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为你读英语美文 · 第474期 《老人与海》| 经典选读 · 熊叔

主播：熊叔，坐标：威海

1

But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

人不是为失败而生的。一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。

It is silly not to hope, he thought.

人不抱希望是很傻的。

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

现在不是去想缺少什么的时候，该想一想凭现有的东西你能做什么。

Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man.

保持你头脑的清醒，并且懂得如何像一个男子汉那样承受痛苦。

2

But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

但是这些伤疤中没有一块是新的。它们像无鱼可打的沙漠中被侵蚀的地方一般古老。他身上的一切都显得古老，除了那双眼睛，它们像海水一般蓝，是愉快而不肯认输的。

3

As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore, which was only a low green line on the sea.

太阳升起时，他看到别的一些船只都头朝着海岸，在海上看来海岸象是一条接近地平线的绿带子。

4

Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs.

大多数人对海龟都很无情，因为海龟被切开后，心脏依旧会跳好几个小时。但是老人想，我也有这样一颗心，我的手脚和它们的一样。

5

It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea and the old man had always considered it so and respected it. But now he said his thoughts aloud many times since there was no one that they could annoy.

可以想象品德在海里就不必要说起了，而老人以前却总是思考和尊敬着品德。可是现在，自从没有了一个可能会打扰到的人，他就把那些想法高声地说出来，好多次。

6

What I will do if he decides to go down, I don’t know. What I’ll do if he sounds and dies I don’t know. But I'll do something. There are plenty of things I can do.

我不知道，如果他下来或者如果他倒地一声死了，我要怎么办。但是我知道，我会做一些事情。还有很多东西我可以做。

7

The position actually was only somewhat less intolerable; but he thought of it as almost comfortable.

实际上的方位只能稍微带给人少许无法忍受的感觉，但他几乎想象这是一件舒适的事情。

8

Then he thought, think of it always. Think of what you are doing. You must do nothing stupid. Then he said aloud, “I wish I had the boy. To help me and to see this.”

之后他总是想着，思考着这件事。思考你在干什么。你不能做任何愚蠢的事情。然后他大声的说：“我希望身边有个男孩，可以帮助我，还可以看到这些。”

9

If I were him I would put in everything now and go until something broke. But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more noble and more able.

如果我是他，我会竭尽所能去做，直到奇迹发生。但是，感谢上帝，我们杀了他们，但他们没有我们聪明；尽管他们更高贵、也更有能力。

10

I wonder why he jumped, the old man thought. He jumped almost as though to show me how big he was. I know now, anyway, he thought. I wish I could show him what sort of man I am. But then he would see the cramped hand. Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so. I wish I was the fish, he thought, with everything he has against only my will and my intelligence.

我想知道为什么他跳了，老人想。他就好像让我看看他有多大。现在我知道，无论如何，他想。我希望我也能让他看看我是什么样的人。然后他会看到这只抽筋的手。让他觉得我并不只是我自己。我希望我是这条鱼，他想，会全力以赴地对抗我的意志和智慧。

▎主播介绍

熊叔：不会乐器的瑜伽师不是好的英语老师，公众号：熊叔英语

后期制作：永清

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为你读英语美文 · 第473期  

主播：永清, 坐标：云南

May It Be

作者：Enya/Roma Ryan

May it be an evening star

但愿有一颗暮色之星

Shines down upon you

照耀着你

May it be when darkness falls

但愿在黑暗降临时

Your heart will be true

你的心依然纯真

You walk a lonely road

你在孤独路上跋涉前行

How far you are from home

离家的路途多么远啊

Morni u sup li (Quenya: Darkness has come)

黑暗即将来临（原句为昆雅语，精灵的语言）

Believe and you will find your way

坚信，你将找到前行的路

Morni alanti (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)

黑暗已经降临

A promise lives within you now

信念希望在心中不泯

May it be the shadow's call

但愿阴影的笼罩

Will fly away

将消逝

May it be your journey on

但愿你的征途能够继续

To light the day

给天地带来黎明

When the night is overcome

当黑夜逝去时

You may rise to find the sun

愿你起身迎接朝阳

Mornië utúlië (Quenya: Darkness has come)

黑暗即将来临

Believe and you will find your way

请坚信，你终将找到路径

Mornië alantië (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)

黑暗已经降临

A promise lives within you now

信念希望在你中不泯

大家好，我是永清，这里是为你读英语美文，刚才我为你读的是《指环王》主题曲May It Be的歌词，尽管听过无数遍，这首歌还是能带给我很多力量，所以想要和你分享。

如果你最近持有基金或者股票，一定在经历着跌跌不休的至暗时刻。如果你在准备高考，考研或者重要且艰难的考试，一定在经历着身心的煎熬。如果你正在经历疾病，一定在承受着“人间不值得”的痛苦。

巴菲特说他凭着信念赚到了钱，这个信念是对所持标的的信念，是对国家会不断向好的信念。我准备过高考，我非常清楚地知道在一次次模考中跌倒又爬起来，爬起来再跌倒，不断摸索经验和学习的过程，最后我考出了自己的最好成绩。我经历过流感，也经历过急性阑尾炎，非常清楚地知道病来如山倒的痛苦，最后经过医生的精心治疗，疾病结束，我更加懂得了“平常和健康的可贵”。

当我们深处痛苦之中时，就好像Frodo在摧毁魔戒的路上，经历了重重困难和折磨，我们也会和Frodo一样，会害怕，会退缩，也会想要放弃，但正如Sam对Frodo说的：

“I know. It's all wrong. By rights, we shouldn't even be here. But we are here. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The one's that really mattered, full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was...When so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing...this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out there clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you… that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going... because they were holding on to something. That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for. 

我知道。这不公平。我们本来就不该来。但是我们来了。这就像我们听过的精彩故事，歌颂伟大的事迹，充满了黑暗和危险。有时你不想知道结局。因为怎么可能有快乐结局？发生这么多可怕的事情，这世界怎么可能回到从前？但是最后可怕的阴影，终究会消失。就连黑暗也会消失。崭新的一天将会来临。太阳也会散发更明亮的光芒。这才是让人永生难忘，意义非凡的感人故事。纵使你太年轻不明白为什么，但是我想我明白了。我现在明白了。这些故事里的主角有很多机会半途而废，但是他们并没有。他们决定勇往直前，因为他们抱着一种信念。这世上一定存在着善良，值得我们奋战到底。”

