Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 4

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You will reach a village in the evening; and when you get there, you will see two inns opposite to each other, one of which is very pleasant and beautiful to look at: go not in there, but rest for the night in the other, though it may appear to you to be very poor and mean.'

你傍晚时会到达一个村庄；当你到了那里，你会看到两家相对而立的旅店，其中一家看起来非常令人愉快，十分漂亮：不要进那家，而要在另一家过夜，尽管那家看起来可能非常简陋寒酸。'

But the son thought to himself, 'What can such a beast as this know about the matter?'

但是儿子心里想，'这样一头野兽能懂得什么？'

So he shot his arrow at the fox; but he missed it, and it set up its tail above its back and ran into the wood.

于是他向狐狸射了一箭；但是他没有射中，狐狸翘起尾巴跑进了树林。

Then he went his way, and in the evening came to the village where the two inns were; and in one of these were people singing, and dancing, and feasting; but the other looked very dirty, and poor.

然后他继续赶路，傍晚来到了那个有两家旅店的村庄；其中一家里有人在唱歌、跳舞、欢宴；而另一家看起来非常肮脏简陋。

'I should be very silly,' said he, 'if I went to that shabby house, and left this charming place'; so he went into the smart house, and ate and drank at his ease, and forgot the bird, and his country too.

'我真是太傻了，'他说，'如果我去那家破旧的旅店，却离开这个迷人的地方'；于是他走进那家漂亮的旅店，尽情吃喝，把那只鸟和自己的国家都忘得一干二净。

Time passed on; and as the eldest son did not come back, and no tidings were heard of him, the second son set out, and the same thing happened to him.

