資料來源:《英語暢談世界文化》

每天一分鐘,我們一起玩轉(zhuǎn)世界文化。德國總是給人嚴(yán)肅認(rèn)真的感覺,可是陪伴了很多童鞋童年的白雪公主,長發(fā)姑娘,睡美人卻是德國人的杰作,他們都來自格林童話。
童鞋們注意引號不寫,是英式拼寫哦~~

Hints:
The Brothers Grimm
Jacob
Wilhelm
Children's and Household Tales 《兒童與家庭故事集》
Grimm's Fairy Tales
It was around that time they started to collect folk and fairy tales. Folklore are stories that have been passed down from parents to children, by word of mouth, but at that time many had not been published in books. The Brothers Grimm were very interested in German folklore and anything that included German culture. Jacob and Wilhelm published their first book of fairy tales Children's and Household Tales in 1812. There were 86 folktales. Everyone must have been so happy to finally see all of these stories together in one place. It was someone's duty to write them down, because if stories are passed along only orally they can easily be changed or forgotten altogether. In the next volume of Grimm's Fairy Tales, the brothers added 70 more stories. It went on growing like this for six more editions. Finally, the book contained over 200 stories! You know, I think it's probably the best known work of German literature. Yes, even if you don't know who the brothers are, you must know at least one of their stories.
從那時(shí)起他們就開始收集民俗和童話故事,民間故事是指那些從父輩以口相傳到孩子輩的故事,那時(shí),這些故事多沒有集結(jié)成書。 格林兄弟對德國的民間故事和德國文化很感興趣。 1812年,Jacob和Wilhelm出版了他們的第一本民間故事集,包含有86個民間故事的《兒童與家庭故事集》。 當(dāng)看到這些故事最后集中到一塊的時(shí)候,所有人都會很高興。應(yīng)該有人將這些故事記錄下來,因?yàn)橹皇且钥谙鄠鳎@些故事會被曲解或者忘卻。 在格林通話的下一卷中,格林兄弟增加了70個故事。接下去的6個版本中他們每次不斷增加故事,最后,這本書包含了200多個故事。 你知道的,這大概會是德國文學(xué)史上最有名的作品了。 是的,即使你不知道格林兄弟是誰,你至少也聽過一個格林童話中的故事。 ——譯文來自: 時(shí)光尾巴