Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 7
第二天早晨，法庭开庭审判他；听完所有陈述后，判决他死刑，除非他能为国王带来那匹能像风一样奔跑的金马。
The next morning the court sat to judge him; and when all was heard, it sentenced him to die, unless he should bring the king the golden horse which could run as swiftly as the wind;
如果他做到了，金鸟就会作为奖赏归他所有。
and if he did this, he was to have the golden bird given him for his own.
于是他再次踏上旅途，心中叹息，万分绝望。
So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despair,
就在这时，他的朋友狐狸突然出现，对他说：'你现在看到了，因为不听我的劝告，发生了什么事。'
when on a sudden his friend the fox met him, and said, 'You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel.
'不过，如果你照我说的做，我还是会告诉你如何找到那匹金马。'
I will still, however, tell you how to find the golden horse, if you will do as I bid you.
'你必须一直往前走，直到来到金马所在的城堡，马就站在马厩里。'
You must go straight on till you come to the castle where the horse stands in his stall:
'马旁边的马夫正熟睡打鼾：悄悄地把马牵走，但一定要给它套上旧皮鞍，而不是旁边那副金鞍。'
by his side will lie the groom fast asleep and snoring: take away the horse quietly, but be sure to put the old leathern saddle upon him, and not the golden one that is close by it.'
随后，王子坐上狐狸的尾巴，他们飞奔而去，越过树桩和石头，发丝在风中呼啸。
Then the son sat down on the fox's tail, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.
一切进展顺利，马夫打着鼾，手搭在金鞍上睡着了。
All went right, and the groom lay snoring with his hand upon the golden saddle.
但当王子看到那匹马时，他觉得给它套上旧皮鞍实在可惜。
But when the son looked at the horse, he thought it a great pity to put the leathern saddle upon it.
'我要给它套好鞍，'他说，'我确信它配得上。'
'I will give him the good one,' said he; 'I am sure he deserves it.
Vocabulary
- next
- 紧接着的，下一个的
- morning
- 早晨，上午时段
- court
- 法庭，审判机构；也指宫廷
- sat
- sit的过去式，坐下；（法庭）开庭
- judge
- 审判，评判；法官
- heard
- hear的过去式，听到，听取
- sentenced
- 宣判，判处某人某种刑罚
- die
- 死亡，生命终结
- unless
- 除非，表示条件的连词
- bring
- 带来，把某物拿到某处
- king
- 国王，一国之最高统治者
- golden
- 金色的，由黄金制成的
- horse
- 马，一种常见的大型骑乘动物
- run
- 跑，奔跑，快速移动
- swiftly
- 迅速地，快速地
- wind
- 风，自然界的空气流动
- bird
- 鸟，有翅膀会飞的动物
- given
- give的过去分词，被给予，赠予
- own
- 自己的，属于本人所有的
- set
- 出发，set out表示开始旅程
- once
- once more表示再一次，又一次
- journey
- 旅途，长途旅行
- sighing
- 叹气，因悲伤或失望而发出叹息
- despair
- 绝望，完全丧失希望的状态
- sudden
- 突然的，出乎意料发生的
- friend
- 朋友，关系亲密的人
- fox
- 狐狸，一种狡猾的野生动物
- met
- meet的过去式，遇见，相遇
- happened
- happen的过去式，发生，出现
- account
- on account of表示因为，由于
- listening
- 倾听，认真听取他人说话
- counsel
- 建议，忠告，劝告
- still
- 仍然，依然，尽管如此
- however
- 然而，尽管如此，表示转折
- tell
- 告诉，讲述给某人听
- find
- 找到，发现某人或某物
- bid
- 吩咐，命令某人做某事
- must
- 必须，表示强制或必要性
- straight
- 笔直地，径直地向前走
- till
- 直到，一直到某时刻或地点
- castle
- 城堡，古代贵族居住的大型堡垒
- stall
- 马厩，关养马匹的小隔间
- side
- 旁边，侧面，附近的位置
- lie
- 躺，处于水平休息的状态
- groom
- 马夫，负责照料马匹的人
- fast
- 熟睡的，fast asleep指睡得很深
- asleep
- 睡着的，处于睡眠状态
- snoring
- 打鼾，睡觉时发出鼾声
- quietly
- 安静地，不发出声响地行动
- sure
- 确定的，be sure to意为务必要
- put
- 放置，把某物放到某个位置
- leathern
- 皮革制成的，由皮料做的
- saddle
- 马鞍，骑马时放在马背上的座具
- close
- 靠近的，接近的，在附近的
- son
- 儿子，男性子女
- tail
- 尾巴，动物身体末端的部分
- stock
- 树桩，over stock and stone指越过障碍
- stone
- 石头，坚硬的岩石块
- hair
- 头发，毛发
- whistled
- 吹口哨，风呼呼作响的声音
- lay
- lie的过去式，躺，放置
- hand
- 手，人体上肢末端部位
- pity
- 可惜，遗憾；怜悯，同情
- deserves
- 应得，值得获得某种对待或奖励
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