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Gulliver’s Travels 《格列佛游记》

 

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Lemuel Gulliver lives in 17^th-century England and is fulfilling his dream of traveling the world. He works as a surgeon on ships sailing out to sea and enjoys his job. But one voyage, things go terribly wrong. The ship he is on encounters a violent storm one night and runs into a huge rock. The ship sinks, but thankfully Gulliver jumps overboard and swims to a nearby island. There he falls asleep from exhaustion.

莱缪尔．格列佛住在17世纪的英国，正在实现环游世界的梦想。他在航向大海的船上担任外科医生，且很喜欢这份工作。但就在某一次的航程中，一切都不对劲了。某天晚上，他所搭乘的船遭遇了猛烈的暴风雨，并撞上巨石。船沉了，但幸好格列佛跳下了船、游到附近的小岛。在那里，他因精疲力竭而昏睡。

 

When he wakes up the next morning, he tries to get up but he can’t move. Gulliver looks about and see t hat he is being held down by many small ropes. Surrounding him are hundreds of tiny men, each about 15 centimeters tall. The little people drug him with wine and roll him on a giant cart to the capital of their country, Lilliput. There Gulliver meets their emperor and is impressed with their beautiful and civilized city. He finds the people there are hospitable, and they admire his great strength. As a result, he decides to stay and enjoys their company.

隔天早晨醒来时，他试着起身却无法行动。格列佛环顾四周，发现他被许多小绳子压制住了，环绕着他的是数百个小人，每个都大约15公分高。这些小人用酒将他迷昏，然后滚动他的身躯、将他放上一台前往首都利利普的大型运货车上。在那儿，格列佛遇见了他们的君王，并对他们漂亮且文明的城市印象深刻。他发现那儿的人们都很好客，他们也很欣赏格列佛过人的力量，因此，他决定留下来，跟他们作伴。

 

 

 

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voyage [ˋvɔɪɪdʒ] n. 航行

The sailors went on an exciting voyage to an unknown island.

 

encounter [ɪnˋkaʊntɚ] v. 遭遇（敌人）；遇到（困难，危险等）

hikers someimes encounter bears while walking in the forest.

 

capital [ˋkæpət!] n. 首都

Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States.

 

emperor [ˋɛmpərɚ] n. 皇帝,君主

empire n. 帝国

Emperor controlled China, and acted as its leaders, for thousands of years.

 

admire [ədˋmaɪr] v. 钦佩；欣赏

(admire-admired-admired)

People admire the famous actress for her looks and talent.

 

strength [strɛŋθ] n. 力量，力气

A baseball player must have great strength to hit a home run.

 

 

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surgeon [ˋsɝdʒən] n. 外科医生

run into 偶然碰到

overboard [ˋovɚ͵bord] adv. 向船外，（自船上）落水

exhaustion [ɪgˋzɔstʃən] n. 精疲力竭

civilized [ˋsɪvə͵laɪzd] adj. 文明的

hospitable [ˋhɑspɪtəb!] adj. 好客的

 

 

 

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During Gulliver’s stay, the Lilliputians are fighting with their neighbor over a ridiculous argument. They can’t agree on how to properly break an egg: from the small end or the large end. Gulliver uses his strength as a giant to stop an invasion and becomes a hero. However, he doesn’t want to kill any of Lilliput’s enemies. This makes the emperor furious. Gulliver feels disappointed, so he runs away, finds a boat and heads out to sea. A ship eventually picks him up and takes him back to England. Yet, after some time he decides to sail away again.

在格列佛停留的期间，利利普人正因一个可笑的争执与邻国打仗，他们对于如何正确地击破鸡蛋－从尖端还是钝端这件事意见相左。于是格列佛用他巨人的力量制止敌方入侵，而成了英雄。然而，他并不想杀害任何一个利利普国的敌人，这件事让君王非常地愤怒。格列佛感到很沮丧，因而逃离该国、找了艘小船并航向大海。最后有艘船把他救起，将他带回了英国。然而，过了一些日子后，他还是决定再度启航。

 

Soon, Gulliver and a crew of men set sail. After several months, they find an undiscovered land. Gulliver and a few men go to explore the land, but the other men return to the ship and forget Gulliver. Moments later, he sees a giant who is so large that Gulliver only reaches its ankles. Gulliver feels scared and runs away, but another giant finds him. Despite being massive, the giant is delicate with Gulliver and takes him home.

