Tales From The Thousand And One Nights词汇提示1.glassware 玻璃器皿2.sumptuous 豪华的3.wounds 伤口4.cellar 地窖5.bait 诱饵6.witch 巫婆7.hoax 骗局原文Story 18: The Barber's Tale of His Fifth BrotherThe Barber told the Caliph the tale of his fifth brother Al-Nashshar.His nickname was the Babbler.Both of his ears were cut off.The Barber told the Caliph that when their father died, he left the brothers 700 dirhams to share.The fifth brother did not know what to do with his share so he bought 100 dirhams worth of glassware.He planned to sell them for a profit, and use the profit to buy more items to sell.The brother sat on a bench at the foot of a wall, and put his glassware on display.He daydreamed in detail about how he would gain riches.He thought to himself in detail, "I will buy merchandise and jewels, I will buy a house and slaves, I will marry the daughters of Kings and Wazirs."He imagined how he would even ignore his wife on their wedding night, showing how important he was.She would beg for his attention saying, "Oh! Look at me my husband, heal my broken spirit."In his deep daydream he kicked his foot up and knocked over all of his glassware.Everything broke.He was left with nothing.He cried and hid his face.A beautiful lady was passing by and took pity on him.She gave him 500 dirhams.When he was home later that evening, an old lady knocked on his door.She asked him if she could enter his home to wash and prepare herself for prayer.When she was about to leave, he offered her 2 dirhams.She said, "I am not a beggar. I don't need it"She said she was servant of the rich lady who had had given him money earlier that day.She invited him to come and meet the beautiful and wealthy lady.She said that he should bring all of his gold and riches with him to make a good impression.He entered a large room, with wonderful carpets and curtains.The young lady met him, wearing sumptuous clothes. She sat and talked with him before saying, "Stay here, I will be right back."Next a large black slave entered, who questioned why he was there, and whipped and beat him.After he finished beating him, he asked, "Where is the salt girl?"A servant girl who held a large tray of salt came in.The slave girl rubbed the salt into my brother's wounds.He called for "cellar-guardian", She had him tossed into a cellar full of dead bodies.After two days, he was able to move and was able to sneak away.He followed the old lady and saw how she tricked one man after another, in the same way he was tricked.He disguised himself as rich Persian and asked her, with a foreign accent, "I'ma stranger to this city. Do you know where I can weigh my 1,100 dinars?"She took the bait and invited him to her home, where the young lady and slave were waiting.When the large black slave came, he grabbed his sword and killed him.He then called out, "Salt girl, where are you?"When she came, he took the sword and killed her, too.He called out, "Cellar-guardian, where are you?"When the old lady came, my brother said, "Do you know who I am, you old witch?"She said that she did not know him.He told her who he was and about the 500 gold pieces.She pleaded for her life.He took the sword and killed her.He found the young lady and she begged for her life.He asked her why she did such deceptive things?She said that she was tricked by the old lady and the slave, too.She told my brother that for three years she was forced to be part of their game and tricks.He believed her and asked her, "Is there anything valuable in this house?"She said yes, but it was so much that he would need ten men to carry it out.So,he hired help and when he returned, the girl was gone and nothing was left in the house.He knew then he was a victim of her hoax.He stayed at the house, but the next morning 20 soldiers came saying, "The Governor wants you!"He offered them money but they refused.They grabbed him and took him to the Governor.He told the Governor everything that happened to him.The Governor showed him mercy and said, "Leave this city or I will hang you."When my brother was travelling outside of the city he was attacked by thieves and they cut off his ears.The barber told the Caliph that when he heard this story, about his brother, he found his brother and secretly took care of him.翻译故事十八:理发师关于他第五个兄弟的故事理发师给哈里发讲了他第五个哥哥阿尔-纳什沙的故事。他的外号叫胡言乱语者。他的两只耳朵都被割掉了。理发师告诉哈里发，当他们的父亲去世时，他留给兄弟们七百迪拉姆分享。老五不知道该拿那份钱怎么办，就买了价值一百迪拉姆的玻璃器皿。他打算把它们卖掉赚钱，然后用赚来的钱买更多的东西来卖。哥哥坐在墙脚边的长凳上，把他的玻璃器皿拿出来展示。他详细地做着如何发财的白日梦。他仔细地想:“我要买商品和珠宝，买房子和奴隶，娶国王和高官的女儿。”...
