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One night her sisters rose up arm in arm; they sang so sorrowfully as they swam in the water. She nodded to them, and they recognized her, and told her how miserable she had made them all by going away. After that, they visited her every night, and once she saw, a long way off, her aged grandm other, who had not come up above the sea for many years, and the Sea-King with his crown upon his head. They stretched out their hands towards her, but dared not come so close to land as did her sisters. Every day she became dearer to the Prince; he loved her as one might love a dear, good child; but to make her his queen never entered his mind. Yet his wife she must become, or she would never obtain an immortal soul, but would melt to foam on the morning of his wedding another. "Do you love me most of all?" the eyes of the little mermaid seemed to ask when he took her in his arms and kissed her fair brow. "Yes, you are dearest of all to me," said the Prince, "for you have the best heart. You are the most devoted to me, and you are just like a lovely maiden I once saw but shall never see again. I was on a ship which was wrecked, the billows cast me ashore near a holy temple, where many young girls were worshipping. | 一天夜里，她的姊姊们手挽着手游了过来。她们一面游着，一面唱出凄凉的歌曲。 这时她就向她们招手。她们认出了她，于是就说她曾经让她们感到多么的难过。 这次以后，她们每天晚上都来看她。有一天晚上，她远远地看到了多年不曾浮出海面的老祖母和戴着王冠的海王。 他们对她伸出手来，却不敢像她的那些姊姊一样，游近岸边来。 王子一天比一天更爱她。他像爱一个亲密的好孩子那样爱她，但是从来没有娶她为王后的念头。 然而她必须做他的妻子，否则就不能获得一个不灭的灵魂，而且会在他结婚的前一天早上变成海上的泡沫。 「在所有的人中，你最爱我吗？」当他把她拥进怀里吻她前额的时候，小美人鱼的眼睛似乎如此的询问。 「是的，你是我最亲爱的人！」王子说：「因为在所有人当中你有一颗最善良的心。 你对我是最亲爱的，你很像我某回所看到过的一个年轻女孩，可是我永远也看不到她了。 那时我乘坐在一艘船上，但这船已经沉了。巨浪把我冲到一座神庙旁的海岸上，有几个年轻女子在那儿祈祷。 |
- miserable [´mizərəbəl]
a.悲惨的；可怜的 (初中英语单词) - prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)
- obtain [əb´tein] v.获得；买到；得到承认 (初中英语单词)
- immortal [i´mɔ:təl] a.不死的n.不朽的人物 (初中英语单词)
- wedding [´wediŋ] n.婚礼，结婚 (初中英语单词)
- maiden [´meidn] n.少女 a.未婚的 (初中英语单词)
- ashore [ə´ʃɔ:] ad.向岸上 (初中英语单词)
- temple [´tempəl] n.庙宇；寺院；太阳穴 (初中英语单词)
- devoted [di´vəutid] a.献身...的，忠实的 (英语四级单词)
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