英语美文鉴赏:The Gold Chain金链

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英语美文鉴赏:The Gold Chain金链
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1 b% O, D7 Q* ]1 l% ~% S　　Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich. He wished to become a millionaire, and so did his wife.
　　很久以前，有个贫穷的渔夫，他总是梦想着能够发大财，希望自己能够成为百万富翁，他妻子也是如此。
　　He had heard from some old men before, that several ships loaded with diamonds and gold had once sunk in the nearby seashore.
6 W. o& a( |+ L! n% w　　他曾听一些年长者说过，以前有几艘载满金银珠宝的船只沉没在附近的海域。
　　Because of this, for a long time he kept searching that whole area for this treasure.
　　因此，长期以来，他一直在这一带的海域里搜寻着金银珠宝。
' N9 n& X$ t$ X! F0 I( u+ ]8 ]　　One day, while he was sitting on the boat daydreaming, he suddenly felt that the fishing rod was being weighed down by a heavy object.
% b. _% r% W/ S1 ^　　有一天，正当他坐在船上想入非非时，忽然感到钓线被非常沉重的东西拖住了。
8 g9 [! G% |/ x8 Q! l. P: ~# A　　He excitedly pulled hard at it, and what he saw made him exclaim,“Wow! A big, shiny gold chain!”
0 R  `: s- o% [" z: H　　他非常兴奋，使劲地往上拉，当鱼线拖出水面时，他不禁大声尖叫起来：“哇!金光闪闪的长金链!”
　　He pulled hard at the gold chain to get it into the boat, but there seemed to be no end to it. His boat started to get over-loaded and the sea water filled his boat.
　　他拼命地把金链子往船上拖，可是似乎没有尽头。他的小船超载了，海水开始灌进船舱。
　　However, he had begun dreaming of a big house, a big piece of land and buying horses and cows...He kept pulling in the chain though the boat kept sinking.
　　然而，他却依旧没完没了地做着黄粱美梦：可以买一幢大房子，置一大片稻田，再买下几头牛、几匹马……尽管小船一直往下沉，他却依然拖着金链。
) f# l. {  q( z: [　　The boat was finally submerged and he struggled to stay afloat. Unfortunately his feet were entangled in the gold chain and he drowned.
　　最后，小船终于沉下去了，落入水中的他拼命挣扎想游出水面。不幸的是，他的双脚被金链死死缠住，淹死了。

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