STORYTIME: My father gave me the most amazing gift.

hello everyone and welcome back to

大家好，欢迎回来

english Lucy today I'm going to tell

继续和Lucy学英语，接下来我要

you a story the story's going to teach

讲一个故事来告诉你们

you the true meaning of the term prized

prized possession（珍贵财产）的真正意义

possession prized possession and it's

珍贵的财产，并且…

going to be fantastic listening practice

这个故事对于大家来说也是一个非常好的听力练习

because I'm telling you from the heart

因为这是我发自内心的讲述

you've got subtitles as well i always

你也有字幕可以看，但…

recommend that you watch it once without

我还是建议你们先看一遍没有字幕的

subtitles and then once again with

然后在加上字幕看一次

subtitles to see how much you managed to

来对比无字幕时可以明白多少

understand so what is a prized

那么什么是prized possession呢

possession a prized possession is the

prized possession是

possession that is very important to you

对你来说非常重要的财产

it's something that you treasure more

是对于你来说比其他任何东西

than anything else so I have a couple of

都要更珍惜的宝贝、我也有些

prized possessions in my life and I

在生命中非常珍贵的财产并且…

thought the story behind them would be

这些宝贝背后的故事对于

really nice to use as listening practice

听力练习非常适合

so I've got a couple I've already

我已经给你们讲述过

spoken to you about this ring here if and

一些关于我的戒指💍故事

if you haven't seen the Q&A that i did

如果你们没有看过我做的问答的视频

when i reached 100,000 subscribers then

是在我的订阅者达到10万的时候做的

you can click on the card up here in that

你可以点击上面这个卡片观看

Q&A I tell you amongst many other things

在那个问答视频里我讲述了

the beautiful story behind the ring that

一些其它美丽的故事比如

I've got my finger today and but today

关于我手指上的戒指的由来，然而今天

i'm going to be talking to you about

我要讲的是关于

another prized possession which is this

另一个珍贵的财产，这本书

book here and you can see on the front it

你可以看到在书的正面写着…

says well you might not be able to see

你恐怕看不清楚

what it says it started with leaf and

写着一切都开始于一片叶子

I'm going to tell you about how this

我要告诉你们关于

book came to be

这本书的由来

I grew up in the countryside in the

我在乡间长大的孩子

reason or county of bedfordshire which

住在Bedfordshire的一个县

is in central England slightly north of

在英格兰中部

London and as I grew up in a tiny village I

伦敦北面一些，因为我在一个小村庄长大

had to use my imagination quite a lot

所以我只能去常常去想象一些东西

so i used to play pretend games on my

所以我会精彩玩一些类似过家家的游戏

own

quite a lot and one day I found a leaf so

一个人玩🤣

然后有一天我发现了一片叶子

it really did all start with a leaf and

这一切完全都开始于这片叶子

it was a nice that had a tiny squiggle

这是一片很好并且有杂乱蜿蜒的痕迹…

on it and it must have been eaten by

应该是被毛毛虫或者

caterpillar or something or an insect

其它什么小虫子咬过的痕迹

but I looked at this leaf and I knew exactly

但是我看到这片叶子我就很确信

what it was I looked at this leaf and I knew a fairy

这片叶子是哪个小仙女…

had written me a letter and because they

写给我的信、因为…

don't have paper in fairy land they must have

我知道仙境是没有纸的

written it on a leaf

所以她们只能用叶子来写信

I must have been about six and a half

我当时应该是6岁半的样子

years old and and I took it upon

并且我有责任去回复

myself to reply to the letter because that's polite

因为这样做是很有礼貌的😅

isn't it so I responded to the fairy

所以我给仙女做了回复

saying quite clearly next time you write

很明确的告诉她下次写信给我的时候

to me can you write with bigger

能请把字写得再大一些吗

handwriting please and what's the point

并且说如果你写信给我但是我都无法

of writing to me if I can't read it and I

阅读它、这信还有什么意义呢

left my response to the leaf message

然后我把作为叶子回信

right where I found it which was on a

放到恰好是我发现这片叶子的地方

window sill outside my house so I got

那地方就在房子外面的窗台上

into my bedroom one day and I dropped

所以一天我进到我的房间把回信

the message out of the window I got up in the

丢到到了窗户外面

morning raced outside and would you

第二天早上醒来我飞奔到外面

believe it

我简直不敢相信

there was a response there was a tiny

竟然有一封回信、非常小的信

little letter with very tiny writing

并且用非常小的字写的

but slightly bigger than before because

但是比叶子上的字迹大一些

to fit on a leaf it was pretty small and

因为叶子太小所以叶子上的字迹很小

it was a gorgeous letter saying Hi Lucy

这是一封非常华丽的回复、“你好、Lucy”

sorry we forgot that we had to write in

“非常抱歉、我们忘记用英语书写了”

english to you we speak fairy language and the

“我们一般都是用仙女的语言”

