美國語文第四冊(cè) 第109期：中國故事一則（01）

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Two young, near-sighted fellows, Chang and Ching,

常和慶是兩個(gè)年輕的近視眼，

Over their chopsticks idly chattering,

飯桌上閑談時(shí)，

Fell to disputing which could see the best;

爭執(zhí)起誰的眼力好，

At last, they agreed to put it to the test.

最后他們決定來較量；

Said Chang,A marble tablet, so I hear,

常說，在大理石板，我聽到，

Is placed upon the Bo-hee temple near,

附近有個(gè)武夷廟，

With an insCRIption on it.

碑上刻著碑文，

Let us go And read it (since you boast your optics so),

我們?nèi)タ纯?，碑文（既然你吹噓你的眼力好），

Standing together at a certain place

站在石碑前面一定距離，

In front, where we the letters just may trace;

剛好看見上面文字的地方，

Then he who quickest reads the insCRIption there,

誰最快讀出碑上的文字，

The palm for keenest eyes henceforth shall bear.

誰的視力就最好。

"Agreed," said Ching, but let us try it soon:

慶說，同意，我們盡快比，

Suppose we say tomorrow afternoon.

明天下午怎么樣？

"Nay, not so soon," said Chang;

常說，不用這么早，我還有

I'm bound to go tomorrow a day's ride from Hoang-Ho,

一天的行程，騎馬從黃河出發(fā)，

And sha'n't be ready till the following day:

后天才能回來，

At ten A. M., on Thursday, let us say.

周四上午十點(diǎn)再較量吧。

So't was arranged; but Ching was wide-awake:

這樣決定了，慶睡不著覺：

Time by the forelock he resolved to take;

天剛蒙蒙亮他就出發(fā)了；

And to the temple went at once, and read,

到了廟前看石碑上寫著，

Upon the tablet, To the illustrious dead, The chief of mandarins, the great Goh-Bang.

這里埋葬著杰出的滿洲首領(lǐng)，偉大的國邦。

Scarce had he gone when stealthily came Chang,

他剛剛離開常就偷偷溜來，

Who read the same; but peering closer,

他也看到了同樣的碑文，可他更仔細(xì)，

he spied in a corner what Ching failed to see—The words,

發(fā)現(xiàn)碑角上寫著——這是慶沒看到的。

This tablet is erected here by those to whom the great Goh-Bang was dear.

這個(gè)石碑是敬愛國邦的人所立。

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