动物的和平派对（初级预科）

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今天这个预中级水平的故事叫《动物和平派对》。

Today's pre intermediate level story is called The Animals Peace Party.

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今天的故事也改编自玛丽·海耶斯·戴维和周良整理的中国寓言与民间故事。

Today's story is also adapted from Chinese fables and folk stories by Mary Hayes David and Chow Leung.

我说‘也’是因为我们之前讲过这个集子里的另一个故事，名字我一时想不起来了。

I say also because we had another story from this collection which I have forgotten the name to.

等一下。

One second.

《月亮是怎么变美的》。

How the moon became beautiful.

那期节目也是基于这个故事集做的。

That is the episode that I made also based on this collection of stories.

所以你看，我的记忆力其实挺好的，特别棒，比一般人还强——因为昨晚我去参加朋友的生日派对，唱了卡拉OK，当然，喝点酒第二天记忆力会更好。

So as you can see, my memory is functioning very well, I have a brilliant memory and it's even better than normal because last night I went out for my friend's birthday party, we did karaoke and obviously drinking alcohol really makes your memory stronger the next day.

另外，如果我的声音有点沙哑，h-o-a-s-e，像马（horse）那样，那可能是因为今年是马年，h-o-r-s-e。

Also, if my voice sounds a bit hoarse, h o a I s e, like horse, then maybe that's because it's the year of the horse, h o r s e.

今年是马年，所以我声音听起来像马。

It's the year of the horse, so I sound horse.

呵呵呵呵。

Ho ho ho ho ho.

这笑话真够差的。

What a terrible joke.

或者是因为我昨晚喝酒了。

Or maybe it's because I was drinking last night.

谁知道呢？

Who knows?

什么事都可能发生。

Anything is possible.

好了。

Okay.

我来解释一下今天故事里的一些词。

I'll just explain some words that are in today's story.

‘Filthy’，拼写是 f-i-l-t-h-y，意思是特别脏。

Filthy, f I l t h y, means very dirty.

孩子要是跑出去玩泥巴，回家肯定一身泥，妈妈肯定不高兴。

If a child goes out and plays in the mud, they will come home filthy and their mother will probably not be happy.

要是你进一家餐厅，发现里面脏兮兮的，估计你也不想吃，怕吃坏肚子。

If you go inside a restaurant and it is filthy, you probably won't want to eat there as you might get sick.

‘Greedy’，拼写是 g-r-e-e-d-y，意思是贪心，总想多要吃的或者钱。

Someone who is greedy, g r e e d y, wants to have lots of food or lots of money.

孩子常常贪心，总想多吃东西、多吃甜食。

Often children are greedy and always want to eat more food and sweets.

我真不明白，我从来就不想吃那么多东西和甜食。

I can't understand this, I never want to eat lots of food and sweets.

也许他们太贪心了，所以会偷别的孩子的食物。

Maybe they steal food from other children because they are so greedy.

通常来说，成年人贪婪，指的是他们想要越来越多的钱。

Usually when adults are greedy, it means that they want more and more money.

钱可不会好吃。

Money delicious.

争端，d-i-s-p-u-t-e，就是人与人之间或组织之间的争论和分歧。

A dispute, d I s p u t e, is an argument, a disagreement between people or organisations.

争端可能持续很久，所以最好尽早解决争端。

Disputes can last a long time so it is a good idea to settle disputes.

人们可以通过沟通找到折中方案来解决争端，国家之间解决争端也是类似的道理。

People might settle a dispute by talking about it and finding a compromise, and countries settle disputes in a similar way.

让两个发生争执的普通人坐下来谈，远比让两个交战国家的领导人坐下来谈要容易得多。

It's just it's much easier to get two normal people who have had an argument in a room to talk than leaders of two countries that have been at war.

比如，主人就是指那些有下属为他们工作的人。

For example, a master is someone who has people who work for them.

过去，很多人有仆人或奴隶，这些人就是仆人的主人。

In the past, many people had servants or slaves and these people were masters of their servants.

在这个故事里，主人就是农场的拥有者，所有动物都住在那里。

In this story, the master is the owner had of the farm where all the animals live.

