英语阅读：老渔夫的故事.doc

美联英语提供：英语阅读：The Old Fisherman老渔夫的故事 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/kuaisu.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 The Old Fisherman老渔夫的故事 Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients at the clinic. 我家住在巴尔的摩市，与约翰斯?霍普金森医院门诊部的正门只隔了条马路。我们住楼下，楼上的屋子租给了来诊所求诊的病人。 One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. Why, hes hardly taller than my eight-year-old, I thought as I stared at the stooped, shriveled body. But the appalling thing was his face... lopsided from swelling, red and raw. Yet his voice was pleasant as he said, Good evening. Ive come to see if youve a room for just one night. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and theres no bus until morning. 一个夏日的傍晚，我正在准备晚餐时，忽然听见有人敲门。打开门后，我见到一个相貌可怕的男士。看着他那蜷曲、枯瘦的身体我心想：“天啊，他简直还没有我八岁时高呢。”更骇人的是他的脸——因浮肿而显得不平衡，红红的而且很粗趁。不过他说话时的声音倒很和善：“晚上好，我想问一下，你这儿有没有屋子借住一晚。我早上从东海岸赶来治病，明天早上才有回家的大巴。” He told me hed been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. No one seemed to have a room. I guess its my face... I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments.. 他告诉我他从中午起就在找房子，但没找到。好像没人有空房。“我猜想是我的脸…我晓得我的脸看上去很可怕，但医生说再多治几次…” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me. I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning. 我迟疑了片刻，但他接下来的话语说服了我。“我可以睡在走廊的摇椅上，明天一大早就去赶大巴。” I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch. I went inside and finished getting supper. When we were ready, I asked the old man if he would join us. No, thank you. I have plenty. And he held up a brown paper bag. 我告诉他我们会给他找一张床，但只能搁在走廊里。回屋布置好晚餐准备开饭时，我问老人要不要过来一起来吃。他举起一只灰色纸包说：不了，谢谢你，我带了足够的吃的。” When I had finished the dishes, I went out on the porch to talk with him for a few minutes. It didnt take long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body. He told me he fished for