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巫师wizard[英]['wɪzəd] [美][ˈwɪzəd] 中英文对照：简和巫师的故事 从前有一个邪恶的巫师在一场大病后就失去了魔力。于是他从附近的村民那里偷了些孩子给他当奴隶。 村里有个叫简的小姑娘，她很勇敢。这天，她来见巫师。她对巫师说：“我和村子里的人没做过任何伤害你的事，你不要再伤害我们了。”巫师说：“到目前为止，还没人敢来见我，看来你很勇敢。那好吧.如果你为我做两件事，我就可以放回那些孩子。”简答应了。巫师给了简一些谷物和一把茶匙。巫师说：“第一件事，你把这些谷物种下去，明天就得收割。第二件事，在明天之前用这个茶匙把海里的水舀干。哈哈！你办不到！”丑恶的巫师笑道。简认真想了想，并且往四周看了看，她发现一块小石头和一个小铁锹。她把石块和铁锹递给巫师，说：“那你得用这块石头为我建一个用来盛谷物的仓库，用这把铁锹给我挖几千个坑，让我盛海水。” 巫师听了，很吃惊，他没有想到这个小姑娘有这样的智慧和勇气，让巫师做一些他也根本不可能做到的事。他对简说：“你真是个聪明勇敢的姑娘。你让我看到了自己是多么邪恶和昏庸。我向你保证，你可以和你村里的朋友们回家了。” 简和被困的孩子回到了家，村民们非常高兴，为此举行了庆祝会。简因此也成了村里的女英雄。 Jane and the Wizard Once upon a time，a wicked wizard lost his magical powers when he recovered from a severe illness. He stole children from the villagers and made some of them his slaves. One day，Jane, a brave village girl went to see him. “The villagers and I have not done you any harm. Stop making us suffer,”said Jane. “So far，no one has come to see me. You’re a brave girl，” said the wizard. “Alright. I ll set the children free if you succeed in doing two tasks for me. ” Jane agreed. The wizard gave Jane some graiius and a teaspoon. “Plant these grains today and have a harvest for me by tomorrow. For your second task, you must use this teaspoon to scoop up all the seawater and dry up the sea by tomorrow. Ha! Ha! You won’t succeed!” laughed the wicked wizard. Jane thought hard for a moment and then looked around. She found a tiny stone and a small spade. She gave them to the wizard. “Use this stone to build a huge store house for my harvest. Then，use this spade to dig thousands of wells for keeping the sea water which 1 11 be bringing to you,”said the girl. The wizard was greatly surprised by Jane’s courage and intelligence. She had also given him work which was impossible to accomplish. “You re indeed a brave and clever girl. You’ve shown me how wicked and unreasonable I ve been. I ll keep my promise to you. Return home with all your village friends. ” Jane went home happily with the children. The villagers celebrated the happy event with a party in the village. Jane became the heroine of the village. |