‘Amongst’ 就是‘在……之中’的意思，和‘among’一样。

Amongst, a m o n g s t, means among, between, in the middle of.

我们常在‘你们自己人之间聊聊’这句话里用到这个词。

We often use it in the phrase talk amongst yourselves.

比如你马上要开始演讲，但电脑出了问题，还没准备好，你可以说：‘我先修一下，你们先互相聊会儿。’

For example, if you are about to give a presentation but you're having problems with the computer and you're not ready to start, you might say talk amongst yourselves while I fix this.

这其实就是让你跟身边的人聊聊天。

It basically means talk with the people around you.

农场工人就是那些在农场干活的人。

A farmhand is someone who works on a farm.

农场工人通常干的是体力活，比如喂动物、打扫圈舍之类的。

Farmhands are usually people doing manual labor such as feeding the animals, cleaning their areas, and so on.

如果你偏爱某个人，就是说你更喜欢他，对他比对别人更好。

When you favor someone, f a v o u r, you prefer them, you give them better treatment over others.

‘favourite’这个词就是这么来的。

This is where the word favourite comes from.

作为老师，我不该偏爱某个学生，但有时候真的很难做到。

As a teacher, I shouldn't favour one student over others, but it's sometimes difficult.

有些学生就是更有趣、更可爱一些。

Some of them are just funnier and cuter than others.

如果父母偏爱其中一个孩子，那问题就更严重了。

It's especially bad if a parent favors one child over another.

过去国王们常这么做，他们通常会偏爱长子。

This was common with kings in the past, they would usually favor their firstborn son over the others.

‘wisdom’意思是聪明睿智，能做出明智的判断，理解复杂的问题。

Wisdom, w I s d o m, means being wise, being able to make good judgments and understand difficult ideas.

很多人很聪明，但智慧是不一样的。

Many people can be intelligent, but wisdom is different.

有智慧的人，还擅长判断人和事。

Wisdom means you are also good at judging people and situations.

比如，《狮子王》里的木法沙就非常有智慧。

For example, Mufasa from The Lion King is very wise.

他教辛巴很多关于世界的道理，这就是智慧。

He teaches Simba many lessons about the world, that is wisdom.

你嘴里后面那几颗成年后才长出来的牙叫智齿，因为人年纪大了会更懂事。

The teeth at the back of your mouth that only come up when you're an adult are called wisdom teeth because you get wiser as you get older.

通常来说是这样。

Usually.

不过，智齿经常出问题，往往得拔掉。

Anyway, wisdom teeth often cause problems and have to be removed.

这可真不怎么聪明，对吧？

So that's not very clever, is it?

尖叫声，s-q-u-e-a-l，是一些动物发出的高音。

A squeal, s q u e a l, is a high pitched sound that some animals make.

猪会尖叫，豚鼠也会。

Pigs squeal, and so do guinea pigs.

但是

But

豚鼠的叫声比普通猪可爱多了。

guinea pigs squeals are much cuter than regular pigs.

好吧。

Okay.

来听听，好好享受吧。

So listen and enjoy.

动物和平派对。

The animals peace party.

猪是所有动物中最脏最贪吃的。

Pigs are the filthiest and greediest of all animals.

这一点人尽皆知，这个故事里也不例外。

This is known everywhere and in this story it is no different.

从前有个农场，里面住着各种动物，马和牛决定办一场派对。

Once there was a farm full of animals and the horses and cows decided to throw a party.

虽然猪又脏又贪吃，但马儿们说，咱们邀请它们来吧

Although the pigs were filthy and greedy, the horses said, let's invite them

顺便借这个机会跟它们化解矛盾。

and take it as a chance to settle our disputes with them.

说不定还能成为朋友呢。

Perhaps we could even become friends.

咱们就把它叫做和平派对吧。

We can call it a peace party.

好几代猪都闯进我们的地盘，抢我们的食物，喝我们的水，还吃我们的草。

Generations of pigs have broken into our land, taken our food, drunk our water, eaten our grass.

不过，确实也有很多小牛和小马欺负过猪。

But it is also true that many young cows and horses have hurt the pigs.

