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看简单、有趣的故事是不错的方法。一定要长期坚持。

方法：每篇故事重复看3-5次。早上看，晚上看，隔天再看，有空时都可以重复看。“精看”会加深印象！提升你的口语和写作表达能力，间接掌握了语法！遇到生词先猜测意思跳过，然后再查询确认词义，也积累了词汇。

今天的故事是：The Merchant and The Foolish Barber

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In a small town there lived a merchant named Manibhadra. He and his wife were very generous and kind. Everyone in the town knew them and visited their house and enjoyed their hospitality. One day. Manibhadra lost all his ships in a storm at sea. They were loaded with valuable cargo. All the people who had lent him money for trading demanded immediate repayment. Manibhadra had to sell all his possessions and pay them. In the end he was left with nothing. Along with his wealth, all his friends also left him. Manibhadra was very discouraged. “Even my friends have deserted me. They just liked my wealth," he thought bitterly.

“I have nothing to give my wife and children except pain and suffering. Maybe it is better to end my life. I can’t bear to see them suffer." With such disturbed thoughts, Manibhadra went to sleep. That night he had a strange dream. A monk appeared in his dream and said, “If you touch me on my head with a stick I will change into enough gold to last many lifetimes." In the dream Manibhadra saw himself touching the monk with a stick and the monk turning into a huge pile of gold coins. The next morning Manibhadra woke to the sound of someone knocking at the door. “Can my dream be true? Will I ever become rich again?" thought Manibhadra to himself. “The barber is here for you," called out his wife from the door. “How foolish of me to believe in a dream. It will never come true," said Manibhadra to himself as he sat down for his shave. Just then, there was a knock at the door. Manibhadra got up and opened the door. To his surprise, there stood a monk looking at him silently and meaningfully.

Manibhadra picked up a stick and in a daze, touched the monk on his head with it. And there in front of him was a huge pile of gold coins. Manibhadra was overjoyed. He sent the barber away with a generous measure of gold coins, advising him to keep things to himself. The barber was a greedy man. He was also very foolish. “So when you hit these monks on the head, they change into gold. Now I know how to become rich. I am tired of shaving and cutting people s hair and earning a rupee or two, he thought." He went to a monastery and invited a few monks to his house for a feast As soon as the monks entered his house, the barber took a stick and started to beat them on their heads. The poor monks were terrified. One of them managed to escape from the barber’s house and called the soldiers for help. The soldiers arrested the barber and took him to the Judge.

“Why did you beat the monks with a stick?" asked the judge. “When Manibhadra hit a monk on his head, he turned into a heap of gold," answered the barber. The judge called Manibhadra and asked him if that was true. Manibhadra explained the whole story to the judge in detail. On hearing the story, the judge realised that the barber had acted due to greed and dishonesty and punished the foolish barber.

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汉语翻译

在一个小镇上住着一个叫Manibhadra的商人。他和他的妻子很慷慨大方。镇上的每个人都认识他们，参观了他们的房子，并享受着他们的热情款待。

一天 Manibhadra在海上风暴中失去了所有船只。他们满载着宝贵的货物。所有借给他钱进行交易的人都要求立即偿还。 Manibhadra必须卖掉他所有的财产并付清。最后，他一无所有。

除了他的财富，他所有的朋友也离开了他。 Manibhadra非常灰心。 “即使我的朋友也抛弃了我。他们只是喜欢我的财富，”他痛苦地想。

“除了痛苦和苦难，我没有其他东西可以给我的妻子和孩子们。也许最好结束我的生活。我忍不住看到他们受苦。”曼尼哈德拉（Manibhadra）带着如此不安的想法入睡。

那天晚上，他做了一个奇怪的梦。一位和尚出现在他的梦中，他说：“如果您用棍子抚摸我的头，我会变成足够多的金币以维持一生。”在梦中，Manibhadra看到自己用棍子抚摸此僧侣，而僧侣变成了僧侣。大堆金币。

第二天早晨，Manibhadra听到有人敲门声。 “我的梦想能实现吗？我会再次变得富有吗？” Manibhadra自言自语。

“理发师在这里等你。”他的妻子从门口喊道。

“我相信梦想多么愚蠢。 Manibhadra坐下剃须刀时自言自语。就在这时，门上有敲门声。

Manibhadra起身打开门。令他惊讶的是，一位和尚默默而有意义地看着他。

Manibhadra拿起一根棍子，发呆，用它抚摸他头上的和尚。在他前面有一大堆金币。 Manibhadra喜出望外。他用大量金币将理发师送走，建议他把东西留给自己。

理发师是个贪婪的人。他也很愚蠢。 “因此，当您击中这些僧侣的头时，它们会变成金子。现在我知道如何致富。他想，我厌倦了剃头和剪头发，赚了一两卢比。”

他去了一个修道院，邀请一些和尚到他的家中盛宴。和尚进入他的家中，理发师拿着一根棍子，开始殴打他们。可怜的僧侣们吓坏了。其中一个设法逃离了理发师的房子，并打电话给士兵寻求帮助。士兵逮捕了理发师，并把他带到法官那里。

法官问：“你为什么用棍棒殴打僧侣？”“ Manibhadra击中一名僧侣时，他变成了一堆金子。”

法官打电话给Manibhadra，问他是否属实。 Manibhadra向法官详细解释了整个故事。法官听了这个故事后，意识到理发师是出于贪婪和不诚实而行事，并处罚了愚蠢的理发师。

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