letter was signed from Nina which was a

并且信的署名是Nina、她是…

fairy that lived in my garden and

一个住在我家花园里的小仙女

communication between Nina and i continued

然后我和Nina的通信持续了

for two years yes i would write a letter

大概两年的时间、我差不多每天晚上

to Nina the fairy almost every night

都会给Nina写信

sometimes I went a while without writing

有时候会隔一段时间没有写

and

然后…

and I'd apologize and she would

我会道歉并且她

always reply

总是会回复我

my letters would get a bit wet

有时我的信会有些湿

and she would say that she had to put some

然后她会告诉我她用了些

magic on it and and clarify my writing I

魔法来使我的信容易辨认

wasn't really that bothered if it landed in a

我不会担心我的信掉到小水坑

puddle and got wet because fairies are magic

并且湿掉因为仙女们会魔法

they can just magic it away. Little did I know

她们可以用魔法把信变好、我当时几乎

that it was actually my dad responding

一无所知其实是我父亲一直在回复

to all of these fairy letters

这些仙女的信都是他写的

poor daddy he was working so hard and

我可怜的爸爸每天工作非常辛苦

such long hours at that time he would

并且工作很长时间

come home late from work every night it

他每天工作回来都很晚而且

would be raining and my mum would say

也许天又在下雨、然后妈妈说

you'll never guess what

你肯定猜不到…

And he'd go 'what?' There's another fairy letter so he'd have

然后爸爸会问“什么？”、又一封仙女的信需要回复

to get on his computer and decipher my

所以他不得不打开电脑然后破译我的

six-year-old writing and write a response and on my 21st birthday I

6岁时候的字迹并且写回信、后来在我21岁生日的时候

received this which I didn't really know

我得到了这本书、我并不知道

what it was when i said so it i just

这本书里是什么当我第一次见到它时

read the title it started with a leaf by

书的名字是“它开始于一片叶子—Lucy”

Lucy aged six-and-a-half with help from

“6岁半的Lucy在”

Nina and Aspion the garden fairies Aspion

“Nina和Aspion的帮助下” 花园仙女们

was Nina's friend and I didn't know

Aspion是Nina的朋友、我并不知道

this but my dad had saved all of my

我爸爸保留了我所有的信

letters and all of his responses dated

和他给我的所有的回复

them and put them in this amazing book

记下了所有的时间并做成了这本神奇的书

ready for when I turned 21 and this it's

等我21岁的时候送给我

just beautiful because the letters were

这本书真的是太美了、因为这写信

written over the duration of two years

持续了两年时间

so you can see my handwriting in the

所以你可以看到我的字迹在

beginning all messy and all over the

最开始的时候乱七八糟到处都是

place and my handwriting in the end beautiful

但是最后的信，字迹很漂亮并且

and neat quite neat so I'm going to read you

很工整、那么我给你们读几个

some except some parts and pages from

好的节选在这本书里面

this book that I find really really

我觉得真的是非常非常

funny

有趣

this is written on the 22nd of

这封信是2001年

February 2001 Dear Nina, we have found

2月22日写的、亲爱的Nina、我们已经发现

out that you've been doing my letters on

你用我们的电脑写的信

the computer

What do fairies eat? love lucy and the

仙女们都吃些什么、爱你的Lucy

reason this is funny

写这封信的原因非常有趣

is because at that age I had started

因为在那时候我已经开始

to use my dad's computer to play games and

用我爸爸的电脑玩游戏

to such a internet I think I had a

上网、我想那时候可能是有个

neopet or something and then I had been

“Neopet”或者什么东西

looking at his documents and I saw a

然后我在看爸爸的文件夹并且发现

letter I saw a word document

一个文件夹的名称叫

called fairy letter and I opened it and it was

仙女的信、然后我打开了它就发现了

one of the letters that the fairies had

一封仙女们给我写的信

written to me so I ran into my

所以我跑向爸爸的房间

dad's room and I said Daddy you will

跟爸爸说你肯定想不到

never guess what he was thinking ohdear

这时爸爸想“糟糕！”

she's going to find out that it's me but

“她会发现原来信都是我写的”

no I said the fairies have been using

但是我却说“仙女们用你的电脑给我写信！”

your computer

my dad had to pretend to be all shocked

我爸爸假装很震惊的样子

and cross like god they really shouldn't do that

并且生气的说“天啊、她们不应该这样做！”

