英文短篇小说初秋题目
⑴ 适合初学者看的英文小说
一、Charlie and the Chocolate Factory《查理和他的克工厂》
一本有趣好看而充满想象力的童话小说,讲述了穷孩子查理幸运拿到可以进入巧克力工厂参观的金券后,一系列的奇遇。 在书中可以看到,小查理和他的家里人过的生活虽然贫穷,可他们深深地懂得爱,这维持了他们除生活外的一切满足感,看完如果意犹未尽,还可以看看同名电影。
二、The wonderful wizard of Oz《绿野仙踪》
故事讲述了小萝莉多萝西被大风吹到一个奇异国度(奥兹国)的奇遇记。这个可爱的小故事里有一个善良的小萝莉,一个稻草人,一个铁皮机器人与一个狮子。短小精悍,没什么难度,易读易懂,却又引人入胜。
三、Flipped《怦然心动》
这本便是同名电影的原著小说,它讲述了一个单纯美好的故事,里面有美好的田园风光和校园生活,还有属于布莱斯和朱莉的故事。小说要比电影有意思很多,相信你看的时候一定会笑出声来。叙述以男孩和女孩视角的章节交错进行,画面感很强。
四、Hyperbole and a Half- Allie Brosh我幼稚的时候好有范
比尔盖茨2015年的推荐书单里就有这本奇特的小书,他说道:你会希望小说更长,因为这些故事很有趣,很睿智。它故事短小,画风奇特,非常适合于碎片时间阅读。
五、The little word of Liz Climo你今天真好看
这本画风萌系、温暖的治愈系,收录了莉兹克里莫150多张逗趣漫画和小说情节。画中的故事简单却动人,围绕着各种萌萌的小动物展开,有兔子,蜥蜴,棕熊,企鹅等。简短有趣的句子配上可爱清新的漫画,很快就可以看完。
⑵ 经典短篇英文小说
经典短篇小说好多呢!用词比较简单,但意义深刻!更重要的是每一篇都短小精悍!(符合你的要求哦)
1.《生火》杰克.伦敦 To Build a Fire (Jack LondonP
2.《厄谢尔府的倒塌》 爱伦.坡
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
3.《项链》莫泊桑 The Necklace (Guy de Maupassant)
4.《警察与赞美诗》欧.亨利 The Cop and the Anthem
(O Henry)
5.《麦琪的礼物》欧.亨利 Magi's gift (O Henry)
6.《最后一片藤叶》欧.亨利 The Last Leaf (O Henry)
7.《加利维拉县有名的跳蛙》马克.吐温 The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
(Mark Twain)
8.《人生的五种恩赐》马克.吐温
The Five Boons of Life (Mark Twain)
9.《三生客》 托马斯.哈代 The Three Strangers
(Thomas Hardy)
10.《敞开的落地窗》萨基 The Open Window (Saki)
11.《末代佳人》菲茨杰拉德 The Last of the Belles
(F.S.Fitzgerald)
12.《手》舍伍德.安德森 Hands
13.《伊芙琳》詹姆斯.乔伊斯 Eveline
14.《教长的黑色面纱》纳撒尼尔.霍桑
⑶ 求英文短篇小说,谢谢各位.
Black Horse 黑骏马
Jed got to the top of the mountain and sat down to rest. The July sun had made him hot.
杰德到了山顶,就坐下来休息。7月底太阳使他热汗淋淋。
It had been a long walk to the top and he was tired. He knew the horse he was trying to capture could not be too far away. He looked at the mountain and the valleys below, searching footmarks left by the horse.
他走了很长一段路才到山顶的,所以感到浑身乏力。他知道他想方设法要逮住的那匹马离此不会太远。他察看折山上及下面的山谷,寻找着那匹马留下的蹄印。
Then he saw the marks going down the other side of the mountain. He must capture the horse. He knew better men than he had tried. Tom Raglan, the best rancher in the state, had tried with the help of his cowboys.
这时,他看到在山的另一侧,顺坡而下有一行马蹄印。他一定要逮住这匹马。他知道曾有比他更有能耐的人尝试过。州内最好的牧场主汤姆·拉格伦就曾经在他那帮牛仔的帮助下做过尝试.
But they had not been able to capture it. It had gotten away from others, too. They all said it was too wild. It could not be captured.
