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小美人鱼英文简介 The Little Mermaid lives at the sea bottom with her father the Sea King, her grandmother, and her five older sisters, born one year apart. When a mermaid turns 15, she may swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough one of them visits the surface every year. As each of them returns the Little Mermaid listens longingly to their descriptions of the surface and human beings. When the Little Mermaid turns 15 she ventures to the surface. She sees a ship with a handsome prince, and falls in love with him. There comes a great storm, and the prince almost drowns, but the Little Mermaid saves him and she delivers him unconscious to the shore near a temple. Here she waits until he is found by a young girl from the temple. But the prince never sees the Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid asks her grandmother whether humans can live forever if they do not drown. She is told that no, humans have an even shorter lifespan than mermaids. Mermaids live for 300 years, but when they die they turn to sea foam and cease to exist. Humans, on the other hand, have a short lifespan on earth, but they have an eternal soul that lives on in heaven even after they die. The Little Mermaid spends her days longing for the prince and for an eternal soul. At last she goes to the Sea Witch, who sells her a potion that gives her legs, in exchange for her tongue, because the Little Mermaid has the prettiest voice in the world. But drinking the potion will feel like a sword being passed through her, and walking on her feet will feel like walking on knives. And she will only get a soul if the prince loves her and marries her, for then a part of his soul will flow into her. Otherwise, at dawn on the first day after he marries another woman, the Little Mermaid will die broken-hearted and turn to sea foam.
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《美人鱼》（丹麦语：Den Lille Havfrue，英语：The Little Mermaid）是安徒生童话故事中的著名童话，这个故事也被翻译为《海的女儿》、《人鱼公主》、或《小美人鱼》。本故事中人鱼美丽、善良、纯真的形象，对20世纪以后大众文化中人鱼的描述有十分重要的影响。
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汉斯·克里斯汀·安徒生（1805-1875），丹麦19世纪著名的童话作家，既是世界文学童话的代表人物之一，也是个虔诚的基督教徒，被誉为“世界儿童文学的太阳”。他出生于欧登塞城一个贫穷的鞋匠家庭，童年生活贫苦。父亲是鞋匠，母亲是佣人。早年在慈善学校读过书，当过学徒工。受父亲和民间口头文学影响，他从小爱文学。11岁时父亲病逝，母亲改嫁。为追求艺术，他14岁时只身来到首都哥本哈根。经过8年奋斗，终于在诗剧《阿尔芙索尔》中崭露才华。因此，被皇家艺术剧院送进斯拉格尔塞文法学校和赫尔辛欧学校免费就读。历时5年。1828年，升入哥本哈根大学。毕业后始终无工作，主要靠稿费维持生活。1838年获得作家奖金——国家每年拨给他200元非公职津贴。安徒生文学生涯始于1822年的编写剧本。进入大学后，创作日趋成熟。曾发表游记和歌舞喜剧，出版诗集和诗剧。1833年出版长篇小说《即兴诗人》，为他赢得国际声誉，是他成人文学的代表作。他最著名的童话故事有《小锡兵》、《海的女儿》、《拇指姑娘》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《丑小鸭》、《皇帝的新装》等。安徒生生前曾得到皇家的致敬，并被高度赞扬：给全欧洲的一代孩子带来了欢乐。他的作品《安徒生童话》已经被译为150多种语言，成千上万册童话书在全球陆续发行和出版。
