GoldenFruit翻譯

1、GoldenFruit(A.A.Milne)OfthefruitsoftheyearIgivemyvotetotheorange.Inthefirstplaceitisaperennial-ifnotinactualfact,atleastinthegreengrocer'sshop.Onthedayswhendessertisanamegiventoahandfulofchocolatesandalittlepreservedginger,whenmac(doinedefruitsisthetitlebestowedontwoprunesandapieceofrhubarb,then

2、theorange,howeversour,comesnoblytotherescue;andonthoseotherdaysofplentywhencherriesandstrawberriesandraspberriesandgooseberriesriottogetheruponthetable,theorange,sweeterthanever,isstilltheretoholditsown.Breadandbutter,beefandmutton,eggsandbacon,arenotmorenecessarytoanorderedexistencethantheorange.It

3、iswellthatthecommonestfruitshouldbealsothebest.OfthevirtuesoftheorangeIhavenotroomfullytospeak.Ithaspropertiesofhealth-giving,asthatitcuresinfluenzaandestablishesthecomplexion.Itisclean,forwhoeverhandlesitonitswaytoyourtablebuthandlesitsoutercovering,itstopcoat,whichisleftinthehall.Itisround,andform

4、sanexcellentsubstitutewiththeyoungforacricketball.Thepipscanbeflickedatyourenemies,andquiteasmallpieceofpeelmakesaslideforanoldgentleman.Butallthiswouldcountnothinghadnottheorangesuchdelightfulqualitiesoftaste.Idarenotletmyselfgouponthissubject.Iamaslavetoitssweetness.Igrudgeeverymarriageinthatitmea

5、nsafreshsupplyoforangeblossom,thepromiseofsomuchgoldenfruitcutshort.However,theworldmustgoon.NexttotheorangeIplacethecherry.Thecherryisacompanionablefruit.Youcaneatitwhileyouarereadingortalking,andyoucangoonandon,absent-mindedlyasitwere,thoughyoumustmindnottoswallowthestone.Thetroubleofdisengagingth

6、isfromthefruitisjustsufficienttomakethefruittastesweeterforthelabour.Thestalkkeepsyoufromsoilingyourfingers;itenablesyoualsotoplaybobcherry.Lastly,itisbymeansofcherriesthatonepenetratesthegreatmysteriesoflife-whenandwhomyouwillmarry,andwhethershereallylovesyouoristakingyouforyourworldlyprospects.(Im

7、ayaddherethatIknowagirlwhocantieaknotinthestalkofacherrywithhertongue.Itisatrickybusiness,andIamdoubtfulwhethertoaddittothevirtuesofthecherryornot.)Thereareonlytwowaysofeatingstrawberries.Oneisneatinthestrawberrybed,andtheotherismashedontheplate.Thefirstmethodgenerallyrequiresustotakeupabentposition

8、underanet-inahotsunveryuncomfortable,andatanytimefataltothehair.Thesecondmethodtakesusintotheprivacyofthehome,foritdemandsadressing-gownandnospectators.ForthesereasonsIthinkthestrawberryanoverratedfruit.YetImustsaythatIliketoseeonefloatingincidercup.Itgivesanoteofrichnesstotheaffair,andexcusesanysho

9、rtcomingsinthelunchitself.Raspberriesareagoodfruitgonewrong.Araspberrybyitselfmightindeedbethebestfruitofall;butitisalmostimpossibletofinditalone.Idonotrefertoitsattachmenttotheredcurrant;rathertotheattachmenttoitofsomanyofourdumblittlefriends.Theinstinctofthelowercreaturesforthebestiswellshowninthe

10、caseoftheraspberry.Ifitistobeeatenitmustbepickedbythehand,wellshaken,andthentaken.Whenyouengageagardenerthefirstthingtodoistocometoaclearunderstandingwithhimaboutthepeaches.Thebestwayofsettlingthematteristogivehimthecarrotsandtheblackcurrantsandtherhubarbforhimself,toallowhimafreehand放手處理withthegrou

11、ndsel（千里光）andthewalnuttrees核桃樹,andtoinsistinreturnforthisthatyoushouldpickthepeacheswhenandhowyoulike.Ifheisagentlemanhewillconsent.Supposingthatsomesatisfactoryarrangementwerecometo,andsupposingalsothatyouhadasilver-bladedpocket-knifewithwhichyoucouldpeelthemintheopenair,thenpeacheswouldcomeveryhig

12、hinthelistoffruits.Buttheconditionsaredifficult.Gooseberriesburstatthewrongendandsmotheryou;melons-astheniggerboydiscovered-makeyourearssticky;currants,whenyouhaveremovedtheskinandextractedtheseeds,areunsatisfying;blackberrieshavethefaultsofraspberrieswithouttheirvirtues;plumsareneverripe.Yetallthes

13、efruitsareexcellentintheirseason.Theirfaultsarefaultswhichwecanforgiveduringaslightacquaintance,whichindeedseembutpleasantlittleidiosyncrasiesinthestranger.Butwecouldnotlivewiththem.Yetwiththeorangewedoliveyearinandyearout.Thatspeakswellfortheorange.Thefactisthatthereisanhonestyabouttheorangewhichap

