胡适《差不多先生传》阅读答案

胡适差不多先生传阅读答案 Do you know who is the most well-known person in China? This person is well known over the world. His surname is Cha and his given name is Buduo, which means “About the Same”. He is a native of every province, county and village in this country. You must have seen him or heard about him. His name is on the lips of everybody every day, because he is representative of the whole Chinese nation. The physiognomy of Mr. Cha Buduo has same as you and I. He has a pair of eyes, but does not see straight. He has a pair of ears, but does not hear clearly. He has a nose and a mouth, but does not smell and taste well. His brain is not too small, but he has a bad memory and careless think. He often says, “Everything just needs to be OK, why to be so serious about them?” When he was a child, his mother let him buy some brown sugar, but he brought some white sugar instead. His mother scolded him, he shook his head and said, “Brown sugar or white sugar are about the same, arent they ?” In school,his teacher asked him, “Which province borders Hebei on the west?” He answered, “Shaanxi.” The teacher said “You are wrong. Its Shanxi, not Shaanxi.” He retorted, “Shaanxi or Shanxi are about the same, arent they?” Later he worked as a waiter in a shop. He could write and calculate, but his mathematics were often wrong. He also made mistake that wrote the Chinese character 十for 千or 千 for十. The shopkeeper was angry and often scolded him. He just only apologized with a smile, “The difference between character千and十is one short stroke.Chinese character 十or 千are about the same,Arent they ?” One day, for an urgent business,he went to Shanghai by train. But he went to the railway station unhurriedly,when he arrived the railway station,the train already gone, because he was two minutes late. He stared at the smoke belching from the train, and shook his head, “ I have to leave tomorrow,however, today and tomorrow are about the same. But the railway pany is too serious? 8:30 or 8:32 are about the same, arent they?”He walked home slowly and talking to himself why the train hadnt waited for him for two minutes more.He did not understand. One day he fell in ill suddenly, he told his families to fetch Dr.Wang of East Street immediately. His families went in a hurry, but he couldnt find the Dr.Wang on East Street. So instead of Dr.Wang on East Street he fetched Vet Wang of West Street .Lying on his sickbed,he knew that his families fetched a wrong person. But, with pain and worry, he was seriously ill and he could not wait any longer. So he said to himself, “Luckily, Vet Wang is about the same as Dr. Wang. Why not let Vet Wang have a try?” Then, the vet walked up to his bed, with the medical method of cow, treating Mr.Cha Buduo . In the end, Mr.Cha Buduo is died less than an hour. When Mr. Cha Buduo was about to breathe his last, he uttered intermittently in one breath,”Live or die, its about about the same. Everything justneeds to beOK, why to beso seriousabout them”As soon as he finished his motto, he stopped breathing. After his death, people all praise him for his way of seeing through things and thinking through all things. They say that all his life, he refused to work seriously and that he was never calculating or haggle over every ounce. He is virtuous man, So