美國語文第四冊 第02期：堅持不懈（02）
"I won't try any more," replied he, rather sullenly. It is of no use, you see.
“我不想再試了”，他回答道，“你看到了，這根本沒用。”
The kite won't fly, and I don't want to be plagued with it any longer.
風箏飛不起來，我可再也不想讓它折磨我了。
Oh, fie, my little man!
得了，我的小男子漢！
would you give up the sport, after all the pains we have taken both to make and to fly the kite?
之前我們費了那么大勁做風箏、放風箏，難道你想放棄了？
A few disappointments ought not to discourage us.
我們不應該被一點小小的挫折弄得灰心喪氣。
Come, I have wound up your string, and now try again.
來吧，我給你繞好風箏線，現在再來試一次。
And he did try, and succeeded, for the kite was carried upward on the breeze as lightly as a feather;
他的確又試了一次，這一次成功了，風箏像一片羽毛一樣輕盈地被風吹著飛上了天空。
and when the string was all out, John stood in great delight, holding fast the stick and gazing on the kite,
當線都用完了，約翰站在那兒興高采烈地凝望著風箏，手里緊緊攥著風箏桿。
which now seemed like a little white speck in the blue sky.
這時，風箏在蔚藍的天空下看上去就像一張小小的白紙片。
Look, look, aunt, how high it flies! and it pulls like a team of horses, so that I can hardly hold it.
“姨媽，快看，快看，它飛得多高啊！感覺像有一群馬在拉繩子，我都快拽不住了。
I wish I had a mile of string: I am sure it would go to the end of it.
我多希望繩子有一英里那么長啊，我相信即使那么長，我的風箏也能飛到頭。
After enjoying the sight as long as he pleased, little John proceeded to roll up the string slowly;
直到他欣賞夠了，小約翰才開始慢慢地收回風箏線。
and when the kite fell, he took it up with great glee, saying that it was not at all hurt, and that it had behaved very well.
風箏一落地，他就滿心歡喜地撿了起來，說它毫發(fā)未損，剛才的表現棒極了。
Shall we come out to-morrow, aunt, after lessons, and try again?
姨媽，我們明天下課后還可以出來玩兒嗎？還可以再來一次嗎？
"I have no objection, my dear, if the weather is fine.
親愛的，只要天氣好，我沒有任何意見。
And now, as we walk home, tell me what you have learned from your morning's sport.
現在我們回家。邊走邊告訴我，你從上午的戶外活動中學到些什么。
"I have learned to fly my kite properly. ""You may thank aunt for it, brother," said Lucy,
“我學會了用正確的方法放風箏。”“弟弟，你可得感謝姨媽，”露西說道，
for you would have given it up long ago, if she had not persuaded you to try again.
要不是姨媽一再勸你再試一次，你肯定早就放棄了。
Yes, dear children, I wish to teach you the value of perseverance, even when nothing more depends upon it than the flying of a kite.
沒錯，孩子們，盡管還有很多事比放風箏更需要堅持不懈的精神，但我希望能夠通過這件事教給你們這種精神的意義所在。
Whenever you fail in your attempts to do any good thing, let your motto be, try again.
以后每當你在遇到挫折時，給自己的座右銘應該是——再試一次。
