?Two princes and the dwarves

By Eric Tenin

周魯成（譯）

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

數(shù)學(xué)家笛卡爾說(shuō)：“尊重別人，才能讓人尊敬?！边@句話啟示我們：自尊的人懂得尊重他人，因?yàn)橐脍A得他人的尊重，首先要尊重他人。尊重他人是一種高尚的美德，是個(gè)人內(nèi)在修養(yǎng)的外在體現(xiàn)，是人所必須具有的良好品質(zhì)。尊重是一種文明的社交方式，是順利開展工作、建立良好社交關(guān)系的基石。

Once upon a time, the King's two princes were playing in a forest. And the two Princes came across four dwarves. The dwarves asked the two princes to be more careful.

The first dwarf had a headache and he asked the two princes not to shout. The second dwarf was drawing a picture, and he asked the two princes to move away, because they wereblocking outthe light. The third dwarf was doing a giantjigsaw puzzlein the middle of the road, and he asked the two princes not to walk on it.The fourth dwarf was watching abutterflyand he asked the two princes not to frighten it away.

The prince who respected others did as the dwarves asked. But thedisrespectfulprinceignoredthe dwarves' asking, and he kept troubling the dwarves. In the evening, the two princes had becomeseparatedand lost. They needed to get back to the palace quickly.

Each of the two princes separately came across the four dwarves again. And they asked for the dwarves' help. The dwarves did whatever they could to help the respectful prince. And they took the respectful prince along some secret paths which led right to the palace. But they refused to help the disrespectful prince.

The disrespectful prince arrived in the palace much later, and waspunishedfor it. He now understood that it would be much better to respect everyone if you wanted to have friends.

◆詞語(yǔ)積淀

dwarf /dw??f/ n. 矮子；有魔法的小矮人

block out 遮?。ü饩€或聲音）；擋住

jigsaw puzzle n. 拼圖；智力拼圖玩具

人類科技日新月異，突飛猛進(jìn)，從印刷術(shù)時(shí)代飛快地進(jìn)入了信息時(shí)代。然而數(shù)學(xué)等課程環(huán)節(jié)的教學(xué)卻未能及時(shí)跟進(jìn)；面對(duì)不斷涌現(xiàn)的新需求，人才培養(yǎng)模式未能及時(shí)改變。以建筑專業(yè)為例，建筑承受人類文化精神之重，而數(shù)學(xué)就是他的基石，但是高職院校的建筑課程還是沿用傳統(tǒng)思維，數(shù)學(xué)和專業(yè)聯(lián)系不緊密，高等數(shù)學(xué)應(yīng)用較少。高職學(xué)生本身數(shù)學(xué)基礎(chǔ)差，高數(shù)學(xué)習(xí)比較困難，而高職數(shù)學(xué)教材依然沿用傳統(tǒng)方法，沒(méi)有根據(jù)專業(yè)需求和時(shí)代發(fā)展與時(shí)俱進(jìn)，這顯然會(huì)造成形成了被動(dòng)式的學(xué)習(xí)方法，數(shù)學(xué)應(yīng)用水平較差等問(wèn)題。

butterfly /?b?t?fla?/ n. 蝴蝶

disrespectful /?d?sr??spektfl/ adj. 失禮的；不尊重的

ignore /?g?n??(r)/ v. 忽視；對(duì)……不予理會(huì)

separate /?sep?re?t/ v. (使)分開；分離

punish /?p?n??/ v. 處罰

◆典句賞析

1.Once upon a time, the King's two princes were playing in a forest.從前，國(guó)王的兩個(gè)王子在森林里玩耍。

【即時(shí)嘗試】湯姆昨晚在寫作業(yè)。

2.The first dwarf had a headache and he asked the two princes not to shout.第一個(gè)矮人頭痛，他要求兩位王子不要喊叫。

ask sb. not to do sth.是一個(gè)復(fù)合賓語(yǔ)的“賓語(yǔ)＋賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)語(yǔ)”結(jié)構(gòu)形式，意為“要求某人不要做某事”，賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的主要作用是補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明賓語(yǔ)的特點(diǎn)、身份等。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，可以擔(dān)任賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的常常是名詞、形容詞、副詞、介詞短語(yǔ)、分詞和動(dòng)詞不定式等。

【即時(shí)嘗試】杰克要求湯姆不要在街上踢足球。

3.The dwarves did whatever they could to help the respectful prince.矮人們盡他們所能幫助這位尊敬人的王子。

do whatever one can to do sth.是一種固定搭配形式，意為“竭盡全力做某事”。類似的同義短語(yǔ)還有try to do sth. / try one's best to do sth. / go all out to do sth.。

【即時(shí)嘗試】你應(yīng)該竭盡全力學(xué)好英語(yǔ)。

(答案見第63頁(yè))

譯文助讀

從前，國(guó)王的兩個(gè)王子在森林里玩耍。兩位王子遇到了四個(gè)小矮人，小矮人們要求兩個(gè)王子要多加小心。

第一個(gè)小矮人頭痛，他要求兩位王子不要喊叫。第二個(gè)小矮人正在畫一幅畫，他要求兩位王子離開，因?yàn)橥踝觽儞踝×斯饩€。第三個(gè)小矮人正在路中間做一個(gè)巨大的拼圖，他要求兩位王子不要走在上面。第四個(gè)小矮人正在看一只蝴蝶，他要求兩位王子不要把它嚇跑了。

尊敬他人的王子按照小矮人的要求行事。但那位不尊敬他人的王子沒(méi)有理會(huì)小矮人們的請(qǐng)求，他一直在騷擾小矮人們。到了晚上，兩位王子分開了，他們迷路了，他們需要盡快回到皇宮。

兩位王子又各自碰見了四個(gè)小矮人，他們請(qǐng)求小矮人們的幫助。小矮人們盡他們所能幫助這位尊敬人的王子，他們帶領(lǐng)尊敬人的王子走了幾條通往皇宮的秘密通道。但是他們拒絕幫助那位不尊敬他人的王子。

那位不尊敬他人的王子過(guò)了很久才回到皇宮，因此受到了懲罰。他現(xiàn)在才明白，如果你想要有朋友，最好尊重每個(gè)人。