1. A small boy lay flat on his stomach in the royal garden of the King of Hawaii. Looking into the water and very excited, young Austin Strong saw shapes of double-tailed goldfish- a recent gift from the Emperor of Japan to His Oceanic Majesty, King Kalakaua. Austin lowered a bent pin attached to a piece of string.2 _; w+ X3 ^; p
1、一个小男孩趴在夏威夷国王的皇家花园的地上，小奥斯汀·斯特朗非常激动地望着水里，因为他看到了形状各异的双尾金鱼，它是日本天皇送给夏威夷国王陛下卡拉卡瓦的一个新礼物。奥斯汀放下一个细绳系住的弯针。
) m" p2 N& M' r 2. A few minutes later he ran from the park, a royal goldfish flopping inside the crown of his straw hat. But on the road he heard a horse and carriage. It stopped. He was caught.
B/ ^( [$ G+ k, [# v7 n* m. x 2、几分钟后他从公园里跑出来，一条宝贵的金鱼躺在他的草帽壳里。但是，他听到了路上有马车的声音。马车停下来，他被抓住了。
; k1 y1 Y, @9 g 3. The frightened boy was led to the carriage. In it was King Kalakaua himself. Austin told of his crime. He had stolen the fancy goldfish.0 Y4 b- i! s3 T) n m& d) P
3、受惊的孩子被领到马车前。在马车里的是卡拉卡瓦国王本人。奥斯汀承认了自己的罪过，他偷了奇异的金鱼。2 m# x0 B. d1 M' `* h3 X) Q
4. Austin expected to be shot on the spot. Instead, the king sent a runner for fresh water. Placing the fish in the bowl, he presented it to the boy and took them home. The next day came an envelope with the royal seal. Inside was a letter signed by King Kalakaua giving Austin the right to fish in the royal park for the rest of his life.
- V. S. F/ f- ^" ^& S5 ^4 ` 4、奥斯汀预料自己会被当场枪毙。然而，国王派了个快腿的人去取来新鲜水，然后把金鱼放在碗里，把它送给了那个男孩并把他们送回家。第二天奥斯汀收到一件用皇家印记密封的信封。里面是卡拉卡瓦国王签署信，他授予奥斯汀可以终身在皇家花园钓鱼的权利。
; }; f/ s7 l6 ~: [5 D4 k 5. Today fish collecting is still an exciting hobby in the Unite States. More the 20 million Americans own pet fish. Some raise plain or fancy goldfish, some collect fish found nearby. But the majority stock their tanks with "tropicals"-guppies and gouramies, bettas and angelfish, or others of the more than 150 kinds.- V3 U# y. z4 R
5、在今天的美国，养鱼依然是一种激动人心的爱好。有超过两千万的美国人拥有自己的观赏鱼。一些人养普通或者奇特的金鱼，一些人喂养在附近捕到的鱼。但是，鱼缸中最主要的品种是“热带鱼”—虹鳉和丝足鱼，贝塔和天使鱼，或者其它什么鱼，超过一百五十种。$ X4 r$ i2 {/ S! i- _: B
6. Fish collectors pay from 19 cents for a guppy to $100 or more for hard-to-breed fish. They subscribe to such magazines as The Aquarium, and join clubs. They also spend more than a million dollars a year for fish, tanks, planes(应为plants), sand, shells, food and gadgets for heating and cleaning aquariums.
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6、养鱼爱好者可以为虹鳉支付19美分，也可能为某种难以繁殖的鱼付一百多美元。他们订阅诸如“水族馆”这样的杂志，并且加入俱乐部。他们一年花费超过一百万美元，用于鱼、鱼缸、水草、沙子、贝壳、鱼食，以及用于加热和清洁鱼缸的器具。. m% l) a/ s' V$ t& z2 l+ b/ i) I1 o
7.Collecting tropical fish dates back to World War Ⅱ in this country. But raising of pet fish goes back to the early days of the Sung Dynasty in China, about 900 A.D., when they were raised in small bottles as house pets.
' x) _8 s+ |8 _ s o S# i- }( o 7、在(美国)这个国家里，收养热带鱼的习惯可以追溯到第二次世界大战。但是，人们饲养观赏鱼可以追溯到中国宋朝早期，大约公元900年左右。当时，观赏鱼作为家庭宠物饲养在小瓶子里。1 K5 \+ M; r8 G. l" s, Y- o
8. They chose a small member of carp family, Carassius auratus, better known as the goldfish. From them they obtained different shaped and colored fish. There developed more than 100 beautiful kinds with such names as Falling Flowers, Seven Stars, Eight Melon Seeds, Piled-up-Gold, As Europeans began to go the Far East in numbers during the 17th century, it happened that they too grew to like the little carp. A jar-full of goldfish was then taken on a long sea trip back to London in 1665.By the late 18th century the fish were widely popular in England and soon the goldfish bowl was seen in many homes." z0 f' Q4 d/ n
8、人们选择了鲤鱼族的一个小成员，CARASSIUSAURATUS,如同金鱼一样很早就被人所熟识了。从它开始，久而久之，人们获得了种种不同外形和色彩的观赏鱼。观赏鱼种类扩展到一百个美丽的品种，它们有的带着奇特的名字：落花、七星、八颗瓜子、黄金细毛等等。十七世纪，大批的欧洲人开始去远东，奇怪的是他们也开始喜欢这种小鲤鱼。于是在1665年，一个装满了金鱼的坛子经过漫长的海上旅行被带到伦敦。到18世纪晚期，在英国喂养这种金鱼已经很流行，在许多家庭都能看到金鱼碗。 |
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