessel, it held so great a treasure.
ruby 红宝石
emerald 翡翠
fetter 束缚
　
译文：
一撮黏土

从前在一条河边有这么一撮黏土。说来也不过是普通的黏土，质地粗拙；但他对自己的价值却抱有很高的看法，对它在世界上所可能占有的地位具有奇妙的梦想，认为一旦时运到来，自己的美德终将为人发现。

头顶上，在明媚的春光里，树木正在交头接耳地窃窃私语，讲述着当纤细的林花和树叶开始吐放，林中一片澄澈艳丽时它们身上所沾沐的无尽光辉，那情景，宛如无数红绿宝石粉末所形成的朵朵彩云，轻柔地悬浮在大地之上。

花儿看到这种美景惊喜极了，它们在春风的抚摸中探头欠身互相祝贺：“姐妹们，你们出落得多可爱啊，你们真是给白日增辉。”

河水也因为增添了新的力量而感到高兴，它沉浸在水流重聚的欢乐之中，不断以美好的音调向河岸喃喃絮语，叙述着自己是怎么挣脱冰雪的束缚，怎么从积雪覆盖的群山奔腾跑到这里，以及它匆忙前往担负的重大工作 --- 无数水车的轮子等待着它去推动，巨大的船只等待着它去送往海上。
黏土懵懵懂懂地呆在河床，不断用种种远大理想来安慰自己。“我的时运终将到来，”它说，“我是不会长久被埋没的。世间的种种光彩，荣耀，在适当的时候，会降临到我的头上。”

一天，黏土发现它自己挪了位置，不在原来长期苦守的地方了。一铲下去，它被挖了起来，然后和别的泥土一起装到一辆车上，沿着一条似乎很不平坦铺着石块的路，运到遥远的地方去。但它并不害怕，也不气馁，而只是心里在想：“这完全是必要的。通往光荣的道路总是艰难崎岖的。现在我就要到世界上去完成我的重大使命。”

这段路程非常辛苦，但比起后来所经受的种种折磨痛苦却又不算什么。黏土被抛进一个槽子里面，然后便是一番搀和，捶打，搅拌，践踏。真是不堪其苦。但是一想到某种美好崇高的事物必将从这一番痛苦中产生出来，也就感到释然了。黏土坚决相信，只要它能耐心地等待下去，总有一天它将得到重酬。

接着它被放到一只飞速转动着的悬盘上去，自己也跟着团团旋转起来，那感觉真好象自己即将被甩得粉身碎骨。在旋转中，仿佛有一种神力把它紧紧搏捏在一起，所以尽管它经历一切眩晕痛苦，它觉着自己已经开始变成一种新的形状。

然后一只陌生的手把它透进炉灶，周围烈火熊熊 --- 真是痛心刺骨 --- 那灼热程度远比盛夏时节河边的艳阳要厉害得多。但整个期间，黏土始终十分坚强，经受了一切考验，对自己的伟大前途信心不坠。它心想，“既然人家对我下了这么大的工夫，我是注定要有一番锦绣前程的。看来我不是去充当庙堂殿宇里的华美装饰，便是成为帝王几案上的名贵花瓶。”

最后烘培完毕。黏土从灶中取出，放在一块木板上面，让它在蓝天之下凉风之中去慢慢冷却。一番磨难既过，报偿的日子也就不远了。
木板之旁便有一泓潭水，水虽不深也不很清，但却波纹平静，能把潭边的事物，公正如实地反映出来。当黏土被人从板上拿起来时，它这才第一次窥见了自己新的形状，而这便是它千辛万苦之后的报偿，它的全部心愿的成果 --- 一只普普通通的花盆，线条粗硬，又红又丑。这时它才感觉到自己既不可能登帝王之家，也不可能入艺术之宫，因为自己的外貌一点也不高雅华贵；于是它对自己那位无名的制造者喃喃抱怨起来，“你为什么把我造成这等模样？”

自此一连数日它抑郁不快。接着它给装上了土，另外还有一件东西 --- 是什么它弄不清，但灰黄粗糙，样子难看 --- 也给插到了土的中间，然后用东西盖上。这个新的屈辱引起了黏土的极大不满。“我的不辛现在是到了极点，让人装起脏土垃圾来了。我这一生算是完了。”

但是过了不久，黏土又给人放进了一间温室，这里阳光和煦地照射着它，并且经常给它喷水，这样就在它一天天静静等候的时候，某种变化终于开始到来。某种东西正在体内萌动 --- 莫非是希望重生！但它对此仍然毫不理解，也不懂得这个希望意味着什么。

一天黏土又给人从原地搬起，送进一座宏伟的教堂。它多年的梦想这回终将实现了。它在世界上的确是有所作为的。这时空际仙乐阵阵，四周百花飘香。但它对这一切仍不理解。于是踏便向它身旁和它一模一样的另一个黏土器皿悄声问到，“为什么他们把我放在这里？为什么所有的人都向我们张望？”那个器皿答到，“怎么你还不知道吗？你现在身上正怀着一棵状如王节的美丽百合。它那花瓣皎白如雪，它那花心有如纯金。人们的目光都集中到这里，因为这株花乃是世界上最了不起的。而花的根就在你的心里。

这时黏土心满意足了，它暗暗地感谢它的制造者，因为虽然自己只是一只泥土器皿，但里面装的却是一件稀世奇珍。
　

江湖

美丽娇艳的玫瑰 你知道它动人传说么

People have been passionate about roses since the beginning of time. In fact, it is said that the floors of Cleopatra1’s palace were carpeted with delicate rose petals, and that the wise and knowing Confucius had a 600-book library specifically on how to care for roses.　　人类有史以来就钟情于玫瑰。据说，克娄巴特拉的宫殿的地面就铺满了娇嫩的玫瑰花瓣，博学的孔子有600册藏书专门讲述如何培育玫瑰。

　　The rose is a legend on its own. The story goes that during the Roman Empire, there was an incredibly beautiful maiden named Rhodanthe. Her beauty drew many zealous suitors who pursued her relentlessly. Exhausted by their pursuit, Rhodanthe was forced to take refuge from her suitors in the temple of her friend Diana. Unfortunately, Diana became jealous. And when the suitors broke down her temple gates to get near their beloved Rhodanthe, she became angry turning Rhodanthe into a rose and her suitors into thorns.　　玫瑰本身就是一个传说。在罗马帝国时代，有一个名叫罗丹斯的美丽绝伦的少女。她的丽姿引来了无数狂热的求婚者锲而不舍地追求她。罗丹斯实在招架不住了，不得不到朋友狄安娜的神庙里躲避她的求婚者。不幸的是，狄安娜产生了嫉妒之心。当求婚者冲进了神庙的大门，要接近他们所爱恋着的罗丹斯时，狄安娜一怒之下将罗丹斯变成了一枝玫瑰花，将她的求婚者变成了花刺。

　　In Greek legend, the rose was created by Chloris, the Greek goddess of flowers. It was just a lifeless seed of a nymph2 that Chloris found one day in a clearing in the woods. She asked the help of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who gave her beauty? Dionysus, the god of wine, added nectar3 to give her a sweet scent, and the three Graces4 gave her charm, brightness and joy. Then Zephyr, the West Wind, blew away the clouds so that Apollo, the sun god, could shine and made this flower bloom. And so the Rose was born and was immediately crowned the Queen of Flowers.　　在希腊传说中，玫瑰是希腊花神克罗斯创造的。当初玫瑰只是林中一个仙女的尚无生命的一粒种子。一天，花神克罗斯偶然在森林的一块空地上发现了它。克罗斯请求爱神阿佛洛狄特赋予了它美丽的容貌；让酒神狄俄尼索斯浇洒了神酒，使它拥有了芬芳的气味。又有美惠三女神将魅力、聪颖和欢乐赐予了它。随后，西风之神吹散了云朵，太阳神阿波罗得以照耀它并使它开花。玫瑰就这样诞生了，并立即被封为花中之皇后。

　　The first true primary red rose seen in Europe was “Slater’s Crimson China” introduced in 1792 from China, where it had been growing wild in the mountains. Immediately, rose breeders began using it to hybridize5 red roses for cultivation. Ever since, the quest for the perfect red rose has been the Holy Grail6 of rosarians： a fragrant, disease-resistant, long-lasting, long-stemmed, reblooming, perfectly formed rose with a clear non-fading vivid red color. Absolute perfection still hasn’t been attained, and of course never will!　　欧洲见到的第一枝真正的原色红玫瑰叫做“斯莱特中国深红”，于1792年从中国引进。当时，它一直生长在中国山区的野地里。玫瑰培育者马上开始用它进行杂交种植。从此，寻求完美的红玫瑰一直是玫瑰栽培者所追求的理想。这种玫瑰应具有芳香的气味、抵御疾病的能力、持久的花期、修长的花茎、反复开花的本领、优美的体态以及不褪色的纯鲜红颜色。然而，绝对的完美却始终未达到，当然也永远无法达到！

　　There is a special rose language invented as a secret means of communication between lovers who were not allowed to express their love for one another openly. In the mid 18th century the wife of the British ambassador in Constantinople described this in her letters, which were published after her death. These letters inspired many books on the language of flowers, each describing the secret message hidden in each flower. A red rose bud stands for budding desire? an open white rose asks “Will you love me﹖” An open red rose means “I’m full of love and desire,” while an open yellow rose asks “Don’t you love me any more﹖”　　人们发明了一种特殊的玫瑰语言，作为不被允许公开示爱的情侣间秘密交流的方式。18世纪中期，英国驻君士坦丁堡大使的夫人在信中对此做了描述。这些信件在她死后出版，激发了许许多多关于花草语言书籍的问世，每一本书都对每种花所隐藏的信息进行了描述。一朵红玫瑰花蕾代表萌发中的情欲；一枝盛开的白玫瑰则是在探问：“你会爱我吗？”一枝绽开的红玫瑰的含义是：“我对你满怀着爱意和渴望”，而一枝开放的黄玫瑰则是在询问：“你是不是不再爱我了？”

