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The 22nd day of September, in the year 1400, by Shire-reckoning.
夏爾開墾紀(jì)元1400年九月第二十二日。
Bag End, Bagshot Row, Hobbiton, Westfarthing, the Shire.
袋底洞、袋射排、哈比屯、西區(qū)夏爾。
Middle-earth. The Third Age of this world.
中土世界。第三紀(jì)元。
There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale. By Bilbo Baggins.
《去而復(fù)返：哈比人的故事》。比爾博·巴金斯著。
Now, where to begin? Ah, yes. Concerning Hobbits.
現(xiàn)在我該怎么說呢對(duì)了。關(guān)于哈比人。
Hobbits have been living and farming in the four Farthings of the Shire for many hundreds of years, quite content to ignore and be ignored by the world of the Big Folk.
千百年來，哈比人一直都定居在夏爾的四個(gè)區(qū)域務(wù)農(nóng)，完全無視于外界的存在，也滿足于被外界忽視的狀態(tài)。
Middle-earth being, after all, full of strange creatures beyond count.
畢竟中土世界充滿了數(shù)不清的奇異生物。
Hobbits must seem of little importance, being neither renowned as great warriors nor counted among the very wise.
哈比人一定顯得不重要，因?yàn)槲覀兗炔皇球斢碌膽?zhàn)士也不被認(rèn)為特別有智慧。
Frodo! Someone at the door.
佛羅多！有人在敲門。
In fact, it has been remarked by some that Hobbits' only real passion is for food.
事實(shí)上，有人曾經(jīng)評(píng)論過哈比人唯一的狂熱就是美食。
A rather unfair observation as we have also developed a keen interest in the brewing of ales and the smokingof pipe-weed.
這評(píng)論相當(dāng)不公平，因?yàn)槲覀円矊?duì)釀啤酒和抽煙斗有濃厚的興趣。
But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet, and good, tilled earth.
但是我們一心所系的是和平寧靜與肥沃的農(nóng)耕地。
For all Hobbits share a love of things that grow.
所有的哈比人都熱愛能夠生長的東西。
And, yes, no doubt to others, our ways seem quaint.
無庸置疑的，我們的生活方式對(duì)其他人而言非常奇特。
But today of all days, it is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.
特別是今天安享寧謐的生活其實(shí)很不賴。