但他们并没有能逮住它,其他试图去逮它的人也都失败了,都让它逃脱了。他们都说他太野,是不可能被逮住的。
After a slow, painful walk down the mountain, Jed came to a cool-looking river. He drank the clear water.顺着山路向下,慢慢地、艰难地走了一段之后,杰德到达一条水看上去十分清澈的河边,喝了几口河水。
Further down the valley he saw the black horse. It stood under a tree out of the sun. Jed moved closer, then hid behind a tree to watch. It was the biggest and blackest and blackest he had ever seen.
接着又沿山谷向前走了一段,这是他看到了那匹黑马,他站在一棵树下遮太阳。杰德又走进了些,然后躲在一棵树后观察。这是他有生以来见过的最大、最黑的马。
Jed knew all about horse. He had grown into a man caring for them. He had never earned more than '10 but he had dreams: If he could get a male and female house and 10 hectares of land, he could sell horses. That would be all the happiness Jed wanted.
杰德对马了如指掌。他是一个从小与马厮混、在马背上长大的人。尽管他挣的钱从来没有超过10美元,但他有自己的梦想:如果他能够得到一匹公马、一匹母马和10公顷土地,他就可以养马并以卖马为生了。那就是杰德想要得到的全部幸福了。
Night came. The big black house moved from under the tree and began to eat grass near the river. Jed watched again. A few hours later, he found a soft place in the ground. He placed his head against an old fallen tree and slept.
夜幕降临。那匹大黑马从树下走了出来,走到河边开始吃草。杰德继续观察着。几小时后,他在地上找了一块柔软的地方,将头靠在一棵倒着的老树上睡着了。
The next day he woke with the sun. His eyes searched for the horse, and there it was, grazing. Jed saw how it ate, then lifted its head and looked all around. It was the mark of the wild, always looking for hidden danger.
第二天日出时他醒了过来,马上就用目光寻找那匹马,还好,它就站在那里,正吃着草呢。杰德看着它吃草,随后又见它抬起头,朝四周看看。这就是野马的特征:它们总是十分小心,不时地看看四周是否有什么暗藏的危险。
Jed started to walk toward the horse. The horse stopped eating and looking at Jed. Jed's heart began to beat heavily. Men had said the horse was a killer. Still, he walked closer.
杰德开始慢慢向它走近。它停止吃草,看着杰德。杰德的心开始“咚咚”直跳。人们都说这马是一个杀手,但他还是继续向它靠近。
Fifteen meters away from the horse Jed stopped. The horse had lifted its front feet high in the air, then placed them heavily back on the ground. Jed moved closer. He talked to the horse in a soft voice.
在离它15米远的地方,杰德停了下来。只见它高高的抬起前蹄,然后又重重的落回原地。杰德又走近了些。他开始柔声跟它说话。
Then, with a loud scream, the horse turned and ran down the valley. Jed sank to the ground wet with excitement. He had done what no man had done.
接着,随着一声响亮的嘶鸣,这匹马转身顺着山谷跑了下去。杰德却因兴奋而浑身大汗淋漓,倒在地上。他已经做了别人没有做到的事儿.
He had almost touched the wild horse. The animal was not a killer. If it had been, Jed would be dead now.
他几乎快要挨到这匹野马了。它并不是一个杀手,如果它是的话,杰德现在已经没命了。
For six days he followed the horse. He rested when the horse rested. Jed did not like the land they were in now. The sides of the valley were high and filled with big rocks. Few trees were around. And the bottom of the valley was soft and wet.
他一连跟踪了这匹马6天。只有马歇的时候,他才歇。杰德不喜欢他现在所呆的地方。这山谷的两侧都很高,到处是大岩石,周围没有多少树,而且谷底又软又湿。
Jed watched the horse a while, and then lay down to sleep.
杰德又看了一会儿马,随后躺下来睡觉。
In the middle of the night, he was awakened by thunder and rain. He walked up the rocks until he found a dry hole, safe from the rain, and he slept again.
半夜十分,他被雷雨声惊醒。他立刻沿着岩石向上走,直到找了一个可以蔽雨的干燥的山洞,他再接着睡。
The next day was cold and wet. Heavy rains had softened the bottom of the valley. He followed the house most of the day. The wet valley was the only place it could walk now.
