LESSON 7

LAZY NED

懒人奈德

1. “’T is royal fun,” cried lazy Ned,

“To coast upon my fine, new sled,

And beat the other boys;

But then, I can not bear to climb

The tiresome hill, for every time

It more and more annoys .”

2. So, while his schoolmates glided by,

And gladly tugged uphill, to try

Another merry race,

Too indolent to share their plays,

Ned was compelled to stand and gaze,

While shivering in his place.

3. Thus, he would never take the pains

To seek the prize that labor gains,

Until the time had passed;

For, all his life, he dreaded still

The silly bugbear of uphill,

And died a dunce at last.

EXERCISES.—What did Ned like? What did he not like?

【中文阅读】

1. “这个非常有意思，”懒人奈德大叫道，

乘坐我全新的高级雪橇去滑冰，

把其他男生都比下去；

但是我受不了去爬，

那累人的山，因为每次

都让我感到越来越不胜其烦。

2. 因此，当他的校友们从身边滑过，

兴高采烈地将雪橇拉上山顶，尝试进行

又一次愉快的比赛时，

由于太懒惰而没有加入他们的游戏，

奈德只得站在一旁观看，

在原地瑟瑟发抖。

3. 即便这样，他也不愿下工夫

去追求劳动带来的收获，

直到时间流逝，

终其一生，他一直畏惧

那愚蠢的“上山”心结，

最后碌碌无为地死去。 MHA3TYdO3VipE7T0Wa+8pHaHHtxaeuhBzxAv2qACvywkYzCuH25Rrs9ITGpmtW8V