主人不喜欢我们打架，所以咱们办个和平聚会，把恩怨一次性解决掉吧。

The master does not like us fighting, so let us throw this peace party and settle our disputes once and for all.

好。

Yes.

这主意不错，

It is a good idea,

牛群说道。

said the cows.

于是动物们讨论该由谁来领导，最后选了一头身材矮小但非常善良的母牛。

So the animals discussed who should be their leader, and they chose a very small, kind cow.

第二天，这位领导牛就去邀请猪群。

The next day, the leader cow went to the pigs to invite them.

猪群正在泥地里打滚，浑身脏兮兮的。

The pigs were playing in the dirt and they were filthy.

看到牛来了，小猪们一下子跳起来，哼哼直叫。

When they saw the cow, the young pigs jumped up and grunted at her.

你来干什么？

What do you want?

它们尖声叫道。

They squealed.

你来是想打架吗？

You here to fight?

牛说：不是的。

No, said the cow.

我是来邀请你们参加我们和马儿们办的派对。

I am here to invite you to a party that we and the horses are throwing.

请告诉我你们会不会来。

Please let me know if you will come.

一定会很有趣。

It will be a lot of fun.

一头猪说。

Said a pig.

我们需要点时间考虑一下。

We need time to think.

你先走吧，我们决定了再通知你。

Go away and we'll let you know what we decide.

于是牛走了，猪们开始自己商量起来。

So the cow left and the pigs talked amongst themselves.

你觉得这会是哪种穷日子？

What kind of poverty do you think it will be?

一只猪说道。

Said one pig.

牛根本靠不住。

Cow's a no fang.

咱们别去。

Let's not

另一个说：别走。

go, said another.

不行。

No,

第三个也说：别去。

said a third.

就

Just

当成是场派对吧。

think it's a party.

派对上总有

At parties there

吃的。

are food.

牛和马经常能吃到好东西。

The cows and the horses often have good food.

咱们可以去吃个够，然后回家。

We can go and eat as much as we want and then go home.

我去通知他们一声，

I'll go and let them know,

一头老胖猪说。

said an old fat pig.

其他猪都同意了。

The other pigs all agreed.

这头猪特别能说，好多奶牛都怕他。

This pig was a good talker, and many of the cows were scared of him.

于是他去告诉奶牛和马，说猪们要去参加聚会。

So he went and told the cows and horses that the pigs would go to the party.

到了那天，盛况空前，三百多只动物齐聚一堂。

When the day came it was a huge celebration, 300 animals all together.

有吃有喝，大家又笑又跳，热闹非凡。

There was food and drink and everyone was laughing and dancing.

猪们大吃大喝，但谁都没意见，全都开心得很。

The pigs ate greedily, but everyone was happy.

看起来，这场和平聚会还真能成事。

It seemed like this peace party might actually work.

终于，到了发言的时刻。

Finally, the moment came to talk.

牛群的首领，就是那只瘦小又温和的母牛，站了出来发言。

The leader of the cows, that small, kind cow, came forward and spoke.

猪啊，我们实话实说，

We will be honest, pigs, said the cow.

我们请你们来，不只是为了庆祝，更是为了和解。

We have not just invited you here to celebrate, but also to make peace.

我们受够了农场里没完没了的争斗。

We are tired of disputes on the farm.

你们能不能别再闯进我们的地盘，偷吃我们的粮食，喝我们的水，啃我们的草？

Can your people stop breaking into our land, taking our food, drinking our water, and eating our grass.

只要你们做到，我们就保证我们的小牛和小马不再伤害你们的人。

We will then make sure our young cows and horses do not hurt your people.

过去的恩怨就让它过去吧，咱们终于能和平共处了。

Our troubles will be forgotten, and we will finally have peace.

马儿们都露出了微笑。

The horses smiled.

猪群怎么可能拒绝这样的提议呢？

Surely the pigs could not say no to this argument.

但站起来说话的却是那只年老的胖猪。

But it was the old fat pig who got up to speak.

这块地不属于你们，

This land does not belong to you,

猪说道。

said the pig.

这块地属于主人。

This land belongs to the master.

你们不明白吗？

Do you not understand?