很快地，格列佛以及一组船员们启程了。几个月后，他们找到一个从未被发现的陆地。格列佛和几个船员一起去探勘这块土地，然而，只他人回到了船上，竟忘了格列佛。过没多久，他看到一个很高大的巨人，他太高了以致于格列佛只到他的脚踝而已。格列佛感到很害怕并逃跑，但又被另一个巨人给发现。尽管这个巨人也很魁梧，但他却小心翼翼地对待格列佛，并把他带回家。

 

 

 

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invasion [ɪnˋveʒən] n. 入侵，侵略

invade v. 侵略

The soldiers tried to stop the invasion but their enemy was too powerful.

 

furious [ˋfjʊərɪəs] adj. 狂怒的﹐暴怒的

The child's bike was stolen and this really made him furious.

 

disappointed [͵dɪsəˋpɔɪntɪd] adj. 失望的，沮丧的

disappoint v. 使失望

All the students were disappointed to hear that their graduation trip was canceled.

 

explore [ɪkˋsplor] v. 探究，探索

(explore-explored-explored)

A treasure hunter explored the jungle and found a lost city.

 

ankle [ˋæŋk!] n. 脚踝

The boy hit his ankle on a table when he got up in the middle of the night.

 

despite [dɪˋspaɪt] prep. 尽管

Despite the bad weather, we still enjoyed our trip to Kenting.

 

 

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agree on 就...取得一致意见

eventually [ɪˋvɛntʃʊəlɪ] adv. 最后，终于

undiscovered [͵ʌndɪsˋkʌvɚd] adj. 未被发现的

massive [ˋmæsɪv] adj. 巨大的

delicate [ˋdɛləkət] adj. 需要小心处理的

 

 

 

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The queen of the land soon learns about the tiny Gulliver and offers the giant a small fortune to have Gulliver as entertainment in her court. There Gulliver learns that the royal giants are simple, innocent people.

大人国的皇后很快就获悉小人格列佛的事，于是给了那位巨人一笔为数不少的钱财，以让格列佛到宫中娱乐大家。在那儿，格列佛了解王室巨人们是多么天真与单纯的一群人。

 

One day, the nobles take him on a trip to the countryside, but a huge eagle swoops down, picks Gulliver up, and drops him into the ocean.

有一天，贵族们带他前往乡间旅行，但一只巨大的老鹰俯冲下来、抓起格列佛并把他扔进了海里。

 

After floating for some time, Gulliver reaches another mysterious land. There he finds a race of intelligent horses, called the Houyhnhnms, who are extremely logical, honest, and in tune with nature. They rule a group of humans named Yahoos, who are the opposite of the horses: they cheat, steal, and fight.

在海上漂流一些时日后，格列佛抵达了另一个神秘的国度。在那里他发现一种很有智慧的马叫慧骃马，他们高度理性、正直且与自然和谐共处。他们统治着一群叫雅虎的人类。那群人正好与马儿相反，他们欺骗、偷窃与打斗。

 

Gulliver admires the Houyhnhnms and lives with them. Yet eventually the horses decide to banish him because he looks too similar to the Yahoos.

格列佛很欣赏慧骃马，并与他们同住。然而，这群马儿最后还是决定将他放逐，因为他看起来实在跟雅虎太相似。

 

Gulliver sadly returns to England, but feels everyone around him is unintelligent compared with the Houyhnhnms. So he spends the rest of his days speaking to the horses in his stables while everyone else considers him insane.

格列佛悲伤地返回了英国，但他觉得身边每个人与慧骃马相比都太没智慧了。因此，他在马槽里与马儿对话度过了他的余生，尽管其他人都觉得他发疯了。

 

－by Bryan Shettig

 

 

 

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fortune [ˋfɔrtʃən] n. 财富

The man made a fortunate by starting his own successful company.

 

noble [ˋnob!] n. 贵族

England's nobles are still popular and people want to know about their lives.

 

intelligent [ɪnˋtɛlədʒənt] adj. 有才智的；聪明的

It's easy for intelligent people to understand difficult ideas.

 

honest [ˋɑnɪst] adj. 诚实的；正直的

Fred is always honest; he doesn't tell lies to anyone.

 

opposite [ˋɑpəzɪt] n. 相反的人、事、物

My brother is the opposite of me; I am hardworking and he is lazy.

 

 

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entertainment [͵ɛntɚˋtenmənt] n. 娱乐，消遣

swoop [swup] v. 俯冲，飞扑，猛扑

in tune with 融洽

banish [ˋbænɪʃ] v. 流放，放逐

compare [kəmˋpɛr] with  与……相比

 

 

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