双语阅读东氏养猫和真假汉鼎

1、中国寓言小故事:东氏养猫和真假汉鼎In ancient times, a man surnamed Dong in the State of Wei was interested in nothing but keeping cats.古代,卫国有个姓东的人,对世界上的万事万物都不感兴趣,唯 独爱好养猫.He kept over 100 cats in his home, which caught and ate all the rats in the house.东某家里养了一百多只猫,老鼠被捕食得一干二净.Later, as there were no more rats, the cat

2、s were so hungry that they meowed all the time.后来,由于猫再也捕食不到老鼠而饿得咪咪直叫.Dong had to buy meat from the market every day to feed them.东某只好每天从市场上买肉回来喂养它们.Day after day, year after year, the cats multiplied.As they ate meat every day,they even didn t know there were rats in the world which could be caught

3、and eaten.日复一日,年复一年,猫儿传宗接代,由于天天吃肉,竟然不知 道世上还有老鼠可以捕食.They meowed whenever they were hungry, and whenever they meowed, they were fed with meat.它们饿了就叫,一叫就有肉吃,After they ate their f川,they were happy and carefree, lazy and sluggish, and had nothing to do all day.吃饱之后,一副悠闲快活的样子,终日懒懒散散,无所事事.In the south of

4、the city,one house was plagued with rats.The rats ran amuck in swarms.城南,有一户人家闹鼠患,老鼠成群结队,到处横行.Once it so happened that a rat fell into a jar.The master of the house hastened to Dong s home to borrow a cat to catch the rat.一次,有一只老鼠忽然掉人瓮中.这家主人急忙跑到东家,借猫 捕鼠.The cat from the Dong family saw the rat in th

5、e jar stick up its pointed ears,stare with a pair of pitch-black eyes,shake its red whiskers and squeak.东家的猫看到瓮中的老鼠,竖着两只尖尖的耳朵,瞪着一双漆黑的眼睛,抖动着红红的胡须,吱吱吱乱叫.The cat didn t know what a freak the rat was.It only followed the rat moving around on the mouth of the jar,and dared not get into it.猫以为是什么怪物,只是在瓮口上

6、跟着老鼠转来转去,竟然不敢下去.The master was furious at this and pushed the cat down into the jar.主人看了十分恼火,便一把将猫推了下去.At this moment, the cat was panic-stricken and howled loudly at the rat.这时候,只见猫惊恐万状,对着老鼠大声嚎叫.After a while, the rat eventually found that this cat had no other tricks, so it bit the cat s foot.时间一长

7、,老鼠终于觉察这只猫没有什么别的本领,就来咬它的脚.The Dong s cat was so frightened that it exerted all its strength and made one jump out of the jar and ran away.东家的猫急得使劲儿一跃,便从瓮里逃了出来.A civilian named Shentu Dun in Luoyang obtainedan unearth ed tripod of the Han Dynasty fromShenchuan, Chang an.洛阳,有一位平民叫中屠敦,他从长安深川得到了一尊出土的汉 鼎

8、.On the tripod, the crisscross designs of clouds andancient ho rnless dragons were bright and clear.鼎上,云和蝠交错的花纹,灿烂清楚.Lu Sheng, his neighbour on the west,took a fancy toit instant ly.中屠敦家西边的一位邻居鲁生一见到就十分喜爱,He asked a coppersmith to cast a tripod in imitation , soaked and dyed it with a strangedecoctio

9、n,dug a pit and buried it u nderground.让铜匠模仿着也铸了一尊, 用一种奇特的药浸染之后, 挖了一个坑,把它埋在地下.After three years, he dug it out.Owing to the decoction and c orrosion of the earth,过了三年,他把鼎从地下挖出来一看,由于药物和泥土的锈蚀,the copper surface of the tripod changed and looked very m uch like Shentu Dun s genuinetripod .外表的铜质起了变化,跟中屠敦

10、的真的汉鼎极其相似.One day,Lu Sheng presented this fake tripod to an influentialofficial,一天,鲁生将这尊假汉鼎献给了一位权贵.who was so pleased as if he had got a treasure that he invit ed guests to a banquet toappreciate it together.权贵如获至宝,便大宴宾客,请大家共同欣赏.At the time,Shentu Dun was also present. He knew in his he art that Lu

11、Sheng s tripod was afake.He said: 当时,中屠敦也在座.他心里头最明白,鲁生的那尊是假的,就 说：also have a tripod of about the same shape as this one. B ut I don t know which one isgenuine :'“我也有一尊汉鼎,形状和这尊差不多,但不知哪一尊是真的.The influential official asked him to fetch it at once. After he examined it for a long time, hesaid: 权贵立即叫

12、他搬过来,左右打量了很久,说：This one is not genuine ：'“这尊不是真的!The guests also chimed in and said one after another:It is indeed not genuine ：'众宾客也附和着,一个接一个地说：“确实不是真的!Shentu Dun was quite perturbed and argued on just grounds ,but the others rallied together toattack him,ridiculed and eve n insulted him, so he said no more.中屠敦心中很不平静,据理争辩.众人竟群起而攻之,冷嘲热讽, 甚至羞辱,他便不再做声了.When he return