打赌｜英文故事｜一场十五年的赌约、两百万卢布与人性的考验｜听
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| 时间 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | The Bet | 赌注 |
| 0:02 | Many years ago, on a cold autumn evening, | 很多年前,在寒冷的秋天晚上, |
| 0:06 | a rich banker was having a party at his large house. | 一个有钱的银行家 在他的大房子里开派对 |
| 0:11 | Several intelligent and successful people were there. | 有几个聪明成功的人在那里。 |
| 0:14 | They were eating, drinking, and talking about an important question. | 他们正在吃饭,喝酒, 谈论一个重要问题。 |
| 0:20 | Is the death penalty better or worse than life imprisonment? | 死刑比终身监禁好还是坏? |
| 0:26 | Some people believed that the death penalty was cruel, | 有些人认为死刑是残忍的, |
| 0:29 | because it took a person's life immediately. | 因为它立刻夺走了一个人的生命 |
| 0:33 | Others thought life imprisonment was even worse, | 其他人认为终身监禁更糟糕 |
| 0:36 | because a prisoner had to live for many years without freedom. | 因为囚犯必须活很多年,没有自由。 |
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| 序号 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bet | 赌注 |
| 2 | Many years ago, on a cold autumn evening, | 很多年前,在寒冷的秋天晚上, |
| 3 | a rich banker was having a party at his large house. | 一个有钱的银行家 在他的大房子里开派对 |
| 4 | Several intelligent and successful people were there. | 有几个聪明成功的人在那里。 |
| 5 | They were eating, drinking, and talking about an important question. | 他们正在吃饭,喝酒, 谈论一个重要问题。 |
| 6 | Is the death penalty better or worse than life imprisonment? | 死刑比终身监禁好还是坏? |
| 7 | Some people believed that the death penalty was cruel, | 有些人认为死刑是残忍的, |
| 8 | because it took a person's life immediately. | 因为它立刻夺走了一个人的生命 |
| 9 | Others thought life imprisonment was even worse, | 其他人认为终身监禁更糟糕 |
| 10 | because a prisoner had to live for many years without freedom. | 因为囚犯必须活很多年,没有自由。 |
| 11 | The banker was about 40 years old. | 银行家年约40岁. |
| 12 | He was rich, confident, and used to getting what he wanted. | 他富有,自信,习惯于得到自己想要的东西. |
| 13 | He believed that death was better than spending one's whole life in prison. | 他认为死亡比在监狱里度过一生更好. |
| 14 | If I had to choose, I would choose death. | 如果我不得不选择,我会选择死亡。 |
| 15 | At least death is quick. | 至少死亡会很快 |
| 16 | Life in prison means suffering for many years. | 狱中生活意味着多年的痛苦. |
| 17 | A young lawyer who was at the party disagreed with him. | 参加派对的一位年轻律师不同意他的意见。 |
| 18 | Both are terrible. | 两者都是可怕的。 |
| 19 | But if I had to choose, I would choose life imprisonment. | 但如果我不得不选择,我会选择终身监禁。 |
| 20 | Being alive is better than being dead. | 活着比死好 |
| 21 | You are still young. | 你还年轻 |
| 22 | You don't know what you are talking about. | 你不知道你在说什么。 |
| 23 | The lawyer was about 25 years old. | 律师时年约25岁. |
| 24 | He had never been in prison, and had never experienced serious suffering. | 他从未入狱,也从未遭受过严重的痛苦。 |
| 25 | Still, he strongly believed that life was valuable. | 尽管如此,他仍然坚信生命是宝贵的. |
| 26 | The banker became more excited as the discussion continued. | 随着讨论的继续,银行家变得更加兴奋. |
| 27 | Five years in prison would be enough to make anyone unhappy. | 入狱五年就足以令任何人不高兴。 |
| 28 | Not five years. | 不为五年. |
| 29 | I could stay there for 15 years. | 我可以在那里待15年 |
| 30 | Fifteen? | 十五岁? |
| 31 | Yes. | 对 |
| 32 | Fifteen years. | 十五岁. |
| 33 | The banker looked at the young man for a moment. | 银行家看了这年轻人一会儿 |
| 34 | Then, perhaps because he was drunk and wanted to show that he was right, | 也许因为他喝醉了 想证明他是对的 |
