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行为behavior[英][bɪ'heɪvjə] [美][bɪˈhevjɚ] 中英文小故事：可疑的行为 一个建筑工地上的工头接到警告——他的一个工人有犯罪记录。 “他进过好几次监狱，”有人对他说，“他给前几个老板干活的时候，都偷过老板的东西我劝你对他提防着点儿。” 工头决定采纳这个建议。他亲自站在大门口，每次那个工人推着他的独轮手推车走来时，他都拦住那个人，对他进行搜查。 每次搜査的时候，他都往手推车里看看，看有没有藏进什么东西。他还摸遍了工人的口袋，让他脱下衬衫，摘下帽子。他每天都这样搜査，一个月过去了，他从未搜出赃物。 “我觉得你肯定是冤枉他了。”工头对那个报信的人说， “可能他已决心洗手不干了。” “这绝不可能。”提供信息的人说，“他不会改的。一个人一旦偷过东西，那他一辈子都会做贼，请相信我。” 日子一天天过去了，每天工头都继续搜查那个工人，可他还是査不出任何赃物。 大楼终于完工了，所有的工人都去其他地方干活儿了。 几个星期后，工头在一个酒吧里遇见了那个工人。 “听我说，”他说，“你已经不再为我工作了。我向你保证，不论你说什么都将是我们之间的秘密。告诉我吧，你有没有在建筑工地上偷过东西？” 那位工人笑着点了点头。“有啊，”他说，“我几乎每天都偷点东西。” “那拜托你告诉我，不然我永远都不会安心的。”工头说，“你偷什么东西了？生活用品？建筑材料还是钱？” “不，都不是。” “那是什么？ ”工头问。 “当然是手推车呀。”那工人告诉他。 Suspicious Behavior The foreman on a building site received a warning that one of the laborers had a criminal record. “He，s been in prison several times,”the informant told him, “and he’s stolen from everyone he’s ever worked for. I advise you to watch him carefully. ” The foreman decided to take the informant’s advice. He stood at the gate，and whenever the laborer approached ,pushing his wheelbarrow，he made him stand still while he searched him. He looked in the wheelbarrow to make sure nothing was hidden in it. He felt in all the laborer's pockets. He made the laborer remove his shirt and hat. He did this every day for a month，but he never found anything. “I think you must be wrong about the man，” he told his informant. “ Perhaps he，s decided not to steal any more.” “Nonsense,”the informant said. “He’ll never change. The man’s a thief and he’ll always be a thief. Believe me. ” Days passed, and every day the foreman searched the laborer but he never found anything. At last the building was completed and all the workers went away to work at other jobs. A few weeks later，the foreman met the laborer in a bar. “Listen,”he said. “You don t work for me anymore， and I give you my word，whatever you say will be a secret between us. Tell me，please，did you steal anything from the building site?” The laborer smiled and nodded. “Yes,”he said. “I stole something almost every day. ” “Then tell me or 1 11 never rest,”the foreman said. “What were you stealing? Supplies? Building materials? Money?” “No，none of those things. ” “What then?” the foreman asked. “Wheelbarrows，of course.”The laborer told him. 中英文例句 1. This behavior is very common. 这种行为是很常见的。 2. Work is her avoidance behavior. 去工作就是她的逃避行为。 3. What types of behavior do you admire in a boss? 什么样的举止能令你对老板肃然起敬？ 4. There are many children and adolescents whose behavior is generally unacceptable. 有许多少年儿童的举止总体上说是难以让人接受的。 5. Civilized behavior erodes as the press and the police gather helplessly outside. 媒体和警方毫无用处地聚集在屋外，屋内文明的举止在退化。 |
