瑞士的鲁滨逊一家（英文版）

　　《瑞士的鲁滨逊一家》是一部享誉西方的冒险小说，原著为瑞士人约翰·维斯撰写，本书为英文版。《瑞士的鲁滨逊一家》以纪实的笔法无比真实地讲述了一个现代的童话故事，展现了人与自然之间的和谐，以及人自身的善良与智慧。故事中的一家人从不盲目射杀野生动物，他们更热衷于费尽心思去驯服这些野兽，而且最后还和毛猴、鸵鸟、水牛、老鹰……这些动物成为了朋友。同时，他们也坚信人的善良、理性、智慧和想象力能帮助自己在荒野中生存。本书不仅拥有激动人心的故事情节，还生动地描述了几十种简洁实用的荒野求生技巧。　The Swiss Family Robinson， written by Swiss writer and clergyman Johann David Wyss， is a novel about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson， Australia， goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies.　Johann David Wyss and his two sons were great admirers of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. After reading and discussing Defoe's famous story， they decided to continue the adventure. So they pretended that they， too， had been shipwrecked on a desert island. They spent many winter evenings telling each other tales of their imaginary life there. The father wrote down their stories，and one son， Johann Emmanuel， illustrated them with drawings and watercolors.　Some years later， the other son， Johann Rudolph， edited and published the stories as The Swiss Family Robinson. The book quickly became very popular and was translated into English in 1820.To this day， the Wyss family's tale of the adventures of a shipwrecked Swiss family is a favorite of young people all over the world.

　　原著为瑞士牧师约翰·达维德·维斯（1743-1818）所作，维斯是一个军队牧师，他把这个故事的情节一一讲给了他的4个儿子听。他留下了没有写完也没有组织好的手稿，1812-1813年在苏黎世由儿子约翰·鲁道夫·维斯（1781-1830）编辑出版，题为《瑞士的鲁滨逊漂游记》。随后经译者和编者的修改、补充，篇幅增加了不少。Johann David Wyss was a Swiss author， best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson. He was born and died in Bern. It is said that he was inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe， but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn， as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children.The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in German and translated into English two yeaslater. It has since become one of the most popular books of all time. The book was edited by his son， Johann Rudolf Wyss， a scholar who wrote the Swiss national anthem. Another son， Johann Emmanuel Wyss， illustrated the book.Wyss has been described as an author whose style was "firmly Christian and moral in tone".There are also many underlying tones of Christianity throughout the book and in the case of many of the characters and their morals.