Cry for Me
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Before the Conjurers’ War, the kingdom of Valin had been a happy place.
在协约国战争之前,瓦林王国一直是一个快乐的地方.
After the war, the young Queen Naire was left to rule a land filled with widespread sorrow.
战后,年轻的奈尔王后被留下来统治一片充满了广泛悲伤的土地.
She traveled the kingdom to comfort her people, gently wiping away their tears with beautiful handkerchiefs.
她出行于王国来安慰她的人,用美丽的手帕轻轻地擦去他们的眼泪.
She was especially gentle with the children.
她对孩子们特别温柔
Having lost her own mother, Queen Mahtar, she felt their woe.
失去自己的母亲马赫塔尔王后,她感到了他们的悲痛.
Time went on.
时间流逝。
Children born in peacetime brought joy.
和平时期出生的孩子带来了欢乐.
Sadness faded into memory.
悲伤渐渐地消失在记忆中.
People slowly grew happy again.
人们慢慢地又变得快乐了。
Valin gradually, quietly rebuilt itself.
瓦林逐渐地,悄悄地重建了自己.
Then, on the queen’s seventeenth birthday, the doors to the palace opened in the middle of the night.
然后,在女王的十七岁生日时,入宫的门在半夜打开.
People heard the scraping of claws on stone, but they saw nothing.
人们听到在石头上刮出爪子的声音,但什么也没看到.
That was the last night of peaceful sleep for Valin’s children.
这是瓦林的孩子安睡的最后一晚。
Queen Naire no longer left the palace to see her people.
奈尔皇后不再出宫去见她的族人.
Ten years later, a young girl named Lalaith was sitting in the darkness of her brother Pegweg’s room.
十年后,一位名叫Lalaith的年轻女孩坐在她弟弟Pegweg的房间的黑暗中。
She was watching for something, though she didn’t know what.
虽然她不知道什么,
Every few moments, Pegweg would snort or mumble something in his sleep, and she had to hold back a giggle.
每隔几分钟 佩格威格会在他睡眠中抽口水或发牢骚,而她不得不忍住一笑.
For ten years, the children of Valin had experienced tearful nightmares every night— all except Lalaith.
10年来,瓦林的孩子们每晚都经历着泪下噩梦——除了拉莱斯之外.
While other children tossed, turned, and wept in their sleep, Lalaith slumbered quietly.
正当其他孩子被扔下,转身,在睡眠中哭泣时,拉莱斯悄悄地睡了.
No one, least of all Lalaith, knew why she wasn’t plagued by the same terrors.
没有人知道为何她不受同样恐怖的困扰。
Pegweg had an idea that something was causing the dreams.
佩格韦格有一个想法, 东西引起梦想。
Others in the kingdom had watched children sleep in the past and learned nothing.
王国的其他人过去曾看着孩子们睡觉,却一无所获.
Pegweg thought it might be different with Lalaith watching, though, because she didn’t have the dreams herself.
因为她自己没有梦想。
She had agreed to help, if only because she owed him for milking the cows that morning so she could sleep late.
她同意帮忙,如果只是因为那天早上她欠他喂奶牛 让她睡得晚的话。
Lalaith lifted the cover on the lamp to make sure it was still lit.
拉莱斯将灯上盖子掀起,以确保灯还被点着.
A small ring of yellow light appeared, and she dropped the cover.
一只黄色的小光环出现,她掉了封面.
Hours later, Lalaith was fighting off sleep when she heard a faint scraping sound.
数小时后,拉莱思听到微弱的刮刮声后,在睡觉时挣扎.
It started across the room, near the open window.
它从对面的房间开始,靠近开放的窗户.
Something was moving.
有东西在动
She held her breath and waited.
她屏住呼吸,等待着。
The scratching moved closer and closer, and then it stopped.
刮伤的距离越来越近,然后就停止了.
Pegweg’s bed creaked.
佩格韦格的床被震动.
Lalaith tore the cover off the lamp.
拉莱斯撕开灯的封面。
Blinding light filled the room.
明灯入室.
Something black disappeared through the window.
