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Lesson10 The Country Maid and Her Milk Can
農(nóng)家姑娘和她的牛奶桶
A country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head, when she fell into the following train of reflections: "The money for which I shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred. These eggs, allowing for what may prove addle and what may be destroyed by vermin, will produce at least 250 chickens. The chickens will be fit to carry to market just at the time when poultry is always dear; so that by the New Year I can not fail to have enough money to purchase a new gown. Green - let me consider - yes, green becomes my complexion best, and green it shall be. In this dress I will go to the fair, where all the young fellows will strive to have me for a partner; but no, I shall refuse every one of them, and with a disdainful toss turn from them."Transported with this idea, she could not forbear acting with her head the thought that thus passed in her mind; when, down came the can of milk! All her imaginary happiness vanished in a moment.
一位農(nóng)家姑娘頭頂著一桶牛奶在路上走的時(shí)候，心里浮想聯(lián)翩。“賣牛奶的錢將使我能把我儲(chǔ)存的雞蛋數(shù)量增加到三百個(gè)，這些雞蛋，除去臭蛋和被蟲子破壞的，將至少能夠孵出兩百五十只小雞。小雞長到可以拿到市場上買的時(shí)候，剛好是家禽的價(jià)格總是很貴的時(shí)候，這樣在新年到來前，我就能攢夠錢買一件新的長外衣。綠色的……讓我再想一想……好，綠色最適合我的膚色，就要綠色的。我要穿著這件衣服到集市上去，那里所有的年輕人將爭著和我跳舞。但是，不，我要一個(gè)個(gè)地拒絕他們，輕蔑地頭一搖，轉(zhuǎn)身而去。”想到這里，她禁不住把頭腦中的這個(gè)念頭付諸于行動(dòng)。她頭一搖，牛奶桶掉了下來。她所有幻想的幸福都在瞬間消失了。
words to learn
生詞句型
1.addle
腐壞的
2.vermin
害蟲
3.disdainful
輕蔑的
4.forbear
忍耐，最常見的是它的否定形式：unbearable不堪忍受的。
