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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Two young, near-sighted fellows, Chang and Ching, 常和庆是两个年轻的近视眼,
Over their chopsticks idly chattering1, 饭桌上闲谈时,
Fell to disputing which could see the best; 争执起谁的眼力好,
At last, they agreed to put it to the test. 最后他们决定来较量;
Said Chang,A marble tablet, so I hear, 常说,在大理石板,我听到,
Is placed upon the Bo-hee temple near, 附近有个武夷庙,
With an inscription2 on it. 碑上刻着碑文,
Let us go And read it (since you boast your optics so), 我们去看看,碑文(既然你吹嘘你的眼力好),
In front, where we the letters just may trace; 刚好看见上面文字的地方,
Then he who quickest reads the inscription there, 谁最快读出碑上的文字,
The palm for keenest eyes henceforth shall bear. 谁的视力就最好。
"Agreed," said Ching, but let us try it soon: 庆说,同意,我们尽快比,
Suppose we say tomorrow afternoon. 明天下午怎么样?
I'm bound to go tomorrow a day's ride from Hoang-Ho, 一天的行程,骑马从黄河出发,
And sha'n't be ready till the following day: 后天才能回来,
At ten A. M., on Thursday, let us say. 周四上午十点再较量吧。
So't was arranged; but Ching was wide-awake: 这样决定了,庆睡不着觉:
Time by the forelock he resolved to take; 天刚蒙蒙亮他就出发了;
And to the temple went at once, and read, 到了庙前看石碑上写着,
Upon the tablet, To the illustrious dead, The chief of mandarins, the great Goh-Bang. 这里埋葬着杰出的满洲首领,伟大的国邦。
Scarce had he gone when stealthily came Chang, 他刚刚离开常就偷偷溜来,
Who read the same; but peering closer, 他也看到了同样的碑文,可他更仔细,
he spied in a corner what Ching failed to see—The words, 发现碑角上写着——这是庆没看到的。
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1 chattering | |
n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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2 inscription | |
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文 | |
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3 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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4 nay | |
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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5 ERECTED | |
adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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