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1、The Emperor’S New Clothes 皇帝的新装 OnceuponatimetherelivedavainEmperorwhoseonlyworryinlifewastodressinelegantclothes.Hechangedclothesalmosteveryhourandlovedtoshowthemofftohispeople. WordoftheEmperor'srefinedhabitsspreadoverhiskingdomandbeyond.TwoscoundrelswhohadheardoftheEmperor'svanitydecide
2、dtotakeadvantageofit.Theyintroducedthemselvesatthegatesofthepalacewithaschemeinmind. "Wearetwoverygoodtailorsandaftermanyyearsofresearchwehaveinventedanextraordinarymethodtoweaveaclothsolightandfinethatitlooksinvisible.Asamatteroffactitisinvisibletoanyonewhoistoostupidandincompetenttoappre
3、ciateitsquality." Thechiefoftheguardsheardthescoundrel'sstrangestoryandsentforthecourtchamberlain.Thechamberlainnotifiedtheprimeminister,whorantotheEmperoranddisclosedtheincrediblenews.TheEmperor'scuriositygotthebetterofhimandhedecidedtoseethetwoscoundrels. "Besidesbeinginvisible,yourH
4、ighness,thisclothwillbewovenincolorsandpatternscreatedespeciallyforyou."Theemperorgavethetwomenabagofgoldcoinsinexchangefortheirpromisetobeginworkingonthefabricimmediately. "Justtelluswhatyouneedtogetstartedandwe'llgiveittoyou."Thetwoscoundrelsaskedforaloom,silk,goldthreadandthenpretendedt
5、obeginworking.TheEmperorthoughthehadspenthismoneyquitewell:inadditiontogettinganewextraordinarysuit,hewoulddiscoverwhichofhissubjectswereignorantandincompetent.Afewdayslater,hecalledtheoldandwiseprimeminister,whowasconsideredbyeveryoneasamanwithcommonsense. "Goandseehowtheworkisproceeding,
6、"theEmperortoldhim,"andcomebacktoletmeknow." Theprimeministerwaswelcomedbythetwoscoundrels. "We'realmostfinished,butweneedalotmoregoldthread.Here,Excellency!Admirethecolors,feelthesoftness!"Theoldmanbentovertheloomandtriedtoseethefabricthatwasnotthere.Hefeltcoldsweatonhisforehead.
7、"Ican'tseeanything,"hethought."IfIseenothing,thatmeansI'mstupid!Or,worse,incompetent!"Iftheprimeministeradmittedthathedidn'tseeanything,hewouldbedischargedfromhisoffice. "Whatamarvelousfabric,hesaidthen."I'llcertainlytelltheEmperor.
