?A wrong judgement

安徽 胡發(fā)高（譯）

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

在日常生活中，如果我們對(duì)身邊的人或事急于下決定或判斷，很可能出現(xiàn)誤判而導(dǎo)致不好的結(jié)果。本文中的這位父親就是因?yàn)闆](méi)有完全理解女兒的想法，繼而對(duì)她的行為產(chǎn)生了錯(cuò)誤的判斷。這個(gè)小故事告訴我們：對(duì)待任何事情都不要匆忙地下結(jié)論。

A father and his daughter were walking along the country road on a hot summer day.Suddenly his young daughter saw a young woman selling apples nearby.She asked her father to buy her an apple.The father didn't bring much money with him,but it was enough to pay for two apples.So,he went to the woman,bought two big red apples and gave them to his daughter.

His daughter held one apple in each of her hands.They walked to a tree and stood in the shade to have a rest.The father smiled and asked her if she could share the two apples with him.On hearing this,his daughter quickly took a bite from one apple.The father felt surprised.But before he could speak,his daughter also took a bite from the second apple quickly.

The father felt more surprised.He wondered why she acted in such a greedy way and what mistakes he had made in raising her daughter.His mind was lost in thoughts.He guessed that perhaps he was just thinking too much or that probably his daughter was too young to understand about sharing and giving.The smile disappeared from his face little by little.

And suddenly his daughter with an apple in her one hand said,“Father,have this one.This one is much sweeter.”The father was speechless.

He felt sorry about reaching to the judgement so quickly about a small child.His smile came back again.Now he knew why his daughter quickly took a bite from each apple.

Don't judge anything too quickly or reach a conclusion.Always spare a period of time to understand things better.

◆詞語(yǔ)積淀

stand in the shade站在樹(shù)蔭下

be lost in thoughts陷入沉思

little by little漸漸地

speechless/?spi:t?l?s/adj.說(shuō)不出話的

judgement/?d??d?m?nt/n.判斷

a period of一段（時(shí)間）

◆典句賞析

1.On hearing this,his daughter quickly took a bite from one apple.一聽(tīng)到這句話，他的女兒快速地咬了一口蘋果。

該句為簡(jiǎn)單句。on hearing...是常見(jiàn)的一種簡(jiǎn)化形式，意為“一聽(tīng)到……”，on hearing this相當(dāng)于as soon as引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句as soon as she heard his words，強(qiáng)調(diào)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的動(dòng)作隨之迅速發(fā)生；take a bite from意為“從……上咬下一口”。

【即時(shí)嘗試】一聽(tīng)到那個(gè)好消息，我們都高興得跳起來(lái)。___

2.But before he could speak,his daughter also took a bite from the second apple quickly.但還沒(méi)等他開(kāi)口，他女兒又趕緊在第二個(gè)蘋果上咬了一口。

這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句。before he could speak是時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，該從句中有can/could與無(wú)can/could語(yǔ)氣不一樣。沒(méi)有can/could，此句表示“在他開(kāi)口之前”；而有can/could，此句則表示“他沒(méi)來(lái)得及開(kāi)口”。

【即時(shí)嘗試】我還沒(méi)來(lái)得及阻止她，她就已經(jīng)沖進(jìn)辦公室了。

3.He guessed that perhaps he was just thinking too much or that probably his daughter was too young to understand about sharing and giving.他猜測(cè)，也許是他想得太多了，也可能是他的女兒還太小，不懂得分享和給予。

主句中的He guessed后面是兩個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，這兩個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句又是由or連接的并列句。too...to...結(jié)構(gòu)意為“太……而不能……”，該結(jié)構(gòu)含有否定的概念，常可與so...that...（如此……以至……）進(jìn)行同義轉(zhuǎn)換。

【即時(shí)嘗試】那時(shí)，我母親身體太虛弱，連站都站不起來(lái)。

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譯文助讀

一個(gè)炎熱的夏日，一位父親和他的女兒正在沿著鄉(xiāng)間小路往前走著。突然，他的女兒看到一位年輕女士在附近賣蘋果，她讓她父親給她買一個(gè)蘋果。父親沒(méi)帶多少錢，但足夠買兩個(gè)蘋果。于是，他朝那位女士走去，給他的女兒買了兩個(gè)又大又紅的蘋果，然后將蘋果給了他女兒。

他的女兒雙手各拿一個(gè)蘋果。他們走到一棵樹(shù)下，站在樹(shù)蔭中休息。父親笑著問(wèn)她是否可以和他分享這兩個(gè)蘋果。一聽(tīng)到這句話，他的女兒快速地咬了一口蘋果，父親感到很驚訝。但還沒(méi)等他開(kāi)口，他女兒又趕緊在第二個(gè)蘋果上咬了一口。

父親感到更加驚訝，他不知道女兒為什么會(huì)如此貪婪，也不知道他在撫養(yǎng)女兒時(shí)犯了什么錯(cuò)誤。他陷入了沉思。他猜測(cè)，也許是他想得太多了，也很可能是他的女兒還太小，不懂得分享和給予。他臉上的笑容漸漸消失了。

突然，他的女兒拿著一個(gè)蘋果說(shuō)：“爸爸，吃這個(gè)吧，這個(gè)更甜。”父親說(shuō)不出話來(lái)。

這么快就對(duì)一個(gè)小孩做出判斷使他感到很抱歉。他的笑容又回來(lái)了，現(xiàn)在他知道為什么他的女兒如此快速地在每個(gè)蘋果上都咬了一口。

不要太快做出判斷，也不要太快地下結(jié)論。為了更好地理解事物，多花一些時(shí)間去思考吧。