智慧背囊 思想的珍珠-04-偷曲奇饼的人

[00:02.10]The Cookie Thief偷曲奇饼的人
[00:05.00]A woman was waiting at an airport one night,
[00:08.20] with several long hours before her flight.
[00:11.42] She hunted for a book in the airport shops,
[00:14.72] bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
[00:18.42] She was engrossed¹ in her book but happened to see that the man sitting beside her,
[00:23.87]as bold as could be,
[00:25.41]grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between,
[00:28.90] which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
[00:31.95] So she munched² the cookies and watched the clock,
[00:35.46] as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.
[00:39.51]She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,
[00:43.99] thinking, “If I wasn’t so nice,
[00:46.48] I would blacken his eye.”
[00:48.37] With each cookie she took,
[00:50.56] he took one too.
[00:52.09] When only one was left,
[00:54.40]she wondered what he would do.
[00:56.57] With a smile on his face,
[00:58.40]and a nervous laugh,
[01:00.00]he took the last cookie and broke it in half.
[01:03.47] He offered her half,
[01:05.05]and he ate the other.
[01:07.00]She snatched it from him and thought... oooh, brother.
[01:10.47] This guy has some nerve and he’s also rude.
[01:14.07] Why he didn’t even show any gratitude³!
[01:17.12] She had never known when she had been so galled⁴
[01:20.75]and sighed with relief when her flight was called.
[01:24.12]She gathered her belongings⁵ and headed to the gate,
[01:27.95]refusing to look back at the ingrate⁶ thief.
[01:31:65]She boarded the plane,
[01:33.19] and sank in her seat.
[01:34.83] Then she sought her book,
[01:36.93]which was almost complete.
[01:38.89] As she reached in her baggage,
[01:40.55] she gasped⁷ with surprise.
[01:42.83]There was her bag of cookies,
[01:44.90]in front of her eyes.
[01:46.55] If mine are here,
[01:48.39]she moaned in despair,
[01:50.27] the others were his,
[01:51.76]and he tried to share.
[01:53.44]Too late to apologize,
[01:55.64]she realized with grief,
[01:57.60]that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
[02:01.65]How many times in our lives have we absolutely known
[02:05.91]that something was a certain way,
[02:08.00] only to discover later that what we believed to be true...was not?

1 engrossed   

adj.全神贯注的

参考例句：

• The student is engrossed in his book.这名学生正在专心致志地看书。
• No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper.没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。

2 munched   

v.用力咀嚼（某物），大嚼( munch的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She munched on an apple. 她在大口啃苹果。
• The rabbit munched on the fresh carrots. 兔子咯吱咯吱地嚼着新鲜胡萝卜。 来自辞典例句

3 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

4 galled   

v.使…擦痛( gall的过去式和过去分词 )；擦伤；烦扰；侮辱

参考例句：

• Their unkind remarks galled her. 他们不友善的话语使她恼怒。 来自辞典例句
• He was galled by her insulting language. 他被她侮辱性的语言激怒了。 来自辞典例句

5 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

6 ingrate   

n.忘恩负义的人

参考例句：

• It would take an ingrate great courage to work on ways to dispel such measures.一个不知感激为何物的人理直气壮的否定这些措施。
• He's such an ingrate.他是个忘恩负义的人。

7 gasped   

v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
• People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》