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The Remarkable Adventures of Lemuel Gulliver 格列佛的奇幻旅程

 

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Imagine your ship has sunk yet, by some miracle, you manage to swim to land. You’re filled with gratitude at the feeling of sand beneath your feet but, too exhausted to explore, you drop to the ground and fall into a deep slumber.

试想想这个场景：你的船沉了，但你仍奇迹似的游上岸了。脚踩沙子的感觉让你心中充满感激，但却因太过劳累而无法起身探索，倒在地上开始呼呼大睡。

 

Hours later, you blink your eyes open and try to get up. But you can’t move. Your arms and legs have been fastened to the ground. Suddenly, you are aware of something moving on your chest. You can only roar with surprise when you see “a human creature not six inches high, with a bow and arrow in his hands” looking at you. So begin the tales of Lemuel Gulliver.

几个小时之后，你眨了眨眼并试着站起来，但却动弹不得。你的手臂和双脚都被绑在地上，突然间你觉得有东西在胸口上移动。当你看到一个不过只有6英吋高的小人拿着弓箭时，你大吃一惊。勒缪尔．格列佛的故事就这么开始。

 

Captured by these tiny folk, Gulliver refrains from using violence against them, though he is sure he could destroy them easily. He is in the miniature kingdom of Lilliput, where horses are just five inches high and the tallest tree can be chopped down with his penknife. After being taken to the city where he makes the acquaintance of the emperor, Gulliver wins the trust of the Lilliputians. They are hospitable to him, in spite of the fact that he needs to eat more than 1,000 times the food of a single native. In return, Gulliver helps the inhabitants in their war against neighboring Blefuscu; the nations are in dispute over which is the proper way to crack an egg.

格列佛被这些小小人抓住后，他避免对他们使用暴力，虽然他可以轻而易举地摧毁他们。格列佛现在身处于利立浦特这个小型的国度。在此地马儿只有5英吋高，而他的小折刀能砍下最高的树。格列佛被带到城市与国王会面后，获得了利立浦特人的信任。他们热情地款待他，虽然他需要比当地人还多吃1000倍以上的食物。为了报答他们，格列佛帮助居民攻打邻国不列夫斯库，这两个国家为了正确的打蛋方式而争吵不休。

 

Gulliver sees the Lilliputians as overly obsessed with trivial things, with an inflated view of their own worth and strength. Conversely, they believe they are normal, and consider their guest a freak of nature. Eventually, things turn sour, and Gulliver leaves Lilliput and returns home to England.

格列佛认为利立浦特人过于执着于无关紧要的小事，并对自己的价值及力量过于有自信。相反地，利立浦特人觉得自己很正常，并觉得他们的客人是个怪物。最后事情每下愈况，所以格列佛离开利立浦特，返回家乡英国。

 

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gratitude [ˋgrætə͵tjud] n. 感激

drop [drɑp] v. (因疲劳，受伤等）倒下

slumber [ˋslʌmbɚ] n. 睡眠；微睡

blink [blɪŋk] v. 眨眼睛

fasten [ˋfæsn] v. 扎牢；系紧

roar [ror] v. 吼叫

bow [bo] n. 弓

penknife [ˋpɛn͵naɪf] n. 小刀

acquaintance [əˋkwentəns] n. 相识；了解

hospitable [ˋhɑspɪtəb!] adj. 好客的，招待周到的

inhabitant [ɪnˋhæbətənt] n. 居民

dispute [dɪˋspjut] n. 争论；争执

crack [kræk] v.（使）破裂;（使）裂开

trivial [ˋtrɪvɪəl] adj. 琐细的；不重要的

inflated [ɪnˋfletɪd] adj. 夸张的

worth [wɝθ] n. 价值

freak [frik] n. 怪异的人

 

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refrain [rɪˋfren] from 抑制...; 忍住...; 自己戒除...; 避免...

turn sour 令人失望  to become unfavorable or inharmonious

 

 

 

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Gulliver’s travels resume just two months later, when our hero takes to the seas again. After a fierce storm, Gulliver and some crewmates row ashore in search of fresh water. He wanders off, curiously making his observations, when he notices his shipmates returning to the boat. Stranded and alone once more, Gulliver finds himself marooned on Brobdingnag.

