[8-5]中国寓言故事双语版 :泥人木偶
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Meng Chang Jun was a famous counsellor of the State of Qi.[/p][/font][font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]孟尝君是齐国有名的谋士。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]One day, he wanted to leave his native country to be an official in the State of Qin.[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]一天，他想离开祖国，到秦国去做官。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]His subordinates all advised him not to go, but Meng Chang Jun wouldn't listen to them.[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]他的部下都劝他不要去，孟尝君不听。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]At this time, a man told him such a story.[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]这时，有人对他讲了这样一个故事:[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]"Once when I was passing the Zi River, I heard in my dream a man made of mud talkingwith a wooden puppet by the river bank.[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]“有一次，我经过淄河的时候，梦里听见一个泥人和个木偶在河边谈话。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]The wooden puppet said to the mud man:`You were formerly a [b]lump[/b] of earth, now madeinto a man of mud.[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]木偶对泥人说:‘你原是一块泥土，现在做成泥人了。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]But if it rains and the water in the river rises, you will surely be damaged by the water.'[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]可是，如果天下起雨来，河里涨了水，那时候，你一定会给水冲坏的!’[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]The man made of mud replied:[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]泥人回答木偶说:[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]`If I were damaged by the water, I would not be afraid, but would only return to my[b]original[/b] state and [b]dissolve[/b] into earth. But you?[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]‘我要是给水冲坏了，我也不怕，因为我只是回复了我的原状，化成泥土罢了。可是，你呢？[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]You were carved from the [b]peach[/b] tree in the garden.[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]你原来是用园里的那株桃树雕出来的。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]If it rains heavily and the water in the river rises, you will be in no position to decide foryourself and can only float away with the river [b]current[/b].[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]要是天下起大雨来，河里涨了水，那时，你自己也做不得主，一定会随河水漂去。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Since you cannot decide for yourself, then you will never be able to return to your [b]original[/b]place."'[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]既然你自己做不得主，就决不能再回到原地方来了。”[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]After Meng Chang Jun heard this story of the [b]conversation[/b] between the mud man and thewooden puppet, he changed his mind and decided not to go to the State of Qin.[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]孟尝君听了故事中泥人和木偶的一番对话，改变了主意，决定不去秦国了。[/p]
[/font] Good.Since you can't decide for yourself, then you will never be able to return to your original place.
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