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花园的英文相关话题 花园garden[英]['ɡɑ:dn] [美][ˈɡɑrdn] 中英文小故事：牧师的花园 一位牧师刚到新教区任职，就碰到一个棘手问题：教区门前有一个花园，每天许多孩子上学都要横穿花园，因此鲜花被摘的现象时有发生。 那年春天，花园里的鲜花开得格外艳丽。这天，牧师一大早就站在花园，等待上学的孩子们。不一会儿，有几个孩子走过来，其中一个小男孩开口问牧师：“我能折一枝花吗？ ” “你想要哪一枝？ ”牧师和蔼地问道。 小男孩选了一枝郁金香。 牧师说：“很好，这花归你了。不过，如果你把花儿留在这里，它还能幵好几天；如果 你现在折了它，那就只能玩一会儿了。你是个聪明孩子，你自己选择吧。” 小男孩想了想，说：“那我就把它留在这里，等我放学回来再看看它。” 那天，有20多个孩子都同意把花儿留在花园，直到它们枯萎。 那年春天，牧师把整个花园的花全给了人们，没有丢一枝。 The Parish’s Garden When he just went to hold the post in the new parish, a pastor encountered a hot potato: there was a garden in front of the pastor gate and a number of children would cross the garden to school, so the flowers were picked from time to time. That spring, the flowers of the garden were in full bloom. One early morning, the pastor stood in the garden waiting for the children going to school. Soon, some of them came along; a little boy asked the pastor, “Can I snap a flower?” “Which one do you want?” the pastor asked genially. The boy chose a tulip. The pastor said, “Very good. It belongs to you now. However, if you leave the flower here, it can still bloom for several days; if you pick it now, you can only play for a little while. You are a smart kid, so you choose by yourself.” The little boy thought for a while and said, “Then I leave it here. I will come back to see it until class is over.” On that day, more than 20 children agreed to leave the flowers in the garden until they wilt. That spring, the pastor left the whole garden to the people, but he had never lost one. |
