安徒生童话《“真可爱”》英文版
【“真可爱”作者简介】
安徒生(1805-1875)丹麦作家。1805年,安徒生诞生在丹麦奥登塞镇的一座破旧阁楼上。他的父亲用棺材为他做了一个摇篮,他的父亲是个鞋匠,很早就去世了,全家靠母亲给人洗衣服维持生活。安徒生虽然过着十分贫穷的生活,但他却有自己远大的理想。他很小就一人到首都去了,同村的一个巫婆预言他能成为一个著名的人物。开始,他决心当一名演员,起初,他想学习舞蹈和演戏,却遭到了拒绝,后来被一位音乐学校的教授收留,学习唱歌。因为他没有钱只好离开了音乐学校。经过十几年的奋斗,终于踏进了文坛。从三十岁开始,专心从事儿童文学创作,一生*写了168篇童话故事。
THERE was once a sculptor, named Alfred, who having won the large gold medal and obtained a travelling scholarship, went to Italy, and then came back to his native land. He was young at that time- indeed, he is young still, although he is ten years older than he was then. On his return, he went to visit one of the little towns in the island of Zealand. The whole town knew who the stranger was; and one of the richest men in the place gave a party in his honor, and all who were of any consequence, or who possessed some property, were invited. It was quite an event, and all the town knew of it, so that it was not necessary to announce it by beat of drum. Apprentice-boys, children of the poor, and even the poor people themselves, stood before the house, watching the lighted windows; and the watchman might easily fancy he was giving a party also, there were so many people in the streets. There was quite an air of festivity about it, and the house was full of it; for Mr. Alfred, the sculptor, was there. He talked and told anecdotes, and every one listened to him with pleasure, not unmingled with awe; but none felt so much respect for him as did the elderly widow of a naval officer. She seemed, so far as Mr. Alfred was concerned, to be like a piece of fresh blotting-paper that absorbed all he said and asked for more. She was very appreciative, and incredibly ignorant—a kind of female Gaspar Hauser.
“I should like to see Rome,” she said; “it must be a lovely city, or so many foreigners would not be constantly arriving there. Now, do give me a description of Rome. How does the city look when you enter in at the gate?”
“I cannot very well describe it,” said the sculptor; “but you enter on a large open space, in the centre of which stands an obelisk, which is a thousand years old.”
“An organist!” exclaimed the lady, who had never heard the word 'obelisk.' Several of the guests could scarcely forbear laughing, and the sculptor would have had some difficulty in keeping his countenance, but the smile on his lips faded away; for he caught sight of a pair of dark-blue eyes close by the side of the inquisitive lady. They belonged to her daughter; and surely no one who had such a daughter could be silly. The mother was like a fountain of questions; and the daughter, who listened but never spoke, might have passed for the beautiful maid of the fountain. How charming she was! She was a study for the sculptor to contemplate, but not to converse with; for she did not speak, or, at least, very seldom.
“Has the pope a great family?” inquired the lady.
The young man answered considerately, as if the question had been a different one, “No; he does not come from a great family.”
“That is not what I asked,” persisted the widow; “I mean, has he a wife and children?”
“The pope is not allowed to marry,” replied the gentleman.
“I don't like that,” was the lady's remark.
She certainly might have asked more sensible questions; but if she had not been allowed to say just what she liked, would her daughter have been there, leaning so gracefully on her shoulder, and looking straight before her, with a smile that was almost mournful on her face?
Mr. Alfred again spoke of Italy, and of the glorious colors in Italian scenery; the purple hills, the deep blue of the Mediterranean, the azure of southern skies, whose brightness and glory could only be surpassed in the north by the deep-blue eyes of a maiden; and he said this with a peculiar intonation; but she who should have understood his meaning looked quite unconscious of it, which also was charming.
“Beautiful Italy!” sighed some of the guests.
“Oh, to travel there!” exclaimed others.
“Charming! Charming!” echoed from every voice.
“I may perhaps win a hundred thousand dollars in the lottery,” said the naval officer's widow; “and if I do, we will travel—I and my daughter; and you, Mr. Alfred, must be our guide. We can all three travel together, with one or two more of our good friends.” And she nodded in such a friendly way at the company, that each imagined himself to be the favored person who was to accompany them to Italy. “Yes, we must go,” she continued; “but not to those parts where there are robbers. We will keep to Rome. In the public roads one is always safe.”
