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中英对照英语故事精选 A man wrote a letter and had it sent to a rich man to borrow an ox. The rich man was just receiving guests. 有个人写了一封信，派人去向一个富翁借头牛。富翁正在会客。 He was illiterate, but he resented very much being considered illiterate. Upon receiving the xiaogushi8 letter, he opened the envelope, and skimmed through the letter as if he could read. 富翁不识字，但是他却最忌讳人家说他不识字。他一接到信，就拆开信封，装出识字的样子，默默地一遍， Then he said to the messenger: “All right. I will go in a little while.” 然后对来人说:“知道了，等一会儿我就去! 从前，有个宰相的孙子是有名的败家子。他把家产都败光了，连饭也吃不上，常常向别人家借米。 In the past, the grandson of a prime minister was a notorious spendthrift.He squandered all the family xiaogushi8 property and couldn’t even afford his own meals, so he often borrowed rice from others. 有一次，他又借到了一袋米，背到半路上背不动了，只好在路旁歇脚。这时候，恰巧前面走来一个穷人，穿着破衣破裤。他就叫住穷人，讲好了工钱后，让穷人为他背米。 Once he borrowed another bag of rice.He carried it half- way and couldn’t go any further, so he rested by the roadside.At this moment, a poor man in rags happened to pass by. He called this poor man, set the pay and let the poor man carry the rice for him. 不料，走了一段路程，穷人也气喘吁吁，走不动了。他就埋怨说: “我是宰相的孙子，手不能提，肩不能挑，那是常事。 Unexpectedly, after carrying the rice for some distance, the poor man also panted and couldn’t walk any further.The grandson complained: “I am the grandson of a prime minister. It is natural that I can neither lift with my hands nor carry on my shoulder anything heavy. 你是穷人出身，为什么也这样不中用呢?” 那人不服气，翻翻白眼说: “你怎么能怪我，我并不是穷人出身，我也是宰相的孙子呢!” But you are from a poor family. Why are you also so useless?”Unwilling to give in, the poor man glared and retorted:“How can you blame me? I am not from a poor family. I am the grandson of a prime minister, too.” 从前，有一座寺庙，里面供奉着两座泥像，左边是道祖太上老君像，右边是佛祖释迎牟尼像。 In the past, there were two clay idols in a temple. On the left was the idol of Tai Shang Lao Jun,the founder of Taoism,and on the right the idol of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. 一天，有个和尚看见庙中的这两座像，心里很不高兴，说: “我们佛法广大无边，怎么能让佛祖屈居在老君