14、pealstoallofus.Ifitisgoingtobebad-foreventhebestofusarebadsometimes-itbeginstobebadfromtheoutside,notfromtheinside.Howmanyapearwhichpresentsabloomingfacetotheworldisrottenatthecore.Howmanyaninnocent-lookingappleisharbouringaworminthebud.Buttheorangehasnosecretfaults.Itsoutsideisamirrorofitsinside,an

15、difyouarequickyoucantelltheshopmansobeforeheslipsitintothebag.黃金水果一年四季的水果中，我最愛橘子。首先，它在一年四季都可以尋的到，雖然現(xiàn)實(shí)并不是這樣，但至少在果蔬店可以。有時(shí)候，點(diǎn)心只有一些巧克力和一點(diǎn)腌制姜片，水果什錦也只有兩片干梅和一片大黃，這時(shí)，再酸的橘子都可以挽救整個(gè)情況；也有些時(shí)候，飯桌上放滿了各種各樣的水果：櫻桃、草莓、山莓以及醋栗，而這時(shí)候也更甜的橘子，依然可以在桌子上占有一席之地。橘子甚至比黃油面包、牛羊肉以及雞蛋咸肉更必不可少。妙的是，這種最普通的水果正好也是最好的。橘子的好處，數(shù)不甚數(shù)。它有益健康，不但可以治愈

16、感冒，還可以美容養(yǎng)顏。止匕外，它非常干凈，不管是誰把他端到桌子上，都只能碰到他的表皮，也就是它的外衣，吃完以后，橘子皮留在了餐廳。橘子很圓，給那些喜歡板球的孩子們當(dāng)板球玩正好。它的籽兒還可以攻擊敵人，很小的一小塊橘子皮也可以使一位老人滑倒。但是，若不是橘子的味道甜美可口，上述的一切都無足重要。我不敢談及它的美味，因?yàn)槲乙言谒鹈赖奈兜乐袕氐诇S陷。我討厭所有的婚禮，因?yàn)榛槎Y需要大量的鮮橙花，也就意味著未來又少了一大批黃金水果。然而，生命還得繼續(xù)啊。除了橘子，我最喜歡的要算櫻桃。而且它最適合做朋友了。在讀書或者說話的時(shí)候可以吃它，就這樣邊讀書或者邊說話邊吃它，完全不用留神它，但是，你還是得小心別吞

17、下了櫻桃胡。而我們也正是把櫻桃胡和櫻桃肉分開的過程中，覺得櫻桃更加甘甜。櫻桃?？梢员苊馀K手，也可以用來玩耍。最后，透過櫻桃人們可以洞察生活的秘密，比如你將會(huì)和誰結(jié)婚，什么時(shí)候結(jié)婚，以及她是真的愛你，異或只是為了你的財(cái)產(chǎn)。（在這兒，我補(bǔ)充一下，我認(rèn)識(shí)一個(gè)女孩，她可以用舌頭把櫻桃梗打個(gè)結(jié)。這并不容易，這算不算也是櫻桃的好處之一呢。）吃草莓只有兩種方法。一種是吃草莓田里完整的草莓，另一種則是吃盤子里搗碎的草莓。第一種吃法，我們必須在火辣辣的太陽下彎著腰，非常的不舒服，并且陽光對(duì)頭發(fā)的傷害也非常大；而第二種吃法，我們則在隱秘的家里，沒有他人，穿著晨衣好好的享受。由于這些原因，我認(rèn)為人們對(duì)草莓的評(píng)價(jià)過

18、高了。但是我依然喜歡一杯蘋果汁中能漂著一顆草莓來增添色彩，并使我們忘卻午餐本身的不快。山莓是一種良好的水果。山莓本身可能是所有水果中最好的水果，但是要找到單個(gè)山莓幾乎是不可能的。我并不是指它總是依附于紅醋栗，而是指寄生于它身上如此多無聲的小朋友們。最好的低等生物的本能在山莓身上得到了很好的體現(xiàn)。想要吃山莓，必須親手采摘，仔細(xì)清洗，然后才能吃。雇傭一個(gè)園丁時(shí)，你首先要做的就是借助桃子來了解他。最好的辦法就是給他一些胡蘿卜、黑醋栗以及大黃，并且讓他放手修剪千里光和核桃樹，然后堅(jiān)持作為回報(bào)，你可以在喜歡的時(shí)候摘桃子吃。如果他是紳士，他一定會(huì)同意。假象一些即將發(fā)生的完美的安排，比如你正好有一把銀色的袖珍刀，那么你在戶外就可以削桃皮了，這時(shí)桃子在水果中的地位將會(huì)提高。但事實(shí)是，這種情況很少見。醋栗若在對(duì)著你的那頭崩裂了，將會(huì)使你窒息；瓜類-正如黑人男孩兒發(fā)現(xiàn)的-會(huì)使你的耳朵非常粘；當(dāng)你刨開紅醋栗的皮，挖出籽后，你