The Fisherman and His Soul黑布林阅读2025-2026学年译林版（2024）八年级英语上册

The Fisherman and His soul《渔夫和他的灵魂》（黑布林版本） About the Book关于这本书 The Fisherman and His soul is a short story from Oscar Wilde"s collection The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Wilde writes these stories for his children in 1888. 《渔夫和他的灵魂》是奥斯卡王尔德的一本短篇小说集《快乐王子童话集》。王尔德在1888年为他的孩子们写了这些故事。 The Fisherman and His soul is the story of a young fisherman. One day he catches a mermaid in his fishing net and he falls in love with her. The fisherman learns he cannot be with the mermaid because he has a human soul. The fisherman then tries to send away his human soul. The fisherman learns from a witch how to send his soul away. He is then free to be with his mermaid. His soul is alone in the world. He travels the world. Each year he comes back to the fisherman and tells him about his travels. 《渔夫与他的灵魂》是讲述了一个年轻渔夫的故事。有一天他在自己的渔网抓到了一个美人鱼并且爱上了她。渔夫知道他不能和美人鱼在一起，因为他有人类的灵魂。渔夫试图送走他的灵魂。于是渔夫就向女巫学习如何送走自己的灵魂。然后他就可以自由地和他的美人鱼在一起了。他的灵魂在世界上是孤独的。他的灵魂周游世界。每年灵魂都会回到渔夫身边，告诉他关于自己的旅行经历。 One of the themes of the story is temptation. In the story the mermaid tempts the fisherman with stories of the sea. The fisherman tempts the witch to help him send away his soul. And his soul tries to tempt the fisherman to leave the mermaid. 这个故事的主题之一是诱惑。在故事中，美人鱼用海的故事诱惑渔夫。渔夫引诱女巫帮他送走他的灵魂。同时他的灵魂试图引诱渔夫离开美人鱼。 But the main theme of the story is love. Love is more important than anything. The soul cannot tempt the fisherman because the fisherman"s love is too strong. And in the end, we discover that you cannot live without love. 但故事的主题是爱。爱比什么都重要。灵魂不能诱惑渔夫，因为渔夫的爱太强烈了。最后，我们发现没有爱你就不能活下去。 The Fisherman and His soul is an exotic story with Oriental and Eastern influences. There are also mermaids, witches and devils. The language is poetic and is full of allegory. 《渔夫与他的灵魂》是一个具有东方影响的异域故事。书中有美人鱼、女巫和魔鬼。语言富有诗意，寓言丰富。 1 THE MERMAID 美人鱼 Every evening the young fisherman goes out on the sea. He throws his nets into the water. When the wind blows from the land, he doesn’t catch many fish. But when the wind blows from the sea, he catches lots of fish and he can sell them at the market. 年轻的渔夫每天晚上出海。他把他的网扔进水里。当风从陆地上吹来时，他钓不到多少鱼。但是，当风从海上吹来时，他可以捕捉到很多鱼，在市场上出售。 One evening the fisherman’s net is very heavy. He thinks, "Are all the fish in the sea in my net Or is there a monster in my net " He pulls his net. 一天晚上，渔夫的网很重。他想，海里的鱼都在我的网里吗？还是我的网里有怪 物？”他拉起他的网。 There are no fish or monsters in his net. But there is a little mermaid and she is sleeping. 他的网里没有鱼和怪物。但是有一只小美人鱼在睡觉。 The mermaid’s hair ... ...