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  7月份,艾玛·沃森(Emma Watson)朗读了一首来自英国女诗人温迪·可普(Wendy Cope)小诗,迷人的声线加上优雅高贵的英音,迅速掀起了刷屏之势。 而这首诗所描绘的平凡生活中幸福美好的瞬间,更是暖化的许多人的心。

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  The Orange

  桔子

  by Wendy Cope

  温迪·可普

  At lunchtime I bought a huge orange —

  午饭时我买来一个特大的桔子

  The size of it made us all laugh.

  大得令我们全都发笑。

  I peeled and shared it with Robert and Dave —

  我剥了皮,跟罗伯特和戴维分着吃

  They got quarters and I had a half.

  他俩各吃四分之一,我吃了一半。

  And that orange, it made me so happy,

  那个桔子,真是让我开心

  As ordinary things often do

  就像最近,我时常开心于那些

  Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.

  平凡的事情。购物。在公园散步。

  This is peace and contentment. It’s new.

  这便是平静和满足。但很新鲜。

  The rest of the day was quite easy.

  那天剩下的时光都很惬意。

  I did all the jobs on my list

  我做完了清单上所有的活计,

  And enjoyed them and had some time over.

  享受那一切,并打发时间。

  I love you. I'm glad I exist.

  我爱你。我很开心我活着。

  

  这首小诗,是英国女诗人温迪·可普(Wendy Cope)的作品。

  英文诗歌的押韵:英语诗歌的押韵在形式上,要比古汉语复杂。

  就起押韵功能的单词而言,一是辅音也可入韵(比较:汉语只能根据韵母押韵。)

  二是押韵的音节可以选在单词的头,中间和尾(比较:每个汉字只有一个音节)。

  最常见的有:

  头韵(Alliteration):是指单词开始的字母重复,如great和grew;

  谐元韵 (Assonance):是指单词中重读重复,如great和fail;

  尾韵 (Rhyme):则指单词结尾的字母重复,如great和bait。

  而一行诗中也可能同时存在多种押韵形式,如:The light that lies in women's eyes。这行诗中有头韵light和lies,谐元韵light、lies、eyes,还有尾韵lies和eyes。

  英语诗歌的行与行之间的押韵格式则被称为韵法(rhyming scheme)。常见的有两行转韵(AABB)、隔行押韵(ABCB)、隔行交互押韵(ABAB)和交错押韵(ABBA)等。

  有兴趣的同学,可以研究一下,女神朗诵的这首小诗的韵律。跟随着她一起念诵一下,感受感受英国诗歌的美,尽管这首英文诗只有不到一分钟。

  其实英语演讲君之前也分享过女神名为《我的生活在路上》的英文朗诵,今天一并整理出来分享给热爱英语学习的你。

  我的生活在路上

  翻译:Dee Lu

  Emma Waston 分享了她的偶像和启明者是谁。

  “我总觉得自己还是一个初入世界的小婴儿,心怀感恩的接近一切学习的机会。”

  Emma 痴迷于书,介绍之后意犹未尽,返回演播室补充感想。

  Em so hello my name is Emma Waston, Iplayed bell in beauty and beasts. Its not my first time in china but my firsttime in shanghai. It is amazing to be here.

  大家好,我是艾玛沃尔森,在《美女与野兽》这部电影中我扮演贝尔。这不是我第一次来中国,不过这是我第一次来上海,这里真是太棒了。

  First I wanna talk a little bit about theconnection between bell and I. we both books and we both love reading, that wassuch a lovely connection to half of my character. Em a year and a half ago,because I loved book so much, I decided to start a feminist book club calledour shared shelf,which Ifound its home on Goodreads which is a website. why I love this so much when itis hosted is because there are lots of shreds of different conversation andtopics on each of the books. I love to read what people are saying and what’sso wonderful is that it is a real engagement and readership with people fromall over the world. And I love getting different cultures and perspectives onfeminism.

  首先我想讲一讲贝尔和我。我们都非常爱书,爱阅读,这可以算作是把我和贝儿连接在一起的一大半线索。一年半以前,因为我实在是太喜欢读书了,我决定开展一个女性读书会,叫做“我们共有的书架”。我在Goodreads这个在线读书俱乐部上为它找到了一个家。我喜欢这个平台主要是因为,这里有太多太多思想的交融、不同的对话与主题,并且是关于不同的书籍。我渴望了解来自不同地方的人们都在说着什么,我热爱吸取来自不同文化的关于男女平等问题的视角。

  So the book I most wanted to talk about wasMy life on the roadby GloriaSteinem.which was the first book that I chose for my book club. And the reasonI want to choose this as a first book is that Gloria for me as a person is suchan icon of feminist movement. She is a journalist, she is an activist, she’s acampaigner and I think she is just a wonderful entry point for anyone who areinterested in feminism. She is a radical feminist, and I just think that thevoices she’s taken on lots of different issues like child marriage, femaleJohnson and all sorts of different issue I just think she always has aninteresting perspective.

