诚实的小女儿
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考狄利娅因拒绝虚伪奉承而遭李尔王放逐,但她的真诚赢得了法兰西国王的爱与尊重。
时长 54 秒 · 语速 151 wpm
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"Nothing?" “什么都没有?”
"Nothing." “什么都没有。”
"Nothing will come of nothing. “什么都没有,就什么都换不来。
Speak again." 重新再说一遍。”
"I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. “我做不到把真心挂在嘴边。
I love you according to my duty, no more, no less. 我按做女儿的本分爱您,不多,也不少。
Why do my sisters have husbands, if they love only you?" 要是姐姐们只爱您,那她们还嫁人干什么?”
Lear exploded. 李尔王当场就气炸了。
"So young, and so untender?" “年纪轻轻,心肠就这么硬?”
"So young, my lord, and true." “陛下,我虽年轻,但句句真心。”
"Then let your truth be your dowry!" “那就让你的真心当嫁妆去吧!”
He disowned her on the spot. 他当场就和她断绝了父女关系。
When the loyal Earl of Kent defended her, Lear banished him too. 忠心耿耿的肯特伯爵替她说情,李尔把他也给流放了。
But the King of France took Cordelia as his wife anyway, 不过,法兰西国王还是娶了考狄利娅,
without a dowry. 哪怕分文嫁妆都没有。
"She is herself a dowry." “她本人就是最好的嫁妆。”
Honesty is the only gift some people can't bear to receive. 坦诚是有些人最消受不起的礼物。
Cordelia left, warning her sisters that she knew exactly what they were. 考狄利娅离开了,临走前警告两个姐姐,自己早就看穿了她们的真面目。
And Kent, though banished, put on a disguise, 而被流放的肯特乔装打扮了一番,
and stayed to serve the king in secret. 偷偷留下来继续侍奉国王。