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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber 沃尔特·米蒂的隐秘生活（白日梦想家） 詹姆斯·瑟伯 ___ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, first published in 1941, is one of James Thurbers most well-known and beloved stories. Its famous protagonist holds a place in the cultural lexicon, meriting his own entry in English-language dictionaries. In 1947, Norman McLeod directed an MGM Technicolor musical with the same title based on Thurbers story. The film, which extends Mittys imaginary adventures over a two-day period, stars Danny Kaye as the affable daydreamer. 《沃尔特·米蒂的隐秘生活》（白日梦想家）首次于1941年出版，是詹姆斯·瑟伯最为人知 和喜爱的故事之一。其著名的主角在文化词典中占有一席，值得在英语词典中拥有一个词 条。1947年，诺曼·麦克劳德执导了一部米高梅彩色印片的基于瑟伯的故事的同题音乐剧。 这部将米蒂的幻想冒险扩展到两天时长的电影，由丹尼·凯出演这位和蔼的白日梦想家。 未授权翻译，仅供个人学习、研究用途，不得用于任何商业目的，原作者拥有所有权利。 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Page 1 1 Were going through! The Commanders voice was like thin ice breaking. He wore his full-dress uniform, with the heavily braided white cap pulled down rakishly over one cold gray eye. We cant make it, sir. Its spoiling for a hurricane, if you ask me. Im not asking you, Lieutenant Berg, said the Commander. Throw on the power lights! Rev her up to 8,500! Were going through! The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. The Commander stared at the ice forming on the pilot window. He walked over and twisted a row of complicated dials. Switch on No. 8 auxiliary! he shouted. Switch on No. 8 auxiliary! repeated Lieutenant Berg. Full strength in No. 3 turret! shouted the Commander. Full strength in No. 3 turret! The crew, bending to their various tasks in the huge, hurtling eight-engined Navy hydroplane, looked at each other and grinned. The old man will get us through they said to one another. The Old Man aint afraid of Hell! . . . “我们要穿过去！”指挥官的声音就像薄冰破碎一样。他穿着他的礼服军装（*军装按场合分礼服和常 服），那顶有厚厚镶边的白帽不拘地斜压在一只