愿我们心中的信念如暮色之星，照耀着我们，坚持下去。相信黑夜终将过去，黎明终会到来。

主播介绍

永清：北漂十年，现居云南

后期制作：永清

公众号：为你读英语美文

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为你读英语美文 · 第472期  

主播：永清, 坐标：云南

The Rose

作者：Amanda McBroom

Some say love it is a river 

有人说爱如流水

That drowns the tender reed 

浸润了柔嫩的芦苇

Some say love it is a razor 

有人说爱似利刃

That leaves your soul to bleed 

让你撕心裂肺

Some say love it is a hunger 

有人说爱是无尽的欲望

An endless aching need 

煎熬无比却无法自拔

I say love it is a flower 

我却说爱是绽放的花朵

And you its only seed 

而你是唯一的种子

It ’s the heart afraid of breaking 

倘若一颗心惧怕破碎

That never learns to dance 

就无法学会翩翩起舞

It ’s the dream afraid of waking 

若惧怕从梦境中醒来

That never takes the chance 

就无法抓住未来机遇

It ’s the one who won’t be taken 

若一个人得不到关爱

Who cannot seem to give 

他也不会去给人关爱

And the soul afraid of dying

若一具灵魂惧怕死亡

That never learns to live 

则永远无法学会活着

When the night has been too lonely 

当夜晚显得寂寞不堪

And the road has been too long 

当前路显得无尽漫长

And you think that love is only 

你会觉得

For the lucky and the strong 

爱只眷顾那些幸运且矢志不渝的人

Just remember in the winter 

而我们只需铭记纵使冬日

Far beneath the bitter snow

在寒冷刺骨的雪地之下

Lies the seed that with the sun’s love 

只要有种子面朝阳光

In the spring becomes the rose 

当春天到来时，便会幻化成一朵玫瑰

一个夜凉如水的晚上，我听着手机音乐app里随机推荐的歌曲，手嶌葵干净清澈的歌声传入我的耳朵，是旋律非常熟悉的The Rose，虽然听过很多遍，却从来没有认真看过歌词。认真细看，才发现歌词里充满哲理。

我最近越来越体会到“孤独才是每个人的常态”。其实，无论我们是单身，还是恋爱或者已经结婚，都需要经常面对一个人的时刻。一个人的时候，我们可以看书画画，听音乐看电影，做喜欢的事，让自己的独处时光被喜欢的事填满。一个人，我们也要好好吃饭，好好锻炼身体，好好地爱自己，像对待爱的人一样，对自己温柔以待。

我们无法控制别人是否爱我们，但我们可以让自己的心中充满爱，不吝惜把心中爱转化成行动，是对家人和朋友的关心和付出；是街边看到流浪的毛孩子，即使无法救助，也可以买一根火腿肠给它吃一顿饱饭；是看到一只误闯入到家里的小虫子，轻轻地用纸包住它，把它放出窗外；是对路边的花草树木温柔地说一句“Thank you for the air, my friends”。爱是绽放的花朵，我们每个人就是那颗种子。我相信吸引力法则，我们心中有爱，那我们也吸引到有爱的人。

慢慢地，我们还会发现，如果有人爱我们，是一件很幸运和值得感恩的事情。如果没有人爱我们，也没有关系，因为我们自己就是“爱”本身。We are love itself and we are glowing with love.

今天的“为你读英语美文”就到这里，我是永清，愿我们心中的种子幻化成美丽的玫瑰。

背景音乐

The Rose    

主播介绍

永清：北漂十年，现居云南

后期制作：永清

公众号：为你读英语美文

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为你读英语美文 · 第471期  

主播：Dreamer,坐标：西安

你或许不了解叙利亚诗人阿多尼斯(Adonis)，但一定在哪听过、见过他的诗句：“清晨借给我它的墨水，是要我书写黄昏；黄昏借给我它的墨水，是要我书写清晨。世界让我遍体鳞伤，但伤口长出的却是翅膀。”

大家好，我是Dreamer，好久不见，我在西安的秋天为你读阿多尼斯的诗。阿多尼斯生于叙利亚，先后在黎巴嫩和巴黎生活。他在阿拉伯语诗坛的影响力可与英语世界的艾略特匹敌，也是诺奖的热门人选。他也是思想家、文学理论家、翻译家、画家。曾因为参与叙利亚社会民族主义党的活动而被判入狱6个月。

他主张进行新诗改革，抗争权势和世俗，向神本主义挑战，又因为辛辣的笔触和直指死亡、存在等议题而在阿拉伯世界颇具争议。但这些都无法遮蔽他诗歌中语言的光辉。

The Beginning of the name

英译：Khaled Mattawa

My days are her name

and the dream, when the sky spends its night inside my sadness, is her name.

Premonition is her name

and the feast, when the slaughterer and the slaughtered are one, is her name.

Once I sang: every rose

in fatigue is her name

in travel, her name.

Has the road come to an end? Has she changed her name?

《最初的姓名》

作者：阿多尼斯 汉译：薛庆国

我的日子是她的名字，

还有梦想——当夜晚在我的忧伤里不眠——

也是她的名字；

愁绪是她的名字，

还有喜宴——当屠夫与被屠者混淆的时候——

也是她的名字。

有一次我唱道：在困倦时，

在旅途中，每一朵玫瑰

都是她的名字。

道路是否已终结？

她的名字是否已改变？

阿多尼斯说：写作，是为了让唯一能浇灌内心的泉水继续流淌。我不懂阿拉伯语，无法最直观地欣赏阿多尼斯的语言之美，却惊奇地发现英文和汉语翻译的版本也颇具语言之美和思想魅力。诗人将自己与世界的距离具象到几行诗句里，难怪有人说，诗歌是世界人民唯一的“母语”。读诗的意义就是将散落天涯各处的诗人和我们拉地如此之近，安顿我们。有人说阿多尼斯是阿拉伯世界的异教徒，西方世界的陌生人，我想如果一定要说他属于谁，那么他是每一个人的诗人，因为我们分明能在他的诗歌里再次经历与世界的距离，与自我的贴近。

How can I call what is between us a past?

英译： Khaled Mattawa 

“What is between us is not a story

not a human apple or jinn’s

not a sign of a season

or a place

not anything that could be historicized”     

This is what the vicissitudes inside us say

How can I say then that our love

has been taken by the wrinkled hands of time

《我怎么称呼我们之间过去的一切？》

作者：阿多尼斯 汉译：薛庆国

“我们之间的不是故事

不是人类或精灵的苹果

不是引往一个季节

或是一个地方的向导

不是可以写成历史的事物。”

发自我们肺腑的沧桑如是说。

那么，我该如何形容我们的爱情

被这个时代的皱纹收纳的爱情？

这两首诗有非常多的解读，但当我们把他们放在一起来读，就很特别。从最初一切都是她的名字，到最后回忆起被时光拿走的爱情，就像诗人给我们讲了一个故事。第二首诗的题目的英语翻译是“我怎能将我们之间称之为过去”？而汉语译本为“我怎么称呼我们之间过去的一切”？那么，我们之间是否已经过去了呢？读完全诗便知道答案是肯定的，但两个版本的翻译传达出的情绪却全然不同。同样是发问，前者还心存缱绻，后者已经在回头看。再看看英译版中的时态变化会发现，诗人从标题的踌躇（what is between us），走向结尾对情感结束的确认（our love has been taken）。这一个小小的翻译之差很值得玩味。究竟阿拉伯语的原诗是怎么样的，我们不得而知，就把这个疑惑当作秋天的礼物吧，就像每当我们提出疑问，其实心中早已有了答案。

