男孩和蘋果樹雙語

　　今天小編給大家介紹一篇關於男孩和蘋果樹的故事。接下來，小編給大家準備了,歡迎大家參考與借鑑。

　　A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow... He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by.the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree everyday.

　　從前，有一棵高大的蘋果樹。一個小男孩喜歡每天都到這棵樹旁來玩耍。他會爬到樹頂摘蘋果吃，會在樹蔭下小憩……他很喜歡這棵樹，樹也很高興和他一起玩耍。時光流逝，小男孩漸漸長大了，他不再像以前那樣在樹旁玩耍了。

　　One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. "Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy.

　　一天，男孩來到樹旁，表情憂鬱。樹對男孩說：“來和我一起玩吧!”

　　"I am no longer a kid, I don’t play around trees anymore." The boy replied,"I want toys. I need money to buy them." "Sorry, but I don’t have money...but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money." The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad.

　　“我不再是孩子了，不會再到這兒玩了。”男孩答道，“我想玩玩具，可要用錢去買。”“對不起，可是我沒有錢……但你可以從我這兒摘些蘋果去賣掉，那樣你就有錢了呀!”男孩興奮極了。他把樹上的所有蘋果都摘了下來，然後興高采烈地走了。之後男孩沒有回來，樹很傷心。

　　One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and play with me" the tree said. "I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?" "Sorry, but I don’t have a house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house." So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily.

　　一天，男孩又回來了，樹很興奮，它說：“來和我一起玩吧!” “我沒有時間玩。為了維持一家人的生活我必須工作。我需要一棟房子，為我們遮蔽風霜雨雪，你能幫我這個忙嗎?”“對不起，我沒有房子給你，但是你可以砍掉我的枝幹自己建造房子啊!”於是，男孩砍掉了所有樹枝，心滿意足地離開了。

　　The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

　　樹因男孩高興而高興。但是，自此男孩又再沒出現，樹便再次孤獨傷心起來。一個夏日，男孩又突然出現在樹旁，樹非常高興地說：“跟我一起玩吧!”

　　I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?" "Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy." So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

　　“我好悲傷，我看到自己在逐漸地衰老。我想去航海，以緩解自己的憂慮。您能送我一艘小船嗎?”“用我的樹幹去造船吧，那樣你就能航海去了，你會感到高興的。”於是，男孩把樹幹砍去造船，航海去了。很長時間沒再露面。

　　Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. "Sorry, my boy But I don’t have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you..." the tree said."I don’t have teeth to bite" the boy replied. "No more trunk for you to climb on" "I am too old for that now" the boy said. "I really can’t give you anything ... the only thing left is my dying roots" the tree said with tears. "I don’t need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots is the best place to lean on and rest. Come, Come sit down with me and rest." The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...

　　多年以後，男孩終於又回來了。樹說：“對不起，我的孩子，我沒有任何東西可以再給你了。沒有蘋果給你……” 男孩答道：“我沒有牙了，不能再吃蘋果。”“我沒有樹幹可以讓你爬上爬下地玩了。”“我太老了，已經爬不動了。”男孩答道。“我真心想給你我的一切……然而我剩下的唯一一樣東西就是行將死去的樹墩。”樹滿眼淚水地說。“現在，我什麼也不需要，我只想有個地方能讓我好好休息休息。奔波了這麼多年，我真的是太累了。”男孩答道。“那好啊!我這老樹墩是你倚著休息的最好地方了。來吧，和我一起坐下休息好了。”男孩坐了下來，樹高興得熱淚奪眶而出……

　　擴充套件：財政預算

　　It's the time of year when the British taxpayer1 finds out how much the cost of beer, cigarettes and petrol - amongst other things - will go up in the coming twelve months.

　　The Budget is the annual financial statement and review of the levels of taxation2. The Budget speech includes a statement of the Government's medium-term financial strategy and the short-term economic forecast.

　　Taxes are used by the government to try to control the British economy as well as to raise revenue to meet expenditure3 for the year.

　　However, people are mainly interested in how changes in taxes and benefits will affect them. For example, if income tax goes up they will have less money, but parents may be happy because child benefit has risen.

　　The Budget speech is prepared and delivered by the finance minister, known as the chancellor4 of the exchequer5, or simply 'the chancellor' for short.

　　A number of traditions surround the Budget speech. For example, the chancellor gets to his feet in the House of Commons at 12:30 pm. He is heard uninterrupted by members of parliament.

　　According to tradition, the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol during the speech, though these days water is preferred.

　　The statement lasts about an hour. Afterwards, the leader of the opposition6 gets a chance to respond and criticise7 the government's plans. Four days of general debate follow.

　　This year's Budget is the first since Gordon Brown became prime minister. Alistair Darling, his replacement8 at the Treasury9, makes his first Budget speech since becoming chancellor.

　　GLOSSARY 詞彙表

　　taxpayer

　　納稅人

　　the budget

　　預算

　　financial statement

　　財政報告

　　taxation

　　稅收

　　medium-term financial strategy

　　中期金融策略

　　short-term economic forecast