The lady or the tiger中文翻译(美女还是老虎)
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這樣的她,也許會想要玉石俱焚吧,悲傷而傲氣的公主。 他嘆了口氣,打開右邊的門,因為愛她,就如她願吧。門後娉娉 嫋嫋地走出一個頭頂寶石簪飾,面罩薄紗,削肩膀、水蛇腰的 漂亮女人。
他無法克制地淚流滿面,朦朧的目光中見到公主不知何 時,坐在她母后的身旁,顫巍巍地笑著,揮揮手。他扶起女人, 四周如雷的掌聲幾乎震碎他的心。眼淚不斷地往地上墜著。 小時候啊,瓷娃娃掉到地上打碎了,大人總說危險別去碰。但 蒼白的公主把自己的愛打碎了,誰去拾呢?
繪圖解析:
• 對擁有工程學、建築學背景的麥克努雪夫來說, 在《美女還是老虎?》中會呈現如許精準細密、 雍容古樸的建築,並不令人驚訝;真正使得整個 繪本如此引人入勝、扣人心弦,還在於他成功 的將人群的集體情緒凝聚起來,渲染著戲劇般 的氣氛,牽引讀者一步步走進這個古老的國家, 一同經歷一場驚心動魄的審判,一起承受公主 做出決定的痛苦掙扎。
青年看見公主的暗示,另外安排了小丑和狗在公主 身邊,用來表達公主內心的複雜。青年開門了,門中以 空白來醞釀懸疑。下一頁公主的走向,正好和青年背對 背。人群向青年的方向看,小丑回頭,公主和狗垂頭向 前……是喜?是悲?用眼神、動作來回拉扯,強烈牽動讀 者的心。 結局畫面拉開,空曠的背景,空寂的競技場,只 見公主帶著狗的寥落身影。是美女?還是老虎?繪者不 能超越故事的界線,但幾隻白鴿的飛影,是繪者自己的 答案嗎?
• 公主在心裡掙扎萬分,她認識門後的美女, 那是宮中最美麗的女僕,她無法忘懷相愛 的點滴,無法接受他與美女遠走高飛,重新 生活,卻也不願看到心愛的人死亡。
• 所以她想了很久,終於微微指了右邊的門, 青年於是慢慢走向了右邊那扇門, 所有人都屏息以待門打開的結果,公主此 時緩緩的走出競技場...
如果你是公主,主一向是高傲的, 是善妒的,她不能得到的,別人也不能獨享。於是,他拉開步伐,走向左邊的門, 走向光明的未來。
英语小说欣赏入门The Lady Or The Tiger
The Open WindowBased on a story by Frank StocktonAbout the author:Frank Stockton (1834-1902) was born in Philadelphia. Stockton was an engraver by trade, but he spent much of his time writing stories. His earliest stories were for children, but later he began writing for adults. Stockton was one of the most famous American writers of the 1880s and 1890s.He was widely admired in his day and even Mark Twain was one of his fans. “The Lady or the Tiger?” is Stockton’s best known work. When it was punished in 1882, it caused a sensation throughout the country as readers debated what the ending should be.The textMany years ago there lived a cruel and savage king. This king had a wild and violent imagination, and since he was king, he had the power to make his wishes come true.The king loved to discuss things with himself. When he and himself agreed on something, the king commanded that it be done, and it was done at once because everyone in the kingdom was afraid of the king.When thing went smoothly, the king was pleasant and calm. But when a problem arose, his eyes gleamed and he rubbed his hands together with glee since there was nothing he loved more than correcting things that were wrong and destroying those who needed to be punished. [1] The king had heard about the public arena—a place where men and wild animals could demonstrate their courage and strength by fighting each other, The idea appealed very much to this barbaric king. But he used it in a different way—to punish the guilty and reward the innocent.Here is how it worked. When a man was accused of a serious crime, the king posted a notice. It said that in a certain day the man’s fate would be decided in the king’s arena. Everyone was invited to attend the trail.The king’s arena! Ah, how well it deserved that name! You see, the idea of an arena was not new, but the way it was used here was different, and came solely from the brain of the king. He thought of it because it delighted him and gave him pleasure.On the day of the trail, a large crowd would gather in the king’s arena. After everyone was seated, the king entered, followed by his court. The king sat on his royal throne on one side of the arena. When the king gave a signal, a door would open and the accused man would step out into the arena. Opposite him, on the other side of the arena, were two doors, exactly alike and side by side.The person on trail would walk to these doors and open one of them. He could open either door he pleased. No one spoke to him or offered any advice. The choice was his own.Behind one of the doors was a hungry tiger, the fiercest and most cruel that could be found. If the man opened that door, the tiger immediately leaped out and tore the man to pieces. That was the punishment for his guilt! Then iron bells began to clang, cries of sorrow were heard, and the vast crowd, with heavy hearts, slowly made its way home. Everyone felt sad that the man had deserved to meet such a horrible fate.But if the accused person opened the other door, a lady stepped out. She was as perfect amatch for him as could be found in the land. The king nodded his head and singers and dancers came forward. Musicians played beautiful melodies on golden horns, and the two people were married at once. Then joyous bells rang out, the people shouted and cheered, and everyone threw flowers in the path of the innocent man as he led his bride to his home,[2]It didn’t matter if the man already had a wife and family, or if he was in love with another lady .For as the king often said, “Nothing can interfere with my wonderful plan for punishing the guilty and rewarding the innocent.”The king was very proud of his way of administer justice. He thought is was perfectly fair. After all, the accused man could open either door he pleased. The choice was his. Of course, the man never knew whether he was going to be devoured married, for sometimes the tiger came out one door and sometimes out if the other. Still, the man’s fate was in his own hands. And, in every case, justice was swift and final.[3]The plan was popular with the people too. They never knew what they were going to see. Would it be a bloody murder, or a joyful wedding? There was lots of suspense.This savage king had a beautiful daughter. She was wild and reckless as her father and, a as you might expect, he loved her very much. As I have said, the reckless was reckless. She was so reckless she fell in love with one of the king’s servants.[4] And though he was handsome and brave, he was , after all, only a servant. Still, he loved her very deadly.Their love affair went on happily for many months. And then one day the king happened to discover its existence.The king did not hesitate or waver for a moment The young man was immediately thrown into jail, and a date was set for his trail in the king’s arenas.This was, of course, an especially important occasion. The king, and all of the people, were very interested in how the trail would turn out. Never before had such a case occurred. Never before had a slave dared to love the daughter of a king!The king sent out men to find the fiercest tiger in the land. At the same time the kingdom was searched for a young lady suitable in beauty and rank, so that the young man could have a fitting wife in case fate did not throw him to the tiger.Of course, everyone knew that the slave was guilty of the crime with which he had been charged. He had fallen in loved with the princess. Both he and she admitted this fact! But the king would not think of allowing this to stand in the way of the trail. No, nothing could interfere with the workings of his arena. He simply enjoyed it too much. Besides, it didn’t really matter how things worked out. The young man would be murdered—or married—and in either case he’d be out of the way.The great day family arrived. People came from near and far, filling up every seat in the huge arena. Those who could no get in huddled together against the out side walls and waited for news.The king entered and took his place on the royal throne. They were ready to begin. The king gave a signal. A door opened and the salve walked into the arena.What a sight he was—tall, handsome, and proud! No wonder the princess loved him. What a terrible thing for him to be there!The youth took his time as he walked across the arena. Then he turned and bowed to the king, for that was the custom. However, the young man was not thinking at all about the king. His eyes were staring at the princess, who sat next to her father.From the moment the had ordered her lover to appear in the arena, she had thought, day andnight, of nothing else but this great event. The princess had more power and influence than any person who had ever person who had ever been interested in a case. And so she did what no one else before her had ever done. She had learned the secret of the doors. She knew behind which door waited the tiger, and behind which door stood the lady. Gold and her power as princess had brought her the secret!But she knew more than which door hid the lady. She also knew who the lady was one of the loveliest and most beautiful ladies in the king’s court. She , alone, had been selected to be the wife of the youth, if he was found innocent of daring to fall in love with the princess.Yes, the princess knew who she was,And the princess hated her!The princess had seen—or thought that she saw—the lady was! And she thought he had even glanced back. Once, she had seen them talking together. It was only for a minute, it is true. But much can be said in a minute! Perhaps they were speaking about nothing at all. But how could the princess know that? The young lady was lovely—but she had dared to look at the princess’ lover! So the princess hated the woman silently waited behind the door.When the young man turned and looked at the princess ,his eyes met hers. He searched her face, which was paler than any in the ocean of faces around her. And then, as their eyes and souls met, he saw that she knew. She knew! She knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which door stood the lady. She knew! He had expected her to know. He understood her, and he was certain that she would not rest until she had discovered the secret—the secret hidden to everyone else, even to the king.The only way the youth could be sure of success was for the princess to discover the secret the doors. And as he looked at her, he saw that she and discovered the secret, as he knew she would.As he stared at her, his eyes burned with the question: WHICH? It was as plain to her as if he was shouting it to her from where he stood. There was not a second to lose. The question was asked in a flash. It must be answered in an instant!The princess raised her hand and made a sudden, quick movement to the right. No one but her lover saw her. Every eye was staring on the man in the arena.He turned and with a firm step walked quickly across the arena. Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye was on that man. Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right and pulled it open.Now the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out that door, or did the lady?The more we think about this question, the harder it is to answer. It means we must study the human heart—something that is very difficult to do.Think about this. She was a wild and savage princess whose soul was burning with jealousy and hate. She had lost her lover. Should another woman have him?How often, during the day and in her dreams, she had thought about the tiger leaping out with its cruel, sharp claws. Then she covered her face with her hands and was filled with horror.But how much oftener she imagined him at the other door! She pictured his look of delight as he saw the lady. Her soul burned in agony as she saw him rush to the woman she hated. She could hear the glad shouts of the crowd and the bells ringing wildly. She imagined the priest marrying the couple right before her eyes, while she sat there helpless and in pain. Then she clenched her fists and tore her hair.Would it not be better for him to die at once!And yet —that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood!She had given her answer in an instant. But it had been made after many days and nights of anguished thought. She had known she would be asked. She had decide what she would answer. And without the slightest hesitation, she had moved her hand to the night.Now the question I leave to you all is this: Which came out of the opened door—the lady or the tiger?Use Context CluesUse context clues to work out the meaning of the following words and idioms from the story. You may look back at the story to get more help if necessary. Put a √ in the box next to the correct answer.Words1.The king rubbed his hands together with glee because he loved correcting things.The word glee means.a. joyb. angerc. gloves2.Men and wild animals could demonstrate their courage by fighting each other. Theword demonstrate meansa. loseb. showc. run away from3.If he opened the wrong door, he would be devoured by a tiger. The word devouredmeansa. watchb. chasedc. eaten4.The king did not hesitate or waver for a moment. The word waver here meansa. move gently in differentb. hesitatec. waste5.She knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which door stood thelady. The word crouched possibly meansa. slept soundlyb. stood close to the ground preparing to leapc. hid6.At the thought of her lover marrying another lady, she clenched her fists and toreher hair. The word clenched meansa. held tightlyb. clappedc. let goIdioms7.But the king would not think of allowing this to stand in the way of the trail.Nothing could interfere with the workings of his arena. The idiom stand in the way meansa. interfere withb. supportc. suffer from.8.The youth took his time as he walked across the arena. The idiom took his timemeansa. asked for more timeb. ran veryc. did not hurryChecking ComprehensionAnswer each question with a complete sentence. You may look back at the story.1.What happened when the king wanted something to be done?___________________________________________________________________________2.What was behind one of the doors in the king’s arena? What was behind the other door?___________________________________________________________________________3.Why was the king’s arena so popular with the people?___________________________________________________________________________4.With whom did the princess fall in love?___________________________________________________________________________5.How did the author describe the salves as he entered the arena?___________________________________________________________________________6.Who was the lady behind the door?___________________________________________________________________________7.How did the princess feel about the lady behind the door?___________________________________________________________________________8.In which direction did the princess move her hand?___________________________________________________________________________9.Which door did the young man open?___________________________________________________________________________10.How did the princess make up her mind to direct her lover to the right?___________________________________________________________________________。
解读The Lady or the Tiger的悲剧叙事
整个 小说 交替使 用非聚焦型叙 事方式和 声音 叙事方式 ，从视 觉和 听觉上强化 悲剧 的冲击力和震撼
力。小说 的字里行 间从始 至终 弥漫 着无奈的 悲情 色彩 ，悲剧 情节扣人 心弦。
关 键 词 ：Ｔ ｈ ｅ ａ ｏ ｒ ｈｅ ｔ Ｔ ｉ ｇ ｅ ｒ ； 悲剧 ；伦 理
周知 的俄狄浦斯 命运悲剧模 式来叙述人 物的命运悲剧 ，也没有沿 袭气吞山河 的 “ 永恒正义胜 利”
的伦理 悲剧模式 来呈现人 物的伦理 纠结 ，而正是这 种反传统 的悲剧叙事 ，情 节更揪读者 的心 。本
文从叙事理论视角对小说 中的社会和个人悲剧叙事进行 阐释 。
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小 说 的 社 会 悲 剧 叙 事
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福 建 江 夏 学 院 学报 Ｊ ｏ ｕ ｒ ｎ ａ ｌ ｏ ｆ Ｆ ｕ ｊ ｉ ａ ｎ Ｊ ｉ ａ ｎ ｇ ｘ ｉ ａ Ｕ ｎ ｉ ｖ ｅ ｒ ｓ ｉ ｔ ｙ
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摘 要 ：Ｔ ｈ ｅ Ｌ ａ ｄ ｘ ｏ ｒ ｔ ｈ ｅ Ｔ ｉ ｇ ｅ ｒ是 美 国法 兰克 ・史塔 顿 １ ８ ８ ２ 年 出版 的一 部 著 名 悲剧 短 篇 小说 。
小说从践踏 生命权 、漠视 尊严权 的人权 悲剧 叙事 开始 ，描 述 了一 个充满悲凉和残 酷的社 会 悲剧现 状 ，并借 此 引出人 物悲剧 。在 个人 悲剧叙 事部分 ，小说 对人 物 内心的伦 理纠结进行 了详尽 叙述 。
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国度里住着 一个暴君 。他 的想法有些是先进 的 ，但 总是给百姓们带来苦难 。其 中一个主意就是把
公共竞 技场改为伸张正义 的机 构 。扬善惩恶 ，全 凭侥幸 。一旦有人遭 到指控 ，这个人将在这个公 共竞技 场被审判 。”很 明显 ，国王是国家权 力和权 力实施 的代表 。国王的想法可 以随 时成 为该 国 的法令 ，这无疑影响 国家司法体系的公 正性 。以开 门之运定 夺罪行 ，显然是对司法公 正的一种讽 刺 。这 种貌似公正 的审 判制度 ，其实质是权 力者玩民众生命于股 掌的社会悲剧 。但更 悲怜 的是 ，
解读《美女，还是老虎》中权与法的关系
解读《美女，还是老虎》中权与法的关系作者：何峻赵圆圆张郝莉来源：《语文学刊》 2013年第9期何峻赵圆圆张郝莉(华东理工大学外国语学院，上海200237)［摘要］《美女还是老虎》是美国作家弗兰克·斯塔顿(FrankR.Stockton)的著名短篇小说。
论文基于亚里士多德和孟德鸠斯的法治观对小说中的权与法关系进行了探究，本文发现：小说中的法律具有暴力色彩，其所宣扬的公正也是残缺的，造成这种现象的根本原因在于权大于法。
小说中，权大于法，国王既是立法者，又是法官。
然而，对于一个国家的治理，法治优于人治。
而立法权、行政权和司法权，作为国家必不可少的权力，应该并立和相互制衡，这样才能为国民的自由提供保障。
［关键词］《美女，还是老虎》；权力；法律中图分类号：I106.4文献标识码：A文章编号：1672-8610(2013)09-0099-02美国作家弗兰克·斯塔顿(FrankR.Stockton)的《美女，还是老虎》（TheLady，ortheTiger）在国内外得到广泛关注。
尽管学者对小说的叙事结构和小说的结局进行了研究［1］［2］，但小说中的权法关系尚无人关注。
事实上，国王以开门之运来判定疑犯之罪，不能不让人思考小说中的权、法关系。
基于亚里士多德和孟德鸠斯的法治观，我们对小说中的权与法关系进行了剖析。
一、法治理论对于法治这一概念的理解，中外法学学者都持有各自的观点。
不过，大家普遍认同古希腊先贤亚里士多德较早提出的有关法治的经典概念，即“法治应包含两重意义：已成立的法律获得普遍的服从，而大家所服从的法律又是制定的良好的法律。
”［3］199亚里士多德没有延续其老师柏拉图的人治观念，而将他的法治理想发扬光大。
在亚里士多德看来，法治要优于人治。
相对于人治，法治更具公平性和公正性，因为“要使事物合乎正义，须有毫无偏私的权衡；法律恰恰是这样一个中道的权衡。
”［4］69但是，那些主张人治优于法治的人会说，法律太过笼统，无法对具体案例“对症下药”。
the lady, or the tiger
Written by Frank R. Stockton"The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton.Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer.One of the king's ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Crime was punished, or innocence was decided, by the result of chance. When a person was accused of a crime, his future would be judged in the public arena. All the people would gather in this building. The king sat high up on his ceremonial chair. He gave a sign. A door under him opened. The accused person stepped out into the arena. Directly opposite the king were two doors. They were side by side, exactly alike. The person on trial had to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open whichever door he pleased. If the accused man opened one door, out came a hungry tiger, the fiercest in the land. The tiger immediately jumped on him and tore him to pieces as punishment for his guilt. The case of the suspect was thus decided.Iron bells rang sadly. Great cries went up from the paid mourners. And the people, with heads hanging low and sad hearts, slowly made their way home. They mourned greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have died this way.But, if the accused opened the other door, there came forth from it a woman, chosen especially for the person. To this lady he was immediately married, in honor of his innocence. It was not a problem that he might already have a wife and family, or that he might have chosen to marry another woman. The king permitted nothing to interfere with his great method of punishment and reward.Another door opened under the king, and a clergyman, singers, dancers and musicians joined the man and the lady. The marriage ceremony was quickly completed. Then the bells made cheerful noises. The people shouted happily. And the innocent man led the new wife to his home, following children who threw flowers on their path.This was the king's method of carrying out justice. Its fairness appeared perfect. The accused person could not know which door was hiding the lady. He opened either as he pleased, without knowing whether, in the next minute, he was to be killed or married.Sometimes the fierce animal came out of one door. Sometimes it came out of the other.This method was a popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they would see a bloody killing ora happy ending. So everyone was always interested. And the thinking part of the community would bring no charge of unfairness against this plan. Did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands?The king had a beautiful daughter who was like him in many ways. He loved her above all humanity. The princess secretly loved a young man who was the best-looking and bravest in the land. But he was a commoner, not part of an important family.One day, the king discovered the relationship between his daughter and the young man. The man was immediately put in prison. A day was set for his trial in the king's public arena. This, of course, was an especially important event. Never before had a common subject been brave enough to love the daughter of the king.The king knew that the young man would be punished, even if he opened the right door. And the king would take pleasure in watching the series of events, which would judge whether or not the man had done wrong in loving the princess.The day of the trial arrived. From far and near the people gathered in the arena and outside