003 灰姑娘的故事

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Once upon a time, there was a kindhearted girl

很久以前，有一个善良的女孩。

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Her evil stepmother would not let her go to the prince's ball

她邪恶的继母不让她去参加王子的舞会。

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But a fairy godmother came to the rescue

但一位仙女教母赶来帮忙。

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Can you guess what story this is?

你能猜出这是什么故事吗？

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Here's a hint: there is a glass shoe

提示一下：有一只玻璃鞋。

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That's right! The story is " Cinderella."

没错！这个故事就是《灰姑娘》。

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" Cinderella " is a very old fairy tale

《灰姑娘》是一个非常古老的童话故事。

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In fact, it's over a thousand years old

事实上，它已有一千多年的历史了。

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But the glass shoe and the fairy godmother only appeared around three hundred years ago

但玻璃鞋和仙女教母大约三百年前才出现。

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This version of " Cinderella " was published in France in 1697

这个版本的《灰姑娘》于1697年在法国出版。

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It introduced most of the details that are familiar today

它引入了大部分今天大家都熟悉的细节。

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A pumpkin becomes a carriage

南瓜变成了马车。

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Mice are turned into horses

老鼠变成了马。

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And the fairy godmother's magic wears off at midnight

而仙女教母的魔法在午夜时分便会失效。

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But this version is very different from earlier " Cinderella " stories

但这个版本与更早期的《灰姑娘》故事有很大不同。

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One of the earliest known " Cinderella " stories appeared in China around 860

已知最早的《灰姑娘》故事之一，大约于公元860年出现在中国。

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In this story Cinderella wants to go to a festival and not a ball

在这个故事里，灰姑娘想去的是节日庆典，而不是舞会。

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And instead of a fairy godmother, there is a magic fish

并且没有仙女教母，取而代之的是一条神奇的鱼。

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Cinderella wears a gown made of sea green silk

灰姑娘穿着一件海绿色丝绸做的长裙。

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Her cloak is made of feathers

她的斗篷是用羽毛做成的。

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And her lost shoe is made of gold

而她遗失的那只鞋是金子做的。

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Much later a story called " Kongjwi and Patjwi " was written

很久以后，一个叫做《红豆与黄豆》的故事被写了出来。

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This one comes from Korea

这个故事来自韩国。

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Kongjwi has an evil stepmother and a stepsister named Patjwi

红豆有一个恶毒的继母和一个叫黄豆的继妹。

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The stepmother gives Kongjwi lots of chores so she cannot go to a feast

继母给红豆布置了很多家务，让她无法去参加宴会。

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A bull, a toad, sparrows, and a fairy all help Kongjwi finish the chores

一头牛、一只蟾蜍、一群麻雀和一位仙女都来帮助红豆完成家务。

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On Kongjwi's way to the feast, she loses her silk shoe in a stream

在红豆去宴会的路上，她的一只丝绸鞋掉进了小溪里。

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The local governor finds the lost shoe

当地的地方官发现了丢失的鞋子。

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He searches for its owner and finds Kongjwi at the feast

他寻找鞋子的主人，并在宴会上找到了红豆。

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In 1634 the first European version of the story was published in Italy

1634年，这个故事的第一个欧洲版本在意大利出版。

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A fairy lives in a date tree over the grave of Cinderella's mother

一位仙女住在灰姑娘母亲坟墓上的一棵海枣树里。

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The fairy helps Cinderella attend a ball

仙女帮助灰姑娘参加了一场舞会。

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When she loses her shoe, the king finds it

当她弄丢鞋子后，国王发现了它。

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To find the shoe's owner, he invites the women of the kingdom to a feast

为了找到鞋子的主人，他邀请了王国里的所有女性参加宴会。

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At the feast the shoe jumps out of the king's hands

宴会上，鞋子从国王手中跳了出来。

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It flies onto Cinderella's foot!

它飞到了灰姑娘的脚上！

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Today even more versions of " Cinderella " exist

如今，还存在更多版本的《灰姑娘》故事。

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Each story has different details

每个故事都有不同的细节。

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But the storyline usually follows the same pattern with a missing shoe

但故事情节通常遵循着相同的模式，都有一只丢失的鞋子。

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Can you guess how the story almost always ends?

你能猜到故事几乎总是如何结束的吗？

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Yes — Cinderella and her husband live " happily ever after!"

对啦——灰姑娘和她的丈夫“从此幸福地生活在一起”！