《再见,克里斯托弗·罗宾》精讲39 发表的诗畅销

I sent it off to be published.

我送去发表了

What?

什么？

Well, it made me happy.

我读了之后很高兴

Thought it might make lots of people happy.

我想那可能会让很多人高兴

Published by whom?

去哪里发表？

Vanity¹ Fair.

《浮华世界》

They were very pleased with it. Isn't it rather wonderful?

他们非常满意，不是很棒吗？

Well.

嗯

That is rather wonderful.

这的确很棒

It's their biggest selling issue² for simply ages, apparently³.

这显然是他们多年来最畅销的一期

People are buying extra copies to give to their friends.

人们多买几份赠送朋友

Perhaps I should ask Ernest back down.

也许我该叫欧内斯特回来

Ernest and I are putting your bear in a book.

欧内斯特和我要把你的熊写进一本书里

He'll like that.

他会喜欢的

We're putting you in it too. Will you like that?

我们也要把你写进去，你喜欢吗？

I'm not sure. If I'm in a book, people might think I'm not real.

不肯定，如果我出现在书里 人们会认为我不是真的

Well, then it will be a surprise when they find out you are real.

那么，当他们发现你是真的那就会是一个惊喜

1 vanity   

n.虚荣心，浮华，无价值的东西；adj.虚荣心的

参考例句：

• A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance.一个人的虚荣心实际上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比。
• Vanity and virtue do not go together.虚荣与美德不是共生物。

2 issue   

n.出版，发行，（报刊等）期、号，论点，问题，结果， （水，血等的）流出；vt.使流出，放出，发行（钞票等），发布（命令），出版（书等）发给；vi.发行，流出，造成...结果，进行辩护，传下

参考例句：

• I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天，我就去买了它。
• I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。