its walls. The king and his advisers were in their places, opposite the two doors. All was ready. The sign was given. The door under the king opened and the lover of the princess entered the arena.Tall, beautiful and fair, his appearance was met with a sound of approval and tension. Half the people had not known so perfect a young man lived among them. No wonder the princess loved him! What a terrible thing for him to be there!As the young man entered the public arena, he turned to bend to the king. But he did not at all think of the great ruler. The young man's eyes instead were fixed on the princess, who sat to the right of her father.From the day it was decided that the sentence of her lover should be decided in the arena, she had thought of nothing but this event.The princess had more power, influence and force of character than anyone who had ever before been interested in such a case. She had done what no other person had done. She had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew behind which door stood the tiger, and behind which waited the lady. Gold, and the power of a woman's will, had brought the secret to the princess. She also knew who the lady was. The lady was one of the loveliest in the kingdom. Now and then the princess had seen her looking at and talking to the young man.The princess hated the woman behind that silent door. She hated her with all the intensity of the blood passed to her through long lines of cruel ancestors.Her lover turned to look at the princess. His eye met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than anyone in the large ocean of tense faces around her. He saw that she knew behind which door waited the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. He had expected her to know it.The only hope for the young man was based on the success of the princess in discovering this mystery. When he looked at her, he saw that she had been successful, as he knew she would succeed.Then his quick and tense look asked the question: "Which?" It was as clear to her as if he shouted it from where he stood. There was not time to be lost. The princess raised her hand, and made a short, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw it. Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.He turned, and with a firm and quick step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating. Every breath was held. Every eye was fixed upon that man. He went to the door on the right and opened it.Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady?The more we think about this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart. Think of it not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself. But as if it depended upon that hot-blooded princess, her soul at a white heat under the fires of sadness and jealousy. She had lost him, but who should have him?How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild terror, and covered her face with her hands? She thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the sharp teeth of the tiger!But how much oftener had she seen him open the other door? How had she ground her teeth, and torn her hair, when she had seen his happy face as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had burned in pain when she had seen him run to meet that woman, with her look of victory. When she had seen the two of them get married. And when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the happy shouts of the crowd, in which her one sad cry was lost!Would it not be better for him to die quickly, and go to wait for her in that blessed place of the future? And yet, that tiger, those cries, that blood!Her decision had been shown quickly. But it had been made after days and nights of thought. She had known she would be asked. And she had decided what she would answer. And she had moved her hand to the right.The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered. And it is not for me to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you:Which came out of the open door – the lady, or the tiger?。
The Lady or the Tiger
The Lady or the Tiger-----------Frank R. Stockton女郎, 还是老虎In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king.在非常古老的年代里,曾有过一个半野蛮的国王.whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by这个国王的思想,尽管因为远处进步的拉丁族邻居的影响,the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still而有了一点点文饰和敏锐,但是仍然large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him旷大,流动,无拘无束,和他野蛮的那一半正好相称.which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and,他是个有着丰富幻想的人, 不仅如此,withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned他还有着不可抗拒的权威. 只要他愿意,his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-他就会把各种幻想都变成事实.他又非常沉醉于自我交流,communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon而且,只要他和自己对某件事达成共识,anything, the thing was done. When every member of his这件事情就办成了.当他的宫廷和政治体系的每一个domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its成员,都在规定好的路线上平滑移动时,appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but,他的气质是平淡而温和的; 但是,whenever there was a little hitch, and some of his orbs got只要有一丁点差错,只要他的一些卫星稍稍脱离out of their orbits, he was blander and more genial still, for自己的轨道, 他就会变得更平淡,更温和. 因为,nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked再没有什么比把弯曲的弄直, 把不平的压平,straight and crush down uneven places.更能让他高兴了.Among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had他(从文明的邻居那里)借来的众多观念使他的野蛮变成了become semified was that of the public arena, in which, by半野蛮. 这些观念中,有一个叫公共斗兽场. 在公共斗兽场,exhibitions of manly and beastly valor, the minds of his通过展示人和野兽的勇敢,他的臣民们的心智subjects were refined and cultured.变得更加细致而优雅了.But even here the exuberant and barbaric fancy asserted但即便在这里,丰富而野蛮的幻想也起着主宰作用.itself The arena of the king was built, not to give the people国王之所以建造公共斗兽场,并非为了让人们an opportunity of hearing the rhapsodies of dying gladiators,去倾听垂死的斗兽士们吟诵叙事诗,nor to enable them to view the inevitable conclusion of a也不是为了让人们亲眼目睹conflict between religious opinions and hungry jaws, but for宗教意见和饥饿的下颚之间冲突的不可挽回的结局,purposes far better adapted to widen and develop the而是为了更好地开拓和发展mental energies of the people. This vast amphitheater, with人民的精神能量.这个宏大的斗兽场its encircling galleries, its mysterious vaults, and its unseen四周围绕着看台,有着神秘的拱顶,看不见的通道.passages, was an agent of poetic justice, in which crime它是诗意公正的执行者.was punished, or virtue rewarded, by the decrees of an在诗意公正的统御下,通过不偏不倚的,廉洁无私的机遇所发impartial and incorruptible chance.出的号令,罪行被惩处了, 而美德受到奖励.When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day the fate of the accused person would be decided in the king's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man, who, every barleycorn a king, knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his fancy, and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism.When all the people had assembled in the galleries, and the king, surrounded by his court, sat high up on his throne of royal state on one side of the arena, he gave a signal, a door beneath him opened, and the accused subject stepped out into the amphitheater. Directly opposite him, on the other side of the inclosed space, were two doors, exactly alike and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the person on trial to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open either door he pleased; he was subject to no guidance or influence but that of the aforementioned impartial and incorruptible chance. If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the fiercest and most cruel that could be procured, which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. The moment that the case of the criminal was thus decided, doleful iron bells were clanged, great wails went up from the hired mourners posted on the outer rim of *the arena, and the vast audience, with bowed heads and downcast hearts, wended slowly their homeward way, mourning greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have merited so dire a fate.When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day the fate of the accused person would be decidedin the king's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man, who, every barleycorn a king, knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his fancy, and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism.当某个臣民被指控犯下了足以引起国王兴趣的罪行，公众的注意力就被聚焦在这里了：在一个指定的日子，被告的命运将在国王的斗兽场上决定，这是个当得起这个名号的建筑，因为虽然它的形式与计划是从遥远的外国借来的，但是，它的目的完全发自这个人的头脑，他，彻头彻尾是个国王，除了实现他的奇想之外罔顾任何传统，他在所有已知形式的人类所思所为里都灌注了他那丰富发展了的野性理想主义。
The lady or the tiger
Then arrived the critical moment
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Almost all of the people in the country rushed into the arena and were eager to see the exciting scene when the princess’s lover opened the door. The princess was tormented with agony and confrontation. She closed her eyes, but wept in the heart. Although she loved this handsome young man, she could not bear her lover got married with other beautiful girl, and forgot her forever. She could not let him forget their sweet love, she could not bear her lover to kiss other girl. Her soul is combined witБайду номын сангаас despair and jealousy. She had lost him, but who could have him?
The people suddenly thrown into chaos. the young man stared at the princess ,but the princess’s face turned pale and held her head down in shame . The young man realized that the princess prefer him to die rather than he got married with other girl. The younger man’s face turned pale. The cruel reality made him pain extremely . The king said again: “I won’t let my daughter marry you. But I very appreciate your loyal . So that I will give you a beauty as a compensation . Now, open the left room ,and take the girl to your home .” The left door opened ,a beauty went out .The young man gave a last look at the princess, and ignored her ashamed tears ,then he held the beauty’s hand went to the gate with firm step .