主播介绍

Dreamer：大学英语教师

后期制作：永清

公众号：为你读英语美文

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为你读英语美文 · 第53期
主播：Sally 
录制地点：江西南昌


2014年10月，是经典频出的一个月，第49期 But You Didn’t, 第50期《当你老了》，第51期 One Day, 第52期《追忆逝水年华》，第53期《夏洛的网》分别成为了潇雨，永清，Sean, 严喆和Sally的代表作，8年过去了，这些节目也依旧被很多朋友记得。8年过去了，我们的生活也发生了很大的变化。


潇雨回到了长沙工作，去年结婚的时候，永清和Sally还去参加了潇雨的婚礼，潇雨还在养猫，并且救助了很多流浪的毛孩子，最近还迷上了潜水，变成美人鱼噜！


永清从北京回到了家乡云南，虽然没有再从事以前的工作，但依旧运营着节目，依旧在健身，享受着云南的一切和家人的陪伴，家里还养了一只金毛，现在每天遛狗已经成了永清生活的一部分。


Sean从多伦多大学毕业以后，留在了多伦多工作，Sean养了一只柯基，最近还去看了Imagine Dragons的演唱会。


严喆在德国，认真严谨地进行着博士学业，尽管道阻且长，但严喆仍旧坚持着自己的梦想，他说：“Be brave and try to live your dreams, they are not as impossible as sometimes they may seem.” 


Sally研究生毕业以后，留在了广州工作，如今是一名高中语文老师，课余还在写作，潜水，探戈。永清和潇雨都说“你永远可以相信Sally”，她永远不会让你失望，她是那种话虽不多，却在用行动爱着朋友的人。我们都好爱Sally!


8年前在听这期节目的你，8年后的你近况如何？欢迎留言和我们分享哦。


今天要回顾的是第53期《夏洛的网》。


片段 1
故事发生的地点


The barn was very large. It was very old. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure. It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows.
谷仓很大，也很旧。里面全是干草和粪肥的气味。还有种跑累了的马身上的汗味儿与好脾气的母牛喷出的奇妙的香甜味道。
 
It often had a sort of peaceful smell -- as though nothing bad could happen ever again in the world. It smelled of grain and of harness dressing and of axle grease and of rubber boots and of new rope.
空气中常驻的，是一种和平的气息——好像这个世界上再不会有坏事情发生了。这里偶尔还会有谷粒的香味，马具上的草料味，车子上的润滑油味，橡胶靴子味，或是新扎的草绳味儿。
 
And whenever the cat was given a fish-head to eat, the barn would smell of fish. But mostly it smelled of hay, for there was always hay in the great loft up overhead. And there was always hay being pitched down to the cows and the horses and the sheep.
如果猫儿叼着人们扔给他的鱼头到这里来享受时，谷仓里就会多了股鱼腥味儿。不过，这里面最浓的味道却是干草味儿，因为谷仓上面的大阁楼里总是堆满了干草。这些干草被不断的扔给下面的母牛、马、绵羊们吃。
 
The barn was pleasantly warm in winter when the animals spent most of their time indoors, and it was pleasantly cool in summer when the big doors stood wide open to the breeze.
冬天，当动物们在外面呆久了，回来后会觉得这个谷仓格外的温暖；而夏天呢，当谷仓的门大大敞开着，微风吹进来，这里又变得说不出的凉爽。
 
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片段 2
主人公威伯第一次遇见夏洛时的情形
 
"Salutations!" said the voice.
“致敬！”那个声音说。
 
Wilbur jumped to his feet. "Salu-what?" he cried.
威伯跳了起来。“致什么？”他问。
 
"Salutations!" said the voice.
“致敬！”那声音重复道。
 
"What are they, and where are you?" screamed Wilbur. "Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?"
“这个词儿是什么意思，你又在哪儿？”威伯尖叫起来。“求求你，求求你，告诉我你在哪儿吧。还有，致敬是什么意思？”
 
"Salutations are greetings," said the voice. "When I say 'salutations,' it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning. Actually, it's a silly expression, and I am surprised that I used it at all. As for my whereabouts, that's easy. Look up here in the corner of the doorway! Here I am. Look, I'm waving!"
“致敬是句问候用语，”那个声音说道。“当我说‘致敬’，就等于对你说‘你好’或是‘早上好’。实际上，这是种愚蠢的表达方式，真奇怪我刚才怎么会用这么一个词儿。你想知道我在哪儿吗？那很容易。往门框上角看！我在这儿。看，我在挥手哩！”
 
Last, Wilbur saw the creature that had spoken to him in such a kindly way. Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spider web, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a gray large spider. She was about the size of a gumdrop. She had eight legs, and she was waving one of them at Wilbur in friendly greeting. "See me now?" she asked.
威伯终于找到了如此友善的和自己交谈的动物。门框的上方拉着一张大蜘蛛网，一只大灰蜘蛛正倒挂在网的高处。她只有一粒树胶糖丸那么大。她长着八条腿，正用其中的一条腿友好地对威伯致意呢。“现在看到我了？”她问。
 
"Oh, yes indeed," said Wilbur. "Yes indeed! How are you? Good morning! Salutations! Very pleased to meet you. What is your name, please? May I have your name?"
“噢，确实看见了，”威伯说。“确实看见了！你好！早上好！致敬！很高兴认识你。请问芳名？我可以问你的名字吗？”
 
"My name," said the spider," is Charlotte."
“我的名字，”蜘蛛说，“叫夏洛。”
 
"Charlotte what?" asked Wilbur, eagerly.
“夏洛什么？”威伯渴切地问。
 
"Charlotte A. Cavatica. But just call me Charlotte."
“夏洛·A·卡瓦蒂娜。你就叫我夏洛好了。”
 
"I think you're beautiful," said Wilbur.
“我觉得你真很漂亮。”威伯说。
 
片段 3 
夏洛为威伯织网之后威伯身上发生的变化
 
Wilbur was now the center of attraction on the farm. Good food and regular hours were showing results: Wilbur was a pig any man would be proud of. One day more than a hundred people came to stand at his yard and admire him.
威伯现在是农场里最引人注目的。那些不断送来的美餐和定期来参观的人流足以表明这一点：威伯是一头令任何人都足以骄傲的猪。每天都有超过一百人在他的院子里赞美他
 
Charlotte had written the word RADIANT, and Wilbur really looked radiant as he stood in the golden sunlight. Ever since the spider had befriended him, he had done his best to live up to his reputation.
夏洛已经把写有“闪光”字样的网织好了。在金色的阳光下的威伯看起来也真的闪闪发光。自从这只蜘蛛帮助了他以后，他一直在尽力使自己做得更好。