江湖

The Hare Who Would Not Be King [img]http://www.ywhc.net/article/200602/pic/HareWoul[1].jpg[/img] Nothing stirred on the African plains. The sun glared down and Hare crept inside the cool hollow of a baobab tree for his afternoon nap.      Suddenly he was wide awake. There was a boom, boom, booming in his ears. And it was getting closer. Hare peeped out from the tree nervously. Across the clearing the bushes snapped and parted, and out loomed a huge gray shape.      "Oh it's you!" said Hare irritably. "How can a fellow sleep with all your racket?"      The rhinoceros squinted down at him short-sightedly.      "Greetings!" he bellowed in his slow way. "Tembo the elephant has sent me to fetch you to the waterhole. He's going to tell us who our new king will be. All the animals have voted."      "Oh fiddlesticks!" cried Hare rudely. "What do I want with a new king? He'll bully us from morning till night and make our lives miserable."      "Don't you want to see who's been chosen? asked Rhino.      "I know already," snapped Hare. "It will be that sly old lion, Kali. He has bribed all the other animals and promised not to eat their children if only they will vote for him."      Rhino didn't seem to believe Hare, and in the end Hare said,      "Oh very well, I'll come. But you'll see I'm right."     The sun was setting as Hare and Rhino reached the water-hole. All the animals had gathered there - giraffes, hippos, antelope, buffalo, warthogs, zebras, aardvarks, hyenas, mongooses, storks and weaver birds. When Tembo the elephant saw that everyone was there, he threw up his trunk and trumpeted. "Animals of the plains, I am proud to tell you that Kali the lion will be our new king. It is a wise choice, my friends."      The animals cheered. But Hare only sighed. "They'll soon see what a horrible mistake they've made."      Out on a rocky ledge above the water-hole strode Kali. He stared down at all his subjects and there was a wicked glint in his eye.      "You've made me your king," he growled, "and so now you'll serve me!" And then he roared until the animals trembled.      "My first decree is that you must build a palace to shade my royal fur from the hot sun," said Kali. "I want it here beside the water-hole and I want it by sunset tomorrow. < 2 >      "My second decree is that every day you must bring me an animal for my supper. A king can't do his own hunting."      The animals nodded gloomily.      "And my third decree is, if you don't do as I say, I'll eat the lot of you!"      The animals now turned to one another in horror. They had thought a king would be wise and protect them. But Kali only wanted to bully and eat them. As darkness fell, the unhappy animals slunk away into the bush.     But at dawn they were back at the waterhole, hurrying to build Kali's palace. There was much to do and little time.      All through the heat of the day the animals lugged and labored. Elephants lifted tree trunks for the pillars, crocodiles brought mud for the walls, giraffes collected grasses that weaver birds wove for the roof. None dared stop for a moment. Only hare did nothing. He hid inside a tussock of oat grass and watched as the fine thatched house rose up beside the water-hole.      The sun was just beginning to set as the weaver birds tied off the last knots in the soaring thatched roof. No sooner had they finished than Kali appeared. He prowled up and down his new kingdom swishing his tail while his subjects watched uneasily.      "This is what I call a palace," he roared at last.      The animals gave a sigh of relief. But all too soon, for in the next breath the lion snarled, "But where's my supper? My belly's rumbling. Bring me a juicy warthog."      As soon as he heard this, Hare sneaked off home to his hollow in the baobab tree. "Didn't I tell them?" he said to himself. "Didn't I say that making Kali king would mean big trouble? And would anyone listen?"      And so it was that every day afterwards one of the animals was chosen to be Kali's supper. One day it was an impala. Another it was a zebra. Next it was a gazelle.      One day though it was Hare's turn. Tembo caught him unawares as he was grazing on the plains. The great elephant seized him in his trunk and carried him kicking and screaming to Kali's palace.      "It's not fair!" shrieked Hare. "I didn't even vote for Kali. I told you it was a bad idea to have a king." < 3 >      But Tembo wouldn't listen. He was thinking of his own children. They would be safe, but only if he could find other animals for Kali to gobble up.      Outside Kali's palace Hare stood shaking and cringing. He had to think of something fast. "Maybe I can escape by jumping in the water-hole," he said. But when he looked down and saw his own reflection shivering on the pool's surface, he stopped in his tracks. Already Kali had spotted him.     "Come inside, Hare!" roared the lion. "I can't wait to eat the only one who didn't vote for me."      But Hare didn't move. He felt braver now and he called back, "But Majesty," he wheedled. "I am very confused. I can see two kings. Please tell me, which of you is to eat me?"      "TWO KINGS!" snapped Kali angrily. "What do you mean two kings?" In one bound he was breathing down on Hare.      "Well, there's you Majesty," stammered Hare, "and there's that other one down there." Hare pointed down into the water-hole.      Kali looked and Kali saw. What - another lion?     "I'll have no rivals!" cried the cruel one, and at once he leaped on the other lion. Down into the pool sank Kali as he tried to grab his enemy. Soon the waters closed over him, and he was gone.      "You've killed our king," said Tembo the elephant in amazement.      "No I didn't," said Hare. "Anyone could see that he jumped into the water-hole all by himself. Besides, you didn't think I was going to stand here and be eaten did you? That would be as foolish as choosing a bully for a king!" And with that he ran away, before anyone else could think of eating him.      "Whew! That WAS a close shave," said Hare from the safety of his baobab tree. "But I'll bet those silly animals will send old rhino round to ask ME to be the king. Some people never learn."      And so it happened. Just as Hare was dropping off to sleep, there was a boom, boom, booming across the plains. "Oh no!" he sighed. "Why am I always right?" He flattened his ears, closed his eyes tighter and pretended to snore. "Anyone can see I'm much too busy to be king. Much, much too busy..."

江湖

Blue Beard

Once there was a very rich man. He lived in a beautiful house, and had a beautiful garden. The rich man had a blue beard: so he was called  “Blue Beard”.

Near the rich man's house there lived a poor woman. She had three sons and two beautiful girls. The name of one of the girls was Ann; the name of the other was Fatima. Blue Beard wanted to marry one of the girls, but the girls did not want to marry Blue Beard.

Ann and Fatima did not want to marry the rich man because his beard was blue. Blue Beard had married many wives, but his wives had gone away. No one knew where his other wives had gone. The girls did not want to marry Blue Beard and become his wife, because no one knew where his other wives had gone. So their mother said to Blue Beard, “My girls do not want to marry you.”

Then Blue Beard said, “Come and live in my house for some days.” So they went and lived in Blue Beard's house. It was a very beautiful house, and Blue Beard was good to them in many ways.

Fatima said, “His beard is blue, but he is not a bad man. He is very good in some ways. So I will marry him.”

So fatima married Blue Beard, and went to live in the beautiful house. Some days went by. Then Blue Beard said, “I shall go on a journey.” Then he gave Fatima the keys of all the rooms in the house. He said, “This is the key of that little room; do not open the door of it. … Say that you will not open the door of the little room!”

Fatima said, “I will not open the door of that little room.” Then Blue Beard went away. When Blue Beard was away, all Fatima's friends came to see her. She showed them the rooms, and what a beautiful house it was; but she did not open the door of the little room.

The friends went away. Then Fatima said, “Shall I open the door of that little room now? Why did he say, 'Do not open it'? I want to see what is in the little room.”

Fatima took the key; she went to the door of the little room, and opened it. In the room she saw all Blue Beard's other wives. They were dead!

The key fell from her hand. When she took it up there was a red mark on it.

She shut the door. Then she took the key to her room. She said, “Blue Beard will see the mark on the key, he will know that I have opened the door of the little room, and he will kill me, as he killed all the other wives.” She rubbed the key with a cloth, but the mark did not go away. She washed the key in hot water, but the mark was not washed away. She rubbed the key on a stone, but she could not rub the mark away.

Blue Beard came back. He called Fatima, and said, “Give me my keys.” Fatima gave him the other keys; but she did not give him the key of the little room. He said, “Where is the key of the little room?” She said, “I will bring it.” She went and brought it; and he saw the red mark. He said, “You have opened the door of the little room. Now you shall die.”

She fell at his feet: “Give me some hours to live,” she said.

He said, “I will give you one hour.”

Fatima had three brothers. Her brothers had said, “We shall come and see you today,” but they had not come. She said, “If my brothers come in this hour they will save me.”

Her sister Ann was in the house. She called to her, “Sister Ann, Sister Ann, go the the window and see if my brothers are coming.”

Sister Ann went to the window; she said, “I see no one coming.”

Fatima waited a little; then she cried, “Sister Ann, Sister Ann, do you see anyone coming?”

Sister Ann said, “I do not see anyone; no one is coming.”

Blue Beard called, “Fatima!”

Fatima said, “Sister Ann, Sister Ann, is anyone coming?”

“I see a little dust,” said Sister Ann, “very far away.”

Blue Beard called, “Fatima, come down.”

“Sister Ann, Sister Ann,” said Fatima, “is there anyone in the dust?”

“I see men in the dust,” said Sister Ann.

Blue Beard called, “An hour has gone by. Come down, Fatima, and I shall kill you.”

“Sister Ann, Sister Ann, are three men in the dust?”

Blue Beard called, “An hour has gone by. If you do not come down, I shall come up.”

“I see three men,” said Sister Ann.

“They are my brothers!” said Fatima.

Fatima said, “Sister Ann, call to them to come and save me.”

Blue Beard called, “I am coming up,” he said.

“Sister Ann, call to them, Sister Ann!”

Blue Beard came to the door.

The door opened: Blue Beard caught Fatima's arm.

The three brothers came in, and killed Blue Beard.

So Fatima was saved.



I. Translation for Reference(参考译文)

蓝胡子

从前，有一位非常富有的人，他住在漂亮的房子里，还有一座美丽的花园，这个富翁长着一副蓝色的胡子，因此人们都称呼他为“蓝胡子”。

在这个富翁的房子附近住着一个贫穷的女人，她有三个儿子，还有两个美丽的女儿，一个叫安，另一个叫芬蒂玛，蓝胡子想要娶其中的一个女儿，但是两个女儿都不愿嫁给他。

安和芬蒂玛不愿嫁给这位富翁，是因为他的胡子是蓝色的。蓝胡子已经娶了很多妻子，但他的妻子都已不知去向，没有人知道他的那些妻子哪儿去了。这两姑娘不愿和蓝胡子结婚，成为他的妻子，因为谁也不知道他的妻子的去向。因此她们的母亲对蓝胡子说：“我的女儿们不想嫁给你。”

于是，蓝胡子说：“那么来我家住几天吧，”她们于是到蓝胡子的家里住了下来。那是一所非常漂亮的房子，蓝胡子处处讨好她们。

芬蒂玛说，“他的胡子是蓝色的，但是他这个人却并不坏，在很多方面都很出色，所以我愿嫁给他。”

于是芬蒂玛嫁给了蓝胡子，并且住进了那所漂亮的房子。过了几天，蓝胡子说：“我要去旅行，”说着，他就把这所房子里所有房间的钥匙都给了芬蒂玛。他说：“这是那间小屋子的钥匙，千万不要打开那间小屋的门，……你发誓，你一定不打开那间小屋子的门！”

芬蒂玛于是说：“我不会打开那间小屋子的门。”

随后，蓝胡子就走了。

蓝胡子走了之后，芬蒂玛所有的朋友都来看她。她带朋友们观看了所有的房间，这的确是一所漂亮的房子，但她没有打开那间小屋的门。

朋友们走了以后，她自言自语说：“现在我能打开那间小屋的门吗？他为什么说'不能打开呢'？我想看看小屋子里究竟有什么东西。”

芬蒂玛拿了钥匙，走到小屋门前，把门打开了，在屋里，她看到了蓝胡子以前的所有妻子，她们都死了！

钥匙从她的手里掉了下去，当她捡起钥匙时，发现钥匙上有了一个红记号。

她关上了门，然后，把钥匙拿回到她的房间，她对自己说：“蓝胡子一定会发现钥匙上的记号，还会知道我已经打开过小屋的门，他一定会像杀害其他妻子一样，杀了我。”她用布去擦钥匙上的记号，但是擦不掉。她用热水洗，还是洗不掉。她又在石头上磨，可是记号依旧还在。

蓝胡子回来了，他叫来芬蒂玛，说：“把钥匙给我。”芬蒂玛把其他的钥匙给了他，但是没给他小屋的钥匙，他问道：“小屋的钥匙哪儿去了？”她说：“我去拿。”她把钥匙拿来，他发现了红记号，说：“你已经开过小屋的门，现在你得死。”

她跪在蓝胡子的面前：“让我再活几个小时吧！”

他说：“我给你一小时时间。”

芬蒂玛有三个兄弟，她的兄弟说过：“今天我们会来看你。”但是，他们还没有来，她想：“如果我的兄弟们能在这一小时赶来，他们就能搭救我了。”

她的姐姐安在她家。她对姐姐喊：“安姐姐，安姐姐，到窗户那儿看看兄弟们来了没有。”

安姐姐来到窗边，她说：“我没有看见有人来。”

芬蒂玛等了一会儿，又喊道：“安姐姐，安姐姐，你有没有看见有人来？”

安姐姐说：“我没有发现任何人，没有一个人来。”

蓝胡子喊：“芬蒂玛！”

芬蒂玛说：“安姐姐，安姐姐，有没有人来？”

“我看到很远处有一小团尘土，” 安姐姐说。

蓝胡子又喊：“芬蒂玛，下来。”

“安姐姐，安姐姐，”芬蒂玛问，“尘土里有人吗？”

“有人，” 安姐姐说。

蓝胡子叫喊起来：“一个钟头过了，下来，芬蒂玛，我要杀了你。”

“安姐姐，安姐姐，尘土中是不是有三个男人？”

蓝胡子喊：“一个钟头过去了，如果你不下来，我就上去啦！”

“我看到有三个人，”安姐姐说。

“他们是我的兄弟！”芬蒂玛说。

芬蒂玛说：“安姐姐，安姐姐，叫他们来救我。”

蓝胡子喊叫着：“我上来了。”

“安姐姐，快叫他们，安姐姐！”

蓝胡子走到屋子门口。

门打开了，蓝胡子抓住芬蒂玛的胳膊。

三个兄弟进来了，杀死了蓝胡子。

就这样，芬蒂玛得救了。



II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions.