  我想介绍的一本书也是我给我的读书俱乐部挑选的第一本书《我的生活在路上》(My life on the road)。这本书的作者是葛罗莉亚·斯坦能(Gloria Steinem),她也是我关于男女平等运动的一位启明者。她是一位记者,是一位社会进步的提倡者,她是一名运动发起者,她是一个极端男女平等问题者。我发现在很多问题上,不管是儿童婚姻,男女平等问题,还是各种各样不同的话题。她总能提供一个非常有趣的视角。

  That why I read that book. She wrote a lotof books but this one she wrote a lot about her anecdotes form her journey. Asbeen an activist, and one of my favorite part about this book is that when sherecords all different conversations with taxi drivers because,believe itor not. Gloria doesn’t know how to drive and she decided not to learn how todrive because she loves the integrations she had with strangers. On the way toairports, on the way to pick up shopping,because you know,she sees this to give her different insights into the world and showing herother perspectives. And I love the often very funny anecdotes she has about herinteractions.

  这就是我阅读这本书的原因。她写了很多书,但我选中了这一本,因为这里有很多她旅行中的逸闻趣事。 我在这本书中最喜欢的一部分是,她记录了她与各种各样的出租车司机的对话。相信与否,Gloria不知道如何开车,并且,她下定决定永远不学习如何开车。因为她实在是喜欢她和陌生人产生的交集,在去机场的路上,在去取购物买到的东西的时候,因为,你知道,她把这一切交集都看作是她获得新的洞察力的入口,也是她像这个世界展示她的观点的窗口。我喜欢一个个书中有趣的奇闻逸事,那些她与陌生人的交集。

  I also love her dedication that in thebeginning of her book she actually dedicates the book.to the doctor,the old man andabortion she decided to have when she was a young women. because she says thatwithout this abortion, she wouldn’t become the writer she is today, activistshe is today. I found it very moving and very brave.

  我还非常喜爱她的勇气和毅力。在书中一开始,她提到那个医生,那个年长的男人,那个她决心要做的堕胎手术。她说,如果不是因为这次堕胎,她不会成为今天的这个作家,不会成为今天的这位思想者。我觉得这非常感人,非常勇敢。

  Truly I love her boldness and her honesty thatshe uses to introduce that book. It is really remarkable. I love that she usedto talk a lot about her father in the book. She discusses that her relationshipwith him actually defining her understanding not just femininity butmasculinlity that actually male role models. Man interact with feminismempowerment is incredibly important. And I love that she does not leave him outof the picture or out of the conversation. So I think that is a lovely elementas well.

  真的,我喜欢她用来介绍这本书的无畏和诚实。这非常值得纪念。我喜欢她习惯在书里聊很多关于她父亲的事情。她聊到。她与父亲的关系实际上为她男女平等问题的形成有不可忽视的作用。她不仅仅引发了更多的关于女性的思考,也有关于男性的。她的父亲是一个男性角色的原型。男女性力量的碰撞和交集是非常重要的,我非常欣赏她没有因为价值观的不同,就把她的父亲从对话中切断,或者置之不顾。这也是一个非常可爱的元素。

  In terms of my life learning and inspirations as an actor. Gosh Ilove actors like Meryl Streep,CateBlanchett, Jane Fonda. Actually she has been an amazingmentor and role model for me recently. She was one of the three women with GloriaSteinem. And another woman called Robin Morgan who set up the first womenorganization or center. In America, I think her performance is very powerfultoo. So she is a good example to me of combining activism and acting.

  至于生活中的灵感来源。天哪,我好爱一些演员们,比如梅丽尔·斯特里普,凯特·布兰切斯特,简·方达。事实上,她一直是一位出色的导师和启迪者,最近成为了我的角色原型。她是与Gloria一起的三位女性之一。另一位杰出的女性叫做罗宾·摩根,她建立了第一个女性机构或者说,女性中心。在美国,我想她的表演是非常有影响力的,她对我来说是一个绝佳的演员与激进运动者并存的人物范本。

  As an UN Women Goodwill Ambassador I found Maya Angelou to beextremely inspiring and I love her poems and poetry. When having a day when youfeel overwhelmed of a struggle, the poems are like incredible resories andwells of strength.

  作为一名联合国妇女亲善大使(UN Women GoodwilAmbassador),我发现玛雅·安吉罗非常具有启发性。我很喜欢她的诗歌。当你度过充满压力的一天,觉得有一些超负荷。她的诗歌就像是一个无法用语言表达的栖息地,里面有一口装满了能量的井。

  And for the audience,it is very easy being a young female and a girl to be told a lotthat you are somehow lesser, less capable and whatever reasons. But what reallyfound helpful by me and what I found by playing bell is to know that. You areforced to be forced with reckoned with. AndEleanorRoosevelthas an amazing quote I think here I wouldlike to recommend: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Ithink that especially important to remember as a young person, in general maleor female. To remember your power would be my piece of advice

  对于观众们,我想说的是,作为一个年轻的女孩,我们非常容易被告知,我们缺乏一些东西,我们缺少一些能力,以及各种各样的理由。我发现对我真正有帮助的,来自安娜·埃莉诺·罗斯福的一句话:“不经过你的同意,没有人可以让你自卑。”我觉得这对于一个年轻人来说,尤为重要,不管是对于男生还是女生。我的建议是,永远记得你所拥有的能量。

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