Kay would be freaked out of it, right?
Kay被嚇傻了 不是嗎
And he's just like "wow " and he's like entranced by it
但他卻是 哇 似乎很著迷的樣子
He's like this is neat stuff
他喜歡這些奇妙的玩意兒
He doesn't seem in particularly scared of magic,
他并不懼怕魔法
it seems like a kind of ordinary role to him
魔法對他而言只是一樁平常的工具
Stuff that would bug me, for example, after he meets Merlin,
就像那些讓我很煩躁的工具一樣
what does Merlin says to him?
當他看到梅林之后 梅林對他說的第一句話是什么
On page 29, about line 15
29頁第15行
The aged gentleman put down his bucket and looked at him
這位上了年紀的老先生放下他的籃子 看著他
and Merlin's muttering about having to haul water and do all this stuff
嘟囔著什么不得不改變水流方向之類的話
And we're gonna find later he's living, according to White,
根據接下來White的描述 我們得知
he's living his life backwards
這位老人是逆向生長的
He says "your name would be the Wart"
他說 "你叫Wart 對嗎"
So here we are, in the middle nowhere
在一個全然陌生的地方
and you run in to somebody and they know your name
遇到了一個知道你名字的陌生人 你會怎樣呢
I'm gone, I'm far gone, I'm running down the forest path
我一定跑得遠遠的 直到跑出這片森林為止
And how does he respond? "Yes, sir, please sir "
但他是怎樣回答的呢 "是的先生 您呢"
And he identifies himself, my name is, said the old man, is Merlin
這位老先生介紹了自己 他說 我叫梅林
Now Merlin is living the life backwards and he's gonna do what?
此時梅林正在逆向生長 他會發生什么呢
He's gonna keep becoming younger as the book progresses
正如書中的所言 他會越來越年輕
They go to Merlin's place and everything is marvelous
他們去了梅林的住所 一切都是那么神奇
and in the sense of miraculous, unbelievable, magical
那么的不可思議
It says in the middle of page 30,
30頁中間說
it was the most marvelous room that he ever been in
那是Arthur到過的最奇妙的房間
And they descried the contents in some great details
書中描寫了一些有趣的細節
We also have an owl, an owl traditionally is a symbol of wisdom
還有一只貓頭鷹 傳說貓頭鷹是智慧的象征
Owl, is gonna be an important character again, in aid and education,
貓頭鷹也將成為一個對于亞瑟十分重要的
for Arthur which is important and the owl can talk
幫助他和教育他的角色 而且這只貓頭鷹能講話
Always anything if you have a bird that can talk
好吧又是如此 有一只能講話的鳥
And his name is Archimedes
它的名字是阿基米德
This magic world, we read on about on 33,
33頁描述的這個奇妙世界
is just everywhere where Merlin is
正是梅林生活的地方
And again this idea that he's expecting somebody
而且 他正在等待某個人
Later in the book, I think, it's stated that Merlin was sent for Arthur
在這本書的后面寫到梅林是為亞瑟而生的
He was sent for Arthur's education and he has special magic for Arthur
他為教導亞瑟而生 他獨特的魔法也為亞瑟而生
He has special magic that he go use to educate Arthur
他用自己的法力教導Arthur