第二天又冷又湿。大雨已经泡软了谷底的土壤。这一天他大部分时间都在跟着马走。湿湿的山谷是现在它唯一可以行走的地方了。
The sides of the valley had gotten higher. Toward evening he saw it again. But this time there was fear in its face. He stopped and watched. The horse's nose was smelling the air. It smelled danger. It smelled danger.
越走,山谷两侧就显得越高。临近黄昏时分,他才又见到了它,但这次它的脸上出现了一种恐惧的神情。他停下来仔细观察,只见马鼻子在嗅着空气,他闻到了危险的气息。
Jed thought of wild animals, a wildcat(链接至同目录下wildcat)or bear maybe. He pulled his knife from his pants. He looked among the rocks but saw nothing.
杰德想到是不是有什么野兽,一只豹猫,也可能是一只熊。他从裤子里抽出刀,在岩石间四处看看,但什么也没有看见。
He began walking toward the horse. The wildcat could have been on either side of the valley. He walked slowly, trying to watch both sides at the same time.
他便向马走过去。豹猫可能在山谷的某一侧。他走得很慢,尽力同时看着两侧。
Slowly he came to the horse's side. Jed kept watching the rocks. If the cat was going to attack, it would do it now. He felt the excitement of danger.
慢慢地,他来到了马身边。杰德一直盯着那些岩石。豹猫如果要袭击,它现在就会跳出来的。他感到既危险又兴奋。
Suddenly the silence was broken. The black horse screamed loudly, a cry of fear. It began running down the wet valley.
突然,寂静被打破了。黑骏马大声嘶叫起来,那是一种充满恐惧的叫喊。随后,它顺着湿漉漉的山谷奔跑起来。
At the same time there was a heavy, deep noise from the rocks. Then it happened. Tons of wet earth and big rocks began moving down the sides of the mountain. The land itself was the enemy.
与此同时,岩石中传出了一种沉重的、深沉的响声。紧接着,事情就发生了。成吨成吨的湿土和大岩石开始从山坡两侧滚落下来。原来山地本身就是马的敌人。
When the air became clear, Jed looked for the horse. In front of him were tons of the fallen earth. He could not see down the valley and could not see the horse.
当空气恢复清新的时候,杰德立刻开始找马。在他面前是滚落下来的成吨的泥土,他无法看到山谷的前方,也看不到马。
He slowly climbed over the fallen rocks. On the other side was the horse, more frightened than ever. Its legs were stuck in the soft earth and it could not move. The more it struggled, the deeper it sank in the mud.
他慢慢地爬过那些落下来的岩石。马在这个石土堆的另一边,看上去比先前更加恐惧。它的腿陷入了软土里,动弹不得。 而它越挣扎,就在泥中陷的越深。
Jed walked toward the animal. Each step he took, the soft mud tried to suck him down, too. He walked on the grassy places harder than the mud.
杰德向它走过去。他每走一步都感到软泥也在将他向下吸,而且在长草的地方走比在泥里走还要艰难。
When he got to the horse, it was in the mud up to his stomach. Now it could move only its head. Jed felt wildly happy when he touched the horse. “Don't struggle and do not worry, Horse! I'll get you out!”
当他赶到马身边的时候,泥已经验到了马肚上,现在它只剩下头部还能动弹。摸到马,杰德感到欣喜若狂。“别挣扎,别担心,马儿!我会把你弄出来的!”
Suddenly he felt the horses teeth on his arm. He bit his lip to stop it from crying aloud. His free hand gently calmed the horse and slowly it let go. It pressed its nose against Jed's face. At last they were friends.
突然,他赶到马的牙齿咬住了他的手臂。他咬住嘴唇,以防自己疼得叫出声来。他用那只没被咬着的手轻抚马身,使它平静下来,慢慢地让它松开了嘴。随后,马将鼻子贴在了杰德的脸上。最后,他们成了朋友。
Now Jed could go to work. He studied the problem carefully. He had no way to lift the big horse from the mud. Certainly his rope was not strong enough.
现在杰德可以开始忙活了。他仔细研究了这个问题。他没有办法将这么大的一匹马从泥里拽出来,它的绳子显然不够结实。
He began to pull the mud away with his hands. But more mud fell into the hole he g. He ran to the rocks that had fallen down the mountain. He took off his shirt and filled it with rocks. He g again.
