开口英语

85. The New Gardener 新园丁

Taylor wanted a new hobby. He enjoyed looking at flowers. He decided to try planting some flowers himself. Gardening looked easy and relaxing.

泰勒想要一个新爱好，他喜欢看花，他决定自己种一些花。园艺看起来很简单，也很放松。

First, he tried planting some orchids. After one week, they dried up. Taylor was confused. He had watered them every day. He did not give up. Next, he planted a rose bush. After one week, caterpillars had eaten the whole plant. Taylor still tried again. He planted some beautiful Petunias. After one week, they were killed by weeds.

首先，他试着种了些兰花。过了一周，花都枯萎了。泰勒很不理解，他每天都浇水。他没有放弃，接着，他种了玫瑰花丛。一周之后，毛毛虫把整株植物都吃掉了。泰勒还是再试了一次，他种了一些喇叭花。一周之后，花被野草杀死了。

He was not a good gardener. "Wow," thought Taylor. "This is harder than it looks." He decided to go back to watching TV in his free time.

他不是一个好园丁，“哇”，泰勒想，“这比看起来难多了”。他决定在空余时间继续回去看他的电视。

Lesson 64:Dan's a Good Swimmer

Lucy : Dan's a good swimmer, isn't he?
Lewis: Yes. In fact, he's a lifeguard.
Lucy : Wow! Can he teach me the butterfly and the backstroke?.
Lewis: Yes. He can also teach you the free style and the breaststroke.
Lucy: Great!
丹很会游泳
露 西：丹很会游泳，是不是?
刘易斯：是啊。事实上，他是个救生员。
露 西：哇!他能教我蝶泳和仰泳吗?
刘易斯：能。他还能教你自由式和蛙式。
露 西：太棒了!

85. The New Gardener 新园丁

Taylor wanted a new hobby. He enjoyed looking at flowers. He decided to try planting some flowers himself. Gardening looked easy and relaxing.

泰勒想要一个新爱好，他喜欢看花，他决定自己种一些花。园艺看起来很简单，也很放松。

First, he tried planting some orchids. After one week, they dried up. Taylor was confused. He had watered them every day. He did not give up. Next, he planted a rose bush. After one week, caterpillars had eaten the whole plant. Taylor still tried again. He planted some beautiful Petunias. After one week, they were killed by weeds.

首先，他试着种了些兰花。过了一周，花都枯萎了。泰勒很不理解，他每天都浇水。他没有放弃，接着，他种了玫瑰花丛。一周之后，毛毛虫把整株植物都吃掉了。泰勒还是再试了一次，他种了一些喇叭花。一周之后，花被野草杀死了。

He was not a good gardener. "Wow," thought Taylor. "This is harder than it looks." He decided to go back to watching TV in his free time.

他不是一个好园丁，“哇”，泰勒想，“这比看起来难多了”。他决定在空余时间继续回去看他的电视。

Lesson 64:Dan's a Good Swimmer

Lucy : Dan's a good swimmer, isn't he?
Lewis: Yes. In fact, he's a lifeguard.
Lucy : Wow! Can he teach me the butterfly and the backstroke?.
Lewis: Yes. He can also teach you the free style and the breaststroke.
Lucy: Great!
丹很会游泳
露 西：丹很会游泳，是不是?
刘易斯：是啊。事实上，他是个救生员。
露 西：哇!他能教我蝶泳和仰泳吗?
刘易斯：能。他还能教你自由式和蛙式。
露 西：太棒了!

２７１

大地呀，我到你岸上时是一个陌生人，住在你屋内时是一个宾客，离开你

的门时是一个朋友。

I came to your shore as a stranger, I lived in your house as a guest,

I leave your door as a friend, my earth.

２７２

当我去时，让我的思想到你那里来，如那夕阳的余光，映在沉默的星天的

边上。

Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the after glow of

sunset at the margin of starry silence.

２７３

在我的心头燃点起那休憩的黄昏星吧，然后让黑夜向我微语着爱情。

Light in my heart the evening star of rest and then let the night

whisper to me of love.

２７４

我是一个在黑暗中的孩子。

我从夜的被单里向您伸出我的双手，母亲。

I am a child in the dark.

I stretch my hands through the coverlet of night for thee, Mother.

２７５

白天的工作完了。把我的脸掩藏在您的臂间吧，母亲。

让我入梦吧。

The day of work is done. Hide my face in your arms, Mother.

Let me dream.

２７６

集会时的灯光，点了很久，会散时，灯便立刻灭了。

The lamp of meeting burns long; it goes out in a moment at the parting.

２７７

当我死时，世界呀，请在你的沉默中，替我留着“我已经爱过了”这句话

吧。

One word keep for me in thy silence, O World, when I am dead,

I have loved.

