افسانه فائتون (Phaeton)‌فرزند خدای آفتاب (Apollo Helios) قسمت دوم

Part II

 

But none of all this wise talk meant anything to the boy and Apollo who had sworn the irrevocable oath, was obliged to fulfill his promise. The hour had already come when the sun usually began his daily journey. Apollo quickly anointed his son with a cooling essence to preserve him from the burning sunbeams, gave him the necessary directions for his journey, and repeatedly and anxiously cautioned him to watch his steeds with the utmost care. The youth, who had listened impatiently to cautions and directions, then sprang into the seat carried by the steeds which Zeus himself could not master, and dashed out of eastern palace.
For an hour or two Phaeton bore in mind his father's principal injunctions, and all went well; but at length position, he became very reckless, drove faster and falter, and soon lost his way.

 

In finding it again he drove so close to earth, all the plants shriveled up, the fountains and rivers were dried and the smoke began to rise from the blackened earth, and even the people of land over which he was passing were burned black. Terrified at what he had done, Phaeton whipped up his steeds, and drove so far away, that all the vegetation which had survived the intense heat came to an untimely end on account of sudden cold. Phaeton was puzzled and wanted nothing except to have this torment and terror ended. He would have welcomed death Mother Earth, too, could bear no more. She uttered a great cry which reached up to the gods. Looking from Olympus, they saw that they must act quickly if the world was to be saved. Zeus seized his thunderbolt and hurled it at the rash, repentant driver, Phaeton. It struck him dead and shattered the chariot.

 

Phaeton fell from the chariot to the earth, in the mysterious river, Erdanus, which no mortal eyes have ever seen. The tidings of his death reached poor Clymene, who mourned her only son, and refused to be comforted; while the Heliades, Phaeton sister's, three in number, spent their days by the river side, shedding tears, until the gods, in pity transformed them into poplar trees, and their tears into amber, which substance was supposed by the ancient to flow from the poplar trees like teardrops. Phaeton's intimate friend, Cycnus, piously collected his charred remains, and gave them an honorable burial. In his grief he continually hunted the scene of his friend's death, and repeatedly plunged into the river, in the hope of finding some more scattered fragments, until the gods changed him into swan; which bird is ever sailing mournfully, and frequently plunging his head into the water to continue his search

Football or soccer?

Football or soccer? Football refers to any of several games played with an inflated leather ball by two teams on a field with a goal at each end. The most common forms of football are: Rugby Football; American Football; Association Football—also known as soccer from (as)soc(iation football). The vocabulary on this page is for Soccer, the form most closely related to the original and the form played in the FIFA World Cup.

Useful Football Vocabulary

attack: to make a forceful attempt to score a goal

away game: a game played at the opponent's ground

away team: the team that is visiting the opponent's ground

beat: to defeat

champions: a team that has beaten all other teams in a sporting contest

cheer: to shout in encouragement and give support

corner kick: a restart of the game where the ball is kicked from one of the four corners of the field

defend: to resist an attack

draw: a game that ends with both teams having the same number of goals

field: the rectangular, grass area where a game is played

FIFA: Federation Internationale de Football Association; the official body of international football

foul: an unfair or invalid piece of play, against the rules

free kick: a kick given to a player for a foul by the opposition; the player kicks the ball without any opposing players within ten feet of him

match: a game of football

opposing team: a team playing against another team own goal a mistake, when a team places the ball inside its own goal

pass: when a player kicks the ball to a teammate

referee: the chief official; he starts and stops play, makes all decisions about the rules, and acts as timekeeper

score: (verb) to put the ball into the goal and gain a point

send a player off: when the referee tells a player to leave the field for bad behaviour

substitute: a player who replaces another player on the field

tackle: to try to take the ball away from another player by kicking or stopping it with the feet

All Depends On Your Perspective

All Depends On Your Perspective - (Thanks To David Joyce For Sharing This With Us.)

A professor stood before her Philosophy 101 class and had some items in front of her. When the class began, wordlessly, she picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

She then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. She shook the jar lightly.

The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. She then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.  Of course, the sand filled up everything else. She then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous - yes.

The professor then produced two cans of liquid chocolate from under the table and proceeded to pour the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the
important things - - your family, your spouse, your health, your children, your friends, your favorite passions - - things that if everything
else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

"The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car." "The sand is everything else - - the small stuff."
"If you put the sand into the jar first," she continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. "Take care of the golf balls first the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One student raised her hand and inquired what the chocolate represented.

The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for chocolate!"

خانه اي براي زندگي

داستاني زيبا و عبرت آموز

Building your house

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week  , but he wanted to retire .They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes , but over time it was easy to see that his heart not in his work .He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials . It was an unfortunate way to

End a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work , his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to carpenter and said , " This is your house …. My gift to you ."

The carpenter was shocked !

 What a shame !

If he had only known he was building his own house , he would have done it all so differently.

يک نجار پير ميخواست باز نشسته شود . او در مورد تصميمش با پيمانکار خود صحبت کرد تا ساخت و ساز را کنار بگذارد و زندگي راحت و آسوده اي را با همسر و خانواده گسترده خود سپري کند .او حقوق هفتگي خود را از دست مي داد اما ميخواست باز نشسته شود . آنها پول لازم را براي گذران زندگي داشتند .