When Charlotte's web said SOME PIG, Wilbur had tried hard to look like some pig. When Charlotte's web said TERRIFIC, Wilbur had tried to look terrific. And now that the web said RADIANT, he did everything possible to make himself glow.
当夏洛的网里写着“好猪”时，威伯努力使自己看上去像头好猪；当夏洛的网里织着“很棒”时，威伯又勉力使自己看起来很棒；现在那网里说“闪光”，他便尽可能的去做每一件使自己闪光的事。


It is not easy to look radiant, but Wilbur threw himself into it with a will. He would turn his head slightly and blink his long eyelashes. Then he would breathe deeply. And when his audience grew bored, he would spring into the air and do a back flip with a half twist.
看上去能闪光并不容易，但威伯还是愿意这样去努力。他会轻轻地晃着脑袋，让他长长的睫毛闪闪颤动起来。然后他再做一个深呼吸。当他的观众看腻了这些，他就会跳起来做一个后空翻。
 
At this the crowd would yell and cheer. "How's that for a pig?" Mr. Zuckerman would ask, well pleased with himself. "That pig is radiant."
这时人群将会大声喝起彩来。“那猪怎么样？”祖克曼先生会满心自豪地问别人。“那猪真是闪闪发光。”


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为你读英语美文 · 经典回顾 | 第52期

主播：严喆

坐标：德国

2014年10月，是经典频出的一个月，第49期 But You Didn’t, 第50期《当你老了》，第51期 One Day, 第52期《追忆逝水年华》，第53期《夏洛的网》分别成为了潇雨，永清，Sean, 严喆和Sally的代表作，8年过去了，这些节目也依旧被很多朋友记得。8年过去了，我们的生活也发生了很大的变化。

潇雨回到了长沙工作，去年结婚的时候，永清和Sally还去参加了潇雨的婚礼，潇雨还在养猫，并且救助了很多流浪的毛孩子，最近还迷上了潜水，变成美人鱼噜！

永清从北京回到了家乡云南，虽然没有再从事以前的工作，但依旧运营着节目，依旧在健身，享受着云南的一切和家人的陪伴，家里还养了一只金毛，现在每天遛狗已经成了永清生活的一部分。

Sean从多伦多大学毕业以后，留在了多伦多工作，Sean养了一只柯基，最近还去看了Imagine Dragons的演唱会。

严喆在德国，认真严谨地进行着博士学业，尽管道阻且长，但严喆仍旧坚持着自己的梦想，他说：“Be brave and try to live your dreams, they are not as impossible as sometimes they may seem.” 

Sally研究生毕业以后，留在了广州工作，如今是一名高中语文老师，课余还在写作，潜水，探戈。永清和潇雨都说“你永远可以相信Sally”，她永远不会让你失望，她是那种话虽不多，却在用行动爱着朋友的人。我们都好爱Sally!

8年前在听这期节目的你，8年后的你近况如何？欢迎留言和我们分享哦。

今天要回顾的是第52期 《追忆似水年华》。

Hanover Square

《追忆似水年华》

Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you?

我们初次相遇，真的是六十二年前吗？

It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in that small café in Hanover Square.

年华似水，倏忽间我们已相携一世。然而此刻望着你的眼睛，当年的邂逅历历在目，清晰如昨，就在汉诺威广场的那间咖啡馆里。 

From the moment I saw you smile, as you opened the door for that young mother and her new born baby. I knew. I knew that I wanted to share the rest of my life with you.

见到你的那一刻，你正为一位年轻的母亲和她的小宝宝开门，看到你的盈盈笑靥，我就明白我只愿与你执手偕老，共度今生。

I still think of how foolish I must have looked, as I gazed at you, that first time. I remember watching you intently, as you took off your hat and loosely shook your short dark hair with your fingers.

我现在仍不时想起，我第一次见到你时盯着你的样子，一定很傻吧。我就那样情不自禁地怔怔望着你，追随你摘下帽子，用手指松了松黑色短发。

I felt myself becoming immersed in your every detail, as you placed your hat on the table and cupped your hands around the hot cup of tea, gently blowing the steam away with your pouted lips.

追随你把帽子放在桌上，双手捧起暖暖的茶杯，追随你微撅樱唇，轻轻地吹走飘腾的热气，我的目光始终追随着你，感觉自己在你的温柔举止间慢慢融化。 

From that moment, everything seemed to make perfect sense to me. The people in the café and the busy street outside all disappeared into a hazy blur. All I could see was you.

从那一刻起，一切似乎都鲜明了意义。咖啡馆里的来来往往和外面闹市的熙熙攘攘忽然都模糊了起来，我眼里能看到的，只有你。

All through my life I have relived that very first day. Many, many times I have sat and thought about that the first day, and how for a few fleeting moments I am there, feeling again what is like to know true love for the very first time.

光阴似箭，那一天却不断在我的记忆里重演，鲜活如初。多少次我再次坐下，不断追忆那天的点滴，不断回味那些飞纵的瞬间，重新体会一见钟情的美丽。

It pleases me that I can still have those feelings now after all those years, and I know I will always have them to comfort me.

岁月的流逝却并没有带走我的爱恋感觉，这些体验会永远伴随我，安抚我的寥寥余生。

Not even as I shook and trembled uncontrollably in the trenches, did I forget your face. I would sit huddled into the wet mud, terrified, as the hails of bullets and mortars crashed down around me. I would clutch my rifle tightly to my heart, and think again of that very first day we met.

即使是当我在战壕中控制不住地颤抖，我也不曾忘记你的容颜。我蜷缩在稀泥中，身边是枪林弹雨，弥漫硝烟，我把步枪紧紧地攥在胸前，一颗惊恐不安的心，还是想起了我们初识的那一天。

I would cry out in fear, as the noise of war beat down around me. But, as I thought of you and saw you smiling back at me, everything around me would be become silent, and I would be with you again for a few precious moments, far from the death and destruction. It would not be until I opened my eyes once again, that I would see and hear the carnage of the war around me.

身旁战火呼啸，恐惧让我想要大声呼叫，直到想起你，仿佛见到你在我身后盈盈浅笑，战场忽然沉寂下来，在这珍贵的瞬间，我觉得自己暂时远离了毁灭和死亡，飞向你的身旁。我拼命想留住这美好，直到睁开眼，周围却依然是血与火的生死战场。

I cannot tell you how strong my love for you was back then, when I returned to you on leave in the September, feeling battered, bruised and fragile. We held each other so tight I thought we would burst. I asked you to marry me the very same day and I whooped with joy when you looked deep into my eyes and said "yes" to being my bride.

九月休假回到你身边，我疲惫而脆弱，没能再告诉你战火纷飞时我对你的爱有多深。我们只能紧紧拥抱在一起，仿佛要把对方挤碎。也就在那天，面对我的求婚，你深深凝望我的眼睛，答应做我的新娘，而我早已欢喜地大喊大叫。

I’m looking at our wedding photo now, the one on our dressing table, next to your jewelry box. I think of how young and innocent we were back then. I remember being on the church steps grinning like a Cheshire cat, when you said how dashing and handsome I looked in my uniform.

