【必克故事会】孤独的老人的故事(中英双语)Hewasalittle,wrinkled,allskinandbones,oldmanandlivedallalone.Nooneknewmuchabouthim.Onedayhegotabadcoldandhecalledforadoctor.Whilethedoctorwasexaminingtheoldman,heasked,"Haven'tyouatrendwhocouldcomeintolookafteryou?""No,Ihavenofriends--neverhadany."theoldmanreplied."Whatyou'velivedinthisvillageallyourlifeandneverhadafriend!"..."Well,IamnotashamedtosaythatIampassedsixty-fouryearsbutInevermetanyoneIcouldcallafriendforlong.Ifitisn'tonethingwrongwiththem,it'sanother""Come,comeourvillageheadmart,Mr.Li,willsurelycometoyouraidifheknowsyouaresickIamsureyoutooknowhim."Ofcourse,Iknowhim,"repliedtheoldman,"butheissuchaboretohearhimtalk,you'dimaginetheworldhadnothinginitbuthiswheatfieldandhowwonderfulandhealthyhispigsare.""ThenwhataboutMr.Mawholivesdowntheroad?""Amoreselfishfellowlevercameacross,thoughadmithehasgotaheadonhim.Hehastraveledandreadmanybooksandhe'smightyinterestingtotalkto.Heusedtocomeinherealotatonetime.Buthewouldcomeonlywhenhefeltlikedoingsoandhewouldstayawayforlongperiodsoftime.Idon'tcallthatneighborly."Thedoctorlaughed."Youcan'tbringupanythingagainstMr.Zhou?Everyoneloveshim.""You'reright,"agreedtheoldman."ZhouwouldliveonmydoorstepifIlethimHe'sabitofawitandrattlinggoodcompany,buthisnoisytonguemakesmypoorheadache.""I'mafraidyouseesomuchofyourneighbor'sfailingsthatyou'reblindtotheirvirtues.You'reahardnuttocrack,oldmanyanyway,pleasecallmeifyouneedme.AsadoctorIwillattendtoyouregardlesswhetheryoulikemeornot"Thedoctorremarkedashetookuphisbagandhattoleave.Thedoorbangedandnotawordof"thankyou"washeard.他是一个小老头,皮肤皱缩,瘦得皮包骨头,自己一个人住。大家对他都不太了解,有一天,他得了重感冒,请了医生过来。给老人检查时,医生问:“你没有朋友来照看你吗?”“没有,我没有朋友——一直都没有。”老人回答。“什么!你在村子里住了一辈子,居然从未有过一个朋友!”“活了64年却没有遇到一个值得长久交往的朋友,我没有什么不好意思地。他们不是这差。就是那差。”“好啦,好啦!假如我们地村长李先生知道你病了,一定会来帮你地。你一定知道他吧。”“没错,我认识他,”老人回答,“不过,他这个人很讨厌,跟他说话。你会觉得世界上除了他的麦田和他那壮实、健康的猪,就没有别的东西了。”“那么在这条街上住的马先生如何呢?”“虽然我承认他有点儿聪明,可他是我见过的最自私地家伙。他四处旅行。读过很多书,和他聊天会非常有意思。有一段时间,他经常来我这里。不过。他想来地时候才会来,并且会一连好长时间都不出现。我可不喜欢他这样的邻居。”医生只好笑了笑:“你说什么也不能找出周先生地毛病吧?所有人都喜欢他。”“你说地没错,”老人表示认可,“假如我愿意。周先生会与我住得很近。他很聪明,是个很好的伴儿。可他说起话来地声音吵得我头疼。”“恐怕是你太注重邻居们地缺点而忽略了他们的优点。老先生,给您服务可真难!无论如何,假如需要我地时候,你就叫我。身为一名医生。无论你喜不喜欢我。我都会照看你的!”医生说着就拿起帽子离开了。门“嘣”的一声就关上了,老人连一句“谢谢”都没说。原文来自必克英语http://bbs.spiiker.com/topic-12284.html