《瘦莉莎》是《格林》类书籍中的的一篇，下面是小编整理的中英文版本，我们一起阅读学习吧。
懒哈利和胖特丽娜总是为人持重，不为外物所扰。 瘦莉莎的想法却完全相反，她总是从早忙到晚，让她的大个子丈夫伦茨干很多的活。 可尽管如此，他们还是一无所获，一事无成。 一天晚上，莉莎躺在床上，累得无法动弹，却心事重重地无法入睡。 她用肘撞旁边的男人说："伦茨，你听，我想的是什么?假如我找到一块金币，别人又送我一块，我再去借一块，你也给我一块，那么，我一共就有四块金币，我就要买一头母牛。"男人觉得这很好，他说："我虽不知道上哪儿去给你弄到送你的那块金币，但是如果你有了这笔钱，你就可以用它买头母牛，如果母牛生头小牛，那我们就可以喝上牛奶，提提神了。"女人说："牛奶不是你的，我们让小牛吸，让它长得膘肥体壮，才能卖个好价钱。"男人说："那是当然，不过我们也可以喝一点点，不碍事。"女人说："谁叫你这样对待母牛?不管碍不碍事，我都不会答应。你要是胡思乱想，休想喝到一滴牛奶!你这傻大个真是个贪得无厌的家伙，要把我幸苦挣来的东西消耗尽吗?"男人说："老婆，安静些，否则我要把你的嘴蒙起来。""什么?"她喊道，"你要吓唬我，你这馋鬼，你这长杆子，你这懒鬼哈利。"她想揪他的头发，但长子伦茨坐起来，用一只手抓着瘦莉莎的两条细胳膊，用另一只手将她的头发按在枕上，听凭她叫骂，直到她最后累得又睡着了才松开。 第二天早上，他们醒来后没有继续吵闹，莉莎后来究竟有没有出去找她想得到的那块金币，那我们就不知道了。
瘦莉莎英文版：
Lean Lisa
Lean Lisa was of a very different way of thinking from lazy Harry and fat Trina, who never let anything disturb their peace. She scoured everything with ashes, from morning till evening, and burdened her husband, Long Laurence, with so much work that he had heavier weights to carry than an ass with three sacks. It was, however, all to no purpose, they had nothing and came to nothing. One night as she lay in bed, and could hardly move one limb for weariness, she still did not allow her thoughts to go to sleep. She thrust her elbows into her husband's side, and said, "Listen, Lenz, to what I have been thinking: if I were to find one florin and one was given to me, I would borrow another to put to them, and thou too shouldst give me another, and then as soon as I had got the four florins together, I would buy a young cow." This pleased the husband right well. "It is true," said he, "that I do not know where I am to get the florin which thou wantest as a gift from me; but, if thou canst get the money together, and canst buy a cow with it, thou wilt do well to carry out thy project. I shall be glad," he added, "if the cow has a calf, and then I shall often get a drink of milk to refresh me." - "The milk is not for thee," said the woman, "we must let the calf suck that it may become big and fat, and we may be able to sell it well." - "Certainly," replied the man, "but still we will take a little milk; that will do no harm." - "Who has taught thee to manage cows?" said the woman; "Whether it does harm or not, I will not allow it, and even if thou wert to stand on thy head for it, thou shouldst not have a drop of the milk! Dost thou think, because there is no satisfying thee, Long Laurence, that thou art to eat up what I earn with so much difficulty?" - "Wife," said the man, "be quiet, or I will give thee a blow on thy mouth!" - "What!" cried she, "thou threatenest me, thou glutton, thou rascal, thou lazy Harry!" She was just laying hold of his hair, but long Laurence got up, seized both Lean Lisa's withered arms in one hand, and with the other he pressed down her head into the pillow, let her scold, and held her until she fell asleep for very weariness. Whether she continued to wrangle when she awoke next morning, or whether she went out to look for the florin which she wanted to find, that I know not.
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读童话的好处
1.开启思想。
童话其实是一种远距离的对生活的审视表现的结果。(1)童话对生活幻想性的反映，使其内容更有深度，更具深刻的哲理性。而夸张、象征、拟人等手法的运用，使它对生活折射式的反映更接近生活中本质的真实，所以童话具有高层次的启智作用。而童话的特殊的艺术手段，最接近儿童心理特征、思维特征，所以它的思想品德教育、社会知识的传授最易于儿童接受。(2)童话对生活的幻想性反映，使其内容极具广度。因为童话有化复杂为单纯、化深奥为浅显的特异功能，所以童话对社会生活的反映面远比要宽广得多。《汤姆的午夜花园》通过汤姆走进巴塞洛缪太太梦中的奇异故事，图画般地展示了巴塞洛缪太太的一生，写出了岁月催人老的沧桑感，表达了孩子们总是要长大的人生感慨。这样严肃的主题因与丰富的想象相结合变得轻松了许多，自然潜入小读者的思想之中。
2.发展想象。
童话的基本特征是幻想，而且是最丰富、最神奇的幻想。所以童话是激发儿童想象和幻想能力的最好样式。幻想本是儿童的一种天赋和本能，幻想的成长需要正确的引导和培养。幻想力是创造力的基础，幻想是创造的开端。列宁说过:“甚至数学也是需要幻想的。没有它，甚至不可能发明微积分。幻想是极其可贵的品质。”可以说童话集中了人类最大胆的幻想、最自由的幻想、最优秀的幻想。它的读者长大后一定是最具幻想力、最具创造力的人。
3.培养美感。
优秀的童话往往融思想美、情感美、形象美、意境美、语言美于一体，给儿童以巨大的美的享受。童话中的人物、童话中的故事、童话中的环境，被幻想笼罩着的一切都是美的。而童话的美，最集中表现在有色彩有节奏的意境美。冰波的《大海，梦着一个童话》开头意境的创造很有代表性。“当圆圆的月亮，微笑地望着大海的时候，大海感到了它的温柔。当清凉的海风，缓缓地、轻轻地唱起一支古老的摇篮曲的时候，大海感到了微微的倦意。它轻轻地和着海风的节奏摇荡起来，把雪白的浪花推上金黄的沙滩。大海又轻轻地叹了一口气，说:呵，我真想睡了，看那星星都在眨着眼睛哩。大海睡着了。月亮披上了白云的薄纱，海风还在唱着轻柔的歌。大海安静地睡熟了。”这是让人心旷神怡、让人心灵纯净的美的意境。美的陶冶会使人变得纯真而高尚。
4.愉悦童心。
童话是给儿童最大快乐、最多生趣的文学样式。英国儿童文学家达顿说:“儿童读物是为了给儿童获得内心的快乐而推出的印刷品。”高尚健康的娱乐能使儿童精神净化、进入更高的精神境界。童话的幻想、夸张、拟人等都具有极大的快乐因素，而儿童在童话境界中的大胆自由驰骋更加剧了快乐的感受。
