LESSON 16 A KIND BROTHER 善良的哥哥

1.A boy was once sent from home to take a basket of things to his grandmother.

2.The basket was so full that it was very heavy.So his little brother went with him, to help carry the load.

3.They put a pole under the handle of the basket, and each then took hold of an end of the pole.In this way they could carry the basket very nicely.

4.Now the older boy thought, “My brother Tom does not know about this pole.”

5.“If I slip the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and mine light; but if the basket is in the middle of the pole, it will be as heavy for me as it is for him.”

6.“Tom does not know this as I do.But I will not do it.It would be wrong, and I will not do what is wrong.”

7.Then he slipped the basket quite near his own end of the pole.His load was now heavier than that of his little brother.

8.Yet he was happy; for he felt that he had done right.Had he deceived his brother, he would not have felt at all happy.

【中文阅读】

1.从前，父母叫哥哥给奶奶送一篮子东西。

2.篮子装得满满的，很重。于是，弟弟要跟哥哥一起去，帮着哥哥抬篮子。

3.他们把一根竿子放到篮子的把手下，两人各抬竿子的一端。这样，他们就能很轻松地抬起篮子。

4.这时，哥哥想：“我弟弟汤姆不懂得这根竿子的作用。”

5.“如果我把篮子滑得离他近一些，他那端就会重一些，我这端就会轻一些。但如果篮子在中间，两端就一样重。”

6.“虽然汤姆不懂得这个道理，但我不能这么做。这么做是错误的，我不能做错误的事。”

7.然后，哥哥把篮子滑得离自己这端近些。他抬的这端比他弟弟那端重多了。

8.但哥哥却非常高兴，因为他觉得自己做的对。如果他欺骗了弟弟，他将会感到不快乐。