پيمانکار از اينکه کارگر خوب او بازنشسته شود متاسف شد و از او درخواست کرد که لطف کند و يک خانه ديگر بسازد . نجار قبول کرد ، اما در طول کار مشخص بود که دل به کار نمي بندد . نجار به سمبل کاري روي آورد و از جنس بنجل و مواد نامرغوب استفاده کرد. و اين طريق مناسبي براي پايان دادن به يک کار شريف نبود.

وقتي نجار کارش را تمام کرد کار فرما براي بازديد کار او آمد . سپس کليد اصلي را به دست نجار داد و گفت (( اين خانه خودت هست ... هديه من به تو ))

نجار شگفت زده شد

چه حيف شد !

اگر او ميدانست که خانه خودش را ميسازد ، آن را به گونه اي ديگر مي ساخت .

نفرین ماشین

سطح: متوسط

 

 

 

در متن پایین شما یک داستان که شامل تعداد زیادی جملات مجهول می باشد را خواهید خواند.

 

می بینید که تعداد جملاتی که در این زمان ساخته می شود در انگلیسی بسیار زیاد است و کاربرد زیادی در مکالمات دارد.

 

 

James Dean's car curse

 

In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident whilst he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car was seen as very unlucky.

a) When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a garage, the engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering both of his legs.

b) Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race.

c) When James Dean's Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in was destroyed by fire.

d) Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off it's mount and broke a teenager's hip.

e) In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from it's tow bar and smashed through the front of a shop.

f) Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it was sitting on steel supports.

 

Curse	نفرین
Horrific	ناگوار
Whilst	در حالیکه
Crash	accident
Tow something away	بکسل کردن اتومبیل
Slip	سر خوردن و جدا شدن
Shatter	خرد کردن
Shortly afterwards	مدت کوتاهی بعد از آن
Display	نمایش دادن
Mount	پایه، سکو
Tow bar	سیم بکسل، میله بکسل
Smashed through	به شدت برخورد کرد به...
Mysteriously	بطور اسرار آمیزی
Hip	کفل
Teenager	نوجوان بین سنین 13 تا 19

 

Use the dictionary on the right to translate other words you don't know

مردی که نمی خوابد (داستان)

Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and has counted infinite numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights. "I don't know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I'm still healthy and can farm normally like others," Ngoc said. Proving his health, the elderly resident of the village said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of road to return home every day. His wife said,"My husband used to sleep well, but these days, even liquor does not work." She said when Ngoc went to Da Nang for a medical examination, doctors gave him a clean bill of health, except a minor decline in liver function. Ngoc currently lives on his 5ha farm at the foot of a mountain busy with farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. His six children live at their house in Que Trung. Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm at night to prevent theft, saying he used three months of sleepless nights to dig two large ponds to raise fish.

کلمات جدید

تب	Fever
بی شمار	Infinite
در طول	During
پشت سر هم	Consecutive
بی خوابی	Insomnia
زیر فشار قرار دادن	Impact
کشاورزی کردن	Farm
تایید سلامت کامل	A clean bill of health
کم	Minor
افت	Decline
سالخورده	Elderly
ساکن	Resident
کود	Fertilizer
مشروبات الکلی	Liquor
پزشکی	Medical
عملکرد	Function
اضافه	Extra
جلوگیری کردن	To prevent
کندن، حفر کردن	To dig
حوض	Pond
پرورش دادن	Raise

Jealous Husband

Jealous Husband

 

A jealous husband hired a private detective to check on the movements of his wife. The husband wanted more than a written report; he wanted video of his wife's activities.


A week later, the detective returned with a video. They sat down together to watch it. Although the quality was less than professional, the man saw his wife meeting another man! He saw the two of them laughing in the park. He saw them enjoying themselves at an outdoor cafe. He saw them dancing in a dimly lit nightclub. He saw the man and his wife participate in a dozen activities with utter glee.


"I just can't believe this," the distraught husband said.


The detective said, "What's not to believe? It's right up there on the screen!"

The husband replied, "I can't believe that my wife could be so much fun!"

 

موضوع: داستان کوتاه (بدون ترجمه)

داستان کوتاه انگلیسی... 

A Troublesome Call

 

We were going, on Saturday, ever so far,-- My mamma and I,--to the Dollies' Bazaar, Where fifty wax dollies,--the loveliest show, Went walking about when they wound 'em, you know.

You wouldn't believe half the things they could do: Why, one said "Good morning," as plainly as you. One played the piano, and one, dressed in lace, Walked up to a mirror and powdered her face.

Well, when we were ready we stepped in the hall, And there was a lady a-coming to call. She said she just chanced to be passing that way, And she really had only a minute to stay.

We waited and waited, and hoped she would go, Till I saw it was almost the time for the show, For I heard the clocks striking all over the town, And I knew that the dollies would all be run down.

And so I just said, "I should s'pose, Mrs. Black, Your little girl wonders why don't you come back." That's all that I spoke, every 'dentical word; But she said, "Little girls should be seen and not heard."

I guess that's a proverb, so maybe 'tis true; But, if people won't see, what can little girls do? My mamma looked queer, but that ended the call, And we went to the Dollies' Bazaar, after all.

 

(from Cinderella or, the Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories