英語笑話（雙語）10 古老的中國智慧

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古老的中國智慧

Once upon a time, in ancient China, the emperor wasseriously ill. None of his esteemed physicians couldfind a cure,until an ancient sage revealed that onlythe blood of a living Foo bird could restore theimperial health.

很久很久以前在古老的中國，皇帝病得很重，所有德高望重的御醫(yī)都沒辦法醫(yī)治，直到后來才有一位智者透露，只有活福鳥的血才能恢復(fù)皇帝的健康。

Now the Foo bird was extremely rare, almost legendary,and the greatest hunters in the landwere assigned the task of capturing a specimen-but before they left on their quest, the ancientsage warned them that if one of them were fortunate enough to catch the bird, he should onno account clean or change his clothing till he had presented his prize to the emperor.

問題是福鳥本來就很少見，幾乎只是傳說而已，于是全國各地最好的獵人都被指派進(jìn)行捕捉福鳥的工作。但在他們出發(fā)之前，那名智者警告他們，要是有人有幸捉到一只福鳥的話，無論如何在送到皇帝手中之前，絕不可以清潔或換掉身上的衣服。

The hunters scoured the empire, and after several months, the greatest of them spotted amagnificent Foo perched high in a tree. Using all his skill, the huntsman snuck up on the birdand managed to seize it by the claws, but soon the startled creature left a huge odious blobofexcrement on the hunter's shoulder.

獵人們搜遍了整個(gè)帝國，幾個(gè)月后，其中一名本領(lǐng)最好的獵人不經(jīng)意看見了一只福鳥棲息在一棵樹上。他用盡所有技巧偷偷接近那只福鳥并抓住了它的腳爪，但那只受到驚嚇的福鳥馬上在他的肩膀上拉了一大團(tuán)臭氣熏人的鳥糞。

Though the stench was almost unbearable,the woodsman remembered the sage's injunctionand carried his double burden all the way back to court. By that time, the odor had onlybecome worse, and thehunter was deeply embarrassed.Finally, he felt that he could not entertheemperor's presence in such a state, and wiped the offending substance from hisshoulder.

雖然臭味難當(dāng)，但獵人仍記得智者的訓(xùn)示，便連同身上的鳥糞護(hù)送福鳥回宮。那時(shí)鳥糞的味道更難聞了，獵人也覺得非常尷尬。最后他覺得不能那個(gè)樣子去見皇帝，于是他把肩膀上令人作嘔的東西擦拭掉了。

Instantly, the Foo bird fell over dead, theemperor took a turn for the worse, and the hunterwas clapped in irons.And themoral of the story is: If the Foo shits,wear it!

就在那一刻福鳥便倒地身亡，皇帝的病情也更加惡化，而那名獵人則立刻被關(guān)進(jìn)牢中。這個(gè)故事的寓意就是：“福鳥在你身上拉尿，你就扛著。”

1.Once upon a time 很久以前

例句：Once upon a time, there was an island whereall the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, and all ofthe others, including Love.

從前，有一座小島上面居住著所有的情感，有幸福，悲傷和包括愛在內(nèi)的其它所有的情感。

2. on no account 決不能

例句：On no account could she agree to a step which might afterwards cause bitter rueing toher husband for his blindness in wedding her.

她決不能同意邁出這一步，免得以后導(dǎo)致丈夫后悔，說是瞎了眼睛才娶了她。

3.revealed that 透露

例句：Last week, when South Korean officials announced the arrest of a North Koreanspy,they revealed that one of the spy's objectives was to locate Hwang.

上星期，在韓國官員宣布逮捕了一名北韓間諜時(shí)，他們透露這名間諜的任務(wù)之一就是尋找黃長燁的住處。

4.By that time 那時(shí)

例句：By that time you will be making money and can afford a lawyer to get it done right.

到那時(shí)，你將會賺很多的錢能使你請一個(gè)律師來幫你處理好一些的。