英国语文第二册 第58期:懒惰的男孩

 　　LESSON 58 The idle boy 第五十八课 懒惰的男孩

　　The idle boy at school 懒惰的男孩在上学的年纪

　　"O dear me! what a terrible trouble it is to me to learn lessons! “啊~饶了我吧！对我来说学习课程是多么可怕的难题啊！

　　Here I have one, two—no, not two, but a whole column and a half of words with meanings, to get by heart.  我需要一，二，噢不，不是二，而是一整个栏目和接近一半的带意思的词汇需要用心学。

　　I wish words had no meanings! 我多么希望那些词汇没有意思啊！”

　　"Well, I suppose I must begin to learn them. “好吧~我想我必须开始学习它们。

　　P-r-i-s pris, o-n on, prison, 'a place where people are confined.' P-r-i-s pris，o-n on, prison，‘一个用于管制关押人的地方’

　　Why shouldn't they say school at once?—that's a prison, I'm sure. P-u-n pun, i-s-h ish, punish. 为什么他们不把学校称为prison（监狱）？P-u-n pun, i-s-h ish, punish（惩罚）。

　　I know the meaning of that word without the book. 我不需要借助书本就知道这个单词的意思。”

　　"Oh, this ugly lesson! I shall never get it. “噢！这个丑陋的课本！我再也不要学它。

　　P-l-e-a-s pleas, u-r-e ure, pleasure, 'that which Pleases.' Yes, I know that pleasure means swinging on gates and playing ball. ‘这是使人高兴的’是的，我知道乐趣就是在门口荡秋千和打球。”

　　"I dare say if John Grant heard me, he would say pleasure meant having a new book. “我敢说如果John Grant听到我说的，他肯定会说得到一本书是很开心的。

　　Read, read, read—I hate reading! When I become a man, I'll never open a book. Oh, how I wish I were a man now!" 读，读，读——我讨厌读书！当我成长为一个男人，我再也不要打开一本书。哦，我多想现在就成为一个男人啊（长大）！”

　　THE IDLE BOY BECOMES A MAN 懒惰的男孩成长为一个男人

　　"Yes, I am a man; and woe¹ is me for having been such a little fool when I was a boy! “是的！我长大了。当我还是一个小男孩的时候我是多么的愚蠢啊！

　　I hated my books, and took more pains to forget my lessons than ever I did to learn them. 我讨厌我的书本，然而现在才知道忘记学的知识比学会它们要吃更多的苦啊。”

　　"'Do, James,' said my father, 'learn your lessons, else you will be fit for nothing when you become a man.' “‘学吧，James’我的父亲曾经告诉我，‘学习知识，否则将来你长大了做什么都不合适’

　　'Do, James, give your mind to your books, else I shall be ashamed to own you for my boy,' said my mother. ‘学吧，James，把心用在学习上，否则身为你的父亲我会感到羞耻的’我母亲曾经这么对我说。”

　　"Now, there was John Grant; he liked play well enough, but he liked reading better; and he learned more out of school-hours than I did in them. “而John Grant，他很喜欢玩，但他更喜欢读书，而且在课余时间他比我读得更多。

　　John Grant is now, like myself, a man, but a very different kind of a man. 现在，John Grant像我一样成了男人，然而却是和我完全不一样的男人。”

　　"I see my error now—but it is too late. I have no time to read, for I must work for my daily bread." “我现在看到了自己犯的错——但是已经太迟了。我已经没有时间去读书了，因为我必须要为每天的生存而工作。”

　　Behold² the bitter fruits of idleness in childhood! 承担自己儿时懒惰的苦果。

1 woe   

n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌

参考例句：

• Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
• A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

2 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。