黑布林英语阅读初三电子书（黑布林英语阅读初一渔夫和他的灵魂中英导读）

译者：Miss Sun

About the Author关于作者（第6页）

Oscar Wilde is born in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. His father is a doctor and his mother is a poet. Wilde studies Classics at Trinity College, in Ireland and then at Oxford University, in England. He becomes popular because he is funny and clever. He is famous for his wit. 奥斯卡·王尔德于1854年生于爱尔兰的都柏林。他父亲是医生，母亲是诗人。王尔德在爱尔兰的三一学院学习古典文学，然后在英国的牛津大学学习。他变得很受欢迎，因为他风趣又聪明。他以机智著称。

In 1881 Oscar Wilde publishes his first book, Poems. He goes to America for a year in 1882. When he arrives in New York he says to the customs officer, “I have nothing to declare but my genius.” He gives lectures to Americans about beauty and art. 1881年，王尔德出版了他的第一本书《诗》。1882年他去美国一年。当他到达纽约时，他对海关官员说，“除了我的天才，我没什么可申报的。”他给美国人做了关于美和艺术的讲座。

In 1884 Wilde marries Constance Lloyd and they have two children. In 1888 he writes The Happy Prince and Other Tales for their sons. 1884年，王尔德与康斯坦斯·劳埃德结婚，并有了两个孩子。1888年，他为他们的儿子写了《快乐王子和其他故事》。

Wilde is famous for his plays, stories and poetry. His only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), shocks the Victorian society of the time. His plays Lady Windermere’s Fan(1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest(1895) make fun of Victorian society. They are still very popular today. Wilde suffers problems with scandal in the 1890s. In 1895 he is arrested and sent to prison for two years. In 1898 he writes The Ballad of Reading Gaol. This work describes his life in prison. In 1897 Wilde goes to Paris. He dies a poor man in 1900. 王尔德以戏剧、故事和诗歌闻名于世。他唯一的小说《道林·格雷的画像》（1890）震撼了当时的维多利亚社会。他的戏剧《温德米尔夫人的扇子》（ 1892 年）、《一个理想的丈夫》（1895年）和《认真的重要性》（1985年）取笑维多利亚时代的社会。它们在今天仍然很受欢迎。王尔德在19世纪90年代饱受丑闻困扰。1895年，他被捕入狱两年。1898年他写了《雷丁监狱之歌》。这部作品描述了他在监狱中的生活。1897年，王尔德前往巴黎。他在1900年去世时是个穷光蛋。

About the Book关于那本书（第7页）

The Fisherman and His Soul is a short story from Oscar Wilde’s collection The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Wilde writes these stories for his children in 1888. 《渔夫与他的灵魂》是奥斯卡•王尔德的《快乐王子和其他故事集》中的一个短篇小说。1888年，王尔德为他的孩子们写了这些故事。

The Fisherman and His Soul is the story of a young fisherman. One day he catches a mermaid in his fishing net and he falls in love with her. The fisherman learns he cannot be with the mermaid because he has a human soul. The fisherman then tries to send away his human soul. The fisherman learns from a witch how to send his soul away. He is then free to be with his mermaid. His soul is alone in the world. He travels the world. Each year he comes back to the fisherman and tells him about his travels. 《渔夫和他的灵魂》是一个年轻渔夫的故事。有一天在他的渔网里他抓到了一个美人鱼，他爱上了她。渔夫知道他不能和美人鱼在一起，因为他有人类的灵魂。所以渔夫试图送走他的人类灵魂。渔夫向女巫学习如何将灵魂送走。然后他就可以自由地和他的美人鱼在一起了。他的灵魂在这个世界上是孤独的。他环游世界。每年他都会回到渔夫身边，告诉他关于他的旅行情况。

One of the themes of the story is temptation. In the story the mermaid tempts the fisherman with stories of the sea. The fisherman tempts the witch to help him send away his soul. And his soul tries to tempt the fisherman to leave the mermaid. 故事的主题之一是诱惑。在故事中，美人鱼用大海的故事引诱渔夫。渔夫引诱女巫帮助他送走他的灵魂。他的灵魂试图引诱渔夫离开美人鱼。

But the main theme of the story is love. Love is more important than anything. The soul cannot tempt the fisherman because the fisherman’s love is too strong. And in the end, we discover that you cannot live without love. 但故事的主题是爱情。爱比任何事都重要。灵魂无法诱惑渔夫，因为渔夫的爱太强烈了。最后，我们发现没有爱，你就活不下去。

The Fisherman and His Soul is an exotic story with Oriental and Eastern influences. There are also mermaids, witches and devils. The language is poetic and is full of allegory. 《渔夫与他的灵魂》是一个具有东方和东方影响的、充满异国情调的故事。还有美人鱼，女巫和魔鬼。语言是诗意的，充满了寓意。来源：伴你学英语公众号（ID:gh_5c9592fefed1）

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