聊一聊關(guān)于烏鴉精靈的事，為什么他要偷太陽來照亮世界

今天的這段對話，在討論烏鴉精靈，
 
聊一聊關(guān)于烏鴉精靈的事，為什么他要偷太陽來照亮世界
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: Hi, I wonder if you can help me. I'm trying to do some research about the spirit of the raven.  I have some details already, but I would like to hear more.
 
你好不知道你能不能幫幫我。我想研究烏鴉精靈。我已經(jīng)有了一些詳細(xì)資料，但我想再多聽聽。
 
B: Well. you've come to the right place.  I'm somewhat of a local expert on the spirit of the raven.
 
好的，你算是找對地方了。我可以說是當(dāng)?shù)剡@方面的專家。
 
A: Excellent. Well. I know that the raven stole the sun to light up a dark universe, but I don't really know the details.
 
太好了。我知道烏鴉把太陽偷走，照亮了整個(gè)黑暗的世界，但細(xì)節(jié)我就不太清楚了。
 
B: That's true, the raven was a thief, but in a good way.
 
是有這么回事，烏鴉是個(gè)賊，但，是個(gè)義賊。
 
A: A chief! But this story is very old, isn't it?
 
一個(gè)賊！不過這個(gè)故事很老了，是不是？
 
B:Yes, the story stretches back thousands of years. We native Canadians tell this story to children, generation after generation.
 
是的，這個(gè)故事有幾千年的歷史．我們十生十長的加拿大人把這個(gè)故事講給孩子聽，就這樣一代代流傳了下來。
 
A: So, what do you know about the spirit of the raven?
 
那么，你對烏鴉精靈都知道些什么？
 
B:This story tells, as you said, of the Raven who stole the sun to light up a dark universe.
 
正像你剛才所說的，這個(gè)故事講述了烏鴉把太陽偷走照亮了整個(gè)黑暗的世界。
 
A: But why did he need to light up the universe? I mean, didn't we have a sun then?
 
但是，為什么他要偷太陽來照亮世界？我是說，那時(shí)我們沒有太陽嗎？
 
B: It is told by the elders that, at the beginning of time, the Trickster Spirit looked around and saw only darkness.
 
據(jù)老人們講，在遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)代，魔術(shù)師神下來到處察看，結(jié)果只看見漆黑一片。
 
A:Right, so there was no sun. But why do we think of the raven? You said the Trickster Spirit stole it?
 
是這樣，所以當(dāng)時(shí)沒有太陽。但我們?yōu)槭裁磿氲綖貘f？你說是魔術(shù)師神偷的？
 
B: The Trickster Spirit transformed himself into the raven and then set out to find the light and bring it to the world.
 
魔術(shù)師神把自己變成烏鴉，然后動身去尋找光明，并把光明帶給了我們這個(gè)世界。
 
A: So. is this a story used for teaching us lessons about life? What exactly can we learn from it?
 
所以，這個(gè)故事就是用來教給我們一些生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)嗎？我們究竟能從這個(gè)故事中學(xué)到什么呢？
 
B: Well. We can all identify with the Trickster Spirit, because he is half-human He is creator and spoiler, hero and clown.
 
是這樣，我們大家都認(rèn)同魔術(shù)師神，因?yàn)樗前肴税肷?。他既是?chuàng)造者又是毀滅者，是英雄又是小丑。
 
A: So, he is uNPRedictable, one minute inspiring awe for his creativity, the next moment provoking laughter at his foolishness.
 
所以他是不可預(yù)測的，他一發(fā)揮創(chuàng)造力就令我們對他肅然趁敬，接著他一糊涂又引起大家對他的譏笑。
 
B: Exactly. The moral teachings are laced with humour and an easy acceptance of the truth that nobility and foolishness can reside in the same person-and you can never predict which face will show itself next.
 
一點(diǎn)不錯(cuò)。道德說教經(jīng)常要帶點(diǎn)幽默，這樣大家更容易接受事實(shí)的真相。同樣一個(gè)人也會同時(shí)有高貴和愚蠢的一面——而且你永遠(yuǎn)也無法預(yù)測接下來會出現(xiàn)哪張面孔。
 
A: Thanks for giving me this extra information, I didn't realize that the spirit of the raven was so signi6cant in Canadian culture.
 
謝謝你給我那么多新信息，我不知道烏鴉精靈在加拿大文化中如此重要。