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Relationship THE THORN BIRDS The Author Colleen McCullough was born and raised in Australia, but she studied neurology abroad and went on to teach the subject at Yale Medical School. Colleen’s writing career has spanned over four decades, and she has covered a wide variety of topics such as medical crimes and the Roman Empire. However, The Thorn Birds is her most arguable and most powerful novel of all time. 考琳·麦卡洛（Colleen McCullough），1937年6月1日生于澳大利亚新南威尔士州的惠灵顿，澳大利亚当代著名作家。 　　她曾从事过多种工作——旅游业、图书馆、教书；后来终于成了一名神经病理学家，曾就学于美国耶鲁大学。她的第一部小说是《蒂姆》，而《荆棘鸟》(The Thorn Birds）则构思了四年，作了大量的调查工作，方始动笔。此书一发表，作者便一举成名。作者是位多才多艺的人，喜欢摄影、音乐、绘画、服装裁剪等。她现定居于美国。 Meggie Cleary Fiona Paddy Cleary Meggie’s Brothers Mary Elizabeth Father Ralph de Bricassart Luke O’Neill Dane O’Neill Justine O’Neill Mother Father Brothers Aunt True Love Husband Son Daugher The story between Ralph and Maggie is very timeless because it deals with forbidden love and they can never be able to have a relationship. Interestingly, it is Meggie who makes herself suffer and yearn for Ralph for many years, while he goes on to pursue his great career in the church. I’m the incarnation(化身）of you( the thorn bird). 　There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in his life. 　　传说有一只鸟一生只歌唱一次。 　　More sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth 　　他的歌声委婉动听，万物之中无可比拟。 　　From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. 　　自离巢的那一刻，他就在寻找着，不眠不休，只为寻找那棵属于他的荆棘树。 　　Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. 　　荆棘树上，他在旁逸横出的荆棘中放声歌唱，至长至锐的尖刺穿透了他的身躯。 　 And, dying, it rises above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale. 　　生命将尽，他超脱了痛苦，尽情欢唱，那甜美的歌声连云雀夜莺都难以企及。 　　One superlative song, existence the price. 　　歌声至美，却是以身殉曲。 　　But the whole world stills to listen, and God in his Heaven smiles. 　　然而万物都在聆听这美妙的歌声，就连上帝也在苍穹之中露出了微笑 　　Because only chastened bitterness, can get the best things. 　　因为唯有