LESSON 61

THE BROKEN WINDOW (CONCLUDED)

打破的窗户（结束篇）

merchant honestly rang mind
partner without rich bell

  1. George started off, and felt much happier for having made up his mind to do what was right.

  2. He rang the doorbell. When the man came out, George said, "Sir, I threw a snowball through your window. But I did not intend to do it. I am very sorry, and wish to pay you. Here is the dollar my father gave me as a New-year gift."

  3. The gentleman took the dollar, and asked George if he had no more money. George said he had not. "Well," said he, "this will do."

  4. So, after asking George his name, and where he lived, he called him an honest boy, and shut the door.

  5. George went home at dinner time, with a face as rosy, and eyes as bright, as if nothing had gone wrong. At dinner, Mr. Ellet asked him what he had bought with his money.

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  1. George very honestly told him all about the broken window, and said he felt very well without any money to spend.

  2. When dinner was over, Mr. Ellet told George to go and look in his cap. He did so, and found two silver dollars there.

  3. The man, whose window had been broken, had been there, and told Mr. Ellet about it. He gave back George's dollar and another besides.

  4. A short time after this, the man came and told Mr. Ellet that he wanted a good boy to stay in his store.

  5. As soon as George left school, he went to live with this man, who was a rich merchant. In a few years he became the merchant's partner.

【中文阅读】

1．乔治上路了，他为自己做出正确的决定而感到更开心。

2．他按响门铃。当里面的人走出来后，乔治说：“先生，我扔雪球时打碎了您的窗户，但我不是有意做的。我很抱歉，希望可以赔偿您。这是我爸爸给我的钱，是我的新年礼物。”

3．那位先生接过钱，问乔治是否没有更多的钱了。乔治回答说他没有了。“那好吧。”他说，“这就够了。”

4．就这样，在询问完乔治的名字和住址之后，他夸奖乔治是个诚实的男孩，然后关上了门。

5．乔治在晚餐时间回到了家，脸上红润光泽，眼睛明亮有神，就像什么错都没犯过。晚饭时，艾略特先生问他用自己的钱买到了什么。

6．乔治非常诚实地把他打破窗户的事告诉了爸爸，然后说他虽然没有花钱买到东西，却感觉好极了。

7．晚饭结束后，艾略特先生叫乔治去看看他的帽子里有什么。乔治照做了，他在那儿发现了两枚银币。

8．那个被打破窗户的人来过他家了，告诉了艾略特先生乔治打破窗户的事。他退还了乔治的那枚银币，并且又另外给了一枚。

9．过了一小会儿，这个人来告诉艾略特先生，他需要一个好男孩到他的商店工作。

10．乔治从学校毕业后，就去和这个人一起生活，原来他是一个很有钱的商人。几年以后，乔治成为了这位富商的合伙人。