瑞士的魯濱遜一家（英文版）

　　《瑞士的魯濱遜一家》是一部享譽(yù)西方的冒險小說，原著為瑞士人約翰·維斯撰寫，本書為英文版?！度鹗康聂敒I遜一家》以紀(jì)實的筆法無比真實地講述了一個現(xiàn)代的童話故事，展現(xiàn)了人與自然之間的和諧，以及人自身的善良與智慧。故事中的一家人從不盲目射殺野生動物，他們更熱衷于費(fèi)盡心思去馴服這些野獸，而且最后還和毛猴、鴕鳥、水牛、老鷹……這些動物成為了朋友。同時，他們也堅信人的善良、理性、智慧和想象力能幫助自己在荒野中生存。本書不僅擁有激動人心的故事情節(jié)，還生動地描述了幾十種簡潔實用的荒野求生技巧?！he Swiss Family Robinson， written by Swiss writer and clergyman Johann David Wyss， is a novel about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson， Australia， goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies.　Johann David Wyss and his two sons were great admirers of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. After reading and discussing Defoe's famous story， they decided to continue the adventure. So they pretended that they， too， had been shipwrecked on a desert island. They spent many winter evenings telling each other tales of their imaginary life there. The father wrote down their stories，and one son， Johann Emmanuel， illustrated them with drawings and watercolors.　Some years later， the other son， Johann Rudolph， edited and published the stories as The Swiss Family Robinson. The book quickly became very popular and was translated into English in 1820.To this day， the Wyss family's tale of the adventures of a shipwrecked Swiss family is a favorite of young people all over the world.

　　原著為瑞士牧師約翰·達(dá)維德·維斯（1743-1818）所作，維斯是一個軍隊牧師，他把這個故事的情節(jié)一一講給了他的4個兒子聽。他留下了沒有寫完也沒有組織好的手稿，1812-1813年在蘇黎世由兒子約翰·魯?shù)婪?middot;維斯（1781-1830）編輯出版，題為《瑞士的魯濱遜漂游記》。隨后經(jīng)譯者和編者的修改、補(bǔ)充，篇幅增加了不少。Johann David Wyss was a Swiss author， best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson. He was born and died in Bern. It is said that he was inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe， but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn， as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children.The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in German and translated into English two yeaslater. It has since become one of the most popular books of all time. The book was edited by his son， Johann Rudolf Wyss， a scholar who wrote the Swiss national anthem. Another son， Johann Emmanuel Wyss， illustrated the book.Wyss has been described as an author whose style was "firmly Christian and moral in tone".There are also many underlying tones of Christianity throughout the book and in the case of many of the characters and their morals.