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安徒生童话英文版:Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-God:Saturday
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  • “AM I to hear any more stories?” asked little Hjalmar, as soon as Ole-Luk-Oie had sent him to sleep.

    “We shall have no time this evening,” said he, spreading out his prettiest umbrella over the child. “Look at these Chinese,” and then the whole umbrella appeared like a large china bowl, with blue trees and pointed1 bridges, upon which stood little Chinamen nodding their heads. “We must make all the world beautiful for to-morrow morning,” said Ole-Luk-Oie, “for it will be a holiday, it is Sunday. I must now go to the church steeple and see if the little sprites who live there have polished the bells, so that they may sound sweetly. Then I must go into the fields and see if the wind has blown the dust from the grass and the leaves, and the most difficult task of all which I have to do, is to take down all the stars and brighten2 them up. I have to number them first before I put them in my apron3, and also to number the places from which I take them, so that they may go back into the right holes, or else they would not remain, and we should have a number of falling stars, for they would all tumble4 down one after the other.”

    “Hark ye! Mr. Luk-Oie,” said an old portrait which hung on the wall of Hjalmar’s bedroom. “Do you know me? I am Hjalmar’s great-grandfather. I thank you for telling the boy stories, but you must not confuse his ideas. The stars cannot be taken down from the sky and polished; they are spheres5 like our earth, which is a good thing for them.”

    “Thank you, old great-grandfather,” said Ole-Luk-Oie. “I thank you; you may be the head of the family, as no doubt you are, but I am older than you. I am an ancient heathen. The old Romans and Greeks named me the Dream-god. I have visited the noblest houses, and continue to do so; still I know how to conduct myself both to high and low, and now you may tell the stories yourself:” and so Ole-Luk-Oie walked off, taking his umbrellas with him.

    “Well, well, one is never to give an opinion, I suppose,” grumbled6 the portrait. And it woke Hjalmar.

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    1 pointed [ˈpɔɪntɪd] Il8zB4   第7级
    adj.尖的,直截了当的
    参考例句:
    • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil. 他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
    • A safety pin has a metal covering over the pointed end. 安全别针在尖端有一个金属套。
    2 brighten [ˈbraɪtn] tS5yn   第5级
    vt.使发亮,使开颜;vi.发光,发亮,生色
    参考例句:
    • Brighten the kitchen by painting it yellow. 给厨房涂上黄色,使它显得明亮。
    • She has brighten up my whole life. 她给我的整个生活带来快乐。
    3 apron [ˈeɪprən] Lvzzo   第7级
    n.围裙;工作裙
    参考例句:
    • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron. 招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
    • She stitched a pocket on the new apron. 她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
    4 tumble [ˈtʌmbl] 8KQzn   第6级
    vi.跌倒,摔下,翻滚,暴跌;n.跌(摔)倒
    参考例句:
    • Children tumble over each other in play. 孩子们玩耍时相互连身翻滚。
    • He took a tumble down the stairs. 他摔下了楼梯。
    5 spheres [sfiəz] f4212eb958a331f5d3e4d7d874ef5a55   第5级
    n.球(体)( sphere的名词复数 );(兴趣或活动的)范围;(包围地球等的大气的)层;圆球
    参考例句:
    • Concentric spheres are parallel. 同心球面是平行的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The earth, sun, and moon are spheres. 地球,太阳和月亮都是天体。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    6 grumbled [ˈɡrʌmbld] ed735a7f7af37489d7db1a9ef3b64f91   第7级
    抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声
    参考例句:
    • He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
    • The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏,水手们边干活边发着牢骚。

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