美国语文第四册 第109期:中国故事一则(1)
时间：2019-01-17 作者：英语课 分类：美国语文第四册
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Two young, near-sighted fellows, Chang and Ching, 常和庆是两个年轻的近视眼，
Over their chopsticks idly chattering 1, 饭桌上闲谈时，
Fell to disputing which could see the best; 争执起谁的眼力好，
At last, they agreed to put it to the test. 最后他们决定来较量；
Said Chang,A marble tablet, so I hear, 常说，在大理石板，我听到，
Is placed upon the Bo-hee temple near, 附近有个武夷庙，
With an inscription 2 on it. 碑上刻着碑文，
Let us go And read it (since you boast your optics so), 我们去看看，碑文（既然你吹嘘你的眼力好），
Standing 3 together at a certain place 站在石碑前面一定距离，
In front, where we the letters just may trace; 刚好看见上面文字的地方，
Then he who quickest reads the inscription there, 谁最快读出碑上的文字，
The palm for keenest eyes henceforth shall bear. 谁的视力就最好。
"Agreed," said Ching, but let us try it soon: 庆说，同意，我们尽快比，
Suppose we say tomorrow afternoon. 明天下午怎么样？
"Nay 4, not so soon," said Chang; 常说，不用这么早，我还有
I'm bound to go tomorrow a day's ride from Hoang-Ho, 一天的行程，骑马从黄河出发，
And sha'n't be ready till the following day: 后天才能回来，
At ten A. M., on Thursday, let us say. 周四上午十点再较量吧。
So't was arranged; but Ching was wide-awake: 这样决定了，庆睡不着觉：
Time by the forelock he resolved to take; 天刚蒙蒙亮他就出发了；
And to the temple went at once, and read, 到了庙前看石碑上写着，
Upon the tablet, To the illustrious dead, The chief of mandarins, the great Goh-Bang. 这里埋葬着杰出的满洲首领，伟大的国邦。
Scarce had he gone when stealthily came Chang, 他刚刚离开常就偷偷溜来，
Who read the same; but peering closer, 他也看到了同样的碑文，可他更仔细，
he spied in a corner what Ching failed to see—The words, 发现碑角上写着——这是庆没看到的。
This tablet is erected 5 here by those to whom the great Goh-Bang was dear. 这个石碑是敬爱国邦的人所立。
n.（尤指石块上的）刻印文字，铭文，碑文
- The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损，无法辨认了。
- He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。