“What do you have to eat? “ the boy asked.
“有什么吃的东西？”
“A pot of yellow rice with fish. Do you want some?”
分：
“A pot of yellow rice “一锅黄米饭
with fish. （里面）有鱼
Do you want some?” 你想来点吗？”
合：
”有一锅鱼肉煮的黄米饭，你来点吗？”
整理：
“有锅鱼煮黄米饭。要吃点吗？”
“No, I will eat at home. Do you want me to make the fire?”
分：
“No, I will eat at home. “不了，我回家吃，
Do you want me to make the fire?”
你想让我给你生火吗？”
合：
“不了，我回家吃，你想让我给你生火吗？”
整理：
“不。我回家去吃。要我给你生火吗？”
“No. I will make it later on. Or I may eat the rice cold. “
分：
“No. I will make it later on.
不，我一会生火，
Or I may eat the rice cold. ”
或者，我可以吃冷米饭”
合：
“不用，我一会自己生火，或许我可能吃点冷米饭。”
整理：
“不用。过一会儿我自己来生。也许就吃冷饭算了。”
“May I take the cast net?”
“我可以把鱼网拿走吗？”
“Of course. ”
当然好
There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction every day. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too.
There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it.
分：
There was no cast net （根本）没有鱼网
and the boy remembered 男孩想起来
when they had sold it. 当他们卖掉它的时候
合：
根本就没有鱼网，男孩想起来他们已经卖掉了
整理：
实在并没有鱼网，孩子还记得他们是什么时候把它卖掉的。
But they went through this fiction every day.
词汇
Go through 重复
fiction [ˈfɪkʃn] 虚构，谎言
然而他们每天要扯一套这种谎话。
There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too.
分：
There was no pot of yellow rice and fish
没有一锅黄米饭
and the boy knew this too.
男孩对此也是知道的
合：
也没有那锅黄米饭，男孩对此也是知道的。
整理：
也没有什么鱼煮黄米饭，这一点孩子也知道。
整句分析：
There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction every day. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too.
实在并没有鱼网，孩子还记得他们是什么时候把它卖掉的。然而他们每天要扯一套这种谎话。也没有什么鱼煮黄米饭，这一点孩子也知道。
日拱一卒无有尽
功不唐捐终入海
21年秋，夜，Simon
