英语小短文:目中无人The man who saw nobody

 　　There was a man, in the State of Qin, who wanted some gold. One morning he dressed himself smartly and went to the market. Arriving at the gold-dealer’s stall¹, he seized² a piece of gold and made off.

　　秦国有个人渴望得到金子，于是在一天早上，他穿戴整齐，来到了市场上，停留在一个卖金子的货摊旁，抓起一块金子就匆匆逃走。

　　The officer who caught him asked him, “Why did you steal gold in front of so many people?”

　　抓住他的小官吏问他：“为什么你敢在众人面前偷金子？”

　　“When I took the gold,” he answered, “I saw  nobody. All I saw was the gold.”

　　“当我抓住那块金子时，”他回答说，“我眼里没有任何人了，我看见的只是那块金子。”

1 stall   

n.摊位，铺子，售货亭

参考例句：

• She sells fruits at a market stall.她在市场的货摊上卖水果。
• He has a stall that sells designer ripoffs.他开了个铺子卖仿冒设计师品牌衣服。

2 seized   

抓住( seize的过去式和过去分词 )； 逮捕； 捉拿； 俘获

参考例句：

• Another fit of coughing seized him. 他那咳嗽又一次发作了。
• He seized power in a military coup in 1997. 他在 1997 年的军事政变中夺取了政权。