他开始用手将泥刨开,但这样以后,更多的泥又落进了他刚挖开的窟窿里。他就跑到那些山上落下的岩石边,脱下衬衣将岩石裹住,又挖了起来。
Only this time, he placed rocks in the holes he g. The rocks stayed still and slowly a wall began to form. He did this through the day and when night came, his hands were bloody, torn by the sharp rocks.
这一次,他将岩石放进他挖开的窟窿里,岩石稳稳地呆在里面,慢慢地形成了一面挡土石壁。他整整挖了一天。夜幕降临时,他的两手已经被尖锐的岩石划得血淋淋的。
He knew night would be a bad time for the horse. He did not want it to become frightened and struggle against the wall of rock he was building in the mud.
他知道,夜晚对马来说是很难熬的。他不想让马害怕,以至于挣扎起来踢坏他在泥里建好的石壁。
He cut some small trees, laid them on the ground next to the horse and all through the night, he spoke soft, kind words to it to calm its fears.
他砍了一些小树,将它们放在马旁边的地上。另外,整整一夜,他都跟马说一些温柔友善的话来解除它的恐惧。
The next morning, he brought grass for it to eat and began his work again. It was slow, hard work. When night came, he lay next to the horse again. He did not want it to struggle yet. The time had not come for the test.
第二天早上,他抱来些草让它吃,然后又开始忙活起来。这是一项好时而又艰苦的工作。夜幕降临时,他又在马旁边躺了下来。现在他还不想让马从泥中挣脱出来,考验的时机还没有到。
By the middle of the next day, he had enough rocks in the mud on one side of the horse. Now he began to dig near the houses front legs. His rocks began to make the mud harder. The horse was able to move a little.
到第三天中午的时候,他在马一边的泥里放进了足够的岩石。现在他开始挖马前腿附近的土了。他放的岩石使泥地坚硬了起来,马开始能动一点儿了。
And when the pressure became less, it raised one of its front legs on to the rocks. It pushed against the rocks on its side and lifted its body a little out of the mud.
而感到压力变小了的时候,马便将它的一条前腿拔了出来,翘到了岩石的上面,然后朝身边的岩石猛蹬,使它的身体从泥里稍微抬起了点儿。
Jed got his rope and tied it around the horses neck. He began to pull on the rope.
杰德拿出绳子,将它系到马的脖子上,开始拉绳。
The horse felt the pull and struggled with all its power against the mud. It raised its other front leg on the rocks and with a mighty push with its back legs and with Jed pulling on its neck, it moved forward toward hard land.
马感到了拉力,就用尽全力在泥里向外挣扎。他将另一条前腿也拔出来,搭在了岩石上,靠着后腿的巨大蹬力和杰德对它脖子施加的拉力,他向前面的硬地移动着。
Jed fell on the earth, happy but tired. He had not eaten for three days. He had slept little. Half sleep, he felt the horses nose push against his face. He jumped to his feet and when he brought grass for the horse it made friendly noises and playfully pushed him.
杰德倒在地上,高兴而又疲惫。他已经三天没吃东西了,睡的觉也不多。正有点迷迷糊糊的,他感到马的鼻子拱到了他的脸上,他赶快一跃而起。当他为马抱来草料时,马发出了友好的叫声,顽皮地拱拱他,和他戏耍。
A week later, a big black horse rode on the land owned by Tom Raglan. It stopped near the ranch house. A little man got off the horses back. Tom Raglan looked at the horse with eyes that did not believe. Finally he said: "You got him."
一周之后,有人骑了一匹大黑马来到牧场主汤姆·拉格伦的领地上。他在牧场房边停下来,一名小个子男人从马背上跳了下来。汤姆·拉格伦用吃惊的眼光看着这匹马,眼前的情景简直令他难以置信。最后,他说:“你得到了他。”
"I got him, Tom, and I brought him back as I said I would."
“我的得到了他,汤姆,而且正像我说过的那样,我把他骑回来了。”
Raglan looked at the horse. Above all, he was a horseman and there was no need for Jed to tell him how he captured it. Jed's tired face, his torn hands, dirty clothes and thin body told the story.
拉格伦看着马。他毕竟是一个马主,没有必要让杰德告诉他是怎么逮住马的。杰德疲惫的脸、划烂的手、肮脏的衣服和瘦弱的身体就已说明了一切。
“Jed,” Raglan said. “that horse will kill anyone except you. I do not want it. But I have not forgotten my promise."