2个月后格列佛再度出海，继续他的旅行。在一场强烈的暴风过后，格列佛和一些船员划船到岸边寻找干净的水源。他越走越远，好奇地到处察看，此时他发现他的船友已回船上。格列佛再度独自地被困在岛上，并发现他来到布罗卜丁奈格这个国度。

 

Quite the opposite to the inhabitants of Lilliput, the people of Brobdingnag are some 72 feet tall! He is discovered by a farmer and taken to a house, where everything is so great in size that Gulliver is quite frightened. In a reversal of roles, Gulliver is now as small to the natives as the Lilliputians were to him. Furthermore, these peaceful giants are not impressed by war or by Gulliver’s tales of battles in Europe. As Gulliver sniffed at the Lilliputians fighting a war over the way to crack an egg, so the Brobdingnag king dismisses Gulliver’s England as petty and incomprehensibly violent. Gulliver is later snatched by a giant eagle and dropped into the ocean, from where he is rescued and returned to his wife and family.

布罗卜丁奈格的人们和利立浦特的居民恰恰相反，他们大约有72英呎高！格列佛被一位农夫发现并被带回家，在那里一切都如此巨大，以致于格列佛非常害怕。此时格列佛的角色刚好相反，他的大小之于当地的巨人就如同利立浦特人之于格列佛一般。此外，这些爱好和平的巨人对于交战与格列佛所述说的欧洲战事并不感到钦佩。就如同格列佛对利立浦特人因为打蛋的方式而开战嗤之以鼻，布罗卜丁奈格的国王也对英国感到不屑，认为它既卑小又无可理喻地凶悍。格列佛之后被巨大的老鹰抓走并被丢到大海里，他在海上被救起并返回他的妻子及家人身边。

 

With such a thirst for travel, it’s not long before Gulliver embarks on his third voyage. Left marooned after his ship is attacked by pirates, Gulliver stumbles upon the floating island of Laputa. Laputan people are enamored with abstract theories, and prove to be a very impractical race. The scientists carry out useless experiments; nothing they do seems to have a purpose. Meanwhile, as the government focuses on these academics, it remains completely out of touch with the concerns of normal Laputans. When Gulliver finally returns home, he swears his traveling days are over.

格列佛极度渴望旅行，不久又踏上了第3趟旅程。在格列佛的船只被海盗攻击而受困之后，他意外发现浮在空中的岛屿拉普塔。拉普塔的人民非常喜欢抽象理论，而且事实证明他们是个非常不切实际的民族。科学家们进行无用的实验，他们做的任何事都没有意义。同时，当国政府着重于这些学者时，却完全不了解一般的拉普塔人民所烦恼的事。当格列佛终于回到家时，他发誓他旅游的日子结束了。

 

 

Vocabulary

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resume [rɪˋzjum] v. 重新开始，继续

fierce [fɪrs] adj. 猛烈的，激烈的

crewmate ['kru͵met] n. 同船工作的船员 a fellow member of a crew, especially of a crew of astronauts

ashore [əˋʃor] adv. 向岸；上岸

stranded [ˋstrændɪd] adj. 被滞留的

marooned [məˋrund] adj. 陷于孤立无援困境的

opposite [ˋɑpəzɪt] adj. 相反的

reversal [rɪˋvɝs!] n. 翻转；逆转

petty [ˋpɛtɪ] adj. 小的；不重要的

incomprehensibly [͵ɪnkɑmprɪˋhɛnsəblɪ] adv. 不能理解地；不可思议地

snatch [snætʃ] v. 抓住

enamor [ɪnˋæmɚ] v. 使倾心；使迷恋

abstract [ˋæbstrækt] adj. 抽象的

academics [͵ækəˋdɛmɪks] n. 学术活动 college or university courses and studies

concern [kənˋsɝn] n. 关心的事，重要的事

 

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wander off 徘徊；走散 to roam away from someone or something

sniff at 看不起 to express contempt or dislike for

thirst [θɝst] for 渴望, 热望 to have a strong desire for something

embark on 着手, 开始 to begin a journey by boarding a ship, airplane, etc

stumble upon 偶然发现 discover, find, come across, encounter

carry out 执行, 进行 to put into practice or effect

out of touch with 对…不了解, 不知道

 

 

 

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After five months, Gulliver again gets itchy feet and begins another voyage. After a mutiny, he is put to sea on a raft. He runs aground on a new land where the humans, who are disfigured and coarse, live alongside the superior Houyhnhnms – a species of horse so intelligent, moral, and logical that Gulliver becomes quite taken with them.

