告别母校英语散文生日快乐歌的起源 Happy Birthday to You Where

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英语散文：生日快乐歌的起源







ou


The story of how the song
Birthday to Y
ou
later
soured.
Two
sisters,
Mildred
Hill,
a
teacher
at
the
Louisville,
Kentucky
Experimental
Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the
children,
entitled

Morning
to
All.
When
Mildred
combined
her
musical
talents,
as
the
resident expert on spiritual songs, and as the organist for her church, with her sister's expertise in
the area of Kindergarten Education,


关于

祝你生日快乐

一 歌是如何产生的故事，
一开始是件令人愉快的事，
到后来就变了
味，令人很扫兴。事情 是这样

的：有姐妹俩，一个叫玛德里德·希尔，路易思维尔市肯德
基实验幼儿园教师 ，
一个叫柏蒂·
希尔，
该校的校长。
姐妹

俩一道为儿童们 谱写了一首歌，
歌名为

大家早上好

。玛德里德是当地赞美歌的专家， 再加上她的音乐天分，又是当

地教
堂的风琴师，
而且她姐姐在幼儿教育方面 也很有经验，

大家早上好

一歌无疑是个巨大的成
功。



The sisters published the song in a collection
entitled
in
1893.
Thirty-one
years
later,
after
Dr.
Patty
Hill
became
the
head
of
the
Department
of
Kindergarten
Education
at
Columbia
University's Teacher
College,
a
gentleman
by the
name
of
Robert H. Coleman published the song, without the sisters' permission. To add insult to injury, he
added a second verse, the familiar
ou.


1893
年，
两姐妹发表了一部歌曲集，
题名为

幼儿园的故事

。
三十一年以后，
在柏蒂·
希
尔出任哥伦比亚大学师范学院幼儿教育系系主任之后，一个名叫罗伯特·
H
·科尔曼 的男士
未经姐妹俩的允许，私自出版了这首歌，在这首歌后又加上了一段，即大家熟悉的

祝你生
日快乐

，这就构成了对姐妹俩的伤害和侮辱。科尔曼先生增加的第二段歌词使 这首歌很快
就十分流行。



Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters'
original
first
verse
disappeared.

Birthday
to
Y
ou,
the
one
and
only
birthday
song,
had
altogether replaced the sisters' original title,


最终，姐妹俩的第一段歌词消失了。

祝你生日快乐

，这首唯一的生日歌完全取代了姐
妹俩原来的歌曲
大家早上好！

。



After
Mildred
died
in
1916,
Patty,
together with
a
third
sister
named
Jessica,
sprang
into
action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they
, indeed, owned the melody.
Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalt
ies from it, whenever it is sung for
commercial purposes.


玛德里德于
1916
年逝世后，
柏蒂与其另一个妹妹杰 西卡出面将科尔曼先生告上了法庭。
在法庭上，
她们证明，
实际上她们拥有这首歌曲调 的版权。
由于这首歌曲的法定版权属于希
尔姐妹家，
它便被赋予了皇权，
无论 何时这首歌因商用目的而被唱的时候，
其皇权总是会受
到保护的。


英语散文：雨雪时候的心情






寒暑表降到冰点下十八度的时候，
我们也是在廊下睡觉。
每夜最熟识的就是天上的星辰
了。也不过是点点闪烁的光明，而相看惯了，偶然不见，也有些想望与无聊。



连夜雨雪，一点星光都看不见。荷和我拥衾对坐，在廊子的两角，遥遥谈话。




荷指着说：

你看维纳斯（
V
enus
）升起来了！

我抬头望时，却是山路转折处的路灯。
我怡然一笑，也指着对山的一星灯 火说：

那边是丘比特（
Jupiter
）呢！



愈指愈多。松林中射来零乱的风灯，都成了满天星宿。真的，雪花隙里，看不出来天空
和森林的 界限，将繁灯当作繁星，简直是抵得过。



一念至诚的将假作真，
灯光似乎都从地上飘起。
这幻成的星光，
都不移动，
不必半夜梦
醒时，再去 追寻他们的位置。




于是雨雪寂寞之夜，也有了慰安了
!


Stars on a Snowy Night


The thermometer had dropped to 18 degrees below zero, but still chose to sleep in the porch
as usual. In the evening, the most familiar sight to me would be stars in the sky. Though they were
a mere sprinkle of twinkling dots, yet I had become so accustomed to them that their occasional
absence would bring me loneliness and ennui.


It had been snowing all night, not a single star in sight. My roommate and I, each wrapped in
a
quilt,
were seated
far
apart
in
a
different
corner
of
the
porch,
facing
each
other
and chatting
away.


