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第26章 Our Kind Landlord (3)(1 / 3)

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Therefore,forgiveness is required when you are harshly judging yourself. 因此,过分苛求自己时,最需要的就是自我宽恕。

①is required是一般现在时的被动语态,基本形式为 is\\am\\are+P.P(过去分词)。

②forgiveness宽恕,饶恕,名词后缀ness加在形容词后构成抽象名词,类似的例子还有kindess 仁慈;tiredness 疲劳;happiness幸福,快乐,愉快;sadness 悲哀,悲伤等。

翻译行不行

1.他的身份不亚于部长。(no less than)

2.他没有实行他宣布的原则。(live up to)

3.不要开小差,集中精力。(shift away from)

第一章 The Cobbler and the Banker

· La Fontaine ·

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 making shoes than was any of the seven sages. His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in wealth,sung but little,and sleepless. 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 commodity,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 never reckon 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?”

“Sometimes more,sometimes less;but the worst of it is,and,without that our earnings would be very tolerable,a number of days occur in the year on which we are forbidden to work;and the curate,moreover,is constantly adding some new saint to the list.”

The banker,laughing at his simplicity,said,“In the future I shall place you above want. Take this hundred crowns,preserve them carefully,and make use of them in time of need.”

The cobbler fancied he beheld 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 acqui

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