The Father of the Fairy Tales
——Hans Christian Andersen童話之父——漢斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生

河北省阜城縣古城中學(xué)張超寇愛民供稿

The Father of the Fairy Tales
——Hans Christian Andersen童話之父——漢斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生

河北省阜城縣古城中學(xué)張超寇愛民供稿

Hans Christian Andersen was the most famous writer in D.nmark.His stories have attracted many young readers around the world and many of his works are still popular today.

漢斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生是丹麥最著名的作家，他的童話故事吸引了世界上許多小讀者，他的許多作品至今仍膾炙人口。

Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense， D.nmark in 1805.His family was poor and he had a hard childhood.His father was a poor shoe-maker and his mother washed clothes for others for a living.

1805年，漢斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生出生在丹麥歐登塞小鎮(zhèn)。他家境貧寒，童年十分悲慘。父親是一個窮鞋匠，母親靠洗衣服維持生計。

Andersen received little early formal education because of poor family.When he was eleven years old，his father died and the boy had to leave school and was forced to start working.From then on，he spent a lot of time making theatre toys and puppets1.For a time，he also worked as a tailor2，and then in a tobacco3factory. D.ring this period，he read as many books as he could. At the age of 14，he moved to Copenhagen to become a singer.Afterwards，Andersen began his writing career4by writing plays and poems for a local magazine.Anderson published5his first tale in 1835，and continued writing until he died.Andersen’s words are simple and humorous. The stories became popular in the early 1840’s，and made Andersen more and more famous.

由于家境貧寒，安徒生從小沒有受過正規(guī)教育。他11歲時，父親去世了，他只好輟學(xué)，被迫開始工作。從那以后，他花大量時間制作劇院玩具和木偶。他曾一度以裁縫師為職，之后又在煙草工廠上班。在此期間，他盡量博覽眾書。14歲時，他搬到了哥本哈根，并成為了一名歌手。此后，安徒生借由幫一家當?shù)氐碾s志撰寫劇本和詩歌而開始他的寫作生涯。1835年，安徒生發(fā)表了他的第一篇童話，自此他不停地寫作，直至去世。他的作品語言簡單、幽默。19世紀40年代，安徒生的童話開始廣為流傳，其聲望越來越高。

Andersen was not only a fair tale writer but a poet，a play writer and a traveler.There were total 168 fairy tales written by Andersen in his nearly 40 years.Andersen’s representative6works containedThumbelina，The Emperor’s New Clothes，The D.ughter of the Sea，The Wild Swans，A Little Match Girl， andThe Ugly D.cklingand so on.They have been translated7into more than 150 languages and are deeply loved by readers throughout the world.His works influenced the children so strong that his literary8figure9，the Mermaid’s statue10，still stands by the sea at Copenhagen port as the symbol of D.nmark.

安徒生不僅是一位童話作家，也是一位詩人、劇作家和旅行家。他在近40年的歲月里，共計寫了168篇童話。安徒生的代表作品有：《拇指姑娘》、《國王的新裝》、《海的女兒》、《野天鵝》、《賣火柴的小女孩》、《丑小鴨》等。這些作品被譯成150多種文字，深受全世界讀者的喜愛。安徒生的作品對孩子們的影響巨大，他的文學(xué)形象——美人魚的雕像至今還屹立在哥本哈根港口的海邊，成為丹麥的標志。

Andersen was considered as a master of the fairy tales in the 19thcentury.He died of cancer in 1875，at the age of 70.

安徒生被認為是19世紀的童話大師。1875年安徒生死于癌癥，享年70歲。

Andersen’s major works安徒生的主要作品：

The Emperor’s New Clothes 《皇帝的新裝》

A Little Match Girl《賣火柴的小女孩》

The Ugly D.ckling《丑小鴨》

The D.ughter of the Sea《海的女兒》

Under the Willow Tree 《柳樹下的夢》

The Hardy Tin Soldier《堅定的錫兵》

The Puppet-Show Man《演木偶戲的人》The Gardener and the Family 《園丁與主人》

Little Claus and Big Claus 《小克勞斯和大克勞斯》

She Was Good for Nothing《她是一個廢物》

The Snow Queen《白雪皇后》

The Tinder-Box《打火匣》

The Shadow 《影子》

Thumbelina 《拇指姑娘》

The Nightingale《夜鶯》

The Story of a Mother《母親的故事》

Lucky Peer 《幸運的貝兒》

The Little Mermaid 《美人魚》

A D.op of Water《一滴水》

The Wild Swans 《野天鵝》

1.puppet［］n.木偶 2.tailor［］n.裁縫

3.tobacco［］n.煙草，煙葉 4.career［］n.生涯；職業(yè)

5.publish［］v.出版；發(fā)表

6.representative［］adj.典型的；有代表性

7.translate［］v.翻譯 8.literary［］adj.文學(xué)（上）的

9.figure［］n.人物 10.statue［］n.雕像，塑像