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the stonecutter

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-04-15 05:04 字体： [ ]　

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there was once a stonecutter, who was dissatisfied with himself and with his position in life.

one day, he passed a wealthy merchant's house, and through the open ¹, saw many fine possessions and important visitors. "how powerful that merchant must be!" thought the stonecutter. he became very ², and wished that he could be like the merchant. then he would no longer have to live the life of a ³ stonecutter.

to his great surprise, he suddenly became the merchant, enjoying more luxuries and power than he had ever dreamed of, envied and ⁴（憎恨） by those less wealthy than himself. but soon a high official passed by, carried in a sedan chair（轿子）, accompanied by attendants, and escorted by soldiers beating gongs（锣）. everyone, no matter how wealthy, had to bow low before the procession. "how powerful that official is!" he thought. "i wish that i could be a high official!"

then he became the high official, carried everywhere in his ⁵（刺绣的） sedan chair, feared and hated by the people all around, who had to bow down before him as he passed. it was a hot summer day, and the official felt very uncomfortable in the sticky sedan chair. he looked up at the sun. it shone proudly in the sky, unaffected by his presence. "how powerful the sun is!" he thought. "i wish that i could be the sun!"

then he became the sun, shining fiercely down on everyone, ⁶ the fields, cursed by the farmers and ⁷. but a huge black cloud moved between him and the earth, so that his light could no longer shine on everything below. "how powerful that storm cloud is!" he thought. "i wish that i could be a cloud!"

then he became the cloud, flooding the fields and villages, shouted at by everyone. but soon he found that he was being pushed away by some great force, and realized that it was the wind. "how powerful it is!" he thought. "i wish that i could be the wind!"

then he became the wind, blowing tiles off the roofs of houses, ⁸ trees, hated and feared by all below him. but after a while, he ran up against something that would not move, no matter how forcefully he blew against it -- a huge, towering stone. "how powerful that stone is!" he thought. "i wish that i could be a stone!" he thought. "i wish that i could be a stone!"

then he became the stone, more powerful than anything else on earth. but as he stood there, he heard the sound of a hammer pounding a ⁹（凿子） into the solid rock, and felt himself being changed. "what could be more powerful than i, the stone?" he thought.

he looked down and saw far below him the figure of a stonecutter.

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1
n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法
参考例句：
hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。 a man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

2
adj.嫉妒的，羡慕的
参考例句：
i don't think i'm envious of your success.我想我并不嫉妒你的成功。 she is envious of jane's good looks and covetous of her car.她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车。

3
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
that is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。 it's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

4
v.憎恶，嫌恶，痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
they detested each other on sight. 他们互相看着就不顺眼。 the freethinker hated the formalist; the lover of liberty detested the disciplinarian. 自由思想者总是不喜欢拘泥形式者，爱好自由者总是憎恶清规戒律者。来自辞典例句

5
adj．绣花的
参考例句：
she embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。 she embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。

6
adj. 灼热的
参考例句：
a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳 a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评

7
n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工
参考例句：
laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言

8
n.倒根，挖除伐根v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园
参考例句：
he is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。来自互联网 a storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。来自互联网

9
n.凿子；v.用凿子刻，雕，凿
参考例句：
this chisel is useful for getting into awkward spaces.这凿子在要伸入到犄角儿里时十分有用。 camille used a hammer and chisel to carve out a figure from the marble.卡米尔用锤子和凿子将大理石雕刻出一个人像。