Unit7TheSampler課文翻譯大學(xué)英語一講課教案

1、Uni t 7 TheSampl e r 課 文 翻 譯 大學(xué)英語一精品文檔Unit 7 The SamplerThe author finds out that good intentions alone are not enough when his attempt to be kind to an old man leaves them both feeling worse than before.In a certain store where they sell puddings, a number of these delicious things are laid out in

2、a row during the Christmas season. Here you may select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purchase, would take advantage of this privilege. One day I aske

3、d this question of the shop girl, and I learned it was indeed the case."Now there's one old gentleman, for instance," she told me, "he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, though he never buys anything, and I suspect he never will. I remember him from

4、 last year before that, too. Well, let him come if he wants it, and welcome to it. And what's more, I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share. He looks as if he needed it all right, and I suppose they can afford it."She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman

5、 limped up to the counter and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest."Why, that's the very gentleman I've been telling you about," whispered the shop girl." Just watch him now." And then turning to him:" Would you like to sample them, sir? H

6、ere's spoon for you to use."The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dressed, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only braking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief."This is quite good.""This

7、 is not bad either, but a little too heavy."All the time it was quite evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the store. Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in

8、 the world and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place, and in a burst of benevolence, I

9、 went up to him and said:"Pardon me, sir, will you do me a favor? Let me purchase you one of these puddings. It would give me such pleasure."He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face."Excuse me," he said, with more dignity than I would ha

10、ve thought possible considering his appearance, "I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you. Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else." And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice, "Kindly pack me up this one here. I will take it wit

11、h me." He pointed at one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings.The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it, while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter. To save his "honou

12、r" he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words! It was too late though, and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away."You pay at the desk," the shop girl was telling him, but he did

13、 not seem to understand and kept trying to put the coins into her hand. And that was the last I saw or the old man. Now he can never go there to sample pudding any more.作者想對一位老人表示一番好意，結(jié)果卻使兩個人都很難堪，這時他才認 識到，光有善良的意愿是不夠的。圣誕布丁品嘗師有一家出售布丁的商店，每年圣誕節(jié)期間都把許多這類美味的食品擺成一 排供顧客選購。在這里你可以挑選最合你口味的布丁，甚至商店還允許你先把 各色布丁品嘗一番

14、，然后再做出決定。我常常納悶，會不會有一些根本無意購買的人利用這一優(yōu)惠趁機揩油。有 一天，我向女店員提出了這一問題，從她那兒得知事情果真如此?！氨热缯f吧，有這樣一位老先生，”她告訴我，”他差不多每個星期都要到這 兒來，每只布丁他都要嘗一嘗，盡管他從來不買什么東西，而且我猜想他永遠 也不會買。我從去年，甚至前年就記住他了。哎，要是他想品嘗就讓他來吧， 歡迎他來品嘗。而且，我希望有更多的商店可以讓他去品嘗。他看上去似乎確 實有這種需要，我想這點小意思他們是不在乎的。"就在她講這話的時候，一位上了年紀的先生一痛一拐地走到了柜臺前，開 始對著那排布丁興致勃勃地仔細看了起來。”喏，這就是我剛剛

15、對你說的那位先生，”店員輕聲對我說?！艾F(xiàn)在你就看著 他好了。"接著她就轉(zhuǎn)過身去對老人說道："先生，您想嘗嘗這些布丁嗎？您可 以用這把調(diào)羹。"這位老先生衣著雖然破舊，但卻十分整潔。他接過調(diào)羹，便開始急切地一 只接一只地品嘗起來，只是偶爾停下來，用一方大的破手絹擦擦他的紅眼睛?！斑@種很好。"“這種也不錯，可是稍微膩了一點。"有一點自始至終很明顯：他真誠地相信自己最終也許會買一只布?。欢?也確信，他一點也不覺得自己是在欺騙商店?？蓱z的老頭兒！很可能他已經(jīng)家 道敗落。從前他是有錢來選購他最喜愛的布丁的，而今卻只能這樣來品嘗一下 布丁的味道了。為圣誕節(jié)忙著采購商品的顧客個個喜形于色，看上去都很富裕。老人矮小 的黑色身影在這群人中間顯得很可憐，很不相稱。我突然動了惻隱之心，走到 他跟前說：”請原諒，先生，能賞我個臉嗎？讓我為您買一只布丁吧。如果您肯收 下，我將不勝欣慰。"他往后一跳，仿佛被什么東西螢了一下似地，他那張布滿皺紋的臉頓時漲 得通紅?！皩Σ黄?，”他說，其神態(tài)之高傲，遠非我根據(jù)其外表所能想像得出，"我想我跟您并不相識。無疑您是認錯人了。"于是他當機立斷，轉(zhuǎn)向女店員，大聲說 道：”勞駕把這只替我包扎一下。我要帶走的。"他指了指最大的、也是最貴的 一只布】