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The King’s New Clothes (2)
A few days later, the king wants to see what’s the cloth like. He remembers that foolish people can’t see it, of course, he believes he can see the magical cloth. But it’s better to send someone to see it first. So he sends his old minister to see the cloth, because he thinks the old minister is very clever and honest.
When the old minister gets to the weaving room, he sees the two man are working hard on the machines. But he can’t see any cloths.
“ What’s the matter with my eyes? I can’t see cloths!” he thinks.
The two liars ask him: “ Mr. minister, how are the patterns? Are the colours beautiful?” They point to the two empty machines.
The minister thinks: “oh, my god! Am I a foolish man? I never doubt myself. No, I can’t let anyone knows that I can’t see the cloth.”
He says: “ Yes, the patterns and colours are so pretty! I will tell the king that I’m very satisfied with the cloth!”
“We are very happy to hear that! Thank you, Mr. minister!” the two liars say.
Then they ask more silk and gold from the king, and of course, all these things go to their pocket. They still work on the two empty machines every day.
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单词:
a few 几个,一些(后接可数名词复数)
what’s……like ……长什么样
remember 想起,记住 believe 相信
it’s better…… 最好……
send 派,发送 first 首先,第一
minister 部长 check 检查,检验
clever 聪明的 honest 诚实的
hard 努力地 matter 事情,麻烦
what’s the matter with… …怎么了?
point 指向,点,得分
point to 指向 god 上帝
oh my god 我的天啊
never 从不 doubt 怀疑
myself 我自己
be satisfied with 对…满意
more 更多的
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译文:
皇帝的新装 (2)
几天后,皇帝想看看布料是什么样的。他想起了愚蠢的人是看不见的,当然,他相信他是能够看到这块神奇的布的。但是,最好还是先派个人去看看。 于是,他派他的老部长去看布,因为他相信老部长既聪明又诚实。
当老部长到了纺织间,他看到两个人在机器上努力地工作着。但是他看不到任何布。
“我的眼睛怎么了?我看不到任何布呀” 老部长想。
那两个骗子问他:“部长先生,图案怎么样啊?颜色是不是很漂亮呢?” 他们指着两台空机器。
部长心想:“噢,我的天啊!我是一个愚蠢地人吗?我从来没有怀疑过我自己。不,我不能让任何人知道我看不见布!”
他说:“是的,图案和颜色都非常漂亮。我会告诉皇帝我对这块布很满意。”
“我们很开心听到你这么说,部长先生。” 两个骗子说。
然后他们向皇帝要了更多的丝绸和黄金,当然,所有这些东西都进了他们的口袋。他们依然每天在两台空机器上工作。