Kay would be freaked out of it, right?
Kay被吓傻了 不是吗
And he's just like "wow " and he's like entranced by it
但他却是 哇 似乎很着迷的样子
He's like this is neat stuff
他喜欢这些奇妙的玩意儿
He doesn't seem in particularly scared of magic,
他并不惧怕魔法
it seems like a kind of ordinary role to him
魔法对他而言只是一桩平常的工具
Stuff that would bug me, for example, after he meets Merlin,
就像那些让我很烦躁的工具一样
what does Merlin says to him?
当他看到梅林之后 梅林对他说的第一句话是什么
On page 29, about line 15
29页第15行
The aged gentleman put down his bucket and looked at him
这位上了年纪的老先生放下他的篮子 看着他
and Merlin's muttering about having to haul water and do all this stuff
嘟囔着什么不得不改变水流方向之类的话
And we're gonna find later he's living, according to White,
根据接下来White的描述 我们得知
he's living his life backwards
这位老人是逆向生长的
He says "your name would be the Wart"
他说 "你叫Wart 对吗"
So here we are, in the middle nowhere
在一个全然陌生的地方
and you run in to somebody and they know your name
遇到了一个知道你名字的陌生人 你会怎样呢
I'm gone, I'm far gone, I'm running down the forest path
我一定跑得远远的 直到跑出这片森林为止
And how does he respond? "Yes, sir, please sir "
但他是怎样回答的呢 "是的先生 您呢"
And he identifies himself, my name is, said the old man, is Merlin
这位老先生介绍了自己 他说 我叫梅林
Now Merlin is living the life backwards and he's gonna do what?
此时梅林正在逆向生长 他会发生什么呢
He's gonna keep becoming younger as the book progresses
正如书中的所言 他会越来越年轻
They go to Merlin's place and everything is marvelous
他们去了梅林的住所 一切都是那么神奇
and in the sense of miraculous, unbelievable, magical
那么的不可思议
It says in the middle of page 30,
30页中间说
it was the most marvelous room that he ever been in
那是Arthur到过的最奇妙的房间
And they descried the contents in some great details
书中描写了一些有趣的细节
We also have an owl, an owl traditionally is a symbol of wisdom
还有一只猫头鹰 传说猫头鹰是智慧的象征
Owl, is gonna be an important character again, in aid and education,
猫头鹰也将成为一个对于亚瑟十分重要的
for Arthur which is important and the owl can talk
帮助他和教育他的角色 而且这只猫头鹰能讲话
Always anything if you have a bird that can talk
好吧又是如此 有一只能讲话的鸟
And his name is Archimedes
它的名字是阿基米德
This magic world, we read on about on 33,
33页描述的这个奇妙世界
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 他正在等待某个人
Later in the book, I think, it's stated that Merlin was sent for Arthur
在这本书的后面写到梅林是为亚瑟而生的
He was sent for Arthur's education and he has special magic for Arthur
他为教导亚瑟而生 他独特的魔法也为亚瑟而生
He has special magic that he go use to educate Arthur
他用自己的法力教导Arthur