[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 59 [00:01.70]第59课 [00:03.40]Television Day: [00:04.92]电视日: [00:06.45]Edward Lear [00:07.93]爱德华.李尔 [00:09.40]Do you remember the poem,"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"? [00:12.08]你还记得"猫头鹰与猫咪"这首诗吗? [00:14.76]Today we are going to learn something about the man who wrote it. [00:17.88]今天我们将熟悉一下这首诗作者的一些情况. [00:21.00]He was born in 1812 and he died in 1888. [00:23.98]他生于1812年,死于1888年. [00:26.96]He was the youngest in a family of 21 children. [00:30.13]他家有21个孩子,他最小. [00:33.31]His father was very rich, [00:34.99]他父亲很富, [00:36.68]but lost all his money before Edward grew up. [00:38.95]但在爱德华还未成年就潦倒了. [00:41.22]When this happened,Edward's favourite sister,Ann, [00:43.85]爱德华最喜欢的姐姐安 [00:46.47]said she would look after her brother. [00:48.30]在这时提出将由她扶养弟弟. [00:50.13]She said she could teach him to draw, write and play the piano. [00:53.16]她说她可教他绘画、写字和弹钢琴. [00:56.19]She said she had to look after him because his health was so poor. [00:59.06]她讲她应该照顾他因为他身体这么弱. [01:01.94]Edward owed a lot to Ann. [01:04.56]爱德华的成就在很大程度上归功于安. [01:07.19]When he grew up,he became a well-known artist. [01:09.62]他长大后成了著名画家. [01:12.05]He travelled to many parts of the world and drew pictures. [01:14.67]他到过世界上许多地方去作画, [01:17.30]For a time during his life he worked as an artist for Lord Derby. [01:20.12]有一个时期还当过德贝勋爵的画师. [01:22.94]He often entertained Lord Derby's grandchildren with his beautiful "nonsense" poems. [01:26.73]他经常用他美丽的"胡话"诗歌逗乐德贝勋爵的孙儿女. [01:30.51]The children loved Mr Lear and his poems. [01:32.89]孩子们爱李尔先生,也爱他的诗歌. [01:35.27]Though the poems are very amusing, [01:37.29]虽然他的诗歌很有趣, [01:39.32]Edward Lear was often ill and unhappy. [01:41.64]但爱德华.李尔却多病、忧郁. [01:43.97]He never married and he led a lonely life [01:46.29]他一直未婚,过着孤独的生活, [01:48.62]even though he became quite famous and people every-where wanted to meet him. [01:51.84]即使他出了名,到处人们都想见到他一面. [01:55.07]Here are a few lines he wrote about himself [01:57.39]这儿有几行描写他自己的诗句: [01:59.72]How pleasant to know Mr Lear who had written such volumes of stuff! [02:03.30]认识李尔先生又该多高兴他写下了这么多的诗句. [02:06.88]Some think him ill-tempered and queer [02:08.95]有些人觉得他易发火,脾气怪, [02:11.03]But a few think him pleasant enough. [02:13.05]可少数人却说他很讨人喜欢.