Suddenly, one of the hawks made a flashing dive through the sky, attacking the other. 突然，一只鹰飞速俯冲下来，攻击另一只鹰。 As it did so, a sudden, fleeting image came to the boy: an army, with its swords at the ready, riding i...
This is the first phase of the job, he said. 这是工作的第一阶段。英国人说， I have to separate out the sulfur. To do that successfully, I must have no fear of failure. 我必须把硫磺中的杂质分离出去。我不能害怕失败。...
The boy was sad as he left her that day. 男孩同法蒂玛分手之后，无比郁闷。 He thought of all the married shepherds he had known. 他想起了他认识的许多已婚牧羊人。 They had a difficult time convincing their wives that the...
We don't know when the war will end, so we can't continue our journey, he said. 不知道战争什么时候结束，所以仍然不能继续我们的行程。他说， The battles may last for a long time, perhaps even years. 双方都在为荣誉而战...
The next day, the boy returned to the well, hoping to see the girl. 第二天，男孩又到井边去等那位少女。 To his surprise, the Englishman was there, looking out at the desert, 令他意外的是，他在那儿遇见了英国人。英国人...
Maktub, thought the boy. 马克图布。男孩心中默念。 The Englishman shook the boy: Come on, ask her! 英国人站起来，推了推男孩。说话呀，问她呀！ The boy stepped closer to the girl, and when she smiled, he did the same. 男孩...
At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. 此时，时间仿佛在刹那间停止，世界之魂蓦然出现在圣地亚哥面前。 When he looked into her dark eyes, and saw that her lips w...
That first day, everyone slept from exhaustion, including the Englishman. 到达绿洲的第一天，由于疲劳，很多人很快睡着了，英国人也睡了。 The boy was assigned a place far from his friend, in a tent with five other young men...
Those are the rules of war, the leader explained. 这是战争的规则。商队首领解释道。 The oases may not shelter armies or troops. 因为有规定，所有的绿洲都不可以接纳军队或士兵。 To the boy's surprise, the Englishman...
The boy couldn't believe what he was seeing: 男孩简直无法相信他看到的景象： the oasis, rather than being just a well surrounded by a few palm treesas he had seen once in a geography bookwas much larger than many towns back in Spain. 绿洲...