Exercises:

1.    Why didn't Ann and Fatima want to marry Blue Beard?

A.      Because his beard was blue.

B.      Because his former wives were missing and no one knew where they had gone.

C.      Because their mother refused to marry them to Blue Beard.

D.      Both A and B.




2.    Why did Fatima finally marry Blue Beard?

A.      Because her mother had already agreed.

B.      Because Blue Beard had already agreed.

C.      Because Fatima believed that Blue Beard was a good man.

D.      All of the above.




3.    Which of the following statements in NOT true?

A.      Blue Beard gave Fatima the keys of all the rooms but the one of the little room.

B.      Fatima promised not to open the door of that little room.

C.      She didn't open the door of the little room when her friends come to see her.

D.      She was very curious about the little room.




4.    When Fatima finally opened the door of the little room, _______.

A.      She was too frightened to hold the key

B.      A red mark appeared immediately

C.      She found all Blue Beard's other wives alive

D.      Blue Beard came back at once




5.    When Fatima saw the red mark on the key, _______.

A.      She paid no attention to it

B.      She realized Blue Beard would know what she did

C.      She managed to rub the mark away

D.      She painted the red mark blue




6.    When Blue Beard came back and asked for his keys, _______.

A.      Fatima gave him all the keys at once

B.      Fatima only gave him the key to the little room

C.      Fatima didn't give him the key to the little room in the end

D.      Fatima hid the one with red mark at first




7.    Why did Fatima ask for some hours to live when Blue Beard decided to kill her?

A.      Because she wanted to see her Sister Ann.

B.      Because she missed her brothers and her mother very much.

C.      Because she thought that Blue Beard might free her some hours later.

D.      Because she was still hopeful to be saved.




8.    Which of the following statements if true?

A.      When Blue Beard wanted to kill Fatima no one stayed with her.

B.      It took Fatima's three brothers less than one hour to come to save her.

C.      Blue Beard wanted to kill both Fatima and sister Ann.

D.      Fatima was almost killed by Blue Beard, when her brother came in.




9.    Blue Beard was _______.

A.      Pretending to be a kind man

B.      Kind and friendly

C.      Cruel

D.      Both A and C




III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组

1). beard n. 胡子

2). Journey n. 旅行



Key to Exercise(练习答案)

1 2:C 3:A 4:A 5:B 6 7 8 9

江湖

The Three Army-surgeons

There were once three army-surgeons who reckoned that they had nothing more to learn about the art of surgery. They were on their travels., and stopped for the night at an inn. The landlord asked them where they had come from and where they were going, and they answered, "We're on our travels and living by our skill." "Well, just show me what you do," said the landlord. The first said he would cut off his hand and put it back on again next morning and make it heal; the second said he would tear out his heart and put it back in again next morning so that it would heal; the third said he would gouge out his eyes, and they too would heal when he replaced them next morning. "If you can do that," said the landlord, "then you've nothing more to learn." Now they had with them an ointment which was able to close and heal any wound they smeared it on, and they always carried the flask containing it wherever they went. So they cut from their bodies the hand and the heart and the eyes as they had said they would, put them all together on a plate and gave it to the landlord; and the landlord gave it to a maidservant, telling her to put it aside in the larder and keep it carefully. But this maidservant secretly had a sweetheart who was a soldier. So when the landlord and the three surgeons and everyone else in the house were asleep, the soldier came and asked her for something to eat. So the girl opened the larder and brought in something from it, and she was so much in love with him that she forgot to close the larder door. she sat down with her sweetheart at the table and they had a good chat, but as she sat there without a care in the world the cat came creeping in, found the larder open, snatched the hand and the heart and the eyes that belonged to the three surgeons and made off with them. So when the soldier had finished eating and the girl got up to clear away the dishes and lock the larder, she saw at once that the plate the landlord had given her to look after was empty. She took fright and said to her young man: "Oh, heaven save me, what am I to do? The hand's gone, and the heart and the eyes are gone, whatever will happen to me tomorrow morning!" "Stop crying," he said, "I'll get you out of this. There's a thief hanging on the gallows out there, and I'll cut his hand off; which hand was it?" "The right hand." So the girl gave him a sharp knife and he went outside, cut the poor sinner's right hand off and brought it in. Then he seized the cat and gouged out its eyes; now all that was needed was the heart. "Haven't you just slaughtered some pigs and put their carcasses in the cellar?" "Yes," said the girl, "Well, that's all right then," said the soldier, and he went down to the cellar and came back with a pig's heart. The maid put all the things together on a plate and left it in the larder: then her sweetheart took his leave and she went to bed thinking all was well.

When the three surgeons got up next morning, they told the maid to fetch them the plate with the hand and the heart and the eyes. So she fetched it out of the cupboard, and the first surgeon held the thief's hand in place and smeared the join with his ointment, whereupon the hand at once grew back on to his arm. The second took the cat's eyes and fitted them into his head, and the third put the pig's heart in place. The landlord stood and watched their skill with admiration, saying that he had never seen such a thing in his life and that he would praise and recommend them to all and sundry. Then they paid their bill and travelled on.

As they were walking along, the one who had the pig's heart kept on leaving the others; every time they passed some corner he would trot over to it and root around in it like a pig. The other two tried to hold him back by the coat tails, but it was no good, he kept running off to wherever the filth was thickest on the ground. The second of them also began to behave strangely, rubbing his eyes and saying to the other: "My dear fellow, what's the matter with me? These aren't my eyes, I can't see a thing, for heaven's sake one of you hive me your arm or I'll fall." And they struggled on till evening, when they came to another inn. They all went into the parlor, and there in one corner a rich gentleman was sitting at the table counting money. The surgeon with the thief's hand sidled round behind him, his arm twitched a few times and finally, when the gentleman had his back turned, he reached out and snatched a handful of coins from the pile. One of the others saw this and said: "My dear fellow, what are you doing? It's wrong to steal, you ought to be ashamed." "Yes, but I can't stop myself," said his friend. "My hand keeps twitching and just has to help itself whether I want to or not." Then they went to bed, and as they lay there it was so dark that you couldn't have seen your hand in front of your face. Suddenly the one with the cat's eyes woke up, wakened the others and said: "My dear friends, look at this, do you see all these white mice running about?" The other two sat up in bed but couldn't see a thing. Then he said: "There's something wrong with us: we didn't back our own parts, that landlord cheated us and we must go back to him." So next morning they set off back and told the landlord that their right organs hadn't been returned to them: one of them had a thief's hand, the second cat's eyes and the third a pig's heart. The landlord said that it must be the maid's fault and was going to call her, but when the girl had seen the three surgeons returning she had fled through the back door, and she didn't reappear. Then the three of them told the landlord that unless he paid them a great deal of money they'd make a bonfire of his house; so he gave them all he had and all he could raise, and off they went with it. It was enough to keep them for the rest of their lives, but they'd still rather have had their own organs back.

　

I. Translation for Reference(参考译文)

三个军医

从前,有三个自以为医术都学到家了的军医在各地旅行.一天晚上,他们来到一家旅店.旅店老板问他们从哪里来,到哪里去?他们回答说:"我们靠本领,到各处旅行.你们有什么本领,让我开开眼界好吗?"旅店老板说.于是,第一个军医说,他可以把自己的手砍下来,明天早晨再接好;第二个军医说,他可以把自己的心挖出来,明天早晨再放回去;第三个军医说,他可以把自己的两只眼睛全剜出来,明天早晨再装好."要是真能这样的话,"老板说,"那你们的本领可就真到家了!"原来,三个军医有一种药膏,只要抹上去,伤口就会愈合,他们总是随身带着那装药的小瓶子.他们按自己说的那样,把手,心,眼睛从身上割下来,一起装在一个盘子里,交给旅店老板.旅店老板又把盘子给女佣人,叫她把盘子放在柜厨里小心保管.女佣人私下与一个士兵相恋.就在旅店老板,三个军医和屋里的人们都睡着了的时候,那个士兵来了,他向她要点东西吃.于是,女佣人把柜厨打开,给他拿东西吃.她对他情意绵绵,竟忘了关上柜厨的门.她与情人坐在床边,没完没了地聊了起来,把这世上任何事情都抛到了脑后,可就在这时候,猫悄悄地溜进来了,看到柜厨的门敞着,于是叼起三个军医的手,心,眼睛跑了.那个兵吃完东西以后,女佣人开始收拾碗筷,当她去关橱门的时候,发现老板让她看管的那只盘子空了.她吓了一跳,对她的情人说:"天啊!我该怎么办呢?手没了!心和眼睛也没了!明天早晨我可怎么交差呀!"士兵说:"别担心!我想办法帮你渡过难关.外面绞刑架上吊着一个小偷.我去把他的手切下来.哪只手呢?右手!"女佣人说着,交给士兵一把锋利的菜刀.士兵出去把那个可怜的犯人的右手砍下来,交给了女佣人.然后,他们又把猫抓住,把猫的眼睛剜出来.现在只缺个心了."你们不是刚杀了几头猪,把猪肉放在地下室里了吗?嗯,是啊!"女佣人说."这就好了!"那个兵说着,就下到地下室里去,把猪心拿上来.女佣人把这三样东西一起放在盘子上,送进柜厨里.她的情人告别走了,女佣人也放心地去睡觉了.

第二天早上,三个军医起来,叫女佣人把那装着手,心和眼睛的盘子拿过来.女佣人打开柜厨,把泡子拿出来.第一个军医把小偷的手接上又抹上药膏,马上手就长在他胳膊上了.第二个军医把猫眼睛装在眼窝里.第三个军医把猪心装进了胸膛.旅店老板站在他们身边,非常佩服他们高强的本领,说他有生以来还从来没见过这样的事情呢.他还说,遇见别人,一定好好宣扬他们.于是,他们三个人缴了店钱,又继续旅行去了.

