最浪漫的不帶電「燈泡」

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歡迎來到「生吃宇宙的我們」第 10 篇文章

This Is Our 10th Article

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Our Moon: The Most Romantic Third Wheel

我們的月亮：最浪漫的「燈泡」

You and me and the moon makes three......

你和我還有月亮，那就是「咱們仨」

We will use these vocabulary words in todays discussion:

本文將運用到下面這些單詞：

Anyone who has deeply missed someone knows the power of the moon. Fascination with the rock that orbits Earth has existed as long as we have, and the romance between humans and the moon is an example of one of those pure, natural phenomena that transcend time or culture.

經歷過深刻思念的人都知道月亮的能力。人與月亮之間的浪漫愛情史和人類歷史一樣悠久，這個不可思議的關係屬於一種自然單純的現象，超越了時代或文化的界限。

In times of heartbreak, we tend to paint the moon as an empathetic observer. Theres just something about the moon that speaks to the lovesick, the long-distance lovers, the swooning romantics, the heartbroken, the unrequited lovers, the honeymooners.

感到心碎時，我們往往會把月亮描繪成頭頂上感同身受的朋友。月球，她有一些特別，會讓一個人感覺她是直接單獨地為他存在，尤其對於那些相思的人們，異地戀的情侶，迷戀於愛情的情痴，心碎的人，單戀者和享受著蜜月的人。

How did the moon become the unofficial patron saint of those in love? Is it because...

月球如何變成了情人眼裡的守護神，就像她總會去心疼被愛情折磨的人？是不是因為……

Her sad, watchful visage is enough to console a despondent soul.

她傷心的面孔一成不變地望著世人，這樣能夠安慰悲痛欲絕的人吧。

Like the hopeless romantics, Earths gravitational pull keeps her circling it endlessly, radiating in its light.

這個繞地飛行的衛星像情人一樣因為引力而一圈一圈永無止盡地繞著，折射著太陽的光芒。

In the lonely night when lovers miss most their beloved ones, she appears to bathe them in white.

在寂寞的夜晚，最想念情人的時候，她會用她皎潔的月光陪著人們。

Her cyclical waxing and waning is reminiscent of the never-stagnant phases of love.

她的盈缺總能讓人回想起自己那段曾經不斷變化的愛情時期。

Only those "crazy in love" know why the word lunatic is derived from luna, the Latin word for moon.

只有那些 「愛得瘋狂」的人才會明白lunatic (瘋子）源於拉丁文里的luna（月亮）。

She is by nature a reflective body; and any tortured lover who cries into the night prays their sorrow will not disappear into infinite space, but will ricochet from the moon back to the ears of the beloved.

她本身就是反射光的物體，所以被愛折磨的人在夜晚呼喚的時候，都會祈求他們的悲傷不會消失在無垠的太空中，而是會從月亮上反彈回到愛人的耳朵里。

Whatever the reason, we can find countless references to love and the moon in the written histories of every human civilization on earth. Here are but two examples.

不管是什麼原因，我們會發現人類文明歷史上有記載的關於月亮與愛情的優美文字數也數不盡，讓我們一起看看兩個例子吧。

「

望月懷遠

張九齡

海上生明月，天涯共此時。

情人怨遙夜，竟夕起相思。

滅燭憐光滿，披衣覺露滋。

不堪盈手贈，還寢夢佳期。

」

Translation by

翻譯者：倪培齡

Here is a reading for those of you who would like to practice pronunciation.

不知道怎麼放音頻，原文中有音頻→原文

「

Over the sea the moon grows bright;

We gaze on it far, far apart.

Lovers complain of long, long night;

I rise and long for my dear heart,

Candles blown out, fuller is light;

My coat put on, I』m moist with dew.

As I can』t hand you moonbeams white,

I go to bed to dream of you.

」

Somewhere Out There

lyrics by Cynthia Weil

Grammy-winning song from "An American Tale"

Somewhere out there

Beneath the pale moonlight

Someones thinking of me

And loving me tonight

就在那裡

在蒼白的月光下

有一個人正想念著我

愛著我

Somewhere out there

Someones saying a prayer

That well find one another

In that big somewhere out there

就在那裡

有個人正在祈禱著

我們都將會找到對方

就在這廣大的蒼穹之下的某一地方

And even though I know

How very far apart we are

It helps to think we might be wishing

on the same bright star

雖然我曉得彼此相隔甚遠

但是卻令我們擁有一顆

共同的閃亮祈禱之星

And when the night wind

Starts to sing a lonesome lullaby

It helps to think were sleeping

Underneath the same big sky

當晚風開始

吹吟一首寂寞的催眠曲

它使我想起我們在共同的天窗之下

各自獨眠

But in addition to talking about and to this romantic heavenly body, what if you could write a message on the moon itself?

除了以這個浪漫的天體為題材的各種創作，想像一下如果有機會去留言在她身上又會怎麼樣呢？

Ai Weiwei and Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson wanted to collaborate on an art project, but Ai Weiwei couldnt leave China.

艾未未和來自丹麥冰島的藝術家 Olafur Eliasson 曾經合作過一個藝術項目，但是當時的艾未未不能離開中國。

To solve the problem of distance, The Moon project became a space where anyone on Earth could connect to anyone else through art. Started in 2013, the website allowed users to write on the surface of a digital moon, and saw the contribution of 35,000 people in only 6 weeks. It ran four years before the artists who created it decided it was time to end the project in 2017.

為了解決這個問題，《「月球」計劃》這個項目變成了一個世界上任何人都可以通過藝術與他人聯繫的空間。2013年項目開始後，大家通過網站就可以在這個虛擬的月球表面寫寫畫畫，短短6周時間，就已經有35000人參與了這個項目。直到2017年為止，這兩位藝術家決定是時候結束這個持續了4年的項目。

By the time of its closing, the Moon was covered in pictures and languages from everywhere on Earth- with everything from simplistic doodles to collaborative art scenes, from bathroom jokes to marriage proposals.

當它被關閉的時候，月亮面已經充滿了五花八門的語言和繪畫，從簡單的亂畫到複雜的協同美術，從不雅的幼稚笑話到求婚的詞語。

Please enjoy now these images taken from The Moon project, and take the opportunity to think about what you would write, if you could leave a message for someone on the moon.

現在，讓我們欣賞一下從月亮上來的圖片，趁機會思考一下，如果你可以在月球上給一個人留言，你會說什麼呢？

以上所有圖片均來自《月球》計劃網站

http://moonmoonmoonmoon.com

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