时光老人和流浪汉 Father Time and the homeless man
shí guāng lǎo rén hé liú làng hàn 时光老人和流浪汉
yí gè liú làng hàn shāng xīn de kū zhe.
一个 流浪汉伤心 地哭着。
shí guāng lǎo rén wèn tā: “nǐ shì shuí? wèi shén me kū? ” liú làng hàn shuō: “wǒ shào nián shí dài wán bō li qiú , qīng nián shí dài wán zhǐ pái , zhōng nián shí dài dǎ má jiàng , xiàn zài wǒ shén me dōu méi yǒu. wǒ zhēn hòu huǐ !”
时光老人 问他:”你是谁?为什么哭?” 流浪汉说:“我 少年时代 玩 玻璃球 , 青年时代 玩 纸牌 , 中年时代打麻将 ,现在我什么都没有。我真 后悔 !”
shí guāng lǎo rén kàn tā hěn kě lián , shì tàn de wèn: “ jiǎ rú nǐ néng fǎn lǎo hái tóng ……”
时光老人看他很 可怜 , 试探 地问:” 假如 你能 返老还童 ……”
“fǎn lǎo hái tóng?” liú làng hàn kàn zhe lǎo rén shuō: ” jiǎ rú zài gěi wǒ yí gè qīng chūn , wǒ yí dìng zuò yí gè qín fèn hào xué de rén! ”
“返老还童? ” 流浪汉看着老人说:”假如再给我一个 青春 ,我一定做一个 勤奋好学 的人!”
“hǎo ba!” shí guāng lǎo rén shuō wán jiù xiāo shī le.
好吧!” 时光老人说完就 消失 了。
chī jīng de liú làng hàn dī tóu yí kàn, zì jǐ yǐ jīng biàn chéng yí gè shí suì de shào nián, jiān shàng hái bēi zhe shū bāo.
吃惊 的流浪汉低头一看,自己已经 变成 一个十岁的少年, 肩 上还背着书包。
tā xiǎng qǐ zì jǐ gāng cái shuō de huà, yú shì wǎng xué xiào de fāng xiàng zǒu qù. lù shang, tā kàn dào jǐ gè hái zi zhèng zài wán bō li qiú, tā yě jǐ jìn qù wán le qǐ lái. tā réng rán àn zhào yǐ qián de yàng zi shēng huó: wán zhǐ pái, dǎ má jiàng ……
他想起自己刚才说的话,于是往学校的方向走去。路上,他看到几个孩子正在玩玻璃球,他也 挤进去 玩了起来。他 仍然按照 以前的 样子 生活: 玩纸牌,打麻将……
dào le lǎo nián, tā yòu hòu huǐ de kū le qǐ lái. shí guāng lǎo rén yòu chū xiàn le. liú làng hàn qǐng qiú shí guāng lǎo rén zài gěi tā yí cì qīng chūn. tā shuō: “wǒ zuò le yí jiàn chǔn shì !”
到了老年,他又后悔地哭了起来。时光老人又 出现 了。流浪汉 请求 时光老人再给他一次青春。他说: “我做了一件 蠢事 !”
shí guāng lǎo rén lěng lěng de shuō: ” gěi nǐ zài duō de qīng chūn, nǐ yě bú huì dé dào zhēn zhèng de shēng mìng .”
时光老人冷冷地说:”给你再多的青春,你也不会得到 真正 的 生命 .”
children playing glass marbles
Vocabs:
liú làng hàn 流浪汉: homeless man
shāng xīn 伤心: sad
shí guāng lǎo rén 时光老人: Father Time (figuratively)
shào nián 少年: teen, young age (normally between 10-20 years old)
shí dài 时代: time, period, era
bō lí qiú 玻璃球: glass marble (玩玻璃球 is a popular game among children)
qīng nián 青年: youth, young age (normally between 20-35 years old)
zhǐ pái 纸牌: card (games)
zhōng nián 中年: mid-age
dǎ má jiàng 打麻将: to play Mahjong (a popular game among adults)
hòu huǐ 后悔: to regret
kě lián 可怜: pitiful
shì tàn 试探: tentatively (adv), to test (v.)
jiǎ rú 假如: if…
fǎn lǎo hái tóng 返老还童: to rejuvenate, be young again (literal: go back from old to young)
qīng chūn 青春: youth, young age
qín fèn hǎo xué 勤奋好学: hardworking
xiāo shī 消失: to disappear
chī jīng 吃惊: to be surprised
biàn chéng 变成: to turn into, to become
jiān 肩: shoulder
jǐ jìn qù 挤进去: to squeeze in
réng rán 仍然: still, the same
àn zhào 按照: according to, following
yàng zi 样子: style, manner
chū xiàn 出现: to appear
qǐng qiú 请求: to request, to ask for
chǔn shì 蠢事: silly thing
zhēn zhèng 真正: real, true
shēng mìng 生命: life
Show English Translation
“Be young again?” The homeless man looked at the Father Time and said: “if you could give me one more youth, I will definitely be a hardworking man!”
“OK.” Father time disappeared after saying this.
The surprised homeless man looked around. He himself had already become a ten-year old youngster, with a backpack on his shoulder.
He remembered the words he himself just said, then walked towards the direction of the school. On the way, he saw a few children playing glass marbles, so he squeezed in and started to play too. He still lived a life in the same way as before: playing cards, mahjong……
He reached the old age again. Again, he cried with regret. Father Time reappeared. He pleaded Father Time to give him one more youth. He said: “I did something stupid!”
Father Time said coldly: “No matter how many youths I give you, you’ll never get a real life.”
Homework:
1. 这个流浪汉为什么后悔地哭着?
2. 时光老人为什么说 “你不会得到真正的生命”?
English
playing mahjong