有聲名著《格列佛游記》12：第2章 在利力浦特的生活(6)

Well，you know，of course，that most people used to breaktheir boiled eggs at the larger end.But our King's grandfatheronce cut a finger while breaking his egg this way，and so hisfather the King ordered all Lilliputians，from then on，to breakthe smaller end of their eggs.People who do that are calledSmall Endians.

哦，你當(dāng)然知道，大多數(shù)人過(guò)去習(xí)慣于從煮蛋的大的一端打破。而我們國(guó)王的祖父有一次這樣打蛋時(shí)弄傷了手指，所以國(guó)王的父王下令所有的利力浦特人從那以后從小的一端打破蛋。那樣做的人稱作小端派。

But Lilliputians feel strongly about this and some Big-Endians have fought angrily against thislaw.As many as eleven thousand people have been killed because they refused to break theireggs at the smaller end.Some of the Big-Endians have escaped to join our enemies inBlefuscu.

可是利力浦特人強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)這一點(diǎn)，有些大端派人憤怒地反抗這項(xiàng)法令。多達(dá)1.1萬(wàn)人因?yàn)榫芙^從小的一端打蛋而被處死。有些大端派人逃脫加入了我們?cè)诓粊?lái)夫斯古的敵人一邊。

The King of Blefuscu has always wanted to defeat Lilliput in war，and now we hear that he'sprepared a large number of ships，which will attack us very soon.So you see，my friend，howmuch our King needs your help，in order to defeat his enemies.

不來(lái)夫斯古的國(guó)王早就想在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中打敗利力浦特，而現(xiàn)在我們聽說(shuō)他已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備了大量的戰(zhàn)船，不久就要進(jìn)攻我們。所以，你看，我的朋友，為了打敗他的敵人，我們的國(guó)王多么需要你的幫助。

I did not hesitate for a moment.Please tell the King，I answered warmly，that l am ready togive my life to save him or his country.

我一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)猶豫。請(qǐng)轉(zhuǎn)告國(guó)王，我熱情地回答，為了救他和他的國(guó)家我寧愿犧牲生命。

關(guān)于《格列佛游記》

格列佛以特殊戰(zhàn)略阻止了敵人的侵略—被授予高級(jí)榮譽(yù)稱號(hào)—不來(lái)夫斯庫(kù)皇帝遣使求和—皇后寢宮失火;格列佛幫忙搶救了其余的宮殿。