【正文】 r with a few classmates.出了場(chǎng)，即使回家。家里已是餓了兩三天。After writing the examination, he came home and his family had been starved for two to three days.被胡屠戶(hù)知道，又罵了一頓。Hu Tuhu found out and of course he gave Fan more lecturing. 到出榜那日，家里沒(méi)有早飯米，On the day the exam results came out, the Fan family ran out of rice for breakfast.母親吩咐范進(jìn)道：我有一只生蛋的母雞，The mother instructed Fan Jin: “I have an egglaying hen.你快拿到集上去賣(mài)了，買(mǎi)幾升米來(lái)煮餐粥吃，Quickly take it to the market to sell and see if you can get a few ‘shengs’ of rice for cooking congee to eat.我已是餓的兩眼都看不見(jiàn)了。I am going blind from starving.”范進(jìn)慌忙抱了雞，走出門(mén)去。Fan hurriedly took the hen and went out the door.才去不到兩個(gè)時(shí)候，只聽(tīng)得一片聲的鑼響，After he had gone out for less than four hours, a series of gong sounds rang out.三匹馬闖將來(lái)。Three horses galloped in.那三個(gè)人下了馬，把馬拴在茅草棚上，一片聲叫道：快請(qǐng)范老爺出來(lái)，The riders got off the mounts, tied the horses to the thatchshack and shouted: “Ask Master Fan to e out quick.恭喜高中了！We want to congratulate him for passing the Imperial Exam.”母親不知是甚事，嚇得躲在屋里；The mother did not know what was going on and she was scared stiff hiding inside the house.聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了，方敢伸出頭來(lái)，說(shuō)道：諸位請(qǐng)坐，After hearing those words, she poked her head out and said: “Please take a seat, gentlemen.小兒方才出去了。My son just went out.”那些報(bào)錄人道：原來(lái)是老太太。Those people delivering the good news said: “Oh, you are the mother.”大家簇?fù)碇插X(qián)。They were crowding around asking for lucky money.正在吵鬧，又是幾匹馬，二報(bào)、三報(bào)到了，In the midst of all the clamoring, the second group of goodnews messengers came followed by the third group.擠了一屋的人，茅草棚地下都坐滿(mǎn)了。The house was packed with visitors and even the thatchshack was full of people sitting on the floor.鄰居都來(lái)了，擠著看，Neighbors came as well and they were trying to squeeze inside the house to see what was happening.老太太沒(méi)奈何，只得央及一個(gè)鄰居去尋他兒子。Old Mrs. Fan had no choice but begged a neighbor to go find his son. 那鄰居飛奔到集上，一地里尋不見(jiàn)；The neighbor ran towards the market and couldn’t find Fan Jin anywhere along the way.直尋到集東頭，見(jiàn)范進(jìn)抱著雞，手里插個(gè)草標(biāo)，It was not until he searched all the way to the east side of the market that he saw Fan holding the hen with a strawsign attached to indicate it was for sale.一步一踱的，東張西望，在那里尋人買(mǎi)。Fan was plodding and looking around to find a buyer.鄰居道：范相公，快些回去！The neighbor said: “Mr. Scholar Fan, go home quick.你恭喜中了舉人，Congratulations (5)! You have passed the Provincial Imperial exam.報(bào)喜人擠了一屋里。Your house is packed with goodnews messengers.”范進(jìn)道是哄他，F(xiàn)an thought the neighbor was pulling his leg.只裝不聽(tīng)見(jiàn)，低著頭往前走。So he pretended he did not hear and continued walking with his head down.鄰居見(jiàn)他不理，走上來(lái)，就要奪他手里的雞。The neighbor saw Fan was ignoring him and so he walked up and wanted to take the chicken away from his hand.范進(jìn)道：你奪我的雞怎的？Fan said: “Why do you want to grab my chicken?你又不買(mǎi)。You are not buying, are you?”