《得不償失的哨子》英語聽力文摘
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When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children. Being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I handed over all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, when I told of the bargain I had made, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried withvexation. Thinking about the matter gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
This, however, was afterwards of use to me, for the impression continued on my mind, so that often, when I was tempted to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, "Don't give too much for thewhistle," and I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who "gave too much for the whistle." When I saw some men too eager for a court favour, wasting his time at court gatherings, giving up his rest, his liberty, hisvirtue, and perhaps his friends, for royal favour, I said to myself - "This man gives too much for thewhistle." When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly taking part in political affairs, neglecting his own business, and ruining it by neglect, "He pays, indeed," said I, "too dear for his whistle."
If I knew a miser who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow citizens and the joys of friendship, for the sake of gathering and keeping wealth - "Poor man," said I, "you pay too dear for your whistle." When I met a man of pleasure, who did not try to improve his mind or his fortune but merely devoted himself to having a good time,perhaps neglecting his health, "Mistaken man," said I, "you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you are paying too dear for your whistle." If I saw someone fond of appearance who had fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine earrings, all above his fortune, and for which he had run into debt, and ends his career in a prison."Alas," said I, "he has paid dear, very dear, for hiswhistle." In short the miseries of mankind are largely due to their putting a false value on things - to giving "too much for their whistles".
我還是一個(gè)七歲孩子的時(shí)候，有一次過節(jié)，朋友們往我的 衣袋里塞滿了銅幣。我立刻向一家賣兒童玩具的店鋪跑 去。半路上，我卻被另一個(gè)男孩手中的哨子聲吸引住了，于是就 主動(dòng)要求用我所有的銅幣換了他的哨子。然后我回到家里，吹 著哨子滿屋子轉(zhuǎn)，非常得意，卻打擾了全家人。我的哥哥、姐姐 和表姐們知道了我所做的這筆交易，便告訴我，為了這個(gè)哨子我 付出了比它原價(jià)高四倍的錢。他們還使我懂得，用那些多付的 錢可以買到多少好東西啊。大伙兒都笑話我傻，竟使我懊惱地 哭了�；叵脒@件事給我?guī)淼幕诤捱h(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過了那只哨子所給我的快樂。
不過，這件事情后來卻對(duì)我很有用處，它一直保留在我的記 憶中。因此當(dāng)我常常打算買一些不必要的東西時(shí)，我便對(duì)自己 說，“不要為哨子花費(fèi)太多'于是便節(jié)省了錢。當(dāng)我長(zhǎng)大走進(jìn) 社會(huì)，觀察了人們的所作所為，我感到，我遇到許許多多的人，他 們都“為一只哨子付出了過高的代價(jià)”。當(dāng)我看見一個(gè)人過分 熱衷于恩寵榮祿，把自己的光陰犧牲在侍候權(quán)貴、謀求接見之 中。為了得到這種機(jī)會(huì)，他不惜犧牲自己的休息、自由、品德，甚 至自己的朋友。我便對(duì)自己說，"這個(gè)人為他的`哨子付出了太高 的代價(jià)”。當(dāng)我看見另一些人醉心于名望，無休止地投身于政界 的紛擾之中，而他自己的事情卻被忽視、被耽誤了，我說，"他的 確也為了他的哨子付出了過高的代價(jià)”。
如果我聽說有個(gè)守財(cái)奴，他為了積累財(cái)產(chǎn)而寧愿放棄各種 舒適的生活，一切為別人做好事的樂趣，所有的同鄉(xiāng)們對(duì)他的尊 重，以及慷慨無私的友誼的歡樂。"可憐的人啊”，我說，"為了 你的哨子，你付出了過高的代價(jià)。"當(dāng)我遇到一個(gè)尋歡作樂的人， 他不愿使自己精神上或命運(yùn)方面得到一切可贊美的改善，而僅 僅為了達(dá)到肉體上的享受，為了這種追求損害了自己的身體。 "誤入歧途的人啊'我就說，“你真是有福不享自找苦吃;為了 你的哨子，你付出了太高的代價(jià)啊”。如果我看到一個(gè)人沉迷于 外表，或者是漂亮的裝束，講究的住宅，上等的家具，精致的耳 環(huán)，這一切都遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出了他收入的水平。為了得到這一切，他舉 借外債，最后以被投進(jìn)監(jiān)獄而告終。"天哪! ”我說，“為了他的 哨子，他付出了太高太高的代價(jià)。”總之，我認(rèn)為，他們所遭受的 人類很大一部分的悲苦都是由于他們對(duì)事物的價(jià)值所做出錯(cuò)誤 估價(jià)而造成的，都是“為他們的哨子付出了太高的代價(jià)"。
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