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LESSON 40 The boy and the plums
第四十課 男孩與李子
A man was taking a basket of plums to market. He carried the basket on his head. As he walked along the road, three or four of the plums dropped out, and fell on the ground.
一個男人拿著一筐李子去市場。他用頭頂著框。他沿街走著，三四個李子從筐里掉出來，落在了地上。
The man did not notice them fall, so he went on. But a poor boy saw them fall, and picked them up.
這個男人沒意識到，于是繼續走著。但是一個窮小子看見李子掉落了，于是撿了起來。
"Here! here!" he called to the man; who turned round when he heard him, and stopped. The boy brought the plums to him, and put them in his hand.
“這里！這里！”他向男人喊著，而后者聽到后停下腳步，轉了過來。男孩兒將李子拿過去，放在男人的手里。
"Thank you kindly," said the man as he took the fruit; "and now," said he, putting his basket on the ground, "take the best you can pick for yourself, for you are an honest boy."
“謝謝你這樣好心，”男人接過水果，“現在，”一邊說著，他一邊把籃子放在地上，“為自己從中選出最好的，因為你是個誠實的孩子。”
When the man had gone on, a lad came up and said to the boy, "You might as well have kept all that fell; for then you could have given some to me."
男人走遠后，一個小伙子來到男孩跟前說，“你應該把那些掉落的留下，那樣你還能分我一些。”
"No, no," replied the boy: "you may have this plum if you like, for it is mine to give; but if I had given you what was not mine, I should have been stealing. Poor as I am, I am too proud to lose my good name."
“不行，不行，”男孩回答說，“如果你喜歡的話就拿著這個，因為這個是我的了；但如果我把不屬于我的給了你，我那就叫偷。盡管我窮，但我很自豪沒有丟了我的好名聲。”
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What had the man in his basket? What happened as he walked along the road? Who picked them up? Did he keep them? What did he do? What did the man say to him? What did he offer him? What did the lad who came to him say? What did the boy reply?
男人框里有什么？當他沿街走時發生了什么？誰撿起了它們？他占為己有了嗎?他做了什么？男人對他說了什么？又給了他什么？來到男孩跟前的小伙子說了什么？男孩回答了什么？
