(单词翻译:单击)
SOME STORIES NEVER GROWOLD
永不过时的故事
There are some stories thatnever grow old. Year after year, century after century, men and women and boysand girls read them and love them. The people in the stories become almost asreal as people who have actually lived. They come to be known all over theworld. Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe, Alice in Wonderland, Beowulf, Siegfried,Guinevere, and Roland—almost anywhere you go, you will find someone who knowsthese story-book people.
有些故事永远不会过时。年复一年，一个世纪又一个世纪，男人、女人、男孩和女孩都读这些书，并爱着它们。故事中的人物变得几乎和现实生活中的人一样真实。他们在全世界都出名了。《灰姑娘》《鲁滨逊漂流记》《爱丽丝梦游仙境》《贝奥武夫》《齐格弗里德》《吉尼维尔》和《罗得岛》——几乎无论你走到哪里，你都会发现有人了解这些故事书中的人物。
You are now going to readthree very famous stories. The first two of these are so old that no one hasever been able to find out when they were first told. It is thought that theywere first put down in writing about a thousand years ago in Persia. But theywere probably told by the story-tellers long before that. It is thought thatperhaps story-tellers in India first made them up —howlong ago nobody knows. These two stories are “Aladdin,or the Wonderful Lamp,” and “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” They are part ofa great group of stories called The Arabian Nights. So much have people likedthese stories that they are known all over the world. Except for the Bible,nothing else has ever been translated into so many different languages.
你们现在要读三个非常有名的故事。前两个故事是如此古老，以至于没有人能知道它们是什么时候第一次讲述的。据认为，它们是在大约一千年前的波斯首次以书面形式记录下来的。但是他们很可能在很久以前就被讲故事的人讲过了。人们认为，也许是印度的说书人首先杜撰了这些故事——没人知道这是多久以前的事了。这两个故事是《阿拉丁与神灯》和《阿里巴巴和四十大盗》。它们是《天方夜谭》系列故事的一部分。人们是如此喜欢这些故事，以至于它们闻名世界。除了《圣经》，没有别的东西被翻译成这么多不同的语言。
The third story is that ofthe famous Robinson Crusoe, the shipwrecked sailor who spent twenty-seven yearson a lonesome island. It, too, has been a great favorite.
第三个故事是著名的鲁滨逊·克鲁索的故事，他是一位遭遇海难的水手，在一个荒岛上度过了27年。这个故事也一直是人们的最爱。
Are there other heroesfrom famous stories that you would like to know?
你还想知道其他著名故事中的英雄吗?
