愚公移山—汉英翻译

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1、ToMovetheMountains（愚公移山）By-AbbyTanghangandWangwuaretwomountainscoveringanareaofsevenhundredlisquareandreachingagreatheightofthousandsofren.TheylocatedinthesouthofJizhouandthenorthofHeyang.Inthenorthofmountains,therewasanoldmannamedYugong(whichmeansfoolishman)whowasnearly90yearsold.Fa

2、cedwithtwomountains,Yugongfounditwasveryinconvenienttogoout.Sohegatheredhisfamilymembersinaroomtodiscussthematter.“WeshouldexertourselvestomovetwomountainsoutofourwaytothesouthofYuandthesouthernbankofHanRiver.What’syouropinion?”saidYugong.Everyoneagreedwithhim.Buthiswifewasskepticalo

3、fhissolution.Shesaid“youaretooweaktomovethehillofKuifu.NottomentionthemountainslikeTaihangandWangwu.Supposingyouarestrongenoughtodoit,wherecanyouplacethe earthand stone?”Somebodysaid“ThrowittotheendofBoSeaandthenorthofYingarea.”ThereforeYugongguidedthreepeopleofhisdescendanttodigthes

4、toneofthemountains.ThentheycarriedtheearthandstonetotheendofBoSeawithdustpan.Hisneighbor----awidowwhosefamilynamewasJingchenghadaseven-yearoldboywhowashappytohelpthem.Fromwintertonextsummer,theycanreturnonce.AnoldmancalledZishoulaughedatYugongandtriedtopreventhimfrommovingthemountain

5、s.Hesaid“Itisveryfoolishtomovethemountains.Withyourweakbody,youcan’teliminatethegrassinthemountains.Howcanyoumovetheearthandstoneofthemountains?”Yugongsighedandsaid“Comparedtothebrainofthewidowandherchild,yoursisvery inflexible.ThoughIwilldiesomeday,mysonliveon.Hewillhavehisownsonand

6、mygrandsonwillhavehisdescendanttoo.Thisisunlimited.Butthesizeofthattwomountainswillnotgrowanymore.Inthisway,whycan’twesucceedinmovingmountains?”Zishouhadnothingtosaythen.WhentheGodofmountainsknewthethingthatYugongwantedtodo,hewasafraidthatYugongwouldnotstopdiggingthemountains.Sohetol

7、dthekingoftheGodthatYugong’splanningofmovingthemountains.ThekingoftheGodwastouchedbyYugong’ssincerity.ThekingorderedtwosonsofKua’eshitotakethemountainsaway.OnetookamountaintotheeastofShuozhou.TheothertookittothesouthofYongzhou.Fromthenon,therewasnothingtohinderthetransportationofHanR

8、iver.