三个军医往前走啊走,安上猪心的军医总不和另外两个军医一起走.遇到个角落,他就跑过去,像头猪似的,用鼻子到处闻.另外的两个人不管怎么拉他的衣服,都一点儿也不顶用.他总是挣开,跑到那最肮脏的地方去.第二个军医的行为也很奇怪.他揉着眼睛,对另外一个军医说:"伙计,这是怎么的了?这不是我的眼睛啊!我怎么什么也看不见了?你们谁来扶我一下,别让我摔跟头!"就这样,他们三个人非常困难地往前走,晚上,他们走进另一家旅店.刚一进大厅,就看到有一个财主正坐在角落的饭桌数钱呢.安上小偷手的军医,在财主身边走过来,走过去,动了几回胳膊.就在财主转身之机,他把手伸到钱堆去,抓了一大把钱出来.另一个军医看见了说:"伙计,你干什么?不能偷东西呀!真不知羞耻!"安上小偷手的军医说:"唉!我无法控制自己,我的心不想偷,可手却不听指挥,非要抓钱不可!"后来,他们睡觉去了.躺下时天已漆黑了,伸手不见五指.可是那安上猫眼睛的军医突然醒了,喊那两个军医起来:"老兄,快看啊!有好多老鼠在那里乱跑呢,看见了吗?"另外两个军医起身看了看,什么也没看见.安上猫眼睛的军医说："我们都变了!旅店老板没有把我们的手,心和眼睛还给我们!我们得回去向他要!他欺骗了我们!"第二天早晨,他们三个人起身到第一次住宿的旅店老板那里去,说他们没有得到自己的手,心和眼睛.一个人得的是小偷的手,一个人得的是猫的眼睛,另一个得的是猪的心.老板说,这一定是女佣人的错.于是,要叫她来.但是女佣人看到他们三人回来,早就从后门逃跑了,再也没有回来.于是三个军医要老板拿出很多钱来,要不就点火烧房子.老板把现钱和能收上来的钱都拿出来让他们带走了.这些钱虽然够他们用一辈子的,可是他们宁愿讨回自己的手，心和眼睛啊!

　

II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions.

1). What did the three surgeons think of themselves?

A) They thought they know nothing about the art of surgery.

B) They thought they had nothing to learn about the art of surgery.

C) They thought they hadn't known enough to be great surgeons.

D) They thought they just knew a little about the art of surgery.

2). How could the surgeons replace their hand, heart and eyes and make them heal?

A) They were so great surgeons that they could operate on themselves.

B) They asked a mysterious surgeon to help them.

C) They had a kind of medicine to take.

D) The had a kind of ointment to smear on the wound.

3). How did the hand, heart and eyes get lost?

A) The maidservant didn't close the larder door from beginning.

B) The soldier stole them without being noticed by the maidservant.

C) A dog snatched them when the maidservant sat there without a care in the world and with the larder door open.

D) A cat snatched them when the maidservant sat there without a care in the world and with the larder door open.

4). What kinds of organs did the maidservant and the soldier change?

A) The thief's left hand, the cat's eyes and the pig's heart.

B) The thief's left hand, the dog's eyes and the pig's heart.

C) The thief's right hand, the cat's eyes and the pig's heart.

D) The thief's right hand, the dog's eyes and the pig's heart.

5). Which word has the same meaning with the word "cupboard" which is in the third paragraph?

A) larder

B) cup

C) board

D) box

6). What's wrong with the one who had the cat's eyes?

A) He kept on leaving the others when they were walking alone.

B) He couldn't see anything in the day but see clearly at night.

C) He couldn't see anything at night but see clearly in the day.

D) He couldn't see anything entirely.

7). Which statement is not right?

A) The three surgeons were very modest.

B) In the evening, they were aware that they were cheated.

C) The maidservant fled away and didn't reappear.

D) The landlord gave the three surgeons all his money at last.

　

III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组

ointment n. 软膏

gallows n. 绞台

sinner n. 罪人

organ n. 器官

　

Key to Exercise(练习答案)

1:B 2 3 4:C 5:A 6:B 7:A

来源  The Selected Readings of English-Chinese Fairy Tales

江湖

The Clever Little Tailor

Once upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldn't guess it he was laughed to scorn and sent packing. She also had it made known that whoever did guess the answer to her riddle should marry her, no matter who he might be. And indeed, in the end it so happened that three tailors were making the attempt at the same time. The two eldest reckoned that as they had already successfully sewn many a delicate stitch, they could hardly go wrong and were bound to succeed here as well; the third was a feckless, giddy young fellow who didn't even know his trade properly but thought he was bound to have luck in this case, for if not, then what luck would he ever have in any other case. The two others said to him: "You'd better just stay at home, you with your feather-brain won't get far." But the young tailor wouldn't be put off, saying that he had set his heart on this enterprise and would manage all right; and off he went, sauntering along as if the whole world belonged to him.

So all three of them appeared before the princess and asked her to put her riddle to them: she would find, they said, that she had met her match this time, because their wits were so sharp that you could thread a needle with them. So the princess said: "I have two kinds of hair on my head, what colours are they?" "That's easy," said the first, "I think they're black and white, like the cloth they call pepper and salt. "The princess said: "You've guessed wrong; let the second of you answer." So the second said: "If it's not black and white, then it's brown and red like my respected father's frock-coat." "Wrong again," said the princess. "Let the third of you answer, I can see he knows it for sure." So the young tailor stepped forward boldly and said: "The princess has silver and gold hair on her head, and those are the two colours." When the princess heard that, she turned pale and nearly fainted away in alarm, for the young tailor had guessed right, and she had been convinced that no one in the world would be able to do so. When she had recovered herself she said: "This still doesn't give you the right to marry me, there's something else you must do first. Down in the stable there's a bear, and you must spend the night with him. If you're still alive when I get up tomorrow morning, then you shall marry me." But she thought that she would get rid of the young tailor in this way, because no one had ever got into this bear's clutches and lived to tell the tale. But the young tailor wasn't to be daunted. "Nothing venture, nothing win," he commented cheerfully.

So that evening our young friend was taken down to the bear's den. And sure enough, the bear at once advanced on the little fellow, meaning to welcome him with a good swipe of his paw. "Not so fast, not so fast," said the young tailor, "I'll soon take the steam out of you." And in leisurely manner, as if he were quite unconcerned, he took some walnuts out of his pocket, cracked them open with his teeth and ate the kernels. When the bear saw this, his appetite was whetted and he wanted some nuts as well. The young tailor put his hand in his pocket and held out some to him: these, however, weren't nuts but pebbles. The bear stuck them in his mouth, but couldn't crack a single one of them, bite as he might. Goodness me, what a booby I am, thought the bear, I can't even crack nuts. And he said to the young tailor: "Hey, crack these nuts for me!" "There now, what a fellow you are!" said the tailor. "A big muzzle like that and you can't even crack a little nut!" And he took the stones, but nimbly put a nut into his mouth instead, and crack! He bit open the shell. "I must try that again," said the bear. "To look at you doing it, you'd think I'd find it easy." So the young tailor gave him another lot of pebbles, and the bear worked away at them, biting for dear life. But as you may imagine, they were more than he could crack. After this, the young tailor pulled out a fiddle from under his coat and began playing a tune on it. When the bear heard the music, he couldn't help himself and began to dance, and when he'd danced for a little he found himself enjoying it so much that he said to the tailor. "Tell me, is it difficult to play the fiddle?" "It's child's play: look, my left hand fingers the strings, my right hand scrapes away at them with the bow, and out comes a merry noise, tralala." "Then I could dance whenever I liked. What do you say to that? Will you give me lessons?" "I'll be delighted to," said the tailor, "If you have the skill for it. but let's have a look at your paws: they're a mighty length, I'll have to pare your nails down a bit." So a vice was fetched, and the bear held out his paws, but the young tailor screwed them in tightly and said: "Now wait till I get the scissors." So saying, he left the bear to stand there and growl, lay down in the corner on a pile of straw and went to sleep.

The princess, hearing the bear growl so loudly that night, assumed that he must be growling with satisfaction, having made an end of the tailor. In the morning she got up feeling very pleased and not worried at all, but when she took a look at the stable there was the young tailor standing outside it cock-a-hoop and safe and sound. So then there was nothing more she could say, because she'd publicly promised to marry him; and the king sent for a carriage to take her and the tailor to church to be married. As they drove off, the other two tailors, who were false-hearted and envied him his good fortune, went into the stable and unscrewed the bear. The bear in a great rage charged off in pursuit of the carriage. The princess heard him growling and snorting and cried out in terror: "Oh, the bear's after us, he's coming to get you!" With great presence of mind the tailor stood on his head, stuck his legs out of the window and shouted: "Do you see this vice? If you don't clear off I'll screw you back into it." When the bear saw that, he turned round and ran away. Our young friend then drove on to the church as calm as you like, and the princess gave him her hand at the altar, and he lived with her as happy as a woodlark. There's a fine of three marks for anyone who doesn't believe this story.




I. Translation for Reference(参考译文)

聪明的小裁缝

从前，有一个非常高傲的公主。求婚的人一来，她就给人家出谜语。要是猜不出来，她就嘲笑人家，把人家赶出去。她还向世人宣告说，只要是能猜中她谜语的，不管是谁，都可以和她结婚。后来，有三个裁缝一起来了。两个年纪大的心里想，他们过去曾经做过许多精细的针线活，都获得了成功，这次猜谜也一定不会出错，准能猜到。另一个裁缝是一个没什么才干的冒失的小伙子，连自己的手艺都不太熟练。可是他想，这回一定会有好运气，不然的话，真不知道到哪里去碰好运气呢。两个年纪大的裁缝对小伙子说：“最好呆在家里，你的智慧还不够用，干不了什么了不起的大事。”可是，小裁缝却不甘心。他说，他算豁出去了，一定要去试试看看。他义无反顾潇潇洒洒地走了去，就好象整个世界都是他的似的。

他们三个人来到公主面前，请她给他们出谜语。他们说，公主会发现这回遇上了对手，因为他们是顶尖高手，智慧超群思维精细得简直可以用来穿针引线。于是，公主说：“我头上有两种头发，都是什么颜色的？”“这太容易了！”第一个裁缝说，“是黑色和白色呗！就像人们说的黑白点混成的灰布似的。”公主说：“猜得不对。第二个回答吧！”于是，第二个裁缝回答说：“要不是黑色和白色的，那就是像我可敬的爸爸的那件礼服大衣似的，是棕色和红色的。”公主说：“猜得不对。第三个人回答吧！看样子，这个人一定能知道喽！”于是，小裁缝大胆地走过去说：“公主头上的头发是金色和银色的，就是这两种颜色。”公主一听这话，惊得面如土色，险些昏厥过去。因为，小裁缝猜对了。过去，她深信不疑世界上没有人能猜对。公主恢复常态后说道：“这还不行，我还不能和你结婚。你还得做一件事情。你要在下边的兽棚里和熊住一夜。明天我醒的时候，如果你还活着，我就和你结婚。”公主心里想，这下就能把小裁缝除掉了。因为，熊还没有让谁从自己脚爪下活着出去的。可是，小裁缝毫不气馁，还是高高兴兴地说：“不入虎穴，焉得虎子。”

