Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 4
傍晚你会到达一个村庄；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pleasant和美丽：不要进去，而要在另一家过夜，即使它看起来又破又寒酸。
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.
但是儿子心里想：'这样一头野兽能懂什么？'
But the son thought to himself, 'What can such a beast as this know about the matter?'
于是他朝狐狸射出了箭；但他没有射中，狐狸翘起尾巴跑进了树林。
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.
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、宴饮；而另一家看起来又脏又破。
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.
他说：'如果我去那家破旧的房子，而放弃这个迷人的地方，那我真是太蠢了'；于是他走进了那家气派的旅店，悠然自得地吃喝，忘记了那只鸟，也忘记了自己的国家。
'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.
时间流逝；由于大儿子没有回来，也没有他的任何消息，二儿子便出发了，同样的事情也发生在他身上。
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.
Vocabulary
- will
- 表示将来时的助动词
- reach
- 到达某个地方
- village
- 村庄，乡村小聚居地
- evening
- 傍晚，黄昏时分
- get
- 到达；获得某处或某物
- inns
- 小旅馆，供旅行者住宿的地方
- opposite
- 在对面，相对的位置
- each
- 每个，各自
- pleasant
- 令人愉快的，舒适宜人的
- beautiful
- 美丽的，漂亮的
- rest
- 休息，停下来恢复体力
- though
- 虽然，尽管，表示让步
- may
- 可能，表示许可或可能性
- appear
- 看起来，显得；出现
- poor
- 贫穷的；质量差的
- mean
- 简陋的；吝啬的；卑微的
- son
- 儿子，男性子女
- thought
- 想，认为（think的过去式）
- himself
- 他自己，反身代词
- such
- 如此的，这样的
- beast
- 野兽，动物（常指粗鲁者）
- matter
- 事情，问题，重要之事
- shot
- 射击（shoot的过去式）
- arrow
- 箭，弓箭的箭矢
- fox
- 狐狸，一种狡猾的野生动物
- missed
- 没射中，错过目标
- set
- 放置；竖起（此处竖起尾巴）
- tail
- 尾巴，动物身体末端部分
- above
- 在……上方，高于
- back
- 背部；向后；回到原处
- ran
- 跑（run的过去式）
- wood
- 树林，森林；木头
- way
- 道路，方式，方向
- singing
- 唱歌，正在歌唱
- dancing
- 跳舞，正在舞蹈
- feasting
- 大吃大喝，参加宴会
- dirty
- 肮脏的，不干净的
- should
- 应该，表示义务或建议
- silly
- 愚蠢的，傻的
- shabby
- 破旧的，寒酸的，邋遢的
- left
- 离开（leave的过去式）；左边
- charming
- 迷人的，令人着迷的
- smart
- 漂亮整洁的；聪明的
- drank
- 喝（drink的过去式）
- ease
- 舒适，轻松，安逸
- forgot
- 忘记（forget的过去式）
- country
- 国家；农村，乡下
- passed
- 经过，流逝（pass的过去式）
- eldest
- 年龄最大的，最年长的
- tidings
- 消息，音讯，新闻
- heard
- 听到（hear的过去式）
- same
- 相同的，同样的
- happened
- 发生（happen的过去式）
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