崔睿琳

There was once a very proud boy. He always walked throughthe village with his eyes turned down and his hands in his pockets.The boys used to stare at him， and say nothing; and when he wasout of sight， they breathed freely. So the proud boy was lonely，and would have had no friends out of doors if it had not been fortwo stray dogs， the green trees， and a flock of geese upon thecommon.

從前有一個非常驕傲的男孩。他總是目光朝下，雙手揣在口袋里走過村莊。男孩子們過去常常盯著他看，什么也不說；當他消失在他們視野中的時候，他們才松了一口氣。因此，這個驕傲的男孩很孤獨。在戶外如果不是因為兩只流浪狗、綠樹和草地上的一群鵝，他就沒有朋友了。

One day， just by the weavers cottage， he met the tailorsson. Now the tailors son made more noise than any other boy inthe village， and when he had done anything wrong， he stuck to it，and said he didnt care; so the neighbours thought that he was verybrave， and would do wonders when he came to be a man， andsome of them hoped he would be a great traveller， and stay long indistant lands.

一天，就在織布工的小屋旁，他遇到了裁縫的兒子。現(xiàn)在，裁縫的兒子比村里任何一個男孩都吵鬧。當他做錯事時，他也堅持下去，還說他無所謂。鄰居們認為他很勇敢，將來長大后會成就非凡，也有一些人希望他能成為一個偉大的旅行者，在遙遠的地方長時間停留。

When the tailors son saw the proud boy， he danced in frontof him， and made faces， and provoked him sorely， until， at last，the proud boy suddenly boxed the ears of the tailors son， andthrew his hat into the road. The tailors son was surprised， and，without waiting to pick up his hat， ran away， and sitting down in thecarpenters yard， cried bitterly. After a few minutes， the proud boycame to him and returned him his hat， saying politely—

當裁縫的兒子看到這個驕傲的男孩時，他在他面前跳舞、做鬼臉，狠狠地挑釁他，直到最后，這個驕傲的男孩突然給了裁縫的兒子一個耳光，并把他的帽子扔到了路上。裁縫的兒子很驚訝，不等拿起帽子就跑了，他跑到木匠的院子里，傷心地哭了起來。過了幾分鐘，這個驕傲的男孩走到他面前，把帽子還給了他，彬彬有禮地說道——

“There is no dust on it; you deserved to have your ears boxed，but I am sorry I was so rude as to throw your hat on to the road.”

“帽子上沒有灰塵；你就該挨一耳光，不過我很抱歉我如此粗魯?shù)匕涯愕拿弊尤拥搅寺飞??！?/p>

“I thought you were proud，” said the tailors son， astonished，“I didnt think youd say that—I wouldnt.”

“我以為你很驕傲，”裁縫的兒子驚訝地說道，“我沒想到你會這么說——我是不會的?！?/p>

“Perhaps you are not proud？”

“也許你不驕傲？”

“No， I am not.”

“是的，我不驕傲?！?/p>

“Ah， that makes a difference，” said the proud boy， still morepolitely. “When you are proud， and have done a foolish thing， youmake a point of owning it.”

“啊，這就有所不同了，”這個驕傲的男孩更加客氣地說道，“當你驕傲而又做了蠢事的時候，你會坦然承認?！?/p>

“But it takes a lot of courage，” said the tailors son.

“但這需要很大的勇氣?！辈每p的兒子說。

“Oh， dear， no，” answered the proud boy， “it only takes a lot ofcowardice not to.” And then turning his eyes down again， he softlywalked away.

“哦，親愛的，不是的，”這個驕傲的男孩回答道，“不承認只是一種懦弱?！比缓?，他又把目光轉(zhuǎn)向下，輕輕地走開了。

Notes：

proud adj. 驕傲的

stare at 盯著……看

out of sight 從視野中消失

breathe v. 呼吸

lonely adj. 孤獨的

stray adj. 流浪的

a flock of 一群

weaver n. 織布工

cottage n. 小屋

brave adj. 勇敢的

wonder n. 奇跡

provoke v. 激怒；挑釁

sorely adv. 嚴重地

box v. 擊打

carpenter n. 木匠

yard n. 院子；院落

dust n. 灰塵

deserve v. 應該受到

rude adj. 粗魯?shù)?/p>

astonished adj. 吃驚的

courage n. 勇氣

cowardice n. 懦弱；膽小

I. Put the following into Chinese.

1. walk through _____________

2. sit down _________________

3. turn down _______________

4. a lot of __________________

5. say nothing ______________

6. make a difference _________

7. out of sight ______________

8. at last ___________________

9. make noise ______________

10. make faces ______________

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given in the brackets.

1. Mom said __________ （soft） to her daughter， “Mary， you mustbe a nice girl at school.”

2. When we meet the old in the morning， we should greet themwith “Good morning” __________ （polite）.

3. If you can talk __________ （free）， you can talk without needingto be careful about what you say.

4. It took them a great deal of courage to face the situation __________（brave）.

5. The lawyer __________ （sudden） realized that he was wrongthis time.

6. The man looked at __________ （he） son for a while.

7. This young man is _________ （we） new English teacher.

8. A： Is this your hat， Judy？

B： No. Its not ________ （me）.

9. Look！ That village is ________ （she） hometown.

10. What are you doing with those cards？ Give _________ （they）to me.

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given in the brackets.

1. The workers __________ （meet） the manager yesterday.

2. Jack ________ （see） a snake on his way to school this morning.

3. It ________ （take） her a lot of courage to tell the truth to her teacher.

4. Dont make ________ （face） in class， Bob.

5. The _________ （tailor） son was short and fat.

6. Bills grandmother sat in a sofa， _________ （watch） TV.

7. Have you __________ （finish） your homework yet， Ann？

8. When we heard the news， we were all ___________ （surprise）.

9. Jim __________ （win） the first prize yesterday， and he was excited.

10. The doctor __________ （think） that his aunt might be ill， but she wasnt.