I can't believe it but yes I find that

“我真是不敢相信！！”

one very funny and another thing that

是的、我觉得这个很搞笑

perhaps isn't so funny is this I don't know if you

另一个可能不是很有趣

can see it and I made my fairy a birthday

我不知道你们能不能看清楚、我给仙女做了

present and it was a tiny duvet and

一个生日礼物、一个小羽绒被和

a pillow for her to use in the winter and my dad said

一个小枕头给她冬天用、爸爸说

oh god it was so sweet when we opened it

“上帝啊、太可爱了！” 当我们打开它

you had sewn it

“你是自己缝制的”

you'd sewn it by hand and I had to tell

“你竟然能用手缝制这些”、但是我必须告诉他们

them i hope you didn't put that anywhere

我不希望你们把它们放到

near your face

靠近你的脸的地方

and my dad said why so I told my dad

爸爸问我为什么？然后我告诉他

yes it was very sweet of me but do you know

是的、那却是是很可爱但是你知道吗

what I stuffed the duvet with and I'd

我填充到被子里面的东西是什么吗

actually found a dead rabbit in the

我在花园里发现了一只死掉的兔子

garden which had obviously been attacked

可能是被猫或者其它什么攻击致死的

by a cat or something and I collected

然后我就把这只死兔子的毛收集起来

all of this dead rabbit's fur and I used that

并且用这些毛

to make the duvet and the pillow case my

填充到那个羽绒被和枕头里面

dad had been like treasuring it putting

我爸爸确实是把这些当宝贝一样

it near his face thinking it was so sweet when really it had

把它们靠近脸颊、想着它们是多么的可爱啊

a dead rabbit inside of it oh yeah that

但是确实是一只死兔子的毛在里面

was particularly funny. This is from the 14th of

是的、这个让我觉得特别好笑

February 2001 Dear Nina, can fairies

这封是2001年2月14日的、亲爱的Nina

tell the future so how long what I live

仙女们知道未来吗、如果知道的话

for

happy valentines day love lucy PS it's

能告诉我我可以活多久吗

情人节快乐、爱你的Lucy

my brother's birthday soon

附言写到、我兄弟的生日快到了

this one is from the sixth of June 2001

这封是2001年6月6日的

Dear Nina I'm sorry I haven't written

亲爱的Nina、抱歉很久没有给你写信了

to you for such a long time

guess what there's only four more days

你知道吗、离我的生日还有4天了

till my birthday

if I ever had a wish with I can't i

如果我要许愿的话、虽然无法实现

would wish to speak to animals yours

我希望可以跟动物们交谈

sincerely (oh very posh) Lucy PS Daniel has

你真诚的Lucy（还挺时髦的）

lost his tooth

附言：Daniel丢了一颗牙，

could you give it to him or give it to

你能把牙给他吗

me to give to him

或者给我、我转交给他

And the fairies replied the very next day Dear

然后第二天仙女们就给我回复了

Lucy

亲爱的Lucy

thank you for your letter what a long

谢谢你的来信

time it has been since we last heard from you

自从上一次来信到现在真的好久了

I can hardly believe that you are nearly

不敢相信你已经快7岁了

seven years old we can remember when you

我们还记得你刚刚生下来的时候

were first born

it's a good job that your orange hair

你让橙色的头发变了颜色

changed color that was because i was

你做的很棒、因为我生来头发是橙色的

born with orange hair we can speak to

我们可以跟动物说话

animals but I don't think humans can if

但是我想人类是做不到的

you could what would you say to them we

假如你可以的话、你会跟动物们说什么

were sorry to hear about DanieI's tooth

我们很抱歉得知Daniel丢了牙齿

would ask Jessebel the tooth ferry to

我会让Jessebel帮忙找那颗牙

look out for it

do you ever have funny dreams love Nina

你曾经做过有趣的梦吗、爱你的Nina

so yes

是的

I think that explains why this is one of

我觉得已经解释清楚了

my prized possessions

为什么这本书是我的珍贵财产了

it was an amazing gift to receive and it

这是一个太让人惊讶的礼物了

just goes to show the money just can't

并且也展示了金钱无法买到最好的礼物

buy the best presents

it's all about the thought and the time

这本书里面承载着梦想和岁月

that goes into them

my dad must have spent hours putting

爸爸肯定花了很久的时间把这些信收集到一起

this together and hours writing all the

做成了这本书而且也花了很久的时间去回复我的信

letters so very very special i think my

因此这本书对我有着非常非常特殊的意义

dad has a fan club on this channel now

我想可能在这个频道我爸爸已经有了他的粉丝俱乐部了

so it's probably will help you love him

这本书可能会使你们更喜欢他

even more as much as i do he's a

像我爱他一样

great man

他是个了不起的人

so yes thats it for todays lesson I have

所以今天的课就是这些

got a few more prized possessions

我还有一些其它的珍贵的财产

so if you like this video and you want

所以如果你们喜欢这个节目

to hear about more special objects and

并且想了解更多特殊的东西

the story behind them and have them

和它们背后的故事

subtitled and use them as listening

并且给他们加字幕用来做听力练习

practice and let me know in the comments

在评论里面告诉我

and if you hate it you can tell me aswell

如果你不喜欢也要告诉我哦

right that it for your lesson today i hope

好、今天就讲到这里

you have a lovely day

祝你们度过愉快的一天

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mwah!