6. Beautiful City

6 Beautiful City "This neighborhood, Montmartre, has been home to great artists for centuries," Etoile told Stanley after he had put his puffy-sleeved shirt and trench coat back on and they returned to the street. "Claude Monet painted here. So did Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh." "Do you want to be an artist when you grow up?" Stanley asked. "I am an artist already," Etoile said. "L'école d'Art is a special boarding school for artists. Madame Sévère says the only way to paint like the masters is to copy them. Every day we go to a different museum to draw the paintings. And then we come back to our classroom and paint." They walked down the hill of Montmartre, passing the famous Basilica of the Sacré-Coeur.

“蒙马特这个社区几个世纪以来一直是伟大艺术家的家园，”埃托伊尔告诉斯坦利。他穿上蓬松的袖衬衫和风衣，他们回到街上。 莫奈在这里作画。 巴勃罗·毕加索和文森特·梵高也是如此。” “你长大后想当艺术家吗?”斯坦利问道。 “我已经是一名艺术家了，”埃托勒说。 “艺术学院是一所专门为艺术家开设的寄宿学校。 s逍遥夫人说要想画得像大师，唯一的办法就是临摹。 我们每天都去不同的博物馆画画。 然后我们回到教室画画。” 他们走下蒙马特山，经过著名的圣心大教堂。

As they wandered the streets of Paris, Etoile explained how the city was laid out in a series of rings, one inside the other. In the center was the neighborhood around the Louvre. While they walked, Etoile asked about Stanley's travels. He told her about performing with the Flying Chinese Wonders and jumping from a plane over Africa. He asked her questions about herself. Etoile meant "star." She had grown up in a seaside town in the south of France. Sometimes she missed her family. Stanley knew just how she felt.

当他们漫步在巴黎的街道上时，埃托勒向他们解释了这座城市是如何形成一个接一个的环状结构的。 中心是卢浮宫周围的街区。 他们边走边问斯坦利的旅行情况。 他给她讲了自己和中国飞天奇景团一起表演和从非洲上空的飞机上跳下来的经历。 他问了一些关于她自己的问题。 Etoile的意思是“星星”。她在法国南部的一个海滨小镇长大。 有时她想念她的家人。 斯坦利明白她的感受。

Etoile and Stanley browsed the bookstalls on the Left Bank of the river Seine. In honor of his travels, Etoile bought Stanley an English copy of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, one of France's greatest writers. Then they visited the grand cathedral Notre Dame, which Stanley had seen in the distance when he'd first exited the Louvre. It had gargoyles

埃托勒和斯坦利浏览了塞纳河左岸的书摊。 为了纪念他的旅行，埃托勒给斯坦利买了一本法国最伟大的作家之一儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游世界》的英文版。 然后他们参观了宏伟的巴黎圣母院，斯坦利第一次走出卢浮宫时就在远处看到了它。 里面有石像鬼

peering down from two huge towers and a colorful, round stained-glass window that stretched thirty feet across. The cathedral was nearly eight hundred years old! Finally Etoile took him to the Eiffel Tower. They rode an elevator to the top and looked out over the city.

从两座巨大的塔楼和一扇30英尺宽的彩色圆形彩色玻璃窗往下看。 这座大教堂有将近800年的历史了!最后，埃托勒带他去了埃菲尔铁塔。 他们乘电梯到达山顶，俯瞰整个城市。

Stanley had never been anyplace that was so full of art and beauty. "How do you say 'beautiful' in French?" he whispered. Etoile looked at him with her big blue eyes. "Belle," she whispered. "Belle," Stanley repeated softly. Suddenly Stanley was startled by a shout. "Arrête!" a familiar voice called. "Stop right

斯坦利从来没有到过如此充满艺术和美丽的地方。 “‘美丽’这个词用法语怎么说?”他低声说。 埃托勒用她那双蓝色的大眼睛看着他。 “贝尔，”她低声说。“贝尔，”斯坦利轻声重复道。 突然，斯坦利被一声喊叫吓了一跳。 “Arrête!”一个熟悉的声音喊道。 “停止吧

there!" From the elevator behind them leaped Agent Lunette. "I've been all over the city looking for you!" He put a firm hand on Stanley's shoulder. "You are late for dinner!" he said in Stanley's ear. "Let's go." Stanley's heart lurched. He was about to protest, but Agent Lunette stopped him with a stern look.

那儿!”卢内特探员从他们身后的电梯里跳了出来。 “我找遍了整个城市都在找你!”他把一只手紧紧地搭在斯坦利的肩上。 “你吃饭迟到了!”他在斯坦利耳边说。 “我们走吧。”斯坦利的心猛地一跳。 他正要抗议，但露内特探员用严厉的目光阻止了他。