中英文本

88.Always Struggling
88.闲不住的人
Martin's traveling from door to door had finally paid off.
马丁从一处至另一处的旅行终于有了好的结果。
He had found a framed poster worth millions in an old farm house in the middle of the country.
他在国家中部一座古老的农庄住宅里找到了一个价值数百万的装在镜框里的海报。
It had been passed down from generation to generation, but its current owners had no idea what it was worth.
这张海报世代相传，可它现在的主人不知道它值多少钱。
They just wanted to be free of what they thought was a piece of junk!
他们只想摆脱这件他们眼中的垃圾！
And they were happy to practically give it to Martin!
他们几乎是高高兴兴地把它白送了马丁！
Martin was free and easy!
马丁倒也随便！
No papers to sign, no lawyers to take a cut!
不用签署文件、不用律师调解！

Now he would live the good life!
现在马丁可以过好日子啦！
No more searching from far and near for fresh fields and pastures new to conquer!
不用从四面八方寻找新领域、好地方来征服了！
No more being frightened away from people's houses by growling dogs!
不再被别人家狂吠的狗吓跑了！
No more freezing up when some crazy farmer pointed a gun at him!
不用被某个疯狂的乡下佬拿枪指着而吓傻了！
No, those days were over.
不，那些日子已经过去了。
They formed a part of his past, and he would forgive and forget all of it.
那些是他过去经历的一部分，他会不念旧恶。
Now he could live like a rich man!
如今他可以像有钱人一样生活了！
Formed from a life of constant struggle, Martin finally took a day off!
经过这么长时间的疲于奔命，马丁终于要歇一天了！
The time was wonderful! He relaxed; free from any worries and freed up all obligations!
休息的感觉真好。他彻底放松了一回！不仅没有了任何烦恼，而且无拘无束，逍遥自在！
When he met other rich people, however, his heart froze over!
可是，当他碰到其他有钱人的时候，他的心变得冷淡起来！
They had inherited their wealth while he had earned his by his own hard efforts!
他们的财富是继承来的，而他的财富却是靠自己吃苦耐劳挣来的！
Who cared if their land was full of valuable fossil fuels, Martin thought, they didn't deserve anything.
谁会在乎他们的土地下面是否藏着值钱的矿物燃料？马丁想，他们不该得到任何东西。
And so Martin began plotting a way to make their lives miserable.
因此马丁开始想办法让他们的生活变得痛苦起来。
He couldn't leave well enough alone; he just had to find something else to struggle against!
他不能就这样维持现状，他得重新找点事情做做！

重点讲解

1.forgive and forget 不念旧恶
例句：If we try to forgive and forget.
如果我们试图原谅和忘记。
2.form a part of 成为…的一部分
例句：The wall forms a part of the house.
这面墙是这个房子的一部分。
3.fossil fuels 矿物燃料
例句：Fossil fuels, though, are only a part of the larger energy mix.
然而，化石燃料仅仅是大部分能量混合中的一部分。
4.framed poster 装在镜框里的海报扩告
例句：I want this poster framed and hung in my house.
我想这海报框子挂在我的家里。
5.free and easy 无拘无束的,不拘礼节的
例句：But he was so free and easy with the money it was all gone in a year.
可是，他在钱的问题上实在很随便，一年内这笔钱就没有了。
6.free from 摆脱了…的
例句：Why should anaction become free from one moment to the next simply because wereflect upon it?
为什么一个行动从这一刻到下一刻变成自由的仅仅是因为我们想到了它？