065 最昂贵的婚礼

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Long ago, a wealthy landowner lived in Louisiana

很久以前，路易斯安那州住着一位富有的地主。

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His name was Charles Durance

他的名字叫查尔斯·杜兰斯。

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He had two daughters who were getting married

他有两个女儿正准备结婚。

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Their weddings were planned for the same day at their father's farm

她们的婚礼计划在同一天于父亲的农场举行。

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Mr. Durance loved his daughters very much

杜兰斯先生非常爱他的女儿们。

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So, he decided to prepare a big surprise for them

因此，他决定为她们准备一个大惊喜。

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" My daughters' weddings are coming up

“我女儿们的婚礼快到了。

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Is there a way to make it a special day for them?" he wondered

有没有办法让那天对她们来说特别一点呢？” 他思忖着。

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After days of thinking, he came up with a wonderful idea

想了好几天，他终于想出了一个绝妙的主意。

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He went to talk to his servants

他去找仆人们谈话。

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" I need lots of spiders

“我需要很多蜘蛛。

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Where can I get some?" he asked

我从哪儿能弄到呢？”他问道。

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" You can probably get them from China," one of his servants replied

“您大概可以从中国弄到，”他的一位仆人答道。

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" How many spiders do you need?"

“您需要多少蜘蛛？”

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" I need millions of them," said Mr. Durance

“我需要几百万只，”杜兰斯先生说。

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The servants were surprised

仆人们都很惊讶。

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" Spiders are expensive

“蜘蛛很贵。

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They will have to come on a ship from China," one servant explained

它们得从中国用船运过来，”一位仆人解释道。

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Charles ordered the spiders anyway

查尔斯还是订购了蜘蛛。

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Several months later, a shipload of spiders arrived from China

几个月后，一整船的蜘蛛从中国运到了。

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" What shall we do with all the spiders?" the servants asked Mr. Durance

“我们该怎么处理这些蜘蛛？”仆人们问杜兰斯先生。

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" Let them loose in the trees along the road to the house," he instructed

“把她们放到通往房子路边的树上，”他指示道。

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" Why are we letting all of these spiders loose?" they wondered

“我们为什么要把这些蜘蛛都放掉？”他们纳闷。

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" It's almost time for his daughters' weddings."

“他女儿的婚礼快到了。”

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Mr. Durance's servants were puzzled

杜兰斯先生的仆人们很困惑。

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Over the next few days, the spiders spun webs throughout the trees

接下来的几天里，蜘蛛在树上四处结网。

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Mr. Durance called his servants

杜兰斯先生叫来了仆人们。

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" I want you to go into town

“我要你们去镇上。

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Order two hundred kilograms each of gold and silver powder from California," he directed

从加利福尼亚订购金粉和银粉各两百公斤，”他吩咐道。

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" Did he just tell us to order two hundred kilograms each of gold and silver powder?" they asked each other

“他刚才是不是让我们订购金粉和银粉各两百公斤？”他们相互问道。

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" That's what he said

“他就是这么说的。

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He certainly has the money to buy the powder

他当然有钱买这些粉。

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But why does he need it?"

但他需要这些做什么呢？”

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The servants were puzzled and curious

仆人们既困惑又好奇。

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A few days later, the gold and silver powder arrived

几天后，金粉和银粉到了。

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Charles Durance was very satisfied

查尔斯·杜兰斯非常满意。

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It was the day of his two daughters' weddings

那天是他两个女儿的婚礼。

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" Sprinkle the powder on the spider webs!" he ordered

“把粉洒在蜘蛛网上！”他命令道。

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Mr. Durance's instructions surprised the servants again

杜兰斯先生的指示再次让仆人们吃了一惊。

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But they did as he said and sprinkled the powder on the webs

但他们照做了，把粉洒在了蛛网上。

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When they were finished, they saw what Charles Durance had planned

完成后，他们看到了查尔斯·杜兰斯的计划是什么。

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The spider webs along the road sparkled in the sunlight

路边的蜘蛛网在阳光下闪闪发光。

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" Look at this!" the guests marveled

“看这个！”客人们惊叹道。

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" Oh my, this is beautiful!" they exclaimed

“哦，天哪，这太美了！”他们欢呼道。

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The beautiful, sparkling spider webs amazed everyone who came to the weddings

这些美丽闪烁的蜘蛛网让所有来参加婚礼的人惊叹不已。

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" Haven't I planned a beautiful wedding day for you?"

“我难道没为你们策划一个美丽的婚礼日吗？”

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Mr. Durance remarked to his daughters

杜兰斯先生对女儿们说。

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" Father, thank you so much!

“爸爸，太感谢你了！

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It is so beautiful!" they replied with delight

真是太美了！”她们欣喜地回答。

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" Well," their father explained," I wanted you both to have the most expensive weddings in the world!"

“嗯，”她们的父亲解释道，“我希望你们俩都能拥有世界上最昂贵的婚礼！”