双语阅读:读英语小故事学词语运用
时间:2017-03-01 17:33:53
来源:平和英语村 作者:平和英语村
一、派克先生抱得美人归
Mr. Parker was a lord whom everyone looked up to. He had a lumber mill. Every morning, he used a lorry to carry the lumbers to the railway station. In the lounge of the railway station, there were signs everywhere warning people to look out for their luggage. But Mr. Parker did lose his that morning. The loss would cause much trouble. When he was at a loss, he was lucky to hear a nice voice from a loudspeaker announcing that his lost luggage was found. Mr. Parker went to the lost and found office. He saw a lovely woman. Her wavy hair fell in loose loops upon her shoulder. Mr. Parker fell in love with her at once. He was so nervous that he lowered his head and loosened his tie. From then on, Mr. Parker lubricated the wheels of her bike every day. He looked up the most affecting words in the dictionary to write essays. He asked the woman to look over the essays written for her. She looked through them and handed them back without comments. Mr. Parker did not give up. One day the woman told him that she was afraid because she felt a lump in her left lung. Mr. Parker spent the most difficult time with her. He was entirely loyal to her. They became lovers after she recovered. According to the lunar calendar, they would marry during the spring festival. The woman objected to luxury on their marriage and Mr. Parker agreed with her.
派克先生是个人人都尊敬的贵族。他有一个木材厂。每天上午,他用一辆卡车装运木材去火车站。火车站的休息室到处都是标志,提醒人们注意他们的行李。但派克先生那天早上还是弄丢了行李。遗失将带来许多麻烦。当他不知所措的时候,他幸运地听到一个扬声器里很好听的一个声音通知他丢的行李找到了。派克先生去了失物招领处。他看见一个可爱的女子。她波浪一般的头发形成松松的圈圈披在她的肩膀上。派克先生立刻爱上了她。他很紧张,以至于他低下头把领结解开了。从此,派克先生每天给她的自行车车轮加润滑油门他在字典里查寻最感人的词语来写,散文。他请求女子查看他为她写的散文。她浏览了一下然后不加评论就还给了他。派克先生没有气馁。一天那名女子告诉他她很害怕,因为她感觉到自己左肺有个肿块。派克先生陪伴她度过了最艰难的时期。他对她完全忠诚。在她痊愈之后,他们成了情侣。根据农历,他们将春节结婚。女方反对婚礼奢侈,派克先生同意她的观点。
二、笔名叫狮子的作家,用酒浇灌思维
A literary man lived on writing. His penname was Lion. The readers felt a little difficult to understand his literature literally. His language was living and changing all the time. But little by little, they were in line with his opinion. Lion lived up to what readers expected of him. Before he wrote a new novel, he listed all the things he had to do. Liquor was the most important thing. He thought there was a link between drinking liquor and writing literature. Liquor was a kind of liquid food to him and made his mind lively. He loved the feeling from the liquor kissed his lips. Lion lingered round the bar all the night. During the past 10 years, he gained quite a little knowledge about liquor. About his health, the doctor said it was just a touch of liver. He still drank 1 liter of liquor every morning. After that, he put on a shirt made of linen. Next he began to write in the living-room. It would last a long time until he finished the novel. Then he would take an air liner to another city for travel. In the airport, the passengers lined up in a "1" formation. Once Lion even saw several birds fly in line when he was in an airplane.
一名从事写作的男子*写作生活。他的笔名叫狮子。读者照字面意义理解他的文学作品会感到—点困难。他的语言是活的,而且一直在变化着。但逐渐地,他们会与他的观点一致。狮子从来不辜负读者对他的期望。在写新的小说之前,他会把他必须要做的事情列表。酒是最重要的东西。他认为在喝酒和写文学作品之间是有一种联系的。酒对他而言是一种液体的食物并且可以使他的思维活泼。他喜爱酒亲吻他嘴唇的感觉。狮子整晚在酒吧逗留。在过去的10年里,他获得不少关于酒的知识。关于他的健康,医生说他只是肝有点问题。他仍然每天早上喝一升酒。那之后,他穿上一件亚麻布衬衫。接下来,他在起居室开始写作。这种情形会持续到他写完小说。然后他会乘一架班机去另一个城市旅游。在机场,乘客们排队站成“1”字型。狮子还曾经在飞机上看见有几只鸟儿成一直线地飞翔。
三、泰勒先生 Mr. Taylor
Mr. Taylor suffered many mishaps in his life. At college, English was his major and French was his minor. He passed the minor examination but failed the major examination. After a year’s military service, he went to California. Millions of people were mining for gold there. Mr. Taylor sold mineral water first then he ran a mine. His mine collapsed in an accident. Rebuilding the mine would cost a minimum of one million dollars. To minimize the damage, Mr. Taylor sold his mill and his milky furniture. His wife comforted him, ”Never mind! We can get through it. ” The whole family migrated to another country. That country included 35 national minorities. The new place had a very mild weather. In winter, the lowest temperature was minus three degrees and the snow on the earth was no more than five millimeters. Mr. Taylor put a miniature map of the World on the wall. He said to himself, “You have to succeed. Have this in mind.” Mr. Taylor made up his mind to be engaged in politics. He bore his lesson in mind. He won this time. Mr. Taylor was elected Minister of Resource. He would take charge of the Resource Ministry. Only a small minority voted against him. Totally he got 20 minus signs. Mr. Taylor defeated his mighty competitors. His wife stood in the midst of the crowd. She felt proud of him.
泰勒先生一生经历了许多灾难。在大学时,他主修英语,选修法文。他通过了选修考试,然而主修考试没能通过。一年的军队服役后,他去了加里福尼亚。无数人在那里采矿掘金。泰勒先生先是卖矿泉水,后来他开了一个矿井。但他的矿井再一次事故中倒塌。重建矿井的最低限度需要一百万美元。为了使损失减少到最少,泰勒先生卖了他的磨坊和他乳白色的家具。他的妻子安慰他:“没关系!我们会度过难关的。”全家人移居到另一个国家。那个国家有35个少数民族。新地方的气候非常温和。在冬天,最低温度是负3度,地上的雪不会超过5毫米。泰勒先生在墙上挂上了一幅世界地图的缩图。他对自己说:“你必须成功。记住这点。”泰勒先生下决心从政。他记住了他的教训。这一次他赢了。泰勒先生被选为资源部长,掌管资源部。只有少数人投反对票。她总共获得20个负号。泰勒先生打败了他所有强有力的竞争者。他的妻子站在人群中间。她为他感到骄傲。
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