| 35 | he made an unbelievable offer. | 他做了一个令人难以置信的提议。 |
| 36 | I will bet two million roubles that you cannot stay in complete isolation for 15 years. | 我敢打赌,两百万卢布,你不能 保持完全隔离15年。 |
| 37 | The room became quiet. | 房间变得安静。 |
| 38 | The lawyer understood how much money two million roubles meant. | 律师知道200万卢布意味着什么 |
| 39 | It was a huge amount of money. | 这是一大笔钱。 |
| 40 | He could become rich without working for the rest of his life. | 他可能变得富有 不工作他的余生。 |
| 41 | But the banker had expected him to refuse. | 但银行家希望他拒绝 |
| 42 | Instead, the young lawyer accepted. | 相反,年轻的律师接受了。 |
| 43 | I'll stay for 15 years. | 我待了15年,你别走 |
| 44 | The banker agreed immediately. | 银行家马上同意了 |
| 45 | The conditions were simple, but extremely strict. | 条件很简单,但极为严格。 |
| 46 | The lawyer would live alone in a small house in the banker's garden. | 律师会独自住在银行家花园的小房子里 |
| 47 | He would have no human contact. | 他不会有人类接触。 |
| 48 | He could not leave the building or meet anyone. | 他不能离开大楼或遇见任何人。 |
| 49 | He could not speak to another person. | 他不能和别人说话。 |
| 50 | However, he could have books, music, wine, tobacco, food, and other things he wanted. | 然而,他可以拥有书籍,音乐,葡萄酒,烟草,食物等他想要的东西. |
| 51 | He could write letters, but he could not send them to anyone. | 他可以写信,但不能寄给任何人。 |
| 52 | He could also ask for anything he needed, as long as it did not break the rules. | 他也可以要求任何他需要的东西,只要它不违反规则。 |
| 53 | If he left the house even a few minutes before the 15 years were finished, | 如果他在15年结束前离开房子几分钟 |
| 54 | he would lose the bet and receive nothing. | 他会输掉赌注,一无所获 |
| 55 | The lawyer was so confident that he accepted all the conditions. | 律师非常有信心,接受了所有条件。 |
| 56 | The banker was delighted. | 银行家很高兴。 |
| 57 | The two men signed an agreement. | 两人签订了协议. |
| 58 | The lawyer would begin his 15-year isolation at noon the next day. | 律师将在第二天中午开始隔离15年。 |
| 59 | At first, the banker thought the bet was ridiculous. | 起初,银行家认为下注是荒谬的. |
| 60 | He was sure the young lawyer would never last 15 years. | 他确信年轻律师不会持续15年 |
| 61 | And he never seriously believed he would have to pay the two million roubles. | 他从不认真相信他必须支付200万卢布. |
| 62 | The next day, the lawyer entered the small house in the garden. | 次日律师入园小屋. |
| 63 | A guard was placed outside. | 外面有个警卫 |
| 64 | The door was locked. | 门被锁住了 |
| 65 | From that moment, the young man had no freedom. | 从那时起,这个年轻人就没有自由了. |
| 66 | The first year was extremely difficult. | 第一年极其困难。 |
| 67 | During the first months, the lawyer suffered from loneliness. | 在头几个月里,律师感到孤独。 |
| 68 | He often played the piano for hours. | 他经常弹琴数小时. |
| 69 | He drank wine and smoked. | 他喝酒抽烟 |
| 70 | He sometimes lay on his bed and did nothing. | 他有时躺在床上却什么都不做。 |
| 71 | He wrote letters to himself because there was nobody else to talk to. | 他写信给自己,因为没有人可以和他说话. |
| 72 | After some time, he stopped playing the piano. | 一段时间后,他不再弹钢琴. |
| 73 | He asked for books instead. | 他要求书籍代替。 |
| 74 | At first, he wanted light books. | 起初,他想要光书. |
| 75 | He read novels, adventure stories, love stories, and other entertaining books. | 他阅读小说,冒险故事,爱情故事,以及其他娱乐性书籍. |
| 76 | He wanted to make the long hours pass more quickly. | 他想让漫长的时间更快地过去 |
| 77 | But the months moved slowly. | 但是,几个月的移动缓慢。 |
| 78 | The second year was different. | 第二年则不同. |
| 79 | He became tired of simple stories. | 他厌倦了简单的故事。 |
| 80 | He began reading serious books about history and philosophy. | 他开始认真阅读有关历史和哲学的书籍. |
