【英语故事】Children''s Prattle | 孩子们的闲话

Children's Prattle 来自英语故事课堂 00:00 03:28

One day, some children got together and were talking to each other. They all are from wealthy families.

One girl spoke confidently, 'My family is very rich. My parents studied a lot.'

One boy was listening to the girl and said, ' 'If your name ends with '-sen', you will be miserable.' Well, I feel lucky I have no '-sen' at the end of my name.'

Then, the girl spoke again. 'You're right. I have a friend whose name is 'Martsen', and his family is so poor.'

Another boy said holding up his head confidently, 'My father is in a high position. Everybody is afraid of him.'

At that moment, one boy was listening to this conversation behind a door.

He was poor, and his name ended with '-sen'. He could not mix with the children because he was so poor.

'This is so sad. I can never be a great man.' He envied all the children in the room.

As time went by, the children all grew up. A millionaire was living in the town.

A lot of people wanted to visit his house. 'This is such a wonderful house. Whose house is this?'

The owner of the house was the poor boy. The boy grew up to be a great sculptor.

Even though he was not born rich, and his name ended with '-sen', the boy became a great man.

The children in the room were all wrong.

prattle['prætl]：胡话

wealthy['wɛlθi]：富有的

confidently['kɑnfədəntli]：自信地

confidence['kɑnfɪdəns]：信心

miserable['mɪzrəbl]：悲惨的

envy['ɛnvi]：嫉妒

millionaire[,mɪljə'nɛr]：百万富翁

sculptor['skʌlptɚ]：雕刻家

有一天，一群孩子聚在一起互相聊闲天。他们都是有钱人家的孩子。

一个女孩自信地说：“我家很有钱，因为我的父母很有文化。”

一个男孩听完之后说道：“如果你的名字是以‘森’结尾的，那么你家一定很穷。好吧，我很幸运，我的名字后面没有‘森’。”

女孩又说话了：“你说得对，我有个朋友，他的名字叫‘马特森’，他的家里真的很穷。”

又一个男孩自信地抬起头说道：“我的爸爸地位很高，所有的人都怕他。”

这时候，门后面有一个小男孩一直在偷听他们讲话。

他家很穷，而且他的名字后面有个‘森’。他家太穷了，根本没办法和这群孩子打成一片。

“好难过，我永远也成为不了伟大的人了。”小男孩很嫉妒屋里这群孩子。

过了很多年，这群孩子全部都长大成人了。一位百万富翁住进了这个镇子。

很多人都想去参观一下富翁的房子。“这栋豪宅太漂亮了，这是谁的房子呢？”

这栋房子的主人正是当年那个贫穷的小男孩，他成为了一位著名的雕刻家。

尽管他不是生来富贵，而且他的名字里也有‘森’字，但他还是成为了一个伟大的人。

当年那群孩子说的话全部都错了。