英语美文鉴赏:The Gold Chain金链

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英语美文鉴赏:The Gold Chain金链

　　Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich. He wished to become a millionaire, and so did his wife.
; K$ d3 ?1 {  Q　　很久以前，有个贫穷的渔夫，他总是梦想着能够发大财，希望自己能够成为百万富翁，他妻子也是如此。
　　He had heard from some old men before, that several ships loaded with diamonds and gold had once sunk in the nearby seashore.
　　他曾听一些年长者说过，以前有几艘载满金银珠宝的船只沉没在附近的海域。
2 N9 G3 ]4 O8 _- s" z) A1 p- s　　Because of this, for a long time he kept searching that whole area for this treasure.
　　因此，长期以来，他一直在这一带的海域里搜寻着金银珠宝。
+ b) l6 T- t( O* Y3 W. U　　One day, while he was sitting on the boat daydreaming, he suddenly felt that the fishing rod was being weighed down by a heavy object.
1 V; X* w; s# k$ t( j　　有一天，正当他坐在船上想入非非时，忽然感到钓线被非常沉重的东西拖住了。
　　He excitedly pulled hard at it, and what he saw made him exclaim,“Wow! A big, shiny gold chain!”
& L2 p* a' o6 l0 q9 |8 l  o. w! T　　他非常兴奋，使劲地往上拉，当鱼线拖出水面时，他不禁大声尖叫起来：“哇!金光闪闪的长金链!”
. [0 Z0 y  l; G' \8 ^　　He pulled hard at the gold chain to get it into the boat, but there seemed to be no end to it. His boat started to get over-loaded and the sea water filled his boat.
7 Z( P- I/ T8 Q6 k4 @　　他拼命地把金链子往船上拖，可是似乎没有尽头。他的小船超载了，海水开始灌进船舱。
1 M# `5 W* K) a/ v/ |　　However, he had begun dreaming of a big house, a big piece of land and buying horses and cows...He kept pulling in the chain though the boat kept sinking.
, o% E! R3 j: ~& h　　然而，他却依旧没完没了地做着黄粱美梦：可以买一幢大房子，置一大片稻田，再买下几头牛、几匹马……尽管小船一直往下沉，他却依然拖着金链。
) ~1 k3 T; L( {) m, f　　The boat was finally submerged and he struggled to stay afloat. Unfortunately his feet were entangled in the gold chain and he drowned.
! h) B6 c. [, S2 i. S　　最后，小船终于沉下去了，落入水中的他拼命挣扎想游出水面。不幸的是，他的双脚被金链死死缠住，淹死了。
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