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格林童话英文版:Lean Lisa
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  • Lean Lisa was of a very different way of thinking from lazy Harry1 and fat Trina, who never let anything disturb their peace. She scoured2 everything with ashes, from morning till evening, and burdened her husband, Long Laurence, with so much work that he had heavier weights to carry than an ass3 with three sacks. It was, however, all to no purpose, they had nothing and came to nothing. One night as she lay in bed, and could hardly move one limb for weariness, she still did not allow her thoughts to go to sleep.

    She thrust her elbows into her husband's side, and said, "Listen, Lenz, to what I have been thinking: if I were to find one florin and one was given to me, I would borrow another to put to them, and thou too shouldst give me another, and then as soon as I had got the four florins together, I would buy a young cow." This pleased the husband right well. "It is true," said he, "that I do not know where I am to get the florin which thou wantest as a gift from me; but, if thou canst get the money together, and canst buy a cow with it, thou wilt4 do well to carry out thy project. I shall be glad," he added, "if the cow has a calf5, and then I shall often get a drink of milk to refresh me." "The milk is not for thee," said the woman, "we must let the calf suck that it may become big and fat, and we may be able to sell it well." "Certainly," replied the man, "but still we will take a little milk; that will do no harm." "Who has taught thee to manage cows?" said the woman; "Whether it does harm or not, I will not allow it, and even if thou wert to stand on thy head for it, thou shouldst not have a drop of the milk! Dost thou think, because there is no satisfying thee, Long Laurence, that thou art to eat up what I earn with so much difficulty?" "Wife," said the man, "be quiet, or I will give thee a blow on thy mouth!" "What!" cried she, "thou threatenest me, thou glutton6, thou rascal7, thou lazy Harry!"

    She was just laying hold of his hair, but long Laurence got up, seized both Lean Lisa's withered8 arms in one hand, and with the other he pressed down her head into the pillow, let her scold, and held her until she fell asleep for very weariness. Whether she continued to wrangle9 when she awoke next morning, or whether she went out to look for the florin which she wanted to find, that I know not.

     单词标签: harry  scoured  ass  wilt  calf  glutton  rascal  withered  wrangle 


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    1 harry [ˈhæri] heBxS   第8级
    vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
    参考例句:
    • Today, people feel more hurried and harried. 今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
    • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan. 奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
    2 scoured [ˈskauəd] ed55d3b2cb4a5db1e4eb0ed55b922516   第8级
    走遍(某地)搜寻(人或物)( scour的过去式和过去分词 ); (用力)刷; 擦净; 擦亮
    参考例句:
    • We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent. 我们四处查看,想找一个搭帐篷的地方。
    • The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。
    3 ass [æs] qvyzK   第9级
    n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
    参考例句:
    • He is not an ass as they make him. 他不像大家猜想的那样笨。
    • An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden. 驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。
    4 wilt [wɪlt] oMNz5   第10级
    vt. 使枯萎;使畏缩;使衰弱 vi. 枯萎;畏缩;衰弱 n. 枯萎;憔悴;衰弱
    参考例句:
    • Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered. 金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
    • Several sleepless nights made him wilt. 数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。
    5 calf [kɑ:f] ecLye   第8级
    n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮
    参考例句:
    • The cow slinked its calf. 那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
    • The calf blared for its mother. 牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。
    6 glutton [ˈglʌtn] y6GyF   第10级
    n.贪食者,好食者
    参考例句:
    • She's a glutton for work. She stays late every evening. 她是个工作狂,每天都很晚才下班。
    • He is just a glutton. He is addicted to excessive eating. 他就是个老饕,贪吃成性。
    7 rascal [ˈrɑ:skl] mAIzd   第9级
    n.流氓;不诚实的人
    参考例句:
    • If he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal. 如果他不这样做,我就认为他是个恶棍。
    • The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue. 这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。
    8 withered [ˈwɪðəd] 342a99154d999c47f1fc69d900097df9   第7级
    adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The grass had withered in the warm sun. 这些草在温暖的阳光下枯死了。
    • The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。
    9 wrangle [ˈræŋgl] Fogyt   第11级
    vi.争吵
    参考例句:
    • I don't want to get into a wrangle with the committee. 我不想同委员会发生争执。
    • The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports. 这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了。

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