高中英语人教版2000年高三上08

[03:48.34]and how disappointed he looked when the man refused his request!
[03:51.01]当售书员拒绝他时,他是多么的失望.
[03:53.69]Looking up at me with a weak smile,the boy left the store.
[03:56.56]他对着我微微一笑就离开了书店.
[03:59.44]I followed him."And what now?" I asked. "I shall try another place,sir."
[04:03.41]我跟着他并问他"现在怎么样?""我到别的地方试试看,先生."
[04:07.38]"Do you mind if I come along too and see how you get on?"
[04:10.00]"不介意我跟着你并看看你怎样继续吧."
[04:12.63]"If you like," he said in a surprise.
[04:14.62]"如果你乐意."他很惊讶地说.
[04:16.60]We went to four different stores together,
[04:18.66]我们总共去了四间不同的书店.
[04:20.73]and four times I saw the boy's eager face turn to disappointment
[04:23.65]四次我看这男孩都是由期待变为失望.
[04:26.58]"Are you going to try again?" I asked.
[04:28.51]"你还继续再试吗?"我问 他.
[04:30.45]"Yes,sir."
[04:31.76]是的.先生.
[04:33.08]Unless I visit every bookstore in town,
[04:35.36]我若不去城里每个书店看看,
[04:37.63]I shall not know whether I can get what I want."
[04:40.05]就不会知道我是否能得到构所想得到的书."
[04:42.46]We entered the fifth store and the boy walked straight up to the counter
[04:45.54]我们走进第五间书店,这小男孩直接走向柜台.
[04:48.63]and told the bookseller just what he wanted and how much money he had.
[04:51.89]只告诉售书员他想要什么和他有多少钱.
[04:55.16]"Do you want the book very much?" asked the bookseller."Yes,sir,very much."
[04:58.49]"你很想要这书吗?"售书员问他."是的,先生.我非常想要."
[05:01.82]"Why do you want it so badly?"
[05:03.54]"为什么你如此急切地想要呢?"
[05:05.27]"To study,sir.I can't go to school,but when I have time I study at home.
[05:09.15]"用来学习,先生.我不能上学,但我在家里有时间学.
[05:13.03]All the other boys have geography books
[05:15.10]所有其他男孩都有地理书.
[05:17.18]and they will be ahead of me if I don't get one.
[05:19.56]如果我没有书的话,我会落后于他们的.
[05:21.93]Besides,my father was a sailor,
[05:23.96]除此之外,我的父亲是一位海员,
[05:25.98]and I want to know about all the places he used to go to."
[05:28.46]我想了解他过去常去的那些地方的情况."
[05:30.95]"Does he still go to these places?" "He is dead," replied the boy softly.
[05:34.28]"他还去那些地方吗?""他去世了."这男孩轻轻地回答.
[05:37.61]A moment later he added,I'm going to be a sailor too."
[05:40.13]一会儿,他又说:"我也成为一位海员."
[05:42.65]"Are you,young man?" said the bookseller with a curious look.
[05:45.43]"你确定吗?小男孩."售书员带着奇怪的表情问道.
[05:48.21]"Yes,indeed,sir,if I possibly can."
[05:50.29]"肯定的,先生,假如我能这样的话."
[05:52.37]"Well,I'll tell you what I'll do.
[05:54.29]"好的,我将告诉你我要做什么.
[05:56.21]I'll let you have the new geography book
[05:58.13]我将给你一本新的地理书.
[06:00.05]and you may pay me the rest of the money when you can,
[06:02.37]当你有钱的时候就给我那剩余的钱吧.
[06:04.70]or I can let you have a secondhand book for fifty cents.
[06:07.18]"或者我给你一本二手的 书,那只要50分.
[06:09.66]"Are you sure that there are no pages missing,
[06:11.68]"你确定页码没有丢失吗?
[06:13.71]and that it is just like the others,only secondhand?
[06:16.28]"像其他那样,只是二手的?"
[06:18.85]"Yes,it's as good as the new ones."
[06:20.93]"我确定,它像新的那样好."
[06:23.01]"Well,in that case it'll do just as well,"
[06:25.23]既然那样,那也可以.
[06:27.45]and then I shall have twelve cents left to buy some other book.
[06:29.88]而且我可以剩下十二美分去买其他的书.
[06:32.31]I'm glad they didn't let me have one at any of the other places.
[06:34.89]"我很高兴在其他地方他们没有给我书.
[06:37.48]At the boy's last remark,the bookseller looked at him curiously.
[06:40.40]在男孩说完最后一句话,这售书员好奇地看着他.
[06:43.33]I told him what I had seen and heard at the five other places.
[06:46.22]我告诉他我在其他地方看到的和听到的事情.
[06:49.10]To the boy's delight,
[06:50.72]令这男孩高兴的是,
[06:52.34]the bookseller gave him a nice new pencil and some writing paper
[06:55.37]售书员给他一条新的钢笔和一些练习本.
[06:58.40]"A present,young man,for your great determination," he said.
[07:01.29]"由于你强烈的决心给你一份礼物."他说.