1 Don Quixote Decides to Be a Knight-Errant唐吉诃德决定成为一名游侠骑士-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《堂吉诃德Don Ouixote》

222222222 Miguel de Cervantes 1 Don Ouixote Decides to Be a Knight-Errant To the reader About three hundred and fifty years ago, in the part of Spain^{①} called La Mancha, there lived a man named Alonso Quijano. Today he is always called Don Quixote. We shall see later in the story why he changed his name. One hot summer afternoon, this gentleman{② was sitting in a room in his small house. A very thick book was lying open on the table, and he was reading it with great interest. There were other big, thick books around him, on the chairs and on the floor He was about fifty years old, tall and thin, with a long face. His brain was full of wild ideas, for he lived in a world of dreams. One hand was on the open book. With the other hand he held a sword③ that lay across his knees His imagination④ Everything in the room was quiet, but the reader was becoming .002. 1.唐吉诃德决定成为一名 游侠骑士 致读者 ① Spain /spein/n. 西班牙 大约三百五十年前,在西班牙一个名为“拉曼 (欧洲国家) 却”的地方,住着一位名叫阿降索·吉哈诺的人。 今天大家都管他叫唐吉诃德。看了以下的故事后。 我们就会知道他为什么要改名字了。 ② gentleman /'d3entlman/ n 绅士,先生 一个炎热的夏日午后,这位绅士正坐在他小房 子的一个房间里。一本厚厚的书打开来摆在桌上, 他正在津津有味地看着。在他四周的椅子和地板 上,还有其他一些又厚又大的书本。 他年纪在五十岁左右,高高瘦瘦,脸长长的 脑子里塞满了疯狂的念头,因为他活在一个梦想的 ③sword /so:dn. 剑:7 世界中。他一手放在打开的书本上,另一只手则握 住横放在膝盖上的长剑 他的幻想 ④ imagination /n.maedgr'nerfon/ n. 想象 想象力 屋子里,一切都静悄悄的,但是这个看书的人 ·003· Don Quixote more and more interested in his book. His excitement grew; he pulled^{① at his hair with both hands. Then he jumped up suddenly, raised his sword and began to fight with it. He imagined there was a real enemy in the room, and he shouted loudly,"Take your hands off the lady, you dog! Do you wish to fight, robber②? Come then, and take your punishment③!" As he said this, he struck his imaginary④ enemy, and only just missed a pretty young lady, his niece{, who ran into the room. Behind her was a much older woman, the old gentleman's servant "Dear uncle, what is the matter?" asked the young lady. She was afraid of the excited man, who seemed half mad He imagined his niece was a princess, and that he had saved her from danger. He knelt^{} in front of her, touched her hand, and said, "There is nothing to be afraid of, gentle lady. I have defeated and killed your enemy." The girl was used to the strange, mad acts of her uncle. She wished to please{}him, and replied, "You have done well. I thank you. Please sit down and rest after your great efforts; I will fetch you something to drink."She took him to a chair, and went out with the servant. In a few minutes, she came back with some cold water “It is a most wonderful drink," he said, "which will make me live forever." He was tired by all his efforts, and he lay down on his bed and went to sleep. What he has been reading At the time when this gentleman lived, most readers liked books .004. 唐吉诃德 ①pull /pul/v. 拔;揪下:拉 却越来越沉迷了。他逐渐兴奋起来,双手紧扯自己 开 的头发。接着,他突然跳起来,举起长剑就要搏 斗。