中英文本

So as cold and death filled the earth, the last hero determined to seek out the children, in the hopes that their ancient magics could win back what the armies of men had lost. He set out into the dead lands with a sword, a horse, a dog, and a dozen companions. For years he searched, until he despaired of ever finding the children of the forest in their secret cities. One by one his friends died, and his horse, and finally even his dog, and his sword froze so hard the blade snapped when he tried to use it. And the Others smelled the hot blood in him, and came silent on his trail, stalking him with packs of pale white spiders big as hounds...
所以当大地充斥寒冷与死亡时，最后的英雄决定去寻找这些森林的儿女，冀望他们的远古魔法能抵挡人类所无法抵挡的军队。他佩上宝剑，骑乘骏马，带着猎犬，与一群同伴朝荒原启程。经过多年的长途跋涉，苦苦追寻，他始终找不到藏身秘密城市的森林之子，最后他绝望了。他的朋友相继罹难，他的战马和爱犬也先后死去，就连他的宝剑也被冻结成冰，一触即碎。这时，异鬼嗅到他体内温热的血液，悄悄地追踪他的足迹，带了一群大如猎狗的白蜘蛛偷袭—
The door opened with a bang, and Bran's heart leapt up into his mouth in sudden fear, but it was only Maester Luwin, with Hodor looming in the stairway behind him. Hodor! the stableboy announced, as was his custom, smiling hugely at them all.
房门砰地一声打开，把布兰吓得心脏都快从嘴里跳将出来。但进来的人不过是鲁温师傅，阿多站在他身后的楼梯间。阿多！马僮叫道，这是他的习惯，他还咧嘴朝大家微笑。
Maester Luwin was not smiling. We have visitors, he announced, and your presence is required, Bran.
鲁温师傅没笑。我们有访客。他宣布，而你必须出席，布兰。
I'm listening to a story now, Bran complained.
我正听故事哪。布兰抱怨。

背景介绍:

《权力的游戏》是一部中世纪史诗奇幻题材的电视连续剧。该剧以美国作家乔治·R·R·马丁的奇幻巨作《冰与火之歌》七部曲为基础改编创作，由大卫·贝尼奥夫和丹尼尔·威斯编剧、HBO电视网推出。乔治·雷蒙德·理查德·马丁是欧美奇幻小说大师。马丁的作品主要以人物为关注点，描写细腻丰富，突破了幻想文学界固有的创作模式，多次引领阅读潮流。由于马丁的辉煌成就，他被誉为美国的托尔金和新世纪的海明威。从1989年开始，马丁淡出文学界，转而投身演艺界发展，1996年他才重返文坛而开始奇幻文学的创作，处女作便是《权力的游戏》，即为《冰与火之歌》的首部曲。《权力的游戏》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻奖和星云奖年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不记名奇幻作品投票中，《冰与火之歌》俨然已经可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者网站的访问量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.罗琳等不相上下，其受欢迎的程度可见一斑。乔治马丁被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人之一。

妙语连珠

1.seek out 找出；挑出

Children seek out regularities and rules in acquiring language.
儿童在学习语言过程中会找出各种规律和规则。

How can we seek out a really good person for the job?
我们怎能找到一个真正适当的人来做这项工作?

2.listen to 倾听；聆听

The company's top executives had refused to listen to reason.
公司的高层管理人员拒绝理智行事。

Calm down for a minute and listen to me.
你安静一会儿，听我说。