精灵鼠小弟 第59期:为世界订法律

 "He forgot ice cream with chocolate sauce on it," said Mary quickly.

“他忘了说巧克力脆皮冰淇淋了，”玛丽.本迪斯不假思索地回答。

"Exactly," said Stuart.

“完全对，”斯图亚特说。

Ice cream is important.

冰淇淋也是重要的东西。

Well now, if I'm going to be Chairman of the World this morning, we've got to have some rules,

那么现在，如果我在今天早晨是世界的领导者，我们就得制订一些法律，

otherwise it will be too confusing, with everyone running every which way and helping¹ himself to things and nobody behaving.

不然每人都会各干各的，不顾规矩，一切也会乱了秩序的。

We've got to have some laws if we're going to play this game.

如果我们要来玩这个游戏，就必须要制订法律。

Can anybody suggest any good laws for the world?

有人能为这个世界订点儿好的法律吗？

Albert Fernstrom raised his hand.

艾伯特.弗尔斯托举起了手。

"Don't eat mushrooms, they might betoadstools," suggested Albert.

“不要吃蘑菇，它们可能有毒。”艾伯特建议。

"That's not a law," said Stuart, "that's merely a bit of friendly advice."

“那不是一条法律，”斯图亚特说，“那只不过是一个善意的忠告。”

Very good advice, Albert, but advice and law are not the same.

这忠告很好，艾伯特，但忠告和法律是不同的。

Law is much more solemn² than advice.

法律要比忠告更严肃。

Law is extremely solemn.

法律非常的严肃。

Anybody else think of a law for the world?

谁还能给这个世界制订一条法律？

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 solemn   

adj.庄严的，肃穆的；严肃的

参考例句：

• He wore an extraordinarily solemn expression.他脸上带着异常严肃的表情。
• Do not let us be too solemn on the business.关于这件事，还是不要让我们太认真了吧。