1. 《丑小鴨》童話故事 英文版
Ugly Duckling
The countryside was lovely. It was summer. The wheat was golden and the oats were still green. The hay was stacked in the low-lying meadows. There lay great woods around the fields and meadows. There were deep lakes in the midst of the woods. In the sunniest spot stood an old mansion surrounded by a deep moat. Great leaves grew from the vines on the walls of the house right down to the water's edge. Some of the leaves were so big that a child could use them as an umbrella.
In the depths of a forest a ck was sitting in her nest. Her little cklings were about to be hatched.
At last one egg after another began to crack." Cheep, cheep!" the cklings said." Quack, quack!" said the ck. " How big the world is!" said all the young ones.
But the biggest egg was still there. And then she settled herself on the nest again.
"Well, how are you getting on?" said an old ck who came to pay her a visit." This egg is taking such a long time," answered the sitting ck."
The shell will not crack, but the others are the finest cklings. They are like their father."
"let me look at the egg which won't crack," said the old ck." You may be sitting on a turkey's egg! I have been cheated like that once. Yes. it's a turkey's egg! You had better leave it alone and teach the other children to swim."
"I will sit on it a little longer."
At last the big egg cracked. How big and ugly the baby was! " That is a very big ckling." she said, " None of the others look like that. Can he be a turkey's chick? I will soon find out. I will make him go into water."
The next day the mother ck with her family went down to the moat. She said, and one ckling jumped in after another.
The big ugly one swam about with them." No, that is no turkey," she said," Quack, quack! Now come with me and I will take you into the world. Keep close to me all the time. Be careful of the cat!" The first day passed, and everything was fine.
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作者簡介:
漢斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生(HeinzChristianAndersen1805—1875)丹麥作家。1805年4月2日生於丹麥菲英島歐登塞的貧民區。父親是個窮鞋匠,曾志願服役,抗擊拿破崙·波拿巴的侵略,退伍後於1816年病故。
當洗衣工的母親不久即改嫁。安徒生從小就為貧困所折磨,先後在幾家店鋪里做學徒,沒有受過正規教育。少年時代即對舞台發生興趣,幻想當一名歌唱家、演員或劇作家。1819年在哥本哈根皇家劇院當了一名小配角。後因嗓子失潤被解僱。從此開始學習寫作,但寫的劇本完全不適宜於演出,沒有為劇院所採用。
1822年得到劇院導演約納斯·科林的資助,就讀於斯萊厄爾瑟的一所文法學校。這一年他寫了《青年的嘗試》一書,以威廉·克里斯蒂安·瓦爾特的筆名發表。這個筆名包括了威廉·莎士比亞、安徒生自己和司各特的名字。
1827年發表第一首詩《垂死的小孩》 ,1829年,他進入哥本哈根大學學習。他的第一部重要作品《1828和1829年從霍爾門運河至阿邁厄島東角步行記》於1829年問世。這是一部富於幽默感的游記,頗有德國作家霍夫曼的文風。這部游記的出版使安徒生得到了社會的初步承認。此後他繼續從事戲劇創作。
1831年他去德國旅行,歸途中寫了旅遊札記。1833年去義大利,創作了一部詩劇《埃格內特和美人魚》和一部以義大利為背景的長篇小說《即興詩人》(1835)。小說出版後不久,就被翻譯成德文和英文,標志著作者開始享有國際聲譽。
寓意:比喻不被關注的小孩子或年輕人,有時也指剛剛出現、不為人注意的事物。丑小鴨歷經千辛萬苦、重重磨難之後變成了白天鵝,那是因為它心中有著夢想,夢想支撐著它。是金子早晚會發光。命運其實沒有軌跡,關鍵在於對美好境界、美好理想的追求。人生中的挫折和痛苦是不可避免的,要學會把它們踩在腳下,每個孩子都會有一份屬於自己的夢想,只要他們學會樹立生活目標,在自信、自強、自立中成長,通過拼搏他們會真正的認識到自己原來也可以變成「白天鵝」,也可以像丑小鴨一樣實現心中的夢想,人只要有了夢想,那麼,困難也不再是困難了。