1、【导读】凯斯宾王子是英国作家C.S.路易斯于20世纪50年代所著纳尼亚传奇系列奇幻儿童文学小说第三部。故事发生在彼得等四兄妹回到自己的世界一年后，在假期回校时坐在火车站的长椅上等车，忽然被一股特殊的力量拉进了纳尼亚。Prince Caspian (Excerpt)Once there were four children whose names were Peter，Susan，Edmund，and Lucy，and it has been told in another book called The Lion，the Witch and the Wardrobe how they had
2、a remarkable adventure.They had opened the door of a magic wardrobe and found themselves in a quite different world from ours，and in that different world they had become Kings and Queens in a country called Narnia.While they were in Narnia they seemed to reign for years and years；but when they came
3、back through the door and found themselves in England again，it all seemed to have taken no time at all.At any rate，no one noticed that they had ever been away，and they never told anyone except one very wise grownup.That had all happened a year ago，and now all four of them were sitting on a seat at a
4、 railway station with trunks and playboxes piled up round them.They were，in fact，on their way back to school.【1】They had travelled together as far as this station，which was a junction；and here，in a few minutes，one train would arrive and take the girls away to one school，and in about half an hour ano
5、ther train would arrive and the boys would go off to another school.The first part of the journey，when they were all together，always seemed to be part of the holidays；but now when they would be saying goodbye and going different ways so soon，everyone felt that the holidays were really over and every
6、one felt their termtime feelings beginning again，and they were all rather gloomy and no one could think of anything to say.Lucy was going to boarding school for the first time.凯斯宾王子(节选)以前有四个孩子，他们分别叫：彼得、苏珊、爱德蒙和露茜。在另一本叫作狮子、女巫和魔衣柜的书里，我们曾经讲述过他们的一次精彩历险。他们钻进一个神秘的大衣柜，发现自己来到一个与我们这里全然不同的世界纳尼亚王国。在那里，他们成为国王和女王
7、，并且统治了好多好多年。可是，当他们穿过那扇柜门，重新回到我们的世界来时，这场历险似乎只是瞬间发生的事情至少没人发现他们曾经离开过。而他们除了告诉过一位非常博学的老人之外，对谁也没有提起过这件事。那是一年前发生的事情了。现在，这四个孩子都坐在火车站的长椅上，身边堆放着大衣箱和用品箱。事实上，这是在回学校的路上，他们一直一起走到这个车站，这里是个交叉点。他们将在这里分开。女孩子们准备乘坐很快就要进站的一列火车返回自己的学校，而大约半个小时以后，两个男孩将乘另一列火车返回他们的学校。这一路上大家热热闹闹在一起，总觉得仍然是在度假，可是现在，马上就要握手告别，这使每个人都意识到，假期的确已经结束，天
8、天上课的日子又要开始了。孩子们不由都情绪低落起来，谁也想不出该说些什么才好。露茜将是第一次上寄宿学校。知识积累1remarkable adj.显著的；卓越的2reign vi.统治；占主导地位3junction n连接；接合；汇合处4gloomy adj.悲观的；阴郁的此句为由and连接的并列句。句中“with trunks and playboxes piled up round them”为with的复合结构，在句中作伴随状语。文化链接故事梗概凯斯宾王子勇敢异常，在他寡不敌众的时候吹响了苏姗的魔法号角，将彼得四兄妹唤回世界帮助他们。他们领导纳尼亚的精灵战胜了邪恶。凯斯宾王子继承了王位，纳尼亚恢复了勃勃生机。勇敢再一次缔造了美丽。