The Lady or the Tiger英文原文
THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?by Frank R. StocktonIn the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but, whenever there was a little hitch, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was blander and more genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places.Among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had become semified was that of the public arena, in which, by exhibitions of manly and beastly valor, the minds of his subjects were refined and cultured.But even here the exuberant and barbaric fancy asserted itself The arena of the king was built, not to give the people an opportunity of hearing the rhapsodies of dying gladiators, nor to enable them to view the inevitable conclusion of a conflict between religious opinions and hungry jaws, but for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop the mental energies of the people. This vast amphitheater, with its encircling galleries, its mysterious vaults, and its unseen passages, was an agent of poetic justice, in which crime was punished, or virtue rewarded, by the decrees of an impartial and incorruptible chance.When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day the fate of the accused person would be decided in the king's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man, who, every barleycorn a king, knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleasedhis fancy, and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism. When all the people had assembled in the galleries, and the king, surrounded by his court, sat high up on his throne of royal state on one side of the arena, he gave a signal, a door beneath him opened, and the accused subject stepped out into the amphitheater. Directly opposite him, on the other side of the inclosed space, were two doors, exactly alike and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the person on trial to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open either door he pleased; he was subject to no guidance or influence but that of the aforementioned impartial and incorruptible chance. If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the fiercest and most cruel that could be procured, which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. The moment that the case of the criminal was thus decided, doleful iron bells were clanged, great wails went up from the hired mourners posted on the outer rim of *the arena, and the vast audience, with bowed heads and downcast hearts, wended slowly their homeward way, mourning greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have merited so dire a fate.But, if the accused person opened the other door, there came forth from it a lady, the most suitable to his years and station that his majesty could select among his fair subjects, and to this lady he was immediately married, as a reward of his innocence. It mattered not that he might already possess a wife and family, or that his affections might be engaged upon an object of his own selection; the king allowed no such subordinate arrangements to interfere with his great scheme of retribution and reward. The exercises, as in the other instance, took place immediately, andin the arena. Another door opened beneath the king, and a priest, followed by a band of choristers, and dancing maidens blowing joyous airs on golden horns and treading an epithalamic measure, advanced to where the pair stood, side by side, and the wedding was promptly and cheerily solemnized. Then the gay brass bells rang forth their merry peals, the people shouted glad hurrahs, and the innocent man, preceded by children strewing flowers on his path, led his bride to his home.This was the king's semi-barbaric method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could not know out of which door would come the lady; he opened either hepleased, without having the slightest idea whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married. On some occasions the tiger came out of one door, and on some out of the other. The decisions of this tribunal were not only fair, they were positively determinate: the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not. There was no escape from the judgments of the king's arena.The institution was a very popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or a hilarious wedding. This element of uncertainty lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have attained. Thus, the masses were entertained and pleased, and the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of unfairness against this plan, for did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands?This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most florid fancies, and with a soul as fervent and imperious as his own. As is usual in such cases, she was the apple of his eye, and was loved by him above all humanity. Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens. This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover, for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom, and she loved him with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. This love affair moved on happily for many months, until one day the king happened to discover its existence. He did not hesitate nor waver in regard to his duty in the premises. The youth was immediately cast into prison, and a day was appointed for his trial in theking's arena. This, of course, was an especially important occasion, and his majesty, as well as all the people, was greatly interested in the workings and development of this trial. Never before had such a case occurred; never before had a subject dared to love the daughter of the king. In after years such things became commonplace enough, but then they were in no slight degree novel and startling.The tiger-cages of the kingdom were searched for the most savage and relentless beasts, from which the fiercest monster might be selected for the arena; and the ranks of maiden youth and beauty throughout the land were carefully surveyed bycompetent judges in order that the young man might have afitting bride in case fate did not determine for him a different destiny. Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had been done. He had loved the princess, and neither he, she, nor any one else, thought of denying the fact; but the king would not think of allowing any fact of this kind to interfere with the workings of the tribunal, in which he took such great delight and satisfaction. No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of, and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure in watching the course of events, which would determine whether or not the young man had done wrong in allowing himself to love the princess.The appointed day arrived. From far and near the people gathered, and thronged the great galleries of the arena, and crowds, unableto gain admittance, massed themselves against its outside walls. The king and his court were in their places, opposite the twin doors, those fateful portals, so terrible in their similarity.All was ready. The signal was given. A door beneath the royal party opened, and the lover of the princess walked into the arena. Tall, beautiful, fair, his appearance was greeted with a low humof admiration and anxiety. Half the audience had not known so grand a youth had lived among them. No wonder the princess loved him! What a terrible thing for him to be there!As the youth advanced into the arena he turned, as the custom was, to bow to the king, but he did not think at all of that royal personage. His eyes were fixed upon the princess, who sat to the right of her father. Had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature it is probable that lady would not have been there, but her intense and fervid soul would not allow her to be absent on an occasion in which she was so terribly interested. From the moment that the decree had gone forth that her lover should decide his fate in the king's arena, she had thought of nothing, night or day, but this great event and the various subjects connected with it. Possessed of more power, influence, and forceof character than any one who had ever before been interested in such a case, she had done what no other person had done,--she had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew in whichof the two rooms, that lay behind those doors, stood the cage of the tiger, with its open front, and in which waited the lady. Through these thick doors, heavily curtained with skins on the inside, it was impossible that any noise or suggestion shouldcome from within to the person who should approach to raise thelatch of one of them. But gold, and the power of a woman's will, had brought the secret to the princess.And not only did she know in which room stood the lady ready to emerge, all blushing and radiant, should her door be opened, but she knew who the lady was. It was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected asthe reward of the accused youth, should he be proved innocent of the crime of aspiring to one so far above him; and the princess hated her. Often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned. Now and then she had seen them talking together; it was but for a moment or two, but much can be said in a brief space; it may have been on most unimportant topics, but how could she know that? The girl was lovely, but she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess; and, with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.When her lover turned and looked at her, and his eye met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her, he saw, by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are one, that she knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. He had expected her to know it. He understood her nature, and his soul was assured that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself this thing, hidden to all other lookers-on, even to the king. The only hope for the youth in which there was any element of certainty was based upon the successof the princess in discovering this mystery; and the moment he looked upon her, he saw she had succeeded, as in his soul he knew she would succeed.Then it was that his quick and anxious glance asked the question: "Which?" It was as plain to her as if he shouted it from where he stood. There was not an instant to be lost. The question was asked in a flash; it must be answered in another.Her right arm lay on the cushioned parapet before her. She raised her hand, and made a slight, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw her. Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.He turned, and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye was fixed immovably upon that man. Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it.Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady ?The more we reflect upon this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion, out of which it is difficult to find our way. Think of it, fair reader, not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself, but upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy. She had lost him, but who should have him?How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild horror, and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door! How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman, with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of triumph; when she had seen him lead her forth, his whole frame kindled with the joy of recovered life; when she had heard the glad shouts from the multitude, and the wild ringing of the happy bells; when she had seen the priest, with his joyous followers, advance to the couple, and make them man and wife before her very eyes; and when she had seenthem walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the tremendous shouts of the hilarious multitude, in which her one despairing shriek was lost and drowned!Would it not be better for him to die at once, and go to wait for her in the blessed regions of semi-barbaric futurity?And yet, that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood!Her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation. She hadknown she would be asked, she had decided what she would answer, and, without the slightest hesitation, she had moved her hand to the right.The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered, and it is not for me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door,--the lady, or the tiger?。
The Lady Or The Tiger(女人还是老虎)
The Lady Or The Tiger?In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king，whose ideas，though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors，were still large，florid，and untrammeled，as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy，and，withal，of an authority so irresistible that，at his will，he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing，and，when he and himself agreed upon anything，the thing was done. