Miss Liu wanted to encourage her students to read famous books, so she showed them this humorous story from a novel called 'The adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain.
刘老师想鼓励她的学生们多阅读名著名篇，于是她向他们展示了这个取自马克·吐温一本叫《Tom Sawyer（汤姆·索亚）历险记》的小说里的幽默故事。
Tom Sawyer paints the fence
Tom Sawyer 刷围栏
On Saturday morning, every boy in town was happy, except Tom sawyer.
上周六的上午，镇子里的每一个男孩都很高兴，Tom Sawyer 除外。
Tom's aunt gave him a task of to paint their fence. It was 30 yards long and three yards high.
Tom 的姨妈交待给他了一个任务，给他们的围栏刷油漆。这围栏有30 码长 3 码高！
He painted one board and surveyed his progress, and then he sat down to have a rest.
他刷完了一面后，检视了下进度，然后他坐下休息会儿。
Tom began to think of the games that he wanted to play.
Tom 开始掂记着想要玩的种种游戏。
He knew the boys who were free would soon come along and make fun of him.
他知道那些无所事事的男孩子很快就会跑过来讥笑他。
Just then, he had an idea. He picked up his brush and went back to work.
就在这时，他有了一个主意。他捡起刷子，回去（继续）工作。
Ben Rogers came along the road. He was singing happily and carrying an apple.
Ben Rogers 沿路跑来了，他愉快地唱着歌，还拿着一个苹果。
“I'm going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to come? Oh, you have to work, don't you? What a pity!”
“我要去游泳，” Ben 说，“你要（一起）来吗？哦，你不得不干活是吧？真是可惜。”
“Work?” said Tom. “This isn't work. I'm enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?” Then he went on painting.
“干活？”Tom 说，“这不是干活，我正自个儿享受呢，哪个男孩能天天有机会像这样刷围栏呢？”说完，他继续刷他的油漆。
Ben watched Tom in silence. He became more and more interested.
Ben 静静地注视着 Tom，他越来越感到有兴趣了。
After a while, he said, “Tom, will you let me do some painting?”
过了一会儿，他说：“Tom，你能让我刷一些吗？”
Tom said, “No, Ben, I can't. Aunt Polly wants me to do it well, I'm the only person that can do it right.”
Tom 说：“不行，Ben，我不能让你来刷。Polly 姨妈让我把这活儿干好，我是唯一可以把它做好的人。”
“Oh, please, Tom,” said Ben. “I can do it. I'll be really careful. I'll give you half my apple. Wait, I'll give you all of it.”
“哦，拜托，Tom，” Ben 说。 “我会刷的，我会非常小心。我把我的一半苹果给你，等下，我把它全给你！”
“That's a deal,” said Tom. “But you must be careful.”
“这倒是个问题，”Tom 说，“可是你一定要小心。”
Tom gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down again and started to eat the apple.
Tom 把刷子递给 Ben，脸上挂着担心，但心里暗喜着。他再次坐了下来，开始吃那苹果。
When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for the chance to paint.
当 Ben 刷累了，Billy Fisher 正在等着。他给了 Tom 一个风筝来交换刷油漆的机会。
Then Johnny Miller offered him two toy soldiers.
然后是 Johnny Miller，他给 Tom 献上了他的两个玩具兵。
Soon Tom had got many new toys, and the fence got three coats of paint.
没过多久，Tom 就得到了很多新玩具，并且围栏被整整刷了 3 遍。
Aunt Polly was so pleased that she gave Tom a big apple!
Polly 姨妈很是高兴，她（奖）给了 Tom 一个大苹果！
