一千零一夜建筑师拉尔夫

　　The Arabian Nights Entertainment is very interesting. One of them was a story about an outstanding architect named Ralph. He was good at arithmetic since childhood. And at the age of 20, his opportunity had arisen. The king asked him to design a palace roofed with an arch. On top of the arch, there would be an artificial arctic bear. It s architecture of great artistic value. The king and the architect arrived at the agreement without argument. Before Ralph finished his work, he saw the princess. Even a flower was not as beautiful as she. Once he saw her, he felt as if he were drunk. As to that, he hadn t thought of his social rank. Love was important for Ralph as well as for the princess. As for her, she felt as though Ralph were a member of her family. One evening, Ralph articulated his love to the princess. She arranged with him to meet at her bedroom. The next day, the princess aroused him just before dawn. But the arbitrary king had arrayed troops and he ordered the soldiers to arrest him. Luckily, the princess shot an arrow to stop them in time.

　　阿拉伯一千零一夜故事非常有趣。其中一个说的是关于建筑师拉尔夫的故事。他从小算术就很好。在他20岁那年，他的机会出现了。国王叫他设计一座屋顶是拱形的宫殿。拱形的顶部，又一只人造的北极熊。那是很有艺术价值的建筑。国王和建筑师没有争论地达成了协议。在拉尔夫完工之前，他见到了公主。花朵也不如她那样美丽。一见到她，拉尔夫就好象喝醉了酒似的。关于此，他并没有考虑自己的社会阶层。爱，除了拉尔夫之外，对公主也很重要。至于她来说，她觉的拉尔夫仿佛是她的一位亲人。一个晚上，拉尔夫向公主明确有力地表达了自己的爱。而她则安排他在卧室约会。第二天，公主天不亮就唤醒了他。但专断的国王已经排列好了军队，并下令士兵逮捕他。

　　Arabian n.阿拉伯人 a.阿拉伯(人)的

　　Arbitrary a.任意的，专断的

　　Arch n.拱门，弓形结构，桥拱洞 v.拱起，(使) ..变成弓形

　　Architect n.建筑师

　　Architecture n.建筑(式样，风格);建筑学

　　Arctic a.北极(区)的 n.北极，北极圈

　　Argument n.争论，辩论;论据，论点

　　Arise v.出现，发生;(from)由 ..引起，由 ..产生

　　Arithmetic n.算术

　　Arouse v.唤醒，唤起;激起，引起

　　Arrange v.整理，排列，布置;安排，筹备

　　Array n.一系列，大量;排列 v.排列

　　Arrest v.逮捕，拘留

　　Arrive at 达成，得出

　　Arrow n.箭，箭头(符号)，箭状物

　　Articulate a.善于表达的，口齿清晰的 v.明确有力地表达

　　Artificial a.人工的，人造的;人为的，矫揉造作的

　　Artistic a.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的

　　As .as 像 一样

　　As for 至于，就 方面说

　　As if 好像

　　As though 好像，仿佛

　　As to 至于，关于

　　As well as (除 .之外)也，既 .又

　　Not as/so.....as 不如 ..那样