王江 英国文学史及选读(Lecture 1)(2)

nything they received. The next day, the lord of the castle went outhunting. Sir Gawain stayed in bed. Suddenly, the lady of the castle, the lord's wife, came into his room. She was beautiful. She kissed sir Gawain and then left. When the lord of the castle returned, he gave Sir Gawain a deer he had caught. Sir Gawain gave the lord a kiss. The next day the same thing happened. On the third day, the lady of the castle kissed Sir Gawain and then gave him a special belt. She said it would save his life. Sir Gawain did not give the belt to the lord of the castle because he thought it might be useful when he went to see the Green Knight. On New Year's day, Sir Gawain went to meet the Green Knight. As they had agreed, the Green Knight took the axe. He was going to cut off Sir Gawain's head, when suddenly he stopped. He tried a second time, but again stopped. The third time, he cut Sir Gawain's neck a little, but didn't hurt him. Sir Gawain was angry. He said: "Why did you try three times? We agreed only once!" The Green Knight told him that he was, in fact, the lord of the castle. "I didn't cut you the first two times because you were honest for two days! But on the third day, you didn't tell me about the belt. So I had to cut you!" Sir Gawain returned to King Arthur's court. He was sad because he had not been honest. He decided to wear the belt around his neck for the rest of his life. He told King Arthur: "When I become arrogant, I can look at the belt and remember that lam not a perfect knight."

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高文爵士是亚瑟王的外甥。在英国传说里，他一般被描绘成一个勇敢、忠实可靠的 勇敢、 勇敢 骑士。 骑士 据说，在亚瑟王和圆桌骑士在卡米洛举行的新年宴会上，一位身着绿衣、骑着绿马 的高大骑士走进大厅，手里拿着一把巨斧。他向骑士们提出挑战，问他们当中有谁敢 于用斧头将他的头砍下。但谁要砍他的头，就须答应一年后在脖子上同样挨一斧。众 骑士中只有高文 高文接受了这一挑战，一斧砍下绿衣骑士的头。骑士把头捡起来，骑马走 高文 了。 不久以后，高文爵士 高文爵士便出发寻找绿衣骑士 绿衣骑士，去接受那许下的一斧。他历尽千辛万 高文爵士 绿衣骑士 苦，终于在圣诞节来到一座漂亮的城堡，受到城堡主人 城堡主人的款待。高文答应多住几日， 城堡主人 直到元旦，因为城堡主人告诉他绿衣骑士就住在附近。城堡主人与高文商定，他每天 去打猎，高文留在城堡里，每天晚上交换当天各自得到的东西。 城堡主人连续三天去打猎，早出晚归，而高文在城堡里却要抵御漂亮女主人 漂亮女主人的诱 漂亮女主人 惑。女主人头一天给他一个吻，第二天给他两个吻，第三天给他三个吻，外加一条有 魔力的腰带，系上它可刀枪不入。每天晚上高文用得来的吻交换主人猎

杀的野兽，但 在第三天晚上他把腰带留下了。他想自己不久会去挨那一斧，有腰带保护，也许能免 受伤害。这样，他违背了自己的誓言。 元旦当天，他如约来到绿衣骑士的住所，伸出脖子。绿衣骑士先虚晃了一下斧头， 高文略缩了一下头，受到嘲笑。高文又气又羞，催促绿衣骑士赶紧动手。绿衣骑士又 虚晃了一下，这次高文纹丝未动，受到夸赞。第三斧头落下去，只使高文受了轻伤。 这时绿衣骑士 绿衣骑士向他说明了一切。其实绿衣骑士正是城堡主人变化 绿衣骑士正是城堡主人变化成的。头两斧没有使 绿衣骑士 绿衣骑士正是城堡主人变化 高文受伤，是因为头两天他很诚实，第三斧伤了他，是因为他私藏了腰带。高文听罢 羞愧万分，把腰带丢给绿衣骑士。但绿衣骑士原谅了他，并把腰带赠给他做礼物。

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