时光流逝；由于长子迟迟未归，也没有他的任何消息，次子便出发了，同样的事情也发生在他身上。

Vocabulary

你: nǐ — You, second person singular pronoun.
傍晚: bàngwǎn — Evening, the time just before nightfall.
时: shí — Time, moment, or when something occurs.
会: huì — Will, can, or to be able to.
到达: dàodá — To arrive at or reach a destination.
一个: yīgè — One, a single unit of something.
村庄: cūnzhuāng — Village, a small rural settlement.
当: dāng — When, at the time that something happens.
到了: dàole — Arrived at, reached a place or time.
那里: nàlǐ — There, referring to a place previously mentioned.
看到: kàndào — To see, to catch sight of something.
两家: liǎng jiā — Two establishments or households side by side.
相对: xiāngduì — Facing each other, opposite one another.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
旅店: lǚdiàn — Inn, a small lodging place for travelers.
其中: qízhōng — Among them, within that group or set.
一家: yījiā — One establishment, one inn or household.
看起来: kànqǐlái — Looks like, appears to be a certain way.
非常: fēicháng — Very, extremely, unusually so.
令人: lìngrén — Causes people to feel a certain way.
愉快: yúkuài — Pleasant, cheerful, feeling happy and comfortable.
十分: shífēn — Very, extremely, to a great degree.
漂亮: piàoliang — Beautiful, pretty, attractive in appearance.
不要: bùyào — Do not, an imperative to avoid doing something.
进: jìn — To enter, to go into a place.
那家: nà jiā — That establishment, referring to a specific inn.
而要: ér yào — But rather, instead you should do something.
在: zài — At, in, located at a place.
另一家: lìng yījiā — The other establishment, the alternative inn.
过夜: guòyè — To spend the night, to stay overnight.
尽管: jǐnguǎn — Even though, despite the fact that something is so.
可能: kěnéng — Possibly, may be, expressing possibility.
简陋: jiǎnlòu — Simple and crude, lacking comfort or refinement.
寒酸: hánsuān — Shabby, poor-looking, mean and wretched.
但是: dànshì — But, however, expressing contrast or contradiction.
儿子: érzi — Son, a male child of a parent.
心里: xīnlǐ — In one's heart or mind, innermost thoughts.
想: xiǎng — To think, to want, to miss someone.
这样: zhèyàng — Like this, in this way or manner.
一头: yītóu — One animal (measure word), used for beasts.
野兽: yěshòu — Wild beast, a ferocious wild animal.
能: néng — Can, to be capable of doing something.
懂得: dǒngde — To understand, to comprehend something well.
什么: shénme — What, asking about an unspecified thing.
于是: yúshì — So, thereupon, as a result of that.
他: tā — He, him, third person masculine singular pronoun.
向: xiàng — Toward, in the direction of something.
狐狸: húli — Fox, a cunning wild canine animal.
射了: shèle — Shot, fired an arrow at a target.
一箭: yījiàn — One arrow, a single shot with a bow.
没有: méiyǒu — Did not, have not, lacking something.
射中: shèzhòng — Hit the target, successfully struck with an arrow.
翘起: qiàoqǐ — To raise up, to lift or tilt upward.
尾巴: wěiba — Tail, the rear appendage of an animal.
跑进: pǎojìn — Ran into, entered quickly by running.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or change of state.
树林: shùlín — Forest, a grove or woodland area.
然后: ránhòu — Then, afterward, following that action.
继续: jìxù — To continue, to keep doing something further.
赶路: gǎnlù — To hurry on one's journey, travel urgently.
来到: láidào — Arrived at, came to a specific place.
那个: nàge — That one, referring to a specific thing or place.
有: yǒu — To have, there is or there are.
里: lǐ — Inside, within a place or container.
有人: yǒurén — Someone, there are people doing something.
唱歌: chànggē — To sing a song, performing vocal music.
跳舞: tiàowǔ — To dance, to move rhythmically to music.
欢宴: huānyàn — Festive banquet, a joyful celebratory feast.
而: ér — But, and, yet; connecting contrasting clauses.
肮脏: āngzāng — Dirty, filthy, unclean in condition.
我: wǒ — I, me, first person singular pronoun.
真是: zhēnshì — Truly, really, indeed expressing strong affirmation.
太傻: tài shǎ — Too foolish, overly stupid or naive.
说: shuō — To say, to speak, to tell something.
如果: rúguǒ — If, in the event that something occurs.
去: qù — To go, to move toward a place.
破旧: pòjiù — Old and worn out, dilapidated and shabby.
却: què — Yet, but, however expressing contrast or surprise.
离开: líkāi — To leave, to depart from a place.
这个: zhège — This, referring to a nearby thing or place.
迷人: mírén — Charming, enchanting, captivating to the senses.
地方: dìfang — Place, location, an area or spot.
走进: zǒujìn — To walk into, to enter by walking.
尽情: jìnqíng — To one's heart's content, without restraint.
吃喝: chīhē — To eat and drink, to feast freely.
把: bǎ — Disposal marker placing object before verb.
那只: nà zhī — That one (animal measure word), referring to a bird.
鸟: niǎo — Bird, a feathered flying animal.
和: hé — And, together with, connecting nouns or phrases.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself, one's own self or interests.
国家: guójiā — Country, nation, one's homeland.
都: dōu — All, both, entirely without exception.
忘得: wàngde — Forgot to the extent of, completely forgot.
一干二净: yīgān'èrjìng — Completely clean, forgot absolutely everything without trace.
时光: shíguāng — Time, the passage of days and years.
流逝: liúshì — To pass by, time slipping away gradually.
由于: yóuyú — Due to, because of a certain reason.
长子: zhǎngzǐ — Eldest son, the firstborn male child.
迟迟: chíchí — Tardily, for a long time without returning.
未归: wèiguī — Had not returned, not yet come back home.
也: yě — Also, too, as well, adding another point.
他的: tāde — His, belonging to him, possessive form.
任何: rènhé — Any, whatsoever, no matter which one.
消息: xiāoxi — News, information, word about someone's situation.
次子: cìzǐ — Second son, the second-born male child.
便: biàn — Then, thereupon, so proceeding to do something.
出发: chūfā — To set out, to depart on a journey.
同样: tóngyàng — Same, identical, in the same manner.
事情: shìqing — Thing, matter, an event or affair.
发生: fāshēng — To happen, to occur, to take place.
身上: shēnshang — On one's body, happening to a person.

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