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Last year there was an old pot with us who was so terrified by this talk that it fell down and dashe d itself to pieces, That market-basket is quite a radical, I can tell you!' "'You chatter too much, you do!' said the tinder box, and the steel struck the flint till it sparkled. 'Shall we have a cheerful afternoon now'!' "'Yes, let us talk about who is the most nobly born,' said the matches. "'No, I don't like talking about myself,' said the pot. 'Le t us have an entertainment. I'll begin. I'll tell about something which everyone has experienced; one can imagine one's self in similar circumstances, and that is such great fun. "By the Baltic Sea , where the Danish beeches grow-" "'That is a nice beginning,' said the plates, 'we know we shall like that story.' "'Yes, there I passed the days of my youth in a quiet fami ly; the furniture was waxed, the floor washed, and we had clean curtains every fortnight.' "'How interesting you make your story!' said the hearth-broom. 'One can hear at once that it is a lady wh o tells the tale; a vein of such refinement runs through it all.' "'Yes, one does feel that!' said the pail, and it took a little skip for pure joy, so that the floor creaked. | 而去年有一个老罐子被吓了一跳，跌下来摔得粉碎。我可以告诉你，菜篮子是一位喜欢乱讲话的家伙！』 「『你的话未免太多了一点，』火绒盒说着。这时一块铁在燧石上擦了一下，火星散发出来。 『我们不能让这个晚上愉快一些吗？』 「『对，我们还是来讨论一下谁是最高贵的吧！』柴火说。 「『不，我不喜欢谈论我自己！』罐子说。 『我们还是来开一个宴会吧！ 由我开始。 讲一个大家都经历过的故事，如此一来大家就可以享受它，这是很愉快的。 在波罗的海，在丹麦的山毛榉树林边──』 「『这是一个很美丽的开头！』所有的盘子同声地说：『这的确是我们喜欢的故事！』 「『是的，我就在这么一个详和的家庭里度过我的童年。家具都擦得很光亮，地板刷洗得很干净，窗帘每两星期换一次。』 「『你说故事的方式真有趣！』鸡毛撢子说。 「人们一听就知道，这是一个女人在说故事。整个故事中充满着干净的味道。」 「『是的，人们可以感觉到这一点。』水罐子说。她一时高兴跳了起来，把水洒了一地。 |
- chatter [´tʃætə]
vi.&n.饶舌；闲聊 (初中英语单词) - entertainment [,entə´teinmənt] n.招(款)待；联欢会 (初中英语单词)
- everyone [´evriwʌn] pron.=everybody 每人 (初中英语单词)
- radical [´rædikəl] a.根本的；主要的 (高中英语单词)
- experienced [ik´spiəriənst] a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)
- danish [´deiniʃ] a.&n.丹麦人(语)(的) (英语四级单词)
- refinement [ri´fainmənt] n.精炼；精制；文雅 (英语四级单词)
- baltic [´bɔ:ltik] a.波罗的海的 (英语六级单词)
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