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日记的英文及传说 日记diary[英]['daɪərɪ] [美][ˈdaɪəri] 中英文小故事：祖父的日记 两个墨西哥人沿密西西比河淘金，走到一个河口时俩人各奔东西，因为一个人认为阿肯色河能淘到更多金子，另一个人认为去俄亥俄河发财的机会更大。 10年后，选俄亥俄河的人果然发了财。他在那里不仅找到了大量金沙，而且建了码头， 修了公路，还使他落脚的地方成了一个大集镇。现在俄亥俄河岸边的匹兹堡市商业繁荣，工业发达，这都归功于他的拓荒和早期开发。 进入阿肯色河的人似乎没有那么幸运，分手后就没了音讯。有的说他已经葬身鱼腹，有的说他已经回了墨西哥。直到50年后，一个2.7公斤重的自然金块在匹兹堡引起轰动，人们才知道他的一些情况c当时，匹兹堡《新闻周刊》的一位记者写道：“这颗全美最大的金块来源于阿肯色，是一位年轻人在他屋后的鱼塘里捡到的，从他祖父留下的日记看，这块金子是他的祖父扔进去的。 随后，《新闻周刊》刊登了那位祖父的曰记。其中一篇是这样写的：昨天，我在溪水里又发现了一块金子，比去年淘到的那块更大，进城卖掉它吗？那样就会有成百上千的人涌向这里，我和妻子亲手用一根根圆木搭建的棚屋，挥汗开垦的菜园和屋后的池塘，还有傍晚的火堆、忠诚的猎狗、美味的炖肉、山雀、树木、天空、草原以及大自然赠给我们的宝贵的静谧和自由都将不复存在。我宁愿看到它被扔进鱼塘时荡起的水花，也不愿眼睁睁地看着这一切在我眼前消失。 18世纪60年代正是美国开始产生百万富翁的年代，每个人都在疯狂地追逐金钱。但是， 这位淘金者却把淘到的金子扔掉了，许多人都认为这是天方夜谭，直到现在还有人怀疑它的 真实性。而我始终认为它是真的，因为在我的心中，这位淘金者是一位真正淘到金子的人。 Grandfather’s Diaries Two Mexicans went along the Mississippi River for panning. When they came to a mouth of the river, they parted because one thought he could pan more gold in the Arkansas River and the other thought he would have a greater chance in the Ohio River. Ten years later, the man who went to the Ohio River really made a fortune. There he not only found a lot of gold sand but also built the docks and roads while he made the place where he stayed a large market town. Now the business prosperity and industrial development of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River are thanks to all his pioneering and early development. The man who went to the Arkansas River seemed not to be so lucky, for there no news about him since they parted. Some said he had gone to Davy Jones’ and some said he had returned to Mexico. Until 50 years later a nugget of 2.7 kilograms caused a stir in Pittsburgh, so people had come to know about him. At that time, a reporter of Pittsburgh Newsweek wrote, “The largest nugget in U.S.A. came from Arkansas. A young man in the fish pond behind his house picked it up. From the diaries his grandfather left，this nugget was thrown into the pond by his grandfather.” Afterwards, the Newsweek published the grandfather’s diaries, one of which wrote: Yesterday, I again found a piece of gold in the stream, greater than the piece of gold panned last year. Will I go into the city to sell it? Then there will be hundreds of people swarming here. The log shed my wife and I built with our own hands, the garden and the pond behind the house we opened up sweating all over, along with the campfire at nightfall, the loyal hound, the delicious stewed meat, the chickadees, the trees, the sky, the grassland as well as the precious peace and freedom will no longer exist. I would rather see the spray when it is thrown into the pond than just sit watching all these disappear from my eyes. The 1760s were the age that the United States began to create millionaires, so everyone was in a frenzied pursuit of money. But this gold miner threw away the panned gold. A lot of people thought it an incredible^ story. Until now some people still doubt its authenticity. However, I always believe it is true because in my mind this gold miner was a real one who panned the gold. pan 淘金 prosperity .繁荣;兴旺 go to Davy Jones’ locker 葬身鱼腹 nugget 天然）块金；块 swarm 涌往；挤满；泛滥 stew 烛；煩 chickadee (美洲所产的)山雀 frenzied 狂热的 incredible 不可思议的；难以置信的 |
