?The clever boy

By Emily/陳傳光（譯）

[掃碼即聽]

◆語篇導(dǎo)讀

一群健壯的大人都做不到的事情，卻被一個十三歲的小男孩輕易地解決了，這讓人們感到非常吃驚。這就是智慧的力量。那么這個十三歲的小男孩到底做了什么，讓人們對他刮目相看呢？讓我們一起閱讀下文了解一下吧！

Jim is thirteen years old.He lives in a small town.One day there was an earthquake.Nothing wasdestroyedand no one was hurt.But a big rock fell down from the hill near the town and stopped in the middle of the road.

When the earthquake stopped，many people came to the road and saw the big rock.Some of the stronger men tried toliftthe rock out of the road.But the rock was too heavy，and they couldn't move it.Then they tried topushit andpullit withropes.They used all kinds ofmethodsto move the rock，but they couldn't.

“Well，”they said，“There's nothing we can do about it.We'll have to change the road.”

At this time，Jim said，“I think I can help you move the rock.”

“You？”the men alllaughed atthe little boy，“What are you talking about？”

The next morning，some people came to the road.One of them shouted，“The rock isn't here！”A lot of people ran to see.It was true.The rock wasn't on the road any more，and they even couldn't see the rock.

“This is impossible，”they said，“Where is the rock？”

Jim stood on the road，smiling.He walked to where the rock had been and said，“You see，I dug a deep hole next to the rock and a smallinclineup to the rock.The rockrolleddown into the hole by itself.Then I covered it withdirt.So the rock can't be seen.”

The people shouted，“Clever boy！Clever boy！”

And some of them said，“Why can't we think of this good method？”

◆詞語積淀

destroy/d??str??/v.破壞；摧毀

lift/l?ft/v.舉起；抬高；吊起

push/p?∫/v.移動；推動

pull/p?l/v.拉；扯

rope/r?up/n.繩索；粗繩

method/?meθ?d/n.方法；辦法

laugh at嘲笑；譏笑

incline/??nkla?n/n.傾斜；斜度；斜坡

roll/r??l/v.（使）翻滾；滾動

dirt/dз?t/n.泥土；爛泥

◆典句賞析

1.Some of the stronger men tried to lift the rock out of the road.一些較健壯的人試著把石頭從路上挪開。

try to do sth.是固定句型結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“盡全力做某事”，do后面可以接名詞，也可以接代詞。

【即時嘗試】我們應(yīng)該盡全力學(xué)好英語。

2.They used all kinds of methods to move the rock，but they couldn't.他們嘗試了所有能挪開石頭的方法，但是都沒有成功。

use sth.to do sth.是固定句型結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“使用某物做某事”，該結(jié)構(gòu)可用with進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)換，原句可以轉(zhuǎn)換為“They moved the rock with all kinds of methods.”。

【即時嘗試】他用他的零花錢買了兩支鋼筆。

3.The rock wasn't on the road any more.石頭不再在路上。

not...any more是固定詞組，意為“不再……”，該結(jié)構(gòu)可用no more轉(zhuǎn)換，原句可轉(zhuǎn)換為“The rock was no more on the road.”。

【即時嘗試】他不再吃甜的零食了。

4.Jim stood on the road，smiling.吉姆笑著站在路上。

句中的smiling是現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語，表示的動作與謂語動詞所表示的動作是同時發(fā)生的，屬伴隨動作。

【即時嘗試】張華一路上唱著歌跑回家。

譯文助讀

吉姆十三歲了，他住在一個小鎮(zhèn)上。一天，小鎮(zhèn)上發(fā)生了地震。沒有東西被損壞，也沒有人受傷。但是，有一塊巨大的石頭從小鎮(zhèn)附近的山上滾落下來，停在了路的中間。

地震結(jié)束了，許多人來到路上，看見了這塊大石頭。一些較健壯的人試著把石頭從路上挪開，但是石頭太重了，他們根本搬不動。他們又試著推動石頭或用繩子拖走石頭。他們嘗試了所有能挪開石頭的方法，但是都沒有成功。

“好吧?！彼麄冋f，“我們實(shí)在無能為力了，我們不得不改道了?！?/p>

這時，吉姆對他們說：“我想我能幫你們挪開石頭。”

“你？”大人們都嘲笑這個小男孩，“你在說什么呀？”

第二天早上，一些人來到了路上。其中一個人突然叫起來：“石頭不見了！”許多人跑過來看。是真的，石頭不再在路上，他們甚至都找不到那塊石頭了。

“這不可能！”他們說，“石頭呢？”

吉姆笑著站在路上，他走到石頭原待的地方說：“你們看，我在石頭附近挖了一個很深的坑，又在石頭旁挖了條斜坡，石頭就順著斜坡自動滾進(jìn)了坑。然后，我用一些土把上面填平，所以石頭就看不見了?！?/p>

人們驚嘆道：“多么聰明的孩子呀！”

也有些人說：“為什么我們沒能想到這個好方法呢？”