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1、洛基英语www.englishvip.com/xinwen1.htm英语民间故事SeekingHerHusbandattheGreatWall SeekingHerHusbandattheGreatWall Alittleovertwohundredyearsbeforeourera,thefirstemperoroftheChindynastyascendedthethroneunderthenameofShihHuang.Thisemperorwasverycrueltowardshissubj
2、ects,forcingpeoplefromeverypartofthecountrytocomeandbuildtheGreatWalltoprotecthisempire.Workneverstopped,dayornight,withthepeoplecarryingheavyloadsofearthandbricksundertheoverseers'whips,lashes,andcurses.Theyreceivedverylittlefood;theclothestheyworeweret
3、hreadbare.Soitwasscarcelytobewonderedatthatlargenumbersofthemdiedeveryday. Therewasayoungman,namedWanHsi-liang,amongthosewhohadbeenpressedintotheserviceofbuildingEmperorShihHuang'sGreatWall.ThisWanHsi-lianghadabeautifulandvirtuouswife,whosenamewasMengCh
4、iang-nu.Foralong,longtimeafterherhusbandwasforcedtoleaveher,MengChiang-nuhadnonewsofhim,anditsaddenedhertothinkwhathemustbesuffering,toilingfortheaccursedemperor.Herhatredofthewickedrulergrewapacewithherlongingforthehusbandhehadtornfromherside.Onespring,
5、whentheflowerswereinbloomandthetreesbudding,whenthegrasswasalushgreen,andtheswallowswereflyinginpairsinthesky,hersorrowseemedtodeepenasshewalkedinthefields,soshesang: InMarchthepeachisblossom-dressed; Swallows,mating,buildtheirnest. Twobytwotheygailyf
6、ly.... Leftallalone,howsadamI! Butevenwhenautumncameround,therestillwasnonewsaboutWanHsi-liang.ItwasrumoredthattheGreatWallwasinbuildingsomewherewayupnorthwhereitwassocoldthatonewouldhardlydarestickone'shandsoutofone'ssleeves.WhenMengChiang-nuheardthis
7、,shehurriedlymadecotton-paddedclothesandshoesforherhusband.ButwhoshouldtakethesetohimwhenitwassuchalongwaytotheGreatWall?Ponderingthematteroverandover,shefinallydecidedshewouldtaketheclothesandshoestoWanHsi-liangherself. Itwasrathercoldwhenshestartedout
8、.Theleaveshadfallenfromthetreesand,astheharvesthadbeengatheredin,thefieldswereemptyandforlornlydismal.ItwasverylonelyforMengChiang-nutowalkallbyherself,especiallysinceshe洛基英语www.englishvip.com/xinwen1.htm洛基英语www.englishvip
