英文童话故事—《人鱼公主》The Little Mermaid

故事英文原稿

   In the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid princess. Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice,  everyone envied her. However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world. 

"I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds. "The king promised her. "When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea." "Oh, I can't wait! 

Finally, it was the mermaid princess' 15th birthday. She went up to the sea. The princess saw a great ship. And she saw a handsome prince standing on the ship. The princess fell in love with him at first sight. 

However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side. The prince lost his consciousness and fell deep into the sea. "Oh, no! The prince fell into the water. Let me hurry and save him."

The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand. The princess took care of him all night. When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid princess hid from him. She thought he might get scared by her tail. Just then, a princess from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince. 

The princess believed he was saved by the princess from neighbor land.The princess was very sad. She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.

She asked the witch. "Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice. If the prince marries someone else, you will become a water bubble. You must marry the prince."

On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her. With the big sudden pain, she turned into a human. Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the princess.

The prince took the princess who could not speak, to his palace. Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the prince. But the prince was going to be married to a princess from a neighbor land. 

"I will be marrying the princess that saved my life." 'I am the one that saved your life.' But, her voice could not be heard.

At night, the mermaid princess' older sisters came up to the sea. They gave the mermaid princess a knife and said, "If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again. If you don't, you will become a water bubble."

On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife. But, she could not kill the loving prince. "It's best that I just turn into a water bubble. "When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.

1. mermaid     [ˈmɜ:rmeɪd]          

n.美人鱼   

2. envied         ['ɛnvɪd]     

adj.被人妒忌的，被人羡慕的v.妒忌，羡慕( envy的过去式和过去分词 )    

3. standing       [ˈstændɪŋ]       

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的    

4. consciousness       [ˈkɑ:nʃəsnəs]     

n.意识，觉悟，知觉    

5. witch       [wɪtʃ]     

n.巫婆，女巫；vt.施巫术，迷惑    

6. bubble      [ˈbʌbəl]        

n.泡，水泡，气泡；泡影，妄想；v.(使)起泡    

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7. sudden       [ˈsʌdn]        

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的 

8. stab     [stæb]          

n.刺，戳，刺伤的伤口，剧痛，尝试；vt.刺伤，中伤；vi.刺，扎    

在海的深处，有一座宫殿，在那里住着一位美丽的人鱼公主。每当她用优美的嗓音唱歌时，大家都特别羡慕她。但是，人鱼公主却一直渴望去看看外面的世界。

      “我想听听美丽的鸟声。”国王答应她，”当你15岁的时候，你就可以去看看大海外面的世界了。” “哦，我等不及了！“人鱼公主激动地说。

终于，到了人鱼公主第十五个生日的那天。她游到了海边，看到一艘大船。她看见一位英俊的王子站在船上。人鱼公主见他得第一眼就爱上了他。

然而，霎时间雷电交加，船只被雷电击中侧翻在海面上。王子掉进了海里，失去了知觉。”哦，不！王子掉进了水里。我要赶紧救他吧。”

 人鱼公主救起王子，并把他放在沙滩上。人鱼公主主照夜照顾着他。当王子睁开眼睛时，人鱼公主却藏起来了。她怕王子可能会被她的尾巴吓到。就在这时，一位邻国的公主在海边游玩海，她看到了王子。

就这样，王子误以为是邻国的公主救了自己。人鱼公主非常伤心。她想成为一个人，这样她就可以和王子在一起了。

她问女巫。女巫说：“ 好吧，我会把你变成一个人，但你必须给我你美丽的声音。如果王子娶了别人，你就会变成泡沫。你必须嫁给王子。”

在沙滩上，她喝了女巫给她的药。伴随着突然带来的巨大的疼痛，她变成了一个人。就在这时，王子来到海边，看到了公主。

王子带着不能说话的公主来到他的宫殿。虽然她不能说话，但她很高兴能待在王子身边。但是王子却将要和邻国的公主结婚了。

“我要娶救我命的公主。”王子说。“是我救了你的命。”但是没有人能听到人鱼公主的声音。

晚上，人鱼公主的姐姐们来到海边。他们给人鱼公主一把刀，说：“如果你用这把刀刺死王子，你就可以再次成为美人鱼。如果你不这样做，你就会变成泡沫。”

王子与邻国公主的新婚之夜，人鱼公主试图用刀刺死沉睡的王子。但是，她没办法杀死自己爱的人。”我宁愿变成泡沫。”当清晨来临时，鱼人鱼变成了水中的泡沫，飘向空中。

汉斯·克里斯汀·安徒生 （1805-1875），丹麦19世纪童话作家，被誉为“世界儿童文学的太阳”。安徒生的代表作有《小锡兵》、《海的女儿》、《拇指姑娘》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《丑小鸭》、《皇帝的新装》等。

安徒生出生于欧登塞城一个贫穷的鞋匠家庭，童年生活贫苦。父亲是鞋匠，母亲是佣人。早年在慈善学校读过书，当过学徒工。受父亲和民间口头文学影响，他从小爱文学。11岁时父亲病逝，母亲改嫁。安徒生的文学生涯始于1822年的编写剧本。进入大学后，创作日趋成熟。曾发表游记和歌舞喜剧，出版诗集和诗剧。他的作品《安徒生童话》已经被译为150多种语言，在全球各地发行和出版。