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今天，我们要讲的小故事是《病人和船主》，一起来听吧！
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A Patient and a Boat Owner 病人和船主
This incident (事情) occurred in one morning outside Albert Sch-weitzer's hospital in the African jungle.
这件事是某天早上在非洲丛林中的艾伯特·施韦策的医院外面发生的。
A patient had gone fishing in another man's boat.The owner of the boat thought he should be given all the fish that were caught.
一位病人乘了别人的船去捕鱼。船主认为，捕到的鱼应悉数归自己。
Dr.Sch-weitzer said to the boat owner(物主)：
施韦策博士对船主说：
“You are right because the other man ought to have asked permission(允许) to use your boat.
“你有对的一面，因为别人要用你的船，理应先征得你的同意；
But you are wrong because you are careless(粗心的) and lazy.
但你也有错的一面，因为你粗心大意，而且懒惰。
You merely twisted the chain of your canoe round a palm tree instead of fastening it with a padlock.
你只把独木舟的链条绕在一棵棕榈树上，没有用锁锁牢。
As for
laziness(懒惰), you were guilty because you were asleep in your hut on this moonlit night instead of making use of the good opportunity for fishing.”对于懒惰，你是有愧的，因为在这月明之夜，你却关在屋里睡大觉，没有利用良机去捕鱼。”
He turned to the patient:”But you were wrong when you took the boat without asking the owner's permission.
他又转向那位病人说：“但是，你未征得船主的许可便动用了他的船，在这点上你是不对的。
You were right because you were not so lazy as he was and you did not want to let the moonlit night go by without making some use of it.”
你也有对的一面，因为你不像他那样懒惰，你不想让这月夜白白溜走而不去利用它。”
Dr.Schweitzer divided the catch among the fisherman, the boat owner, and the hospital.
施韦策博士把捕来的鱼分给了渔夫、船主和医院。
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