到了晚上，小裁缝被带到熊笼里。熊马上向他猛扑过来要用它那有力的脚掌来好好欢迎它的客人。“慢慢来！慢慢来！”小裁缝说，“我一会儿就会叫你安静下来的！”他好像一点儿也没有担心害怕的样子，逍遥自在地从衣袋里拿出几个核桃，咬开后，吃着核桃仁。熊看见小裁缝吃，被激起了食欲，也想吃。小裁缝把手伸进衣袋里，拿出一把交给熊。但是这不是核桃，而是鹅卵石。熊把石头放进嘴里，不论怎样用力，却一个也咬不开。哎呀呀！我真是个废物，连个核桃都咬不动了！熊心里想着，就对小裁缝说：“喂，你帮我把这核桃咬开！”“你看看你，真是个没用的家伙！那么大的一张嘴，连一个小核桃都咬不开！”小裁缝说着，把石头接过来，敏捷地换了个核桃放进嘴里，嘎嘣一下子把核桃咬开。熊说，“看你做得如此轻巧，我一定要再试试！”于是，小裁缝又给熊一些鹅卵石。熊用尽力气去咬，你可想而知，它是怎么也咬不开的。这件事就这样过去了。小裁缝从衣裳里拿出一把小提琴，拉了一支曲子。熊听见音乐声，情不自禁地跳起舞来。跳了一会儿，它发现自己太喜欢这玩意了，于是就对小裁缝说：“老实告诉我，拉小提琴难学吗？”小裁缝说：“这非常容易。你看，左手指按上琴弦，右手拉着琴弓。就这么一拉，美妙的音乐就出来了！”“就这么拉吗？”熊说，“那我高兴的时候就可以跳舞了。你看怎么样？你能教教我吗？”“我乐意效力！”小裁缝说，“只要你和灵巧的话就可以了。你把脚掌伸出来让我看看。哎呀，你指甲太长，我得把你的指甲剪下来一点！”于是，小裁缝把老虎钳子拿出来。熊伸出爪子，小裁缝紧紧地把熊爪拧在老虎钳子中以后，说：“你等一等，我拿剪刀去！”说完，小裁缝走到角落里的麦捆上睡觉去了，只剩下熊站在那里吼叫。

那天晚上，公主听见熊吼得很凶，心里想：熊一定把小裁缝干掉了，高兴地吼叫呢！第二天早晨，公主放心了，高高兴兴地起了床，但她到兽棚子一看，只见小裁缝得意洋洋地站在那里，安然无恙。公主再也说不出一句反对结婚的话了。因为那是她当众答应了的。国王派来了马车，公主和小裁缝坐上去，要一起到教堂举行婚礼。他们坐上马车走的时候，那两个阴险的裁缝，对小裁缝得到幸福十分嫉妒，就但兽棚里去，拧开老虎钳子，把熊放了出来。熊气得火冒三丈，在马车后面猛追。公主听见了熊的吼叫，咆哮，害怕地喊起来：“哎呀！熊追来了！熊要把你抓走复仇啊！”小裁缝说着拿了个大顶，把两只脚伸到马车窗户外边去，喊到：“来呀，看见这把老虎钳子了吗？你要是不滚开，我还用老虎钳子夹你！”熊听了这话，掉过头去就逃跑了，小裁缝不慌不忙地到了教堂，和公主举行婚礼典礼。从那以后，他们就像云雀似的过着快乐的生活。谁要是不相信这故事是真的就叫他掏出三块钱来。

　

II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions.

Exercises:

1). Why did the three tailors make the attempt in the end?

A.      Because they knew the princess was very beautiful.

B.      Because the princess was very proud.

C.      Because the princess was not very beautiful but also proud.

D.      Because the princess said she would marry anyone who guess the answer to her riddle.




2). Which statement is right?

A.      The two elder tailors were confident.

B.      The young tailor was not confident.

C.      The two elder tailors asked the young tailor to go with them.

D.      The young tailor didn't want to go with them and stayed at home.




3). Who guessed the answer to the princess's riddle?

A.      The two elder tailors.

B.      The young tailor.

C.      All of them.

D.      None of them.




4). How did the young tailor fool the bear in the stable?

A.      He cracked small nuts but gave the bear some hard nuts.

B.      He cracked small pebbles but gave the bear some big pebbles.

C.      He cracked nuts but gave the bear pebbles.

D.      He cracked pebbles but gave the bear nuts.




5). How did the princess feel when she heard the bear growling that night?

A.      She was worried about her husband.

B.      She felt very sad.

C.      She felt very happy.

D.      She was frightened.




6). How did the bear get out of the stable?

A.      It struggled out by itself.

B.      The princess unscrewed it.

C.      The two tailors unscrewed it.

D.      The king unscrewed it.




7). Which statement is not right?

A.      The princess loved the young tailor when she first saw him.

B.      The young tailor was very brave and clever.

C.      The two elder tailors were false-hearted and envied the young tailor.

D.      The princess tailor married the princess at last.




III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组

1)      clutch n. 抓

2)      daunt v. 使退缩

3)      walnut n. 胡桃

4)      kernel n. 果仁

5)      nimbly adv. 敏捷地

6)      tralala n. int. 特啦啦

7)      altar n. 神坛


Key to Exercise(练习答案)

1 2:A 3:B 4:C 5:C 6:C 7:A

江湖

Snow-white [img]http://www.ywhc.net/article/200601/pic/white1[1].jpg[/img]Once there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden-snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the hunts and on the trees: all things were white with snow. The Queen was making a coat for a little child. She said, "I want my child to be white as this cloth, white as the snow. And I shall call her Snow-white." Some days after that the Queen had a child. The child was white as snow. The Queen called her Snow-white. But the Queen was very ill, and after some days she died. Snow-white lived, and was a very happy and beautiful child. One year after that, the King married another Queen. The new Queen was very beautiful; but she was not a good woman. A wizard had given this Queen a glass. The glass could speak. It was on the wall in the Queen's room. Every day the queen looked in the glass to see how beautiful she was. As she looked in the glass, she asked: "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" And the glass spoke and said: "The Queen is most beautiful of all." Year went by. Snow-white grew up and became a little girl. every day the Queen looked in the glass and said, "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" And the glass said, "Snow-white is most beautiful of all." When the Queen heard this, she was very angry. She said, "Snow-white is not more beautiful than I am. There is no one who is more beautiful than I am." Then the Queen sat on her bed and cried. After one hour the Queen went out of her room. She called one of the servants, and said, "Take Snow-white into the forest and kill her." The servant took Snow-white to the forest, but he did not kill her, because she was so beautiful and so good. He said, "I shall not kill you; but do not go to the King's house, because the Queen is angry and she will see you. If the Queen sees you, she will make some other man kill you. Wait here in the forest; some friends will help you." Then he went away. Poor Snow-white sat at the foot of a tree and cried. Then she saw that night was coming. She said, "I will not cry. I will find some house where I can sleep tonight. I cannot wait here: the bears will eat me." She went far into the forest. Then she saw a little hut. She opened the door of the hut, and went in. In the hut she saw seven little beds. There was a table, and on the table there were seven little loaves and seven little glasses. She ate one of the loaves. Then she said, "I want some water to drink." So she drank some water out of one of the glasses. Then she fell asleep on one of the seven little beds. The hut was the home of seven Little Men. When it was night, the seven Little Men came to the hut. Each Little Man had a big beard, and a little blue coat. Each Little Man came into the hut, and took his little lamp. Then each Little Man sat down, and ate his little loaf, and drank his little glass of water. But one Little Man said, "Someone has eaten my little loaf." And another Little Man said, "Someone has drunk my little glass of water." Then the seven Little Men went to bed, but one Little Man said, "Someone is sleeping on my little bed." All the seven Little Men came to look at Snow-white as she slept on the Little Men's bed. They said, "She is very beautiful." Snow-white awoke, and saw the seven Little Men with their big beards standing near her bed. She was afraid. The Little men said, "Do not be afraid. We are your friends. Tell us how you came here." Snow-white said, "I will tell you." Then she told them her story. They said, "Do not be afraid. Live here with us. But see that the door shut when we are not in the house with you. Do not go out. If you go out, the bad Queen will find you. Then she will know that you are not dead, and will tell someone to kill you." So Snow-white lived in the hut with the seven Little Men. After some days Snow-white went into the garden. One of the Queen's servants was going through the forest, and he saw her. He went and told the Queen, "Snow-white is in a hut in the forest." The Queen was very angry when she heard that Snow-white was not dead. The Queen took an apple. She made a hole in the red side of the apple, and put some powder into the hole. Then she put on old clothes and went to the hut. She called, "Is any one there?" Snow-white opened the door, and came out to her. The Queen said, "I have some pretty apples. Eat one of my pretty apples." Snow-white took the apple and said, "Is it good?" The Queen said, "See, I will eat this white side of the apple; you eat the red side. Then you will know that it is good." Snow-white ate the red side of the apple. When the powder was in her mouth, she fell down dead. The Queen went back to her house. She went into her room. she looked into the glass and said, "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" The glass said, "The Queen is most beautiful of all." Then the Queen know that Snow-white was dead. The Little Men came back to the hut. When they saw that Snow-white was dead, the poor Little Men cried. Then they put Snow-white in a box made of glass. They took the glass box to a hill and put it there, and said, "Everyone who goes by will see how beautiful she was." Then each Little Man put one white flower on the box, and they went away. Just as they were going away, a Prince came by. He saw the glass box and said, "What is that?" Then he saw Snow-white in the box. He said, "She was very beautiful: but do not put her there. There is a hall in the garden of my father's house. It is all made of white stone. We will take the glass box and put it in the hall of beautiful white stone." The Little Men said, "Take her." Then the Prince told his servants to take up the box. They took up the box. Just then one of the servants fell down. The box fell, and Snow-white fell with the box. The bit of apple fell out of her mouth: she awoke, and sat up, and said, "Where am I?" The Prince said, "You are with me. I never saw anyone as beautiful as you. Come with me and be my Queen." The Prince married Snow-white, and she became his Queen. A man went and told this to the bad Queen. When she heard it she was so angry that she fell down dead. Snow-white lived and was very happy ever after. And the Little Men came to see her every year. I. Translation for Reference(参考译文) 白雪公主 从前，有一个王后，她坐在窗户旁。窗外的花园里积满了雪，山上是雪，小路上是雪，树上和屋顶上也积着雪，万物一片白茫茫。她手中拿着些布和一枚针，她手中的不就像雪一样洁白。王后正在为小孩做一件上衣，她说：“我想我的孩子能够像这布一样白，想雪一样白，我要叫她'白雪公主'。” 几天之后，王后生了个小孩，这个孩子白得像雪一样，王后给她取名为“白雪公主”。但是，王后得了重病，几天以后就去世了。白雪公主活了下来，她是一个十分幸福和美丽的孩子。 王后去世一年以后，国王又娶了一位王后。新王后十分漂亮，但是，她不是一个善良的女人。一个巫师给了新王后一面镜子，这面镜子会说话，它挂在王后房间的墙上，每天王后照着镜子，欣赏自己多么漂亮。当她照镜子的时候，她问：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的人？”于是魔镜开口说道：“王后是世界上最漂亮的。” 过了数年，白雪公主长成大人了。当白雪公主是一个年轻姑娘时，有一天，王后照着镜子说：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的？”魔镜说：“白雪公主是世界上最漂亮的。” 当王后听到这些话时，非常恼怒，她说：“白雪公主没有我漂亮，没有一个人比我更漂亮。”然后，王后坐在床上哭了。一小时后，王后从她的房间走出来，她叫来一个仆人说：“把白雪公主带到森林中杀掉。” 仆人带着白雪公主到了森林，但他没有杀死她，因为她太美丽太善良了。他说：“我不会杀死你的，但是，你不能回王宫，因为，王后很生气，她会看到你的。如果王后发现你，她会让别人杀死你的。你就呆在森林里，会有朋友来帮助你的。”然后，他走了。 可怜的白雪公主坐在一棵树底下哭了，这时，她看到天快黑了，她说：“我不哭了，我要找所房子今晚好睡觉，我不能呆在这儿了，熊会吃了我的。”她往森林深处走去，这时，她发现了一座小屋，她打开小屋的门，走了进去。在小屋里，她看到七张小床，还有一张桌子，桌子上有七块小面包和七个小杯子。她吃了其中一块面包，然后说：“我想喝点水。”于是，她又喝了一个杯子中的一些水。之后，她躺在一张小床上睡着了。 这座小屋是七个小矮人的家。当天黑下来的时候，七个小矮人回到小屋。每个小矮人都留着一副大胡子，穿一件小蓝上衣。小矮人进了小屋，每个人都点上他们的小灯，然后，小矮人都坐下，开始吃面包，喝小杯里的水。 但是，一个小矮人说：“有人把我小面包吃了。”另一个小矮人说：“有人把我的小杯子里的水喝了。”然后，七个小矮人去睡觉。可是一个小矮人说：“有人正睡在我的小床上。”七个小矮人都过来看睡在小矮人床上的白雪公主。他们说：“她真漂亮。” 白雪公主醒了，发现七个留着大胡子的小矮人正站在她床旁，她很害怕。小矮人们说：“别害怕，我们是你的好朋友，告诉我们你是怎么来这儿的。”白雪公主说：“我告诉你们。”接着她就给他们讲述了自己的经历。他们说：“不要害怕。就在这儿和我们住在一起，但是，我们不在家的时候，你一定要关上门，千万别出去。如果你出去了，坏王后会发现你，这样，她知道你没有死，会让人来杀死你。”于是，白雪公主和七个小矮人在这座小屋里生活着。 几天以后，白雪公主去了一趟花园。王后的一个仆人正经过这片森林，他发现了阿。他回去告诉了王后：“白雪公主在森林的一座小屋里。”王后听说白雪公主没有死，十分恼火。 王后拿来一个苹果，她在苹果红的一边挖了一个洞，把一些毒的粉末放在这个洞里。然后，她穿上一身旧衣服，去了小屋。她喊：“屋里有人吗？”白雪公主打开门，出来见她。王后说：“我有一些漂亮的苹果，吃一个尝尝吧？”白雪公主拿着苹果说：“这好吃吗？”王后说：“瞧，我吃苹果白的一半，你吃红的一半，你会知道它味道不错。”白雪公主吃了苹果红的一半，当粉末进入她嘴里时，她倒下去死了。 王后回到家，进了自己的房间，对着镜子说：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的。”魔镜说：“王后是世界上最漂亮的。”于是，王后知道白雪公主已经死了。 小矮人们回到小屋，发现白雪公主死了。可怜的小矮人们全都哭了。然后，他们把白雪公主放进玻璃棺材里，并把它抬到山坡上，安放在那里，说：“每位经过这里的人都会看见她是多么美丽。”接着每个小矮人在棺材上放了一朵白花，然后离开了。 他们刚刚要离开，一位王子从此经过，他看着玻璃棺材说：“那是什么？”这时，他发现白雪公主躺在里面，他说：“她太美丽了，把能把她放在这里，在父亲的王宫里有一座大厅，整个大厅都是用白石头砌成，我们把玻璃棺材搬到那所漂亮的白石大厅里。”小矮人们说：“抬走她吧。” 然后，王子告诉他的仆人抬起棺材。他们抬起它时，不巧一个仆人跌倒了。把棺材也摔到地上，白雪公主随同棺材跌了下来，那块苹果从她嘴里掉了出来，她醒了过来，坐起来说：“我这是在哪儿？”王子说：“你跟我在一起，我从来没有见过一位像你这么美丽的人，跟我来，做我的王后吧。”王子和白雪公主结婚了，她成了王后。 一个人去把这些消息告诉了坏王后，当她听到这些，气得倒下死去了。从那以后，白雪公主一直生活得很幸福。每年小矮人们都来看她。 　 II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions. 1. The glass which the Queen got from a wizard _______. A.could make the Queen beautiful B.could tell who was the most beautiful of all C.was on the wall of the King's room D.could make the Queen happy 2. When the Queen heard she wasn't the most beautiful of all, she _______. A.became very angry at this B.didn't want to believe this C.decided to kill Snow-white D.All of the above. 3. The servant didn't kill Snow-white, because _______. A.she was kind and beautiful B.he knew that the Queen will send another person to kill Snow-white C.the Queen told him to do so D.he wanted bears to eat her 4. Why didn't Snow-white go out of the forest? A.because she lost her way B.because the Queen would find and kill her if she did so C.she loved seven Little Men D.she could enjoy herself in the forest 5. How did the Queen know that Snow-white was still alive? A.She knew it from her glass. B.She knew it from one of her servants. C.She knew it from the seven Little Men. D.She knew it by herself. 6. What did the Queen do after knowing that Snow-white was alive? A.She decided to kill her in person. B.She decided to send a servant to kill her. C.She decided to send her some pretty apples. D.None of the above. 7. The Queen knew the death of Snow-white from _______. A.a servant B.the seven Little Men C.her glass D.the Prince 8. From the story, we know that those Little Men put _______ white flowers on Snow-white's box in total. A.one B.seven C.more than seven D.countless 9. What happened to Snow-white after her death? A.She was put into a box and was buried by the seven Little Men . B.A Prince took her into his hall of beautiful white stones. C.She came back to life and married the Prince. D.Both A and C. 10. _______ made the bad Queen dead at last. A.The Prince B.Her anger C.Her envy D.h B and C III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组 wizard n. 男巫 hut n. 茅舍，小屋 　 Key to Exercise(练习答案) 1:B 2 3:A 4:B 5:B 6:A 7:A 8:B 9:C 10

