交作业：

汉译英：

 

人皆养子望聪明，

我被聪明误一生。

惟愿孩儿愚且鲁，

无灾无难到公卿。

 

Everyone wishes for kids who are smart,

Being smart has left me with nothing but scars.

I pray you, my child, wil be dense and harsh, (1)

So you can be safe and sound and go really far. （2）

 

(1) Harsh = crude = 粗鲁

(2） To go far:  前程远大。

 

 

英译汉：

He made a pit, and 

digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 

 

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and 

his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 

 

自己挖坑自己跳，

搬起石头砸己脚，

如此下去没个好，

玩火自焚跑不了。

 

 

Idiom:

 

Some countries pretend to see no evil and hear no evil in the face of such a blatant invasion of a sovereign state.