E03 003 上界的故事

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0:13 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。
0:24 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。
0:30 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。
0:36 " 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。
0:43 " The houses' lights twinkled like stars “房屋的灯光像星星一样闪烁。
0:46 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。”
0:51 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。
0:56 " 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。
1:00 " I saw fluffy, purple clouds high overhead “我看到头顶高空中有蓬松的紫色云朵。
1:04 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。”
1:11 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。
1:16 " 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。
1:23 I heard birds sing happy songs to their chicks 我听到鸟儿对着雏鸟唱着欢乐的歌。
1:27 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！”
1:33 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。
1:38 Hearing this, the fourth sister was less bold 听到这些，四姐就没那么大胆了。
1:43 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。
1:48 " 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。
1:54 " Huge whales spouted water through holes in their backs “巨大的鲸鱼从背上的孔里喷出水来。
1:59 In the distance I saw ships 远处我看到船只。”
2:02 They were so far away that they looked like seagulls." 它们离得太远，看起来像海鸥。”
2:07 Now the fifth sister had her turn 现在轮到五姐了。
2:10 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。
2:17 Enormous icebergs stuck out of the water 巨大的冰山突出水面。
2:22 " 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。
2:30 " 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。
2:35 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！”
2:42 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。
2:47 They sat on rocks and sang to the ships 她们坐在岩石上，对着船只歌唱。
2:51 They had beautiful voices that rang through the air 她们的歌声美妙，在空中回荡。
2:55 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。
3:01 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。
3:05 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。
3:11 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。
3:15 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。
3:21 Then their ships would crash into the rocks 然后他们的船会撞上岩石。
3:25 None of these stories were true 这些故事都不真实。
3:28 The sisters did not want to hurt anyone 姐妹们不想伤害任何人。
3:31 They just loved to sing! 她们只是热爱唱歌！
3:34 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。
3:39 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。
3:44 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。
3:50 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。
3:56 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。
4:01 She longed for her own adventure in the Upper World 她渴望自己在上层世界的冒险。
4:06 " Oh, how I wish I were 15," she cried “哦，我多希望我已经15岁了，”她喊道。
4:10 " 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！”