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Ser Jorah Mormont apologized for his gift. “It is a small thing, my princess, but all a poor exile could afford,” he said as he laid a small stack of old books before her. They were histories and songs of the Seven Kingdoms, she saw, written in the Common Tongue. She thanked him with all her heart.
喬拉·莫爾蒙爵士為他的禮物致歉："公主殿下，這點(diǎn)小東西實(shí)在不成敬意，但放逐在外，一貧如洗的我就只負(fù)擔(dān)得起這個(gè)了。"說(shuō)著他把一小疊舊書放在她面前，那是用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)用語(yǔ)寫成的七國(guó)歷史和歌謠傳奇，她滿心感激地謝謝他。
Magister Illyrio murmured a command, and four burly slaves hurried forward, bearing between them a great cedar chest bound in bronze. When she opened it, she found piles of the finest velvets and damasks the Free Cities could produce?.?.?.?and resting on top, nestled in the soft cloth, three huge eggs. Dany gasped. They were the most beautiful things she had ever seen, each different than the others, patterned in such rich colors that at first she thought they were crusted with jewels, and so large it took both of her hands to hold one. She lifted it delicately, expecting that it would be made of some fine porcelain or delicate enamel, or even blown glass, but it was much heavier than that, as if it were all of solid stone. The surface of the shell was covered with tiny scales, and as she turned the egg between her fingers, they shimmered like polished metal in the light of the setting sun. One egg was a deep green, with burnished bronze flecks that came and went depending on how Dany turned it. Another was pale cream streaked with gold. The last was black, as black as a midnight sea, yet alive with scarlet ripples and swirls. “What are they?” she asked, her voice hushed and full of wonder.
伊利里歐總督輕聲下令，四位粗壯的奴隸立刻抬著一個(gè)青銅裝飾的雪松木箱快步向前。打開之后，她發(fā)現(xiàn)里面裝滿了自由貿(mào)易城邦所產(chǎn)最上等的天鵝絨和錦緞……其上還躺著三顆碩大的蛋。丹妮差點(diǎn)喘不過(guò)氣來(lái)。這是她所見過(guò)最美的東西，三顆蛋外表各不相同，其上的紋彩富麗得使她以為表面鑲滿珠寶，而她得用兩手才能抱住一顆。她小心翼翼地拿起來(lái)，本以為這是上等陶瓷、彩釉或玻璃制成，想不到卻比那沉重得多，仿佛是硬石做的。蛋殼表面覆蓋著細(xì)小鱗片，它們隨她指頭轉(zhuǎn)弄，映著落日余暉，散發(fā)出宛如金屬般的光澤。其中一顆是深綠色，隨著丹妮轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)的角度露出各式的青銅斑點(diǎn)；另一顆是淡乳白色，有金色條紋；最后一顆是黑的，宛如午夜汪洋，卻有生氣勃發(fā)的暗紅波浪和旋渦。"這是什么？"她小聲問，口中充滿驚奇。
背景介紹：
《權(quán)力的游戲》是一部中世紀(jì)史詩(shī)奇幻題材的電視連續(xù)劇。該劇以美國(guó)作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎(chǔ)改編創(chuàng)作，由大衛(wèi)·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網(wǎng)推出。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說(shuō)大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關(guān)注點(diǎn)，描寫細(xì)膩豐富，突破了幻想文學(xué)界固有的創(chuàng)作模式，多次引領(lǐng)閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽(yù)為美國(guó)的托爾金和新世紀(jì)的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學(xué)界，轉(zhuǎn)而投身演藝界發(fā)展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學(xué)的創(chuàng)作，處女作便是《權(quán)力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權(quán)力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎(jiǎng)和星云獎(jiǎng)年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經(jīng)可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網(wǎng)站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時(shí)代雜志評(píng)選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
