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The Ugly Duckling Excerpts
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It would be very sad, were I to relate all the misery and privations which the poor little duckling endured during the hard winter; but when it had passed, he found himself lying one morning in a moor, amongst the rushes. He felt the warm sun shining, and heard the lark singing, and saw that all around was beautiful spring. Then the young bird felt that his wings were strong, as he flapped them against his sides, and rose high into the air. They bore him onwards, until he found himself in a large garden, before he well knew how it had happened. The apple trees were in full blossom, and the fragrant elders bent their long green branches down to the stream which wound round a smooth lawn. Everything looked beautiful, in the freshness of early spring. From a thicket close by came three beautiful white swans, rustling their feathers, and swimming lightly over the smooth water. The duckling remembered the lovely birds, and felt more strangely unhappy than ever.
如果我把可怜的丑小鸭整个严冬所经受的艰难困苦都写出来，那肯定是非常悲惨的，但是当一切都过去之后，一天早上他发现自己躺在沼泽地的芦苇里面。她感觉到太阳暖暖地照着，还能听到云雀在唱歌，魅力的春天已经来了。然后这只小鸟扇动着两边翅膀的时候发现他们已经非常强而有力，把他直送上高空。他就这样扇动着翅膀一直向前，不知不觉地来到了一个大花园中。苹果树的花儿开得正艳芳香的接骨木将又长又绿的纸条垂到小溪的水面上，而那条小溪弯弯曲曲地环绕着一片平整的草地上。在早春清新的空气中，一切看起来都是那么的美好。从近旁的灌木丛中，来了三只美丽的白天鹅，他们的羽毛唰唰作响，在光滑的水面上轻松地游动着。丑小鸭认出了这些可爱的鸟儿，他比以往更加难过了。
“I will fly to those royal birds,” he exclaimed, “and they will kill me, because I am so ugly, and dare to approach them; but it does not matter: better be killed by them than pecked by the ducks, beaten by the hens, pushed about by the maiden who feeds the poultry, or starved with hunger in the winter.”
“我要飞向那些高贵的鸟儿，”他大声地喊道，“他们可能会杀了我，因为我这么丑陋，竟然还敢接近他们；但是这没什么关系：被他们杀死总比被鸭子啄，被母鸡打，被养家禽的女佣推搡要强一些，也比冬天里挨饿要好。”
Then he flew to the water, and swam towards the beautiful swans. The moment they espied the stranger, they rushed to meet him with outstretched wings.
然后他就飞到水里，向那些天鹅游去。他们一看到这个新来的，就迅速地展开翅膀游向他。
“Kill me,” said the poor bird; he bent his head down to the surface of the water and awaited death.
“杀了我吧，”这只可怜的鸟儿说道；他就把头俯在水面上，等待着死亡。
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But what did he see in the clear stream below? His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck’s nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan’s egg. He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him; for the great swans swam round the newcomer, and stroked his neck with their beaks, as a welcome.
但是他在下面的清澈的水面上看到了什么呀？他自己的倒影；看到的不再是一只深灰色的，丑陋而且看起来就讨人厌的鸭子，而是一只高贵二美丽的天鹅。如果你是从天鹅蛋里面孵出来的，即使出生在乡下的鸭子窝里又有什么关系呢？他现在感到从警遭受过痛苦和麻烦是件好事，因为这使他更好地享受现在的愉悦和幸福；因为很多大天鹅都围在他身边，用嘴抚摸着他的脖子以示欢迎。
Into the garden presently came some little children, and threw bread and cake into the water.
在花园里来了一群小孩子，他们往水里扔了一些面包和蛋糕屑。
“See,” cried the youngest, “There is a new one;” and the rest were delighted, and ran to their father and mother, dancing and clapping their hands, and shouting joyously, “There is another swan come; a new one has arrived.”
“看呐，”最小的一个孩子喊道，“有一只新来的，”其他的孩子也都非常高兴，他们跑到父母身边，跳着舞、拍着手、开心地喊着：“又来了一只天鹅，又来了一只。”
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Then they threw more bread and cake into the water, and said, “The new one is the most beautiful of all; he is young and pretty.” And the old swans bowed their heads before him.
然后他们向水里扔了更多的面包和蛋糕屑，还说道：“新来的这只是最漂亮的，它那么年轻、那么漂亮。”那些老天鹅都在他面前低下了头。
Then he felt quite ashamed, and hid his head under his wing; for he did not know what to do, he was so happy, and yet not at all proud. He had been persecuted and despised for his ugliness, and now he heard them say he was the most beautiful of all the birds. Even the elder tree bent down its bows into the water before him, and the sun shone warm and bright. Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, “I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.”
他感到非常害羞，把头藏到了翅膀的下面；因为他不知道该做些什么，他非常开心，但是一点也不骄傲。他曾经因为丑陋而被迫害，被鄙视，而现在他听到他们说他是所有的鸟儿中最美丽的，甚至连接骨木也在他面前把头垂到水里，太阳光温暖而明亮。他抖抖翅膀，玩下他那细长的脖颈，愉快地喊道，这是从他心底深处发出的声音：“当我还是丑小鸭的时候，我从来没有梦想过会有这样的幸福。”
单词解析
1. duckling [‘dkli] n. 小鸭子，由duck加后缀 ling构成， ling作名词后缀时表示“小......”，多含轻蔑意。
2. privation [prai’vein] n. 贫困、匮乏、艰难
3. moor [m:r] n. 沼泽、荒野
4. amongst [’mst] prep. 在...之中，意同among。
5. lark [la:k] n. 云雀、百灵
6. flap[flp] v. 振翅、摆动
7. in full blossom 鲜花盛开
8. espy [i’spai] v. 看到
9. persecute [‘p:sikju:t] n. 迫害、压迫
persecution n. 迫害
10. despise [dspaz] v. 鄙视
11. slender [‘slendr] m苗条的、纤细的
长句解析
It would be very sad, were I to relate all the misery and privations which the poor little duckling endured during the hard winter.本句中were I ...为虚拟语气的省略形式，正常语序应为It would be very sad if I were to relate all the misery and privations...在非真实条件句中，如果条件句中有助动词be, had, should等，连接词if可以省略，同时助动词be, had, should等于从句主语倒装。
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