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學習作文、學習英語的鮮活教材

——中英雙語版代序

親愛的小朋友們，恭喜你們選擇了《小馬俱樂部歷險記》這部佳作！

這本書既充滿了團結(jié)、友愛、勇敢、智慧、愛心、堅韌等正能量，又是通過愛馬、養(yǎng)馬、騎馬、人與馬的情感互動等一系列日常生活中的細節(jié)表現(xiàn)出來，而且是通過一個10歲女孩的眼睛與心靈的感知表現(xiàn)的，因而充滿純真自然又富有童趣。讀完此書，你們當然會學到大量的有關(guān)騎馬與馬兒的知識，了解澳大利亞小學生生活的一個側(cè)面，更能在不知不覺中磨煉自己的性格，有利于健康成長。

對于那些熱愛文學、熱愛寫作的同學，從本書里學到的會更多。日常生活常常是瑣屑而乏味的，寫日記怎么才不淪為記流水賬，怎么選取值得記錄的生活片段，才能把日常生活瑣事寫得活靈活現(xiàn)、妙趣橫生；日常生活中的“口水話”在本書中怎樣變成了文學語言；怎么才能夠既要保持日記的真實性，又要具有文學性，具有藝術(shù)感染力——這些都很值得注意，值得熟讀深思、細心揣摩。( 文章閱讀網(wǎng)：www.sanwen.net )

對于中學生來說，更是學習當代英語的鮮活教材，本書作者是世界級的教育工作者，因而該書是面向全世界的少年兒童的，青少年必定要學習書中的語言表達，所以該書的英語既生動活潑，又規(guī)范地道，所使用的語言口里說出來沒人會笑你文縐縐的，寫成作文也沒人會說這是口水話。

初中生可以作為閱讀材料，鞏固所學的詞匯句型語法慣用法，最好是讀熟，書中的大量句子可以脫口而出；高中及大學低年級學生可以作為口語和寫作教材，先看看一段中文，然后試著口頭敘述或筆頭寫一下那個場景，最后看看作者是怎么遣詞造句表現(xiàn)該場景的，還要揣摩作者為何要那樣寫。堅持一年，必然大有長進。

當然啦，本書也是初學翻譯者的實戰(zhàn)演練場，英譯漢、漢譯英都很好；戰(zhàn)爭是最好的軍校！堅持譯完全書試試？

本書的特色，既是原著英文版的特色，也是這部中文版的特色。

一、整體特色

本書特色若用一個詞概括，就是“真實自然”，具體表現(xiàn)為以下幾個方面：

1、真實自然的生活畫面；

2、點到即止的景物描寫；

3、曲折有致的故事敘述；

4、真切細致的心理刻畫；

5、任情率真的人物個性；

6、樸實真摯的情感流露；

7、平實淡遠的鮮活口語。

8、渾然天成的整體效果。

本書是日記體小說，主人公是一個9——10歲的女孩，相當于我國3——4年級學生，她記下的是自己的心路歷程，因而其寫法“我手寫我口，我手寫我心”，心里怎么想、口里怎么說，下筆就怎么寫，全書讀起來一點兒刻意為文或雕琢痕跡也沒有，描寫的環(huán)境、景物當然也是主人公眼里所見之物，所見、所想、所寫都完全符合該年齡段一般兒童的心理認知與表達程度。寫景的“佳詞美句”也只有這么一句：

太陽升起在水晶般清亮的湖水上面，湖水簡直就像是一面玻璃！

請停下來想一想，這里的“玻璃”能改成“鏡子”嗎？為什么？我們不是常?？匆姟八饺珑R”，“湖水就像一面鏡子”這樣的句子嗎？

這里當然只能用“玻璃”而不用“鏡子”！一是因為這女孩“不愛紅裝愛馬裝”，她雖然也很愛美，還要給馬兒梳妝打扮，給馬兒穿新衣戴飾品，自己平時卻不愛梳妝打扮，極少用鏡子，當然就不容易想起“鏡子”；再說當時是一大早到的野外湖邊去騎馬，心情激動、驚喜癡迷，用“鏡子”與她的個性特征與心理狀態(tài)都不合。二是因為鏡子與玻璃雖然都倒映著天光云影，但湖水清澈透明，玻璃也是透明的，鏡子卻不透明不像湖水。

