The Price of a Necklace
2017-11-10 08:25:32一沁供稿
瘋狂英語(yǔ)·初中天地 2017年11期
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翻譯：Crazier
The Price of a Necklace
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翻譯：Crazier
“無(wú)價(jià)的”項(xiàng)鏈
大家都知道誠(chéng)實(shí)是美德，可有時(shí)候我們也需要找準(zhǔn)說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)的時(shí)機(jī)。
After the death of a jeweler, his family got into financial trouble.
One day, the jeweler’s wife took one of her1)necklace ['nekl?s] n. 項(xiàng)鏈necklaces and said to her son, “Son, take this necklace to your uncle’s shop and ask him to give you money.”
The boy went to his uncle and gave the necklace to him.
His uncle looked at the necklace carefully and said, “Son, tell your mother that right now the market is not good. She can sell it later.”
Then his uncle gave him some money, and asked him to come the next day and learn to work with him.
From the next day, the boy started to learn how to2)examine [?g'z?m?n] v. 檢查examine jewels.After some time, he got really good at examining jewels and soon people began to ask him to check their jewels.
One day, his uncle said to him,“Son, tell your mother that now she can sell that necklace.”
The boy went home for that necklace. When he examined it, he found that it was3)fake [fe?k] adj. 假的，偽造的fake.
He went to his uncle and said, “I didn’t bring that necklace. Uncle, why didn’t you tell us the necklace was fake the first time?”
His uncle replied, “You were broke at that time. If I had told you,you would have thought that I don’t want to help. But now you have knowledge about jewels, you can4)tell [tel] v. 分辨，辨別tell by yourself.”
參考譯文
某珠寶匠死后，他們一家的生活變得十分拮據(jù)。
一天，珠寶匠的妻子拿出一條項(xiàng)鏈，并對(duì)她的兒子說(shuō)：“孩子，把這條項(xiàng)鏈拿到你叔叔的店里去，讓他換點(diǎn)兒錢(qián)給你吧。”
男孩來(lái)到他叔叔的店里，將項(xiàng)鏈交給了他。
他的叔叔細(xì)細(xì)打量了一會(huì)兒項(xiàng)鏈，說(shuō)道：“孩子，告訴你媽媽?zhuān)F(xiàn)在市場(chǎng)行情不好。她可以晚點(diǎn)再把它拿出來(lái)賣(mài)。”
然后他叔叔給了他一些錢(qián)，并讓他第二天再過(guò)來(lái)學(xué)藝。
自第二天起，男孩就開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)如何鑒定珠寶。過(guò)了一段時(shí)間，他成了珠寶鑒定專(zhuān)家，很快人們都開(kāi)始把珠寶拿來(lái)給他鑒定。
有一天，他的叔叔對(duì)他說(shuō)：“孩子，告訴你媽媽?zhuān)F(xiàn)在可以把那條項(xiàng)鏈拿來(lái)賣(mài)了?！?/p>
男孩回家找他媽媽拿了項(xiàng)鏈?？僧?dāng)他在進(jìn)行鑒定時(shí)，他發(fā)現(xiàn)項(xiàng)鏈其實(shí)是假的。
男孩找到他叔叔并對(duì)他說(shuō)：“我沒(méi)把項(xiàng)鏈帶來(lái)。叔叔，為什么你不一開(kāi)始就告訴我們項(xiàng)鏈?zhǔn)羌俚哪?？?/p>
他叔叔回答道：“那時(shí)候你們生活很困難。如果我告訴了你們，你們會(huì)認(rèn)為我不想幫你們的。但是現(xiàn)在你自己對(duì)珠寶已經(jīng)很了解，可以自己來(lái)分辨珠寶的真假了?！?/p>
名師考點(diǎn)小結(jié)
1. ask sb. to do sth.意為“要求某人做某事”，to后面跟動(dòng)詞原形。例如：
She asked him to wake her up at 6 o’clock. 她要求他在六點(diǎn)鐘叫醒她。
拓展：當(dāng)ask作“請(qǐng)求”或“問(wèn)，打聽(tīng)”時(shí)，還可以用于“ask+間接賓語(yǔ)+直接賓語(yǔ)”的結(jié)構(gòu)。例如：
Can I ask you a favor? 我能否請(qǐng)你幫個(gè)忙？
I asked him his name. 我問(wèn)他叫什么名字。
2.“疑問(wèn)詞+動(dòng)詞不定式”作賓語(yǔ)。動(dòng)詞不定式前面有時(shí)會(huì)加上疑問(wèn)詞what/which/when/where/how等，這主要用于know/tell/wonder/ask/ find out/learn等動(dòng)詞或動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)之后，用作賓語(yǔ)。例如：
I have learnt how to use the computer. 我已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)如何使用電腦了。
3. Why don’t/doesn’t/didn’t sb...?意為“為何不（做）……呢？”，其省略形式為“Why not…? ”，表示建議，實(shí)際上是希望對(duì)方去做某事。
Why don’t you go there with them?
=Why not go there with them?
你為什么不和他們一塊兒去那呢？
