美国小学英语教材4:第170课 贵族骑士 罗兰(3)

 "Mother," he said one day, "I do not like these clothes. 有一天他说道：“妈妈，我不喜欢这些衣服。

The boys call them rags¹. 男孩们说我穿的是破布。

Why cannot I have a suit such as Oliver wears?" 为什么我不能有一套像奥利弗那样的衣服呢?”

"Roland, my son," said his mother, sadly, "Oliver’s father is governor² of the town. 妈妈伤心地说：“罗兰，我的儿子，奥利弗的爸爸是镇长。

Your father is dead, and we are very poor. I cannot always get bread for us to eat." 你爸爸死了，我们很穷。我不能总是弄到面包吃。”

The boy was silent³ for a few minutes. 男孩沉默了几分钟。

He was thinking about what his mother had just told him. 他在想他妈妈刚才对他说的话。

Then he spoke⁴ again. 然后他又说话了。

"Mother, was your home always in this cave?" “妈妈，你一直都住在这个洞里吗?”

His mother smiled sadly as she said, "Once I lived in a beautiful palace, Roland. 他的妈妈苦笑着说道：“罗兰，我曾经住在一座美丽的宫殿里。

But that was in a land far away from here." 但那个地方离这里很远。”

"A palace, Mother!" cried the little boy. “宫殿里呀，妈妈！”小男孩喊道。

"Did you live in a palace? Oliver told me once that only kings and very great men live in palaces. “你住在宫殿里吗?”奥利弗曾经告诉我，只有国王和非常伟大的人物才住在宫殿里。

Was your father a great man in that beautiful land in which you lived?" 你爸爸是你居住的那块美丽土地上的伟人吗?”

"My father was the king of that land, Roland," said his mother, quietly. “我爸爸是那片土地的国王，罗兰。”妈妈平静地说。

 

1 rags   

n.破旧衣服；破布( rag的名词复数 )；碎布；破旧衣服；（质量差的）报纸

参考例句：

• skeletal figures dressed in rags 衣衫褴褛、骨瘦如柴的人
• He went from rags to riches in only three years. 他仅用了三年就从赤贫变成了巨富。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 governor   

n.统治者，地方长官(如省长，州长，总督等)

参考例句：

• The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters.这位州长是搪塞新闻记者的能手。
• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。

3 silent   

adj.安静的，不吵闹的，沉默的，无言的；n.(复数)默剧

参考例句：

• Immediately on his beginning to speak,everyone was silent.他一讲话，大家顿时安静下来。
• The boys looked at the conjuror in silent wonder. 孩子们目瞪口呆地看着那魔术师。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。