我们别无去处找吃的。

We cannot go anywhere else for our food.

每天主人都会派农工给我们送食物，有时还会让我们到你们家去吃你们的食物。

Every day the Master sends farmhands with food to us and sometimes he sends us to your home to eat your food.

每天都有农工打扫我们的住处，夏天还会给我们送来干净的水洗澡。

Every day the Farmhands clean our home and in the summer they give us fresh water to bathe in.

所以朋友们，你们难道看不出来吗？

So friends, can you not see?

这片土地不属于我们，它是主人的。

This land is not our land, it is the Master's.

他决定我们该做什么，而他定下的规矩是，你们吃完后，剩下的归我们吃。

He chooses what we do, and he has decided that we should eat your food after you are finished.

我们只吃你们不要的东西，要是我们不吃，那些食物也会坏掉。

We only eat the food that you do not eat, and if we did not eat it, then it would go bad.

所有的猪都发出了赞同的声音。

The pigs all made sounds of agreement.

一匹马想开口说话，但那只老胖猪接着说了下去。

One of the horses tried to speak, but the old fat pig continued.

你们回答我，我们的人可曾伤害过你们的人？

And answer me this, have our people ever hurt your people?

没有。

No.

但每年你们年轻的小牛和马都会杀死我们的一些猪。

Yet every year your young cows and horses kill some of our pigs.

食物和生命，哪个更重要？

What is worth more, food or life?

人要是死了，食物还有什么用？

Food is nothing if you are dead.

再说，主人从不派我们去干活。

Besides, the Master does not send us to do work.

主人偏爱我们。

The Master favours us.

他让你们的牛马一年到头都干活，哪怕你们生病了，而我们却可以随心所欲地玩。

He sends you cows and horses to work every day of the year, when you are sick, but we are allowed to play as long as we want.

主人可不会这样对待你们。

He does not favour you in this way.

你也许觉得这不公平，但我们有什么资格评判呢？

You may think it is unfair, but who are we to say?

主人让我们吃得饱、过得开心。

The Master lets us grow fat and happy.

你从没见过我们露出骨头。

You never see our bones.

看看你们的一些马，简直只剩骨头了。

Now look at some of your horses, nothing but bone.

朋友们，你们还有什么问题吗？

Friends, have you any questions?

我想没有了。

I think not.

我刚才说的句句属实。

Everything I have said is true.

主人偏爱我们，而主人最清楚什么最好。

The master favours us, and the master knows best.

我们别去质疑他的智慧。

Let us not question his wisdom.

马和牛互相看了看。

The horses and cows looked at each other.

它们不知道该怎么跟那头猪说。

They did not know what to say to the pig.

主人懂得比它们多得多，这一点没错，它们也一直听主人的话。

It was true that the master knew much more than they did, and they always did what the master told them.

那头温顺的小奶牛叹了口气。

The small, kind cow sighed.

谢谢你们来参加我们的聚会，

Thank you for coming to our party,

她说。

she said.

猪群离开了，牛和马便彼此聊了起来。

The pigs left, and the cows and horses spoke amongst themselves.

我不明白，

I do not understand,

一匹马说。

said one horse.

我们比猪更强壮、更聪明，也更有用。

We are stronger, wiser, and more useful than the pigs.

为什么主人不偏袒我们呢？

Why does the Master not favor us?

朋友们，

My friends,

另一匹马说，主人比

said another horse, the master is

我们更聪明。

wiser than us.

如果我们理解不了他的智慧，那就算了吧。

If we cannot understand his wisdom, so be it.

他偏爱那些猪。

He favours the pigs.

确实如此。

It is true.

让我们放下争执吧。

Let us forget our disputes.

新年快到了，一头牛说。

It will soon be the new year, said a cow.

愿所有猪在这世上幸福安康。

May all pigs live happily in this world.

但那头牛听起来并不开心。

But the cow did not sound very happy.

与此同时，猪们一路哼哼唧唧地走回家。

Meanwhile, the pigs were walking home, squealing all the way.

我们赢了，我们赢了，我们赢了。

We won, we won, we won,

它们尖叫着。

they squealed.

