读点好英文:Sharing Up 分红

Sharing Up 分红

Sharing a business house with common Iedger, the partners in an honest trade a very pretty pile had made, and now accounts were closed and each his profit weighed. For few is sharing up an undiIuted pleasure, and while the argument gets higher still and higher, a neighbor rushes in and bellows，“House on fire.”

“Make haste, make haste, and save the house and stores！”cries partner Brown，“Come out of doors！The accounts at present we can leave.”

“All very well, if first my hundred I receive！”John shouted，“I shall not leave this house without it！”

“Two hundred's due to me. The accounts are clear as day！”cries partner Jones.

The rest won't have it any way. It's“Why?”It's“How?”It's“No！You're wrong！”

The fire is treated as a joke. These fellows keep it up so long, the fumes their angry voices choke, and they, their spoils, their broiIs all vanish into smoke.

几人合伙开了一家店，做着诚实守信的买卖，赚了一笔小钱。此时，账目都结算好了，每个人都估算着各自的收益。由于在分红上的分歧，他们的争吵声越来越大，这时，一个邻居冲进来嚷道：“房子着火了！”

“快，快，抢救房子和货物！”一个合伙人吼道，“快出去！先不算这些账了。”

“先不算也好，只是我要先把我的那份拿到手，”约翰喊道，“拿不到钱，我绝不走出这间屋子！”

“我应得二百，账目上显示得清清楚楚！”琼斯嚷着。

其余的合伙人也都不让步。“为什么？”“怎么样？”“不行，你错了！”

火灾被当成了儿戏。这些家伙没完没了地吵，最后，他们愤怒的声音被浓烟所湮没。于是，他们、他们的红利及愤怒都化成了灰烬。

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单词注解

amused[ə'mju：zd]a.逗乐的；有趣的，可笑的

wobbIy['wɔbli]a./n.摇摆的；抖动的；震颤

deserve[di'zə：v]v.应受，应得；值得

Iedger['ledʒə]n.分类账；分户总账

undiIuted[，ʌndai'lju：tid]a.未掺水的；纯粹的

broiI[brɔil]v./n.烤（肉）；（感到）酷热

实用句型

I thought we wanted someone to keep us in order.

我想，我们需要的是一个能让我们守秩序的国王。

The accounts are clear as day！

账目上显示得清清楚楚！

These silly fellows keep it up so long.

这些家伙没完没了地吵。

智慧点津

Be content with what you have.

知足者常乐！

When people need teamwork to go through the plight, while they do the job respectively due to personal benefit. As a result, all the parties are on the road to ruin.

原本应联合起来对付危急的合伙人，却为了一己私利而争执不休。结果，所有的当事人都走向了毁灭。