132～133老人和死神、老岖和酒坛-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

伊索寓言（箱选） 一三二老人和死神 有个老樵夫，劳作一生已腰弯背驼。他在林中捡柴，最后实在太累，感 到绝望了，就把柴捆撂下来，大声叫道：“这种生活我再也受不了啦。啊， 但愿死神降临，把我收去。” 他正说着，死神，一具可怕的骷髅，出现了，对他说：“喂，你有什么 事？我听见你叫我。” “先生，”樵夫答道，“你能否行个好，帮我个忙，把这捆柴火放在我肩 上？” 真要如愿以偿，我们经常会遗憾的。 CXXXII The Old Man and Death An old laborer①，bent②double with age and toil,.was gathering sticks in a forest.At last he grew so tired and hopeless that he threw down the bundle of sticks,and cried out:"I cannot bear this life any longer.Ah,I wish Death would only come and take me! As he spoke,Death,a grisly skeleton,appeared and said to him:"What wouldst thou,Mortal?I heard thee call me." “Please,sir,”replied the woodcutter,“would you kindly help me to lift this faggot of sticks on to my shoulder?" We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. ①laborer /leibara/n.工人（劳动者） ②bent/bent/a弯曲的 ③grisly /'grizli/a恐怖的，可怕的 ④skeleton"skelit:3n/m.骨架 gratify'graetifai/,使满足 ·159· Aesops Fables (Selections) 一三三老妪和酒坛 有个老妪找到一个空酒坛，不久前还装满了上等陈酒，此时仍留有酒 香。她用鼻子贪婪地在酒坛上嗅着，嗅了一回又一回，说：“多香醇啊！留 在坛子里的酒味都这么甘醇芳香，那酒该多么香呀！” 善行永留在人们的记忆中。 CXXXIII The Old Woman and the Wine Jar An Old Woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime old wine and which still retained the fragrant smell of its former contents.She greedily placed it several times to her nose,and drawing it backwards and forwards said,"O most delicious!How nice must the wine itself have been,when it leaves behind in the very vessel which contained it so sweet a perfume!" The memory of a good deed lives. ①prime/praim/a最好的 ②2 delicious/dili∫s/a可口的，美味的 3 vessel /'vesl/n.容器 ④perfume/'po:fju:mla,香气，芳香 ⑤deed /di:d/n.事迹，行为 ·160