双语阅读少女遇盗和网开三面

1、中国寓言故事：少女遇盗和网开三面oheOnce upon a time , there was a young girlwearing a strand f precious pearls around herneck and a jade loop around r waist,古时候,有位少女,脖子上桂着宝珠,腰间佩着玉环,and carrying a great deal of gold with her.身上带着许多金子.One day, while walking in the hills, she encountered a bandit and was very much fri

2、ghtened .一天,她在山里行走,突然遇到一个强盗,心里非常害怕.When the bandit saw the gold, silver and other treasures, an evil thought occurred to him.那个强盗看到金银财宝,顿时产生了罪恶的念头.Holding a weapon in his hand, heintended to rob her.手持凶器,准备抢劫.The young girl was scared out of her wits.少女吓得魂不附体.Trembling all over and not daring to loo

3、k at him squarely inthe face,浑身发抖,不敢正面看他,she quickly bent and knelt down before the bandit, begginghim piteously, and saying that shewas evenwilling to marry him to be his concubine.急忙弯下腰来,跪在强盗面前,苦苦哀求,并且表示愿意嫁给强盗, 做他的小老婆.Yet, the atrocious bandit still killed her in the end.但是,穷凶极恶的强盗,最后还是把她杀了.It is

4、thus clear that one should never expectmercy from a bandit.可见,不能指望强盗会发善心.One day, King Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, saw a man arranging a net on all sides and praying to the deity:一天,商朝开国君主汤看见一个人四面布下了天罗地网,正在向神祷 告：Let those that fly down from the sky, those that come outof the ground, and

5、those that come running from alldirections all run into my net!从天上飞下来的,从地下钻由来的,从四面八方跑过来的,都撞到我 的网里来吧！Tang said: Well, isnt this catching the whole lot in onenet?汤说：咦!这不是一网打尽了吗Tang went forward and took away the net on three sides,leaving only one side there.汤上前收掉了三面的网,只留下一面的网.Then he said to the man:

6、 Now please pray again!然后,他又那人说：请你重新祷告吧！You can say thus: In the past, the spiders have spun nets.你可以这样说：过去,蜘蛛织由了网.Now people have learned to make nets too.现在人们也学会了织网.You birds and animals, those that want to turn left can go tothe left;你们这些鸟兽,想往左边的就往左走开；those that want to turn right can go to the r

7、ight; those that want to fly can soar;想往右边的就往右走开；想高飞的就高飞；those that want to get into holes can get into holes.想钻洞的就钻洞.I only catch those that are doomed to die.我仅仅捕捉那些命里注定要死的.The much-told tale of King Tangs leaving the net open on three sides spread far and wide at once.商汤网开三面的佳话,一下子传开了.When the people of the states south of the Han River heard of it, they all said:汉水以南各国知道后,都说：King Tang of Shang bestows favour even upon birds and animals.商汤对禽兽也这样恩赐.He is so lenient that he is truly a benevolent man.这样宽恕,真是个仁慈的人.Thereupon, all the 40 small states