美国小学英语教材3:第158课 统治者约瑟(2)

 The other brothers were afraid to say any more to Reuben, for he was the oldest of them all. 其他的兄弟们不敢跟鲁本再说什么了，因为他是他们中的大哥。

One morning, soon after this, Joseph said to his brothers, "I dreamed that we were all in the fields, putting the grain into bundles². 不久之后的一天早上，约瑟对他的兄弟们说：“我梦到我们都在田里捆禾稼，

Suddenly my bundle¹ stood up, and all yours stood around it and bowed down to it. Was not that a strange dream?" 突然我扎的捆站起来，你们扎的捆起来围着我扎的捆下拜。这个梦不是很奇怪吗？”

I think it was a strange dream! said one brother, angrily. "I suppose you think that we shall bow down to you some day!" “我觉得是个怪梦！”一个哥哥生气地说，“我猜你是想让我们有天要向你跪拜！”

I never thought of your bowing down to me, said Joseph. "Please do not be angry at me!" 我从没想过要你们向我跪拜。约瑟说，“请不要对我生气！”

But his brothers were angry, and they went out to the pastures³, leaving him alone. 但是他的兄弟们都很生气，他们都走开去了牧场，留下他一个人。

Joseph Is Sold As A Slave⁴ 约瑟被卖为奴隶

One day the brothers saw Joseph coming across the field. "Here comes the dreamer, " said one. 一天，兄弟们看到约瑟穿过草场走来，一个兄弟说：“那做梦的来了。”

He thinks he is better than we, because he wears fine clothes, said another. "I hate him!" “他穿了漂亮的衣服，所以他觉得自已胜过我们。我恨他！”另一个兄弟说道。

Then they planned to send Joseph far away. 于是他们图谋把约瑟弄到很远的地方去。

They knew that they could do nothing while Reuben was with them; so they waited until their oldest brother had gone to another field. 他们知道鲁本在的时候，他们做不成这事，于是他们一直等到大哥离开他们去了别的地方。

Then they sold Joseph as a slave to some men who were passing by on their way to the land of Egypt. 他们把约瑟当作奴隶卖给了从他们那里路过去往埃及的人。

 

1 bundle   

n.捆，包，束；一堆，一批；v.把…扎成一捆

参考例句：

• My uncle sent me a large bundle on my birthday.我生日时叔父给我寄来一个大包裹。
• Dad found a bundle of spelling mistakes in my composition.爸爸在我作文里找出一大堆拼写错误。

2 Bundles   

n. 捆, 束, 一批, 一大笔钱 vt. 捆, 匆匆送走, 附赠 vi. 匆忙

参考例句：

• The goods are done up in bundles for shipment. 货物已打包以备装船。
• The books were tied up in bundles of twenty. 那些书被捆成20本一捆。

3 pastures   

牧草地( pasture的名词复数 )； 生活状况； 工作条件

参考例句：

• They move with their flocks to upland pastures. 他们带着牲畜迁往高原上的牧场。
• Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cock crow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures. 金鸡初啼，黎明鸟语，那闪烁着朝晖的树木和草原的景色，这一切他认为无可比拟。

4 slave   

n.奴隶，附件，卑鄙的人；vi.拼命工作

参考例句：

• Don't be a slave to custom.不要做风俗习惯的奴隶。
• Why should I slave away all my life!我为什么要辛辛苦苦地干一辈子呀！