英语故事：瞎子点灯

1.Once upon a time there lived a blind man in a village. He had been blind in both eyes for many years.
从前一个村子里住着一个瞎子,他双目失明已有许多年了。

2.He lived a happy life because he got on well with his neighbors and they often helped him.

他生活得很好,因为他与邻居们相处融洽,他们常常照顾他。

3.It was New Year’s eve. All the people celebrated the Spring Festival joyfully.
大年三十,人们欢度新春佳节。

4.The blind man was steaming jiaozi at home.
瞎子在家蒸饺子。

5.After a while,he finished the work.
很快,他蒸好了饺子。

6.A bowl of jiaozi in one hand,a lamp in the other. He sent the jiaozi to the neighbors.
他一手端着饺子,一手提着灯笼,把饺子给邻居们送去。

7.They were very strange: Isn’t it like lighting a candle (蜡烛) for a blind person — a sheer (绝对的) waste?
邻居们都倍感惊讶:这岂不是瞎子点灯——白费蜡吗?

8.At last, they understood what the blind man meant. It was New Years eve. There was no moon. The blind man did so in order to…
邻居们终于明白了瞎子的用意。大年三十,天很暗,没有月亮,瞎子这样做为的是……