點到即止，恰到好處！若超過這個程度，那就顯得假了，恐怕就不像是小學生寫給自己看的日記了。

寫景雖簡，故事的敘述則是波瀾起伏，曲折有致，主人公的心情也是憂（連續(xù)大雨），悲（馬兒查理之死）——喜(救回了馬兒，天晴騎馬)——大喜（參加俱樂部訓練，得獎）——憂（自己的馬兒有病）——喜（找到了理想的新馬兒）——大喜或狂喜（大型馬術(shù)比賽得獎）——憂（新馬兒表現(xiàn)反常）——恐懼（新馬兒可能有嚴重問題，背后可能藏著重大的秘密，其結(jié)局只有死路一條，主人公或許再也騎不成馬兒了）！往往是一波剛平，另一波又起，吸引著讀者一口氣讀下去，而且因其敘述語言真切自然，讀者就像處于主人公的生活之中，隨著主人公的喜怒哀樂一步步走下去，根本不覺得是在讀小說。

主人公艾比純樸善良、任情率真，但并非任性妄為、我行我素，其實她很懂事，肯想辦法，與人為善，待人真誠、愛恨憂喜，毫不掩飾。

二、語言特色

本書的語言，清新鮮活、簡單平實（因為必須符合人物身份），屬于經(jīng)過提煉的口語體，準確、鮮明、生動、簡潔，沒有生僻的詞語，也沒有長、難句，給人以真實自然的感覺，好像澳大利亞的兒童平時就是這么說話的，其實當然不是。除了“pig root（尥蹶子）”這個詞語是澳大利亞英語中的方言，其他的詞句都是英語世界中通用的，而且用法都符合英語的語法規(guī)范（狄更斯、海明威等大師的作品中也有病句），相當于英語中的“普通話”，因而是學生的作文和口語中都可以用的。作者很注意行文的節(jié)奏，絕沒有單調(diào)、冗長乏味的敘述或議論，都是點到即止，一筆帶過，又接著講故事，或是吐露心曲。用語雖然簡單，但那些騎馬時、尤其是比賽中的場面描寫依然扣人心弦，并且與主人公的心理刻畫交織于一體，讓讀者也身臨其境、感同身受，與主人公憂樂與共，悲喜同心，緊緊牽著讀者的心弦。

中文版完全體現(xiàn)上述特征，用的是規(guī)范的現(xiàn)代漢語普通話，也只用了“尥蹶子”這么一個方言詞，并且加了注釋，以防有些同學不懂該詞。

簡言之，其語言風格應(yīng)為平實淡遠，渾然天成。

平實，平易實在，猶如我們?nèi)粘Ｖ薪?jīng)常說的那些詞句。不僅沒有馬克·吐溫那樣的夸張寫法，就連狄更斯那樣的夸張都沒有；淡遠，淡淡的清香悠遠綿長，令人回味，猶如一杯綠茶。沒有戰(zhàn)爭、驚險、犯罪小說里那樣麻辣的重口味，主人公極度興奮時才用了下面這個最具“文學性”的句子：

湖水中騎馬飛奔是我這一生中最精彩的一幕！無論如何也想象不出的精彩?。?！

渾然天成，是指本書的詞句都很淺易平常，單個的詞句極難找到出彩的“佳詞美句”或“格言警句”，你也看不到作者用了什么文學技巧，但是這些詞句都用得恰到好處，構(gòu)成的整體效果便具有強烈的藝術(shù)感染力，使讀者不知不覺地走進主人公的內(nèi)心世界，與她同呼吸，共命運，贊賞她，牽掛她。所謂“清水出芙蓉，天然去雕飾”，“華麗從樸素中來”，“最高的技巧即無技巧”——說的就是這種情況吧？

梨子的滋味，吃了才知。讀書也一樣。

親愛的小朋友們，再次恭喜你們能讀到這樣的佳作。

汪德均

【附原文第一章】

Wednesday 2 January

Last night was the scariest night of my life!!! I overheard Mom and Dad talking. They were saying that if the rain keeps up, the creek is definitely going to flood. I knew that if it did, Sparkle wouldn’t be able to cross over to the big paddock to be near the other horses. If she wasn’t near them during the storm, she’d be really scared. And if she got spooked in the storm, then she could be seriously hurt.