江湖

The Emperor's New Clothes Long ago and far away, there lived an Emperor. This Emperor was very vain and could think about nothing but his clothes. He had wardrobes and cupboards full of clothes. They filled his spare bedrooms and upstairs corridors of the palace. The courtiers were worried that the wardrobes would begin to appear downstairs and in their chambers. The Emperor spent hours every morning getting dressed. He had to choose his outfit, preferable a new one, and the shoes and wig to go with it. Mid-morning, he invariably changed into something more formal for his short meetings with his councillors and advisors. He would change again for lunch, and then again for a rest in the afternoon. He [img]http://www.ywhc.net/article/200601/pic/2[1].jpg[/img]just had to change for dinner and them again for the evening! He kept all the weavers, tailors, cobblers and silk merchants of the city very busy and very happy! News of the Emperor spread to distant kingdoms and finally came to the ears of two very shady characters. "Could we?" they asked themselves. "Could we fool the Emperor who loves new clothes?" "Let's try," they decided. They left their homes and traveled to the Emperor's city. there they saw the many shops selling clothes, shoes and fabrics. For, if the Emperor dressed finely, so too did his couriers. The two travelers went to the palace along with [img]http://www.ywhc.net/article/200601/pic/3[1].jpg[/img]many other tradesmen hoping to sell their wares to the Emperor. They asked to meet the Emperor. "We have something very special to show him," they told the Chamberlain. "That's what everyone says," said the Chamberlain. "Ah, but his is magical," said one, "We have invented a new cloth by using a very special and secret method." The Chamberlain felt that it was his duty to bring new items to the Emperor's attention and he went to tell him. "Something magical?" said the Emperor, who was changing for lunch and admiring himself in the mirror. "Oh, I love new things, Show the two weavers in." The two weavers were shown in, and began to describe their cloth to the Emperor. "It is gold, silver and rainbow colored, all at the same time," said one. "It shimmers." "It feels like silk, but is as warm as wool," said the second. "It is as light as air," said the first. "A most wonderful fabric." The Emperor was enchanted. He must have an outfit from this new cloth. "There is a grand parade in the city in two weeks time," he said. "I need a new outfit for it. Can one be ready in time?" "Oh yes, your Majesty," said the weavers. "But there is a problem. The cloth is very expensive to make." "No matter," said the Emperor, waving his hand. "Money is no object. I must have an outfit. Just see the Chamberlain and he'll sort it out. Make it here in the palace." The Chamberlain showed the two weavers to a large airy room and they set to work. They asked for a loom, and a sack of gold to start buying materials. The Chamberlain followed the Emperor's orders and they were denied nothing. The weavers worked away behind closed doors. The loom could be heard clattering away. Every now and then a courtier would stand and listen at the door. News of the magic cloth had spread. Finally, the Emperor could stand it no more. "Chamberlain, go to the weavers and see how the cloth is processing. The parade is only a week way." The Chamberlain knocked at the door and waited. "Enter!" said the weavers. They had been expecting someone soon! "The Emperor has sent me to check on the progress of the cloth," said the Chamberlain, staring at the empty loom. "Is it not beautiful?" said one [img]http://www.ywhc.net/article/200601/pic/6[1].jpg[/img]of the weavers, holding out nothing to the Chamberlain. "See the lustre, feel the softness!" "Um," said the Chamberlain, not quite sure what to say. "Oh wise Chamberlain," said the other weaver. "Now you can see why it is magical. Only the truly clever and brilliant can see the cloth. Most people would see an empty loom, but a clever man like you will see our wonderful cloth." "Of course," said the Chamberlain, not wanting to look stupid. "It really is quite marvelous. Those colors, that shimmer of the gold and silver threads. Marvelous." "Oh, you are so wise," said the weavers. The Emperor was very impatient and couldn't wait for the Chamberlain to return. After ten minutes of pacing up and down, he went to the weavers' room, followed by half of his court. He threw the doors open, and saw the empty loom. "Why!" he cried in a surprised voice. "Your Majesty," said the Chamberlain quickly. " A wise man such as yourself can surely see the colors and sheen of this magical cloth." "Of course I can," said the Emperor, wondering why he could not. "It's beautiful. Simply enchanting. When can my outfit be made? Send for the royal tailors!" "Your Majesty," said the two weavers. "We would be delighted to make your outfit for you. There is no need to trouble your hard-working tailor. It is such a difficult fabric to cut and sew. We will make the suit." "Very well," said the Emperor. "First fitting tomorrow." [img]http://www.ywhc.net/article/200601/pic/7[1].jpg[/img]The courtiers had followed the Emperor, and they now came into the room. Of course, they could see nothing on the loom for there was nothing to see. "Is it not beautiful?" said one of the weavers. "Of course, only the wise and very clever can see the beauty of the cloth. Look at the colors, feel the weight." The courtiers queued up to look at the colors and feel the weight, and each went away exclaiming over the marvelous cloth which was indeed as light as air. But each courtier secretly wondered if they were really stupid, as they had seen nothing at all. The two weavers then set to work as tailors. They muttered and discussed at the Emperor's fittings, stitching here, cutting there until at last the suit was made. The following day was the day of the parade. "Am I not the handsomest of men in my marvellous suit?" said the Emperor to the Chamberlain, as he showed off his new outfit. "Just look at the tiny stitches and the lacework. Truly marvelous." "Undoubtedly, sir," said the Chamberlain. "There is no outfit on earth to equal this one." The Emperor was dressed in his new suit and ready for the parade. News of his amazing outfit had reached the people of the town and all wanted to see him. There were people crowded along the sides of the streets. The parade began! People gasped. "What a suit!" they cried. "What suit?" asked a small boy, who had not heard of the magical cloth. "The Emperor has no clothes on at all!" "It's true! No clothes! The Emperor is naked!" the people cried. And the Emperor was very ashamed. He had been so vain, and now he had been made to look a fool. As for the two tailors -- they were in fact thieves, and had long since left the town with their bags of gold. Probably laughing all the way! But the Emperor is a wiser man now, and spends a lot more time with his advisors and far less with his tailors. I. Translation for Reference(参考译文) 皇帝的新衣 从前有一个国王很喜欢穿新衣服，差不多每过一个钟头就要换一件。因为这个缘故，他差不多把所有的钱都花在买衣服上了。他不关心他的士兵，也不愿意到哪儿去玩儿，成天地的催着大臣去给他找最新奇的衣服，想着怎么夸耀他的新衣服。别国的人民谈到他们的国王，都是说：“他在开会。”可是在这个国家里，大家总是说：“他在换衣服。” 有一天，有两个骗子来到这个国家。这两个骗子化装成织布匠去见国王，说他们能织出世界上谁也没见过的一种布。 “国王”，一个骗子说：“这种布不但是图案非常美丽，而且有一个特色，就是非常愚蠢的人，或能力跟他的职位不相配的人看不见。” “织这种布很费事。”另一个骗子说：“不过，我们愿意替你织。” 过了一些日子，国王心想：“不知道他们两个把布织得怎么样了？” 他很想去看看，可是他一想到愚蠢的人或才能跟职位不配的人看不见这种布的事，心里又有点不安。“对了，”国王自言自语地说：“最好先派我的宰相去看看。他的学问和才能都比别人高。此外他对我又是最诚实的，从来没说过谎话。派他去看，是再可靠也没有了。” 忠诚的宰相走进了织布机房。两个骗子指着空空的织布机，问他这种花样儿好看吗？那种颜色美丽吗？ 宰相看不见织布机上有什么，但是他不愿意让国王认为他是个愚蠢的人，不配做宰相。所以他说：“嗯，好极子，这种花样儿太美了，那种颜色真好看。我要告诉国王，说你们织的这种布是我从来没见过的，最新奇的布！” 又过了些日子，国王派了他的侍从官到织布房去看。 侍从官所看到的情形跟宰相看到的一样，织布机上连一根丝也没有。“啊，我一定是不配做侍从官。”他想，“真糟糕！不过我不能让国王知道我的能力不够。”因此他也称赞这两个骗子织的布非常好看，回去以后就对国王说：“国王，你见了一定会喜欢。那种布太美丽了！” 布终于织好了。两个骗子把布拿来给国王看。国王张大了眼睛也看不见布，只能看到装布的空盒子。“是怎么回事儿？”国王想，“我什么也看不见。难道我是愚蠢的人，不配做国王？…….”他想了一会儿，高兴地宣布说：“这块布真是好看极了，是世界上最新奇的布！”他的侍从官和宰相也表示同意他的说法，并且建议他做成衣服来穿。 国王高兴地给了骗子许多钱，要他们用这块布给他做一套衣服，准备在举行游行大会的那一天穿。两个骗子日夜赶工，把衣服做好了。 他们请国王脱光衣服，然后做出拿着新衣服给国王穿的样子，说：“看，这是内衣。这是衬衫。这是外套。这种美丽的布像蜘蛛网一样轻巧。穿了就跟没穿一样儿。不过，这正是这种布的特点。” 游行的时侯到了，全城的人都争着来看国王的新衣服。他们个个都说：“我们国王的新衣服好漂亮啊！世界上再也没这种漂亮、高贵的衣服了！” 国王越来越高兴。可是就在他最得意的时後，人群突然有一个小孩儿叫了起来：“国王明明光着屁股嘛！他身上什么都没穿！”小孩儿一直跟妈妈吵闹着：为什么你们都没看见吗？明明就是没穿衣服，为何一直称赞国王的衣服呢？ 大家听了这个小孩儿的话会怎么想呢？ 最后，就是大家哄堂大笑了起来～～猜到了没有？ 　 II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions. 1. What or who did the Emperor really think about? A. His subject（臣民）. B. His money. C. His wife.   D. His clothes. 2. What did the two weavers travel to the Emperor's city for? A. Fooling the Emperor. B. Doing something good for the Emperor. C. Just touring there. D. Doing some business. 3. What did the weavers say about making the cloth? A. Very complex. B. Very expensive. C. Very easy. D. Very cheap. 4. When they need any money for making the clothes, who would they go to see? A. The Emperor. B. No one. C. The Chamberlain. D. Solve the problem by themselves. 5. Who went to the weavers' loom first? A. The Chamberlain. B. A servant. C. The Emperor. D. The courtiers. 6. Who could really see the clothes? A. The Emperor. B. The courtiers. C. The Chamberlain. D. No one. 7. What did the Chamberlain say about the clothes during the day of parade? A. Truly marvelous. B. Just so so. C. Very neat. D. No comment. 8. Who told the truth finally? A. The Chamberlain. B. The courtiers. C. A small boy. D. A old woman. 　 III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组 vain a. 空虚的   chamber n. 房间 weaver n. 织布者 fabrics n. 织物 shimmer v. 闪烁 lustre n. 光泽 sheen n. 光泽 stitch v. 缝合 　 Key to Exercise(练习答案) 1.D  2.A 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.A 8.C

