内容简介

本书《漂浮岛》主要介绍了娃娃一家的故事。在这个广大世界，有个地方叫娃娃屋，一家子娃娃都居住于此，过着幸福快乐的生活。一天伊丽莎白的叔叔将娃娃一家买下作为伊丽莎白的生日礼物，于是娃娃一家和他们的屋子被钉入黑木箱中开始了他们的奇妙探险之旅。不幸地是，他们乘坐的船遇到了海上风暴，暴风雨不期而至，将他们冲散至漂浮岛各地，娃娃一家子和他们的娃娃屋失散了。庆幸地是他们在历经千难万险之后最终重逢于漂浮岛。在漂浮岛上，娃娃一家与当地的小动物们相遇相知相识，经过一系列的奇妙旅程之后，娃娃一家也逐渐熟悉漂浮岛上的生活。他们怀着好奇心与勇气探索着漂浮岛，他们的冒险和经历可是充满着乐趣与幽默呢！

    这本书易于小读者阅读，因为大量的脚注与插图生动形象的像小读者们展示了海洋里各式各样的小鱼群以及漂浮岛上的小动物们。此次的翻译实践翻译了本书的13到22章节，充分的向读者展示了娃娃先生，娃娃夫人，威廉和厨娘蒂娜的奇妙冒险之旅以及他们如何克服岛上困难最终分寻觅彼此的故事。

    这些章节看似一个个简单独立的小故事，实际上却是相互融合的。作者通过不同的小故事传递着大哲理即无论我们生活中遇到什么挑战与困难，我们都要永葆初心继续前进，始终对生活充满爱，信心与勇气。

INTRODUCTION

The book “The Floating Island” mainly introduces the story of doll’s family. A doll family lives in a doll house happily in a toy shop. One day, Elizabeth’s uncle wants to buy a gift to his niece Elizabeth. When he steps into the toy store, he picks up the doll family and their doll house. Then a family of dolls with their friends are wrapped up in their house for shipping. Along the way they get shipwrecked and survive on a floating island. Unfortunately, they are scattered by waves. Despite the difficulties, they all reunite and set up their new home on the floating island with the help of others. And the dolls get familiar with the native animals gradually, and at the same time they are adapted in the island too. They explore the island with their curiosity and their adventures on the floating island and they are full of humor and fun. 

    The book is written for a younger audience with lots of footnotes and illustrations about different animals lives in the sea and island so that it will be well received by young readers. This essay translates the 13-22 chapters and it fully demonstrates exiting adventures about Mr. Doll, Mrs. Doll, William and Dinah on the floating island and finally they overcome all the difficulties and get together on the floating island.

    These chapters seem to be a simple and independent story, but actually they are interactive. Through their different stories, author wants to tell us that we should stay in an original mind when we meet problems in our daily life. Whatever we meet, we should be full of love , confidence and courage towards life.