鄰居道：你中了舉了，叫你家去打發(fā)報(bào)子哩。The neighbor said: “You have passed the Imperial Exam and you are asked to e home to send the messengers away.”范進(jìn)道：高鄰，你曉得我今日沒(méi)有米，要買(mǎi)這雞去救命，F(xiàn)an said: “Neighbor Gao, you know I run out of rice today and need to sell this chicken to save lives.為甚么拿這話(huà)來(lái)混我？Why are you saying these things to trick me?我又不同你頑，I’m not fooling around with you.你自回去罷，You go back and leave me alone.莫誤了我賣(mài)雞。Don’t get in the way while I am selling chicken.”鄰居見(jiàn)他不信，The neighbor saw he didn’t believe what he said.劈手把雞奪下，摜在地下，一把拉了回來(lái)。So he snatched the chicken away from him, flung it to the ground, and dragged him along to go home.報(bào)錄人見(jiàn)了道好了，The messengers saw him and said: “That’s fantastic.新貴人回來(lái)了。Our new bigwig is back.”正要擁著他說(shuō)話(huà)，范進(jìn)三兩步走進(jìn)屋里來(lái)，Just when they were going to surround him to talk, Fan quickly got inside the house.見(jiàn)中間報(bào)帖已經(jīng)升掛起來(lái)，上寫(xiě)道：捷報(bào)貴府老爺范諱進(jìn)高中廣東鄉(xiāng)試第七名亞元。He saw the document in reporting the good news had already been hung up that read: “This is a brief notification that Master Fan Huijin at your house scored Number Seven in ranking of Guangdong Provincial Imperial Exam.京報(bào)連登黃甲。The official yellow document will follow.” 范進(jìn)不看便罷，看了一遍，又念一啟蒙，Everything was fine with Fan Jin before he looked at the notice. After reading it once and reciting it once, it dawned on him what actually had happened.自己把兩手拍了一下，笑了一聲，道：噫！好了！He clapped his hands together, let out a laugh, and said: “Oh, that’s terrific!我中了！I passed the exam.”說(shuō)著，往后一交跌倒，牙關(guān)咬緊，不省人事。After saying that, he fell backward clenching his teeth and fainted.老太太慌了，慌將幾口開(kāi)水灌了過(guò)來(lái)。The old Mrs. Fan got panicky and scrambled to pour several gulps of warm water into his mouth to wake him up.他爬將起來(lái)，He crawled to get up.又拍著手大笑道：噫！好！Then he clapped his hands and laughed out loud: “Oh fantastic!我中了！I pass.”笑著，Afterwards he laughed some more.不由分說(shuō)，就往門(mén)外飛跑，F(xiàn)or no reason he darted out the front door.把報(bào)錄人和鄰居嚇了一跳。In doing so, he shocked the messengers and neighbors.走出大門(mén)不多路，一腳踹在塘里，A short distance away one of his feet stepped into a pond and slipped.掙起來(lái)，頭發(fā)都跌散了，兩手黃泥，淋淋漓漓一身的水。In struggling to get up, his hair was messed up, his hands were full of yellow dirt (2), and his body was dripping wet with water.眾人拉他不住，People were unable to pull him back.拍著笑著，一直走到集上去了。So they clapped and laughed as all of them went with him to the market.眾人大眼望小眼，They looked at one another and were at a loss on what to do.一齊道：原來(lái)新貴人歡喜瘋了。So they all said: “Our new exalted official has gone crazy from overjoyed.”老太太哭道：怎生這樣苦命的事！Old Mrs. Fan said in tears: “What rotten luck we have!中了一個(gè)甚么舉人，就得了這拙病！He passed some sort of exam and contracted this strange ailment.這一瘋了，幾時(shí)才得好？Once he goes crazy I really don’t know when he would recover.”娘子胡氏道：早上好好出去，怎的就得了這樣的病！His wife Miss Hu said: “He was fine this morning when he went