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| 149. The Image Of Mercury And The Carpenter A very poor man, a Car penter by trade, had a wooden image of Mercury, before which he made offerings day by day, and entreated the idol to make him rich; but in spite of his entreaties he became poorer and poorer. At last, being very wroth, he took his image down from its pedestal, and dashed it against the wall; when its head being knocked off, out came a stream of gold, which the Carpenter quickly picked up, and said, "Well, I think thou art altogether contradictory and unreasonable; for when I paid you h onour, I reaped no benefits: but now that I maltreat you I am loaded with an abundance of riches." | 149. 财神雕像和木匠 有一个非常贫穷的木匠供奉着一个木雕的财神像，祈求这尊?姘傅錖发财；但是他不断祈求，却仍然愈来愈穷。 最后他很生气，将神像从座上拿下来，向墙头摔去；神像的头跌断了，流出了一堆黄金，木匠便连忙收起说：「好啊，我看你简直是既矛盾又无理，因为我尊敬你，却得不到好处；而现在我待你不好，倒使我发了一?孚N外之财呢。」 |
- mercury [´mə:kjuri]
n.汞；水银柱 (初中英语单词) - wooden [´wudn] a.木制的；呆板的 (初中英语单词)
- stream [stri:m] n.河 vi.流出；飘扬 (初中英语单词)
- carpenter [´kɑ:pintə] n.木工 vi.做木工活 (初中英语单词)
- altogether [,ɔ:ltə´geðə] ad.完全；总而言之 (初中英语单词)
- abundance [ə´bʌndəns] n.丰富，充裕 (初中英语单词)
- pedestal [´pedistl] n.垫座 vt.给...装上座 (英语四级单词)
- unreasonable [ʌn´ri:zənəbl] a.不合理的；荒唐的 (英语四级单词)
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