“杰德,”拉格伦说,“那匹马会弄死除你之外的任何人,我不想要它。但我没忘记自己的诺言。
"I will give you some land and the old house in back of the ranch if you will keep the horse there. I pay you '30 a month, if you will let me send my female horses to the black horse."
如果你让这匹马一直呆在这儿,我就把一些土地和牧场后边的那坐老房子送给你。如果你让我把我的母马送到你的黑骏马那里去交配的话,我会每个月付给你三十美元。
"I want the black horse's blood in my horses. And you can keep every seventh horse for yourself.”
我想要我的马的身体力都有黑骏马的血统。而且,你可以留下交配后产下的小马中的七分之一。”
Jed put his arm around the black horse. The black horse was his. His dream had come true. It was too much all at once.
杰德伸出手臂,抱住大黑马。黑骏马成他的了。他的梦想已经变为现实了。突然之间,他得到的真是太多了。
⑷ 求大神给一篇英文短小说的翻译。题目是 A secret lost in the water
After I started going to school my father scarcely talked any more. I was very intoxicated by the new game of spelling; my father had little skill for it ( it was my mother who wrote our letters) and was convinced I was no longer interested in hearing him tell of his adventures ring the long weeks when he was far away from the house.
在我开始上学以后,我父亲几乎不再说话了。我对于拼写的新游戏非常兴奋。我的父亲对于它(指拼写)几乎没有什么技能 (总是我母亲写信给我们)并被说服了,就是我不再对于听他从这所房子讲述他在漫长的几个星期里的冒险经历感兴趣了。
One day, however, he said to me :
‘The time’s come to show you something.’
He asked me to follow him. I walked behind him, not talking, as we had got in the habit of doing. He stopped in the field before a clump of leafy bushes.
‘Those are called alders,’ he said.
‘I know.’
‘You have to learn how to choose,’ my father pointed out.
I didn’t understand. He touched each branch of the bush, one at a time, with religious care.
‘You have to choose one that’s very fine, a perfect one, like this.’
I looked; it seemed exactly like the others.
My father opened his pocket knife and cut the branch he’d selected with pious care. He stripped off the
leaves and showed me the branch, which formed a perfect Y.
‘You see,’ he said, ‘the branch has two arms. Now take one in each hand. And squeeze them.’
I did as he asked and took in each hand one fork of the Y, which was thinner than a pencil.
‘Close your eyes,’ my father ordered, ‘ and squeeze a little harder….Don’t open your eyes! Do you feel anything?’
‘The branch is moving!’ I exclaimed, astonished.
有一天,然而,他对我说:“时间会来显示一些事情”
他叫我跟他走。我走在他身后,没有说话,因为我们已经习惯了。他在一片茂密的灌木丛前停了下来。
他说,这些被称为“桤木”。
“我知道。”
“你必须学会如何选择,”我父亲指出。
我不明白。他一次又一次地,如同敬神一般的触摸着灌木丛中的每一根树枝,。
“你必须选择一个非常好的,一个完美的,像这样的。”
我看了看;它看起来和其他的完全一样。
我的父亲打开了他的口袋刀,割断了他精心挑选的树枝。他脱光衣服
树叶,给我看树枝,它形成了一个完美的丫字形。
“你看,”他说,“树枝上有两条胳膊。现在每个手拿一个,挤压他们。”
我按他的要求做了,每只手拿一只比铅笔还薄的丫叉。
“闭上你的眼睛,”父亲命令,“和挤压…有点困难。不要打开你的眼睛!你感觉什么吗?”
“树枝在蠕动!”我叫道,大吃一惊。
Beneath my clenched fingers the alder was wriggling like a small, frightened snake. My father saw that I was about to drop it.
‘Hang on to it!’
‘The branch is squirming,’ I repeated. ‘And I hear something that sounds like a river!’
‘Open your eyes,’ my father ordered.
I was stunned, as though he’d awakened me while I was dreaming.
‘What does it mean?’ I asked my father.
‘It means that underneath us, right here, there’s a little fresh-water spring. If we dig, we could drink from it. I’ve just taught you how to find a spring. It’s something my own father taught me. It isn’t something you learn in school. And it isn’t useless : a man can get along without writing and arithmetic, but he can never get along without water.’
