用英语写一篇《皇帝的新装》的故事,并翻译
Long, long time ago, there lived a very fancy king. The king changed his clothes 12 times a day. He really liked to show off to his subjects. "My clothes are the best in the world."
One day, two tailors planned a trick. "Why don't we teach that stupid and extravagant king a lesson. He doesn't even worry about his starving people." "That's right! He thinks he's the best."
The two men went to see the king. "Oh, the world's most marvelous king! We have brought the most beautiful cloth in the whole world." "However, not everyone is able to see the cloth. Those that tell lies and have bad hearts are not able to see this fine cloth."
After the king heard those words, he became very interested. "Could there really be such a cloth? If I can make clothes out of those cloths, my clothes will be the best in the whole world. Hurry and show me the cloth." The king began to get more and more greedy.
The tailors pretended that the cloth was real, as they showed it to the king. The king and the fine-spoken subjects could not see anything before them. But, none of them could show that they could not see it.
The king and his fine-spoken subjects just looked at each other. Then, the tailor quickly spoke in a arrogant manner. "Well, is there no honest man here? How can you look at this beautiful cloth and not praise it." Among the subjects, one of them made a flattering comment out loud. "Wow! This is the first time that I have seen such a wonderful cloth." All the subjects tried to be the first to praise the cloth. Then, the king was amazed with the beauty of the cloth, too.
The king gave the money and ordered them to make his clothes. For several days, the tailors pretended to be making the clothes. The king became worried and told one of his subjects to go and see how the clothes was coming along.
The subject could not say how much the clothes had been completed. As hard as he looked, he could not see it. But, he could not say that he was unable to see it. Instead, he pretended to be amazed at how beautiful it was coming along.
A few days later, the tailors came back with the King's clothes. "Here you are, try on this clothes." The king was not able to honestly say that he could not see the clothes. He, too, pretended to look over it.
One man said, "Your majesty, lets go and show off this finest clothes in the world." The subjects all agreed at the same time. "Yes, that is a good idea."
The king walked out to the street very proudly and walked with pride. All the people in the land came out to see the king's new clothes. They were all surprised, though.
Just then, a little girl shouted out, "Our king is naked!" Then everyone said,"He's naked, he's naked!"
The king now realized the truth. However, with only his undergarments on, he still walked in a dignified manner. Even though he was embarrassed, he could not stop walking. Why not? Because he was the king.
翻译
很久很久以前,有一位非常漂亮的国王。国王一天换12次衣服。他真的很喜欢向他的臣民炫耀。“我的衣服是世界上最好的。”
一天,两个裁缝策划了一个恶作剧。“为什么我们不给那个愚蠢而奢侈的国王一个教训。他甚至不担心他的人民挨饿。”“没错!他认为自己是最好的。”
这两个人去见国王。“哦,世界上最神奇的国王!我们带来了全世界最美丽的布料。”“但是,不是每个人都能看到布料。那些说谎和心怀恶意的人看不到这块漂亮的布料。”
国王听到这些话后,变得非常感兴趣。“真的会有这样的布吗?如果我能用这些布做衣服,我的衣服将是世界上最好的。快把布给我看看。”国王开始变得越来越贪婪。
裁缝们向国王展示这块布时,假装它是真的。国王和说话流利的臣民在他们面前什么也看不见。但是,他们没有一个人能证明他们看不见它。
国王和他说话流利的臣民只是互相看着。然后,裁缝很快傲慢地说。“好吧,这里没有诚实的人吗?你怎么能看着这件漂亮的衣服而不赞美它呢?”其中一个被调查者大声说了一句奉承的话。“哇!这是我第一次看到这么漂亮的布料。”所有的受试者都争先恐后地称赞这块布料。然后,国王也对布料的美丽感到惊讶。
国王给了钱,命令他们给他做衣服。几天来,裁缝们假装在做衣服。国王开始担心,并告诉他的一个臣民去看看衣服是怎么回事。
受试者无法说出这些衣服完成了多少。尽管他使劲看,他还是看不见。但是,他不能说他看不见它。相反,他假装惊讶于它是多么美丽。
几天后,裁缝带着国王的衣服回来了。“给你,试试这件衣服。”国王不能诚实地说他看不见衣服。他也假装看了看。
一个人说:“陛下,让我们去炫耀一下这世界上最好的衣服。”所有的臣民都同时表示同意。“是的,这是个好主意。”
国王非常自豪地走到街上,骄傲地走着。全国人民都出来看国王的新衣。不过,他们都很惊讶。
就在这时,一个小女孩喊道:“我们的国王是裸体的!”然后每个人都说,“他是裸体的,他是裸体的!”
国王现在意识到了真相。不过,他只穿了内衣,走路还是很端庄。尽管他很尴尬,他还是不能停止走路。为什么不呢?因为他是国王。