我现在正看着我们的结婚照片，总是放在妆台上的那张，就在你的首饰盒旁。那时候，我们多么年轻，多么纯真。我记得我们站在教堂的台阶上，开心得像一对甜蜜的鸳鸯，你还说我穿着制服多么英武俊朗。

The photo is old and faded now, but when I look at it, I only see the bright vibrant colors of our youth. I can still remember every detail of the pretty wedding dress your mother made for you, with its fine delicate lace and pretty pearls. If I concentrate hard enough, I can smell the sweetness of your wedding bouquet as you held it so proudly for everyone to see.

照片已经旧得泛黄了，但我看到的，却只有当年青春的明媚姿彩。我仍然记得你母亲为你做的那件新娘礼服，那些精致的花边和漂亮的珠饰。让我再想一想，我还能闻到那婚礼花束的甜香，你那么骄傲地捧着花，让每一个人分享你的幸福时光。

 I remember being so over enjoyed, when a year later, you gently held my hand to your waist and whispered in my ear that we were going to be a family.

一年后，你轻轻地把我的手放到你的腹前，对着我的耳朵悄悄透露这个让我欣喜若狂的好消息：我们就快有宝宝啦。

I know both our children love you dearly; they are outside the door now, waiting.

我知道我们的孩子都深深地爱你，他们现在就在门外等候。

Do you remember how I panicked like a mad man when Jonathon was born? I can still picture you laughing and smiling at me now, as I clumsily held him for the very first time in my arms. I watched as your laughter faded into tears, as I stared at him and cried my own tears of joy.

你还记得乔纳森出生的时候我那手足无措的慌张样子吗？当我笨拙地把他抱在怀里，我还记得你笑话我的样子，我看着他，我们都情不自禁地迸出了开心的泪花。　

Sarah and Tom arrived this morning with little Tessie. Can you remember how we both hugged each other tightly when we saw our tiny granddaughter for the first time? I can’t believe she will be eight next month.

今天早晨撒拉和汤姆带着小缇西也赶到了。你还记得吗？第一次看到这个可爱的小孙女，我俩高兴地紧紧拥抱。真让人难以相信，她下个月就八岁了。

I am trying not to cry, my love, as I tell you how beautiful she looks today in her pretty dress and red shiny shoes, she reminds me so much of you that first day we met. She has her hair cut short now, just like yours was all those years ago.

亲爱的，我不得不忍住眼泪告诉你，小家伙今天穿着漂亮的裙子，闪亮的红色小鞋，让我立刻想起当年相遇时的你，连她的短发也像极了年轻的你。

When I met her at the door her smile wrapped around me like a warm glove, just like yours used to do, my darling.

当我在门口看到她的时候，她的笑容暖人心脾，这竟然也和你一模一样。 

I know you are tired, my dear, and I must let you go. But I love you so much it hurts to do so.

我明白，亲爱的，你累了，我应该让你离开。可是爱人即逝，孤侣何伤！

As we grew old together, I would tease you that you had not changed since we first met. But it is true, my darling. I do not see the wrinkles and grey hair that other people see.

这些年我们相濡以沫，白首到老，我总是逗你说你的容颜依然如昔。可这是真的，亲爱的，我真的见不到他人眼里的皱纹和白发。

When I look at you now, I only see your sweet tender lips and youthful sparkling eyes as we sat and had out first picnic next to that small stream, and chased each other around that big old oak tree.

现在我望着你，也还是只能看到你娇嫩温柔的红唇和秋水流盼的眼眸，仿佛我们第一次在那条小溪边野餐，在那棵巨大的老橡树旁追逐嬉戏。

I remember wishing those first few days together would last forever. Do you remember how exciting and wonderful those days were?

那时候我们刚刚在一起，总是盼望那样的日子生生世世，你还记得吗？那些日子是多么激情荡漾，让人不忍回首……

I must go now, my darling. Our children are waiting outside. They want to say goodbye to you.

亲爱的，我应该走了。孩子们都等在外面，他们要和你道别。

I wipe the tears away from my eyes and bend my frail old legs down to the floor, so that I can kneel beside you. I lean close to you and take hold of your hand and kiss your tender lips for the very last time.

我擦去了眼角的泪，跪在你的身边，轻轻靠近你，握住你的双手，最后一次吻你。

Sleep peacefully my dear.

亲爱的，安心地睡吧。

I am sad that you had to leave me, but please don’t worry. I am content, knowing I will be with you soon. I am too old and too empty now to live much longer without you.

这分离扯碎了我的心。别担心，我很快就会来陪伴你。生死茫茫，尘世间没有你，这满腔的衷肠凭谁倾诉？这只影的寂寥复有何欢？

I know it won’t be long before we meet again in that small café in Hanover Square.

很快，我们就能在汉诺威广场的那间小咖啡馆里再相逢。

Goodbye, my darling wife.

再会了，我的爱妻。

▎主播介绍

严喆：湖北人，上海外国语大学硕士毕业，德国维尔茨堡大学博士在读

后期制作：永清

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为你读英语美文 · 经典回顾 第51期  

主播：Sean

2014年10月，是经典频出的一个月，第49期But You Didn’t, 第50期《当你老了》，第51期 One Day, 第52期《追忆逝水年华》，第53期《夏洛的网》分别成为了潇雨，永清，Sean, 严喆和Sally的代表作，8年过去了，这些节目也依旧被很多朋友记得。8年过去了，我们的生活也发生了很大的变化。

潇雨回到了长沙工作，去年结婚的时候，永清和Sally还去参加了潇雨的婚礼，潇雨还在养猫，并且救助了很多流浪的毛孩子，最近还迷上了潜水，变成美人鱼噜！

永清从北京回到了家乡云南，虽然没有再从事以前的工作，但依旧运营着节目，依旧在健身，享受着云南的一切和家人的陪伴，家里还养了一只金毛，现在每天遛狗已经成了永清生活的一部分。

Sean从多伦多大学毕业以后，留在了多伦多工作，Sean养了一只柯基，最近还去看了Imagine Dragons的演唱会。

严喆在德国，认真严谨地进行着博士学业，尽管道阻且长，但严喆仍旧坚持着自己的梦想，他说：“Be brave and try to live your dreams, they are not as impossible as sometimes they may seem.” 

Sally研究生毕业以后，留在了广州工作，如今是一名高中语文老师，课余还在写作，潜水，探戈。永清和潇雨都说“你永远可以相信Sally”，她永远不会让你失望，她是那种话虽不多，却在用行动爱着朋友的人。我们都好爱Sally!

8年前在听这期节目的你，8年后的你近况如何？欢迎留言和我们分享哦。

And so Emma Morley walked home in the evening light, trailing her disappointment behind her. The day was cooling off now, and she shivered as she felt something in the air, an unexpected shudder of anxiety that ran the length of her spine, and was so intense as to make her stop walking for a moment. Fear of the future, she thought. 

