北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 26(4)-4

[00:00.00]"Cross your arms over your chest,
[00:02.58]and don't move.
[00:03.90]You must pretend to be dead," he told her.
[00:06.29]Then he lay down beside her,
[00:07.82]crossing his arms over his chest.
[00:09.84]And so they lay and waited.
[00:13.65]Meanwhile, as soon as Matenko had left the
[00:15.54]palace with his purse of coins,
[00:17.68]the King hurried to his wife's chamber¹
[00:19.56]to tell her that the old jester's wife had died
[00:23.02]"But, my dear, you must be mistaken,"
[00:25.92]said the Queen.
[00:26.84]"It is the jester,
[00:28.18]not the jester's wife who is dead."
[00:31.02]Then they began to quarrel about
[00:32.38]which one of them was right.
[00:33.93]In the end,
[00:34.74]they agreed to go to the jester's cottage
[00:36.29]to find out.
[00:39.18]When they knocked and walked into the little
[00:40.63]cottage they found the candles lit,
[00:43.11]the purses on the sideboard
[00:44.83]and Matenko and Wanda,
[00:46.46]who were obviously dead.
[00:48.79]"But which of them died first?" asked the Queen
[00:52.26]"It must have been Matenko."
[00:54.84]"No, it must have been Wanda," said the King.
[00:58.26]They began to quarrel again,
[00:59.53]when Matenko jumped up from the bed and said,
[01:02.87]"Your Majesty², my wife died first,
[01:05.32]but I was dead before her."
[01:08.19]When they had recovered from their astonishment³
[01:10.16]the King and Queen were too happy to see
[01:11.54]the old couple still alive to be really angry.
[01:11.54]

1 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

2 majesty   

n.雄伟，壮丽，庄严，威严；最高权威，王权

参考例句：

• The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
• Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下，您必须赶快做出决定！

3 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。