The daughter sighed very gently; and how much there may be in a sigh, or attributed to it! The young man attributed a great deal of meaning to this sigh. Those deep-blue eyes, which had been lit up this evening in honor of him, must conceal treasures, treasures of heart and mind, richer than all the glories of Rome; and so when he left the party that night, he had lost it completely to the young lady. The house of the naval officer's widow was the one most constantly visited by Mr. Alfred, the sculptor. It was soon understood that his visits were not intended for that lady, though they were the persons who kept up the conversation. He came for the sake of the daughter. They called her Kala. Her name was really Karen Malena, and these two names had been contracted into the one name Kala. She was really beautiful; but some said she was rather dull, and slept late of a morning.
“She has been accustomed to that,” her mother said. “She is a beauty, and they are always easily tired. She does sleep rather late; but that makes her eyes so clear.”
What power seemed to lie in the depths of those dark eyes! The young man felt the truth of the proverb, “Still waters run deep:” and his heart had sunk into their depths. He often talked of his adventures, and the mamma was as simple and eager in her questions as on the first evening they met. It was a pleasure to hear Alfred describe anything. He showed them colored plates of Naples, and spoke of excursions to Mount Vesuvius, and the eruptions of fire from it. The naval officer's widow had never heard of them before.
“Good heavens!” she exclaimed. “So that is a burning mountain; but is it not very dangerous to the people who live near it?”
“Whole cities have been destroyed,” he replied; “for instance, Herculaneum and Pompeii.”
“Oh, the poor people! And you saw all that with your own eyes?”
“No; I did not see any of the eruptions which are represented in those pictures; but I will show you a sketch of my own, which represents an eruption I once saw.”
He placed a pencil sketch on the table; and mamma, who had been over-powered with the appearance of the colored plates, threw a glance at the pale drawing and cried in astonishment, “What, did you see it throw up white fire?”
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1、安徒生童话:“真可爱”
雕塑家阿尔弗里兹,是啊,你大概认识他的吧?我们大家都认识他:他得了金质奖章,去了意大利,又回国来了。那时他年轻,是啊,他现在也还年轻,可怎么说也比当年大了十来岁了。
他回到家中,到锡兰岛的一个小地方去访问。全城都知道这个外乡人,知道他是谁。在最富有的一家人家里,为他举行了宴会。凡是有点儿面子的人,或者家里有点儿财产的人,都被请来了。真是件大事,不消敲锣打鼓,全城都知道了这次宴会。手工匠的儿子,小人物的孩子,还连带上一两对父母,站在外面,瞧着那拉垂下来被照得亮亮的窗帘。巡夜的人心想是他在举行宴会,有这么多人站在他负责**的街上。一派欢乐的气息,屋子里面当然真有欢乐,那是阿尔弗里兹,雕塑家。
他说这说那,讲东讲西,里面所有的人都高兴地听他说得津津有味。但是听得最有兴致的,则莫过于一位上了点年纪的*的遗孀。她完全就是阿尔弗里兹先生所说的,一张没有写过字的灰色纸。这纸一下子便把说过的话吸尽,并且还要求多多地吸,有高度的接受力,难以置信的无知,真是一个女的加斯帕·豪塞①!
“我真想看看罗马!”她说道,“罗马一定是一座漂亮的城市,有许许多多的外国人到那儿去。给我们讲讲罗马!进了罗马市,里面都是什么样子?”
“真不容易讲呢!”年轻的雕塑家说道。“有一个很大的广场,广场*有一座奥伯利斯克②,它已经四千年了。”“一个奥甘尼斯特③!”夫人喊了起来,以前她从来没有听到过奥伯利斯克这个字。有几个人差不多快笑了出来,连雕塑家也这样。不过那笑意刚一来便隐去了,因为他看到紧挨着夫人,有一双海水一般蓝的大眼睛,那是刚刚讲话的那位夫人的女儿。若是谁有这样一位女儿,这人一定不简单。母亲是一道不断涌冒出问题的泉水,女儿则是在静听泉水的美丽神女。她多么可爱啊!她是供雕塑家看的,但不是由雕塑家来和她交谈的。而她则默默不语,至少可以说是话很少很少。
“教皇的家大吗?”夫人问道。
年轻人回答了,好像问题可以换个更好的提法一样:“不,他没有出生在一个大家庭里!”
“我不是那个意思!”夫人说道:“我是说他有妻室儿女没有?”
“教皇是不能结婚的!”他回答道。
“这个我不喜欢!”夫人说道。
她大约可以问得、讲得更聪明一些。但是,她之所以没有问点与讲点和她刚才问的与讲的不同的东西。不知道是不是因为女儿靠到了她的肩上,用几乎搅得人心情不定的微笑着的眼在望着他的缘故?