江湖

A Rose from Homer's Grave

By Hans Christian Andersen
(1842)
All the songs of the east speak of the love of the nightingale for the rose in the silent starlight night. The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers.
Not far from Smyrna, where the merchant drives his loaded camels, proudly arching their long necks as they journey beneath the lofty pines over holy ground, I saw a hedge of roses. The turtle-dove flew among the branches of the tall trees, and as the sunbeams fell upon her wings, they glistened as if they were mother-of-pearl. On the rose-bush grew a flower, more beautiful than them all, and to her the nightingale sung of his woes; but the rose remained silent, not even a dewdrop lay like a tear of sympathy on her leaves. At last she bowed her head over a heap of stones, and said, “Here rests the greatest singer in the world; over his tomb will I spread my fragrance, and on it I will let my leaves fall when the storm scatters them. He who sung of Troy became earth, and from that earth I have sprung. I, a rose from the grave of Homer, am too lofty to bloom for a nightingale.” Then the nightingale sung himself to death. A camel-driver came by, with his loaded camels and his black slaves; his little son found the dead bird, and buried the lovely songster in the grave of the great Homer, while the rose trembled in the wind.
The evening came, and the rose wrapped her leaves more closely round her, and dreamed: and this was her dream.
It was a fair sunshiny day; a crowd of strangers drew near who had undertaken a pilgrimage to the grave of Homer. Among the strangers was a minstrel from the north, the home of the clouds and the brilliant lights of the aurora borealis. He plucked the rose and placed it in a book, and carried it away into a distant part of the world, his fatherland. The rose faded with grief, and lay between the leaves of the book, which he opened in his own home, saying, “Here is a rose from the grave of Homer.”
Then the flower awoke from her dream, and trembled in the wind. A drop of dew fell from the leaves upon the singer's grave. The sun rose, and the flower bloomed more beautiful than ever. The day was hot, and she was still in her own warm Asia. Then footsteps approached, strangers, such as the rose had seen in her dream, came by, and among them was a poet from the north; he plucked the rose, pressed a kiss upon her fresh mouth, and carried her away to the home of the clouds and the northern lights. Like a mummy, the flower now rests in his “Iliad,” and, as in her dream, she hears him say, as he opens the book, “Here is a rose from the grave of Homer.”
　
I. Translation for Reference(参考译文)
荷马墓上的一朵玫瑰
（注：荷马（Homer)是公元前１０００年希腊的一个伟大诗人。他的两部驰名的 史诗《依里亚特》（Illiad)《奥德赛》(Odyssey)描写希腊人远征特洛伊城(Troy)的故事。此城在小亚细亚的西北部。）

东方所有的歌曲都歌诵着夜莺对玫瑰花的爱情。在星星闪耀着的静夜里，这只有翼的歌手就为他芬芳的花儿唱一支情歌。离士麦那（注：士麦那（Ｓｍｙｒｎａ）是土耳其西部的一个海口。）不远，在一株高 大的梧桐树下，商人赶着一群驮着东西的骆驼。这群牲口骄傲地昂起它们的长脖子，笨重地在这神圣的土地上行进。我看到开满了花的玫瑰树所组成的篱笆。野鸽子在高大的树枝间飞翔。当太阳射到它们身上的时候，它们的翅膀发着光，像珍珠一样。玫瑰树篱笆上有一朵花，一朵所有的鲜花中最美丽的花。夜莺对它唱出他的爱情的悲愁 。但是这朵玫瑰一句话也不讲，它的叶子上连一颗作为同情的眼泪的露珠都没有。它只是面 对着几块大石头垂下枝子。“这儿躺着世界上一个最伟大的歌手！”玫瑰花说。“我在他的墓上散发出香气；当暴 风雨袭来的时候，我的花瓣落到它身上，这位《依里亚特》的歌唱者变成了这块土地中的尘土，我从这尘土中发芽和生长！我是荷马墓上长出的一朵玫瑰。我是太神圣了，我不能为一个平凡的夜莺开出花来。”

于是夜莺就一直歌唱到死。

赶骆驼的商人带着驮着东西的牲口和黑奴走来了。他的小儿子看到了这只死鸟。他把这 只小小的歌手埋到伟大的荷马的墓里。那朵玫瑰花在风中发着抖。黄昏到来了。玫瑰花紧紧 地收敛起它的花瓣，做了一个梦。它梦见一个美丽的、阳光普照的日子。一群异国人——佛兰克人——来参拜荷马的坟墓 。在这些异国人之中有一位歌手；他来自北国，来自云块和北极光的故乡（注：指丹麦、挪威和瑞典。）。他摘下这朵玫瑰，把它夹在一本书里，然后把它带到世界的另一部分——他 的辽远的祖国里来。这朵玫瑰在悲哀中萎谢了，静静地躺在这本小书里。他在家里把这本书打开，说：“这是从荷马的墓上摘下的一朵玫瑰。”这就是这朵花做的一个梦。她惊醒起来，在风中发抖。于是一颗露珠从她的花瓣上滚到 这位歌手的墓上去。太阳升起来了，天气渐渐温暖起来，玫瑰花开得比以前还要美丽。她是 生长在温暖的亚洲。这时有脚步声音响起来了。玫瑰花在梦里所见到的那群佛兰克人来了； 在这些异国人中有一位北国的诗人：他摘下这朵玫瑰，在它新鲜的嘴唇上吻了一下，然后把它带到云块和北极光的故乡去。这朵花的躯体像木乃伊一样，现在躺在他的《依里亚特》里面它像在做梦一样，听到他打开这本书，说：“这是荷马墓上的一朵玫瑰。”
（１８４２年）这是一首散文诗，收集在《诗人的集市》里。这大概也是安徒生在旅行中根据自己的见 闻有所感而写成的。文中的“一位北国诗人”可能就是他本人。那朵玫瑰有它坎坷的遭遇，诗人的一生中有时也有类似的经验。因此也只有他最能理解和钟爱这朵玫瑰花。
　
II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions.
1. What does all the songs of the east speak of?
A.The king of the people.
B.The love of the nightingale for the rose.
C.Homer.
D.The rose.
2. To whom did the nightingale sing of his woes?
A.The merchant.
B.The turtle-dove.
C.The camels.
D.The rose.
3. What did happen to the nightingale?
A.He sung himself to death.
B.He got ill.
C.He flew to the east.
D.He stayed with the rose.
4. What was the weather like in the rose's dream?
A.A rainy day.
B.A cloudy day.
C.A fair sunshiny day.
D.A overcast day.
5. What did really happen to the rose?
A.The dream came true.
B.Nothing happened to her.
C.She died on Homer's grave.
D.None of the answers above is correct.
　
III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组
1. serenade v. 为（某人）唱或奏小夜曲
2. fragrant a. 芬香的
3. sunbeam n. 阳光
4. minstrel n. 吟游诗人
5. aurora n. 极光
6. grief n. 悲痛
　
Key to Exercise(练习答案)
1.B  2.D  3.A  4.C  5.A
　

