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前介（前言）
约翰·斯威夫特（Jonathan Swift）（1667—1747）是英国伟大的散文作家。他出生在都柏林，父母都是英国人。在爱尔兰接受教育后，移居到英格兰很不情愿地在教堂找了份工作。正是在英格兰，斯威夫特发现了他卓越的讽刺家的才华，并开始对宗教和教育方面存在的腐败现象进行抨击。1704年出版了颇有影响力的A Tale of a Tub和The Battle of the Books。斯威夫特患有美尼尔症，终生受病魔折磨，但仍保持着自己的智慧与精力，晚年写出了A modest Proposal（1729）和他的讽刺代表作品Gulliver's Travels（1726）。
全书共分4章，在每一章里，男主人公格列佛都作一次新的航行，由于船难或其他偶发事件而来到一个陌生的国度。第一章描述小人国厘厘普特（Lilliput）,他在那里醒来，发现自己已为6英寸高的厘厘普特人所俘。第2章中，格利佛访问了巨人岛，勃罗白丁拉格（Brobdingnag）。在那里他受到一个9岁小女孩的精心照料。第3章的故事发生在拉普特飞岛国（Laputa），那里的居民从事虚无缥缈的研究，时刻都有发生意外相撞的可能。第4章把格列佛带到胡乙姆的理想国（Houyhnhnms）,那里居住的是严肃、理智而又有高尚道德的胡乙姆。在这个岛上生活的另一个种族是邪恶、丑陋的牙呼。他们被胡乙姆用来做仆役。格列佛由于不能被他们接受，最后返回英国，但他已不能容忍人类社会了。

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《格列佛游记》于1726年问世之后，立即震惊当时的英国社会，出版后一星期便销售一空。两百多年后的今天，该书已经步入了世界名著的行列中，享誉世界。而本书是该名著的英汉双语对照简写本，既保留了原著基本的情节和风貌，又使语言符合现代英语表达，是英语爱好者提高英文阅读水平和了解英语国家文化的不错的读物。

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As I Was doing this the little people ran away.I did not have time to catch hold of even one of them.I heard someone shout an order in a loud voice.At once about one hundred arrows were shot into my left side. These felt like sharp needles and were very painful. Some hit my face and I shouted with pain.I covered my face th my left hand and I tried to break all the strings now.I wanted to get free but he little men shot more arrows at me.Some tried to push their spears into me also.
Luckily I was wedring a leather jacket and their spears were not sharp enough to go through.I decided to lie still until night-time.My left hand was not tied so I thought it would be easy to get free.As soon as it was dark I would be able to get away.When I was standing up I was certain that I could defeat my guards.
But my plan was not needed.
The little men saw that I was lying still.They did not shoot any more arrows but four yards from my head there was a sound of knocking.My head could urn a litte way and I saw that they were building a platform about-eighteen inches from the ground.Four people were standing on it. One of them began to make a speech.He was taller than his companions and he seemed more important too.
I could not understand any of his words.Sometimes his voice sounded kind.Sometimeshes he sounded an-gry.All this time I was in pain because it was so hot.I lifted my hand to protect my face from the sun.Then I pointed to my open mouth because I was hungry.The man who had been speaking understood my signs.

在我做这一切的时候，小人们都跑掉了，我连一个都没来得及抓住。这时我听见有个人用很响亮的声音下了一道命令。立刻约有100支箭射进我的左半身，这些箭就象锋利的针一样刺得我疼痛难忍。有几只箭射中我的脸，我疼得叫了起来。我用左手遮住脸，并企图扯断所有的绳索。我想挣脱出来，他们却不停地向我射箭。有几个人甚至要用矛来刺我。

幸运的是我当时穿了一件皮夹克，他们的矛还不够尖，穿不透。我决定安静地躺着直到夜晚降临。我左手没
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