阿尔弗里兹先生讲着。讲了意大利五彩缤纷的胜景。蓝色的山,蓝色的地中海,南方的蔚蓝,这种美景,在北欧只有妇女们的湛蓝眼睛能超得过。在谈到这一点的时候,他说话的语调是有所暗示的。但是她,应该懂得这一点的她,却没有让人看出她听懂了这种暗示。你知道,这也是很可爱的!“意大利!”有几个人在叹息,“旅行!”另外一些在叹息。“真好啊!真可爱啊!”
“是啊,要是我现在中了那五万块大洋的彩,”这位遗孀说道,“那我们就动身旅行去!我和我女儿!您,阿尔弗里兹先生领着我们!我们三人一起旅行去!再邀上一两位好朋友!”于是她便客客气气地朝所有的人都点一点头,谁都可以以为自己会陪着去的。“我们要去意大利!但是我们不去有匪盗的地方,我们去罗马,走那些安全的大道!”
女儿微微地叹了一口气,微微的一叹中能包含多少东西啊,或者说,从微微的一叹中可以悟出多少东西来呀。这年轻人觉得这一口微微的叹息里有许多的东西。那一双湛蓝的眼睛,这一晚向他显示了隐蔽着的宝藏,精神的内心的宝藏,非常丰富,比得上罗马所有的胜景。在他从宴会告辞的时候,——是啊,他的神魂被摄走了——被那位小姐摄走了。那位遗孀的家是雕塑家阿尔弗里兹先生拜会得最多的家了。可以看得出来,这不是因为母亲的缘故。尽管每次都是她们两人一起谈话,他去必定是为了女儿。人们把她叫做卡拉,她的名字是卡伦·玛莱妮,两个名字联在一起成了卡拉。她很可爱,但是略有点懒散,有人这么说,早晨她总想多在床上躺一会儿。
“她从小就这样习惯了!”母亲说道,“她一直就是个小维纳斯,美丽的小姑娘都容易疲倦。她睡的时间稍微多一些,可是这样一来,她便有了一双明亮的眼睛。”
这样明亮的眼睛,这两潭海一般蓝的水,这深不可及的平静的水④,里面什么力量没有!年轻人感到了这一点,他牢牢地坐在这深深的海底里。——他说着讲着,妈妈总是问得很生动、很随便,又很莫名其妙,就和第一次会面时一个样。听阿尔弗里兹讲话是一种乐趣。他谈到那不勒斯,谈到维苏威的迁动,还拿些火山爆发的画来给她们看。这位遗孀以前从未听说过或者想过这个。
“老天啊!”她说道,“这不是会喷火的山吗!难道就没有人因此而受害吗?”
“整座整座的城都被埋掉呢!”他回答道,“庞贝和赫尔库拉楞姆就被埋掉了!”
“可是那些可怜的人,所有这些您都亲眼看到了?”没有,这些图画上的那些喷发我都没有见过。不过,我要拿一张我自己作的素描,让你瞧瞧我自己见过的那次喷发是什么样子。
于是,他拿出一幅铅笔素描来。一直在聚精会神地看那些强烈色彩的图画的妈妈,看见了那淡素的铅笔素描,她惊叫了起来。
“您看到了喷出来的白色的东西!”
阿尔弗里兹先生对妈妈的尊敬,在很短的时间里消退了。不过,在卡拉的光耀中,他很快明白了,她的母亲是没有色彩意识的。不过就这么一回事罢了。她有最好的,最美丽的,她有卡拉。
阿尔弗里兹和卡拉订婚了,这是极合乎情理的。订婚启事登到了本城的报纸上。妈妈买了三十份,为的是把报上登的启事剪下来,放在信里寄给朋友和相识的人。订了婚的情人很幸福,岳母也算上,她说她就像和曹瓦尔森家联了亲一样。
“您不管怎么说总是继承他的人!”
