LESSON 12 The echo
第十二課 回聲
Hop, hop, hop! shouted little Henry, as he was playing in a field near a wood.
小Henry在一塊靠近一片森林的地方玩耍時大喊著“跳啊,跳啊,跳啊!”
Hop, hop, hop! came an echo in reply.
響起了“跳啊,跳啊,跳啊”回答的聲音。
Who is there? asked Henry in surprise; for he had never heard an echo before.
Henry驚奇的問道“誰在那兒?”因為之前他從未聽過回聲。
Who is there? replied the echo.
誰在那兒?”回聲回答道。
Foolish fellow! cried Henry, at the top of his voice.
蠢貨!”Henry以他最大的聲音大喊道。
Foolish fellow! was the reply from the wood.
蠢貨!”森林中的聲音回答道。
At this Henry became very angry, and called out many ugly names. The voice from the wood sent back every word.
聽到這個Henry很生氣,接著說出很多臟話。森林中的聲音又把每一個字都送了回來。
Now, when Henry could not see who was speaking from the wood, he ran home and told his father that a boy hid in the wood had called him bad names!
現在,Henry看不到誰在森林中說話,他就跑回家告訴爸爸森林中藏著一個小孩說他壞話。
Ah, Henry! said his father, you have heard nothing but the echo of your own words. The bad names came first from your own lips. Had you used kind and gentle words, you would have had kind and gentle words in return. Kind words bring back kind echoes.
Henry!爸爸說道,你聽到的是你自己說話的回聲。壞話首先來自你自己。你要是說些善良和藹的語言,你就會聽到善良和藹的語言。善意的語言會帶來善意的回聲。
QUESTIONS
問題
What did Henry ask, when the echo sent back his words? What did the echo reply? What did Henry then cry? And the echo replied? At this he called out…? And the voice from the wood…? What did he tell his father? What did his father say he had heard? What bring back kind echoes?
當回聲返回他說過的話時Henry問了什么?回聲是怎么回答的?然后Henry大喊了什么?回聲又是怎么回答的?這一次他說了什么?森林中的聲音又說了什么?他告訴了他爸爸什么?爸爸聽完后說了什么?什么會帶來善意的回聲?