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course，his nature was bland and genial；but，whenever there was a little hitch，and some of his orbs got out of their orbits，he was blander and more genial still，for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places.Among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had become semified was that of the public arena，in which，by exhibitions of manly and beastly valor，the minds of his subjects were refined and cultured.But even here the exuberant and barbaric fancy asserted itself. The arena of the king was built，not to give the people an opportunity of hearing the rhapsodies of dying gladiators，nor to enable them to viewthe inevitable conclusion of a conflict between religious opinions and hungry jaws，but for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop the mental energies of the people. This vast amphitheater，with its encircling galleries，its mysterious vaults，and its unseen passages，was an agent of poetic justice，in which crime was punished，or virtue rewarded，by the decrees of an impartial and incorruptible chance.When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king，public notice was given that on an appointed day the fate of the accused person would be decided in the king's arena，a structure which well deserved its name，for，although its form and plan were borrowed from afar，its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man，who，every barleycorn a king，knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his fancy，and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism.When all the people had assembled in the galleries，and the king，surrounded by his court，sat high up on his throne of royal state on one side of the arena，he gave a signal，a door beneath him opened，and the accused subject stepped out into the amphitheater. Directly opposite him，on the other side of the enclosed space，were two doors，exactly alike and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the person on trial to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could openeither door he pleased；he was subject to no guidance or influence but that of the aforementioned impartial and incorruptible chance. If he opened the one，there came out of it a hungry tiger，the fiercest and most cruel that could be procured，which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. The moment that the case of the criminal was thus decided，doleful iron bells were clanged，great wails went up from the hired mourners posted on the outer rim ofthe arena，and the vast audience，with bowed heads and downcast hearts，wended slowly their homeward way，mourning greatly that one so young and fair，or so old and respected，should have merited so dire a fate.But，if the accused person opened the other door，there came forth from it a lady，the most suitable to his years and station that his majesty could select among his fair subjects，and to this lady he was immediately married，as a reward of his innocence. It mattered not that he might already possess a wife and family，or that his affections might be engaged upon an object of his own selection；the king allowed no such subordinate arrangements to interfere with his great scheme of retribution and reward. The exercises，as in the other instance，took place immediately，and in the arena. Another door opened beneath the king，and a priest，followed by a band of choristers，and dancing maidens blowing joyous airs on golden horns and treading an epithalamic measure，advanced to where the pair stood，side by side，and the wedding was promptly and cheerily solemnized. Then the gay brass bells rang forth their merry peals，the people shouted glad hurrahs，and the innocent man，preceded by children strewing flowers on his path，led his bride to his home.This was the king's semi-barbaric method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could not know out of which door would come the lady；he opened either he pleased，without having the slightest idea whether，in the next instant，he was to be devoured or married. On some occasions the tiger came out of one door，and on some out of the other. The decisions of this tribunal were not only fair，they were positively determinate：the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty，and，if innocent，he was rewarded on the spot，whether he liked it or not. There was no escape from the judgments of the king's arena.The institution was a very popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days，they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or a hilarious wedding. This element of uncertainty lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have attained. Thus，the masses were entertained and pleased，and the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of unfairnessagainst this plan，for did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands？This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most florid fancies，and with a soul as fervent and imperious as his own. As is usual in such cases，she was the apple of his eye，and was loved by him above all humanity. Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens. This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover，for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom，and she loved him with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. This love affair moved on happily for many months，until one day the king happened to discover its existence. He did not hesitate nor waver in regard to his duty in the premises. The youth was immediately cast into prison，and a day was appointed for his trial in the king's arena. This，of course，was an especially important occasion，and his majesty，as well as all the people，was greatly interested in the workings and development of this trial. Never before had such a case occurred；never before had a subject dared to love the daughter of the king. In after years such things became commonplace enough，but then they were in no slight degree novel and startling.The tiger-cages of the kingdom were searched for the most savage and relentless beasts，from which the fiercest monster might be selected for the arena；and the ranks of maiden youth and beauty throughout the land were carefully surveyed by competent judges in order that the young man might have a fitting bride in case fate did not determine for him a different destiny. Of course，everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had been done. He had loved the princess，and neither he，she，nor any one else，thought of denying the fact；but the king would not think of allowing any fact of this kind to interfere with the workings of the tribunal，in which he took such great delight and satisfaction. No matter how the affair turned out，the youth would be disposed of，and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure in watching the course of events，which would determine whether or not the young man had done wrong in allowing himself to love the princess.The appointed day arrived. From far and near the people gathered，and thronged the great galleries of the arena，and crowds，unable to gain admittance，massed themselves against its outside walls. The king and his court were in their places，opposite the twin doors，those fateful portals，so terrible in their similarity.All was ready. The signal was given. A door beneath the royal party opened，and the lover of the princess walked into the arena. Tall，beautiful，fair，his appearance was greeted with a low hum ofadmiration and anxiety. Half the audience had not known so grand a youth had lived among them. No wonder the princess loved him！What a terrible thing for him to be there！As the youth advanced into the arena he turned，as the custom was，to bow to the king，but he did not think at all of that royal personage. His eyes were fixed upon the princess，who sat to the right of her father. Had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature it is probable that lady would not have been there，but her intense and fervid soul would not allow her to be absent on an occasion in which she was so terribly interested. From the moment that the decree had gone forth that her lover should decide his fate in the king's arena，she had thought of nothing，night or day，but this great event and the various subjects connected with it. Possessed of more power，influence，and force of character than any one who had ever before been interested in such a case，she had done what no other person had done - she had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew in which of the two rooms，that lay behind those doors，stood the cage of the tiger，with its open front，and in which waited the lady. Through these thick doors，heavily curtained with skins on the inside，it was impossible that any noise or suggestion should come from within to the person who should approach to raise the latch of one of them. But gold，and the power of a woman's will，had brought the secret to the princess.And not only did she know in which room stood the lady ready to emerge，all blushing and radiant，should her door be opened，but she knew who the lady was. It was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected as the reward of the accused youth，should he be proved innocent of the crime of aspiring to one so far above him；and the princess hated her. Often had she seen，or imagined that she had seen，this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover，and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived，and even returned. Now and then she had seen them talking together；it was but for a moment or two，but much can be said in a brief space；it may have been on most unimportant topics，but how could she know that？The girl was lovely，but she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess；and，with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors，she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.When her lover turned and looked at her，and his eye met hers as she sat there，paler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her，he saw，by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are one，that she knew behind which door crouched the tiger，and behind which stood the lady. He had expected her to know it. He understood her nature，and his soul was assured thatshe would never rest until she had made plain to herself this thing，hidden to all other lookers-on，even to the king. The only hope for the youth in which there was any element of certainty was based upon the success of the princess in discovering this mystery；and the moment he looked upon her，he saw she had succeeded，as in his soul he knew she would succeed.Then it was that his quick and anxious glance asked the question：“Which？” It was as plain to her as if he shouted it from wher e he stood. There was not an instant to be lost. The question was asked in a flash；it must be answered in another.Her right arm lay on the cushioned parapet before her. She raised her hand，and made a slight，quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw her. Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.He turned，and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating，every breath was held，every eye was fixed immovably upon that man. Without the slightest hesitation，he went to the door on the right，and opened it.Now，the point of the story is this：Did the tiger come out of that door，or did the lady ？The more we reflect upon this question，the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart which leads us through deviousmazes of passion，out of which it is difficult to find our way. Think of it，fair reader，not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself，but upon that hot-blooded，semi-barbaric princess，her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy. She had lost him，but who should have him？How often，in her waking hours and in her dreams，had she started in wild horror，and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangsof the tiger！But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door！How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth，and torn her hair，when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady！How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman，with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of triumph；when she had seen him lead her forth，his whole frame kindled with the joy of recovered life；when she had heard the glad shouts from the multitude，and the wild ringing of the happy bells；when she had seen the priest，with his joyous followers，advance to the couple，and make them man and wife before her very eyes；and when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers，followed by the tremendous shouts of the hilarious multitude，in which her one despairing shriek was lost and drowned！Would it not be better for him to die at once，and go to wait for her in the blessed regions of semi-barbaric futurity？And yet，that awful tiger，those shrieks，that blood！Her decision had been indicated in an instant，but it had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation. She had known she would be asked，she had decided what she would answer，and，without the slightest hesitation，she had moved her hand to the right.The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered，and it is not for me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you：Which came out of the opened door - the lady，or the tiger？。
巧妙导入,点亮大学英语阅读课堂
巧妙导入，点亮大学英语阅读课堂abstract：the internationalized society puts forward higher requirements to university english teachers. to generate interests in english reading classes， students’desire of reading must be stimulated. it is vital to design a unique lead-in for english teachers.key words：english reading lead-in experiential learning case-based teaching摘要：当前的大学英语阅读课堂单调乏味、效率低下，很重要的原因在于老师的引导作用没有得到充分的发挥。
要提高学生的英语阅读兴趣，首先要激起学生的欲望，设计一个别出心裁的导入至关重要。
关键词：英语阅读；课堂导入；体验法；游戏法；头脑风暴法威廉·沃德（william arthur ward）曾经写过：平庸的老师传达知识，水平一般的老师解释知识，好老师演示知识，伟大的老师激励学生去学习知识。
要激发学生的学习兴趣，就要在课堂导入上精心设计。
课堂导入是教师在课堂教学起始环节中采用各种教学媒体和教学方式，向学生引入新知识，使学生迅速进入新课学习状态的活动方式，也是课堂教学的第一关。
成功的导入可以有效吸引学生注意力，增强学生学习的自主性和积极性，使课堂气氛变得活跃，从而提高课堂教学的效率。
导入也不是千篇一律的，文章的内容和形式不同，采用的方法也应有所区别，如体验法，游戏法，案例法，头脑风暴法，设置悬念法等都是很有效的方法。
一、体验法。
体验式学习是通过个人在活动中的充分参与获得个人的体验，然后在培训师指导下，受训者之间交流，分享个人体验，提升能力的学习方式。
lady or tiger
The Lady or the Tight?Long ago there lived a semi-barbaric king, who had a great imagination. One of his ideas was to build a big arena as an agent of justice, where crime was punished or virtue rewared. When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day, the fate of the accused person would be decided at the king's arena.很久以前，有一个国王，非常野蛮，想像力却非常丰富。
他出了很多点子，其中一个就是建一个大竞技场来执行裁决。
在那里，罪恶受到惩治，美德得以回报。
当臣民被指控犯罪，而且其罪行足以令国王关注时，就会发布公告，告知在某一指定的日期，被指控者的命运将在国王的竞技场上决定。
When all the people had assembled in the galleries and the king surrounded by the court, sat high upon his throne on one side of the arena, he gave a signal, a door beneath him opened and the accused subject stepped out into the arena, directly opposite him on the other side were two doors, exactly alike and side by side. It was the duty and previlige of the person on trial to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open either door he pleased, he was subject to no guidance or influence, only chance. If he opened one, there came out of it a cruel and hungry tiger which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as punishment for his guilt. But, if the accused person opened the other door, there came forth a lady, the most suitable to his age and station that the king could select from among his fair subjects and to this lady, he was immediately married as a reward for his innocence. It didn't matter that he might persist a wife and family or that his affections might be engaged upon the lady of his own selection. The wedding took place immediately and in the arena, bells rang, people shouted glad hurras and the innocent man let his bride home.所有人都已聚集在观众席上，而在竞技场的一边，国王高高地坐在他的御座上，周围簇拥着他的皇室成员及侍臣。
「小说精读赏析」弗兰克斯托克顿小说《美女还是老虎》附阅读理解试题及答案解析
「小说精读赏析」弗兰克斯托克顿小说《美女还是老虎》附阅读理解试题及答案解析编者寄语《美女还是老虎》是美国小说家斯托克顿的名篇，是小说史上一个备受关注的“开放式结局”的故事。
情节扣人心弦却在高潮即将到来时戛然而止。
但故事似乎又刚刚开始——这个“残缺”的故事一直被读者津津乐道，争论不休。
它的大片留白给予读者莫大的参与感，或许这就是艺术残缺之美的魅力所在。
读读这个故事，你一定会参与进来。
文本研读（蓝色字体处为文章精析）美女还是老虎作者：［美］弗兰克·斯托克顿很久以前有一位暴君，他的国家虽已受到拉丁远邻的文明开化，但他的思想仍然野蛮专制、不受拘束。
这位国王的脑中充满狂野的念头，同时手握至高的权威，将这些妄想随心所欲地化为现实。
交代故事发生背景，暗示野蛮暴君统治的国家没有什么事不可能发生。
国王残暴的那一面，借由某种外来建筑得到了发挥——公共竞技场，它能彻底展现人的英勇与兽的本性，从而让观看的人民获得思想的提升与教化。
这座宏大的圆形剧场，以及它环状的观台、神秘的地牢、隐秘的地道，宛如一位浪漫的大法官，以绝对公正的判决惩治罪恶的灵魂，褒赏高尚的情操。
情节的开端，引人思考：这个公共竞技场真能带来绝对公正的判决吗？抑或只是国王施暴的工具？当有公民被控犯罪，并且罪行惊动国王时，他就会被带到国王的竞技场。
在他面前出现两扇一模一样的门，他必须上前打开其中一扇门，选择权完全在他手中。
如果门后是一头饥饿的猛虎，可以想见他的下场将是多么悲惨，饿虎会将他撕成碎片，罪行就此得到惩戒。
而如果被告打开了另一扇门，会从中翩跹走出一位美丽的女子，是国王依照被告的年龄与身家精心挑选的结婚对象，以此作为无罪的奖赏。
即便被告已成家立业，或早已心有所属，都不影响这场天降的婚姻。
国王才不会容许一些凡俗杂事来动摇他至高的奖惩大计。
颇具刺激性的规则使罪犯要么惨死，要么获得意外的奖赏。
但这奖赏也只是国王认为的奖赏。
这位暴君惩恶扬善的方式堪称粗暴，不过其公平性也显而易见。
高英 The Lady or The Tiger
The Theme
1.Choices and Consequences 2.Betrayal 3.Beauty 4.Love and Passion
Choices and Consequences
• The “semi-barbaric” king has set up the arena in such a way that the prisoner’s choice will determine his fate, regardless of his guilt or innocence. Either he will be eaten by a hungry tiger or he will instantly marry a beautiful girl. • This element of choice absolves the king from any responsibility in the situation and intrigues the audience, who eagerly anticipate the prisoner’s fate. • Not knowing whether they will witness a bloody spectacte or a wedding puts them in a state of suspense. • Because the young man is allowed to make his own choice, all others are absolved of guilt. Whether or not his choice and its consequence are just never occurs to them.
