2018考研英语双语阅读：皇帝的新装

　　“How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes, and how well they fit!” everyone cried out. “What a design! What colors! These are indeed royal robes!”

　　“上帝，这衣服多么合身啊!式样裁得多么好看啊!”大家都说。“多么美的花纹!多么美的色彩!这真是一套贵重的衣服!”

　　“The canopy which is to be borne over your Majesty, in the procession, is waiting,” announced the chief master of the ceremonies.

　　“大家已经在外面把华盖准备好了，只等陛下一出去，就可撑起来去游行!”典礼官说。

　　“I am quite ready,” answered the Emperor. “Do my new clothes fit well?” asked he, turning himself round again before the looking glass, in order that he might appear to be examining his handsome suit.

　　“对，我已经穿好了，”皇帝说，“这衣服合我的身么?”于是他又在镜子面前把身子转动了一下，因为他要叫大家看出他在认真地欣赏他美丽的服装。

　　The lords of the bedchamber, who were to carry his Majesty’s train felt about on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle; and pretended to be carrying something; for they would by no means betray anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office.

　　那些将要托着后裾的内臣们，都把手在地上东摸西摸，好像他们真的在拾其后裾似的。他们开步走，手中托着空气— —他们不敢让人瞧出他们实在什么东西也没有看见。

　　So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the midst of the procession, through the streets of his capital; and all the people standing by, and those at the windows, cried out, “Oh! How beautiful are our Emperor’s new clothes! What a magnificent train there is to the mantle; and how gracefully the scarf hangs!” in short, no one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit for his office. Certainly, none of the Emperor’s various suits, had ever made so great an impression, as these invisible ones.

　　这么着，皇帝就在那个富丽的华盖下游行起来了。站在街上和窗子里的人都说：“乖乖，皇上的新装真是漂亮!他上衣下面的后裾是多么美丽!衣服多么合身!”谁也不愿意让人知道自己看不见什么东西，因为这样就会暴露自己不称职，或是太愚蠢。皇帝所有的衣服从来没有得到这样普遍的称赞。

　　“But the Emperor has nothing at all on!” said a little child.

　　“可是他什么衣服也没有穿呀!”一个小孩子最后叫出声来。

　　“Listen to the voice of innocence!” exclaimed his father; and what the child had said was whispered from one to another.

　　“上帝哟，你听这个天真的声音!”爸爸说。于是大家把这孩子讲的话私自低声地传播开来。

　　“But he has nothing at all on!” at last cried out all the people.

　　“他实在是没有穿什么衣服呀!”最后所有的老百姓都说。

　　The Emperor was vexed, for he knew that the people were right; but he thought the procession must go on now! And the lords of the bedchamber took greater pains than ever, to appear holding up a train, although, in reality, there was no train to hold.

　　皇帝有点儿发抖，因为他似乎觉得老百姓所讲的话是对的。不过他自己心里却这样想： “我必须把这游行大典举行完毕。”因此他摆出一副更骄傲的神气，他的内臣们跟在他后面走，手中托着一个并不存在的后裾。

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