Mom and Dad were in the kitchen cooking dinner and Nate was watching TV. So I decided to sneak out the front door. I went downstairs, got my gumboots and a raincoat and grabbed Sparkle’s halter and lead rope. I just had to go and find her!

It was absolutely pouring with rain and by that time, it was really dark. I wasn’t scared at all though because all I could think of was my baby.

Mom and Dad have commented before on how brave I am. Our car was stuck up near the front gate once, because a huge tree had fallen across the drive in some gale force winds. And the next night, I walked all the way up there on my own in the pitch black darkness so I could get something out of the car. I can’t even remember what it was now. But it didn’t bother me at all. My brother Nate would never do that! He’s even too scared to go downstairs at night on his own. He’s such a chicken!

Luckily I had a torch with me when I went to look for Sparkle tonight though. Otherwise, I don’t think I would’ve been able to find her. She was standing under a tree and I heard her whinny when she saw me. I know she was glad that I was there.

I got the halter and lead rope on her and led her down to the creek to the spot where we usually cross. There was so much rain, I couldn’t see that well, even with Dad’s big torch. But then all of a sudden my gumboots filled up with water. The creek was definitely getting higher and I had to go really slowly across the rocks. Sparkle was walking along with me – lucky she’s such a bomb proof horse otherwise I don’t think I would’ve been able to get her to cross.

Just as we were about half way, I felt the lead rope pull really hard! I looked back to see what had happened and realized Sparkle had slipped into the deeper part of the creek! My heart was thumping so hard, I could feel it pounding against my chest. But all I could think about was saving her. I was standing on the trail of rocks where we always cross and I could feel the water really pulling me – it was so strong! I had to grip so hard to keep myself from being washed in.

I called out – Sparkle! Sparkle! – She was neighing and neighing but all I could do was pull on the lead rope. I was so scared! Then all of a sudden she managed to scramble back up onto the rocks. I have no idea how she did that – but I’m so glad she did! I was so desperate to get her across the creek that I just kept on going. I knew that she trusted me and would follow me anywhere!

We kept going and finally made it to the other side. Then we had to climb the hill. It was really muddy and slippery and we kept sliding down - it was so hard to make our way up. I fell over but she kept going and that helped to pull me to my feet. I’m glad I was able to get up otherwise she would’ve dragged me through the mud. We got to the top and I took off her halter and lead rope then let her go. Straight away, she raced into the paddock looking for the other horses. I knew once she found them, she’d be ok.

Then I had to get back down the hill. I had to hang onto tree branches so I didn’t go sliding down into the creek. I knew that I was totally covered in mud, but I didn’t care. The creek was rising and I just wanted to get back home. It was such a struggle to keep my boots on and push against the force of all the rushing water.

I felt so glad when I finally made it to the other side! I rushed back across the grass and one of my boots came off as I was running. So I had to go back and find it. When I made it back to the house, I left my muddy boots and raincoat downstairs. Then I sneaked back in the front door and into my room to get changed. Just then, I could hear Mom calling me for dinner.

When she saw me, she said she’d been wandering around the house looking for me. She asked why my hair was all wet. Then I started to cry. I just couldn’t help it! When she asked me what was wrong, I had to tell her. And she just stood there staring at me. She thought I’d been in my room the whole time.

Mom and Dad both said they were in shock thinking about what could have happened. They said that Sparkle could have dragged me into the creek or fallen on top of me or anything. They said that I could have been washed away and drowned! They said that they wouldn’t have known where to look for me because they had no idea I’d even left the house.

Now I’m worried that Sparkle might have hurt her back when she slipped over.

I can’t stop writing tonight. So much has happened and I just have to write about it all. Mom says that writing things down really helps when you’re upset.

It all feels like a really bad dream – I can’t believe it happened. Just last night, I was having so much fun with my friends and tonight Sparkle and I could have drowned. I think that Mom and Dad are still in shock as well! At least they didn’t get angry at me. I think they understand how I was feeling. And I think they’re just glad that I’m safe!

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