The Force of the Habit
习惯威力
Once a rusty(不锈的) tin case was plowed out by a farmer working in the field, found in which was an ancient book. It was so old that the papers were rotten and most of them became broken as turned. He read it over and again__16carefully____ and later, he discovered that it was a book on___17magic____.
从前,有一个农民在耕田的时候挖出来一个生锈的(原文的解释给错了)白铁皮盒子,里面放着一本古书。这本书太久远了,书纸都发腐了,大多数的书页在翻看的时候都是破损的。这个农民一遍一遍仔细的看,随后他发现这是一本有关魔法的书。
But try as he might he could not make out any of it apart from one paragraph stating that on the Black Sea shores existed a pebble(鹅卵石)that could turn anything into gold. This pebble, some___18_lines__ said, unlike all the others, was warm to touch. Suddenly a strong____19desire___ struck deep roots in his mind that he would go to hunt the shores for the pebble and so he did.
但是任凭他怎么试图理解,也理解不了这本书说的是什么,只一段除外。这段说在黑海的海岸上存在着一种可以把任何东西变为金子的鹅卵石。按书上几行所描述的,不同于其他的鹅卵石,这种鹅卵石摸起来是温温的感觉。突然一个强烈的渴望深植于他的脑中,他要搜遍黑海海岸找到这块鹅卵石,他就这么去做了。
From dawn to dusk he would pick up pebbles and___20feel___ them. To ensure he did not pick the same pebble twice or three times he would throw every picked pebble far out into the sea.
从黎明到黄昏,他都在不断的拾起鹅卵石,摸它们的温度。为了确保他不会两次或三次捡起同一块鹅卵石,他每捡起一块鹅卵石就把它远远的抛到海里。
Searches lasted days, weeks and then months. A year passed and then another, ___21though___ every pebble he picked up was as cold as ice and he cast them away as___22fast___ as he picked them. Now he had become so____23experienced___ at it that he could pick up a pebble and cast it with one____24smooth___ action.
这样的搜寻持续了几天、几周然后是几个月。一年过去了,然后有一年过去了,尽管每块被他捡起的鹅卵石都是冷冰冰的。他一捡起这样的鹅卵石就快速的把它扔到海里。现在他已经非常擅长这个了,他能已一气呵成的动作捡起一块鹅卵石,感受下温度,然后快速扔到海里。
At last he was bored with such___25endless___ searches and nearly disappointed, doubting whether there was really such a pebble.
最后,他厌倦了这样无止境的搜索,几乎绝望了,很是怀疑是否真有这样的一块鹅卵石存在。
One evening as he was lazy dragging his worn – out legs leaving the beach after a whole day’s aimless search, he saw a ____26common__ pebble in front of him. “This will be the last one!” said the man hopelessly. With a sign he___27bowed____ and picked it up. Not until he gathered all his__28strength___ and threw it farther into the sea did he___29realize___ that it was warm and even a little____30hot___, but it was too late.
一天傍晚,当天拖着精疲力竭的双腿完成了一整天毫无目的的搜索后离开海边的时候,在他前面,看见了一块普通的鹅卵石。“这会是我捡起的最后一块鹅卵石!”他毫无希望的说。他弯腰叹了一口气,捡了起来。当他还没有聚积好所有的力气以便把它仍的更远,就出手扔了出去,这时他意识到,这块鹅卵石是温的还有点热,但是已经晚了。
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