英語小達人每天10分鐘 291 Silence Is Good

[00:01.26]Silence Is Good 沉默是金 [00:06.12]At an Indian fair there was a merchant who had an elephant for sale. 在印度集市上，有個商人要賣大象。 [00:13.23]He saw an American who was examining it with very great care-- 他看到一個美國人仔細(xì)地觀察， [00:17.43]walking round and round it, putting his head on one side, and taking in everything. 圍著大象走來走去，還歪著頭看，一切都記在心上。 [00:24.20]The merchant went up to the American, and said, 商人走過去對美國人說： [00:27.22]"Don't say anything about the elephant till I have sold it, and I will make you a present." “在我賣掉大象之前一個字都不準(zhǔn)說，我會給你一份禮物的。” [00:33.30]"All right," said the American. “好啊!”美國人說。 [00:36.04]After the elephant was sold, 賣了大象之后， [00:37.42]the merchant gave him one-tenth of the price he had got for it, 商人把賣大象錢的十分之一給了美國人， [00:41.18]and said, "Now tell me how you found out that blemish on the left foreleg of the elephant. 并且說道：“現(xiàn)在告訴我你是怎么發(fā)現(xiàn)大象左前腿的毛病吧。 [00:47.05]I thought it was quite concealed." 我以為很隱蔽呢!” [00:49.28]"Blemish!" said the American. "I never found any blemish." “毛病?!”美國人說道，“我從沒發(fā)現(xiàn)什么毛病啊!” [00:54.08]"Then, why did you examine the elephant so closely?" asked the merchant. “那么，你為什么那么細(xì)心地檢查大象呢?”商人問道。 [00:58.50]"Because I had never seen an elephant before, “因為我以前從沒看到過大象， [01:01.21]and wanted to see what it was like," said the American. 想看看到底是什么樣子。”美國人說。

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