Rip van winkle中英对照

1、【精品文档】如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流Rip van winkle中英对照.精品文档.Rip van winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a po

2、nd. If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, his tongue was incessantly going, and every thing he said or

3、did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his

4、 wife, so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the housethe only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband.瑞普.凡.温克尔，一个凡夫俗子，为人乐观，品行憨厚，天生圆滑，与世无争，只要不劳他思索，不费其吹灰之力,粗茶淡饭便可打发他，他宁可缺少一个便士而挨饿，也不愿为挣一英镑而工作。如果依着他的想法，他便会自鸣得意地吹着口哨，以此虚度光阴，但他妻子总会在他耳边唠叨他的好逸恶劳、粗心大意和他给家庭造成的伤害。无论早晨、中午、晚上，他总会滔滔不绝，而他所说或所做的势必会引来家人的一连串的唠叨。他总会用同一种方式回应所有好心人的劝导，久而久之便成了一种习惯。他会耸耸肩，摇摇头