【美国故事】约翰 亨利 -- 高个子奇谈 (5/7)
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John Henry
Polly Ann
ain'thttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201208/201208170957087629600.mp3The supervisor called to John Henry. He said, "This man does not believe that you can drill faster. How about a race?'
John Henry looked at the machine and saw images of the future. He saw machines taking the place of America's best laborers. He saw himself and his friends unemployed and standing by a road, asking for food. He saw men losing their families and their rights as human beings.
John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job. His friends all cheered. However, John Henry's wife Polly Ann was not happy.
"Competing against the machine will be the death of you," she said. "You have a wife and a child. If anything happens to you, we will not ever smile again."
John Henry lifted his son into the air. He told his wife, "A man ain't nothing but a man. But, a man always has to do his best. Tomorrow, I will take my hammer and drive that steel faster than any machine."主管叫来约翰亨利。他说，““这人不相信你可以钻的更快。来一个比赛怎么样？”约翰·亨利看着机器展望着未来。他看到机器取代了美国最好的工人。他看到了他自己和他的朋友们失业了,站在路边。他看到人们失去了家庭和作为人的基本权利。约翰·亨利告诉监工他绝不会让机器抢走他的工作。他的朋友们都欢呼起来。然而,约翰·亨利的妻子波莉·安并不快乐。“和机器比会要你的命的”，她说。“你有妻儿，万一你有个三长两短，我们可怎么办啊”。约翰·亨利把他的儿子高高举起。他告诉他的妻子，“一个人虽然他什么都没有，但是他是一个男人。但是，男人总应该最努力的做事。明天，我将拿着我的锤子然后开着钻车，比任何机器都要快。”
——译文来自: xu653251946
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