98.1【精讲课】第17章 追逐白鹿(4)

给四个孩子完成加冕的阿斯兰悄悄离开，四个孩子也开启了自己在纳尼亚的统治，内政紧紧有条，那么四个孩子治理下的纳尼亚的外交情况如何呢？

CHAPTER 17

THE HUNTING OF THE WHITE STAG(4)

第17章 追逐白鹿(4)

And they entered into friendship and alliance with(与……结盟) countries beyond the sea and paid them visits of state and received visits of state from them.And they themselves grew and changed as the years passed over them. And Peter became a tall and deep-chested man and a great warrior(勇士), and he was called King Peter the Magnificent(高贵的). And Susan grew into a tall and gracious(仁慈的) woman with black hair that fell almost to her feet and the kings of the countries beyond the sea began to send ambassadors(大使) asking for her hand in marriage(求婚). And she was called Susan the Gentle.Edmund was a graver and quieter man than Peter, and great in council(会议) and judgement. He was called King Edmund the Just. But as for Lucy, she was always gay(快乐的) and golden-haired,and all princes in those parts desired her to be their Queen, and her own people called her Queen Lucy the Valiant(勇敢的).

So they lived in great joy and if ever they remembered their life in this world(今生) it was only as one remembers a dream. And one year it fell out that Tumnus (who was a middle-aged Faun by now (结果终于……)and beginning to be stout(发福) came down river and brought them news that the White Stag(成年雄鹿) had once more appeared in his parts --- the White Stag who would give you wishes if you caught him. So these two Kings and two Queens with the principal(主要的) members of their court, rode a-hunting with horns and hounds in the Western Woods to follow the White Stag. And they had not hunted long before they had a sight of him. And he led them a great pace over rough and smooth and through thick and thin(不顾艰难险阻), till the horses of all the courtiers(侍臣) were tired out(累垮) and these four were still following. And they saw the stag enter into a thicket(灌木丛) where their horses could not follow. Then said King Peter (for they talked in quite a different style now, having been Kings and Queens for so long), "Fair Consorts(伙伴), let us now alight from our horses and follow this beast into the thicket; for in all my days I never hunted a nobler quarry(猎物)." 

"Sir," said the others, "even so let us do." 

So they alighted and tied their horses to trees and went on into the thick wood on foot. And as soon as they had entered it Queen Susan said, 

"Fair friends, here is a great marvel(奇迹) for I seem to see a tree of iron." 

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关于Marvel

marvel原意是“奇迹”，同时Marvel也是一家著名的美国漫画公司。这家漫画公司创建于1939年，于1961年正式定名为Marvel，旗下拥有蜘蛛侠（Spider-Man）、浩克/绿巨人（Hulk）、美国队长（Captain America）、钢铁侠（Iron Man）、复仇者联盟（Avengers）、X战警（X-Men）等8000多个超级英雄超级反派的漫画角色。2010年9月，Marvel宣布其正式中文名称为“漫威”。