猴爪英文版.docx

1、猴爪英文版简 介你可以许三个愿，你可以要世界上存在的三样东西，你的愿望将变为现实。你会说，这在现实世界是不可能发生的。那么，好好想想吧。你能要什么？你想要什么？当你许愿的时候，这仅仅是个开始。当你改变了一样东西，接着你会改变世界上的每一样东西。一个变化引起另一个变化。谁又能知道这些变化又将在哪里结束？在这个故事中，怀特一家可以许三个愿，但他们犯了一个小小的错误。他们的第一个愿望变成了现实。接着，顷刻间，他们的生活陷入了一场可怕的恶梦雅各布斯（1863-1943）是一位短篇小说作家。猴爪是他的最有名的小说之一。Chapter 1第一章It was cold and dark out in the

2、 road and the rain did not stop for a minuteBut in the little livingroom of number 12 Castle Road it was nice and warmOld Mr White and his son， Herbert， played chess and Mrs White sat and watched them The old woman was happy because her husband and her son were good friends and they liked to be toge

3、therHerberts a good son， she thoughtWe waited a long time for him and I was nearly forty when he was born， but we are a happy family And old Mrs White smiled这是一条又冷又暗的道路，雨一刻也没有停止。但是在城堡路12号的一间客厅里却舒适而温暖。老怀特先生和他的儿子赫伯特正在下棋，怀特夫人坐着看。老妇人很愉快，因为丈夫和儿子关系友好（是好朋友）并且喜欢在一起。赫伯特是个好儿子，她想。“他让我们等了很长时间，我将近40岁才生下他，但是我们的家庭

4、很幸福，”老怀特夫人微笑了。It was trueHerbert was young and he laughed a lot， but his mother and his father laughed with him They had not got much money， but they were a very happy little family这是事实。赫拍特年轻爱笑，而且他母亲和父亲和他一起笑。他们的钱不多，但是他们是个很幸福的小家庭。The two men did not talk because they played carefully The room was qui

5、et， but the noise of the rain was worse now and they could hear it on the windows Suddenly Old Mr White looked upListen to the rain！ he said两个不说话因为他们在认真地下棋。房间里安静，但是下雨声更烈，他们能听到雨敲打在窗户上（的声音）。突然老怀特抬头看，“听这雨！”他说。Yes， its a bad night， Herbert answeredIts not a good night to be out But is your friend， Tom M

6、orris，coming tonight？“是的，是个糟糕的晚上，”赫伯特回答。“今晚不适合出去。但是你的朋友汤姆莫里斯今晚要来吗？”Yes， thats right Hes coming at about seven oclock，the old man saidBut perhaps this rain“是的，今晚。他大约7点钟到”老男人说。“但是可能这雨”Mr White did not finish because just then the young man heard a noise怀特先生没说完，因为正在那时年轻人听见一个声响。Listen！Herbert saidTheres

7、 someone at the door now“听！”赫伯特说，“现在有人在门口。”I didnt hear a noise， his father answered， but he got up from his chair and went to open the front door Mrs White got up too and began to put things away“我没听见声响”，他父亲回答，但是他从椅子中起来走过去打开前门。怀特夫人也起来收拾好东西。Mr White said，Come in， come in， Tom Its wonderful to see yo

8、u again What a bad night！ Give me your coat and then come into the livingroom Its nice and warm in there怀特先生说：“汤姆，请进，请进。再见到你太好。多糟糕的晚上！把外套给我到客厅来。那儿又舒适又暖和。”The front door was open， and in the living-room Mrs White and Herbert felt the cold Then Mr White came back into the livingroom with a big，red-fac

9、ed man前门开了，客厅里的怀特夫人和赫伯特感到一股寒冷。那时怀特先生和一个大块头、脸庞发红的男人来到客厅。This is Tom Morris， Mr White told his wife and son We were friends when we were young We worked together before Tom went to India Tom， this is my wife and this is our son， Herbert“这是汤姆莫里斯，”怀特先生向妻子和儿子介绍。“我们年轻的时候是朋友。汤姆去印度之前我们一起工作过。汤姆，这是我的妻子和儿子。”Pl

10、eased to meet you， Tom Morris said“很高兴见到你们，”汤姆说。Pleased to meet you， Mr Morris， Mrs White answeredPlease come and sit down“很高兴见到你，莫里斯先生，”怀特夫人回答，“请过来坐下。”Yes， come on， Tom， Mr White saidOver hereIts nice and warm“好，过来，汤姆，”怀特生生说，“这边来，这里又舒适又暖和。”Thank you，the big man answered and he sat down“谢谢，”大块头男人回答，