于是，伴着傍晚的灯光，Emma Morley走着回家，失望抛在身后。现在的天渐渐凉快了，她感到空气中有什么东西，一种出乎意料的焦虑的颤栗席卷了她的脊柱，强烈得让她停了一会儿。是对未来的恐惧，她想。

She found herself at the imposing junction of George Street and Hanover Street as all around her people hurried home from work or out to meet friends or lovers, all with a sense of purpose and direction. And here she was, twenty-two and clueless and sloping back to a dingy flat, defeated once again.

她发现自己置身于乔治街和汉诺威街的壮丽交汇处，周围的人都带着一种目标感和方向感，匆匆下班回家或出去见朋友或爱人。她站在这里，22岁，不知所措，走回到昏暗的公寓，感到十分挫败。

‘What are you going to do with your life?’ In one way or another it seemed that people had been asking her this forever; teachers, her parents, friends at three in the morning, but the question had never seemed this pressing and still she was no nearer an answer. The future rose up ahead of her, a succession of empty days, each more daunting and unknowable than the one before her. How would she ever fill them all?

“你以后要做什么？”人们似乎一直在问她这个问题；老师，她的父母，朋友，在凌晨三点，但这个问题似乎从来没有这么紧迫，她仍然没有接近一个答案。未来出现在她面前，接连的空无一物的日子，每一天都比她当前的生活更令人生畏，更不可知。她怎么能把它们都填满？

She began walking again, south towards The Mound.

她又开始往南走，向Mound走去。

‘Live each day as if it’s your last’, that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Go out there with your passion and your electric typewriter and work hard at something. Change lives through art maybe. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance.

“把每一天都当作最后一天过”，这是传统的建议，但真的，谁有精力去做这件事呢？如果下雨了或者你觉得有点头晕怎么办？这是不现实的。最好是简单地试着做一个好的、勇敢的、大胆的人，并有所作为。不是完全改变世界，而是改变你周围的点点滴滴。带着你的激情和你的电动打字机出去，努力工作。也许通过艺术改变生活。珍惜你的朋友，忠于你的原则，充满激情、充分和好好生活。体验新事物。爱和被爱，如果你有机会。

That was her general theory, even if she hadn’t made a very good start of it. With little more than a shrug she had said goodbye to someone she really liked, the first boy she had ever really cared for, and now she would have to accept the fact that she would probably never see him again. She had no phone number, no address, and even if she did, what was the point? He hadn’t asked for her number either, and she was too proud to be just another moony girl leaving unwanted messages. Have a nice life had been her last line. Was that really the best she could come up with?

这是她的处事之道，即使她没有一个很好的开端。她只是耸了耸肩，就向她真正喜欢的人告别了，这是她真正关心的第一个男孩，现在她不得不接受这样一个事实：她可能再也见不到他了。她没有电话号码，没有地址，即使她有，有什么意义？他也没有问过她的电话号码，她太骄傲了，不想成为另一个发不想要的短信的傻女孩。“有一个美好的生活”是她的最后一句话。这真的是她能想出的最好的办法吗？

She walked on. The castle was just coming into view when she heard the footsteps, the soles of smart shoes slapping hard onto the pavement behind, and even before she heard her name and turned she was smiling, because she knew that it would be him.

她继续往前走。当她听到脚步声时，城堡刚刚映入眼帘，智能鞋的鞋底使劲地拍打在后面的人行道上，甚至在她听到自己的名字并转身之前，她就微笑着，因为她知道那将是他。

‘I thought I’d lost you!’ he said, slowing to a walk, red-faced and breathless, attempting to regain some nonchalance.

“我以为我失去了你！”他说，放慢脚步，红着脸，喘不过气来，试图恢复一些冷静。

‘No, I’m here.’

“不，我在这里。”

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为你读英语美文 · 经典回顾 第50期  
主播：永清

2014年10月，是经典频出的一个月，第49期But You Didn’t, 第50期《当你老了》，第51期 One Day, 第52期《追忆逝水年华》，第53期《夏洛的网》分别成为了潇雨，永清，Sean, 严喆和Sally的代表作，8年过去了，这些节目也依旧被很多朋友记得。8年过去了，我们的生活也发生了很大的变化。

潇雨回到了长沙工作，去年结婚的时候，永清和Sally还去参加了潇雨的婚礼，潇雨还在养猫，并且救助了很多流浪的毛孩子，最近还迷上了潜水，变成美人鱼噜！

永清从北京回到了家乡云南，虽然没有再从事以前的工作，但依旧运营着节目，依旧在健身，享受着云南的一切和家人的陪伴，家里还养了一只金毛，现在每天遛狗已经成了永清生活的一部分。

Sean从多伦多大学毕业以后，留在了多伦多工作，Sean养了一只柯基，最近还去看了Imagine Dragons的演唱会。

严喆在德国，认真严谨地进行着博士学业，尽管道阻且长，但严喆仍旧坚持着自己的梦想，他说：“Be brave and try to live your dreams, they are not as impossible as sometimes they may seem.” 

Sally研究生毕业以后，留在了广州工作，如今是一名高中语文老师，课余还在写作，潜水，探戈。永清和潇雨都说“你永远可以相信Sally”，她永远不会让你失望，她是那种话虽不多，却在用行动爱着朋友的人。我们都好爱Sally!

8年前在听这期节目的你，8年后的你近况如何？欢迎留言和我们分享哦。


When you are old
        --- William Butler Yeats
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

正在收听为你读英语美文的朋友，你好，我是永清，在北京向你问好。你听到的诗歌来自爱尔兰诗人William Butler Yeats- When you are old《当你老了》；When you are old是叶芝为他终生所爱之人Maud Gonne 茅德冈所作。写这首诗的时候，叶芝28岁，茅德冈27岁，两人风华正茂，叶芝却想象若干年后，和年迈的恋人在炉火旁阅读诗集的情景：

当你老了，头发花白，睡意沉沉，
倦坐在炉边，取下这本书来，
慢慢读着，追梦当年的眼神
你那柔美的神采与深幽的晕影。
多少人爱过你昙花一现的身影，
爱过你的美貌，以虚伪或真情，
惟独一人曾爱你那朝圣者的心，
爱你哀戚的脸上岁月的留痕。
在炉罩边低眉弯腰，
忧戚沉思，喃喃而语，
爱情是怎样逝去，又怎样步上群山，
怎样在繁星之间藏住了脸。


古往今来，爱情似乎总是与青春、美貌联系在一起。当人们沐浴在爱情的光辉中，脑海里只有当下，总是潜藏着一种拒绝时间、拒绝变化、将瞬间化为永恒的欲望。而叶芝偏要穿越悠远的时光隧道，想到红颜少女的垂暮之年，想象她白发苍苍、身躯佝偻的样子。正如水木年华在《一生有你》中唱到，多少人曾爱慕你年轻时的容颜，可知谁愿承受岁月无情的变迁，多少人曾在你生命中来了又还，可知一生有你我都陪在你身边。
叶芝对茅德冈爱得如此深沉，淋漓尽致。只可惜，叶芝的热情和坚持并没有赢得茅德冈的芳心。叶芝曾三次向茅德冈求婚，却遭到了茅德冈的坚决拒绝，多年以后，茅德冈回忆道“我拒绝了他，将他还给了世界”。

