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[12-14]英语小故事:说谎的人The Impostor

                  不要许下力所不能及的愿望。


            Do not promise more than you can perform.



A certain man fell ill, and, being in a very bad way, he made a vow that he would sacrifice a hundred oxen to the gods if they would grant him a return to health. Wishing to see how he would keep his vow, they caused him to recover in a shout time,

Now he hadn’t an ox in the world, so he made a hundred little oxen out of tallow and offered them up on an altar, at the same time saying, ”Ye gods, I call you to witness that I have discharged my vow.”

The gods determined to be even with him, so they sent him a dream, in which he was bidden to go to the seashore and fetch a hundred crowns which he was to find there. Hastening in great excitement to the shore, he fell in with a band of robbers, who seized him and carried him off to sell as a slave: and when they sold him a hundred crowns was the sum he fetched.





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   有个人状况非常严重,他向众神发誓,如果能恢复健康,他一定会供奉一百头牛给众神。众神想要看看他是否能遵守诺言,很快便让他痊愈了。他其实根本没有一百头牛,于是,就用酥油做成了一百头小牛,放到供台上供奉给众神,同时嘴里还说着:“众神灵,我请你们来见证,我已经还清了自己许下的愿。



”众神决定要报复他,便带他到一个梦境,在梦里,他被命令到海边去,在哪里他将找到一百个银元。他带着激动的心情赶忙跑到海边,可是却遇上了一群强盗,强盗抓住他并将他卖了去当奴隶,而卖他所得的钱正好是一百个银元,也就是他要取的总数目。

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crowns 是银元的意思啊??  谢谢!!!

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