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银行家banker[英]['bæŋkə(r)] [美][ˈbæŋkɚ] 中英文小故事：皮靴匠和银行家 一个皮鞋匠从早到晚在都在唱歌中度过。无论见到他本人还是听见他的歌声，人们都觉得很愉快。没有什么事比修鞋更能让他感到满足的了。 与此相反，他的邻居是个银行家，拥有万贯家财，却几乎不唱歌，晚上难以人睡。他偶尔在黎明时分迷迷糊糊睡过去，皮鞋匠的歌声又会把他吵醒。银行家郁郁寡欢，抱怨上帝没有把睡眠也制成一种像食品或饮料那样可以买卖的商品。 后来，银行家派人把这个喜欢唱歌的皮鞋匠请来，问道：“格列戈里师傅，你一年赚多少钱？” “先生，你问我一年赚多少钱吗？”快乐的皮匠笑着说道，“我从来不算这笔账，我是一天一天地过日子，每天挣足三餐，能一直坚持到年底。” “啊，朋友，那么你一天赚多少钱呢？”银行家问道。 “有时多一点，有时少一点，不过最糟糕的是一年中总有些日子我们不能做买卖。”皮鞋匠回答道。 银行家被皮鞋匠的直率逗笑了，他说：“我让你从今以后不愁没钱用。这一百枚钱币你拿去，小心放好，需要时就拿出来用吧。”皮匠觉自己好像拥有了过去一百年里人间的全部财富。 回到家中，皮鞋匠把这些钱埋到地下，可同时他也埋葬了自己的快乐。他的嗓子哑了，不能再唱歌了，从他得到一百枚钱币那刻起，痛苦也随之而来。他睡不着觉，整日被担心、怀疑、虚惊纠缠。白天，他的目光总是朝埋着硬币的方向张望；晚上，如果迷途的猫弄出一点声响，他就以为是有人来抢他的钱。 最后，这个可怜的皮鞋匠跑到那个富有的邻居家里，说道：“把你的一百枚钱币拿回去，还我的睡眠和歌声。” The Cobbler and the Banker A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night； it was wonderful to see，wonderful to hear him； he was more contented in shoes, than were any of other things. His neighbor，on the contrary，who was rolling in wealth，sang little and found it was difficult to get to sleep. He was a banker? when by chance he fell into a doze at day break, the cobbler awoke him with his song. The banker complained sadly that providence had not made sleep a saleable goods, like edibles or drinkables. Having at length sent for the songster, he said to him, “How much a year do you earn, Master Gregory?” “How much a year, sir?，， said the merry cobbler laughing, “I have never reckoned in that way，living as I do from one day to another； somehow I manage to reach the end of the year； each day brings its meal. ” “Well then! How much a day do you earn，my friend?”said the banker. “Sometimes more，sometimes less? but the worst of it is that a number of days occur in the year on which we are forbidden to work.” the cobbler answered. The banker, laughing at his simplicity, said, “In the future, I shall place you above want. Take these hundred crowns，preserve them carefully, and make use of them in time of need. ” The cobbler fancied he had all the wealth which the earth had produced in the past century for the use of mankind. Returning home，he buried his money and his happiness at the same time. No more singing. He lost his voice， the moment he acquired that，which is the source of so much grief. Sleep quitted his dwelling： and cares，suspicions, and false alarms took its place. All day, his eyes wandered in the direction of his treasure；and at night, if some stray cat made a noise, he thought the cat was robbing him. At last the poor man ran to the house of his rich neighbor，“Give me back. ” He said, “sleep and my voice, and take your hundred crowns.” 中英文例句 1. A banker with a conscience is not a creature they can understand. 一个有良知的银行家不是他们所能理解的。 2. It is a matter of fierce dispute why banker pay swelled. 人们就银行家薪酬大幅上升的原因展开了激烈的争论。 3. Which is what had happened to the banker and the journalist. 也就是在银行家和记者身上发生的事情。 4. Virtually every banker was suckered by the credit and housing bubble. 事实上每个银行家都在信贷危机和房产泡沫中受骗上当。 5. Latin teaching is a great background for a banker. 对银行家来说，教拉丁语是一个很棒的背景。 |