大学英语5口试问题清单附带自己的中英文答案
1.In the story of the Lady or the Tiger, what do you think is behind the door theprincess pointed to the handsome young man, the lady or the tiger? Why do you think so?Back-up Question: Have you ever been in a hard situation where you have to choose from two options? You need to briefly talk about the situation, the two options and your decision and explain why you made such a decision.2.What is the most impolite behavior in you mind? Talk about it. You need to describethe behavior and explain why you think it is impolite.Back-up Question: Why do we need to have good manners? Give your reason. You can use examples to illustrate it.3.Introduce one of successful businesses in your mind and tell what make its success.You need to produce the basic information about the business such as the name and history of the company, the product and the future development. You can take the exercise on page 83 for reference.Back-up Question: If you are given the opportunity to start your own business, what do you want to do?4.Describe one of your happy moments. You need to tell: what happened, when andwhere? And why you feel so happy.Back-up Question: Will you feel happier after graduating from the university or not? Give your reason.5.Describe a human behavior we have in common.Back-up Question: Do you show off sometimes? If YES, talk about the occasion when you show off. If NO, tell why you do not show off.6.Who is your hero? Choose one person you take as a hero and talk about him or her.You need to briefly introduce the person including his / her name and heroic deeds. Back-up Question: Can a character in a movie or a cartoon or a novel be a good role model? Why or why not?7.Introduce one of your favorite speeches. You need to tell: who gave the speech,under which circumstances and why you like it. As for the reason, you can discuss about the language use of the speech or the significance of the speech.Back-up Question: When do you have to speak to a group of people? Give one example to show how you would deal with the situation.1. 在女士还是老虎的故事中, 你认为公主指给英俊的年轻人在门后面的是女士还是老虎？你为什么这么想？备份问题: 你是否曾经遇到过必须从两个选项中选择的困难境地？你需要简单谈谈情况、两个选择和你的决定, 并解释你为什么做出这样的决定。
lady or tiger
Today's story is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer.One of the king's ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Crime was punished, or innocence was decided, by the result of chance. When a person was accused of a crime, his future would be judged in the public arena.All the people would gather in this building. The king sat high up on his ceremonial chair. He gave a sign. A door under him opened. The accused person stepped out into the arena. Directly opposite the king were two doors. They were side by side, exactly alike. The person on trial had to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open whichever door he pleased.If the accused man opened one door, out came a hungry tiger, the fiercest in the land. The tiger immediately jumped on him and tore him to pieces as punishment for his guilt. The case of the suspect was thus decided.Iron bells rang sadly. Great cries went up from the paid mourners. And the people, with heads hanging low and sad hearts, slowly made their way home. They mourned greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have died this way.But, if the accused opened the other door, there came forth from it a woman, chosen especially for the person. To this lady he was immediately married, in honor of his innocence. It was not a problem that he might already have a wife and family, or that he might have chosen to marry another woman. The king permitted nothing to interfere with his great method of punishment and reward.Another door opened under the king, and a clergyman, singers, dancers and musicians joined the man and the lady. The marriage ceremony was quickly completed. Then the bells made cheerful noises. The people shouted happily. And the innocent man led the new wife to his home, following children who threw flowers on their path.This was the king's method of carrying out justice. Its fairness appeared perfect. The accused person could not know which door washiding the lady. He opened either as he pleased, without having knowing whether, in the next minute, he was to be killed or married.Sometimes the fierce animal came out of one door. Sometimes it came out of the other.This method was a popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they would see a bloody killing or a happy ending. So everyone was always interested. And the thinking part of the community would bring no charge of unfairness against this plan. Did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands?The king had a beautiful daughter who was like him in many ways. He loved her above all humanity. The princess secretly loved a young man who was the best-looking and bravest in the land. But he was a commoner, not part of an important family.One day, the king discovered the relationship between his daughter and the young man. The man was immediately put in prison. A day was set for his trial in the king's public arena. This, of course, was an especially important event. Never before had a common subject been brave enough to love the daughter of the king.The king knew that the young man would be punished, even if he opened the right door. And the king would take pleasure in watching the series of events, which would judge whether or not the man had done wrong in loving the princess.The day of the trial arrived. From far and near the people gathered in the arena and outside its walls. The king and his advisers were in their places, opposite the two doors. All was ready. The sign was given. The door under the king opened and the lover of the princess entered the arena.Tall, beautiful and fair, his appearance was met with a sound of approval and tension. Half the people had not known so perfect a young man lived among them. No wonder the princess loved him! What a terrible thing for him to be there!As the young man entered the public arena, he turned to bend to the king. But he did not at all think of the great ruler. The young man's eyes instead were fixed on the princess, who sat to the right of her father.From the day it was decided that the sentence of her lover should be decided in the arena, she had thought of nothing but this event.The princess had more power, influence and force of character than anyone who had ever before been interested in such a case. She had done what no other person had done. She had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew behind which door stood the tiger, and behind which waited the lady. Gold, and the power of a woman's will, had brought the secret to the princess.She also knew who the lady was. The lady was one of the loveliest in the kingdom. Now and then the princess had seen her looking at and talking to the young man.The princess hated the woman behind that silent door. She hated her with all the intensity of the blood passed to her through long lines of cruel ancestors.Her lover turned to look at the princess. His eye met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than anyone in the large ocean of tense faces around her. He saw that she knew behind which door waited the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. He had expected her to know it.The only hope for the young man was based on the success of the princess in discovering this mystery. When he looked at her, he saw that she had been successful, as he knew she would succeed.Then his quick and tense look asked the question: "Which?" It was as clear to her as if he shouted it from where he stood. There was not time to be lost.The princess raised her hand, and made a short, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw it. Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.He turned, and with a firm and quick step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating. Every breath was held. Every eye was fixed upon that man. He went to the door on the right and opened it.Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady?The more we think about this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart. Think of it not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself. But as if it depended upon that hot-blooded princess, her soul at a white heat under the fires of sadness and jealousy. She had lost him, but who should have him? How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild terror, and covered her face with her hands? She thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the sharp teeth of the tiger!But how much oftener had she seen him open the other door? How had she ground her teeth, and torn her hair, when she had seen his happy face as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had burned in pain when she had seen him run to meet that woman, with her look of victory. When she had seen the two of them get married. And when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the happy shouts of the crowd, in which her one sad cry was lost!Would it not be better for him to die quickly, and go to wait for her in that blessed place of the future? And yet, that tiger, those cries, that blood!Her decision had been shown quickly. But it had been made after days and nights of thought. She had known she would be asked. And she had decided what she would answer. And she had moved her hand to the right.The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered. And it is not for me to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you:Which came out of the open door – the lady, or the tiger?The story was written by Frank Stockton in 1882. It was adapted for VOA Learning English by Shelley Gollust. The storyteller was Barbara Klein.Now it's your turn. Write to us in the comments section or on about a difficult choice you had to make。
The-lady-or-the-tiger中文翻译(美女还是老虎)
很久很久以前，在一个未开化的国家里，有个圆形的竞技场——这是国王审判犯人的地方。
竞技场内有两扇门，一扇门关着饥饿不堪的老虎，一扇门关着绝世美女。
一切交给老天爷决定。
国王相信如果犯人无罪，他应该会幸运选到美女，选到美女的则马上在竞技场内举行盛大的婚礼，然后带美女远走高飞过幸福的日子；而选到老虎的人，则马上会被老虎咬死。
国王有个美丽的女儿，偏偏爱上一个平民青年。
国家规定王室跟平民相恋是有罪的。
所以国王发现后愤怒不已，把这名平民关起来并抓到竞技场。
同样的，一扇门内关了老虎，一扇门内关了一位美女。
这样无论他选择哪个门都不可能再与公主在一起，这样国王就可以放心了。
全国的人们涌入竞技场观看，国王在场，公主也在场。
公主事前就已经知道哪一扇门后面是老虎，哪一扇门是美女。
她在看台上，脸色苍白。
青年望了她一眼，他知道公主一定知道两扇门的秘密，他渴望公主给他一个方向。
然而，公主的内心挣扎万分。
她认识门后的那位美女，那是宫中最美丽的女仆。
她无法忘怀相爱的点滴，无法接受他与美女远走高飞，重新生活，却也不愿看到心爱的人死亡。
所以她想了很久很久……终于，她微指了右边的那扇门。
青年于是慢慢走向了右边那扇门，所有人都屏息以待门被打开的结果。
公主却缓缓地走出了竞技场……在这个竞技场上，接受审判的并不仅仅只是青年，还有那位公主以及他们之间的爱情。
无论公主选择什么都将只有一种结局——她不可能再拥有他。
一个深爱着却不能在一起的人，宁愿让他死去，还是看着他与另一女子生活？而场上的青年，真是个傻得可爱的男子。
一个用自己的生命去相信自己恋人的男子，一个不用任何博弈的心态来面对爱情的男子。
他本能地相信，本能地顺从了心灵的指引,毫无怀疑，毫无戒备，毫无犹豫。
公主是矛盾的，当她纤细的手臂缓缓地抬起暗示男子时，她知道，她的任何决定都是种残忍的了断，唯一不同的不过是她将承受何种煎熬。
She had lost him, who should have him?青年走得很坚定，因为他知道无论门的背后等待他的是老虎还是美女，他走的每一步都携带着她们之间的回忆，太重太重，却愈行愈远……译文如下，水平有限，仅供参考：Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer.很久以前，在一个非常古老的国家，那里住着一位非常有权势的国王。
The Lady or the Tiger美女与老虎
