笔译短文.doc

笔译作业
运用智慧,适时舍得
Apply wisdom, timely give up
班级: 笔译53班
姓名: 王金阳
学号: 1401461
Apply wisdom, timely give up
运用智慧,适时舍得
There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have munications or airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India on foot. He had never been to India before; perhaps he came from Persia. And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive because they can't grow much due to the water situation. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.
从前有一个大师去印度。在那时,我们没有像现在这样的沟通方式或飞机或各种各样的交通工具。因此这位大师走路去印度。他从来没有去过印度,也许他来自波斯。当他到达那里时,他看到很多水果。在印度,他们有足够的水果出售,但多半都很贵,因为水的缺乏导致它们无法收货很多。他看见一个篮子,一大篮子里有一些非常红,非常长的水果。并且在商店里,它是最便宜的,一点也不贵。
So he went up and asked, "How much per kilo?" And the shopkeeper said, "Two rupees." Two rupees in India is nothing, it's like dirt. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became red. As he coughed and choked and gasped for breath, he jumped up and down, saying, "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
于是他问道:“每公斤多少钱?”店主说:“两个卢比。”两卢比在印度什么都算不上,就像尘埃一样。于是他买了整整一公斤的这种水果开始吃起来。但在他吃了一些后:哦,我的上帝!他眼睛湿润,嘴里火辣地流着口