She
exclaimed
pointing
to
something
afar,

V
enus
in
rising!
I
looked
up
and
saw
nothing
but
a
lamp
round
the
bend
in
a
mountain
path.
I
beamed
and
said
pointing
to
a
tiny
lamplight on the opposite mountain,


More
and
more
lights
came
into
sight
as
we
kept
pointing
here
and
there.
Lights
from
hurricane lamps flickering about in the pine forest created the scene of a star-studded sky
. With the
distinction between sky and forest obscured by snowflakes, the numerous lamp- lights now easily
passed for as many stars.


Completely lost in a make-believe world, I seemed to see all the lamplights drifting from the
ground.
With
the
illusory
stars
hanging
still
overhead,
I
was
spared
the
effort
of
tracing
their
positions when I woke up from my dreams in the dead of night.


Thus I found consolation even on a lonely snowy night !


注释：



《雨雪时候的星辰》是冰心的早期抒情散文。文章赞美自然，想象精细，文笔清新，充
满诗情画意。


①

题目《雨雪时候的星辰》翻译为
Stars on a Snowy Night
。

雨雪

作

下雪

解，

雨

在
此是动词，读音为
y
ù 。



②


无聊

翻译为
ennui,
是英语常用文学语言，
意即
a feeling of boredom caused by a lack
of excitement or activity
。



③


一点星光都看不见

译为
not a single star in sight,
是句中独立主格，

和
not a single
star being in sight
同。又译文用
s
押头韵，
night
和
sight
压韵脚，有音韵美。




④


荷和我……

译为
My roommate and I...
，其中用
My roommate
（同寝之友） 代替专
门名词
He
（荷）
，以免外国读者把
He
读解为男性 第三人称的代词。



⑤


荷指着说……

译为
She said pointing her finger at...
，因英语
to point one's finger at
有

指责

的含义。



⑥


我抬头望时

不宜逐字死译为
I raised my head to take a look
。
译为
I liked up
即可。



⑦


山路转折处

译为
round the bend in a mountain path
。注意
bend
后面跟介词
in
，属< br>习惯用法。




将繁灯当作繁星，
简直是抵得过

译为
the numerous lamp-lights now easily passed for as
many stars
，其中短语
to pass for
的意思是

被看作

，

被当作

等。


英语散文：母亲永远成不了父亲






A
Unique Job


A
father's job is unique.


If
parents
had
job
descriptions
mine
would read:
organize
bills,
playmates,
laundry,
meals,
laundry, carpool, laundry, snacks, outings and shopping, and laundry.


The only thing on my husband's description would be the word
along the top. Although he is a selfless caregiver and provider, our children think of him more as a
combination of a jungle gym and bozo and clown.


Our parenting styles compliment each other. His style is a nonstop adventure where no one
has to worry about washing their hands, eating vegetables, or getting cavities. My style is similar
to Mussolini. I'm too busy worrying to be fun. Besides, every time I try
, I am constantly outdone
by my husband.


I bought my children bubble gum flavored toothpaste and I taught them how to brush their
teeth in tiny circles so they wouldn't get cavities. They thought it was neat until my husband taught
them how to rinse by spitting out water between their two front teeth like a fountain.



I took the children on a walk in the woods and, after two hours, I managed to corral a slow
ladybug into my son's insect cage. I was
the backyard, and captured a beetle the size of a Chihuahua.


I try to tell myself I am a good parent even if my husband does things I can't do. I can make
sure my children are safe, warm, and dry. I'll stand in line for five hours so the children can see
Santa at the mall or be first in line to see the latest Disney movie. But I can't wire the VCR so my
children can watch their favorite video.


I can carry my children in my arms when they are tired, tuck them into bed, and kiss them
goodnight. But I can't flip them upside down so they can walk on the ceiling or prop them on my
shoulders so they can see the moths flying inside of the light fixture.


I can take them to doctor appointments, scout meetings, or field trips to the aquarium, but I'll
never go into the wilderness, skewer a worm on a hook, reel in a fish, and cook it over an open
flame on a piece of tin foil.


I'll even sit in the first row of every Little League game and cheer until my throat is sore and
my tonsils are raw, but I'll never teach my son how to hit a home run or slide into first base.


As a mother I can do a lot of things for my children, but no matter how hard I try--I can never
be their father.


母亲永远成不了父亲




当爸是件无人能替代的活儿。



如果为人父母有职务简述的话，
我的

职务简述

将会包括如下内容：
管理账单和孩子们
的玩耍同伴、洗衣、做饭、洗衣、安排与人合伙用车、洗衣、准备小吃、安排短途旅游、购
物、洗衣。



我先生的

职务简述

是在上端用红色 写出的两个大字
--
乐子

。尽管他无私地给予孩子
们百般关爱，尽其所能为他们提供所需，
我们的孩子们更多的时候还是把他看作攀缘游戏架、