美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第五冊(cè) 第20期：請(qǐng)別多管閑事（06）

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"Come, come," said the old gentleman, one snake is quite enough to have in the house at a time;

“得了，得了，”老人說(shuō)道，有時(shí)，家里有條蛇還是不錯(cuò)的，

therefore, the sooner you are gone the better.

這樣的話，還是快走為好！

With that he dismissed him, without waiting a moment for his reply.

說(shuō)話間，老人即刻令人將艾爾伯特送走，容不得他半點(diǎn)解釋。

William Smith next entered the room, and being left alone soon began to amuse himself in looking at the curiosities around him.

接下來(lái)，威廉姆.史密斯走進(jìn)房間，周圍一旦沒人，他馬上開始東張西望，到處巡脧周圍好玩的物件。

William was not only curious and prying, but dishonest, too, and observing that the key was left in the drawer of a bookcase,

威廉姆好奇心忒重，喜歡包打聽，人還不夠誠(chéng)實(shí)。他留意到書柜抽屜上留下的鑰匙，

he stepped on tiptoe in that direction.

于是踮起腳尖走過(guò)去。

The key had a wire fastened to it, which communicated with an electrical machine, and William received such a shock as he was not likely to forget.

鑰匙上拴有一根金屬線，線那頭連接一臺(tái)電機(jī)，那種電擊可能讓他終生難忘。威廉姆從電擊中緩過(guò)神，

No sooner did he sufficiently recover himself to walk, than he was told to leave the house, and let other people lock and unlock their own drawers.

剛能挪步，就被告知即刻回家，至于那些抽屜是否打開還是關(guān)閉，已與他全然無(wú)關(guān)。

The other boy was Harry Gordon, and though he was left in the room full twenty minutes, he never during that time stirred from his chair.

接下來(lái)的哈利.戈登也被單獨(dú)留在屋里長(zhǎng)達(dá)二十分鐘，他沒有離開座椅到處走動(dòng)。

Harry had eyes in his head as well as the others, but he had more integrity in his heart;

哈利眼力不錯(cuò)，他與其他少年一樣，但他更具有別人沒有的誠(chéng)實(shí)。

neither the dish cover, the cherries, the drawer knob, the closet door, the round box, nor the key tempted him to rise from his feet;

盤蓋也好，莓果也罷，或是抽屜把手，或是壁櫥柜門，或是圓盒，或是鑰匙，沒有東西可以誘惑哈利。

and the consequence was that, in half an hour after, he was engaged in the service of the old gentleman at Elm Tree Hall.

半小時(shí)后，哈利最終被留在榆樹山莊。哈利忠心耿耿地為老人服務(wù)，為他養(yǎng)老送終。

He followed his good old master to his grave, and received a large legacy for his upright conduct in his service.

由于哈利為人正派，舉止端莊，最終繼承了老人的財(cái)產(chǎn)。