267、英语小故事（英汉对照）“一颗坚果和两个男孩”

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Two little boys were playing together. One little boy saw a nut on the ground. Before he could pick it the other boy took it.

两个小男孩在一起玩。一个小男孩发现地上有颗坚果。还没等他去捡，另一个男孩就抢先拾起了坚果。

The first boy demanded, “Give me the nut. It’s mine. I only saw it first.”

第一个男孩说：“把坚果给我。我先看到的，所以是我的。”

The other boy replied, “It’s mine. I only took it.”

另一个男孩却说：“我先拿到的，所以是我的。”

This led to a quarrel（争吵） between these two little boys. Just then a tall boy came that way. Upon seeing the quarrel between the boys, he said, “Give me the nut and I’ll settle your quarrel.”

两个小男孩就这样吵了起来。就在这时，一个高个子男孩走了过来。看到他们争吵不休，他说：“把坚果给我，我能让你们停止争吵。”

He split the nut into two parts. He took out the fruit seed（果仁）. He gave one half-shell to one boy and the other half-shell to the other. He put the fruit seed into his mouth and said, “This is for settling your quarrel.”

他把坚果掰成两半，拿出里面的果仁。他给了两个男孩一人半个果壳，再把果仁放进自己的嘴里，说道：“这样你们就不用争吵了。”

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。