003 上界的故事

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As each mermaid princess reached her fifteenth birthday, she was allowed to swim to the Upper World

每一位人鱼公主迎来十五岁生日时，就可以游到上层世界去。

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Before her journey each sister promised to tell the others what she saw the next day

出发前，每位姐姐都答应第二天要告诉其他姐妹她看到了什么。

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When the eldest princess turned 15, she spent her time close to shore

大公主年满十五岁时，是在靠近岸边的地方度过的。

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" I lay on a sandbar in the moonlight and gazed at a distant town," she told her sisters

“我躺在月光下的沙洲上，眺望着远处的小镇，”她告诉姐妹们。

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" The houses' lights twinkled like stars

“房屋的灯光像星星一样闪烁。

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Bells rang from a large house with a tall tower."

钟声从一栋有高塔的大房子里传来。”

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The next year the second sister came up to the surface at sunset

第二年，二公主在日落时分浮出了水面。

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" The sky and the water glowed gold and red," she said

“天空和大海闪耀着金色和红色的光芒，”她说。

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" I saw fluffy, purple clouds high overhead

“我看到头顶高空中有蓬松的紫色云朵。

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A flock of white swans flew just above the water toward the setting sun."

一群白天鹅贴着水面，朝着落日飞去。”

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The following year the third sister went deeper into the Upper World

第二年，三姐游向了上层世界更远的地方。

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" I swam up a river and saw rolling hills and woods filled with tall, green trees

“我沿着一条河往上游，看到了起伏的山丘和长满高大绿树的树林。

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I heard birds sing happy songs to their chicks

我听到鸟儿对着雏鸟唱着欢乐的歌。

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In a small cove, humans were swimming — even without tails!"

在一个小海湾里，人类在游泳——甚至没有尾巴！”

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Frightened of the humans, the third sister fled back to the open sea

三姐害怕人类，逃回了开阔的大海。

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Hearing this, the fourth sister was less bold

听到这些，四姐就没那么大胆了。

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She kept far away from land and stayed among the rough waves

她远远地离开陆地，待在汹涌的波涛中。

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" I saw playful dolphins jumping over each other above the water," she said to the others

“我看到顽皮的海豚在水面上互相跳跃，”她对姐妹们说。

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" Huge whales spouted water through holes in their backs

“巨大的鲸鱼从背上的孔里喷出水来。

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In the distance I saw ships

远处我看到船只。”

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They were so far away that they looked like seagulls."

它们离得太远，看起来像海鸥。”

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Now the fifth sister had her turn

现在轮到五姐了。

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Her birthday was in winter, when the sea often turned a deep green and storms raged

她的生日在冬天，那时大海常变成深绿色，风暴肆虐。

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Enormous icebergs stuck out of the water

巨大的冰山突出水面。

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" I sat in the snow on a mountain of ice, and I watched a ship sail by," she told her sisters

“我坐在冰山的雪里，看着一艘船驶过，”她对姐姐们说。

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" Soon the sea became choppy and the green waves turned black

“很快海面变得波涛汹涌，绿色的海浪变成了黑色。

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Thunder roared in my ears, and I saw lightning flash across the sky!"

雷声在我耳边轰鸣，我看到闪电划破天际！”

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Some evenings the five older sisters swam to the surface together

有些傍晚，五位姐姐会一起游到海面。

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They sat on rocks and sang to the ships

她们坐在岩石上，对着船只歌唱。

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They had beautiful voices that rang through the air

她们的歌声美妙，在空中回荡。

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But when the sailors heard the sisters' songs, they became frightened

但当水手们听到姐妹们的歌声时，他们变得害怕起来。

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The sailors quickly turned their ships around to head for shore

水手们迅速调转船头，向岸边驶去。

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As the years went by, humans told stories of the singing sisters

随着岁月流逝，人类开始讲述歌唱姐妹的故事。

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They said mermaids were wicked because they tricked humans

他们说美人鱼是邪恶的，因为她们欺骗人类。

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Foolish sailors loved to hear the mermaids' songs and would sail too close

愚蠢的水手爱听美人鱼的歌声，会靠得太近。

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Then their ships would crash into the rocks

然后他们的船会撞上岩石。

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None of these stories were true

这些故事都不真实。

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The sisters did not want to hurt anyone

姐妹们不想伤害任何人。

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They just loved to sing!

她们只是热爱唱歌！

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But the five mermaids eventually lost interest in the Upper World

但五位美人鱼最终对上层世界失去了兴趣。

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And they spent less and less time singing to the ships

她们花在对着船只唱歌上的时间越来越少。

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For the sea folk, there was no place as nice as their home at the bottom of the sea

对海中居民来说，没有地方比他们海底的家更好。

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The Sea Kingdom was the best place to live and always would be

海洋王国是最好的居住地，而且一直都会是。

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For five years the Little Mermaid listened to her sisters' tales

五年来，小美人鱼一直听着姐姐们的故事。

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She longed for her own adventure in the Upper World

她渴望自己在上层世界的冒险。

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" Oh, how I wish I were 15," she cried

“哦，我多希望我已经15岁了，”她喊道。

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" I know I will love the world up there and all the humans in it!"

“我知道我会爱上那个世界，还有那里所有的人！”