[2-26]寓言故事双语版 :人生三喻
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]One day, Ping Gong, the King of the State of Jin, said to his minister Shi Kuang: "I am over 70years old.[/p][/font][font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]有一天,晋国君主晋平公对他的臣子师旷说:“我已经七十多岁了。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Though I "am eager to read some books, I feel it is too late."[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]虽然很想读些书,但是,总觉得时间太晚了!”[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Shi Kuang said: "Too late? Why don't you light the [b]candle[/b]?"[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]师旷说: “时间太晚吗?为卜么不把蜡烛点起来呢?”[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Ping Gong said: "I am serious. But you go so far as to make fun of me!"[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]平公说: “我和你说正经话,怎么,你竟和我开起玩笑来了!”[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Shi Kuang said: "How dare I, a blind minister, make fun of Your Majesty?[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]师旷说: “我这个双目失明的臣子,哪里敢和大王开玩笑![/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]I heard that when a man in his youth is fond of studying, he is like the rising sun, [b]brilliant[/b] andmagnificent;[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]我听说,一个人在少年的时候好学,就像初升的太阳那样,辉煌而灿烂;[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]when a man in the [b]prime[/b] of life is fond of studying, he is like the sun at noon, with still half aday's good time ahead;[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]壮年的时候好学,犹如正午的太阳,还有半天的好时光呢;[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]when a man in his old age is fond of studying, he is like the [b]flame[/b] of a [b]candle[/b].[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]老年的时候好学,就像蜡烛的火焰一样。[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Though the light is failing, it is better than groping in the dark."[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]蜡烛的光亮虽然是有限的,但是有了它,总比在黑暗中摸索着前进要好些吧!”[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]Hearing Shi Kuang's words, Ping Gong of Jin said with pleasure:[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]听了师旷的话,晋平公高兴地说:[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]"How well you have put it!"[/p][/font]
[font=verdana,][p=30, 2, left]“你说得多好啊!”[/p]
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