美國語文第三冊 第18期：寡婦和商人

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LESSON 18

第18課

died

死

woman

女人

convinced

相信

amazed

驚訝

wrote

寫了

pity

遺憾

mistake

錯誤

rewarded

獎勵

grateful

感激

check

檢查

distress

貧困

hesitation

猶豫

husband

丈夫

musician

音樂家

widow

寡婦

assistance

幫助

THE WIDOW AND THE MERCHANT

寡婦和商人

A merchant, who was very fond of music, was asked by a poor widow to give her some assistance.

有一個商人很喜歡音樂，一個可憐的窮寡婦曾經(jīng)向他求助。

Her husband, who was a musician, had died, and left her very poor indeed.

她的丈夫是一個音樂家，可惜英年早逝，給她留下了少得可憐的財產(chǎn)。

The merchant saw that the widow and her daughter, who was with her, were in great distress.

商人注意到，這個寡婦和她身邊的女兒極其貧困。

He looked with pity into their pale faces, and was convinced by their conduct that their sad story was true.

他很同情地看著寡婦那蒼白的臉，心中已被她們的行為說服了，對她們那悲傷的故事信以為真。

"How much do you want, my good woman?" said the merchant.

“你想要多少錢，夫人？”商人說。

"Five dollars will save us," said the poor widow, with some hesitation.

“5美元就能救救我們了。”這個可憐的寡婦略帶猶疑地說。

The merchant sat down at his desk, took a piece of paper,wrote a few lines on it, and gave it to the widow with the words,

商人坐在桌前，拿出一張紙，寫下了幾行字，然后遞給寡婦，說：

Take it to the bank you see on the other side of the street.

把它拿到街對面的那家銀行去換錢吧

The grateful widow and her daughter, without stopping to read the note, hastened to the bank.

感激不盡的寡婦和女兒甚至都沒有認真看字條，就急忙趕到了銀行。

The banker at on cecounted out fifty dollars instead of five, and passed them to the widow.

銀行里的職員并沒有給她五美元，而是立刻數(shù)出了五十美元，遞到這個寡婦手里。

She was amazed when she saw so much money.

看到這么多錢，她驚呆了。

"Sir,there is a mistake here," she said. "You have given me fifty dollars, and I asked for only five."

“先生，是不是弄錯了，”她說，“您給了我五十美元，而我只要了五美元。”

The banker looked at the note once more, and said, "The check calls for fifty dollars."

銀行里的職員馬上又看了一下支票，說：“這是一張五十美元的支票。”

"It is a mistake—indeed it is," said the widow.

寡婦又說：“那一定是弄錯了。”

The banker then asked her to wait a few minutes, while he went to see the merchant who gave her the note.

銀行職員讓她耐心等幾分鐘，然后就去找開出支票的商人。

"Yes." said the merchant, when he had heard the banker's story,

當商人聽完銀行職員的敘述后，說：“是的，我犯了一個錯誤。”

I did make a mistake. I wrote fifty instead of five hundred.

我只寫下了五十美元，而不是五百美元。

Give the poor widow five hundred dollars, for such honesty is poorly rewarded with even that sum.

給那個可憐的寡婦五百美元吧，因為這種誠實的美德多少錢也換不來。