they honored him with the posthumous name Master of Easy-Going. As time goes on his fame has spread wide and bee more and more famous. Thousands of people follow his example, thus everybody has bee Mr. Cha Buduo,however, China will be a sluggard nation! Do you know who is the most well-known person in China? This person is well known over the world. His surname is Cha and his given name is Buduo, which means “About the Same”. He is a native of every province, county and village in this country. You must have seen him or heard about him. His name is on the lips of everybody every day, because he is representative of the whole Chinese nation. The physiognomy of Mr. Cha Buduo has same as you and I. He has a pair of eyes, but does not see straight. He has a pair of ears, but does not hear clearly. He has a nose and a mouth, but does not smell and taste well. His brain is not too small, but he has a bad memory and careless think. He often says, “Everything just needs to be OK, why to be so serious about them?” When he was a child, his mother let him buy some brown sugar, but he brought some white sugar instead. His mother scolded him, he shook his head and said, “Brown sugar or white sugar are about the same, arent they ?” In school,his teacher asked him, “Which province borders Hebei on the west?” He answered, “Shaanxi.” The teacher said “You are wrong. Its Shanxi, not Shaanxi.” He retorted, “Shaanxi or Shanxi are about the same, arent they?” Later he worked as a waiter in a shop. He could write and calculate, but his mathematics were often wrong. He also made mistake that wrote the Chinese character 十for 千or 千 for十. The shopkeeper was angry and often scolded him. He just only apologized with a smile, “The difference between character千and十is one short stroke.Chinese character 十or 千are about the same,Arent they ?” One day, for an urgent business,he went to Shanghai by train. But he went to the railway station unhurriedly,when he arrived the railway station,the train already gone, because he was two minutes late. He stared at the smoke belching from the train, and shook his head, “ I have to leave tomorrow,however, today and tomorrow are about the same. But the railway pany is too serious? 8:30 or 8:32 are about the same, arent they?”He walked home slowly and talking to himself why the train hadnt waited for him for two minutes more.He did not understand. One day he fell in ill suddenly, he told his families to fetch Dr.Wang of East Street immediately. His families went in a hurry, but he couldnt find the Dr.Wang on East Street. So instead of Dr.Wang on East Street he fetched Vet Wang of West Street .Lying on his sickbed,he knew that his families fetched a wrong person. But, with pain and worry, he was seriously ill and he could not wait any longer. So he said to himself, “Luckily, Vet Wang is about the same as Dr. Wang. Why not let Vet Wang have a try?” Then, the vet walked up to his bed, with the medical method of cow, treating Mr.Cha Buduo . In the end, Mr.Cha Buduo is died less than an hour. When Mr. Cha Buduo was about to breathe his last, he uttered intermittently in one breath,”Live or die, its about about the same. Everything justneeds to beOK, why to beso seriousabout them”As soon as he finished his motto, he stopped breathing. After his death, people all praise him for his way of seeing through things and thinking through all things. They say that all his life, he refused to work seriously and that he was never calculating or haggle over every ounce. He is virtuous man, So they honored him with the posthumous name Master of Easy-Going. As time goes on his fame has spread wide and bee more and more famous. Thousands of people follow his example, thus everybody has bee Mr. Cha Buduo,however, China will be a sluggard nation! 