黑色的东西从窗口消失了。
In its hurry, the thing dropped a small piece of fabric.
在它的匆忙中,那东西掉了一块小布料.
She grabbed it as she ran across the room.
她跑过房间时抓住了
Outside, it took only a few steps for her to realize she would never find the creature in the darkness.
外面,只有几步她才意识到 她永远找不到黑暗中的生物
Then, she heard the scraping again.
然后她又听到刮伤声了
This time, though, it was all around her.
这次,虽然, 它在她周围。
Things moved in the blackness.
事物在黑暗中移动。
Suddenly, everything disappeared, and she felt strong claws grabbing her and lifting her up.
突然间,一切消失了,她感到被强力的爪子抓住并抬起.
At their touch, she felt more tired than she ever had before.
在他们的触摸下,她感到比以前更疲惫.
In moments, she was asleep.
她睡着了
Lalaith awoke on a cold floor.
拉莱斯在冷地上醒来
A great hall of polished stone stretched before her, with burning torches set into tall pillars.
在她面前伸展出一道被打磨过的石道 被烧成高高的柱子
A woman in a deep blue gown sat on a throne.
一个穿深蓝色长袍的女人坐在王座上.
On her head rested a crown of black metal and dark violet stones.
她的头上安放着一顶黑色金属和暗紫色宝石的王冠.
Her face was sunken.
她的脸被晒了
Dark circles surrounded her eyes.
黑暗的圆圈包围着她的眼睛。
She looked sad and tired.
她看起来很伤心很累
“You,” the woman hissed.
"你,"那个女人神魂颠倒。
Her voice was dry, like something dragging in dirt.
她的声音是干燥的, 像拖入泥土的东西。
“My creatures have told me of you.”
“我的众生曾把你告诉我。 “
With the last word, Lalaith heard chittering and scraping from the darkness around her.
最后一句话,拉莱思听到从她周围的黑暗中被刮去和刮去.
“Those creatures are yours?”
“那些生物是你的吗? “
Lalaith asked.
拉莱思问.
“Bow before your queen!”
向女王叩头!
the woman snapped.
那个女人崩溃了
Lalaith gasped and bowed.
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This was Queen Naire?
这是奈尔女王吗?
What had happened to her?
她发生了什么事?
“Your Highness, I— I—” words failed Lalaith.
" 殿下,我 -- -- " 拉莱思的话没有成功。
“Don’t speak.”
" 别说话。 “
The queen’s voice had dropped down to a rasp.
女王的呼声已下降至一阵。
“You are different from the other children.
“你不同于其他儿童。
You do not weep at night.
晚上别哭
Perhaps you have royal blood, or you come from the line of Conjurers.”
也许你有皇室血统, 或者你来自康维尔的一行。 “
Lalaith tried to explain that she was only a peasant girl who helped her parents on their small farm.
拉莱斯试图解释,她只是一个农民女孩,帮助她的父母在他们的小农场.
“No matter,” the queen interrupted.
"不管怎样,"女王打断了。
“You will never leave this place.”
“你永远不会离开这个地方。 “
The queen raised her hand.
王后举起手来.
In the darkness around the edges of the hall, things began to move.
在大厅边缘的黑暗中,事物开始移动.
They crawled and scrambled over each other into the light, toward Lalaith.
他们爬来爬去,互相冲入光芒中,向拉莱斯走去.
Lalaith gasped.
拉莱斯被气死
In the darkness, the creatures had been frightening, but now that Lalaith could see them clearly, they looked ridiculous.
在黑暗中,生物一直令人恐惧,但现在拉莱斯可以清楚地看到它们,它们看起来很可笑.
They were thin and covered with dark fur, except for one spot on their round bellies.
他们瘦而被深色的皮毛所覆盖,除了他们的圆腹上有一个斑点.
Their fearsome claws made them waddle like the fat chickens on her parents’ farm.
他们害怕的爪子让他们像她父母农场里的肥鸡一样大叫.
Their large black eyes made her think of her puppy’s face when he knew he’ d done something bad.
当小狗知道自己做了坏事时,
Lalaith couldn’t help herself.
