評論
打印
The Old Street Lamp
舊街燈
There once was an old street lamp standing on a remote corner of a town.
從前在小鎮偏遠的一角有盞破舊的街燈。
The street lamp was worn out because he stayed up all night for several years to shine in a dark street.
幾年來整夜在那兒照亮漆黑的街道，街燈已經變的很舊了。
That's why he had to be replaced by a new lamp.
所以他不得不被新的街燈替換掉。
It was the last night that the street lamp shone over the side street.
這是他照亮街道的最后一晚上了。
He was an old kerosene lamp.
他是盞舊的煤油燈。
The old street lamp burned himself as hard as he could since he thought it was his last night.
想到這是最后一晚上了，舊街燈盡全力的燃燒自己。
"I have seen a lot of things since I stood here." The old street lamp looked back upon what he had seen for a long time.
"自從我站在這里的那天起，我看到過很多事情。"舊街燈回想著長時間以來他所看到的事。
There were pleasant memories, and also sad memories, with those he could hardly keep from tears.
記憶里有快樂，也有悲傷，想到這些他禁不住流淚了。
Suddenly the old street lamp sensed that there who were looking up at him.
突然，舊街燈意識到有人在看他。
"Mr. Street Lamp, we heard that you will retire from your job."
"街燈先生，我們聽說你要退休了。"
"Please hire me after you." "No, hire me." They were a head of a herring, a tree fragment and a firefly.
"你退休以后，請雇傭我吧。""不，雇用我吧。"說話的是一個鯡魚頭，一段喬木片和一只螢火蟲。
The head of a herring glowed in the dark, and the tree fragment was bright in the dark when he was wet.
鯡魚頭在黑暗中能夠發出光暈，喬木片濕了以后在黑暗中明晃晃的。
The old street lamp looked down and said, "I am sorry say this, but you both are not bright enough to be a street light."
舊街燈朝下看了看說，"很抱歉，你們兩個做街燈都還不夠亮。"
The three were angry about it.
他們三個對此都很生氣。
"Hum! You, old useless street lamp! You don't have to care about which of us will replace you!" They said this and went back.
"哼!你這個沒用的舊街燈!我們中誰來取代你用不著你來操心!"說完，他們就回去了。
The Next day, a janitor came to clear the old street lamp away.
第二天，看門人來把舊街燈清理走了。
"Oh, I wish I can stay here." No one knew what the old lamp would become if he were broken to pieces.
"哎，我多希望我能呆在這里。"沒人知道，要是舊街燈變成了一堆碎片以后會是什么樣子。
The old street lamp worried about this very much.
舊街燈對此很擔心。
There were a good old man and a woman.
有一對善良的老頭和老太太。
They were living around the old street lamp.
他們就住在街燈附近。
They used to turn on and put out the old street lamp at night and dawn.
他們以前到了晚上就把街燈打開，天亮的時候再把街燈關掉。
The old street lamp happened to go to the old man and woman's house.
舊街燈碰巧到了老頭老太太家里。
The old man and woman did not want to live apart from the old street lamp which they used to take care of for a long time, so they asked the janitor to give them the old street lamp.
以前照顧這盞街燈這么長時間，老頭老太太不想和街燈分開，所以他們請求看門人把這盞街燈送給他們。
"Whew, I am lucky." The old street lamp felt relieved.
"喲，我好幸運啊。"舊街燈放下心來。
One day, one of their neighbors came and asked." What on earth is the use of this old lamp?"
有一天，有個鄰居來了，說"這盞舊街燈到底有什么用啊?"
"We've been taking care of this lamp for a long time, so we don't want to throw it away."
"我們照顧這盞街燈這么長時間了，我們不想把它扔掉。"
As the old street lamp was listening to their conversation, he felt his heart aching.
舊街燈聽到這番話，心里隱隱作痛。
"If they light me up, I can be quite helpful for them."
"要是把我點亮，會對他們很有用的。"
The old woman cleaned the old lamp in her spare time.
閑暇的時候，老太太就清理這盞舊街燈。
Then, the old lamp slowly became clean.
后來，慢慢的這盞燈變得干凈起來。
The lamp felt better.
燈感覺好多了。
"Ha ha, it looks much better." The old man smiled pleasantly.
"哈哈，它看起來好多了。"老頭高興地笑著說。
"Shall we light up this lamp tonight?" "Yes. Let's do that."
"今晚上我們把它點起來吧?" "好，我們把它點起來。"
The old woman bought a candle.
老太太拿來蠟燭，
That night, she lit up the clean old street lamp.
那天晚上，她把干干凈凈的舊街燈點著了。
"Great, I will try to brighten myself as hard as I can." The old street lamp shone all around him brightly.
"好極了，我要盡最大努力照亮自己。"舊街燈把他周圍的一切照的亮亮的。
For the old man and woman who took care of him, he brightened his iron ornament glitteringly.
為了照顧他的老頭老太太，他把自己身上的鐵飾照的閃閃發光。
譯文為可可英語翻譯，未經授權請勿轉載！
