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Uncle Silas had lighted his pipe for a comfortable smoke, when Aunt Rebecca looked up from her knitting and said,"Silas, do you know that Sunday next will be the thirtieth anniversary of our wedding?"
"I swan," said Silas, "is that so,and what about it?"
"Oh,nothing," said Aunt Rebecca,"only thought may be we ought to kill them two Rhode Island Red chickens."
"But, Rebecca," said Uncle Silas, "how can you blame them two Rhode Island Red chickens for what happened thirty years ago?"
参考译文:
赛拉斯大叔点燃了烟斗想好好吸一口,丽贝卡大妈织着毛衣抬眼说:“赛拉斯,你知不知道下星期日是我们结婚三十周年?”
“老天哪,”赛拉斯说,“是吗?那又怎么样?”
“噢,没什么,”丽贝卡大妈应道,“我只是想,也许我们该把那两只罗得岛红鸡宰了。”
“可是,丽贝卡,”赛拉斯大叔说,“你怎么能够把三十年前发生的事怪到那两只罗得岛红鸡的头上呢?”
A great painter was asked, one day to paint a picture of "Pharaoh(法老王) crossing the Red Sea".A little while after the picture had been commenced, a hitch arose over the fee, and Hogarth found that he would have to complete the commission for about half the sum he expected. When the work was completed, the patron was asked to come and inspect it.As a matter of fact, the picture was just one daub of brilliant red.
"What's this?" exclaimed the purchaser, "I asked for the Red Sea, on the occasion of the celebrated passage."
"That's it," replied Hogarth.
"But, where are the Israelites?"
"They are all gone over."
"Where are the Egyptians?"
"They're all drowned."
参考译文:
一天,有人请一位伟大的画家画一幅“法老王渡红海”图。这幅画刚开始不久,酬金就出现了问题。霍迪斯发现,完成这幅画后,他只能得到他想要的大约一半的钱。当作品完成之后,那位主顾被请来看画。其实,这幅画不过是胡乱涂抹的一片鲜红。
“这是什么?”那位买主喊了起来。“我要的是红海,是那次著名的航海。”
“这就是,”霍迦斯回答说。
“可是以色列人在哪儿?”
“他们都已经渡过去了。”
“埃及人在哪儿?”
“他们全都淹死了。”
亲爱的同学们,大家好!悠长的暑假已远离我们而去,新的学年又如约而至啦!E姐姐在你们新的征程上将伴你们一路前行!如果大家在英语的学习过程中有什么困惑或者心得,别忘了来信告诉E姐姐哦,来信请寄:湖南省长沙市八一路227号小天使报初中部(410001) E姐姐收。下面请跟我来“悦读空间”,这两篇趣味故事算E姐姐送各位的见面礼啦!哈哈~~
"I swan," said Silas, "is that so,and what about it?"
"Oh,nothing," said Aunt Rebecca,"only thought may be we ought to kill them two Rhode Island Red chickens."
"But, Rebecca," said Uncle Silas, "how can you blame them two Rhode Island Red chickens for what happened thirty years ago?"
参考译文:
赛拉斯大叔点燃了烟斗想好好吸一口,丽贝卡大妈织着毛衣抬眼说:“赛拉斯,你知不知道下星期日是我们结婚三十周年?”
“老天哪,”赛拉斯说,“是吗?那又怎么样?”
“噢,没什么,”丽贝卡大妈应道,“我只是想,也许我们该把那两只罗得岛红鸡宰了。”
“可是,丽贝卡,”赛拉斯大叔说,“你怎么能够把三十年前发生的事怪到那两只罗得岛红鸡的头上呢?”
A great painter was asked, one day to paint a picture of "Pharaoh(法老王) crossing the Red Sea".A little while after the picture had been commenced, a hitch arose over the fee, and Hogarth found that he would have to complete the commission for about half the sum he expected. When the work was completed, the patron was asked to come and inspect it.As a matter of fact, the picture was just one daub of brilliant red.
"What's this?" exclaimed the purchaser, "I asked for the Red Sea, on the occasion of the celebrated passage."
"That's it," replied Hogarth.
"But, where are the Israelites?"
"They are all gone over."
"Where are the Egyptians?"
"They're all drowned."
参考译文:
一天,有人请一位伟大的画家画一幅“法老王渡红海”图。这幅画刚开始不久,酬金就出现了问题。霍迪斯发现,完成这幅画后,他只能得到他想要的大约一半的钱。当作品完成之后,那位主顾被请来看画。其实,这幅画不过是胡乱涂抹的一片鲜红。
“这是什么?”那位买主喊了起来。“我要的是红海,是那次著名的航海。”
“这就是,”霍迦斯回答说。
“可是以色列人在哪儿?”
“他们都已经渡过去了。”
“埃及人在哪儿?”
“他们全都淹死了。”
亲爱的同学们,大家好!悠长的暑假已远离我们而去,新的学年又如约而至啦!E姐姐在你们新的征程上将伴你们一路前行!如果大家在英语的学习过程中有什么困惑或者心得,别忘了来信告诉E姐姐哦,来信请寄:湖南省长沙市八一路227号小天使报初中部(410001) E姐姐收。下面请跟我来“悦读空间”,这两篇趣味故事算E姐姐送各位的见面礼啦!哈哈~~