Rule the World for Three Days管理人间的三天

一沁供稿翻译：Crazier

Rule the World for Three Days管理人间的三天

一沁供稿翻译：Crazier

Every family has something important to do. It is the same in heaven.

Once, the ruler of heaven was called away for three days. He told his mother,“You need to look after things on the earth.All you need to do is to1)grant people’s wishes.”

His mother happily agreed. She climbed on a cloud, and traveled until she came to a river.

A sailor looked up and said, “If only there were a strong wind. Then I could sail now!”The mother immediately asked the wind to blow. She passed a peach2)orchard and heard someone crying to the heavens,“Please stop this terrible wind. It will knock down all the peaches!” This was too much to3)bear for the mother and she went back to her4)palace.

The next morning, she returned to listen to wishes again. She heard an old farmer saying,“May there be rain sent today! Then I can plant my bean seeds.” So the mother made a heavy rain to fall. But on her way home, she heard a sad voice. “Oh, how I wish the weather would clear up! All my5)ginger may6)rot!” The mother was confused and went back to her palace.

On the third day, she didn’t go out to hear wishes at all. At last, the ruler returned. His mother was sorry about what had happened.

“It isn’t so difficult,” the ruler said kindly. “In fact, it’s easy when you’ve learned the way of things. You just need to send a strong wind over the rivers and a gentle one on the peaches.Make it rain in the night and let the sun shine in the day.”

His mother understood and she smiled. She said, “I only wish you had told me about all this from the very beginning!”

1) grant [ɡrɑːnt] v. 满足（愿望、要求等）

2) orchard [ˑɔːtʃəd] n. 果园

3) bear [beə] v. 忍受，承担（责任）

4) palace [ˑpælɪs] n. 王宫，宫殿

5) ginger [ˑdʒɪndʒə] n. 姜，生姜

6) rot [rɒt] v. 腐烂

名师考点小结

1. need既可作实义动词，也可作情态动词。

1) 当need作实义动词时，后跟带to的不定式。构成否定句和疑问句时，要借助于助动词do。例如：

I’ll need to get up early tomorrow morning. 明天早上我需要早起。

Does she need to look after her little brother at home? 她需要在家照看她的小弟弟吗？

You didn’t need to tell him the news. 你不必告诉他这个消息。

2) 当need作情态动词时，同can、may和must一样，后跟动词原形。构成否定句时，采用need not（needn’t）的形式；构成疑问句时，直接将need提至句首。

注意：当need作情态动词时，它只用于否定句和疑问句，一般不用于肯定句。例如：

Need I do it again? 我需要把它重做一遍吗？

A bus is coming, so I needn’t take a taxi. 公共汽车来了，因此我不必乘出租车了。

2.“hear sb. doing sth.”的意思是“听见某人正在做某事”，强调动作正在进行或者只听到动作的一部分；而“hear sb. do sth.”则表示“听到某人做某事”，强调听到了整个动作或者听到这个动作已完成。例如：When I passed her room, I heard her singing an English song.

在我路过她房间的时候，我听见她正唱着英文歌。

I heard him go downstairs. 我听见他下了楼。

参考译文

家家户户都有他们的要事。天上也不例外。

有一次，天帝有事要外出三天。他告诉他的母亲：“您得帮我照料一下人间的事，只需满足人们的愿望就行了。”

他的母亲欣然同意了。她踏上云朵一路巡查，直到来到了河边。

一位船夫抬头望天说道：“要是能刮场大风就好了，这样我就能航行了！”太后立即让大风刮了起来。之后她又经过桃园，听到有人在向上天哭诉：“请让这场可怕的大风停止吧，不然我们的桃子全会被毁掉的！”太后对两人截然不同的反应感到很头疼，于是返回了她的宫殿。

第二天早上，她再次来到人间倾听人们的诉求。她听到一位老农说：“希望今天能下点儿雨！这样我就能把豆子种下了。”于是太后让大雨下了起来。但在她回家的路上，她听到了一个悲伤的声音。“哎，要是天空能放晴就好了！我的姜都快腐烂了！”太后带着疑惑回到了自己的宫殿。

到了第三天，她甚至不再出去倾听人们的愿望了。终于，天帝回来了。太后对所发生的一切感到很自责。

“这没那么难的，”天帝温柔地说。“其实，只要您懂得事物运转的方式，问题就简单多了。您只需在河上刮大风，在桃园刮微风；让晚上下雨，白天出太阳。”

太后明白了，终于笑了起来。她说：“我只希望你在一开始就能告诉我这些！”