美國語文第二冊 第54期：物歸原主

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LESSON 58

第五十八課

lend

租借

Sarah

薩拉

comfort

安慰

ashamed

羞愧

yours

你的

willing

情愿

thimble

頂針

elsewhere

其他地方

using

使用

borrow

借

offended

冒犯

depended

依靠

A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

物歸原主

Mary: I wish you would lend me your thimble, Sarah.

瑪麗：薩拉，我希望你能把你的頂針借給我。

I can never find my own.

我找不到自己的了。

Sarah: Why is it, Mary, you can never find it?

薩拉：為什么呀，瑪麗，你找不到了？

Mary: How can I tell?

瑪麗：我哪里知道為什么。

But if you will not lend me yours, I can borrow one elsewhere.

不過如果你不愿意把你的借給我，我可以去別的地方借。

Sarah: I am willing to lend mine to you, Mary.

薩拉：我愿意把我的借給你，瑪麗。

But I would very much like to know why you come to me to borrow so often.

但我很想知道你為什么經(jīng)常找我借東西。

Mary: Because you never lose any of your things,

瑪麗：因?yàn)槟銖臎]有弄丟過你的東西，

and always know where to find them.

總是知道在哪能找到它們。

Sarah: And why do I always know where to find my things?

薩拉：為什么我總知道在哪能找到我的東西呢？

Mary: I do not know why, I am sure.

瑪麗：是的，我也不知道為什么。

If I did know, I might sometimes find my own.

如果我知道，我可能就常會找到自己的東西了。

Sarah: I will tell you the secret.

薩拉：我告訴你這個密碼吧。

I have a place for everything,

我有個固定的地方放東西，

and I put everything in its place when I have done using it.

當(dāng)我用完后，我會把所有東西放回原來的地方。

Mary: O Sarah!

瑪麗：噢，薩拉！

who wants to run and put away a thing as soon as she has used it,

誰會堅持在用完一件東西之后盡快收拾好，

as if her life depended upon it?

仿佛生活取決于它似的？

Sarah: Our life does not depend upon it,

薩拉：我們的生活不取決于它，

but our comfort does, surely.

但是我們的舒適感顯然取決于它。

How much more time will it take to put a thing in its place,

我們把東西放回遠(yuǎn)處所花的時間，

than to hunt for it or to borrow whenever you want to use it ?

比我們想用東西時去找或借的時間多多少？

Mary: Well, Sarah,

瑪麗：好吧，薩拉，

I will never borrow of you again,

我以后不會再向你借東西了，

you may depend upon it.

你的舒適感去決于它。

Sarah: You are not offended with me, I hope.

薩拉：我希望你沒跟我生氣。

Mary: No, but I am ashamed.

瑪麗：沒有，但我覺得慚愧。

Before night, I will have a place for everything,

睡覺之前，我會找個固定的地方放東西，

and then I will keep everything in its place.

并且會把所有東西放回原處。

You have taught me a lesson that I shall remember.

你給我上了一堂應(yīng)當(dāng)牢記的課。