十三等于一
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Thirteen Equals One
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Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.
我们（教区）的牧师总是以各种各样的理由筹集资金。但始终未能筹足资金请人把教堂的钟修好。教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜地打点报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。
第2段
One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
一天夜里，我们的牧师突然惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一直敲了13下才停。牧师拿着一支电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。借着电筒光，他看见一个人，马上认出那是本地杂货店主比尔·威尔金斯。
第3段
"Whatever are you doing up here Bill?" asked the vicar in surprise. "I'm trying to repair the bell,"answered Bill."I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise." "You certainly did give me a surprise!" said the vicar. "You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again." "That's the trouble, vicar," answered Bill."It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it." "We'll get used to that, Bill," said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea."
“你究竟在这上面干什么，比尔？”牧师惊讶地问。 [4]“我想把这口钟修好，”比尔回答说。“好几个星期了，我天天夜里到这儿来。你知道，我本来是想给你一个惊喜。” [5]“你给的惊喜我算收到了！”牧师说，“也许同时你还把村里所有的人都吵醒了呢。不过，我还是很高兴钟又能报时了。” [6]“问题就在这里，牧师，”比尔回答说。“不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我已无能为力了。” [7]“我们会习惯的，比尔，”牧师说。“13下是没有1下好，但总比1下也不敲要好。来，咱们下楼去喝杯茶吧。”
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