(单词翻译:单击)
6月1日是儿童节,是全球的孩子们共同的节日。让孩子们快乐的方式之一就是送给他们好书。一本好书会让孩子离开电视或放下电脑游戏,体验书中的奇妙旅程。以下是为孩子们精选的完美童书。
《小王子》的作者曾说过:“我想把这本书献给曾经是孩子的大人。所有的大人都曾经是小孩(不过很少有人记得这一点)。”所以我们也将这一书单献给那些童心未泯的大人们。
Charlotte's Web
《夏洛特的网》
Charlotte's Web is a classic of children's literature by American author E. B. White, published in 1952. The novel tells a tender story of friendship, love, life and death. A pig named Wilbur has built a friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages in her web praising Wilbur to persuade the farmer to let him live.
The Happy Prince
《快乐王子》
The Happy Prince is a story for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. The message conveyed through the story is that the meaning of life lies in dedication rather than what we get.
《快乐王子》是奥斯卡·王尔德为孩子们写的一个故事,于1888年5月首次出版。这篇故事要传达的思想是生命的意义在于奉献而不是得到。
梗概:在一个镇子里,一只燕子看到了刚刚去世的“快乐王子”的雕塑,这个王子事实上从未体验过真正的快乐。看到人们遭受着贫穷的折磨,快乐王子请求燕子从自己的剑柄上取出红宝石,从眼睛里取出蓝宝石,并将覆盖全身的金叶取出,去送给那些穷人。冬天来了,快乐王子的美貌荡然无存,当他看到为他无私行为不断奔走的燕子冻死在严寒中,他的铅心也破碎了。于是这座雕塑被拆下来熔掉,最后只剩下那颗破碎的铅心和那只燕子的尸体。一位天使将这两样东西带到了天堂,上帝认为这是这座城市里最宝贵的两样东西。
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
《窗边的小豆豆》
Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window is a book written by Japanese children's book writer, talk show host and UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund ) Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. The book, published in 1981, recalls the writer's experiences and her teacher, Sosaku Kobayashi, at Tomoe Gakuen Elementary School during World War II. In the book, Kuroyanagi shows that children's education should be integrated with fun, freedom and love. The book is credited as one of the world's most influential works of the 20th century.
The Little Prince
《小王子》
The Little Prince, first published in 1943, is a novella and the most famous work by French writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness, with watercolor illustrations by the author, has lost none of its power. It is one of the classics of 20th century children's literature and has been adapted to numerous art forms, such as a radio play, film and ballet.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
《格林童话》
Grimm's Fairy Tales is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by German brothers and linguists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The book is a treasury of enchanting folk and fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and princesses, fantastic castles and vast lakes as well as deep forests and magical beasts. It includes classics such as The Frog Prince, Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hoods.
Andersen's Fairy Tales
《安徒生童话》
Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's stories have been translated into about 150 languages. To date, since his works were introduced 100 years ago, China has published more than 200 versions of Andersen's fairy tales. The most well-known stories include The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes.
Two of Andersen's fairy tales are related to China. The Nightingale is set in China and tells the story of a Chinese emperor and a nightingale, while The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep tells of the romance between a Chinese porcelain shepherdess and a Chinese porcelain chimney sweep.
两个安徒生童话故事和中国有关。《夜莺》的故事就发生在中国,讲述了一个中国皇帝和一只夜莺的故事。《牧羊女和扫烟囱的人》讲述的是一个中国陶瓷做的牧羊女和一个中国陶瓷做的扫烟囱的人之间的爱情故事。
Harry Potter
《哈利·波特》
The Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels by British author J. K. Rowling was published between 1997 and 2007. Harry Potter chronicles the adventures of the titular character, a young wizard named, Harry Potter, and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. According to statistics given in 2014, Harry Potter is one of the greatest-ever publishing successes, with more than 450 million copies sold around the world and distributed in more than 200 territories. The series has been turned into eight blockbuster films.
Pipi Lu and Lu Xixi
《皮皮鲁和鲁西西》
A representative work by China's most influential contemporary fairy-tale writer, Zheng Yuanjie, Pipi Lu and Lu Xixi tells the adventures of Pipi Lu, the naughty but kind-hearted boy, and his little sister, Lu Xixi, who is well-behaved. Tens of millions of Chinese grew up reading Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tale stories about the two fictional characters. Over the last 30 years, many stories from the Pipi Lu series, like Shuke and Beita, Pipi Lu and Lilliputians in a Tin and Magic Cube Mansion have been adapted from books to TV series.
Selected Fairy Tales of Zhang Tianyi
《张天翼童话故事精选》
This book selects classic works by Chinese children's writer Zhang Tianyi and contains the most abundant elements of fairy tale creation. Zhang's stories have attracted tens of thousands of young readers generation after generation by virtue of lasting artistic charm, enabling children to broaden their horizons and grow sturdily.
The Diaries of the Smiling Cat series
《笑猫日记》
The Diaries of the Smiling Cat series is one of the most successful series by Chinese children's author Yang Hongying. The series includes a series of fantasy stories based on the real lives of Chinese children, which adopts the form of diary writing and makes the pet cat of a girl named Du Zhenzi the narrator. The series creates a literary world combining illusion and reality where animals and children communicate with each other freely. Hailed as "China's J.K. Rowling" in terms of success and influence, Yang is the first Chinese children's author to enter the mainstream English book market.