英国语文第二册 第14期:鹦鹉的故事

 　　LESSON 14 Story of a parrot 第十四课 鹦鹉的故事

　　A poor man had a parrot. 一个可怜的人养了一只鹦鹉。

　　The parrot had been taught to say the words, There is no doubt about it. 这只鹦鹉被教会了说这句话“关于它毫无疑问。”

　　These words were all it could learn, and it might have been heard all day long either whistling¹ a tune², or calling out, 它只学了这句话，或许它整天只听到吹着小曲的或者大声喊着的

　　There is no doubt about it!—There is no doubt about it! “此事毫无疑问！”“此事毫无疑问！”

　　To every question Poll³ always gave the same reply—There is no doubt about it! 对所有的问题，Poll总是给出同一种答案---“此事毫无疑问。”

　　One day its master went to market to sell it. 一天，它的主人带它去赶集要把它卖掉，

　　Who'll buy my parrot? cried he. Twenty pounds for my parrot! 大喊道，“有没有人买鹦鹉？”“只要20镑。”

　　A man, hearing the high price that was asked, turned to the parrot, and said, Poll, art thou worth twenty pounds? 一位男士听到这个高价后，转向了鹦鹉，问道“Poll，你值20磅吗？”

　　There is no doubt about it! was Poll's reply. “毫无疑问”鹦鹉回答道。

　　The man was so pleased, that he bought the bird, and carried it home. 这个人很高兴，他买走了鹦鹉，把它带回家。

　　Some time after, he was sorry for his bargain.  一段时间之后，他后悔了这笔买卖。

　　Standing⁴ beside the cage of the parrot, he said, What a fool I was, to throw so much money away! 站在鹦鹉笼子旁边，说道，我真蠢啊，白扔了这么多钱！”

　　There is no doubt about it! cried the bird. And this time the parrot was right. “毫无疑问你就是蠢！”鹦鹉大喊道。这次鹦鹉回答对了。

1 whistling   

n.吹笛，吹口哨，啸声v.吹口哨( whistle的现在分词 )；鸣笛；呼啸着前进；空指望

参考例句：

• The bomb exploded, sending shrapnel whistling through the trees. 炸弹爆炸了，弹片呼啸着穿过树林。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He came home for dinner whistling cheerfully. 他欢快地吹着口哨回家吃饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

3 poll   

n.民意测验，民意调查，选举投票

参考例句：

• The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
• They expected a heavy poll.他们期望会有很高的投票数。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。