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夜莺·读后

夜鶯·讀後

The Real Nightingale

Level 3 · World Tales · 世界童话 · 46 vocabulary words

Source: 安徒生童话(解读) · Andersen (interpretation)

人造rén zào夜yè莺yīng镶xiāng满mǎn宝石bǎo shí会huì唱chàng一yì支zhī歌gē,真zhēn夜yè莺yīng不bù好看hǎo kàn能néng唱chàng一yì百bǎi支zhī。

The jewelled bird sang one song perfectly; the plain bird sang a hundred.

人造rén zào夜yè莺yīng坏huài了le就jiù死sǐ了le,真zhēn夜yè莺yīng飞fēi回来huí lai把bǎ死sǐ神shén唱chàng走zǒu。

The machine broke; the real nightingale came back and sang Death away.

皇帝huáng dì想xiǎng要yào永远yǒng yuǎn唱chàng一样yí yàng的de歌gē的de夜yè莺yīng,可是kě shì真的zhēn de歌gē不bú会huì重复chóng fù自己zì jǐ。

The emperor wanted a bird that never varied, but living song never repeats.

真zhēn东西dōng xi比bǐ机器jī qì强qiáng的de地方dì fang在于zài yú它tā是shì活huó的de——活huó的de才cái会huì走zǒu,也yě才cái会huì回来huí lai。

The living thing beats the machine because it's alive, it can leave, and it can return.

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