Am I to hear a fairy tale?

我可以听一个童话故事吗？

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"Now drink your tea," said the boy's mother, "then, perhaps, you may hear a fairy tale."

“现在喝你的茶吧，”男孩的妈妈说，“然后，也许你可以听一个童话故事。”

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She was like a princess in a fairy tale.

她像童话故事里的一位公主。

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The poem is a fairy tale.

这首诗是个童话故事。

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That's the fairy tale again. In a way this is just like the Joyce.

这又是童话了，就像是乔伊斯写的那样。

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But actually, the thing I want to think about is a crude pun there, a "fairy" tale. Proust is himself gay. One of his big subjects is homosexuality, and Nabokov's reaction to this is really homophobic. This is not just about Nabokov's personal prejudice.

但事实上，我想说的是这里的一个粗糙的双关语，一个“童话“故事，普鲁斯特是一个同性恋，他讨论的一个,话题就是同性恋，但纳博科夫对此是相当反感的,这仅仅是因为纳博科夫的个人偏见。

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Most of what you hear is a fairy tale designed to serve present-day political purposes.

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What could be simpler, or more delightful, or more deserving of a museum, than a fairy tale?

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And if there's anything popular culture loves more than a fairy tale, it's a second chance at love.

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