黑布林英语渔夫和他的灵魂

1、.The Fisherman and His SoulAbout the BookThe Fisherman and His Soul is a short story from Oscar Wildes collection The HappyPrince and Other Tales. Wilde writes these stories for his children in 1888.The Fisherman and His Soul is the story of a young fisherman. One day he catches amermaid in his fishing net and he falls in love with her. The fisherman learns he cannot be with the mermaid because he has a human soul. The fisherman then tries to send away his human soul. The fisherman learns from a

2、 witch how to send his soul away. He is then free to be with his mermaid. His soul is alone in the world. He travels the world. Each year he comes back to the fisherman and tells him about his travels.One of the themes of the story is temptation. In the story the mermaid tempts the fisherman with stories of the sea. The fisherman tempts the witch to help him send away his soul. And his soul tries to tempt the fisherman to leave the mermaid.But the main theme of the story is love. Love is more im

3、portant than anything. The soul cannot tempt the fisherman because the fishermans love is too strong. And in the end, we discover that you cannot live without love.The Fisherman and His Soul is an exotic story with Oriental and Eastern influences. There are also mermaids, witches and devils. The language is poetic and is full of allegory.1 THE MERMAIDEvery evening the young Fisherman goes out on the sea. He throws his nets into the water. When the wind blows from the land, he doesnt catch many f

4、ish. But when the wind blows from the sea, he catches lots of fish and he can sell them at the market. One evening the Fishermans net is very heavy. He thinks, Are all the fish in the sea in my net? Or is there a monster in my net? He pulls and he pulls his net.There are no fish or monsters in his net. But there is a little Mermaid and she is sleeping.The Mermaids hair is golden. Her body is white. Her tail is silver and pearl. Her ears are like sea-shells and her lips are like sea-coral.Her bea

5、uty makes the Fisherman very happy. He leans out of the boat. He takes the Mermaid in his arms. She wakes up when he touches her. She cries like a seagull and she wants to escape. But the Fisherman holds the Mermaid in his arms.Please free me, the Mermaid cries. I am the only daughter of the King. My father is old and alone. Make me a promise, says the Fisherman. I can free you. B please come when I call you. You can sing to me and to the fish. Then my nets can always be full of fish.I promise,

6、cries the Mermaid.The fisherman opens his arms and fees the frightened Mermaid.She swims down under the water.What is not a promise?口A statement in which you say that something will definitely happen.口You will definitely do something.口You will definitely not do something.口You guess something will happen.Every evening the Fisherman goes out on the sea. He calls the Mermaid. She comes out of the water and sings to him. The dolphins swim round and round the Mermaid. The seagulls fly round and round

7、 the Mermaid.The Mermaid sings a beautiful song. She sings of the Sea-folk and of the palace of the King. She sings of the gardens of the sea full of coral and fish. She sings of whales, sea lions and seahorses. She sings of sunken ships and of Mermaids holding out their arms to the sailors, calling them into the sea.The Mermaid sings and sings. All the fish come from the bottom of the sea to listen to her. The Fisherman throws his nets into the sea. His nets and boat are full of fish. Then the

8、Mermaid stops singing. She smiles at the Fisherman and she swims back under the sea.Every evening the Fisherman calls the Mermaid. And every evening she sings for him. But she does not come near him. The Fisherman tries to touch her. But she swims back under the Sea.Every evening the Fisherman listens to the Mermaid. Her Song and her voice are sweet to his ears. And the Fisherman forgets his nets and the fish. His eyes are full of love.One evening the Fisherman calls to the Mermaid.Li ttle Merma

9、id, little Mermaid, | love you. Can I be your husband? he says.But the Mermaid shakes her head.No, she says. You have a human soul. I cannot love you with your human soul. Send away your human soul and I can love you.The Fisherman thinks, I have a soul. But I cannot see it. I cannot touch it. I do not need it. I can send it away. Then I can be happy with my little Mermaid.The Fisherman is full of joy. He stands in his boat. He opens his arms to the Mermaid.I can send my soul away, he cries. You can be my wife and I can be your husband. We can live together at the bottom of the sea. You can show me your kingdom. We can be together.The little Mermaid is very happy. She laughs and hides her face in her hands.How can I send my soul away? cries the Fisherman.I do not know, says the little Mermaid sadly. The Sea-folk have no souls.Then she swims back down under the sea. Sh

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