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1、英文经典阅读教材：呼唤 自由的鹦鹉nA man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating “Freedom! Freedom!”. And it was such a place that when the parrot
2、 repeated the word “Freedom!” it would go on echoing in the valleys, in the mountains.n一个人，一个了不起的人，一个为了自由而战的斗士，正 在山峦间穿行。今晚他留在一个大旅店里过夜。旅店里有 一个金鸟笼，里面有一只漂亮的鹦鹉在不停地反复呼喊着 “自由！自由！”，这让他很震惊。那里是这样的一种地方 ，当这只鹦鹉不断地反复呼喊“自由！”的时候，这个词便 会在山峦间、在深谷中久久回荡。nThe man thought: “I have seen many parrots, and I have thought th
3、ey must want to be free from those cages but I have never seen such a parrot whose whole day, from the morning to the evening when he goes to sleep, is spent in calling out for freedom.” He had an idea. In the middle of the night, when the owner was fast asleep, he got up and opened the door of the
4、cage. He whispered to the parrot, “Now get out.”n这个人想：“我看到过很多鹦鹉，也曾想过他们一定想从这些笼子里 飞出去获得自由但是，我从没有见过这样的鹦鹉，从早到晚，直 到入睡，一整天都在呼喊着自由。”他有了一个想法午夜，当店主 熟睡的时候，他悄悄起身，打开了鸟笼门，小声地对鹦鹉说：“现在 ，出去吧。”nBut he was very surprised that the parrot was clinging to the bars of the cage. He said to him again and again, “Have you f
5、orgotten about freedom? Just get out! The door is open and the owner is fast asleep; nobody will ever know. You just fly into the sky; the whole济宁上门服务 http:/ qccnsky is yours.”n但是令他吃惊的是这只鹦鹉竟抓着鸟笼的横木不放。他对它一遍又一 遍地说：“你忘了自由了吗？快出去！门开着，店主熟睡着，没有人 会看到。你只要飞向天空，整片天空就是你的了。”nBut the parrot was clinging so deeply
6、, so hard, that the man said, “What is the matter? Are you mad?” He tried to take the parrot out with his own hands, but the parrot started pecking at him, and at the same time he was shouting, “Freedom! Freedom!” The valleys in the night echoed and re-echoed, but the man was also stubborn； he was a
7、 freedom fighter.n但是鹦鹉仍然牢牢地用力抓着横木不放，于是他说：“怎么了？你疯 了吗？”他试图用手把鹦鹉弄出来，但是鹦鹉却开始啄他，同时大喊 ：“自由！自由！”深夜的山谷里荡起了一声又一声的回音，可是这个 人也一样地顽固，谁让他是个自由之士呢。nSome people insist that only today and tomorrow matter. But how much poorer we would be if we really lived by that rule! So much of what we do today is frivolous and fu
8、tile and soon forgotten. So much of what we hope to do tomorrow never happens.n有些人坚持认为只有今日和明日才是重要的，可是如果真 的照此生活，我们将是何其可怜！许多今日我们做的事徒 劳不足取的，很快就会被忘记。许多我们期待明天将要做 的事却从来没有发生过。nThe past is the bank in which we store our most valuable possession: the memories that give meaning and depth to our lives.n过去是一所银行
9、。我们将最可贵的财产-记忆珍藏其中。 记忆赐予我们生命的意义和深度。达州上门服务 http:/ qccnHe pulled the parrot out and threw him into the sky; and he was very satisfied, although his hand was hurt. The parrot had attacked him as forcefully as he could, but the man was immensely satisfied that he had made a soul free. He went to sleep.n他
10、把鹦鹉拽出来，扔向空中。他很满意，尽管他的手受伤了。虽然鹦 鹉全力地攻击他，但是他却心满意足，因为他使得一个灵魂自由了。 他便回去继续睡他的觉。nIn the morning, as the man was waking up, he heard the parrot shouting, “Freedom! Freedom!” He thought perhaps the parrot must be sitting on a tree or on a rock. But when he came out, the parrot was sitting in the cage. The door was open.n早上，他睡醒了，听见鹦鹉正在大喊：“自由！自由！”他想也许鹦鹉 正落在一棵树上或一块石头上呢。但当他出来的时候，鹦鹉正在笼子 里，笼门还开着。
