第2單元　流行民謠

1Ballad（民謠）

(1) Ballads are oral literature of the English people.

(2) A ballad is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and fourth lines rhymed.

(3) The subjects of ballads are various such as the struggle of young lovers against their feudal-minded families, the conflict between love and wealth, the cruelty of jealousy, and the criticism of the civil war.

(4) “Robin Hood” is the most important ballad of that time.

Robin Hood lived in the greenwood tree with his merry men, taking from the rich and giving to the poor and fighting against bishops.

(1) 民謠是英國人民大眾的口頭文學。

(2) 民謠是以歌的形式講述的故事，通常由4行組成一節，其中第二和第四行押韻。

(3) 民謠內容多樣，有關于年輕愛侶反對封建家長的，有愛情和財富沖突的，有關于嫉妒殘忍行動的，有批判國內戰亂的。

(4) 其中，羅賓漢民謠是最重要的。羅賓漢同他的伙伴們一起逍遙地生活在綠林中，劫富濟貧，與教會作斗爭。

2Robin Hood and Allin·a-Dale《羅賓漢和埃林阿代爾》

A knight grabbed common women and Robin Hood tried to prevent him and saved the women.

騎士強奪民婦，羅賓漢路遇不平、拔刀相助，最后救出了婦女。

3The Babes in the Wood《林中孩童》

(1) Main plot（內容提要）

An uncle plotted to take heritage and killed his nephew and niece. Suffering from retribution, the uncle dissipated all his fortune and died in prison from debt.

一個叔父為了謀奪遺產，害死侄兒侄女。后天理報應，叔父傾家蕩產，終因負債死于獄中。

(2) Moral（寓意）

The moral of the story is to encourage people to do good deeds.

故事的寓意在于勸人為善。