11、坐下。Lets have some whisky，Old Mr White saidYou need something to warm you on a cold night He got out a bottle of whisky and the two old friends began to drink and talk The little family listened with interest to this visitor from far away and he told them many strange stories“我们喝点威士忌吧，”老怀特说，“在寒冷的夜晚里你

12、需要暖和一下。”他取出一瓶威士忌，两个老朋友边喝边谈。小家庭都对这个来自远方的访客感兴趣，他们听他讲述了许多奇异的故事。Chapter 2第二章After some time Tom Morris stopped talking and Mr White said to his wife and son，Tom was a soldier in India for twenty-one years India is a wonderful country过了一段时间，汤姆莫里斯人停止谈话，怀特先生对妻子和儿子说，“汤姆是呆在印度二十年的一个军人。印度是一个奇妙的国家。”Yes，Herbert

13、saidId like to go there“是的，”赫伯特说，“我想去了那儿。”Oh， Herbert！ his mother cried She was afraid because she did not want to lose her son“哦，赫伯特！”他母亲叫了起来。她害怕因为她不想失去儿子。I wanted to go to India too，her husband said， but“我也想去印度，”她丈夫说，“但是”Its better for you here！ the soldier said quickly“你在这儿比较好！”这位军人迅速说。But you sa

14、w a lot of strange and wonderful things in India I want to see them too one day， Mr White said“但是你在印度看到了很多奇异而美妙的事情。有一天我也想去看看，”怀特先生说。The soldier put down his whiskyNo！ he criedStay here ！军人放下他的威士忌。“不要！”他大声喊道，“呆在这里！”Old Mr White did not stopBut your stories were interesting， he said to Tom MorrisWhat

15、did you begin to say about a monkeys paw？老怀特没有停住。“但是你的故事很有趣，”他对汤姆莫里斯说，“你开始说过有关猴拟爪的什么事情？”Nothing！ Morris answered quicklyWellnothing important“没有什么事！”莫里斯迅速回答，“哦，无关紧要。”A monkeys paw？ Mrs White said“一只猴爪？”怀特夫人问。Come on， Mr Morris！ Tell us about it， Herbert said“继续，莫里斯先生！给我们讲讲，”赫伯特说。Morris took his whis

16、ky in his hand， but suddenly he put it down againSlowly he put his hand into the pocket of his coat and the White family watched him莫里斯手里拿起威士忌，但是突然又把他放下。他慢慢地把手伸进外衣的口袋里，怀特一家人注视着他。What is it？ What is it？ Mrs White cried“是什么，是什么？”怀特夫人叫道。Morris said nothing He took his hand out of his pocketThe White fa

17、mily watched carefully-and in the soldiers hand they saw something little and dirty莫里斯什么没有说。他从口袋里拿出手。怀特一家仔细地注视着他在这个军人手中他们看到了小而脏的东西。Mrs White moved back， afraid， but her son，Herbert，took it and looked at it carefully怀特夫人退了退，有些害怕，但是他的儿子，赫伯特拿过来仔细地看。Well，what is it？Mr White asked his friend“哦，这是什么？”怀特先生

18、问他的朋友。Look at it， the soldier answeredIts a little pawa monkeys paw“看吧，”军人回答，“这是一只小爪子一只猴子的爪。”A monkeys paw！Herbert said-and he laughedWhy do you carry a monkeys paw in your pocket，Mr Morris？ he asked the old soldier“猴爪！”赫伯特说着笑了。“为什么你把一只猴爪放在口袋里，莫里斯先生？”他问这位老军人。Well，you see， Morris said，this monkeys pa

19、w is magic！“哦，你看，”莫里斯说，“这只猴爪有魔力！”Herbert laughed again， but the soldier said，Dont laugh，boyRemember， youre youngIm old now and in India I saw many strange things He stopped talking for a minute and then he said，This monkeys paw can do strange and wonderful things An old Indian gave the paw to one of

20、 my friends My friend was a soldier too This paw is magic because it can give three wishes to three people赫伯特又笑了，但是军人说，“不要笑，孩子。记住，你还年轻。我现在老了，在印度我看到许多奇异的事情。”他的话停了一会又说，“这只猴爪能做奇异而精彩的事情。一个老印度人把这只猴爪给了我一个朋友。我的朋友也是一个军人。这只猴爪有魔力是因为它能实现三个人的三个愿望。”Wonderful！Herbert said“太妙了！”赫伯特说。But these three wishes dont bri

21、ng happiness，the soldier saidThe old Indian wanted to teach us something-its never good to want to change things“但是这三个愿望不能带来幸福，”军人说，“老印度人想教给我们一些事情改变事情决不会好。”Well， did your friend have three wishes？ Herbert asked the old soldier“哦，你的朋友有三个愿望吗？”赫伯特问老军人。Yes，Morris answered quietlyAnd his third and last w

