希望长着翅膀14 The Crying Prince(Excerpt)

The Crying Prince ( excerpt¹ )

The IE's happy prince was filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks.His face was so beatiful in the moonlight, that little swallow was filled with pity.

Who are you ?he said.

I am the happy prince.

Why are you weeping then? asked swallow. You have quite drench² to me .

When I was alive ,and I had a human heart,answered the stature³, I did not know what the tears were for I lived in the palace of sans souci where sorrow is not allowed to enter.In the daytime, I played with my companions in the garden,and in the evening ,I let the bans in the great hall.Round the garden,when the vary lot of war,but I never care to ask what they beyond it,everything about me was so beatiful.My cottiers called me the happy prince,the happy indeed i was,his pleasure be happiness. so i lived and so I died. And now ,that i am dead,they have setting me up here so high,but i can see all the upness,and all the misery⁴ of my city.even though,my heart is made of lead , but I can not choose but weep.

1 excerpt   

n.摘录，选录，节录

参考例句：

• This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
• Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗？

2 drench   

v.使淋透，使湿透

参考例句：

• He met a drench of rain.他遇上一场倾盆大雨。
• They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。

3 stature   

n.（高度）水平，（高度）境界，身高，身材

参考例句：

• He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
• The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。

4 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。