标题: 双语美文——地狱和天堂 [打印本页] 作者: Maggie363 时间: 2012-5-17 14:40 标题: 双语美文——地狱和天堂 A man died and was on his way to another world, either the Heaven or the hell. He saw an extremely magnificent palace half way and the owner of the palace asked him to stay and live in the palace。
有一个人死后，在去阎罗殿的路上，遇见一座金碧辉煌的宫殿。宫殿的主人请求他留下来居住。
The man said, "I have been working arduously during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work."
这个人说：“我在人世间辛辛苦苦地忙碌了一辈子，现在只想吃，想睡，我讨厌工作。”
The owner of the palace said, "If so, there is nowhere else better than here for you. There are a wealth of seafood and delicacies
in my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone stopping you. Moreover, you can rest assured that nothing needs to be done by you." Then, the man settled down in the palace。
At the beginning, the man felt very happy at the rotation of eating and sleeping. But gradually, he felt a bit lonely and void. So he went to the owner and groaned, "It is very tedious to live by just eating and sleeping every day. Now I show no interest in this kind of life any more. Could you help me find a job?"
The owner replied, "Sorry, there is no job here at all."
宫殿的主人答道：“对不起，我们这里从来就不曾有过工作。”
After another several months, the man could not bear the present life and went to the owner again, "I really could not stand this sort of life any more. If you do not offer me a job, I would prefer to go to the hell instead of living here."