5个月之后格列佛又再度心痒，并踏上另一次旅程。在船员暴动后他被丢在海上乘着小筏漂浮。他搁浅于一个新的土地上。在那里的人类丑陋粗鄙且与较为优越的慧骃一起生活。慧骃是一种马，他们非常聪明、有道德感且有逻辑，因此格列佛变得非常喜欢他们。

 

First, though, Gulliver encounters the human species, known as Yahoos, describing them as the most “disagreeable …. animal” he has seen in all his travels. He then bumps into two Houyhnhnms who recognize him to be a Yahoo, but seem impressed by his superior intellect. They take him in, and Gulliver lives alongside them, soaking up their knowledge and growing evermore disenchanted with the Yahoos and the humans back home. But Gulliver cannot stay. The Houyhnhnms request that he leave. Gulliver is heartbroken.

但一开始格列佛遇到的是称为犽猢的人类，格列佛描述他们是他在旅行中看过最为令人讨厌的动物。然后他巧遇2位慧骃，他们将格列佛当作犽猢，但似乎对于格列佛较为卓越的智力感到惊讶。他们让格列佛加入他们，与他们一起生活。格列佛吸收他们的知识并渐渐的对犽猢及家乡的人类感到失望。但是格列佛不能待在这。慧骃要求他离开，而格列佛的心都碎了。

 

Reluctantly, he returns home. Repulsed at the thought of being once more among Yahoos, including his wife and children, Gulliver chooses a solitary life. As his sanity diminishes, his only company is two horses he has bought. He says, “My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day.” Though Houyhnhnm society cannot accept Gulliver, he will continue to idealize that species forever.

格列佛非常舍不得的回家了。他一想到要再度跟包括他的妻子和小孩的犽猢们在一起，就感到很反感，于是选择过着孤独的生活。当他越来越不清醒时，他唯一的同伴是他所买的2匹马。他说：「我的马儿们非常了解我，我每天至少和他们谈天4小时。」虽然慧骃的社会并不接受格列佛，他将继续美化那个种族。

 

Gulliver’s Travels was published in 1726. Through these tall tales the author, Jonathan Swift, successfully satirizes European and British society of the time, while being both funny and questioning. Government and politics are ridiculed, and immoral behaviors are challenged. Above all, Gulliver’s Travels is a great story of mythical lands, a celebration of imaginative fiction, and a joy to read.

《格列佛游记》在1726年出版。作者乔纳生，斯威夫特透过这些荒诞不经的故事成功地讽刺了当时的欧洲及英国社会，且将之以有趣且不断质疑的方式呈现。政府和政治都被奚落了一番，而不道德的行为也受到挑战。最重要的是，《格列佛游记》是个关于神秘国度的故事，一部充满想象小说的庆典，也是本有趣的读物。

 

－by Alice Davis

 

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mutiny [ˋmjutnɪ] n.（舰艇上官兵等的）反叛

raft [ræft] n. （救生用）橡皮艇

disfigured [dɪsˋfɪgjɚd] adj. 丑八怪的

coarse [kors] adj. 粗俗的，粗鲁的

logical [ˋlɑdʒɪk!] adj. 有逻辑的, 符合逻辑的

disagreeable [͵dɪsəˋgriəb!] adj. 令人不快的; 不合意的; 讨厌的

intellect [ˋɪnt!͵ɛkt] n. 智力

evermore [͵ɛvɚˋmor] adv. 今后，将来; 永远，经常，始终 in the future

disenchanted [͵dɪsɪnˋtʃɑntɪd] adj. 对〔某人或某事物〕失望的

request [rɪˋkwɛst] v. 要求，请求

reluctantly [rɪˋlʌktəntlɪ] adv. 不情愿地

repulsed [rɪˋpʌlsd] adj. 厌恶的，产生反感的

solitary [ˋsɑlə͵tɛrɪ] adj. 单独的，独自的

sanity [ˋsænətɪ] n. 精神健全，精神正常

tolerably [ˋtɑlərəblɪ] adv. 颇 pretty, quite

converse [kənˋvɝs] v. 交谈，谈话

idealize [aɪˋdiəl͵aɪz]v. 理想化

satirize [ˋsætə͵raɪz] v. 写讽刺文章；挖苦

questioning [`kwɛstʃənɪŋ] adj. 怀疑的 proceeding from or characterized by a feeling of doubt or uncertainty

ridicule [ˋrɪdɪkjul] v. 嘲笑，戏弄

immoral [ɪˋmɔrəl] adj. 不道德的；伤风败俗的

 

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get (have) itchy feet  渴望各处走动  to want to travel or to do something different

run aground 搁浅 hit or reach the ground

be taken with 被某人/某事物吸引; 对某人/某事物感兴趣 highly attracted to someone or something

bump into 偶遇; 巧遇 to meet someone by chance

soak up 吸收, 摄取 to learn and remember something easily and quickly

tall tale 荒诞不经的故事 an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story

 

 

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