那只老胖猪没叫。

The old fat pig did not squeal.

他没那个力气了。

He did not have the energy.

但他很开心。

But he was happy.

他前面还有好多天可以吃吃玩玩。

He had many long days of eating and playing ahead of him.

毕竟，主人不就是希望这样吗？

After all, that was what the Master wanted, wasn't it?

故事结束。哦，这到底意味着什么？

The End Oh, what does it all mean?

说实话，我第一次读这个故事时，也不太明白它的意思。

I will be honest, when I first read this story, I was not sure of the meaning of the story.

我当时真没弄明白这故事想表达什么。

I didn't quite understand what the message was.

这些故事后面都附着一些小寓意，告诉你每篇的含义，但这一篇实在让人摸不着头脑。

The collection of stories has, like, little messages at the ends of each story that tells you the meaning of them, but this one was really unclear.

要不我念给你听吧？

Why don't I read it to you, actually?

为什么有些人就比别人更有权势？

Why have some more power than others?

只有一个人知道。

Only one knows.

为什么有些人活得更久，有些人却短命？

Why have some longer life than others?

只有一个人知道。

Only one knows.

为什么有些人努力了却失败，而有些人根本没努力却成功了？

Why do some try and not succeed while others do not try and yet they do succeed?

只有一个人知道。

Only one knows.

我现在才意识到，这其实有歧义，因为对我来说，‘只有一个人知道’听起来像是说，有这么一个人知道所有这些问题的答案，而且这暗示那个人就是主人。

Now I just realized, actually, this is ambiguous because to me, only one knows implies that, yeah, there is one person who knows the answers to all these questions, and I guess it's implying that that person is the master.

你也可以从基督教的角度来理解，比如主人是上帝，但既然这是个中国故事，我觉得这种解读会非常非常奇怪。

You could read into this in a Christian way, right, that the master is God, but given that this is a Chinese story, I would be very, very surprised if that was the interpretation.

不过话说回来，也许这位写下了这些故事的美国女性，为了更贴近基督教的语境，改动了原意。

But then again, maybe the American woman who wrote these stories down kind of changed the interpretation to make it more Christian.

另一方面，这也可能是‘天知道’这种老派说法。

On the other hand, this could be an old fashioned way of saying one only knows.

‘天知道’的意思就是，我们根本不知道。

One only knows means, we don't know.

对吧？

Right?

就是说，这事儿根本无从知晓。

Like, it's impossible to know.

比如说，为什么会有战争呢？

Like, oh, why do wars happen?

谁知道呢。

One only knows.

对吧？

Right?

我们说这句话的时候，意思是没答案，事情本来就是这样。

When we say this, we mean there is no answer, it's just the way of things.

所以也许‘只有一个人知道’是这种说法的变体，意思是咱们根本无从知晓，这倒挺符合道家思想的。

So maybe only one knows is a variation of that expression, in which case this is saying we don't know the meaning to anything, which is very, I guess, Taoist.

这更像中国哲学的思路，也许这个故事想表达的就是：我们就是不知道，为什么主人偏爱猪，而不喜欢牛和马。

It's more kind of Chinese philosophy, so maybe that is the meaning of this story that we just don't know why the master favors the pigs over the cows and horses.

所以改编这个故事挺难的，我当然不想改太多而丢了原意，可我又不太确定它到底想说什么。

So it was quite difficult to adapt this story because obviously I didn't want to change too much and change the meaning, but then I wasn't really sure what the meaning was.

所以我挺想听听你的理解。

So I'm curious to hear your interpretations.

你觉得这个故事想传达什么道理？

What do you think the message of this story is?

欢迎在 Spotify、YouTube 或 easystoriesinenglish.com 留下你的看法。

Please leave a comment on Spotify, on YouTube or easystoriesinenglish.com.

在你听这期节目的时候，我不在中国，正和父母在柬埔寨度假。

As you listen to this episode, I will not be in China, I will be in Cambodia on a holiday with my parents.

无论你在哪里听，都希望你能享受这期内容，两周后我们再见。

So I hope you enjoy this wherever you are listening from and look forward to the next episode in two weeks.

再见。

Bye bye.