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小学英语双语故事赏析:塞翁失马

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发表于 2018-12-25 22:20:37 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
小学英语双语故事赏析:塞翁失马
          塞翁失马
       
          Near China‘s northern borders lived a man called Sai Weng. He raised a lot of horses.
       
          战国时期,靠近北部边城,住着一个姓塞老人, 他养了许多马。
       
          One day, he lost one of his horses. Everyone commiserated with him.
       
          一天,他的一匹走失了,人们听说这件事,跑来安慰他。
       
          “Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing,” said Sai Weng.
       
          塞翁说:“没准会带来什么福气呢。”
       
          After a few months, his horse came back, leading a fine horse from the north.
       
          过了几个月,丢失的马不仅自己回了家,还带回一匹匈奴的骏马。
       
          Everyone congratulated him.
       
          所有人都来祝贺塞翁。
       
          “Perhaps this may turn out to be a cause of misfortune,” said Sai Weng.
       
          塞翁反而说:“这或许会带来不幸呢。”
       
          Since he was well-off and kept good horses, his son became fond of riding and eventually broke his leg for falling from a horse.
       
          因为塞翁很富有,并且养马养得很好,所以他的儿子也十分喜爱骑马。但没想到有一次骑马时,他的儿子从马上掉了下来,摔断了腿。
       
          Everyone commiserated with him. “Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing,” said his father.
       
          人们于是又去安慰塞翁。但塞翁却说:“也许这次又会带来好运呢。”
       
          One year later, the northern tribes started a big invasion of the border regions.
       
          一年以后,匈奴入侵边境。
       
          This man’s son did not join in the fighting because he was crippled and so he survived.
       
          但是塞翁的儿子因为腿断了便没有被征入当兵队伍之中,而其他很多当兵的青年都战死在了沙场,塞翁的儿子因此保住了性命。
       
          【文化链接】
       
          成语“塞翁失马”如果用于英文表达,可以使用短语“blessing or bane ”,“blessing”的意思是“好运”,“bane”的意思则是“厄运,祸事”,所以放在一起就可以表达“塞翁失马”的意思。
       
          但是,英文表达“blessing or bane ”常会用来单纯的表示“是祸是福”的意思,比如:
       
          Technology, a blessing or a bane?
       
          高科技,是祸是福?
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