阿尔弗里兹认为她说了点很漂亮的话。卡拉没有讲什么,不过她的眼睛发光,嘴角上挂着微笑,每个动作都很可爱。她是非常可爱的,这话说多少遍也不算过多。
阿尔弗里兹为卡拉和岳母塑了胸像。她们坐着让他塑,瞧着他怎么用手指来捏,来摆弄那软泥。
“都是为了我们的缘故,”岳母说道,“您才自己动手而没有让您的助手干这些简单的活儿。”
“可正是需要我自己用泥来塑出形状来的!”他说道。“是啊,您总是那么特别殷勤!”妈妈说道。卡拉捏了一下他那带泥的手。
他向她们两人展示了创造出来的万物之中所包含的自然的美情,阐明了有生命的东西是如何胜于死的东西,植物如何胜于矿物,动物如何胜于植物,人如何胜于动物,精神和美又如何通过形式展示出来,雕塑家又如何让世上物品的最美的地方展露出来。
卡拉默默无言地坐着,微微地晃动着,品味着他所表达的思想。岳母承认道:
“很难明白您所讲的!不过,我在慢慢地体会您的思想。您说得转弯抹角,但是,我得很快弄明白。”
而他却紧跟着美情,美情占据了他,抓住了他,控制着他。卡拉的体态,她的眼神,她的嘴角,甚至从手指的动作中都流露出美情。阿尔弗里兹讲出了这些,他,一位雕塑家,很明白这些,他只谈她,只想着她,两人成了一体。她也这样讲,讲得很多,因为他这样讲,讲得很多。
那是订婚时的情景。现在他们举行婚礼了,身后跟着伴娘,收到了结婚礼品,婚礼的讲词中说到他们。
岳母在新婚夫妇屋里一张桌子的一头,安置了一尊穿着晨衣的曹瓦尔森的半身雕像。他应该是客人,那是她的主意。大家在一起唱歌,祝酒,是一场很热闹的婚礼,是很可爱的一对!“皮格马利翁得到了他的伽拉茜”⑤,有一首歌这么说道。“这真是神话哟!”岳母说道。
婚宴后的第二天,这对年轻人就动身去了哥本哈根。他们要在那里住,要修自己的房子。岳母也跟着去了,以便把粗活儿都揽下来,她这么说,也就是说去把家管起来。卡拉应该生活在玩具娃娃的柜子里!一切都很新鲜、很华丽也很美好!他们三人全住在一起,——阿尔弗里兹,是啊,我们借用一句可以表明他的处境的谚语吧,他像一位主教坐在鹅圈里⑥。
形的魔力迷住了他。他看到了盒子,却没有看到盒子里装着什么。这是不幸,在婚姻中的极大的不幸!一旦盒子的胶裂开来,一旦上面涂的金剥落掉,那么买了它的人一定会后悔这笔交易。在大的社交场合,一个人要是把吊带上的两粒钮扣都丢了,又发现自己还不能指望皮带,因为自己根本就没有皮带,这是最尴尬的事了。可是更糟糕的是,一个人在一个大的社交场合中,觉得自己的妻子和岳母尽讲蠢话,而又不能指望自己能找点什么可以解嘲的话,来掩饰一下那些蠢话。
这对年轻人常常手牵手地坐着,他讲,她不时插上个把字,同一个调子,同样那么两三响钟声。索菲亚,他们的一位女友来的时候,他的神情才算松了一口气。
索菲亚并没有什么姿色。是的,她倒也没有什么缺陷!她确有点驼,卡拉这么说,可是驼的程度肯定只有女友才能看得出来。她是一个很通情达理的姑娘,然而她一点不觉得她在这里可能是位危险的人。在玩具娃娃的柜子里,她是一股新鲜的空气。他们大家都看到了,很需要新鲜空气。需要新鲜空气,于是他们便出去呼吸,岳母和这一对年轻人去意大利旅行去了。
2、2022安徒生童话读后感作文
上学了,在老师的帮助下,我学会自己看书了,只要一有时间我就跑到居委会,像一只勤劳贪心的小蜜蜂,不知疲倦地在书的百花园里采集花粉。在这里,我发现了一个又一个秘密:猿人是人类的祖先;恐龙高大可怕;远古时代,人们钻木取火……哦,世界原来这么奇妙!读书,真好!我不敢想象,如果没有书,世界将会怎样?如果没有书,我们是否会欣赏到《安徒生童话》那些精彩奇妙的故事?如果没有书,我们是否能够吸取到、人类生活着的真谛?如果没有书,人类会在社会里止步;如果没有书,人类将永远无知;如果没有书,我们将不能生活,不能进步,不能发展!