拉莱思忍不住。
She began to snicker, then giggle, then howl with laughter.
她开始偷笑,然后取笑,然后用笑声叫喊.
She was laughing so hard she was crying.
她笑得那么厉害 她哭了
The fabric she found on Pegweg’s bedroom floor was still in her hand.
她在Pegweg卧室地板上找到的布料仍在她手中。
She used it to dry her tears.
她用它擦干眼泪
One of the creatures darted from the crowd and snatched the handkerchief.
其中一个生物从人群中飞来并抢走手帕.
It scrambled to the queen and offered the cloth to her with a bow.
它向后后倾斜并用弓向她提供布匹.
Queen Naire dropped the fabric into a bowl of dark liquid that started to bubble.
奈尔女王将织物扔入一碗开始发泡的暗色液体.
With shaking hands, she brought the bowl to her lips and drank.
握起手来,把碗拿到嘴唇上并喝.
Slowly, she began to stand up.
慢慢地,她开始站起来。
Her face brightened and softened until a beautiful woman stood before Lalaith.
她的脸变亮和柔软 直到一个美丽的女人站在拉莱斯面前
After a few moments, Queen Naire gave her a smile.
过了几分钟后,奈尔女王给了她一笑.
“I need to tell you a tale,” she said.
她说:“我要告诉你一个故事,”
The queen told Lalaith how, before their defeat, the Conjurers had surrendered control of their creatures but cursed her at the same time.
女王告诉了拉莱斯,在他们被打败之前,协和会是如何投降了对其生物的控制而同时诅咒了她的.
The queen had to drink a potion made with children’s tears each day, or she would die.
女王不得不饮用每天由孩子们眼泪所制成的药,否则她会死.
To make matters worse, if the queen had any children, the curse would pass down to them.
更糟糕的是,如果女王有孩子,诅咒会传给他们.
“For some time after the war, people were still suffering.
“战后一段时间,人民仍在受苦受难。
It was easy to get the children’s tears I needed simply by comforting them,” the queen explained.
只要安慰孩子们, 就能轻易得到孩子们的眼泪。
As the sadness from the war faded, though, I grew desperate.
但随着战争的悲伤逐渐消退 我变得绝望
I used my creatures to send the children bad dreams, so I could keep them from suffering in the real world.
我利用我的生物来给孩子们送去恶梦,这样我就能让他们在现实世界中免受痛苦.
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I am so sorry.
对不起
I never thought to try tears of joy.”
我从未想过要尝试快乐之泪 “
“The curse made me give up hope.
“诅咒让我放弃了希望。
I decided to have no children, so as not to pass on the curse.
我决定没有孩子,以免传下诅咒。
I am the last of the royal line,” said the queen sadly.
我是王后最后的一行人,"王后不幸地说.
The queen had tears on her own cheeks now.
女王的脸颊流了眼泪
“Your joyous tears are far more powerful than tears of sadness, however.
“然而,你的欢快的眼泪远比悲伤的眼泪更强大。
They have turned this curse into a blessing,” the queen said.
他们把这个诅咒变成了祝福。”
From that day forward, Queen Naire had her creatures bring joyful dreams to all the children in her kingdom.
从那天起,奈尔王后让自己的生物 给她王国的孩子们带来了快乐的梦想
Lalaith and the queen became friends.
拉莱斯和王后成为了朋友.
They often traveled across Valin together.
他们经常一起穿越瓦林.
Where once the queen had brought comfort from sorrow, she now brought the joy of laughter.
女王曾经从悲伤中带来安慰 她现在带来了欢快的笑声
When anyone, especially children, wept with joy, Queen Naire was there to dry their tears.
当任何人,特别是孩子们,带着欢快地哭泣时,奈尔王后在场去干他们的眼泪.
When she grew old, Queen Naire named Lalaith her heir to the throne.
当她变老后,奈尔王后将拉莱斯命名为她继承王位.
That is how a brave peasant farm girl helped a queen avoid the worst effects of a curse and became a queen herself.
勇敢的农家女孩就是这样帮助女王避免了诅咒最坏的影响,自己成为了女王.