２７８

我们在热爱世界时便生活在这世界上。

We live in this world when we love it.

２７９

让死者有那不朽的名，但让生者有那不朽的爱。

Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the

immortality of love.

２８０

我看见你，象那半醒的婴孩在黎明的微光里看见他的母亲，于是微笑而又

睡去了。

I have seen thee as the half-awakened child sees his mother in the

dusk of the dawn and then smiles and sleeps again.

Lesson 63:Saving a Drowning Boy

Ray was walking on the beach one summer day when he heard a little boy shout,
"Help! Help!" The boy was drowning. Without thinking, Ray dove into the water. Soon he was swimming back to shore with the boy. Crowds of people were watching eagerly. After a while the boy was breathing again. Then the boy sat up and said to Ray, "You are my hero."
救难记
某个夏日雷正在海滩上散步，这时他听到一个小男孩大叫：
“救命啊!救命啊!”这个男孩快要淹死了。雷不加思索地就跳
进了水里。不久他便带着小男孩游回岸上。成群的人们正焦急地
注视着。过了一会儿这个男孩又并始呼吸了。接着这个男孩坐了
起来，对雷说：“你是我的英雄。”

２７１

大地呀，我到你岸上时是一个陌生人，住在你屋内时是一个宾客，离开你

的门时是一个朋友。

I came to your shore as a stranger, I lived in your house as a guest,

I leave your door as a friend, my earth.

２７２

当我去时，让我的思想到你那里来，如那夕阳的余光，映在沉默的星天的

边上。

Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the after glow of

sunset at the margin of starry silence.

２７３

在我的心头燃点起那休憩的黄昏星吧，然后让黑夜向我微语着爱情。

Light in my heart the evening star of rest and then let the night

whisper to me of love.

２７４

我是一个在黑暗中的孩子。

我从夜的被单里向您伸出我的双手，母亲。

I am a child in the dark.

I stretch my hands through the coverlet of night for thee, Mother.

２７５

白天的工作完了。把我的脸掩藏在您的臂间吧，母亲。

让我入梦吧。

The day of work is done. Hide my face in your arms, Mother.

Let me dream.

２７６

集会时的灯光，点了很久，会散时，灯便立刻灭了。

The lamp of meeting burns long; it goes out in a moment at the parting.

２７７

当我死时，世界呀，请在你的沉默中，替我留着“我已经爱过了”这句话

吧。

One word keep for me in thy silence, O World, when I am dead,

I have loved.

２７８

我们在热爱世界时便生活在这世界上。

We live in this world when we love it.

２７９

让死者有那不朽的名，但让生者有那不朽的爱。

Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the

immortality of love.

２８０

我看见你，象那半醒的婴孩在黎明的微光里看见他的母亲，于是微笑而又

睡去了。

I have seen thee as the half-awakened child sees his mother in the

dusk of the dawn and then smiles and sleeps again.

Lesson 63:Saving a Drowning Boy

Ray was walking on the beach one summer day when he heard a little boy shout,
"Help! Help!" The boy was drowning. Without thinking, Ray dove into the water. Soon he was swimming back to shore with the boy. Crowds of people were watching eagerly. After a while the boy was breathing again. Then the boy sat up and said to Ray, "You are my hero."
救难记
某个夏日雷正在海滩上散步，这时他听到一个小男孩大叫：
“救命啊!救命啊!”这个男孩快要淹死了。雷不加思索地就跳
进了水里。不久他便带着小男孩游回岸上。成群的人们正焦急地
注视着。过了一会儿这个男孩又并始呼吸了。接着这个男孩坐了
起来，对雷说：“你是我的英雄。”

Lesson 62:Practice Makes Perfect

Customer: Can you help me gift-wrap this, please?
Salesgirl: Sure. (after a while)
Customer: Wow! You did that beautifully.
Salesgirl: Well, I practice daily.
Customer: Practice makes perfect, right?
Salesgirl: Certainly!
熟能生巧
顾 客：请你帮我把这个东西用礼品纸包起来好吗?
女店员：好啊。(过了一会儿)
顾 客：哇!你包得好美啊。
女店员：嗯，我每天都在练习嘛。
顾 客：熟能生巧，对吗?
女店员：那是当然的喽!

Lesson 62:Practice Makes Perfect

Customer: Can you help me gift-wrap this, please?
Salesgirl: Sure. (after a while)
Customer: Wow! You did that beautifully.
Salesgirl: Well, I practice daily.
Customer: Practice makes perfect, right?
Salesgirl: Certainly!
熟能生巧
顾 客：请你帮我把这个东西用礼品纸包起来好吗?
女店员：好啊。(过了一会儿)
顾 客：哇!你包得好美啊。
女店员：嗯，我每天都在练习嘛。
顾 客：熟能生巧，对吗?
女店员：那是当然的喽!