十月九日经典英语寓言故事

2021年1月11日发(作者：孟少农)
经典英语寓言故事




经典英语寓言故事：家
An artist who had painted many pictures of great beauty
found that he had not yet painted the one “real ” picture.
一位画过许多杰出精美画作的艺术家，发现自己甚至连幅¨真的
画都没有画出来。
In his search along a dusty road, he met an aged priest
who asked him where he was going .
他沿着一条布满尘土的路一路追寻，他遇到一位年老的牧师，
牧师问他要去哪里。
“I do not know, ” said the artist, “I want to paint the
most beautiful thing in the world . Perhaps you can direct me
to it. ”
艺术家回答：¨我不知道，我想画世界上最美好的东西。也许，
你能给我指引。
“How simple, ” replied the priest, “in any church or
creed, you will find it——“faith”is the most beautiful thing in
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the world. ”
牧师说，“很简单，在任何教堂或者信条中，你会发现——世界
上最美好的东西是¨信仰”
The artist traveled on . Later , he met a young bride who
told him that the most beautifu thing in the world is :”love”.”
love” makes the world go round.
艺术家继续前行。后来，他遇到一个年轻的新娘，她告诉他，
“爱¨是世界上最美好的东西。
I builds poverty into riches. sweetens tears and makes
much of little . Without love there is no beauty.
“爱”使世界运转，让贫穷变得富有，泪水变成甜蜜，渺小变
成伟大。没有爱，也就没有美。
Still the artist continued his search and met a weary
soldier.
艺术家继续他的追寻，他又遇到一个疲惫不堪的士兵。
The artist asked him the same question and the soldier
answered, “Peace” is the most beautiful thing in the world.
艺术家问了他同样的问题，士兵说：“世界上最美好的东西是‘和
平’。
War is ugly and wherever you find peace you’ll find
beauty, faith and love.
战争丑恶无比，你在哪里能找到和平，也就找到了美、信仰和
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