美国语文第二册 第14期:善良的哥哥

 LESSON 16 第16课

full  满的

load  负载

heavy  重的

middle  中间

heavier 重

slip¹  滑

wrong  错误的

handle 处理 

brother  兄弟

deceived² 欺骗

A KIND BROTHER 善良的哥哥

A boy was once sent from home to take a basket of things to his grandmother. 从前，一个男孩离开家去给他的奶奶送一篮子东西。

The basket was so full that it was very heavy. 篮子装得很满，又很重。 

So his little brother went with him, to help carry the load. 他的小弟弟和他一起去，好帮他搬东西。

They put a pole under the handle of the basket, and each then took hold of an end of the pole.  他们把一根竿子放在篮子的提手下，然后每个人提着竿子的一端。

In this way they could carry the basket very nicely. 这样他们就可以很轻松地抬起篮子了。

Now the older boy thought, "My brother Tom does not know about this pole. 现在，哥哥在想：“我弟弟汤姆不明白这个竿子的作用。

"If I slip the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and mine light;  “如果我把篮子滑得离他近一些，他那边就会重，我这边就会轻。

but if the basket is in the middle of the pole, it will be as heavy for me as it is for him. 但如果篮子在竿子的中间，他所提的重量就会和我的一样。

"Tom does not know this as I do. But I will not do it. It would be wrong, and I will not do what is wrong." “汤姆不明白我在干什么，但我不能这样做。这是错的，我不能犯错误。”

Then he slipped³ the basket quite near his own end of the pole.  然后，他把篮子滑得离他自己这端很近。

His load was now heavier than that of his little brother. 他提的重量现在比他弟弟的更大了。

Yet he was happy; for he felt that he had done right. Had he deceived his brother, he would not have felt at all happy. 但他很高兴，因为他觉得自己做的是对的。如果他欺骗了弟弟，他一点儿也不会觉得高兴。

1 slip   

n.滑倒，事故，片，纸片；vi.滑动，滑倒，失足；减退；vt.使滑动，滑过，摆脱，闪开，塞入；adj.滑动的，活络的，有活结的

参考例句：

• One slip and you could fall off the building.脚下一滑就可能从建筑物上跌下去。
• I hope you will pardon me for that slip.我希望您原谅我那次失误。

2 deceived   

v.欺骗，蒙骗( deceive的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was absolutely furious at having been deceived. 她受了骗，怒不可遏。
• He deceived people for years until the police got onto him. 多年来他欺骗人们一直到警察识破他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 slipped   

adj.打滑，打滑的v.滑( slip的过去式和过去分词 )；滑脱；下降；（健康状况等）变差

参考例句：

• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。
• The climber slipped and dropped to his death. 攀登者一失足掉下去摔死了。