在我紧握的手指下,桤木像一条受惊的小蛇一样蠕动着。我父亲看到我要把它扔掉。
“继续下去!”
“树枝在蠕动,”我重复道。“我听到了一种像河一样的声音!”
“睁开眼睛,”父亲命令道。
我惊呆了,仿佛他在我做梦的时候叫醒了我。
“这是什么意思?”我问父亲。
它的意思是,在我们下面,在这里,有一个淡水泉。如果我们挖它,我们可以喝到水。我刚教你怎么找到泉水。这是我父亲教我的。这不是你在学校里能够学到的东西。而且它也不是无用的:一个人可以不会写也不会算数可以生存,但他却永远无法在没有水的情况下生存。
Much later, I discovered that my father was famous in the region because of what people called his ‘gift’ :
before digging a well they always consulted him; they would watch him prospecting the fields or the hills, eyes closed, hands clenched on the fork of an alder bough. Wherever my father stopped, they marked the ground;
there they would dig; and from there water would gush forth.
很久以后,我发现我父亲在这个地区很出名,因为人们亲切地称他为“礼物”:
在挖井之前,他们总是征求他的意见;他们会看着他在田野或山丘上找矿,眼睛闭着,双手紧握在一个桤木树枝上。无论我父亲在哪里停下,他们都在地上标记;
他们会挖掘;然后水就会涌出来。
Years passed; I went to other schools, saw other countries, I had children, I wrote some books and my poor father is lying in the earth where so many times he had found fresh water.
One day someone began to make a film about my village and its inhabitants, from whom I’ve stolen so many of the stories that I tell. With the film crew we went to see a farmer to capture the image of a sad man: his children didn’t want to receive the inheritance he’d spent his whole life preparing for them — the finest farm in the area. While the technicians were getting cameras and microphones ready the farmer put his arm around my shoulders, saying :
‘I knew your father well.’
‘Ah! I know. Everybody in the village knows each other… No one feels like an outsider.’
‘You know what’s under your feet?’
‘Hell?’ I asked, laughing.
好些年过去了;我去了别的学校,看到了其他的国家,我有了自己的孩子,我也写了一些书,我可怜的父亲长眠在他已经找到了很多的淡水那里的地下。
有一天,有人开始拍一部关于我的村庄和它的居民的电影,我从他那里偷来了很多他给我讲的故事。在电影摄制组的帮助下,我们去找一个农夫帮助我们去捕捉一个悲伤的人的形象:他的孩子们不想接受他一生都在为他们准备的遗产——最好的农场,在该地区。当技术人员准备好相机和麦克风的时候,农民把他的手臂搭在我的肩膀上,说:“我很了解你的父亲。”
“啊! 我知道。村里的每个人都知道彼此…没有人感觉就像一个局外人。”
“你知道你脚下是什么吗?”
“地狱?”我问,笑了。
‘Under you feet there’s a well. Before I g I called in specialists from the Department of Agriculture; they did research, they analyzed shovelfuls of dirt; and they made a report where they said there wasn’t any water on my land. With the family, the animals, the crops, I need water. When I saw that those specialists hadn’t found any I thought of your father and I asked him to come over. He didn’t want to; I think he was pretty fed up with me because I ‘d asked those specialists instead of him. But finally he came; he went and cut off a little branch, then he walked around for a while with his eyes shut; he stopped, he listened to something we couldn’t hear and then he said to me : ‘Dig right here, there’s enough water to get your whole flock drunk and drown your specialists besides.’ We g and found water. Fine water that’s never heard of pollution.
“你站的脚下有一口井,在我挖掘之前,我请来了农业部的专家;他们做了研究,分析了土壤;他们做了一个报告,说我的土地上没有水。我有我的家庭,动物,庄稼,我需要水。当我看到那些专家还没有找到水源时,我想起了你父亲,我请他过来。他不想来;我觉得他很厌烦我,因为我问了那些专家而不是他。但最后他去砍了一根小树枝,然后他闭着眼睛在附近转悠了一会儿; 他停了下来,听着我们听不见的东西,然后他对我说:“挖到这儿,有足够的水把你的整个羊群都喝醉了,还能把你的专家们淹死。”我们挖了挖,发现了水源。听说过的没有污染的好水源。
The film people were ready; they called to me to take my place.
‘I’m gonna to show you something,’ said the farmer, keeping me back. ‘You wait right here.’
