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LESSON 14 第14课
dollar 美元
years 年
corner 角落
money 钱
blacking 涂料
quite 相当
buy 买
HENRY, THE BOOTBLACK 擦鞋童亨利
Henry was12 a kind, good boy. His father was dead14, and his mother was very poor. 亨利是个善良的好孩子。他的爸爸死了,妈妈也很穷,
He wanted to help his mother, for she could16 not always earn10 enough to buy food for her little family. 他想帮助母亲,她时常赚不到足够的钱来为她的小家庭购买食物。
One day, a man gave17 him a dollar for finding18 a pocketbook which he had lost. 一天,一个人给了他一元钱,因为他帮助那个人找到了丢失的钱包。
Henry might19 have kept all the money, for no one saw20 him when he found21 it. 亨利本可以拿走所有的钱,因为没有人看见他捡到钱包。
But his mother had taught him to be honest, and never to keep what did22 not belong to him. 但他妈妈告诉过他要为人诚实,不能拿不属于自己的东西。
With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes, and some blacking. 他用那一块钱买了一个盒子、三个刷子和一些黑鞋油。
He then went to the corner of the street, and said23 to every one whose boots did not look nice, "Black your boots,sir, please?" 然后走到街角,对每个靴子看起来不漂亮的人说:“先生,求求您,让我为您擦鞋,好吗?”
He was so polite24 that gentlemen soon began to notice him, and to let him black their boots. 他很有礼貌,人们很快就开始注意到他,让他给他们擦皮鞋。
The first day he brought25 home fifty cents26, which he gave to his mother to buy foodwith. 第一天,他把五毛钱带回了家,让妈妈用这些钱去买吃的。
When he gave her the money, she said, as13 she dropped a tear27 of joy28, "You are a dear, good boy, Henry. 当他把钱交给妈妈时,妈妈流下了高兴的眼泪:“亨利,你是一个可爱的好孩子。
I did not know how I could earn enough to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to get along quite well, ” 我不知道怎么赚足够的钱买面包,但我觉得现在我们可以很容易地买到了。”
Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. 亨利要干一整天的活,晚上去学校上课。
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1 support | |
n.支持,援助,供养;vt.支援,帮助,支持 | |
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adv.一道,一起;prep.沿着,顺着 | |
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3 boots | |
n.擦靴人;长统靴( boot的名词复数 );[品牌]博姿 | |
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4 belong | |
vi.属于,附属;应归入 | |
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5 manage | |
vt.经营,管理,处理;设法,对付;操纵,运用;vi.处理,办理,设法对付 | |
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6 taught | |
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7 notice | |
n.通知,布告;注意,认识;vt.看到,注意到 | |
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8 gentlemen | |
n.阁下;先生;有身份的人;绅士 | |
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9 honest | |
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10 earn | |
v.嫌得;挣得 | |
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11 earned | |
adj.挣得的v.赚得( earn的过去式和过去分词 );挣钱;生(利);获(利) | |
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v.(is,am的过去式)是,在 | |
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adj.死的;无生命的;死气沉沉的;adv.完全地 | |
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vbl.(give的过去式)给予,产生,发表 | |
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n.发现,发现物;调查的结果 | |
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vbl.看见(see的过去式);n.锯;v.用锯子锯 | |
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v.建立,创立,创办;vbl.(find的过去分词)找到 | |
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24 polite | |
adj.有礼貌的,客气的;斯文的,有教养的 | |
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26 cents | |
n.分,一分钱的硬币( cent的名词复数 ) | |
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27 tear | |
n.泪滴,眼泪;撕,扯,裂缝;激怒;飞奔;vi.流泪;撕破;赶快,飞奔 | |
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n.欢喜,乐事,高兴;vt.使快乐,令人高兴;vi.欢喜 | |
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