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安徒生童话英文版-3 The Princess and the Pea(1835)
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  • ONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

    One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents1. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

    It was a princess standing2 out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious3! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

    “Well, we’ll soon find that out,” thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses4 and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

    On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

    “Oh, very badly!” said she. “I have scarcely5 closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It’s horrible!”

    Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

    Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.

    So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

    There, that is a true story.

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    1 torrents ['tɒrənts] 0212faa02662ca7703af165c0976cdfd   第7级
    n.倾注;奔流( torrent的名词复数 );急流;爆发;连续不断
    参考例句:
    • The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • Sudden rainstorms would bring the mountain torrents rushing down. 突然的暴雨会使山洪暴发。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    2 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    3 gracious [ˈgreɪʃəs] qfgxb   第6级
    adj.亲切的,客气的,宽厚的,仁慈的
    参考例句:
    • She was a very gracious lady. 她是一位非常和蔼可亲的女士。
    • She was gracious enough to show us round her home. 她彬彬有礼地领我们参观了她的家。
    4 mattresses ['mætrɪsɪz] 985a5c9b3722b68c7f8529dc80173637   第8级
    褥垫,床垫( mattress的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The straw mattresses are airing there. 草垫子正在那里晾着。
    • The researchers tested more than 20 mattresses of various materials. 研究人员试验了二十多个不同材料的床垫。
    5 scarcely [ˈskeəsli] Vj6zJq   第5级
    adv.几乎不,简直没有,勉强
    参考例句:
    • He found the dullness of his work scarcely bearable. 他觉得他的工作枯燥乏味,简直无法忍受。
    • She scarcely earns enough money to make ends meet. 她几乎挣不到足够的钱以维持开支。

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