他幻想屋中真有一个敌人,并且大声吼道; “放手,别碰那位贵妇,你这个狗东西!你想来一 ② robber/roba/ n. 抢劫者. 场决斗吗?强盗!那就放马过来,接受你的惩罚 强盗 吧!” ③ punishment 他一面说着,一面攻击他幻想中的敌人,险些 /pAnfmant/ n. 处罚,惩 罚:刑罚 击中跑进屋里的一个漂亮姑娘。那是他的侄女,身 ④ imaginary /T'med3inorr/ 后跟来一个年纪较大的妇人,也就是这位老先生的 a.想象中的:虚构的:幻 女仆。 想的 niece /ni:s/n.侄女,外甥 “我的好叔叔,这是怎么啦?”年轻小姐问道。 女 看到那个激动得似乎半疯的男人,她很害怕。 princess /prin'ses/ n. 公主 而他把他的侄女想象成一位公主,并把她从危 kneel /ni:l/v. 跪(下).跪 着 险中救了出来。他跪在她的面前,握着她的手,说 道:“没什么好怕的了,温柔的贵妇!我已经把您 的敌人给干掉了。” 女孩习惯了她叔叔的这种古怪、疯羸的举动。 她想讨好他,就回答说:“你做得很好。我很感谢。 ⑧please /pli:zv. 使高兴 你费了这么大的力气,请坐下来休息吧!我去帮你 拿些喝的东西。”她把他扶到椅子旁坐下,就和女仆 一起出去了。过没多久,她端了些凉水回来。 “这真是最最神奇的水了,”他说,“这可以使 我永生不死。”他费了那么些力气,有些疲惫,一 会儿就躺在床上睡着了。 他一直在看的书 在这位绅士生活的时代里,多数的读者都喜欢 ·005· Don Quixote about the wonderful adventures^①} of knights{②-errant③. These were very long stories, full of impossible things. A madman might dream about that kind of thing. These knights-errant went around the country attacking thieves and robbers. They defended women and rescued④ people from wickedmen. If you are patient enough, you can read some of these books today. You will find some pleasant writing in them. But you will soon get tired of magic woods full of giants^{} and strange animals. The people who lived then liked to imagine all sorts of wild things! These books were called books of chivalry{⑧, and sometimes the results of reading them were very serious. For example, this simple gentleman of La Mancha had stopped working on his land. Instead, he read books of chivalry. He sold good farm land for money to buy more of these big, heavy books. He filled his room with them. From morning to night he read them carefully; sometimes he did not go to bed, but read all night. The effect of the reading Alonso Quijano filled his head with these dangerous stories. He began to believe that all these adventures were true and real. This was a bad mistake, because he now thought that he was a knight-errant. He became very excited and took his sword and fought the strange people he imagined. He rushed wildly around his room, and frightened everybody in the house with his cries. At first, this wild behaviour^{} lasted only a few hours each time. But his condition{} got worse and worse. He decided he must be a knight- ·006. 唐吉诃德 ① adventure /od'ventfo/ n. 看有关游侠神奇冒险的书。那些故事都很长,而且 智险,冒险精神:冒险活动 都是些不可能发生的事。但疯子也许会梦想发生那 (或经历) ②knight /nait/n.(中古时 种事情。这些游侠骑士周游全国,攻击小偷和强 的)骑士,武士 ③errant /erant/a. 周游的: 盗。他们保护女人,并从坏人手中拯救大众 漂泊的:游历的 如果你有足够耐心的话,现在可以读读这类书 ④ rescue /reskju:/ v. 援救 营救:挽救 籍。你将发现其中有些令人可喜的文章。但是你 wicked/wrkid/a. 坏的:缺 很快就会厌烦那些满是巨人和怪兽的森林。不过 德的:邪恶的 patient /petfont/a. 有耐 生活在那个时代的人却喜欢想象各式各样疯狂的 心的,能忍受的,能容忍的 事情! giant /d3aiant/ n.(童话中 的巨人:(身材超群的)巨 这些书就被称作“骑士小说”,有时候看这些中 , 的后果非常严重。举例说吧!这位纯朴的拉曼却维 ⑧chivalry /frvalri/n. (中世 纪骑士精神:骑士制度 士已不在他的土地上劳作了,而是去读一些骑士小 说。他卖掉肥沃的土地,就为了能买更多这类大部 头的书籍。他的屋子塞满了这些书!从早到晚,他 细心研读,有时为了读书彻夜不眠。 看那些书的影响 阿降索·吉哈诺的脑袋里装满了这些危险的故 事。他开始相信所有的冒险都是真实可信的。这是 个要命的错误,因为他现在自以为是游侠了!他变 得非常兴奋,拿着长剑和想象中的妖怪作战。他在 屋子里疯狂地冲来冲去,吆喝之声吓坏了房子里的 behaviour /br'hervja 每一个人。 (=behavior)n.行为,举 止:态度 起初,这种疯狂的行为,每次只持续几个小时 condition /kon'difon/ n 而已。但是他的情况变得越来越糟。他决定要成为 情况:(健康等)状态 .007· Don Quixote errant and travel. He wanted to defend① the weak against bad people everywhere. In a dark corner of the house he found some old armour②. It had been forgotten for perhaps a hundred years. It was dirty and broken in places. He cleaned it and fastened③ the pieces together. The helmet{④ had no visor, so he made one with pieces of iron. He now believed his helmet was the best in the world He gets ready to leave Then he went to look at his horse. It was a poor, weak animal; you could see its bones through its skin. But Alonso Ouijano thought it was the most beautiful horse in history. This horse was going to carry a famous knight and it needed a name. So he thought about the question for four days. There were hundreds of possible names, but in the end he decided to call his horse Rozinante It took another eight days before he decided what to call himself: for he could not accept his own name. At last he chose the name of Don Quixote, and to that he added "de la Mancha", which means "of La Mancha". He did this because he wanted to praise{} the part of Spain where he was born There was one more thing he had to do; he had to choose a lady to love and obey. He said to himself, "If I meet a giant, as knights-errant often do, I will make him my prisoner{}. Then I will send him to my lady, to kneel in front of her. He will then say, 'Lady, I am the giant, Caraculiambro. The knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha, who deserves{⑧ great praise, has beaten me in a fight. He has ordered me to come to .008. 唐吉诃德 一名游侠,四处游历。他想到各地去惩恶扬善。 在房子的一个阴暗角落里,他找到一副旧奋甲 ① defend /dr'fend/ v. 保卫 甲遗忘在那儿大概有一百年了。奋甲很脏,很多 防御 地方都破了。他把它清洗干净,一片片地拼起来。 ② armour /a:mo/ n. 盛甲,装 甲钢板,装甲部队 因为头盎缺少面罩,于是他用几块铁片做了一个 ③ fasten/faesn/v. 扎牢:系 现在他相信他的头奋是全世界最棒的了 紧;问住:钉牢 ④ helmet /helmrt/ n. 盛;头 :奋状物 他准备出发 visor/yazan(头氛的)面 甲 然后,他去探望他的马匹。那是一只可怜、瘦 弱的动物,你可以看到它皮包骨头的样子。但是阿 隆索·吉哈诺认为那是有史以来最美丽的一匹马。 这匹马将要驮着一位名声显赫的骑士,它得要有个 名字才行。于是他为这个问题思虑了四天。有好几 百个可用的名字,但是,最后他决定管他的马叫 “驽驿难得”。 他又花了八天的时间才决定如何称呼自己,因 为他无法接受自已原来的名字。最后,他选择了唐 吉诃德这个名字,并且在名字前加了句“拉曼却 的”。他之所以这么做,是因为他想赞美他的出生之 地--西班牙的拉曼却。 praise /preIz/v. 赞美,表 扬:歌颂 还有一件事他不得不做,那就是他必须选一位 贵妇,去爱她,服从她。他对自己说道:“假如我 碰上一个巨人,就像游侠骑士时常遇到的,我会使 prisoner /prizana n. 犯人 他成为我的囚犯。然后我派他到我的夫人那里,让 囚犯 他跪在她面前。那时他必须说:夫人,我是巨人 ⑧deserve /dr'z3:v/ v. 应受 卡拉瑞安布洛。那位值得喝采称赞的骑士,拉曼 该得 却的唐吉诃德,在一场决斗中把我打败了。他命令 .009· Don Quixote you, great lady; do to me what you wish.'" The good knight was very pleased with^{①} his own words. He was even more pleased with the lady he chose②. In a village not far away, there was a young girl who worked on a farm. Don Ouixote had once been in love with her, though he had never been brave enough to tell her. Her name was Aldonza Lorenzo. He decided that she was the queen③ of his heart. He gave her the new name of Dulcinea del Toboso, or Sweet Lady of Toboso, for Toboso was the village where she was born. .010.