我的成长离不开书,书使我成长的更快。课堂的书让我学习,让我思考,课堂上的本本厚书写满了难题,记满了知识,我喜欢读,坐在课堂里,听老师的讲课,在知识的海洋里遨游,使我的大脑充实,在这里,我曾经被皇帝的新装逗的前仰后翻,被卖火柴的小女孩感动的热泪盈眶;课外的书让我思索,那是人生的品读,那里有人世的恶毒,有历史的痕迹,在那里,我为岳飞将军的壮志大声称赞,为白雪公主的悲惨遭遇而叹息,课外的书更能让我成熟,让我成长。我爱读书,书可以开阔我的视野。俗话说:“秀才不出门,尽知天下事。”读书可以使我足不出户就能感受到读书的无限神奇。
我爱读书,因为书还能使我懂得做人的道理。《雷锋日记》让我明白奉献的一生最美丽;《老人与海》中那位不屈服于风暴,勇于抗击的老者让我肃然起敬;《钢铁是怎样炼成的》使我明白人活着的真正的意义。读书,让我知道了什么是善良,什么是丑恶。当白雪公主逃脱了恶毒的皇后的诡计之后,我禁不住大声叫好。你们爱读书吗?
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《安徒生童话》是一本安徒生爷爷用心编织的梦,它们也许很美好,也许很残酷。但是,那些精彩又丰富的内容深深地吸引着我们那幼小的心灵,渐渐编织成了童年的足迹……
每当我再一次用灵巧的双手捧起那代表天真无邪的童年的《安徒生童话》,总会想起小时候我缠着爸妈给我讲那天马行空的童话的情形。《丑小鸭》、《灰姑娘》、《白雪公主》……几乎成了我珍藏于内心的故事。安徒生爷爷陪伴我度过童年,带我飞向梦幻的天堂……
我虽然长大了,知道了童话里那些有趣又生动的情节都是假的,但我还是对童话着迷不已,我仍然兴致勃勃地坐在沙发上露出纯洁的双眼与灿烂的笑容翻阅着手中那令我陶醉于梦幻仙境的《安徒生童话》。
我时常佩服安徒生爷爷,佩服他竟能用一些美妙的童话故事来教育孩子们。如:《灰姑娘》,告诉了我们不要在意自己的身世有多么卑微,但只要努力,成为公主不是没有可能的;如:《丑小鸭》,让我们明白了不论别人怎样嘲笑自己,只要我们坚强,只要我们永不放弃,一直坚持走下去,就有成功的一天……
安徒生爷爷虽然已经不在这人世间了,但是他留下一件最最宝贵的东西——那就是《安徒生童话》!在我们孤单的时候,只要那双手捧起《安徒生童话》,我们就会感到不孤单;在我们想要飞进梦幻又神圣的殿堂时,只要捧起《安徒生童话》;在我们想感受一下安徒生爷爷的伟大创作时,就捧起《安徒生童话》。
《安徒生童话》啊!你是安徒生爷爷的伟大创作!《安徒生童话》啊!你是打开梦幻仙境的大门!《安徒生童话》啊!你是金子般的心!
让我们用灵巧的双手打开《安徒生童话》,让我们用天真无邪的童心、纯洁的双眼和灿烂的笑容继续阅读了《安徒生童话》吧!
4、2022安徒生童话读后感作文
童话是一个美妙而又神奇的世界,它里面有着许许多多美好的幻想。大家一定读过安徒生爷爷写的童话吧!他写的故事是那样的扣人心弦,扑朔迷离,离奇有趣。那你们知道安徒生是这样创造出这些令人惊叹的杰作吗?
安徒生的童年是不幸的,他的爸爸谢世后,他与妈妈相依为命。但是悲惨的命运并没有使他倒下。他有着远大的理想与目标,他决心实现自己的梦想。虽然他经历过无数次的坎坷与失败,可他从来没有放弃过,从来没有自卑过。他凭着澎湃的热情,百折不挠的精神,终于成为了一名童话大师。
我们有着幸福的童年生活,甚至有的孩子一出生他的人生就铺满了鲜花与掌声。在家里,我们是爸爸妈妈们的小皇帝,小公主,什么都依赖父母。可安徒生不一样,他不仅要拼命追求自己的梦想,还要承担一切的家务和劳动。我们就像是温室里的花朵,不知道什么是挫折,什么是失败。因为我们的生活是幸福的,可是还有孩子没有过上我们这样的生活,他们有的连学的上不了,饭都吃不饱啊!安徒生的故事告诉我,要珍惜我应有的一切,好好学习,努力拼搏,不辜负家长的期望。
人生就是这样,只有经历了无数的磨难与打击才能走向人生光辉的顶点。只有经历过失败后,才能体会到成功的艰辛。
安徒生的童话就像是一朵成功的花,人们只看到它光鲜的一面,却不知道他是经过了浴血奋斗才换来的。
努力吧!人生将有更多的荆棘等待着我们去挑战。
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