| 81 | He studied languages. | 他学习语言。 |
| 82 | He spent many hours learning new words and writing them down. | 他花了许多小时学习新词并写下来. |
| 83 | The banker sometimes looked through the window of the little house. | 银行家有时透过小房子的窗户看. |
| 84 | He saw the lawyer sitting at a table, reading for hours. | 他看到律师坐在桌子上,看书数小时。 |
| 85 | The young man was changing. | 年轻人变了 |
| 86 | Years passed. | 多年过去了。 |
| 87 | In the third year, he studied languages and philosophy. | 第三年,他学习语言和哲学. |
| 88 | In the next few years, he read history, science, literature, and religion. | 在接下来的几年里,他阅读历史,科学,文学,以及宗教. |
| 89 | He did not have a teacher. | 他没有老师 |
| 90 | He did not have anyone to discuss his ideas with. | 他没有任何人可以讨论他的想法。 |
| 91 | He simply read, thought, and wrote. | 他只是读书,思考,写作。 |
| 92 | Sometimes, he became deeply interested in one subject. | 有时,他开始对一个课题产生浓厚的兴趣. |
| 93 | At other times, he suddenly lost interest and moved to something completely different. | 在其他时候,他突然失去兴趣,转移到完全不同的地方. |
| 94 | One year, he asked for hundreds of books. | 一年,他索取数百本书. |
| 95 | Another year, he asked for only a few. | 又一年,他只求了几个. |
| 96 | He was trying to understand the world through books, | 他试图通过书籍了解世界, |
| 97 | because he could no longer experience the world directly. | 因为他不能再直接体验世界了 |
| 98 | Meanwhile, the banker continued living outside. | 与此同时,银行家继续住在外面。 |
| 99 | At first, he was still rich. | 起初,他仍然富有. |
| 100 | His business was successful, and he enjoyed his money. | 他的生意很成功,他很享受他的钱 |
| 101 | But as the years passed, things changed. | 但随着岁月的流逝,事情发生了改变. |
| 102 | The banker made several bad investments and lost a large part of his fortune. | 银行家做了几次糟糕的投资,损失了很大一部分财富. |
| 103 | The two million rubles that had once seemed like a small price | 两百万卢布 曾经似乎是一个小价格 |
| 104 | were becoming a serious problem. | 正在成为一个严重的问题。 |
| 105 | The banker began to fear the end of the bet. | 银行家开始担心下注的结束. |
| 106 | If the lawyer completed the 15 years, he would have to pay two million rubles. | 如果律师完成15年,他必须支付200万卢布. |
| 107 | The banker was no longer sure that he could afford it. | 银行家不再确定他能买得起 |
| 108 | He became worried and unhappy. | 他变得忧心忡忡 |
| 109 | One night, about 14 years after the bet began, | 在赌注开始14年后的一天晚上 |
| 110 | the banker was sitting alone in his study. | 银行家独自坐在书房里 |
| 111 | Only one year remained. | 只剩下一年时间。 |
| 112 | He looked at his financial papers and realized that paying the lawyer | 他看了他的财务文件,意识到支付律师 |
| 113 | could destroy what was left of his fortune. | 可以摧毁他剩下的财富 |
| 114 | Then a terrible thought entered his mind. | 然后,一个可怕的想法进入他的脑海。 |
| 115 | What if the lawyer died before the 15 years ended? | 如果律师在十五年结束前死了呢? |
| 116 | The banker knew exactly what he was thinking. | 银行家知道他在想什么 |
| 117 | He could not simply cancel the bet. | 他不能简单地取消赌注。 |
| 118 | The agreement was clear. | 协议是明确的。 |
| 119 | If the lawyer stayed until the final moment, he would receive the money. | 如果律师一直待到最后一刻,他就会收到钱。 |
| 120 | But if the lawyer died, the banker would not have to pay him. | 但是如果律师死了,银行家就不用给他钱了. |
| 121 | The banker began to think about murder. | 银行家开始考虑谋杀 |
| 122 | He was frightened by his own idea, but his fear of losing his money was stronger. | 他对自己的想法感到恐惧,但他对失去钱的恐惧更加强烈. |
| 123 | Late that night, he quietly left his house | 当晚他悄悄离开家 |
| 124 | and walked toward the small building in the garden. | 走向花园里的小建筑。 |
