2019.05.15

成語故事之一

貪得無厭(Insatiable)

楔子：

  最近讀英文故事，嘗試練習中翻英；但是寶珠說：你應該練習英翻中，否則你還是中文思考。

  想想也是，嘗試翻譯成語故事，雖然還是參考資源，不過很認真地試著翻譯，再糾正比對，今天是第一篇：貪得無厭(Insatiable)。

  很有趣，也是心得寫照，在學習英文路徑上，我應該貪心一點，否則無法進步，時間是不會等我的，(自我惕勵)。

1. Insatiable

One day a man walking on the road met a celestial, who happened to be an old friend of his.

Seeing that his life was hard, the celestial pointed with his finger at a brick on the roadside, which turned into a gold brick at once. And he gave it to the man.

But the man was not satisfied. The celestial point again with his finger at a large stone lion at the gate, which at once turned into a golden lion. And he gave it to him too. But the man still complained it was not enough.  

The celestial asked him:”My friend, how much will be enough for you? What should I do to satisfy you?”

The man hummed and hawed and said:”I want your finger.”

1.貪得無厭

一天，有個人走在路上遇到一個神仙。原來，這個神仙還是他的老朋友呢。

神仙看到他生活很困難，就用手指朝路邊的一塊磚頭一指，磚頭立即變成了金磚。神仙把金磚送給了他。

他並不滿足。神仙又把手指一指，門前的一尊大石獅馬上變成了一尊金獅，也送給了他。可是他仍舊嫌少。

神仙問他:“朋友，你要多少才能滿足?我怎麼做你才滿意?”

他支支吾吾地說:“我想要你的這個手指頭!”

成語故事(Chinese translate to English)