差不多先生传 胡适 你知道中国最有名的人是谁？ 提起此人，人人皆晓，处处闻名。他姓差，名不多，是各省各县各村人氏。你一定见过他，一定听过别人谈起他。差不多先生的名字天天挂在大家的口头，因为他是中国全 _代表。 差不多先生的相貌和你和我都差不多。他有一双眼睛，但看的不很清楚；有两只耳朵，但听的不很分明；有鼻子和嘴，但他对于气味和口味都不很讲究。他的脑子也不小，但他的记性却不很精明，他的思想也不很细密。 他常说：“凡事只要差不多，就好了。何必太精明呢？” 他小的时候，他妈叫他去买红糖，他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他，他摇摇头说：“红糖白糖不是差不多吗？” 他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省？”他说是陕西。先生说：“错了。是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗？” 后来他在一个钱铺里做伙计；他也会写，也会算，只是总不会精细。十字常常写成千字，千字常常写成十字。掌柜的生气了，常常骂他。他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道：“千字比十字只多一小撇，不是差不多吗？” 有一天，他为了一件要紧的事，要搭火车到上海去。他从从容容地走到火车站，迟了两分钟，火车已开走了。他白瞪着眼，望着远远的火车上的煤烟，摇摇头道：“只好明天再走了，今天走同明天走，也还差不多。可是火车公司未免太认真了。八点三十分开，同八点三十二分开，不是差不多吗？”他一面说，一面慢慢地走回家，心里总不明白为什么火车不肯等他两分钟。 有一天，他忽然得了急病，赶快叫家人去请东街的汪医生。那家人急急忙忙地跑去，一时寻不着东街的汪大夫，却把西街牛医王大夫请来了。差不多先生病在床上，知道寻错了人；但病急了，身上痛苦，心里焦急，等不得了，心里想道：“好在王大夫同汪大夫也差不多，让他试试看罢。”于是这位牛医王大夫走近床前，用医牛的法子给差不多先生治病。不上一点钟，差不多先生就一命呜呼了。差不多先生差不多要死的时候，一口气断断续续地说道：“活人同死人也差差差不多，凡事只要差差不多就好了，何何必太太认真呢？”他说完了这句话，方才绝气了。 他死后，大家都称赞差不多先生样样事情看得破，想得通；大家都说他一生不肯认真，不肯算帐，不肯计较，真是一位有德行的人。于是大家给他取个死后的法号，叫他做圆通大师。 他的名誉越传越远，越久越大。无数无数的人都学他的榜样。于是人人都成了一个差不多先生然而中国从此就成为一个懒人国了。 差不多先生传 胡适 【创作背景】 胡适是现代杂文的最初创作者之一。民国七年，他在新青年杂志发起什么话专栏，辑录摘引当时报刊上令人发笑或感叹的材料，加上一、二句点睛式，或根本不加评论，直斥之曰什么话。这种杂文简便犀利，有利于迅速揭露悖论谬说，曾被许多刊物仿效，产生相当大的影响。他还以天风、铁儿等笔名，发表过不少杂感、短评、短论、寓言及一些通讯、序跋等，或论时事，或悼友人，或抒感怀，虽然内容尖锐，但文字优美，影响颇大，差不多先生传即此类杂文中之一篇。 （全文原载于民国八年出版的新生活杂志第二期） 【原文】 你知道中国最有名的人是谁？ 提起此人，人人皆晓，处处闻名。他姓差，名不多，是各省各县各村人氏。你一定见过他，一定听过别人谈起他。差不多先生的名字天天挂在大家的口头，因为他是中国全 _代表。 差不多先生的相貌和你和我都差不多。他有一双眼睛，但看的不很清楚；有两只耳朵，但听的不很分明；有鼻子和嘴，但他对于气味和口味都不很讲究。他的脑子也不小，但他的记性却不很精明，他的思想也不很细密。 他常常说：“凡事只要差不多，就好了。何必太精明呢？” 他小的时候，他妈叫他去买红糖，他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他，他摇摇头说：“红糖白糖不是差不多吗？” 他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省？” 他说是陕西。先生说，“错了。是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗？” 后来他在一个钱铺里做伙计；他也会写，也会算，只是总不会精细。十字常常写成千字，千字常常写成十字。掌柜的生气了，常常骂他。他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道：“千字比十 字只多一小撇，不是差不多吗？”有一天，他为了一件要紧的事，要搭火车到上海去。他从从容容地走到火车站，迟了两分钟，火车已开走了。他白瞪着眼，望着远远的火车上的煤烟，摇摇头道：“只好明天再走了，今天走同明天走，也还差不多。可是火车公司未免太认真了。八点三十分开，同八点三十二分开，不是差不多吗？”他一面说，一面慢慢地走回家，心里总不明白为什么火车不肯等他两分钟。 有一天，他忽然得了急病，赶快叫家人去请东街的汪医生。那家人急急忙忙地跑去，一时寻不着东街的汪大夫，却把西街牛医王大夫请来了。差不多先生病在床上，知道寻错了人；但病急了，身上痛苦，心里焦急，等不得了，心里想道：“好在王大夫同汪大夫也差不多，让他试试看罢。”于是这位牛医王大夫走近床前，用医牛的法子给差不多先生治病。不上一点钟，差不多先生就一命呜呼了。 差不多先生差不多要死的时候，一口气断断续续地说道：“活人同死人也差?差?差不多，?凡事只要?差?差?不多?就?好了，?何?何?必?太?太认真呢？“他说完了这句格言，方才绝气了。 他死后，大家都很称赞差不多先生样样事情看得破，想得通；大家都说他一生不肯认真，不肯算帐，不肯计较，真是一位有德行的人。于是大家给他取个死后的法号，叫他做圆通大师。 他的名誉越传越远，越久越大。无数无数的人都学他的榜样。于是人人都成了一个差不多先生。然而中国从此就成为一个懒人国了。 汉译英赏析：胡适差不多先生传 差不多先生 Mr. About-the-Same 你知道中国最有名的人是谁? Do you know who is the most well-known person in China? 提起此人，人人皆晓，处处闻名。他姓差，名不多，是各省各县各村人氏。你一定见过他，一定听过别人谈起他。差不多先生的名字天天挂在大家的口头，因为他是中国全 _代表。 