【实战英语听力】Lesson79：DonQuixote堂吉诃德(西班牙)

1、lesson79 ： Don Quixote堂吉诃德（西班牙）5S1: Student S2: Foreign student (From Spain)S1:学生 S2 :西班牙学生S1: I just found a book in the library, a Spanish one.Is but I'm sure I've heard of the author.S1:我刚从图书馆找到一本关于西班牙的书。它有名吗？书名我不熟悉，但我确实听说过这本书的作S2 : Let's see. Hmm . . Cervantes? He's a very famous

2、.But nowadays, we spell it "Quijote" in Spanish.S2:我看看。嗯塞万提斯？他可是一位非常著名的作家，这本书叫堂吉诃德。不过现在，在我们西班牙语中拼成Quijote 。S1: Oh. so " Quixote" is old fashioned. Yes, I knew I'd heard of Cervantes, but I've never read this book.S1:噢，那么说吉诃德是一个过时的名字了。是的，我听说过 塞万提斯，可是从来没读过这本书。S2 : Well, I g

3、uess it's pretty heavy going. but if you can finish it, it's really worth it. It's a masterpiece !S2:不过，我认为这本书很不好读，但是如果你能读完，应该 还是很值的。这是一部杰作。S1: Really? It says here that the first part was published in 1605 and the second in 1615. That's a long time ago.S1:真的吗？书上说第一部分在 16U5年出版，第二部分在

4、1615 年出版。时间距我们很遥远。S2 : But. it's one of the earliest written novels in a modem European language and is one of the most influential works of Spanish literature.S2:但是这本书是最早用欧洲现代语言写出的小说之一，是西 班牙文学中最有影响的作品之一。S1: I see. So he must have been an excellent writer, perhaps well ahead of his time.S1:我知道。那

5、他一定是个优秀的作家，也许远远走在了他那 个时代的前面。S2 : His full name was Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, and most people believe him to be brilliant. I've read the book before, but as I say, it can be challenging.S2:他的全名叫米盖尔德塞万提斯 -萨阿维德拉，多数人认 为他非常出色。我以前读过这本书，但就像我刚才说的，这本 书很不好读。S1: What's it about? I mean, Don Quixote

6、 was a bit crazy, wasn't he?S1:这本书是讲什么的？我是说，堂吉诃德有点疯疯癫癫的， 对不对？S2 : The book tells the story of Alonso Quixano, a man who has read so many stories about brave knights that, he goes mad and, renames himself Don Quixote de La Mancha.S2:这本书讲述的是阿伦索吉哈诺的故事，他读了很多有关勇敢骑十的故事，然后变得疯疯癫癫，给自己超了个新名字叫堂吉诃德德拉曼恰。S1:

7、So, he thinks he really is a knight? OK, and what does he do? Where does he go?S1:那样，他就认为自己成了真正的骑士了？好了，那他都做 些什么事？去了哪些地方？S2:Well, he sets out to fight injustice in the name of his beloved maiden Aldonsa, or as he knows her in his mind, Dulcinea del Toboso.S2:他爱着一个叫阿尔东萨的姑娘，或者说他在心里叫她达西 妮亚托博索.他就是为了她出发去与

8、所有的不平之事做斗争。S1: So, it's a love story. then. But, I think nowadays we have words in English based on him. For example, the adjective "quixotic" , which means "idealistic and impractical", derives from his name.S1:那么说这是个爱情故事了。不过，现在根据他的故事出现 了很多英语词汇。例如形容词“堂吉诃德式的”，意思是“理想主义的，不切实际的”

9、，这来源于他的名字。S2 : Oh, really? You use his name in English? I never knew thatS2:哦，真的吗？你们英语中也用他的名字？我怎么就从来不 知道这些。51: Yes, we do. So, I think he wasn't just famous in Spain, he's famous throughout the whole English speaking world.S1：没错，我们在用。所以我想他不只是著名的西班牙人物， 在所有讲英语的国家中也是个名人。52: If I were you, I'd read it. You may even find some more words or phrases we use