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
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　　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.
　　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.
  H* x# t; w1 F* L8 _# ^　　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。
  U6 P& [# H, {  k* y% C; \2 h　　Because of this, for a long time he kept searching that whole area for this treasure.
- c+ j8 Z9 D. n% {% o' q  Z2 i　　因此，长期以来，他一直在这一带的海域里搜寻着金银珠宝。
　　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.
  t# k! N, }9 L* V7 ^2 g　　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!”
　　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!”
! O. @1 h' J* ?" O: w　　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.
　　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。
' v! o$ ]2 j2 \　　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.
8 B" U" _) k* S" Y- O9 @　　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。
　　The boat was finally submerged and he struggled to stay afloat. Unfortunately his feet were entangled in the gold chain and he drowned.
　　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。