The name of this person is a household word all over the country. His surname is Cha and his given name, Buduo, which altogether mean About the Same. He is a native of every province, every county and every village in this country. You must have seen or heard about this person. His name is always on the lips of everybody because he is representative of the whole Chinese nation. 差不多先生的相貌和你和我都差不多。他有一双眼睛，但看的不很清楚；有两只耳朵，但听的不很分明；有鼻子和嘴，但他对于气味和口味都不很讲究。他的脑子也不小，但他的记性却不很精明，他的思想也不很细密。 Mr. Cha Buduo has the same physiognomy as you and I. He has a pair of eyes, but doesnt see clearly. He has a pair of ears, but doesnt hear well. He has a nose and a mouth, but lacks a keen sense of smell and taste. His brain is none too small, but he is weak in memory and sloppy in thinking. 他常常说：“凡事只要差不多，就好了。何必太精明呢?” He often says, Whatever we do, its OK to be just about right. Whats the use of being precise and aurate? 他小的时候，他妈叫他去买红糖，他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他，他摇摇头说：“红糖白糖不是差不多吗?” One day, when he was a child, his mother sent him out to buy her some brown sugar, but he returned with some white sugar instead. As his mother scolded him about it, he shook his head and said, Brown sugar or white sugar, arent they about the same? 他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省?”他说是陕西。先生说：“错了。是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗?” One day in school, the teacher asked him, Which province borders Hebei on the west? He answered, Shaanxi. The teacher corrected him, You are wrong. Its Shanxi, not Shaanxi. He reported, Shaanxi or Shanxi, arent they about the same? 后来他在一个钱铺里作伙计；他也会写，也会算，只是总不会精细。十字常常写成千字，千字常常写成十字。掌柜的生气了，常常骂他。他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道：“千字比十字只多一小撇，不是差不多吗?” Later Mr. Cha Buduo served as an assistant at a money shop. He could write and calculate all right, but his mathematics was often faulty. He would mistake the Chinese character 十 (meaning 10) for 千 (meaning 1000) or vice versa. The shop owner was infuriated and often took him to task. But he would only explain apologetically with a grin, The Character 千 differs from 十 in merely having one additional short stroke. Arent they about the same? 有一天，他为了一件要紧的事，要搭火车到上海去。他从从容容地走到火车站，迟了两分钟，火车已经开走了。他白瞪着眼，望着远远的火车上的煤烟，摇摇头道：“只好明天再走了，今天走同明天走，也差不多。可是火车公司未免太认真了。8点30分开，同8点32分开，不是差不多吗?”他一面说，一面慢慢地走回家，心里总不明白为什么火车不肯等他两分钟。 One day, he wanted to go to Shanghai by train on urgent business. But he arrived at the railway station unhurriedly only to find the train already gone, because he was two minutes late. He stood staring at the smoke belching from the diminishing train, and shook his head, Well, all I can do is leave tomorrow. After all, today and tomorrow are about the same. But isnt the railway pany taking it too seriously? Whats the difference between departing at 8:30 and 8:32? He walked home slowly while talking to himself and kept puzzling over why the train hadnt waited for him for another two minutes. 有一天，他忽然得了急病，赶快叫家人去请东街的汪医生。那家人急急忙忙地跑去，一时寻不着东街的汪大夫，却把西街牛医王大夫请来了。差不多先生病在床上，知道寻错了人；但病急了，身上痛苦，心里焦急，等不得了，心里想道：“好在王大夫同汪大夫也差不多，让他试试看罢。”于是这位牛医王大夫走近床前，用医牛的法子给差不多先生治病。不上一点钟，差不多先生就一命呜呼了。 One day he suddenly fell ill and immediately told one of his family to fetch Dr. Wng of East Street. The latter went in a hurry, but couldt find the physician on East Street. So he fetched instead Veterinarian Wng of West Street. Mr. Cha Buduo, lying on his sickbed, knew that a wrong person had been brough