十三. A Competition of Lying

　　A certain old gentleman was very unhappy about modern education, and thought that young people didn’t know the difference between right and wrong.

　　One day he was taking a walk near the church when he saw some young boys standing around a small cat. The old gentlemen went up to the boys and asked them what was happening. One of the boys said to him“We're having a competition. We're telling lies, and the one who tells the biggest lie will keep the cat.”

　　The old gentleman thought this was a good chance to teach the boys a useful lesson, so he said to them,“I've never told a lie in my life." At once there was a great shout from all the boys, and they said,“You've won! The cat belongs to you!”

　　【漢語翻譯】

　　說謊比賽

　　某個(gè)(a certain)老年紳士(gentleman)對(duì)現(xiàn)代教育(modern education)頗為不滿(unhappy)，他認(rèn)為年輕人不知道是非(right and wrong)之間的差異(difference)。

　　有一天，他在教堂(church)附近散步(take a walk)時(shí)，看到一些小男孩圍著一只小貓(cat)。這位老紳士湊上前去問孩子們發(fā)生(happen)什么事了。有個(gè)男孩告訴他：“我們正在進(jìn)行一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽(competition)。我們?cè)诒荣愓f謊(tell ties)，誰說的謊最大，這只貓就是誰的。”

　　老紳士覺得這是教育孩子們的一個(gè)好機(jī)會(huì)。于是他就對(duì)孩子們說：“我這輩子從未說過謊話。”立刻(at once)所有孩子異口同聲地大喊(shout)：“你贏(win)了！這只貓屬于你了(The cat belongs to you)!”

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