或许，如张爱玲所说：失望，有时候也是一种幸福，因为有所期待所以才会失望。因为有爱，才会有期待，所以纵使失望，也是一种幸福，虽然这种幸福有点痛。

无论失望或者痛苦，请保持对爱的期待。在追求爱情的过程中，我们已经在爱情里。于千万人之中，遇见你要遇见的人。于千万年之中，时间无涯的荒野里，没有早一步，也没有迟一步，遇上了就轻轻地说一句：“哦，你也在这里吗？”


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为你读英语美文 · 经典回顾 第49期  
主播：潇雨

2014年10月，是经典频出的一个月，第49期But You Didn’t, 第50期《当你老了》，第51期 One Day, 第52期《追忆逝水年华》，第53期《夏洛的网》分别成为了潇雨，永清，Sean, 严喆和Sally的代表作，8年过去了，这些节目也依旧被很多朋友记得。8年过去了，我们的生活也发生了很大的变化。

潇雨回到了长沙工作，去年结婚的时候，永清和Sally还去参加了潇雨的婚礼，潇雨还在养猫，并且救助了很多流浪的毛孩子，最近还迷上了潜水，变成美人鱼噜！

永清从北京回到了家乡云南，虽然没有再从事以前的工作，但依旧运营着节目，依旧在健身，享受着云南的一切和家人的陪伴，家里还养了一只金毛，现在每天遛狗已经成了永清生活的一部分。

Sean从多伦多大学毕业以后，留在了多伦多工作，Sean养了一只柯基，最近还去看了Imagine Dragons的演唱会。

严喆在德国，认真严谨地进行着博士学业，尽管道阻且长，但严喆仍旧坚持着自己的梦想，他说：“Be brave and try to live your dreams, they are not as impossible as sometimes they may seem.” 

Sally研究生毕业以后，留在了广州工作，如今是一名高中语文老师，课余还在写作，潜水，探戈。永清和潇雨都说“你永远可以相信Sally”，她永远不会让你失望，她是那种话虽不多，却在用行动爱着朋友的人。我们都好爱Sally!

8年前在听这期节目的你，8年后的你近况如何？欢迎留言和我们分享哦。


亲爱的听众朋友你们还好吗，欢迎收听为你读英语美文。我是潇雨。如今，又回到了武汉，向你问好。


今天潇雨为您带来的诗歌，来自美国的一位普通妇女。这也是许多听友强烈推荐给我们的诗歌，讲述了一份因而战争而逝去的爱情。他们的爱情和大多数人的爱情一样，经历着日常的磕磕绊绊和吵吵闹闹。随后，丈夫应征参加了越南战争，却再也没有回来，妻子守着两人共同的回忆度过了余生。当她年老病逝之后，女儿在遗物中找到了一首当年母亲写给父亲的诗，就是这首《But you didn’t》。


原本只是日常的爱情，是你是我也都能拥有的爱情，可是因为一场战争，因为一方的逝去，因为这首诗，这场爱情突然感动了全世界，而这是一件多么悲伤的事情，他们并不想感动任何人，也不需要谁来传颂他们的故事，可是他们要向谁去交换，去换一个平凡渺小却能共同度过的后半生呢。


为你送上这首诗，希望你会喜欢。


But You Didn't


Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car and dented it? 
I thought you'd kill me, but you didn't. 


And remember the time I dragged you to the beach, and you said it would rain, and it did? 
I thought you'd say, "I told you so." But you didn't. 


Do you remember the time I flirted with all the guys to make you jealous, and you were? 
I thought you'd leave, but you didn't. 


Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie all over your car rug? 
I thought you'd hit me, but you didn't. 


And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal and you showed up in jeans? 
I thought you'd drop me, but you didn't. 


Yes, there were lots of things you didn't do. 
But you put up with me, and loved me, and protected me. 


There were lots of things I wanted to make up to you when you returned from Vietnam. 


But you didn't.


《但是你没有》


记得那天，我借用你的新车，我撞凹了它
我以为你一定会杀了我的
但是你没有


记得那天，我拖你去海滩，而它真如你所说的下了雨
我以为你会说“我告诉过你”
但是你没有


记得那天，我和所有的男人调情好让你嫉妒，而你真的嫉妒了
我以为你一定会离开我
但是你没有


记得那天，我在你的新地毯上吐了满地的草莓饼
我以为你一定会厌恶我的
但是你没有


记得那天，我忘了告诉你那个舞会是要穿礼服的，而你却穿了牛仔裤
我以为你一定要抛弃我了
但是你没有


是的，有许多的事你都没有做，而你容忍我钟爱我保护我
有许多许多的事情我要回报你，等你从越南回来
但是你没有


Indeed, love sometimes makes you laugh, and sometimes makes you cry. Love sometimes breaks your heart but it will finally make you grow. Betrayal and separation may let you know you deserve a better one. However, the most extraordinary love always grows in daily life.


有的爱情是我愿意为你长眠在冰冷的海底，却嘱咐你要好好生活下去，生很多很多孩子，去骑马，去演戏；有的爱情是你老到再也记不起我们相遇的点点滴滴，我会每天照着一本洒满昏黄的笔记本，再一点一点读给你听；有的爱情是我为你离开古堡，为你承担谎言，为你努力接受我所不能融入的一切，也在每年冬天，让这从不下雪的小镇上空造出片片白雪，好看你在雪中跳舞，而我也在窗前用冰刻出了你的样子。


我们知道很多感天动地的爱情故事，看过无数在兜兜转转中相遇的爱情电影，为许多爱情的缺席而叹息，也为许多爱情的圆满而感动。我也如此。只是，我从来觉得，平凡的爱情也未尝不好。


这个世界上有很多事情，你以为明天一定可以再继续做的；有很多人你以为一定可以再见到面的，于是，在你暂时放下手，或者暂时转过身的时候，你心中所有的，只是明日又重聚的希望，有时候甚至连这点希望也不会感觉到！


我想，如果你也这么认为，现在就从更加珍惜陪在你身边的他开始。


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为你读英语美文 · 第470期 

主播：Nina Zhan (娇娇) 

人生就像一本厚重的小说，一首悠扬的歌曲。我用歌声来叙述一个故事，用故事来演绎一首歌曲。

大家好，我是Nina娇娇，今年我初中毕业了，三年的初中时光让我长大也长高了。爱唱歌的我在节目中，从儿童自编歌曲《睡得像只小兔》一直唱到了意大利咏叹调 “Sebben Crudele”。

塞本·克鲁德勒（Sebben Crudele）的歌剧主题是关于忠贞战胜背叛的爱情故事，它将我们引向另一个传世佳作《歌剧魅影》，一个由爱情战胜悲剧的故事。

《歌剧魅影》自1986年以来，至今已经在全世界20多个国家上演。Think of Me是这部音乐剧中的经典名曲之一。今天我要为大家送上《歌剧魅影》中的这首咏叹调以及歌曲背后的故事。在节目的最后你可以和我一起来唱这首名曲，感受这部浪漫的传世佳作。

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux is a Gothic mystery novel first published in 1910. The novel follows a phantom who haunts the Paris Opera and the mysterious incidents attributed to this figure.

