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On the day of Ashputtle's wedding, the two stepsisters came and tried to ingratiate themselves and share in her happiness
灰姑娘結婚那天 她的兩個姐姐來了 她們溜須拍馬 想分享她的幸福
On the way to the church, the elder was on the right side of the bridal couple and the younger on the left
在去教堂的路上 大姐在新婚夫婦的右邊 二姐在左邊
The doves came along and pecked out one of the elder sister's eyes and one of the younger sister's eyes
那兩只鴿子飛過來 叼走了大姐一只眼睛 叼走了二姐一只眼睛
Afterward, on the way out, the elder was on the left and the younger on the right, and the doves pecked out both the remaining eyes
后來 在回來的路上 大姐在左邊 二姐在右邊 那兩只鴿子叼走了她們剩下的眼睛
So both sisters were punished with blindness until the end of their days for being so false and wicked
所以在最后 由于兩個姐姐的虛偽和惡毒她們遭到報應 變成了瞎子
Actually, some years ago, maybe eight, ten years ago,there was a politically correct edition of the Grimm Fairy Tales that came out
實際上 數年以后 可能8到10年后出了一個格林童話的官方修改版本
Because obviously, you know, in this day and time people started reading this and they say,
出這個版本顯然是因為這段時間人們開始讀這本童話然后他們說
"Okay What kids learn from this is that if you're blind it's because you're punished for being false and wicked,and ergo you're blind"
好吧 孩子們學到的就是 如果你是雙目失明 那么你就是因為虛偽和邪惡而受到了懲罰因此而成了瞎子"
So they had to change a bunch of things But you can see -- you know, it's pretty clear
所以他們不得不修改很多細節 但是我們可以看出 顯然
In folk material, there usually aren't too many grays
在民間故事里 有太多的灰色成分
Now, we're gonna get some grays in what we start reading today,
現在 我們要在今天開始讀的材料中找一些灰色成分
very much even in the title of the section of what we read today
雖然我們只讀了一小部分 但是卻能找到很多
It makes me stop and think The Queen of Air and Darkness Darkness That's pretty clear
我總是會停下來想 空氣女王和黑暗 黑暗 這夠清楚了
The Queen of Air: what is that
空氣女王 這是什么玩意兒
I know when I was your age that I was want to skip certain pages like, "You know, this certainly isn't important
我知道我像你們這么大時 會想要跳過這種故事 要知道 這顯然不重要
This is just fill, something the author is being cute"
這只是作者故作萌態
