The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 2
Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.
然而，旧时的童话故事历经数代，如今在儿童图书馆中或许已可被归类为"历史性"读物；因为时机已经成熟，需要一系列更新的"奇幻故事"，其中那些程式化的精灵、侏儒和仙子将被摒弃，连同作者们为给每个故事点明可怖寓意而设计的一切恐怖骇人的情节。
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
现代教育已涵盖道德教化；因此，现代儿童在奇幻故事中只寻求娱乐，乐于摒弃一切令人不快的情节。
Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today.
怀着这一想法，《绿野仙踪》的故事纯粹是为了取悦当今的孩子们而写的。
It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.
它志在成为一部现代化的童话故事，保留其中的奇妙与欢乐，而将伤心与噩梦摒除在外。
L. Frank Baum
L·弗兰克·鲍姆
Chicago, April, 1900.
芝加哥，1900年4月。
Vocabulary
- 然而
- rán ér — However; yet; introduces a contrasting statement
- 旧时
- jiù shí — In former times; of the old days
- 的
- de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
- 童话
- tóng huà — Fairy tale; children's fantasy story
- 故事
- gù shi — Story; tale; narrative account
- 历经
- lì jīng — To have gone through; experienced over time
- 数代
- shù dài — Several generations; multiple successive generations
- 如今
- rú jīn — Nowadays; at the present time
- 在
- zài — At; in; located at a place
- 儿童
- ér tóng — Children; young kids
- 图书馆
- tú shū guǎn — Library; place for borrowing or reading books
- 中
- zhōng — Inside; within; among
- 或许
- huò xǔ — Perhaps; maybe; possibly
- 被
- bèi — Passive marker; indicates action done to subject
- 归类
- guī lèi — To categorize; to classify into a group
- 为
- wéi — As; to be; serve as
- 历史性
- lì shǐ xìng — Historical in nature; having historical significance
- 读物
- dú wù — Reading material; something meant to be read
- 因为
- yīn wèi — Because; due to the reason that
- 时机
- shí jī — Opportunity; the right moment or timing
- 已经
- yǐ jīng — Already; by now
- 成熟
- chéng shú — Mature; ripe; ready for the next stage
- 需要
- xū yào — To need; to require something
- 一系列
- yī xì liè — A series of; a set of related things
- 更新
- gēng xīn — To update; to renew; make fresh again
- 奇幻
- qí huàn — Fantasy; magical and fantastical in nature
- 其中
- qí zhōng — Among them; within that group
- 那些
- nà xiē — Those; referring to previously mentioned items
- 程式化
- chéng shì huà — Formulaic; stereotyped; following a fixed pattern
- 精灵
- jīng líng — Elf; sprite; magical fairy-like creature
- 侏儒
- zhū rú — Dwarf; a very small humanoid creature
- 和
- hé — And; together with; connecting two items
- 仙子
- xiān zi — Fairy; a delicate magical female being
- 摒弃
- bìng qì — To abandon; to discard; to cast aside
- 连同
- lián tóng — Together with; along with something else
- 作者们
- zuò zhě men — Authors; writers; plural of author
- 给
- gěi — To give; for; indicating beneficiary of action
- 每个
- měi gè — Every; each one; all individual items
- 点明
- diǎn míng — To point out; to explicitly clarify a meaning
- 可怖
- kě bù — Frightening; terrifying; horrible to behold
- 寓意
- yù yì — Moral; implied meaning; allegorical message
- 而
- ér — And; yet; linking clauses or contrasting ideas
- 设计
- shè jì — To design; to plan; to devise intentionally
- 一切
- yī qiè — Everything; all things; the whole lot
- 恐怖
- kǒng bù — Terrifying; horror; causing extreme fear
- 骇人
- hài rén — Horrifying; shocking; alarming to people
- 情节
- qíng jié — Plot; storyline; sequence of narrative events
- 现代
- xiàn dài — Modern; contemporary; of the present era
- 教育
- jiào yù — Education; the process of teaching and learning
- 已
- yǐ — Already; by now; having completed something
- 涵盖
- hán gài — To cover; to encompass; to include broadly
- 道德
- dào dé — Morality; ethics; moral principles and standards
- 教化
- jiào huà — Moral instruction; to enlighten and educate morally
- 因此
- yīn cǐ — Therefore; as a result; consequently
- 只
- zhǐ — Only; merely; just
- 寻求
- xún qiú — To seek; to look for; to pursue something
- 娱乐
- yú lè — Entertainment; amusement; fun and recreation
- 乐于
- lè yú — Happy to; willing and pleased to do something
- 令人
- lìng rén — Makes people feel; causing a certain reaction
- 不快
- bù kuài — Unpleasant; unhappy; causing discomfort or displeasure
- 怀着
- huái zhe — Holding; harboring a feeling or intention
- 想法
- xiǎng fǎ — Idea; thought; way of thinking
- 绿野仙踪
- Lǜ Yě Xiān Zōng — The Wizard of Oz; classic American fantasy story
- 纯粹
- chún cuì — Purely; solely; without any other motive
- 是
- shì — Is; am; are; to be
- 为了
- wèi le — In order to; for the purpose of
- 取悦
- qǔ yuè — To please; to delight; to entertain someone
- 当今
- dāng jīn — Present-day; of today; current times
- 孩子们
- hái zi men — Children; kids; plural of child
- 它
- tā — It; third-person pronoun for objects or things
- 志在
- zhì zài — Aspires to; aims to; intends to achieve
- 成为
- chéng wéi — To become; to turn into something
- 一部
- yī bù — One volume; a single work or publication
- 现代化
- xiàn dài huà — Modernized; updated to contemporary standards
- 保留
- bǎo liú — To retain; to keep; to preserve something intact
- 奇妙
- qí miào — Wonderful; marvelous; delightfully strange and magical
- 与
- yǔ — And; with; together with
- 欢乐
- huān lè — Joy; happiness; cheerful delight
- 伤心
- shāng xīn — Sad; heartbroken; feeling deep emotional pain
- 噩梦
- è mèng — Nightmare; a frightening or disturbing dream
- 摒除
- bìng chú — To exclude; to eliminate; to remove entirely
- 芝加哥
- Zhī jiā gē — Chicago; major city in Illinois, USA
- 4月
- sì yuè — April; the fourth month of the year
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