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爱尔兰人Irishman[英][ˈaiəriʃmən] [美][ˈaɪrɪʃmən] 中英文小故事：愚蠢的爱尔兰人 很多年前，有一个英国人捉到一只野兔。这位英国绅士决定把兔子当礼物，送给他在伦敦的朋友。他把兔子放人一只口袋，叫来他的爱尔兰仆人。 他说：“把这个口袋带到我在伦敦的朋友那儿去，你知道他住哪儿的，袋子里是只活野兔。” 爱尔兰人背起口袋出发了。途中他在一家小旅店停留休息，喝了点儿啤酒。 旅店里有几个爱闹的年轻人。他们得知袋子里装的是只野兔后，决定搞个恶作剧捉弄一下这个爱尔兰人。他们从口袋中拿出兔子，放进一只猫。 爱尔兰人喝完酒，带上口袋又上路了。他不知道口袋里巳经换成了猫。 见到主人的朋友后，他说：“这是我主人给你的礼物，一只活野兔。”他边说边打开口袋，一只猫跳了出来。他惊得目瞪口呆，他主人的朋友笑着说：“这哪是兔子，是只猫嘛。可我不喜欢猫，你把它带回去吧。” 于是，爱尔兰人带着猫，踏上了归途。途中他又在那家旅店歇脚。那几个爱闹的年轻人还在那里，他们听了爱尔兰人的遭遇后乐得合不拢嘴。 爱尔兰人坐下来喝啤酒，几个年轻人又拿到他的袋子，把猫拿了出来，把野兔又放了回去。 爱尔兰人喝完酒，带着口袋往家赶。他不知道袋子里又换成了兔子。到家后，他对主人说：“你知道吗，先生，你放进袋子里的是一只猫而不是野兔。” “胡扯！”主人回答，“把袋子打开。” 爱尔兰人打开袋子，野兔蹦了出来。他惊得一个字也说不出来。半响，他说道：“这真是只奇怪的动物。在汉普斯丹是兔子，到了伦敦就变成了猫！” The Stupid Irishman Once，many, many years ago an Englishman caught a hare. The gentleman decided to send the hare to his friend in London as a present. He put the hare into a bag and called his servant, an Irishman. “Take this bag to my friend in London,”he said. “You know where he lives. There is a live hare in it. ” The Irishman took the bag and set out. On his way to London he stopped at an inn to rest a little and have some beer. There were some merry young men at the inn. When they heard about the hare in the bag they decided to play a trick on the Irishman. They took the hare out of the bag and put in a cat. The Irishman finished his beer， took his bag and left. He did not know that he had a cat in his bag. When he came to his master’s friend he said，“Here is a present for you from my master，a live hare. ”With these words he opened the bag and the cat jumped out. He was so surprised that he could not say a word. But his master s friend laughed and said，“ This is not a hare，this is a cat. I don’t like cats. Take it home. ” And the Irishman set out for home with the cat in his bag. On his way home he again stopped at the inn. The merry young men were still there. They laughed merrily when they heard the Irishman s story. He sat down to have some beer，and the merry young men again got his bag，took the cat out and put the hare back. The Irishman finished his beer, took the bag and went home. He did not know that he again had the hare in his bag. “Do you know，sir. ” He said to his master when he came home，“you put a cat instead of a hare into the bag. ” “Nonsense!，，was the answer. “Open the bag. ” The Irishman opened the bag and the hare jumped out. He was so surprised that he could not say a word. At last he said，“This is a strange animal! It is a hare in Hampstead, and a cat in London! 中英文例句 1. A shortening of the popular irish name patrick, paddy became a common slang term for "an irishman" beginning in 1780. 一个常见的爱尔兰名字patrick的简写，从1780年起paddy就是用来称呼“爱尔兰人”的常用俚语。 2. The pugnacious irishman arrived just before the german anschluss of austria, and he fell in at once with the british government's appeasement policy. 这位好斗的爱尔兰人一抵达伦敦，德奥便合并，他也立即接受了英国政府对德国的绥靖政策。 3. An irishman, seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. 一个爱尔兰人看见我在地里呆一分钟，就会认为我在计算工资。 4. Just some of the many reactions observed when a twenty seven year old irishman died of a hunger fast after sixty six days in long kesh. 这些只是一个27岁的爱尔兰人在朗肯谢（long kesh）监狱（绝食）66天死亡后见到的一小部分反应。 |