Creative Writing——《The Lady, or the Tiger?》Class: sy1401Name：Lisa（Li Jiamei）Student ID：20140296Adviser：Liu ZhuoThe Ending of 《The Lady, or the Tiger?》英语1401 李佳美20140296As soon as the right door opened, a harsh bellow burst out suddenly. The source of the sound was not from the crack in the cruel fangs of the fierce and starving tiger, but from the princess. Following the bellow, a priest, with a band of choristers, and dancing maidens blowing joyous airs on golden horns and treading an epithalamic measure, advanced to where the pair stood, side by side, and the wedding was promptly and cheerily solemnized. Then the gay brass bells ran forth their merry peals, the people shouted glad hurrahs.Straight away, the hilarious and cheerful atmosphere sank the unbearable agony of the princess. She betrayed the semi-barbaric in her blood, she gave up her sacred dignity, and she abandoned principle keeping in her inner heart. Just glancing at her lover’s despair and helpless eyes, she had made up her mind to make him married but devoured. She surrendered to her fervent love. Though she had inherited the endowment of her father’s barbaric and cruel character, she was influenced subtly by her mother’stenderness and soft heart. Every woman is made of water, because of which, none of them is willing to watch the man she fall in love with profoundly being tore into pieces by a terrible monster.Although the rage and jealousy haunted in her mind and forced out of her tears, she clenched her fists and pretended to be calm and indifferent, unfortunately, that was in vain. In fact, she stared at nothing but that young man, the tears make everything around him obscure and hazy. To her surprise, she noticed that her lover was looking up at her, too, with his brooding eyes full of passion and gratitude. He faced towards her, smiling and murmuring. Though the galleries were blooded with the racket of cheer, she was still able to hear every word of his sentences clearly---- ‘Princess, since I choose you to be my lover, you are bound to be my only true lover forever. Unquestionably, the love between us is unperishable for me, and I believe, for you, too. Maybe from now on, it is impossible for us to reunite, and the nearest distance between us is only in this fleeting moment. But my dear love, it is unbearable to lose you in the rest of my lifetime. So I have made up my mind to enjoy this moment in my soul eternally. Please remember, princess, your position in my heart will never change. And please do not forget, princess, my heart belongs to you forever.After the young man’s sincere monologue, the bride came up to him, with her rushing cheeks and sparkle eyes of triumph, she looked at him shyly and excitedly. However, the young man ignored that. He looked around the arena, just like an actor responding to a curtain call. Eventually, his eyes stopped on the princess. Unexpectedly, he drew out a sharp dagger and stabbed into his heart deeply. The multitudes stirred up, everyone was amazed by this scene. Quietly, he said: ‘I love you.’ Then he fell down heavily. Wearing a content smile, he closed his eyes without regret.But that’s not the ending. Awaken by the ruthless reality, she disappointedly realized that she had immersed herself in her unrealistic, stupid daydream. She tried to get rid of the reality, but it was unavoidable for her to face it. But still hopefully, she crossed her fingers, looking forward to the happening of the miracle. Unfortunately, nothing changed. Being infatuated with his charming bride, the young man seemed to forget everything, including the fact that the princess had saved his life. Leading her forth, he kissed her bride deeply. At that moment, the princess was dumbfounded. Unconsciously, she fainted out painfully.When she opened her eyes, it was after 3 days. The maid rushed to her with relief and asked how she felt. But she couldn’t absorb in any words, with glassy eyes, she said: ‘I want to see Edmund Burke rightnow.’‘But-.’‘Hurry, call in him. Or I will kill you!’In a flash, the shuddering maid ran away. And then there came a man of stature with a pair of penetrating eyes.‘My lord, what can I do for you?’‘What happened about that young man being judged several days ago?’‘Nothing special, my lord. He lives happily with his wife.’The princess sighed for a second: ‘As the best killer in the whole kingdom, I believe you won’t disappoint me, and you are clever enough to know what I mean.’‘Yes, my lord, I will do my best.’ He smiled slightly.The door shut again. The empty room was full of pain and loneliness from the princess. After a while, there burst out an extremely horrible laughter: ‘My lover, I know you love me till you die, deep as sea, wide as sky; and I know you are waiting for me in the heaven. I love you, too, and forever.’After 13 days, a breaking news spread in an incredible speed----the young man committed suicide. Everyone felt pity for him as well as his wife. Of course，some of them had doubt about the reason why he did that. And maybe only the princess and Edmund Burke knew that.。
the lady or the tiger
se-as-the-lady-or-the-tiger-15-jan-11.Mp3BOB DOUGHTY: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC)We present the short story "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.(MUSIC)BARBARA KLEIN: Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer.One of the king's ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Crime was punished, or innocence was decided, by the result of chance. When a person was accused of a crime, his future would be judged in the public arena.All the people would gather in this building. The king sat high up on his ceremonial chair. He gave a sign. A door under him opened. The accused person stepped out into the arena. Directly opposite the king were two doors. They were side by side, exactly alike. The person on trial had to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open whichever door he pleased.If the accused man opened one door, out came a hungry tiger, the fiercest in the land. The tiger immediately jumped on him and tore him to pieces as punishment for his guilt. The case of the suspect was thus decided.Iron bells rang sadly. Great cries went up from the paid mourners. And the people, with heads hanging low and sad hearts, slowly made their way home. They mourned greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have died this way. But, if the accused opened the other door, there came forth from it a woman, chosen especially for the person. To this lady he was immediately married, in honor of his innocence. It was not a problem that he might already have a wife and family, or that he might have chosen to marry another woman. The king permitted nothing to interfere with his great method of punishment and reward.Another door opened under the king, and a clergyman, singers, dancers and musicians joined the man and the lady. The marriage ceremony was quickly completed. Then the bells made cheerful noises. The people shouted happily. And the innocent man led the new wife to his home, following children who threw flowers on their path.This was the king's method of carrying out justice. Its fairness appeared perfect. The accused person could not know which door was hiding the lady. He opened either as he pleased, without having knowing whether, in the next minute, he was to be killed or married.Sometimes the fierce animal came out of one door. Sometimes it came out of the other.This method was a popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they would see a bloody killing or a happy ending. So everyone was always interested. And the thinking part of the community would bring no charge of unfairness against this plan. Did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands? (MUSIC)The king had a beautiful daughter who was like him in many ways. He loved her above all humanity. The princess secretly loved a young man who was the best-looking and bravest in the land. But he was a commoner, not part of an important family. One day, the king discovered the relationship between his daughter and the young man. The man was immediately put in prison. Aday was set for his trial in the king's public arena. This, of course, was an especially important event. Never before had a common subject been brave enough to love the daughter of the king.The king knew that the young man would be punished, even if he opened the right door. And the king would take pleasure in watching the series of events, which would judge whether or not the man had done wrong in loving the princess.(MUSIC)The day of the trial arrived. From far and near the people gathered in the arena and outside its walls. The king and his advisers were in their places, opposite the two doors. All was ready. The sign was given. The door under the king opened and the lover of the princess entered the arena.Tall, beautiful and fair, his appearance was met with a sound of approval and tension. Half the people had not known so perfect a young man lived among them. No wonder the princess loved him! What a terrible thing for him to be there!As the young man entered the public arena, he turned to bend to the king. But he did not at all think of the great ruler. The youngman's eyes instead were fixed on the princess, who sat to the right of her father.From the day it was decided that the sentence of her lover should be decided in the arena, she had thought of nothing but this event. The princess had more power, influence and force of character than anyone who had ever before been interested in such a case. She had done what no other person had done. She had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew behind which door stood the tiger, and behind which waited the lady. Gold, and the power of a woman's will, had brought the secret to the princess. She also knew who the lady was. The lady was one of the loveliest in the kingdom. Now and then the princess had seen her looking at and talking to the young man.The princess hated the woman behind that silent door. She hated her with all the intensity of the blood passed to her through long lines of cruel ancestors.Her lover turned to look at the princess. His eye met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than anyone in the large ocean of tense faces around her. He saw that she knew behind which door waitedthe tiger, and behind which stood the lady. He had expected her to know it.The only hope for the young man was based on the success of the princess in discovering this mystery. When he looked at her, he saw that she had been successful, as he knew she would succeed. Then his quick and tense look asked the question: "Which?" It was as clear to her as if he shouted it from where he stood. There was not time to be lost.The princess raised her hand, and made a short, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw it. Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.He turned, and with a firm and quick step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating. Every breath was held. Every eye was fixed upon that man. He went to the door on the right and opened it.So deeply did the man love the princess that he thought nothing when he was to open the right door. Actually, since he was thrown into prison by the king, he had begun to think about his future and imagined any situations he might be faced with. To be torn to pieces for love or to be married with an unknown woman for life?Unfortunately, both of the results were the same eventually. He could never live together with the princess without the king’s permission. Since he known their love was firm and unyielding, the ultimate problem was obtaining the king’s approval. So, the first step and only way to achieve his dream was to open the lady’s door to strive for more time. He believed in the tacit understanding with princess entirely so he opened the right door without hesitation. As the man stretched out his hand, everyone’s heart was lifted to their throat and the whole arena became deathly silent. “Nice to meet you!”When the door was opened, a young and lovely woman smiled to the man. Suddenly, all of the audience standed up from their seats and shout crazily. On the ceremonial chair, the king sighed silently. Actually, although he didn’t appreciate the poor man’s love for his favorite daughter, he admired the young man’s bravery in the bottom of heart. The king didn’t hope the man to be dead, and he had deliberately arranged a special girl for him. He could not let his daughter marry him, so he had to let the man take his chance. Now that the man got the girl, the king would never feel guilty for his daughter and the man. When seeing that lovely girl, the princess also signed, but with more consideration. Indeed, she loved the man, and she could even give up all she possessed if only they could live together. But it was just a beautiful and romanticdream. For this pure love, after countless nights of insomnia, she dicided to let the man live a happy life with another woman and disappear from his life. However, in the man’s eyes, anything without the princess were meaningless. So, when he saw the lady’s smile, he said silently,”You are lovely but I’m sorry that my heart could belong to only one girl. I’m afraid that I have to let you down because I don’t want to waste you youth.” The bell rang happily and many children stepped out of another door. All the audience was going to hold a marriage ceremony for these two lucky young men. However, the man quickly ran out of the arena without saying a word, leaving all the people completely astonished. The king was surprised too and after several seconds he ordered his men to find the young man back. After a while, the young man was sent to the king. Directly, the king asked the young man,”What did you want to do?”“I’m sorry to disobey the rule, but I could never deceive myself to marry a girl while loving another deeply. I know it seems to be a dream for me to live together with your favorite daughter, but I just want to hold fast to my love. Maybe I’m low, my heart is full and my mind is firm. If the result of my sincere love must be a tragedy, I would rather be torn by the tiger or stay single for the rest of my life. With due respect, I will never change my mind.” The young man answered. Hearing this, the princess standing by the king hurried tothe young man and hugged him firmly, crying bitterly. The king felt a little hesitant and soft-hearted, having nothing to say. Then, the princess kneeled on the floor, sadly said,” Dad, do you believe in true love? I don’t meant to offend you but I have to tell my inner feeling. Never had I experienced such special time in my life. I feel really delighted but at the same time I’m afraid because our dream is delicate although our foundation is stable. So weak are we that we could only enjoy imagination and simple life, having no way to gain forever accompany unless you give us approval. Every time I think of this terrible situation I will feel ashamed of myself and eager to be a normal woman. Dad, I know you love me and want to give me better life, but if I have to pay for it with my real happiness, I’m afraid that you will not hope to see my bland life.” Finally, the king made up his mind. “All right, all right. Maybe I govern you too much for a long time. Maybe I think of everything only from my own point. Maybe I should be more enlightened. My dear daughter, I can understand your feeling, and I feel sorry for my selfishness. Young man, I hope I will not mistake my judgement, so you have to prove you are the right one who can give my daughter happiness, or you will be torn to be pieces by one thousand tigers.” After obtaining the king’s approval, the young man study and work day and night to promote his social status. Three years later, the young man becamethe mayor of an important province and people under his government highly praise his performance. At the autumn, the man and the princess hold their wedding ceremony.(MUSIC)Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady?The more we think about this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart. Think of it not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself. But as if it depended upon that hot-blooded princess, her soul at a white heat under the fires of sadness and jealousy. She had lost him, but who should have him?How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild terror, and covered her face with her hands? She thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the sharp teeth of the tiger!But how much oftener had she seen him open the other door? How had she ground her teeth, and torn her hair, when she had seen his happy face as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had burned in pain when she had seen him run to meetthat woman, with her look of victory. When she had seen the two of them get married. And when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the happy shouts of the crowd, in which her one sad cry was lost!Would it not be better for him to die quickly, and go to wait for her in that blessed place of the future? And yet, that tiger, those cries, that blood!Her decision had been shown quickly. But it had been made after days and nights of thought. She had known she would be asked. And she had decided what she would answer. And she had moved her hand to the right.The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered. And it is not for me to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you:Which came out of the open door – the lady, or the tiger? (MUSIC)BOB DOUGHTY: You have heard the American Story "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. Your storyteller was Barbara Klein. This story was adapted into Special English by ShelleyGollust. It was produced by Lawan Davis. Listen again next week for another American story in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.。
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很久很久以前，在一个未开化的国家里，有个圆形的竞技场——这是国王审判犯人的地方。
竞技场内有两扇门，一扇门关着饥饿不堪的老虎，一扇门关着绝世美女。
一切交给老天爷决定。
国王相信如果犯人无罪，他应该会幸运选到美女，选到美女的则马上在竞技场内举行盛大的婚礼，然后带美女远走高飞过幸福的日子；而选到老虎的人，则马上会被老虎咬死。
国王有个美丽的女儿，偏偏爱上一个平民青年。
国家规定王室跟平民相恋是有罪的。
所以国王发现后愤怒不已，把这名平民关起来并抓到竞技场。
同样的，一扇门内关了老虎，一扇门内关了一位美女。
这样无论他选择哪个门都不可能再与公主在一起，这样国王就可以放心了。
全国的人们涌入竞技场观看，国王在场，公主也在场。
公主事前就已经知道哪一扇门后面是老虎，哪一扇门是美女。
她在看台上，脸色苍白。
青年望了她一眼，他知道公主一定知道两扇门的秘密，他渴望公主给他一个方向。
然而，公主的内心挣扎万分。
她认识门后的那位美女，那是宫中最美丽的女仆。
她无法忘怀相爱的点滴，无法接受他与美女远走高飞，重新生活，却也不愿看到心爱的人死亡。
所以她想了很久很久……终于，她微指了右边的那扇门。
青年于是慢慢走向了右边那扇门，所有人都屏息以待门被打开的结果。
公主却缓缓地走出了竞技场……在这个竞技场上，接受审判的并不仅仅只是青年，还有那位公主以及他们之间的爱情。
无论公主选择什么都将只有一种结局——她不可能再拥有他。
一个深爱着却不能在一起的人，宁愿让他死去，还是看着他与另一女子生活？而场上的青年，真是个傻得可爱的男子。
一个用自己的生命去相信自己恋人的男子，一个不用任何博弈的心态来面对爱情的男子。
他本能地相信，本能地顺从了心灵的指引,毫无怀疑，毫无戒备，毫无犹豫。
公主是矛盾的，当她纤细的手臂缓缓地抬起暗示男子时，她知道，她的任何决定都是种残忍的了断，唯一不同的不过是她将承受何种煎熬。
She had lost him, who should have him?青年走得很坚定，因为他知道无论门的背后等待他的是老虎还是美女，他走的每一步都携带着她们之间的回忆，太重太重，却愈行愈远……译文如下，水平有限，仅供参考：Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer.很久以前，在一个非常古老的国家，那里住着一位非常有权势的国王。
他的一些想法是非常先进的，但其他大部分的却让人们痛苦不堪。
One of the king's ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Crimewas punished, or innocence was decided, by the result of chance. When a person was accused of a crime, his future would be judged in the public arena. 国王的想法其中之一就是在一个竞技场里执行一个判决。
犯罪或者偶然因为冤屈而误判都将受到处罚。
当一个人被指控犯了罪，他的将来将在竞技场里被审判。
All the people would gather in this building. The king sat high up on his ceremonial chair. He gave a sign. A door under him opened. The accused person stepped out into the arena. Directly opposite the king were two doors. They were side by side, exactly alike. The person on trial had to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open whichever door he pleased.所有的人都将聚集在竞技场里。
国王坐在他举行仪式的椅子上。
他会发出一个信号。
一扇门在他下面打开。
被告人走进竞技场。
面对着国王的是2扇门。
他们并排着——当然是一模一样的。
被告人不得不走到门前并打开其中一扇。
他乐意打开哪扇门由他自己决定。
If the accused man opened one door, out came a hungry tiger, the fiercest in the land. The tiger immediately jumped on him and tore him to pieces as punishment for his guilt. The case of the suspect was thus decided.如果被告人打开一扇门，从里面会冲出一只饥饿的老虎——万兽之王。
老虎立刻扑向他并把他撕为碎片——这就是作为对他罪行的惩罚。
嫌疑犯的案子因此这样被定罪。
Iron bells rang sadly. Great cries went up from the paid mourners. And the people, with heads hanging low and sad hearts, slowly made their way home. They mourned greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have died this way.铁铃响起了阵阵悲伤。
哀悼者传来了阵阵的痛苦。
人们低着头带着悲伤的心情，慢慢的回到了他们的家。
他们沉痛的哀悼那些因为这个方法而死去的人，不论他们是如此年轻，优秀，又或者是年老，受人尊敬的人们。
But, if the accused opened the other door, there came forth from it a woman, chosen especially for the person. To this lady he was immediately married, in honor of his innocence. It was not a problem that he might already have a wife and family, or that he might have chosen to marry another woman. The king permitted nothing to interfere with his great method of punishment and reward.但是，如果被告者打开另一扇门，面对他的是一个为他特别挑选的女人。
他可以与这个小姐立即结婚——这是他获得清白的荣誉。
就算他已经结婚或者拥有家庭都不是问题，又或者他可以选择另外的女人结婚。
国王允许对他伟大的作为处罚和奖赏的方式毫不干预。
Another door opened under the king, and a clergyman, singers, dancers and musicians joined the man and the lady. The marriage ceremony was quickly completed. Then the bells made cheerful noises. The people shouted happily. And the innocent man led the new wife to his home, following children who threw flowers on their path.在国王下面的另一扇门将会打开，一个牧师和许多歌手，舞者和音乐家将加入这对男女。
婚礼庆典将很快完成。
这是大钟鸣起欢快的声音。
人们开心的叫喊着。
无罪释放的男人将带着她的新妻子回到家里，许多孩子将跟随在他们后面抛着鲜花在他们走过的路上。
This was the king's method of carrying out justice. Its fairness appeared perfect. The accused person could not know which door was hiding the lady. He opened either as he pleased, without having knowing whether, in the next minute, he was to be killed or married.这就是国王执行审判的方式。
它非常的公平。
被告人不知道哪扇门后隐藏着的是老虎哪扇门后面隐藏着女子。
他打开其中一扇是随他的心意而定，他不知道在下一分钟，他将被杀死或者结婚。
Sometimes the fierce animal came out of one door. Sometimes it came out of the other.有时从一扇门冲出的是凶猛的野兽，有时又是其他。
This method was a popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they would see a bloody killing or a happy ending. So everyone was always interested. And the thinking part of the community would bring no charge of unfairness against this plan. Did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands?这个方法是非常受欢迎的。
当人们齐聚在审判日那天，他们不知道他们看到的将会是一次血淋淋的杀戮又或者是一个幸福的结局。
因此每个人都非常感兴趣。
这种大众普片的想法使得没有人对这种不公平的审判采取反抗，被告人真的是把他的命运掌握在他自己手中吗？(MUSIC)The king had a beautiful daughter who was like him in many ways. He loved her above all humanity. The princess secretly loved a young man who was the best-looking and bravest in the land. But he was a commoner, not part of an important family.国王有一个非常漂亮的在很多方面都非常像他的女儿。