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The ArabianNights’ Entertainment is very interesting. One of them was a story aboutan outstanding architect named Ralph. Hewas good at arithmetic since childhood. And at the age of 20, his opportunityhad arisen. The king asked him to design a palace roofed with an arch. On topof the arch, there would be an artificial arctic bear. It’s architecture of greatartistic value. 阿拉伯一千零一夜故事非常有趣。其中一个说的是关于建筑师拉尔夫的故事。他从小算术就很好。在他20岁那年，他的机会出现了。 The king and thearchitect arrived at the agreement without argument. Before Ralph finished hiswork, he saw the princess. Even a flower was not as beautiful as she. Once hesaw her, he felt as if he were drunk. As to that, he hadn’t thought of hissocial rank. Love was important for Ralph as well as for the princess. As forher, she felt as though Ralph were a member of her family. 国王叫他设计一座屋顶是拱形的宫殿。拱形的顶部，又一只人造的北极熊。那是很有艺术价值的建筑。国王和建筑师没有争论地达成了协议。在拉尔夫完工之前，他见到了公主。花朵也不如她那样美丽。一见到她，拉尔夫就好象喝醉了酒似的。关于此，他并没有考虑自己的社会阶层。爱，除了拉尔夫之外，对公主也很重要。至于她来说，她觉的拉尔夫仿佛是她的一位亲人。 One evening, Ralpharticulated his love to the princess. She arranged with him to meet at herbedroom. The next day, the princess aroused him just before dawn. But thearbitrary king had arrayed troops and he ordered the soldiers to arrest him.Luckily, the princess shot an arrow to stop them in time. 一个晚上，拉尔夫向公主明确有力地表达了自己的爱。而她则安排他在卧室约会。第二天，公主天不亮就唤醒了他。但专断的国王已经排列好了军队，并下令士兵逮捕他。幸运地是，公主及时射出了一箭，制止了他们。 |
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