詞匯訓練與學習：47、The Story Carved on an Armchair (刻在扶手椅上的故事)

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單詞檢測

英漢單詞互譯（遮擋英語或漢語）

1.confirm確認

2.signature簽名

3.on behalf of代表

4.cash兌現支票

5.cheque支票

6.belong to屬于

7.ancient古老的

8.prop道具

9.vacant空著的

10.lord地主

11.make a name成名;出名

12.modernize現代化

13.shorten縮短

14.terminal終點站

15.allergic過敏

16.scratch劃破,抓破,刮去

17.sneeze打噴嚏

18.author作者

19.hand over轉交;遞交

20.burden重擔

21.responsibility責任

22.allocate劃分

23.darling親愛的

24.adore熱愛，愛慕

25.deceitful不誠實的; 騙人的

26.flattery奉承;阿諛;討好

27.greedy貪婪的

28.cunning狡猾的

29.respond回答

30.suspect懷疑

31.redrew重新描繪,修改

32.boundary邊界

33.distribute分發;分配

34.innocent無辜的

35.bridegroom新郎

36.forecast預見

37.friction矛盾,沖突

38.loyal忠心耿耿的

39.duke公爵

40.demand 命令

41.hear out聽…把話說完

42.contradiction矛盾,對立;反駁

43.majesty王權

44.disrespectful不尊敬

45.insult侮辱

46.scold責罵

47.troop軍隊

48.corrupt腐敗

49.drunken喝得醉熏熏

50.frontier邊疆,邊界

51.throne王位

52.sacrifice犧牲

53.reward回報

54.adapt改編

55.beyond question毫無疑問

56.rewind倒回

After the bank confirmed the signature on behalf of the seller and cashed the cheque for him, the armchair belonged to Mr. White. 在銀行代表賣方確認了簽名并兌現了支票，扶手椅就屬于懷特先生了。He was very fond of this ancient opera prop found in a vacant storage of an old lord.他非常喜歡這件歌劇用的古老道具，它是在一位老地主空蕩蕩的儲藏室里發現的。 Hoping to make a name by modernizing the ancient Latin carved on the armchair, he packed up his baggage and shortened his journey. 帶著通過把扶手椅上雕刻的古拉丁文譯成現代（化）文而成名的希望，他立刻收拾行李，縮短行程，現在，他的新終點站是回家。His new terminal was home now. Though allergic to dust, he scratched away the dusty surface himself. Then, sneezing, he read an old story whose author was a famous play writer: Long ago, an old emperor wanted to hand over the burden of responsibility. 盡管對灰塵過敏，他還是親自刮去滿是灰塵的表層，接著，他一邊不住地打噴嚏，一邊讀到了一篇古老的故事，作者是一位著名的戲劇作家： 很久以前，有位年老的國王想要移交責任的重擔，決定將他的王國分給三個親愛的女兒，哪個最愛他，哪個就獲得最好的一份。He decided to allocate his kingdom to his three darling daughters. Whichever of them adored him most would get the best part. The deceitful flattery of the two elder greedy and cunning daughters won his trust. But the honest youngest daughter, though her father prayed that she would say something, responded that she had nothing special to say. Suspecting whether she really cared for him, the emperor redrew boundaries on the map and distributed nothing to her. Then, he drove his innocent little daughter to France, where she luckily met her bridegroom.

Forecasting that the emperor was causing friction between him and his daughters, a loyal duke spoke out his opinion to oppose the decision. The emperor demanded that he leave and did not hear out his contradictions.

After the emperor gave away the majesty, his two daughters and their staff became disrespectful to him. They insulted him and scolded that his troops were corrupt and filled with drunken soldiers, which was not true. Finally, the youngest daughter came back and defeated her two sisters on the frontier. She put the old emperor back on his throne. And the loyal duke’s sacrifice was rewarded. This story was adapted to so wonderful a film that it is, beyond question , worth rewinding to see a second time.(316words/65new)