《XX之歌·前言》

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	Finally last year while researching on the internet he found some inFORMation on a new Zhuang web site. 去年，他在国际互联网上搜索，终于在一个新建的壮族网站上找到了一些资料。

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	Now as he departs the plane he is met by a young woman who plays the instrument and has agreed to work with him with his song research. 他走下舷梯，一位俏丽的年轻女子弹奏着古琴迎接他。这位女子答应跟他合作，一道进行歌谣研究。

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	He is immediately struck by her beauty and her resemblance to the women in his memory. 看到这位婀娜多姿的女子长得酷似他记忆中的那位少女，他一下子愣住了。

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	She takes him to the same shop where he bought the instrument 24 years earlier. The shop had not changed. 她把他带到24年前买古琴的店子。店子依旧保持着当年的模样。

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	[这个贴子最后由郁水啸翁在 2004/03/04 11:34am 编辑] As he looked around he sees an old picture on the wall of a group of women playing instruments. In the group is the one he has found memories of. 他环顾四周，看见墙上挂着一张当年那群妇女弹奏古琴的照片，其中，有他一直魂牵梦绕的那位少女。

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	When he shows the picture to his new friend, she is shocked that he points to one of the women in the picture. It was her mother. 当他把照片拿给她看，指着他认识的那位少女时，她惊奇不已，因为那少女正是她的母亲。

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	She had been killed in an accident 20 years earlier when the girl was only 2. 她母亲已在20年前的意外事故中丧生，那时她才2岁。

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	She was raised by her grandmother and learned the same ways as her mother. 她祖母把她拉扯长大，还把她养育成跟母亲一模一样的人。

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	She says he must meet her grandmother, as she knows the most about the songs and the ancient ways. 她建议他走访自己的祖母，因为祖母最熟悉壮族歌谣和古代生活。

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	[这个贴子最后由郁水啸翁在 2004/03/04 06:49pm 编辑] The next day they meet the grandmother and the true story begins. 翌日，他们来到祖母跟前。接着，正题故事由此展开。

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	不知有没有学习翻译的网友，看了以上中英文对照后有何感想？ 老翁曾经系统学习过翻译理论和翻译技巧，还当过同声传译。愿意跟网友理论翻译问题。