【翻译专栏】学小提琴 / 翻译：李峰
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“爸爸，我想学小提琴。”小莎拉向她父亲请求道。她老是问父亲提这个要求那个要求，这让她父亲不太高兴。
“你已经花了我很多钱了，莎拉，”她父亲回答道，“你先是要学骑马，然后要跳舞，后来是学游泳，现在又轮到学小提琴了”。
“我会每天练琴的，爸爸，”莎拉说，“我会努力的。”
“这就对了”，她父亲说，“我会让你如愿的。我先给你报六周的课程，六周后你必须拉给我听听你学得怎么样。如果你拉得不错，那么你继续学下去。但如果你学得不怎么样，那你就不能再学下去了。”
“好的，爸爸，”莎拉说：“这很公平。”
父亲很快给莎拉找了一位教得很好的小提琴老师，莎拉就这样开始学了。这位老师上课的费用很贵，但父亲没有食言。
六周过得很快，到了莎拉给父亲展示学习成果的时候了。
她来到客厅说，“我来演奏了，爸爸。”
“好啊，莎拉，”父亲说道，“开始吧。”
莎拉开始拉琴。她拉得很糟糕。小提琴发出各种难听的声音。
这时，父亲还陪着一位朋友，那位朋友在一旁听得忍不住捂住了耳朵。
莎拉拉好了。父亲说道：“拉得很好，莎拉。你可以继续学下去。”
莎拉高兴地跑出了客厅。而那位朋友不解地说道，“你花了那么多钱，但她拉得那么糟。”
“嗯，你说得没错，”这位父亲说道，“但自从莎拉开始学琴，我已经用极低的价格买下了这幢大楼里五套房子，再过六周，我就可以买下这整幢楼了。”
英文原文
Violin Lessons
"Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?" young Sarah asked her father. She was always asking for things and her father was not very pleased.
"You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said. "First you wanted to learn horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it's the violin.“
"I'll play every day , Daddy." Sarah said. "I'll try very hard.”
"All right," her father said. "This is what I'll do. I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons."
"0. K. Daddy," Sarah said. "“That is fair.”
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise.
The six weeks passed quickly. The time came for Sarah to play for her father.
She went to the living room and said, "I'm ready to play for you, Daddy.”
"Fine, Sarah," her father said. "Begin.”
She began to play. She played very badly. She made a terrible noise.
Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears.
When Sarah finished, her father said, "Well done, Sarah. You can have more lessons."
Sarah ran happily out of the room. Her father's friend turned to him. "You've spent a lot of money, but she still plays very badly.” he said.
"Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin I've been able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll own the whole building!"
作者简介
李峰，银行职员，闲暇写点文字，偶而见刊发表，既抒发胸臆，亦结缘向学。万象出新胜小说，鼓角灯前喜泪多。伴得我儿同成长，此生放纵不蹉跎。
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