骄傲的男孩

崔睿琳

There was once a very proud boy. He always walked throughthe village with his eyes turned down and his hands in his pockets.The boys used to stare at him， and say nothing; and when he wasout of sight， they breathed freely. So the proud boy was lonely，and would have had no friends out of doors if it had not been fortwo stray dogs， the green trees， and a flock of geese upon thecommon.

从前有一个非常骄傲的男孩。他总是目光朝下，双手揣在口袋里走过村庄。男孩子们过去常常盯着他看，什么也不说；当他消失在他们视野中的时候，他们才松了一口气。因此，这个骄傲的男孩很孤独。在户外如果不是因为两只流浪狗、绿树和草地上的一群鹅，他就没有朋友了。

One day， just by the weavers cottage， he met the tailorsson. Now the tailors son made more noise than any other boy inthe village， and when he had done anything wrong， he stuck to it，and said he didnt care; so the neighbours thought that he was verybrave， and would do wonders when he came to be a man， andsome of them hoped he would be a great traveller， and stay long indistant lands.

一天，就在织布工的小屋旁，他遇到了裁缝的儿子。现在，裁缝的儿子比村里任何一个男孩都吵闹。当他做错事时，他也坚持下去，还说他无所谓。邻居们认为他很勇敢，将来长大后会成就非凡，也有一些人希望他能成为一个伟大的旅行者，在遥远的地方长时间停留。

When the tailors son saw the proud boy， he danced in frontof him， and made faces， and provoked him sorely， until， at last，the proud boy suddenly boxed the ears of the tailors son， andthrew his hat into the road. The tailors son was surprised， and，without waiting to pick up his hat， ran away， and sitting down in thecarpenters yard， cried bitterly. After a few minutes， the proud boycame to him and returned him his hat， saying politely—

當裁缝的儿子看到这个骄傲的男孩时，他在他面前跳舞、做鬼脸，狠狠地挑衅他，直到最后，这个骄傲的男孩突然给了裁缝的儿子一个耳光，并把他的帽子扔到了路上。裁缝的儿子很惊讶，不等拿起帽子就跑了，他跑到木匠的院子里，伤心地哭了起来。过了几分钟，这个骄傲的男孩走到他面前，把帽子还给了他，彬彬有礼地说道——

“There is no dust on it; you deserved to have your ears boxed，but I am sorry I was so rude as to throw your hat on to the road.”

“帽子上没有灰尘；你就该挨一耳光，不过我很抱歉我如此粗鲁地把你的帽子扔到了路上。”

“I thought you were proud，” said the tailors son， astonished，“I didnt think youd say that—I wouldnt.”

“我以为你很骄傲，”裁缝的儿子惊讶地说道，“我没想到你会这么说——我是不会的。”

“Perhaps you are not proud？”

“也许你不骄傲？”

“No， I am not.”

“是的，我不骄傲。”

“Ah， that makes a difference，” said the proud boy， still morepolitely. “When you are proud， and have done a foolish thing， youmake a point of owning it.”

“啊，这就有所不同了，”这个骄傲的男孩更加客气地说道，“当你骄傲而又做了蠢事的时候，你会坦然承认。”

“But it takes a lot of courage，” said the tailors son.

“但这需要很大的勇气。”裁缝的儿子说。

“Oh， dear， no，” answered the proud boy， “it only takes a lot ofcowardice not to.” And then turning his eyes down again， he softlywalked away.

“哦，親爱的，不是的，”这个骄傲的男孩回答道，“不承认只是一种懦弱。”然后，他又把目光转向下，轻轻地走开了。

Notes：

proud adj. 骄傲的

stare at 盯着……看

out of sight 从视野中消失

breathe v. 呼吸

lonely adj. 孤独的

stray adj. 流浪的

a flock of 一群

weaver n. 织布工

cottage n. 小屋

brave adj. 勇敢的

wonder n. 奇迹

provoke v. 激怒；挑衅

sorely adv. 严重地

box v. 击打

carpenter n. 木匠

yard n. 院子；院落

dust n. 灰尘

deserve v. 应该受到

rude adj. 粗鲁的

astonished adj. 吃惊的

courage n. 勇气

cowardice n. 懦弱；胆小

I. Put the following into Chinese.

1. walk through _____________

2. sit down _________________

3. turn down _______________

4. a lot of __________________

5. say nothing ______________

6. make a difference _________

7. out of sight ______________

8. at last ___________________

9. make noise ______________

10. make faces ______________

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given in the brackets.

1. Mom said __________ （soft） to her daughter， “Mary， you mustbe a nice girl at school.”

2. When we meet the old in the morning， we should greet themwith “Good morning” __________ （polite）.

3. If you can talk __________ （free）， you can talk without needingto be careful about what you say.

4. It took them a great deal of courage to face the situation __________（brave）.

5. The lawyer __________ （sudden） realized that he was wrongthis time.

6. The man looked at __________ （he） son for a while.

7. This young man is _________ （we） new English teacher.

8. A： Is this your hat， Judy？

B： No. Its not ________ （me）.

9. Look！ That village is ________ （she） hometown.

10. What are you doing with those cards？ Give _________ （they）to me.

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given in the brackets.

1. The workers __________ （meet） the manager yesterday.

2. Jack ________ （see） a snake on his way to school this morning.

3. It ________ （take） her a lot of courage to tell the truth to her teacher.

4. Dont make ________ （face） in class， Bob.

5. The _________ （tailor） son was short and fat.

6. Bills grandmother sat in a sofa， _________ （watch） TV.

7. Have you __________ （finish） your homework yet， Ann？

8. When we heard the news， we were all ___________ （surprise）.

9. Jim __________ （win） the first prize yesterday， and he was excited.

10. The doctor __________ （think） that his aunt might be ill， but she wasnt.