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'Mark my words,' cried the beautiful Balan
"记下我的话"美丽的巴兰叫喊着
We shall have a regular king in that young candidate '"
"我们将从年轻人中选出一个合格的国王"
So obviously true but also supposed to be prophetic
这是真的 但也被认为是预言的
Next morning in chapter 9, Kay wants to know where Wart's been
在第9章 第二天早上凯想知道沃特去哪儿了
Kay, even though he's 2 years older, he's bigger, he's stronger,
凯 他年长两岁 更大更强壮
he's jealous of Wart
他嫉妒沃特
He's jealous of the attention Wart gets from Merlin
他嫉妒沃特在梅林那里得到的关注
Wart, the silly guy, he's just too sensitive
沃特这个傻孩子 他太敏感了
He'd be really popular
他很受大家的欢迎
He's a sensitive guy and so he hurries off to Merlin to complain,
他是个敏感的人 因此跑到梅林那里去抱怨
"Why are you doing all this stuff for me?"
"你为什么这样对我"
Merlin says, "Sometimes, life seems unfair "
梅林说 "生活有时候看上去是不公平的"
To illustrate this, he tells him the story of the rabbi
为了阐释这个说法 他给沃特讲了有关法师的故事
The point of the story of the rabbi is that we might think
这个故事的重点在于我们可能会觉得
things on the surface might appear to be unfair
表面上的事情可能会表现出不公平
but if you knew, you realize how fair they were
但如果你知道真相的话 你会发现他们很公平
This gets back, I think maybe, to the question I said wanted to ask
我想这就回到了我之前想问的那个问题
and I didn't have a clear answer, but certainly implied here
对于那个问题 我还没有确切的答案 但在此已有暗示
Who sent Merlin? Why does he have special magic or
梅林是谁派来的 他为什么会有特殊魔力
who gave him special magic to help Wart
或者说他帮助沃特的特殊魔力是谁赋予的
When you read this story, if you remember on the bottom of page 88,
当你读到这个故事的时候 你如果还记得在88页下面
"'This rabbi,' said Merlin, 'went on a journey with the prophet Elijah
梅林说 "这个法师和预言家以利亚踏上了一段旅程"
They walked all day and at nightfall they came
"他们走了一整天 晚上的时候他们来到了"
to the humble cottage of a poor man, who's only treasure was a cow
"一个穷人的寒舍 这个穷人唯一的财产是一头牛"
'The poor man ran out of his cottage, and his wife ran too,
"这个穷人跑出房舍 他妻子也跑了出来"
to welcome the strangers for the night and to offer them
"迎接客人 晚上 他们在经济条件允许的范围内"
all the simple hospitality which they were able to give
"尽自己所能款待了"
in straitened circumstances
"来访者"
'Elijah and the rabbi were entertained with plenty of the cow's milk,
"以利亚和法师接受了许多牛乳的款待"
sustained by home-made bread and butter, and
"还有很多的家制面包和黄油"
they were put to sleep in the best bed
"房主为他们提供了最好的床 供他们休息"
while their kindly hosts lay down before the kitchen fire
"而热心的房主却住在了厨房的炭火旁"
