Feelings

曲永華

Once upon a time， there was an island where all the things lived： Happiness， Sadness， Knowledge and all of the others including Love.

However， one day it was announced to the couples that the island would sink， so all the feelings prepared their boats and left.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to stay until the island started sinking. ①When Love was almost sinking， he decided to ask help.

Richness was passing by Love in a beautiful boat. Love said， “Richness， can you take me with you？”Richness answered， “No. I can’t.There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you. ”

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by，“Vanity， please help me！”

“I can’t help you， Love. You are all wet and can probably damage my boat.”Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by， so Love asked for help， “Sadness， let me go with you.”

②“Oh...Love， I am so sad that I prefer to go alone！”

Happiness passed by Love too， but she was so happy that she did not listen when Love called her.

Suddenly， there was a voice， “Come Love， I will take you.”

It was an elderly. ③Love became very happy that he even forgot to ask the name of the elderly.

When they arrived to the other side， Love asked Knowledge who was the elderly. “It was Time.”“Time？ But why did Time help me？”

④“Because only Time is capable of understanding such a great Love.”

精彩譯文

從前，有一個島，上面住著所有的事物：快樂、悲傷、知識以及所有其他的事物，包括愛。

然而，有一天，他們接到通知，小島馬上就要下沉了，于是所有的感情準(zhǔn)備他們的船，然后離開。

愛是唯一留下來的。愛想留下來直到島開始下沉。當(dāng)愛快要沉沒的時候，他決定尋求幫助。

財富在一艘美麗的船上經(jīng)過愛。愛說：“財富，你能帶上我嗎？”財富回答說：“不，我不能。有大量的黃金和白銀在我的船上。沒有你的地方了。”

愛決定問問路過的虛榮，“虛榮，請幫幫我！”

“我不能幫你，愛。你全身濕透了，可能會損壞我的船。”虛榮答道。

悲傷靠近了，于是愛向他尋求幫助，“悲傷，讓我和你一起走吧。”

“哦……愛，我是如此悲傷以至于我更喜歡一個人獨自走！”

幸福也經(jīng)過愛的身邊，但是她是如此高興以至于她沒有聽見愛的呼喚。

突然，有一個聲音，“來吧，愛，我要帶你走。”

這是一位老人。愛變得非常開心，他甚至忘了問老人的名字。

當(dāng)他們到達彼岸的時候，愛問知識：“老人是誰？”“是時間。”“時間？但是時間為什么幫助我？”

“因為只有時間能夠理解如此偉大的愛。”

難點解讀

①本句中when引導(dǎo)的是時間狀語從句。

decide to do sth.決定做某事

例如：He decides to go to Hong Kong on vacation.他決定去香港度假。

He decided not to call his mum.他決定不給他的媽媽打電話。

I decide not to go swimming this weekend because I have a lot of homework to do.

我有許多作業(yè)要做，所以我決定這周末不去游泳了。

②本句采用了so...that...結(jié)構(gòu)，意思是“如此……以至于……”。

so...that...用于以下四種句型：

so+形容詞/副詞+that...

so+形容詞+a/an+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞+that...

so+ many（多） / few（少） +復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞+that...

so+ much（多） /little（少） +不可數(shù)名詞+that...

例如：This teacher is so kind that we all like him. 這個老師非常和藹，我們都喜歡他。

He ran so quickly that we all couldn’t catch up with him.

他跑得很快，我們都追不上他。

This is so interesting a book that we all enjoy reading it.

這本書非常有趣，我們都喜歡看。

He has so many books that I can’t count them. 他有很多書，我數(shù)也數(shù)不清。

There was so much food that we couldn’t eat it all. 食物太多了，我們吃不完。

I have so little money that I cannot afford a car. 我的錢太少，買不起車。

注：若little表示“小”時，要用such。

He is such a little boy that he can’t lift the box. 他是這么小的男孩，抬不動那個箱子。

prefer to do sth.更愿意做某事

例如：I prefer you to stay here a little longer. 我更喜歡你在這里多待一會兒。

③forget to do sth.忘記去做某事

forget doing sth.忘記做過某事

例如：Sorry，I forgot to bring the book.

對不起，我忘了帶書了。

I forgot borrowing a book from you.

我忘記曾經(jīng)向你借過書這件事。

④句中such a great Love采用了such + a / an + adj. + n.結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“如此……”，相當(dāng)于so + adj. + a / an + n.。

such…that…用于以下四種句型：

such+ a/an+形容詞+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞+that...

such+形容詞+復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞+that...

such+形容詞+不可數(shù)名詞+that...

such+不可數(shù)名詞+that...

例如：This is such an interesting book that we all enjoy reading it.

這本書非常有趣，我們都喜歡看。

They are such interesting books that we all enjoy reading them.

這些書很有趣，我們都喜歡看。

He shut the window with such force that the glass broke.

他關(guān)窗戶用力很大，玻璃都震破了。