Tray Water Runs Down the Slope - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Pebbles clicked under Beckett's rake as he pulled.

Wet leaves slid, and a soft splash followed.

He made a narrow trench in the damp sand.

A hose dripped nearby, and drops joined the trench.

The trickle moved in an unhurried line down the slope.

Warm light fell across the small patio step.

A generous puddle grew where the trench met a berm.

The damp wall softened and gave way.

Water slipped through the gap and reached a shallow tray.

Inside, a toy boat floated and turned with the flow.

Faye said, "I see the little boat turning left now."

The stream carried the boat to the tray's low rim.

It bumped a stack of light lids on a stone.

The stack slid, and one lid toppled sideways.

Water split around the lid and raced to a drain.

Beckett raised the rake and laid it across the groove.

The crossbar slowed the stream and sent it right.

Rafe pointed and said, "It goes into that tub."

Beckett held the handle steady and watched bubbles linger.

Thin water curved past the teeth and into the blue tub.

當貝克特拉動時，小石子在耙子下發出喀喀聲。

濕樹葉滑動，隨後傳來輕輕的潑水聲。

他在潮濕的沙子上開出一條窄溝。

旁邊的水管在滴水，水滴匯進了這條小溝。

細細的水流以不急不徐的步調往斜坡下走。

溫暖的光落在小露台的台階上。

在小溝與沙壩交會處，水漸漸積成一灘大水。

潮濕的沙牆軟化，然後崩開了一道口。

水從縫隙溜過去，抵達一只淺托盤。

托盤裡有一艘玩具小船，跟著水流轉動。

菲伊說：「我看到小船現在往左轉了。」

水流把小船帶到托盤低邊的地方。

它撞到一疊輕巧的蓋子，蓋在石頭上。

那一疊滑動，其中一個蓋子側倒了。

水繞過那個蓋子分成兩股，衝向排水口。

貝克特抬起耙子，橫放在溝上方。

橫桿讓水流慢下來，然後把它送向右邊。

拉夫指著說：「它流進那個水桶裡。」

貝克特握穩把手，看著小氣泡停留。

細細的水沿著齒邊彎過去，流進藍色水桶裡。