(单词翻译:单击)
Passage 56 The Flower-bed's Secret
花坛的秘密
Part One
第一部分
Once there was an English prince. His name was Henry.
从前有位英国王子叫亨利。
Prince Henry liked to study languages, but smiles never came on his face.
亨利王子喜欢学习语言，但他的脸上从来没有笑容。
His father, the King, loved him dearly, and tried to make him happy in every possible way.
他的父亲即国王非常爱他，尽力用所有可能的方法让他快乐。
The King gave the boy a small horse, so that he might ride when he liked.
国王给这个男孩一匹小马，这样他乐意时就可以骑马。
The King also had a boat made for the Prince, so that he might sail on the lake.
国王还让人给王子造了一艘小船，这样他可以在湖上航行。
Yet the young Prince was not happy. One day the King had an interview with a man named Sir Arthur.
然而年轻的王子还是不快乐。有一天国王会见 一位亚瑟爵士。
Prince Henry was also there, with an unhappy face, as usual.
亨利王子也在那里，一副不开心的样子，和平时一样。
Sir Arthur turned to the King, and said; "I have a method to make Prince Henry happy, but you have to send him to the countryside."
亚瑟爵士转向国王，说，“我有一个方法可以让亨利王子快乐，但您必须送他去乡下。”
At first, the King refused, but Sir Arthur insisted on taking the Prince to the country, finally, the King agreed.
起初，国王拒绝了，但亚瑟爵士坚持带王子去乡下，最后，国王同意了。
Part Two
第二部分
Prince Henry and Sir Arthur went to Sir Arthur's house.
亨利王子和亚瑟爵士去了亚瑟爵士的家。
His big yard was divided into two parts-inside yard and outside yard, and the outside yard was a big garden with a flowerbed.
他的大院子被分成两部分——里院和外院，外院是一个有花坛的大花园。
Sir Arthur cancelled all his activities and stayed with the Prince at home.
亚瑟爵士取消他所有的活动，在家里陪着王子。
He told Henry, "Do you know my flowerbed can talk, and it has a secret." The prince thought it very strange.
他告诉亨利，“我的花坛会讲话，它有一个秘密。”王子觉得很奇怪。
Sir Arthur went on, "it tells the secret only to those who watch it every day. If you learn the secret, you will be happy every day in the year."
亚瑟爵士继续说道，“它只把秘密说给那些每天关注它的人。如果你知道了这个秘密，你会在这一年里每天都快乐。”
Prince Henry looked, but there was no flower, not even a leaf upon it.
亨利王子看着花坛，但上面没有花朵，甚至连一片树叶也没有。
Then he circled the flower-bed every day, even a storm came he didn't go inside, so he caught a cold and coughed badly.
然后，他每天围绕花坛转，即使暴风雨来临他也不进屋，结果他感冒了，咳嗽不止。
Many days passed--The flowerbed was wet, and the warm sun shone upon it.
许多天过去了……花坛被打湿了，然后温暖的太阳又照在上面。
At last, one fine morning, he saw tiny plants coming up.
终于，一个美好的早晨，他看到微小的植物长出来了。
Day after day he saw that these plants made lines, and that the lines formed some letters.
日复一日，他看到这些植物长成一条条线，然后这些植物线条构成一些字母。
He thought about the spelling and tried to translate them into his own language.
他思考着将这些字母拼写成单词，然后翻译成他自己的语言。
At last, he got it: DO SOME GOOD TO SOMEONE EVERY DAY.
终于，他明白了：每天为别人做点好事。
