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She commanded her handmaids to prepare her a bath.
她吩咐女仆為她準(zhǔn)備沐浴。
Doreah built a fire outside the tent, while Irri and Jhiqui fetched the big copper tub, another bride gift, from the packhorses and carried water from the pool.
多莉亞在帳外升起一爐火，伊麗和姬琪則合力從貨運馬匹處搬來大紅銅澡盆—這也是件結(jié)婚禮物。
When the bath was steaming, Irri helped her into it and climbed in after her.
等洗澡水燒得蒸騰，伊麗便攙扶她進入浴盆，然后自己也跟著爬進去。
Have you ever seen a dragon? she asked as Irri scrubbed her back and Jhiqui sluiced sand from her hair.
你們見過龍嗎？她趁伊麗幫她刷背，姬琪替她沖掉頭發(fā)里的塵沙時發(fā)問。
She had heard that the first dragons had come from the east, from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai and the islands of the Jade Sea.
她曾聽說龍最初來自東方，來自亞夏彼端的陰影之地和玉海中的島群。
Perhaps some were still living there, in realms strange and wild.
或許有些龍還生存在那片蠻荒而詭譎的土地上。
Dragons are gone, Khaleesi, Irri said.
卡麗熙，龍已經(jīng)絕跡啦。伊麗說。
Dead, agreed Jhiqui. Long and long ago.
是啊，姬琪同意，好久好久以前就死光了。
Viserys had told her that the last Targaryen dragons had died no more than a century and a half ago, during the reign of Aegon III, who was called the Dragonbane.
韋賽里斯曾告訴她，坦格利安家最后的一條龍大約死于一個半世紀(jì)以前，當(dāng)時是伊耿三世統(tǒng)治時期，他因而被人稱為龍禍。
That did not seem so long ago to Dany. Everywhere? she said, disappointed. Even in the east?
對丹妮而言，這似乎不是那么遙遠的事。到處都一樣？她失望地說，連東方也是？
Magic had died in the west when the Doom fell on Valyria and the Lands of the Long Summer, and neither spell-forged steel nor stormsingers nor dragons could hold it back, but Dany had always heard that the east was different.
當(dāng)末日降臨瓦雷利亞和永夏之地時，魔法也隨之在西方絕跡，魔咒加持的寶劍、預(yù)測天氣的風(fēng)雨歌師以及巨龍統(tǒng)統(tǒng)都無法挽回。但丹妮總是聽說東方的情形不同。
It was said that manticores prowled the islands of the Jade Sea, that basilisks infested the jungles of Yi Ti, that spellsingers, warlocks, and aeromancers practiced their arts openly in Asshai, while shadow binders and blood mages worked terrible sorceries in the black of night.
據(jù)說蝎尾獅仍舊出沒于玉海列島，蛇蜥也依然盤據(jù)夷地叢林。據(jù)說呤咒師、男巫和云空法師公然活躍于亞夏，縛影士與血巫更在夜闌人靜時施行駭人妖術(shù)。
Why shouldn't there be dragons too?
為什么不可能有龍存活呢？
背景介紹:
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