| 125 | The weather was cold and dark. | 天气寒冷阴暗. |
| 126 | He entered the room where the lawyer had spent 14 years. | 他进入律师度过14年的房间。 |
| 127 | The lawyer was sitting at the table. | 律师坐在桌子上 |
| 128 | He looked very thin and old. | 他看起来很瘦很老 |
| 129 | His hair was long and his face was pale. | 他的头发很长,脸色苍白. |
| 130 | A letter lay on the table in front of him. | 在他面前的桌子上摆着一封信。 |
| 131 | The banker moved closer and saw that the lawyer was asleep. | 银行家走得更近,看到律师睡着了. |
| 132 | The banker picked up the letter and began to read it. | 银行家拿起信,开始阅读. |
| 133 | What he read shocked him. | 他读到的东西让他震惊 |
| 134 | The lawyer had written about everything he had learned during his 15 years of isolation. | 这名律师在15年的隔离期间写下了他学到的一切。 |
| 135 | He had read hundreds of books. | 他读过数百本书 |
| 136 | He had learned many languages. | 他学了很多语言。 |
| 137 | He had studied history, science, philosophy, and religion. | 他研究过历史、科学、哲学和宗教。 |
| 138 | But the most important thing he had learned was something very different. | 但是他学到的最重要的东西 是一些非常不同的东西。 |
| 139 | He no longer wanted the things that most people spent their lives trying to get. | 他不再想要大多数人 花生命来争取的东西。 |
| 140 | Money did not interest him. | 他对钱没兴趣 |
| 141 | Comfort did not interest him. | 安慰对他没有兴趣。 |
| 142 | Food, wine, beautiful clothes, houses, and social life had lost their meaning. | 食物、葡萄酒、漂亮的衣服、房屋和社会生活都失去了意义。 |
| 143 | He believed that human beings often spent their lives chasing things | 他相信人类常常花一辈子时间追逐事物 |
| 144 | that were temporary and unimportant. | 这是暂时的和不重要的。 |
| 145 | People worked for money because they wanted more money. | 人们为了钱而工作,因为他们想要更多的钱. |
| 146 | They bought beautiful things because they wanted to impress other people. | 他们买漂亮东西是为了给别人留下深刻印象. |
| 147 | They searched for pleasure, but pleasure disappeared quickly. | 他们寻找乐趣,但乐趣迅速消失. |
| 148 | The lawyer had experienced life without touching it. | 律师没有接触过生活。 |
| 149 | He had lived inside a small room. | 他住在一间小房间里。 |
| 150 | But through books, he had traveled across centuries and countries. | 但是通过书籍,他穿越了几个世纪和国家. |
| 151 | He had met great writers and thinkers. | 他遇到了伟大的作家和思想家。 |
| 152 | He had studied human history and human nature. | 他研究过人类历史和人性。 |
| 153 | And after all those years, he had come to a strange conclusion. | 经过这么多年,他得出了一个奇怪的结论。 |
| 154 | He no longer wanted the two million rubles. | 他不再想要两百万卢布了 |
| 155 | In fact, he had come to hate the things that money could buy. | 事实上,他来恨那些钱可以买的东西。 |
| 156 | The lawyer wrote that he had learned to despise worldly possessions. | 律师写道,他学会了轻视世界财产. |
| 157 | He had once entered the prison because he wanted money. | 他曾经因为要钱而进监狱。 |
| 158 | Now, after 15 years, money seemed meaningless to him. | 15年后,钱对他来说是毫无意义的 |
| 159 | He decided that he would leave the prison only a few hours before the end of the bed. | 他决定在床前几个小时离开监狱。 |
| 160 | By doing this, he would break the agreement and receive nothing. | 这样做,他就会破坏协议,一无所获. |
| 161 | The banker read the letter again. | 银行家又读了这封信. |
| 162 | He could hardly believe it. | 他简直不敢相信 |
| 163 | The man he had feared for so many years was going to give up two million rubles voluntarily. | 他这么多年来害怕的人 会自愿放弃200万卢布 |
| 164 | The banker suddenly felt ashamed. | 银行家突然感到羞愧. |
| 165 | He had come there intending to kill another human being because of money. | 他是为了钱而来杀另一个人的 |
