1.一个富人的帮助
很多年以前,在一个阿拉伯城市里,有一个男孩儿叫阿拉丁。他和他的母亲住在市场附近一个很小的屋子里,过着穷苦的日子。阿拉丁的母亲整天都在辛勤地劳作,有时甚至忙碌到深夜,但阿拉丁从来都不帮助她。
他很懒惰,不喜欢劳动,只想整天玩耍。每天早晨他都穿过街道跑到市场上,一整天都和伙伴们在那儿说笑嬉戏,傍晚时分才回家吃饭。
每天晚上他的母亲都对他说:“唉,阿拉丁,阿拉丁!你这个懒惰的孩子——真是没用!你什么时候才能做点儿事呢,儿子?”
但阿拉丁从来都不听母亲的话。
1.Help from a rich man
Many years ago, in a city in Arabia, there was a boy called Aladdin. He lived with his mother in a little house near the market, and they were very poor. Aladdin's mother worked all day, and sometimes half the night, but Aladdin never helped her.
He was a lazy boy and he did not like to work. He only wanted to play all the time. Every morning he ran through the streets to the market. There, he talked and laughed and played with his friends all day. Then in the evening he went home for his dinner.
And every night his mother said to him: 'Oh, Aladdin, Aladdin! You are a lazy boy — a good-for-nothing! When are you going to do some work, my son?'
But Aladdin never listened to his mother.