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| The History of Prince Zeyn Alasnam and the Sultan of the Genii (1) There was a Sultan of Bussorah, prosperous and beloved. He had only one source of sorrow, that he was childless. He therefore gave large alms to the dervishes in his dominions, that might pray for the birth of a son. Their prayers were granted, and a son was born to him and his queen, the child was named Zeyn Alasnam, which means "Ornament of the Statues." While the Prince was still young, the good Sultan fell sick of an illness which all the skill of his physicians could not cure. Knowing that he must die, he sent for his son, and advised him to try to be loved rathe r than to be feared, to avoid flatterers and to be as slow in rewarding as in punishing. After his father's death, Prince Zeyn soon began to show that he was unfit to govern a kingdom. He gave way to all kinds of dissipation, conferred upon his young but evil mates the chief offices of the land, lost all the respect of his people, and emptied his treasury. | 奇异的神像。 从前有一个巴沙罗的君主，他生活富足而且受人爱戴。 他唯一悲哀的来源是没有儿子。 所以他全力的布施僧侣，希望他们为他作生子的祝祷。 结果他们的祝祷终于应验了，他和王后生了一个儿子，这孩子并被取名叫济恩．艾斯明──意即「神像之饰」。 当王子尚年幼之际，善良的君主得了大病，这病连他的医生们都治不好。 他知道自己必死无疑，就把儿子传唤过来，劝诫他说──宁愿使人敬爱，也不要使人惧怕；规避谀媚小人；且对于赏罚要耐心和缓的处理。 他父亲死后，济恩王子却开始在治国方面显现了他的不适任。 他放荡无度，而且把重要职务授与他的一些年轻不懂事的朋友，因此失去人民的爱戴，耗尽了他的国库。 |
- prince [´prins]
n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词) - prosperous [´prɔspərəs] a.繁荣的；顺利的 (初中英语单词)
- beloved [bi´lʌvd] a.为....所爱的 n.爱人 (初中英语单词)
- therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)
- illness [´ilnis] n.生病，不健康，疾病 (初中英语单词)
- knowing [´nəuiŋ] a.会意的，心照不宣的 (初中英语单词)
- govern [´gʌvən] v.统治；控制；指导 (初中英语单词)
- sultan [´sʌltən] n.苏丹 (高中英语单词)
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