英国·乔叟《坎特伯雷故事集》
Cock Duckley lives in a frugal widow's yard with seven hens. One morning, the cock woke up from his nightmare. He dreamed of a wild animal lurking in the grass waiting for an opportunity to kill him
公鸡腔得克利与7只母鸡住在一位克勤克俭的寡妇院子里。一天凌晨，公鸡从噩梦中惊醒。他梦见一只野兽潜伏在草丛里伺机要咬死他。
Patrick, his favorite hen, laughed at his cowardice, believing that a man's big husband should dare to despise everything, be bold and knowledgeable, and advise him not to put his dreams in mind
他最宠爱的母鸡帕特立特讥笑他胆小如鼠，认为男子汉大丈夫应该敢于蔑视一切，有胆有识，劝他不必把梦放在心上。
But cocks give many examples to show that people are foreboded in their dreams before they suffer from adversity. For example, two people couldn't find a hotel and one had to lodge in a cowshed. At night, another man twice dreamed that his friend in the cowshed was asking for help
可公鸡举了很多例子说明，人在遭厄运之前都曾在梦中得到预兆。比如：有两人因找不到旅店，一人不得不投宿牛棚。夜里，另一人两次梦见宿牛棚的朋友向他求救。
He ignored it. In his third dream, his friend told him that he had been murdered by a money-hungry groomsman, and begged him to stop a dung truck the next morning. His body was hidden in the bottom of the dung truck. Facts do confirm the vision of dreams
他未加理会。第三次做梦时，朋友告诉他自己已被贪图金钱的马夫谋害，恳请他第二天清早拦住一辆粪车，他的尸体就藏在粪车底层。事实果然证实了梦中的景象。
The murderer was later exposed and hanged. Another example is that two people have to go on a long voyage by boat because the wind is not right and they are forced to delay for one day
后来谋杀者被揭露并受绞刑。又如：有两人要乘船远航，因为风向不对，被迫耽误一天。
That night, one of them was warned in his dream not to go to sea the next day, or he would drown. His companion disagreed and insisted on leaving. Later, he was killed. The cock said these terrible things and reassured himself
就在这天夜里，其中一人梦中得到警告：第二天不要出海，否则会淹死。他的同伴听后不以为然，坚持动身。后来果然遇难。公鸡说完这些可怕的事情，又自我宽慰了一番。
As soon as the day breaks, he looks for food and pleasure with hens as usual, leaving behind his fears of last night. Suddenly, he was surprised to find the fox hiding in the grass
等天一亮，他如平日一样与母鸡们觅食寻欢，早把昨夜的担惊受怕抛在脑后。突然间，他发现躲在草丛里的狐狸，不禁大惊失色。
Just as he was about to run away, the fox stopped him and said that he had come to appreciate the cock's singing. The cock's heart burst with flattery. Just as he posed for a song, the fox rushed forward, grabbed him by the neck and rushed to the nest
正要拔腿逃跑，狐狸叫住他，说自己是专门来欣赏公鸡的歌声的。一番奉承话说得公鸡心花怒放。他刚摆好姿势准备引吭高歌，狐狸冲上前咬住他的颈项，急步向窝奔去。
The hens'panicky crying attracted the widow and her two daughters. The crowd joined forces with sticks to catch up. When the cock saw the situation, he played a trick on the fox, struggled out of his mouth and escaped the bad luck
母鸡们慌乱的哭叫声引来了寡妇和她的两个女儿。众人带着棍棒协力追赶。公鸡见状，对狐狸耍了个花招，从他嘴里挣扎出来，侥幸地逃脱了厄运。
扩展资料文章简介：
这篇寓言故事出自一位供奉神职的教士之口。故事讲叙人旁征博引，在不长的篇幅中引用各类古籍、《圣经》和传说中的典故达20余处之多，熨帖自然，引人入胜。
故事除了按传统的结构法在结尾点明寓意之外，还在讲叙过程中见缝插针，不失时机地加入警句。
例如，在转述公鸡所讲的谋财害命的故事时，教士情不自禁说道：“啊，上帝，您是多么圣明公正/谋杀尽管无人知晓，您会将它揭露/……尽管它藏上一年、两年或三年/谋杀终会暴露……”这种布道式的语气在文中随处可见。
成了铺叙故事时一个不可或缺的构成因素，产生了独特的艺术效果。读者在欣赏故事的同时，可以从布道式的语气中清楚地意识到讲叙人的教士身份。这种个性化的语言恰恰是《坎特伯雷故事集》艺术魅力长存的关键之一。
写作背景：
4月的一天，一群香客去坎特伯雷朝圣，投宿在泰巴旅店。次日，店主、香客与在此住宿的作者一起出发。店主提议在去坎特伯雷的路上每人讲两个故事，回来时再讲两个，被大家公认为最佳的讲故事者可以在回来时白吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。
根据总引中的计划，全书应该有120个故事，但乔叟在去世前只完成了全书的总引和20个完整的故事，另有4个故事的残片。
其中22个为诗体，两个散文体。每个故事前均有开场语，全书有一个总序。作者用这种方式把各个零散故事连成一体。其中以骑士、女尼、巴斯妇人等讲的故事最为有名。