" The Golden Touch, " which you will now read, is taken from this book.

你们现在要读的《点金术》，是从这本书里摘录的。

The curse of the Golden Touch had, therefore, really been removed from him.

因此，点石成金的诅咒真的从他身上消失了。

" The Golden Touch, " continued the stranger, " or a crust of bread? "

“是点金术，”陌生人继续说道，“还是一块面包？”

" The Golden Touch! " exclaimed the stranger.

“点金术！”陌生人惊呼道。

But the Golden Touch was too nimble for him.

但对他来说，点石成金的手法太灵活了。

" Well, friend Midas, " said the stranger, " pray how do you succeed with the Golden Touch? "

“那么，朋友迈达斯，”陌生人说，“请问你是如何用点金术成功的？”

Confident in his golden touch, he bought the New Republic, a venerable but financially troubled magazine, in 2012.

2012年，对自己点石成金的能力满怀信心的休斯收购了享有盛名但陷入亏损的杂志《新共和》（New Republic）。

He felt that his little daughter's love was worth a thousand times more than the Golden Touch.

他觉得他小女儿的爱比那点金术更有价值一千倍。

He was anxious to prove whether the Golden Touch had really come, according to the stranger's promise.

他急切地想证明，按照陌生人的许诺，那点金术是否真的来了。

There were two things, however, which, as long as he lived, used to put King Midas in mind of the Golden Touch.

然而，有两件事，只要他活着，就会让迈达斯国王想起点金术。

The story of an ancient king with a golden touch that destroyed him.

关于古老国王的故事他的点金术最终毁了他。

" The Golden Touch, " asked the stranger, " or your own little Marygold, warm, soft, and loving, as she was an hour ago? "

“点金术，”陌生人问，“还是一小时前温暖、温柔、可爱的小玛丽金？”

So pleased was Midas with the glitter of the yellow metal that he would still have refused to give up the Golden Touch for so small a matter as a breakfast.

迈达斯对这种黄色金属的闪闪发光非常满意，即使是为了一顿早餐这样的小事，他也不会放弃这种点金术。

Midas bent down his head, without speaking, for he recognized the same figure which had appeared to him the day before in the treasure- room, and had bestowed upon him this unlucky power of the Golden Touch.

迈达斯低下头，一句话也没说，因为他认出了昨天在储藏室里出现在他面前的那个人，正是那个人赋予了他这种不幸的点金术。