Three Drunkards

三个醉汉

Two drunkards are walking along.

两个醉汉正在走着。

One says to the other, "What a beautiful night,look at the moon.”

其中一个对另一个说，“多么美丽的夜晚呀，看那月亮。”

The second drunkard stops and look at his drunken friend.

另一个醉汉停下来，看着他喝醉的朋友说，

"You are wrong, that's not the moon, that's the sun."

“你错了，那不是月亮，是太阳。”

Both started arguing for a while when they come upon another drunkard, so they stopped him.

他俩开始争论起来，过了一会儿，他们碰到了另一个醉汉，他们拦住他。

"Sir, could you please help settle our argument?

“先生，您能不能帮我们解决我们争论的问题?

Tell us what that thing is up in the sky that's shining.

请告诉我们天上发光的是什么，

Is it the moon or the sun?"

是月亮还是太阳?”

The third drunkard looked at the sky and then looked at them and said,

第三个醉汉看了看天空，然后看了看他们，说，

"Sorry, I don't live around here."

“对下起，我不住这儿。”

重点讲解

1.the other 另一个

例句：He buddied up with the other corporal.

他与另外那个班长交了朋友。

2.look at 看；考虑于

例句：He expected the girl to look at him in blank astonishment.

他以为那女店员又会瞠目结舌茫然以对。

3.come upon 突然出现

例句：I may come upon something that'll throw some extra light on this.

说不定我会发现什么新线索，把这件案子的眉目弄得更清楚些。

4.live around here 住在附近

例句：They used to live around here, but they moved away years ago.

他们以前往在附近，几年前搬走了。