美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第二冊(cè) 第45期：不要以貌取人

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LESSON 49

第四十九課

saint

圣人

silken

絲滑般的

simple

簡(jiǎn)單的

poverty

貧窮

plain

樸素的

sinner

罪孽

spinner

紡紗工

splendor

壯麗

worth

值得

steady

平穩(wěn)的

murder

殺人

planning

計(jì)劃

silver

銀色的

tender

溫暖的

proverb

諺語(yǔ)

remember

記住

PRETTY IS THAT PRETTY DOES

不要以貌取人

The spider wears a plain brown dress,

蜘蛛穿件樸素的棕裙，

And she is a steady spinner;

她是個(gè)堅(jiān)毅的紡紗工。

To see her, quiet as a mouse,

你看，她像老鼠一樣安靜，

Going about her silver house,

在銀色的房子里，

You would never, never, never guess

你永遠(yuǎn)、永遠(yuǎn)、永遠(yuǎn)都猜不到

The way she gets her dinner.

她獲取食物的方法。

She looks as if no thought of ill

她看起來(lái)就像一輩子

In all her life had stirred her;

從不擔(dān)心疾病的困擾。

But while she moves with careful tread,

但當(dāng)她小心翼翼踩在網(wǎng)上挪動(dòng)時(shí)，

And while she spins her silken thread,

當(dāng)她編織著柔軟的絲線(xiàn)時(shí)，

She is planning, planning, planning still

她正在計(jì)劃著、計(jì)劃著、安靜地計(jì)劃著，

The way to do some murder.

一場(chǎng)場(chǎng)謀殺的方式。

My child, who reads this simple lay,

我的孩子讀到這首短詩(shī)時(shí)，

With eyes down-dropt and tender,

眨著兩只大大的眼睛。

Remember the old proverb says

記住老諺語(yǔ)所言：

That pretty is which pretty does,

不要以貌取人，

And that worth does not go nor stay

財(cái)產(chǎn)不能走，也不能留，

For poverty nor splendor.

無(wú)論你貧窮或富有。

'Tis(It is) not the house, and not the dress,

那不是房子，也不是裙子。

That makes the saint or sinner.

那是好人或壞人的標(biāo)志。

To see the spider sit and spin,

看看坐在那里織網(wǎng)的蜘蛛，

Shut with her walls of silver in,

合上她銀色的墻壁，

You would never, never, never guess

你永遠(yuǎn)、永遠(yuǎn)、永遠(yuǎn)都猜不到

The way she gets her dinner.

她獲取食物的方法。

Alice Cary

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