美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第二冊(cè) 第39期：樹(shù)葉說(shuō)什么

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LESSON 42

第四十二課

leaf

樹(shù)葉

task

任務(wù)

twice

兩次

sighing

嘆息

holidays

假期

gay

同性戀

twig

樹(shù)杈

meant

……的意思

stopped

停止

different

不同的

puff

粉撲

edge

邊緣

matter

事

autumn

秋天

hundreds

數(shù)百

lead

鉛

grew

長(zhǎng)大

rustled

簌簌

October

十月

trembling

顫抖

WHAT THE LEAF SAID

樹(shù)葉說(shuō)什么

Once or twice a little leaf was heard to cry and sigh, as leaves often do when a gentle wind is blowing.

有一兩回，每當(dāng)小葉子聽(tīng)到一陣溫和的春風(fēng)吹起時(shí)，便會(huì)一邊流淚一邊嘆息。

And the twig said, "What is the matter, little leaf?"

小枝條說(shuō)：“怎么啦，小葉子？”

"The wind," said the leaf, "just told me that one day it would pull me off, and throw me on the ground to die."

“是風(fēng)。”葉子說(shuō)，“它告訴我有一天它會(huì)把我吹掉，然后把我扔在地上摔死。”

The twig told it to the branch, and the branch told it to the tree.

小枝條把這話告訴了樹(shù)枝，樹(shù)枝又告訴了大樹(shù)。

When the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent word back to the trembling leaf.

當(dāng)大樹(shù)聽(tīng)說(shuō)后，它全身沙沙作響，傳話給正在發(fā)抖的葉子。

"Do not be afraid," it said; "hold on tight, and you shall not go off till you are ready."

“不要怕。”它說(shuō)，“抓緊一些，直到你準(zhǔn)備好為止，你是不會(huì)離開(kāi)的。”

So the leaf stopped sighing, and went on singing and rustling.

葉子不再?lài)@息，又繼續(xù)唱起歌，沙沙作響。

It grew all the summer long till October.

它在整個(gè)夏天長(zhǎng)得長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的，直到秋天來(lái)臨。

And when the bright days of autumn came, the leaf saw all the leaves around growing very beautiful.

當(dāng)清爽明麗的秋日到來(lái)時(shí)，葉子看到周?chē)娜~子都長(zhǎng)得非常漂亮。

Some were yellow, some were brown, and many were striped with different colors.

它們中有些呈黃色，有些是棕色，還有一些則呈現(xiàn)出斑斑駁駁的各種顏色。

Then the leaf asked the tree what this meant.

然后，葉子問(wèn)大樹(shù)這個(gè)現(xiàn)象意味著什么。

The tree said, "All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and they have put on these colors because of their joy."

大樹(shù)說(shuō)：“所有這些葉子都準(zhǔn)備好飛走了。他們心里都很高興，所以才穿上了這些顏色的衣服。”

Then the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in thinking of it.

小葉子也開(kāi)始想要走了，它變得非常漂亮，就像它所希望的那樣。

When it was gay in colors, it saw that the branches of the tree had no bright colors on them.

當(dāng)它徜徉在繽紛的色彩里時(shí)，卻看到大樹(shù)的樹(shù)枝沒(méi)有變得鮮艷奪目。

So the leaf said, "O branch! why are you lead-colored while we are all beautiful and golden?"

葉子說(shuō)：“噢，樹(shù)枝呀！為什么當(dāng)我們都變成漂亮的金色時(shí)，你們卻沒(méi)有變色呢？”

"We must keep on our working clothes," said the tree, "for our work is not yet done;

“我們必須一直穿著我的工作服。”大樹(shù)說(shuō)：“因?yàn)槲覀兊墓ぷ鬟€沒(méi)完成。

but your clothes are for holidays, because your task is now over."

但你們的衣服是為假期準(zhǔn)備的，因?yàn)槟銈兊娜蝿?wù)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)完成了。”

Just then a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go without thinking, and the wind took it up and turned it over and over.

就在這時(shí)，一陣風(fēng)吹來(lái)，葉子毫不猶豫地飛走了，風(fēng)把它吹得高高的，在空中翩翩起舞。

Then it fell gently down under the edge of the fence, among hundreds of leaves, and has never waked to tell us what it dreamed about.

它輕輕落在圍墻邊，和成百上千的葉子一起，從未醒來(lái)告訴我們：他們究竟夢(mèng)到了什么。