22、ish was to die！“是的，”莫里斯快速回答，“他的第三个也是最后愿望就是去死！”Mr and Mrs White listened to the story and they felt afraid， but Herbert asked，And did he die？怀特先生和夫人听着这个故事，他们感到了恐惧。但是赫伯特问，“他融会贯通了吗？”Yes， he did， Morris said He had no family， so his things came to me when he died The monkeys paw was with his things， but

23、 he told me about it before he died， Tom Morris finished quietly“是的，他做了，”莫里斯说，“他没有家庭，于是他死后他的东西给了我，就是猴爪和他的其他东西，但是他临死前告诉我了这件事，”汤姆莫里斯很快说完了。What were his first two wishes， then？ Herbert asked What did he ask for？“他的前两个愿望是什么，然后呢？”赫伯特问，“他要求了什么？”I dont know He didnt want to tell me， the soldier answered“我不

24、知道，他不想告诉我。”军人回答。For a minute or two everybody was quiet， but then Herbert said， And you， Mr Morris ：did you have three wishes？大约一两分钟大家都安静了，但是此后赫伯特说，“你呢，莫里斯先生，你有三个愿望吗？”Yes， I did， Morris answeredI was young I wanted many things-a fast car， money Morris stopped for a minute and then he said with diffi

25、culty，My wife and my young son died in an accident in the car Without them I didnt want the money， so， in the end， I wished to lose it But it was too lateMy wife and my child were dead“是的，我做了，”莫里斯先生回答。“我当时年轻。我想要很多东西一辆快车，财富”莫里斯停了一会儿然后他吃力地说，“我的妻子和幼子因为事故死于车内。没有了他们我不想要什么财富了，于是，最后，我许愿让它（财富）消失。但是一切太迟了。我妻子

26、和儿子已经死了。”The room was very quiet The White family looked at the unhappy face of the old soldier房间里很安静。怀特一家看着老军人不快乐的脸。此时怀特先生说，“现在你还想要猴爪吗？你不需要它了。你可以把它给某个人。“How can I give it to someone？the soldier saidThe monkeys paw brings unhappiness with it“我怎么能把它给别人？”军人回答，“这只猴爪会带来不幸。”Well， give it to me， Mr White

27、saidPerhaps this time it“那好，给我吧，”怀特先生说。“也许这次它”No！ Tom Morris criedYoure my friend I cant give it to youthen，after a minute，he said，I cant give it to you，but，of course you can take it from meBut remember-this monkeys paw brings unhappiness！“不！”汤姆莫里斯叫道，“你是我的朋友。我不能给你。”然后，过了一会儿，他说，“我不能把它给你，但是，当然你可能从我这儿拿

28、走他。但是记住这只猴爪（会）带来不幸。Old Mr White did not listen and he did not thinkQuickly， he put out his hand， and he took the paw老怀特没有说也没有想，他迅速地伸出手，拿走猴爪。Tom Morris looked unhappy，but Mr White did not want to wait汤姆莫里斯看上去不高兴，但是怀特先生不想等。What do I do now？ he asked his friend“现在我做什么？”他问他的朋友（汤姆）。Yes， come on， Father，

29、Herbert saidMake a wish！ And he laughed“是的，来吧，父亲，”赫伯特说，“许个愿！”他笑了。The soldier said nothing and Mr White asked him again，What do I do now？军人一语不发，怀特又问他，“现在我做什么？”At first the old soldier did not answer， but in the end he said quietly，OK But remember！ Be careful！ Think before you make your wish.开始老军人不回答，

30、但是最后他平静地说，“OK。但是记住！注意！许愿前想好。”Yes， yes， Mr White said“好的，好的，”怀特先生说。Take the paw in your right hand and then make your wish， buttom Morris began“把猴爪放在右手然后许愿，但是”汤姆莫里斯开始说。Yes， we know， Herbert saidBe careful！“好的，我们知道了，”赫拍特说，“会谨慎的！”Just then old Mrs White stood up and she began to get the dinner Her husb

31、and looked at herThen he smiled and said to her，Come onHelp me ！What can I wish for？ We need money，of course正在这时怀特夫人站起来准备餐饭（正餐）。他的丈夫看着她，那时他微笑着对她说，“过来，帮帮我！我能许什么愿呢，当然，我们需要钱。”Mrs White laughed， but she thought for a minute and then she said，Well， Im getting old now and sometimes its difficult to do everythingPerhaps I need four hands and not two Yes， ask th