1、王冕,Wang Mien,主講人：彭正霞,雖然如此說，元朝末年，也曾出了一個光明磊落的人。這人姓王名冕，在諸暨縣鄉(xiāng)村里住。,Although like this, but there still used to be an quitaboveboard man in the late Yuan Dynasty.His name was Wang Mien , and he lived in a village in ZhouJi county.,七歲上死了父親，他母親做些針指，供給他到村學堂里去讀書。看看三個年頭，王冕已是十歲了。,At the age of seven, his father

2、 died ,but his mother made money to support his study in village school by doing some needlework .Soon three years later, and Wang Mien was ten years old.,母親喚他到面前來說道：“兒啊，不是我有心要耽誤你，只因你父親亡后，我一個寡婦人家，只有出去的，沒有進來的；年歲不好，柴米又貴；,His mother called and said to him , “my son, its not my willing to delay you stud

3、y, but since your fathers died, I cant make money to afford our life as a widow;whats more,in these bad years, firewood and rice are very expensive.,這幾件舊衣服和舊家伙，當?shù)漠斄?，賣的賣了；只靠我替人家做些針指生活尋來的錢，如何供得你讀書？,There are several clothes and few sticks of furniture have been pawned or sold.How can I afford you to s

4、tudy just by embroiding for neighbor?,如今沒奈何，把你雇在間壁人家放牛，每月可以得他幾錢銀子，你又有現(xiàn)成飯吃只在明日就要去了。,Nowadays, there is no other way for it ,but to send you to looking after our neighbors buffalo . Youll not only make a little money every month , but also can get your meals there.But you start this work tomorrow.”,王冕

5、道：“娘說的是。我在學堂里坐著，心里也悶，不如往家放牛倒快活些，假如我要讀書，依舊可以帶幾本去讀?！碑斠股套h定了。,Mien said,Mom is right.Staying in school is boring.Its more happy for me to look after the buffalo . If I want to study,I can still bring some books with me. Got an agreement that night.,第二日，母親同他到間壁秦老家。秦老留著他母子兩個吃了早飯，牽出一條水牛來交與王冕。,The next day,

6、Mien and his mother went to the old Qins house. Old Qin served them breakfast.Then he pulled out a buffalo and handed it to Mien.,王冕自此只在秦家放牛，每到黃昏，回家跟著母親歇息。,From then on, Wang Mien looked after old Qins buffalo; and every evening he would went home to accompany his mother and to sleep.,或遇秦家煮些腌魚臘肉給他吃，

7、他便拿塊荷葉包了來家，遞與母親。,When the Qin gave him some salted fish or cured meat to eat, he would pack it with lotus leaf and take it to his mother.,每日點心錢，他也不買了吃，聚到一兩個月，便偷了空，走到村學堂里，見那闖學堂的書客，就買幾本舊書。,He saved the money for about a month , which was given to buy some dessert every day; when he was free, he went to the village school to buy several used books from the men visited the school.,日逐把牛拴了，坐在柳陰樹下看。,Every d