《歌剧魅影》（The Phantom of The Opera）是一部哥特式神秘小说，小说自1910年连续出版。这部小说讲述了一个“幽灵”在巴黎歌剧院出没以及发生的一系列神秘事件。

The story begins with an auction, in which a music box brings the old Raoul back to the past:

故事一开始是一场拍卖会，其中一只八音盒使年迈的拉乌尔回到了过去：

Carlotta is an opera singer in the bustling metropolis of Paris, France. One day, a mysterious phantom suddenly appears in the theater. The phantom threatens Carlotta to give up her role of singing in the opera Faust and give the role to a woman named Christine.

在繁华的大都市法国巴黎，卡洛塔是一名歌剧演员。剧院之中忽然出现了一个神秘的幽灵，幽灵威胁卡洛塔必须放弃她在歌剧《浮士德》中演唱的角色，并将这个角色让给一位名为Christine的女子扮演。

The phantom's real body is a masked man who has been lurking in the theater. An accident ruined his appearance and made him terrifying and ferocious. Thus, he has no choice but to wear a mask and hide in the cemetery.

幽灵的真身是一直以来潜伏在剧院中的一名头戴面具的男子，一场意外令他的容貌尽毁，变得恐怖狰狞，无奈之下只好戴上面具，躲藏在墓地里。

One day, Christine's song attracted his attention, and he found that he had deeply fallen in love with this beautiful woman, so he decided to appear and kidnap Christine. At first, Christine was afraid of the phantom. However, as time went on, Christine gradually found that this terrible phantom had a gentle and kind side. The phantom begins to teach her to sing, and threatened Carlotta through terror to let the theater give the leading role to Christine.

一天，克里斯汀的歌声吸引了他的注意，并且他发现自己已经深深地爱上了这位美丽的女子，于是他决定现身将克里斯汀挟持。起初，克里斯汀十分害怕这位诡异的男子，然而，随着时间的推移，克里斯汀渐渐发现，这恐怖的幽灵有着温柔善良的一面，幽灵开始教她声乐，并通过恐怖的手段威胁卡洛塔让剧院使用克里斯汀出演主角。

But, when the phantom finds out that Christine and Raoul are in love, he is angry and tries to stop them. After a performance, he drags Christine into his hidden lair while Raoul chases him. The phantom then captures Raoul and threatens Christine that she can either live with the Phantom or let Raoul live or be free but let Raoul die. Christine bravely faces the terrible choice put forward by the phantom. She tells the phantom that he is not alone, and the phantom, overcome with emotion, lets them go. As Raoul and Christine leave, the Phantom sings softly to the music box in despair, and the music box begins to rotate magically... Upon hearing the sound of people coming for him, he flees, leaving only his white mask behind.

但当幽灵发现克里斯汀和拉乌尔相爱时，他试图阻止这一切，他在演出后挟持了克里斯汀，拉乌尔紧紧追赶到地下湖，幽灵同时擒获了拉乌尔，并威胁克里斯汀，如果愿意和他一起生活，拉乌尔将得到自由，不然拉乌尔就将死去。克里斯汀勇敢地面对幽灵提出的可怕选择。她告诉幽灵，她不会放弃拉乌尔的，克里斯汀勇敢面对了幽灵提出的可怕选择。幽灵终于绝望了，他放他俩离去，自己却柔声地对着八音盒唱起了歌，八音盒开始神奇地转动起来......，最后当人们追来时，他已经消失，只在座位上留下了一个白色的面具。

Due to the twists and turns of the plot, it is full of strange and terrifying colors, the phantom of the opera has attracted a large number of readers, and has derived some films and drama works adapted from the original. The novel has been adapted into several formats. 

《歌剧魅影》（The Phantom of the Opera）因情节曲折、充满离奇和恐怖的色彩，因此吸引了大批读者，并相继衍生出一些根据原作改编的电影和戏剧作品。

The phantom of the opera was premiered in 1986 and won seven Tony Awards in 1988. It is one of the most successful musicals in history. In 2004, director Joel Schumacher won three Oscars and three Golden Globe nominations for the adaptation of this musical.

《歌剧魅影》（The Phantom of the Opera）于1986年首演，1988年获得七项托尼奖，是史上最成功的音乐剧之一。2004年，乔尔·舒马赫（导演）将这部音乐剧改编成电影获得了三项奥斯卡奖和三项金球奖提名。

China's early film "Midnight Song" is also based on this novel.

我国的早期影片《夜半歌声》也是根据这部小说拍摄的。

Think of Me 这首歌曲是著名音乐剧《歌剧魅影》中的一首咏叹调，由该歌剧的女主角演唱。这首歌的旋律令人心动！在节目的最后为大家送上这首歌，愿生命美丽，犹如炫动的五线谱。

我是Nina 娇娇，这里是Read English For You 为你读英语美文节目。在我的歌声中向你们说再见！

Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera)

（女生部）翻译：Nina Zhan　

Think of me,

想着我

think of me fondly,

深情地想着我

when we've said goodbye.

当我们已互道再会

Remember me, once in a while -

请偶尔想起我

please promise me you'll try.

请答应我你会去尝试

When you find ,that once again,

当你再次发现

you long to take your heart back and be free -

请将你的心带回来让它自由

if you ever find a moment,

若你有片刻闲暇

spare a thought for me...

分一些思念给我

We've never said our love was evergreen,

我们曾说过我们的爱如松柏常青

or as unchanging as the sea 

如沧海般恒永不变

but if you can still remember,

但若你还依稀记得

stop and think of me...

请驻足片刻想一想我

Think of all the things we've shared and seen 

想想所有那些,我们彼此分享目睹过的事

don't think about the things which might have been...

莫去想事情可能的变化

Think of me,

想着我

think of me waking,

想着醒着的我

silent and resigned.

沉默且温驯

Imagine me,

想像我-

trying too hard to put you from my mind.

极力想将你自心中抹去

Recall those days,

回想那些日子

look back on all those times,

回想那些时光

think of the things we'll never do 

想想那些我们未曾经过往的事

there will never be a day, when I won't think of you...

我没有一天不想你

Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade

花朵会凋谢，夏日果实会枯萎

They have their seasons, so do we

花朵有季节性，我们亦是如此

But please promise me，That sometimes

但请答应我，偶尔-

you will think Me!

你会想起我！

主播介绍

Nina Zhan (娇娇)：14岁，获2021年和2022 年“美国芝加哥音乐协会年度声乐大赛”百老汇歌剧唱及美声唱金奖。

后期制作：Jingjing

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