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[J-29] The Name of the Snake 此蛇之名
A crowd of people gathered around a snake charmer and paid him money to watch his show. As usual, he played strange music with his flute and the snake bobbed its head. Then it grew bigger and coiled around the man's arms, legs, and whole body. As usual, the man bragged, “You see, the serpent is entirely under my power.”
But this time the reptile coiled the man's body so tightly that the man was short of breath and unable to play his flute. The snake's grasp became tighter and tighter. “What is the name of the snake?” asked one of the crowd, not knowing the charmer was being squeezed to death.
“Sin!” the sinner breathed out his last.
[译注] 一群人聚集在一个玩蛇者周围而付钱看他表演。跟往常一样，它用笛吹怪异的乐曲而蛇就上下疾动着头。然后牠增大起来，接着缠绕着那人的手臂、腿、和全身。跟往常一样，这人也夸耀说：「你们看，这蟒蛇完全在我掌握之下。」 可是，这一次那条爬虫动物缠着那人的身体如此紧，以至于那人就短缺了气息，而无法吹笛。那蛇的紧抱变得越来越紧。「那条蛇的名字叫做什么呢？」群众之一问他，而不知那玩蛇者正在被挤压致死中。 「罪过！」那罪人吐出了他最后的一口气。
注：snake charmer (施法玩蛇者)， bob (上下疾动)， coil (缠绕)， brag (吹牛)，reptile (爬虫类动物)， short of breath (缺乏气息)， squeeze (挤压)，breathe one's last (吐最后一口气、死亡)。人确实会被罪过缠死。
[复习填充] A crowd of people gathered around a snake ch and paid him money to watch his show. As usual, he played strange music with his f and the snake b its head. Then it grew bigger and c around the man's arms, legs, and whole body. As usual, the man b , “You see, the serpent is entirely my power.” But this time the r coiled the man's body so tightly that the man was short breath and unable to play his flute. The snake's g became tighter and tighter. “What is the name of the snake?” asked one of the crowd, not knowing the charmer was being s to death. “Sin!” the sinner b out his last. |
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