江湖

Lazy Harry

英汉对照

Harry was so lazy that although he had nothing else to do but drive his goat out to graze every day, he still heaved many a sigh when he got back home in the evening after completing his day's labors. "What a weary job it is," he would say, "what a terrible burden, year after year, driving that goat out into the fields every day till Michaelmas! If I could even lie down and take a nap while she feeds! But no, I've got to keep my eyes open or she'll damage the young trees, or squeeze through a hedge into someone's garden, or even run away altogether. What sort of a life is that? No peace of mind, no relaxation. " He sat down and collected his thoughts and tried to work out some way of getting this burden off his back. For a long time all his ponderings were in vain, then suddenly the scales seemed to fall from his eyes. "I know what I'll do!" he exclaimed. "I'll marry Fat Katie; she's got a goat as well, so she can take mine out with hers and I won't have to go on wearing myself to a shadow like this."

So Harry got up, set his weary limbs in motion and walked right across the street, for it was no further than that to where Fat Katie's parents lived; and there he asked for the hand of their hard-working, virtuous daughter. Her parents didn't stop to think twice, "Like to like makes a good match," they remarked, and gave their consent. So now Fat Katie became Harry's wife and drove both the goats out to graze. Harry spent his days very pleasantly, with nothing more strenuous to recover from than his own idleness. He only went out with her now and then, saying, "I'm just doing this so that I'll enjoy my bit of a rest afterwards all the more; you lose all your appreciation of it otherwise."

But Fat Katie was no less idle than Harry. "Harry dear," she said one day, "Why should we needlessly make our lives a misery like this and spoil the best years of our youth? Those two goats wake us out of our best morning sleep anyway with their bleating: wouldn't it be better to give them both to our neighbor and get a beehive from him in exchange? We'll put up the beehive in a sunny place behind the house and just leave it to look after itself. Bees don't need to be minded and taken out to graze: they'll fly out and find their own way home and make honey, without our having to raise a finger." "You're a very sensible girl," answered Harry, "and we'll do as you suggest right away. What's more, honey's tastier than goat's milk and it does you more good and you can store it for longer."

The neighbor willingly gave them a beehive in exchange for their two goats. The bees flew in and out tirelessly from early in the morning till late in the evening and filled the hive with the finest honey, so that in the autumn Harry was able to collect a whole jar of it.

They stood the jar on a shelf that was fixed to the wall above their bed; and fearing that someone might steal it or the mice mighty get at it, Katie fetched in a sturdy hazel rod and put it at the bedside, so that she wouldn't have to bestir herself unnecessarily but just reach for it and drive away any unwelcome visitors without having to get up.

Lazy Harry didn't like to rise before midday: "Too soon out of bed and you'll soon be dead," he would remark. So there he was one morning, still lolling among the feathers in broad daylight, having a good rest after his long sleep, and he said to his wife: "Women have a sweet tooth, and you've been at that honey again; I think our best plan, before it all gets eaten up by you, would be to give it in exchange for a goose and a young gander." "But not till we have a child to mind them!" replied Fat Katie. "You don't suppose I'd want to be bothered with young goslings, needlessly wearing out my strength?" "And do you suppose," said Harry, "that the boy will look after geese? Nowadays children don't do what they're told any more, they do just as they please, because they think they're cleverer than their parents, just like that farmhand who was sent to fetch a cow and started chasing three blackbirds." "Well then," answered Katie, "this one had better look out if he doesn't do as I tell him. I'll take a stick to him and give his hide a real good tanning. Watch me, Harry!" she exclaimed in her excitement, seizing the stick she kept to drive away the mice, "watch me beat the backside off him!" She lifted the stick, but unfortunately struck the honey jar above the bed. The jar was knocked against the wall and fell to smithereens, and all that fine honey went trickling over the floor. "Well, so much for the goose and the young gander," said Harry, "we shan't have to mind them now. But it's a bit of luck that the jar didn't fall on my head; we've every cause to be content with our lot." And seeing that some honey was still left in one of the fragments, he reached out and picked it up and said cheerfully: "Wife, let's enjoy the little that's left over here, and then take a bit of a rest after the fright we've had. What does it matter if we get up a little later than usual, the day's still long enough." "Oh yes," answered Katie, "better late than never. You know the one about the snail that was invited to the wedding? It set out and got there in time for the christening. And just outside the house it fell from the top of a fence, and said to itself: 'More haste, less speed.'"

I. Translation for Reference(参考译文)


懒汉海利


海利是个懒汉。他除了每天赶着山羊去吃草外，什么事都不干。就这样，到了傍晚，干完了一天的活计，回家，还总是唉声叹气，说：“这真是累人的活。多么沉重的负担啊.一年又一年，直到米迦勒节都得赶着山羊到野外去。要是山羊吃草时，我能躺下睡个觉该多好啊！可是不行啊,我还得睁大眼睛看着，别让山羊伤着小树，别让山羊钻进树篱笆到别人家的院子去，或者别逃跑了。这是什么生活啊？一刻也不能安静，不能放松。”他坐下，沉思起来，想怎么才能摆脱着沉重的负担呢。他绞尽脑汁想了好久，还是想不出好法子。突然，他好像恍然大悟似的，喊起来：“我知道该怎么办了。我要娶胖子凯迪亚。她也有一只山羊，因此，她可以把我的山羊一起赶出去放。那么，我就用不着这么辛苦了。”

于是，海利起来，活动活动他懒散的身子，横穿马路走过去。胖子凯迪亚的爸妈住的地方离这儿并不太远。他对他们说，他要娶勤苦善良的凯迪亚为妻子。胖子凯迪亚的爸爸没有多想，说：“鱼找鱼，虾找虾。”他们答应了这一要求。这样，胖子凯迪亚成了海利的妻子，赶着两只山羊去放牧。海利每天过着快乐的生活，没什么劳累，只是歇着他那把懒骨头。有时，他也陪妻子出去放羊，他说：“这样我才会感到在休息。要不就连休息的感觉都没有。”

可是，凯迪亚更加懒惰。一天，她说：“亲爱的海利，我们为什么每天不必要地吃这么多苦呢？为什么把我们最好的青春时光白白浪费掉呢？为什么我们不把那每天早上咩咩叫，干扰我们呼呼大睡的两只山羊，和邻居换一箱蜜蜂来呢？我们要是把一箱蜜蜂放在房子后边太阳下，那就用不着照看呀。蜜蜂用不着我们看着，更用不着我们到野外去放养。蜜蜂会自己飞出去，再自己飞回来，酿蜜，用不着我们费事。”海利回答说：“你是个聪明的女人。我们马上按你的说法办。再说蜂蜜比山羊奶更好吃，对身体有好处，也便于长期保存。”

邻居高高兴兴地用一箱蜜蜂，换两只山羊。蜜蜂，从早到晚，飞进飞出，勤勤恳恳。蜂箱里装忙了最好的蜂蜜，因此，到了秋天，海利收获到了一满罐蜜蜂。

他们夫妇把这一罐蜂蜜放在卧室墙头的隔板上。为了防止有人来偷，或老鼠来吃，凯迪亚弄了一根结结实实的榛木棒子，放在床头。这样，他们用不着起床就可以拿到棒子，能把那不请自到的“客人”赶跑了。

懒汉海利不到中午不愿起床。他说：“早起的人，将死得很早。”一天早晨，太阳已经升起很高很高，海利还赖在鹅毛被窝里。长时间的睡眠后，得到了充足的休息，他对妻子说：“女人爱吃甜的。你又去吃蜂蜜了。我看我们得在蜂蜜没让你吃光之前，用它换一只大鹅和一只小雏鹅。”“可是，得等我生了放鹅的孩子以后才能买。难道让我为小鹅去伤神费力吗？”凯迪亚说。海利说：“你以为男孩喜欢放鹅吗？现在的孩子呀，都不听话。他们总以为自己比爸爸妈妈要聪明，总要做自己喜欢做的事。像那个农场工人，他被派去找回母牛来，他却去追赶那三只鸟了。”“不，他要是不听我的话，他可要小心了。”凯迪亚回答说，“我要拿起手杖，狠狠地揍他。看着，海利，”她兴奋地喊着，操起准备赶老鼠的那根木棒子，又说，“看我怎么把他的屁股打烂！”她扬起棒子，真糟糕，正碰着床上的蜂蜜罐子。罐子撞着墙，碎得稀里哗啦往下掉，甜甜的蜂蜜淌在地板上，“好了，再也不要谈论鹅的事了，”海利说，“我们根本不用放鹅了。幸运的是罐子没落在我头上，我们有理由说我们的运气好。”海利看那破罐碎片上还有一些蜂蜜，伸手就去拿，高兴地说：“喂，我们来享受这剩下的一点儿蜂蜜吧。可吓了这么一大跳以后，该稍稍休息休息了。我们比平常晚一点起来，有什么？日子长着呢。”“是呀，”凯迪亚回答说，“迟做总比不做好。你知道，有回，蜗牛别邀请去参加婚礼的故事。蜗牛动身走了，到人家婚后生下的孩子行洗礼的时候才到。蜗牛从房前的篱笆上落下来，还自言自语地说：'欲速则不达。'”


II. Exercise Choose the correct answer to the following questions.

1). What did Harry do when the goat was grazing?
A) He lied down and took a nap.
B) He went home to have a rest.
C) He relaxed, and had a peace of mind.
D) He kept eyes on her.

2). What did Harry think of Fat Katie?
A) She was hard-working, virtuous.
B) He loved such girl very much.
C) She had a goat too.
D) She was lazy too.

3). How did Harry spend his first days after marriage?
A) He went out to graze like before.
B) He spent his days happily.
C) He slept all day.
D) He let Katie go out to graze because he know she liked this.

4). Why did they exchange the two goats with the beehive?
A) They liked eating honey.
B) They didn't like goats any more.
C) The bees can be minded themselves.
D) The wife wanted to store some honey.

5). "the unwelcome visitors" refer to _______.
A) bees
B) mice
C) goose
D) gander

6). The wife happened to _______ with the stick.
A) strike the honey jar
B) strike her husband's head
C) hit the mice
D) none of the above is right

7). From the whole passage, we can see that _______.
A) Harry is lazier than Fat Katie
B) Fat Katie is lazier than Harry
C) Fat Katie and Harry loved each other
D) They were both lazy  
　

III. New Words and Expressions 生词和词组

fragment n. 碎片

chase v. 追赶

　

Key to Exercise(练习答案)

1 2:C 3:B 4:C 5:B 6:A 7