He disappeared into a shack which he must have used to store things, then came back with a branch which he held out to me.
‘I never throw nothing away; I kept the alder branch your father cut to find my water. I don’t understand, it hasn’t dried out.’
电影摄制人员都准备好了;他们叫站好我的位置。
“我要给你看些东西,”农夫说着,把我拉了回去。“你在这里等一下。”
他消失在一个小棚子里,那一定是用来储藏东西的,然后又带着树枝回来了,他向我伸出一枝树枝。
“我从不把东西扔掉;我把你父亲切开的来找我的水源的桤木树枝保留着。我不明白的是,它还没干呢。”
Moved as I touched the branch, kept out of I don’t know what sense of piety—and which really wasn’t dry —I had the feeling that my father was watching me over my shoulder; I closed my eyes and, standing above the spring my father had discovered, I waited for the branch to writhe, I hoped the sound of gushing water would rise to my ears.
The alder stayed motionless in my hands and the water beneath the earth refused to sing.
Somewhere along the roads I’d taken since the village of my childhood I had forgotten my father’s knowledge.
‘Don’t feel sorry,’ said the man, thinking no doubt of his farm and his childhood; ‘nowadays fathers can’t pass on anything to the next generation.’
And he took the alder branch from my hands.
当我触摸着树枝的时候,我说不出那是什么样的一种虔诚的感觉,——我觉得父亲在我肩上方看着我;我闭上眼睛,站在我父亲发现的水源的上方,我期待着树枝的蠕动,我希望滔滔不绝的水声会涌上我的耳朵。
桤木树枝一动不动地握在我的手里,地下的泉水却拒绝咏唱。
从我童年时代起,我就已经在路上的某个地方忘记了父亲的知识技能。
“别难过,”那个人说,他的认知就如他对他的农场和他的童年是毫不怀疑的,“现今的父亲也没法把所有东西传给下一代。”
他从我手里接过了桤木树枝。
⑸ early autumn 的解读
early autumn有初秋;早秋;早来的秋天;夏末秋初的意思
音标:英 [ˈɜːli ˈɔːtəm] 美 [ˈɜːrli ˈɔːtəm]
名词 n.1. 初秋
例句1:
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例句1译文:初秋的天气格外明朗清新。
例句2:
Oranearlyautumnnight,theyonceagainstandinthat"blackhole"attheentrance.
例句2译文:还是一个初秋的夜晚,他们又一次站在了那个“黑洞”的入口处。
(5)英文短篇小说初秋题目扩展阅读:
表示秋天、初秋的单词
1、Autumn breeze 秋风吹过
2、To Autumn 在秋季
3、The Autumn 落叶的秋
常见句型:
1、Asforme,Ihaveaspecialemotiontoautumn.
对我来说,我对秋天有一种特殊的情感。
2、Ilikethetasteofautumn,itis overcaster than thatinwinter.
我喜欢秋天的味道,它比在冬日里忧郁。
3、Autumn colours are the browns, oranges and yellows of autumn leaves.
秋季的色彩就是落叶的褐色、橙色和黄色。
⑹ 一篇英文短篇小说的英文版简介,应付作业啊,一定要快
《The Million Pound Note》:
In 1903, American seaman Henry Adams (Gregory Peck) is stranded penniless in England and gets caught up in an unusual wager between two wealthy, eccentric brothers, Oliver (Ronald Squire) and Roderick Montpelier (Wilfrid Hyde-White). They persuade the Bank of England to issue a one million pound banknote, which they present to Adams in an envelope (only telling him that it contains some money). The reason for this is that Oliver believes that the mere existence of the note will enable the possessor to obtain whatever he needs, while Roderick contends that it would actually have to be spent for it to be of any use.
Once Adams gets over the shock of discovering how much the note is worth, he tries to return it to the brothers, but is told that they have left for a month. He then finds a letter in the envelope, explaining the wager and promising him a job if he can avoid spending the note for the month.
At first, everything goes as Oliver had predicted. Adams is mistaken for an eccentric millionaire and has no trouble getting food, clothes and a hotel suite on credit, just by showing his note. The story of the note is reported in the newspapers. Adams is welcomed into exclusive social circles, meeting the American ambassador and English aristocracy. He becomes very friendly with Portia Lansdowne (Jane Griffiths), the niece of the Duchess of Cromarty.
