Lesson 59 Television Day:Edward Lear
第59課 電視日:愛(ài)德華.李爾
Do you remember the poem,"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"?
你還記得"貓頭鷹與貓咪"這首詩(shī)嗎?
Today we are going to learn something about the man who wrote it.
今天我們將熟悉一下這首詩(shī)作者的一些情況.
He was born in 1812 and he died in 1888.
他生于1812年,死于1888年.
He was the youngest in a family of 21 children.
他家有21個(gè)孩子,他最小.
His father was very rich,
他父親很富,
but lost all his money before Edward grew up.
但在愛(ài)德華還未成年就潦倒了.
When this happened,Edward's favourite sister,Ann,
愛(ài)德華最喜歡的姐姐安
said she would look after her brother.
在這時(shí)提出將由她扶養(yǎng)弟弟.
She said she could teach him to draw, write and play the piano.
她說(shuō)她可教他繪畫(huà)、寫(xiě)字和彈鋼琴.
She said she had to look after him because his health was so poor.
她講她應(yīng)該照顧他因?yàn)樗�身體這么弱.
Edward owed a lot to Ann.
愛(ài)德華的成就在很大程度上歸功于安.
When he grew up,he became a well-known artist.
他長(zhǎng)大后成了著名畫(huà)家.
He travelled to many parts of the world and drew pictures.
他到過(guò)世界上許多地方去作畫(huà),
For a time during his life he worked as an artist for Lord Derby.
有一個(gè)時(shí)期還當(dāng)過(guò)德貝勛爵的畫(huà)師.
He often entertained Lord Derby's grandchildren with his beautiful "nonsense" poems.
他經(jīng)常用他美麗的'"胡話(huà)"詩(shī)歌逗樂(lè)德貝勛爵的孫兒女.
The children loved Mr Lear and his poems.
孩子們愛(ài)李爾先生,也愛(ài)他的詩(shī)歌.
Though the poems are very amusing,
雖然他的詩(shī)歌很有趣,
Edward Lear was often ill and unhappy.
但愛(ài)德華.李爾卻多病、憂(yōu)郁.
He never married and he led a lonely life
他一直未婚,過(guò)著孤獨(dú)的生活,
even though he became quite famous and people every-where wanted to meet him.
即使他出了名,到處人們都想見(jiàn)到他一面.
Here are a few lines he wrote about himself
這兒有幾行描寫(xiě)他自己的詩(shī)句:
How pleasant to know Mr Lear who had written such volumes of stuff!
認(rèn)識(shí)李爾先生又該多高興他寫(xiě)下了這么多的詩(shī)句.
Some think him ill-tempered and queer
有些人覺(jué)得他易發(fā)火,脾氣怪,
But a few think him pleasant enough.
可少數(shù)人卻說(shuō)他很討人喜歡