| 166 | And now that same man was giving up a fortune because he no longer cared about money. | 而现在,同一个人放弃了一笔财富,因为他不再关心钱. |
| 167 | The banker quietly put the letter back on the table. | 银行家悄悄地把信放回桌上. |
| 168 | He left the room without waking the lawyer. | 他离开房间时没有叫醒律师。 |
| 169 | That night, he understood how far he had fallen. | 当晚,他明白自己跌落了多深. |
| 170 | The next morning, the guard discovered that the lawyer had left the house. | 第二天早上,警卫发现律师已经离开房子。 |
| 171 | He had escaped through a window shortly before the 15 years were complete. | 他在15年完成前不久从一个窗户逃脱。 |
| 172 | According to the agreement, he had lost the bed. | 根据协议,他失去了床。 |
| 173 | The banker did not have to pay him the two million rubles. | 银行家不用付他两百万卢布 |
| 174 | The lawyer disappeared without taking the money. | 律师不拿钱就失踪了 |
| 175 | The banker kept the letter as evidence of what had happened. | 银行家把这封信留作事情的证据。 |
| 176 | The bet had started as a foolish argument between two confident men. | 赌注一开始是两个自信的男人之间愚蠢的争吵。 |
| 177 | The banker had believed that 15 years of isolation would prove that life was not worth living without freedom. | 银行家曾认为,15年的孤立将证明没有自由的生活是不值得的. |
| 178 | The lawyer had believed that life itself was valuable enough to endure almost anything. | 律师曾认为生命本身的价值足以承受几乎任何东西. |
| 179 | But 15 years changed both of them. | 但15年改变了他们两个。 |
| 180 | Through years of reading and thinking, the lawyer began to see the world differently. | 通过多年的阅读和思考,律师开始对世界产生不同的看法. |
| 181 | Money, comfort, and pleasure no longer seemed as important as they once had. | 钱、舒适和快乐似乎不再像以前那么重要了。 |
| 182 | He came to believe that people often spend their lives chasing things that cannot bring lasting happiness. | 他开始相信,人们常常花自己的生命去追求那些无法带来持久幸福的东西. |
| 183 | The banker faced a different truth. | 银行家面对的是一个不同的事实。 |
| 184 | His fear of losing money had nearly led him to kill another person. | 他对失去钱的恐惧几乎导致他杀了另一个人。 |
| 185 | After reading the lawyer's letter, he felt ashamed of himself and hated the thought of what he had almost done. | 在读了律师的信后,他感到羞愧,并厌恶自己几乎已经做过的事的想法. |
| 186 | In the end, neither man truly won. | 最终,两人都没有真正获胜. |
| 187 | The lawyer lost two million rubles, but he gained a completely different understanding of life. | 律师损失了两百万卢布,但他获得了对生活的完全不同的理解. |
| 188 | The banker kept his money, but he had to face the shame of what he had almost done. | 银行家留着他的钱,但他不得不面对他几乎所做的一切的耻辱. |
| 189 | The strange bet had begun with a question about death and imprisonment. | 奇怪的赌注是从死亡和监禁开始的。 |
| 190 | But after 15 years, the real question was no longer whether life was better than death. | 但15年后,真正的问题不再是生命是否比死亡更好. |
| 191 | It was what kind of life was worth living, and what people were willing to sacrifice for things that might not matter in the end. | 这是什么样的生命值得生活,什么是人们愿意为那些最终可能无关紧要的东西而牺牲的. |
| 192 | Now let's review 20 key words from today's story. | 现在让我们回顾一下今天故事中的20个关键词。 |
| 193 | Philosophy | 哲学 |
| 194 | Literature | 文学 |
| 195 | Religion | 宗教 |
| 196 | Investments | 投资 |
| 197 | Fortune | 财富 |
| 198 | Financial | 财务 |
| 199 | Murder | 谋杀 |
| 200 | Temporary | 临时 |
| 201 | Conclusion | 结论 |
| 202 | Possessions | 拥有 |
| 203 | Voluntarily | 自愿 |
| 204 | Evidence | 证据 |
| 205 | Endure | 耐力 |
| 206 | That's all for today's story. | 即为今日说法. |
| 207 | Thanks for listening, and see you in the next story. | 谢谢你的聆听, 在下一个故事中见到你。 |
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