Then, fellow American Lloyd Hastings (Hartley Power) asks him to back a business venture. Hastings tells Adams that he does not have to put up any money himself; the mere association will allow Hastings to raise the money he needs to start up a gold mine by selling shares.
Trouble arises when the Duke of Frognal (A. E. Matthews), who had been unceremoniously evicted from the suite Adams now occupies, hides the note as a joke. When Adams is unable to proce the note, panic breaks out amongst the shareholders and Adams' creditors. Fortunately, all is straightened out
, and Adams is able to return the note to the Montpelier brothers at the end of the month.
⑺ 求一篇短篇小说(英文的,字数500-1000词)
Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women named Sue and Johnsy shared a studio apartment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy's real name was Joanna. In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building. One morning, a doctor examined Johnsy and took her temperature. Then he spoke with Sue in another room. "She has one chance in -- let us say ten," he said. "And that chance is for her to want to live. Your friend has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?" "She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples in Italy some day," said Sue. "Paint?" said the doctor. "Bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking twice -- a man for example?" "A man?" said Sue. "Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind." "I will do all that science can do," said the doctor. "But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages at her funeral, I take away fifty percent from the curative power of medicines." After the doctor had gone, Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she went to Johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling ragtime. Johnsy lay with her face toward the window. Sue stopped whistling, thinking she was asleep. She began making a pen and ink drawing for a story in a magazine. Young artists must work their way to "Art" by making pictures for magazine stories. Sue heard a low sound, several times repeated. She went quickly to the bedside. Johnsy's eyes were open wide. She was looking out the window and counting -- counting backward. "Twelve," she said, and a little later "eleven"; and then "ten" and "nine;" and then "eight" and "seven," almost together. Sue looked out the window. What was there to count? There was only an empty yard and the blank side of the house seven meters away. An old ivy vine, going bad at the roots, climbed half way up the wall. The cold breath of autumn had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches, almost bare, hung on the bricks. "What is it, dear?" asked Sue. "Six," said Johnsy, quietly. "They're falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head hurt to count them. But now it's easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now." "Five what, dear?" asked Sue. "Leaves. On the plant. When the last one falls I must go, too. I've known that for three days. Didn't the doctor tell you?" "Oh, I never heard of such a thing," said Sue. "What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? And you used to love that vine. Don't be silly. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were -- let's see exactly what he said ¨C he said the chances were ten to one! Try to eat some soup now. And, let me go back to my drawing, so I can sell it to the magazine and buy food and wine for us." "You needn't get any more wine," said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window. "There goes another one. No, I don't want any soup. That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I'll go, too." "Johnsy, dear," said Sue, "will you promise me to keep your eyes closed, and not look out the window until I am done working? I must hand those drawings in by tomorrow." "Tell me as soon as you have finished," said Johnsy, closing her eyes and lying white and still as a fallen statue. "I want to see the last one fall. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves." "Try to sleep," said Sue. "I must call Mister Behrman up to be my model for my drawing of an old miner. Don't try to move until I come back." Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the apartment building. Behrman was a failure in art. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce, little, old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him. Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away like a leaf. Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because leaves drop off a vine? Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?" "She is very sick and weak," said Sue, "and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas." "This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick," yelled Behrman. "Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away." Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow. Behrman sat and posed as the miner. The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour's sleep. She found Johnsy with wide-open eyes staring at the covered window. "Pull up the shade; I want to see," she ordered, quietly. Sue obeyed. After the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night, there yet stood against the wall one ivy leaf. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were colored with the yellow. It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground. "It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fall ring the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today and I shall die at the same time." "Dear, dear!" said Sue, leaning her worn face down toward the bed. "Think of me, if you won't think of yourself. What would I do?" But Johnsy did not answer. The next morning, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was preparing chicken soup. "I've been a bad girl," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now." An hour later she said: "Someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples." Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway. "Even chances," said the doctor. "With good care, you'll win. And now I must see another case I have in your building. Behrman, his name is -- some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain." The next day, the doctor said to Sue: "She's out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now -- that's all." Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her. "I have something to tell you, white mouse," she said. "Mister Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They could not imagine where he had been on such a terrible night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted. And they found a ladder that had been moved from its place. And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow colors mixed on it. And look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrman's masterpiece ¨C he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell."