Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born English writer, has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.
日裔英国作家石黑一雄（Kazuo Ishiguro）获得2017年诺贝尔文学奖。
The Swedish Academy made the announcement Thursday in Stockholm.
周四，瑞典学院在斯德哥尔摩揭晓了这一奖项。
Sara Danius, the academy’s secretary, praised the work of Ishiguro.
瑞典学院秘书长萨拉·达尼乌斯（Sara Danius）对石黑一雄的作品赞不绝口。
She said, “He’s a very interesting writer in many ways.”
她表示 “从多方面来看，石黑一雄都是一位有趣的作家。”
“If you mix Jane Austen and Franz Kafka, then you have Ishiguro in a nutshell.”
“简单概括，石黑一雄就是简·奥斯汀和弗兰兹·卡夫卡的结合体。”
Danius described him as “one of the most exquisite novelists in our time.”
达尼乌斯称他为“当代最细腻的小说家之一。”
His best-known work is “The Remains of the Day,” which was published in 1989.
1989年，他最著名的作品《长日留痕》出版。
It tells of a man who worked as a butler, the main male servant in the home of a rich person.
该书讲述的是在英国一富人家当差的管家的故事。
He looks back on a life in service to the wealthy.
他回顾起自己服侍富人的生平。
The book deepens into a darker story of the repressed emotional and social environment of 20th-century England.
这本书深入地描写了20世纪时英国人克制的情感与压抑的社会环境。
The work earned Ishiguro the Man Booker Prize in 1989.
1989年，石黑一雄凭《长日留痕》获得英国布克文学奖。
The 1993 film version of “The Remains of the Day” starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.It was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
1993年，由《长日留痕》改编的电影上映，安东尼·霍普金斯与艾玛·汤普森领衔主演的这部影片获得了八项奥斯卡奖提名。
The choice of Ishiguro for the Nobel Prize marked a return to traditional literature following two years of unconventional choices by the Swedish Academy.
石黑一雄获奖也标志着诺贝尔文学奖重返传统文学，此前，瑞典学院连续两年将奖项授予非传统文学。
Last year, the literature prize went to American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan.
去年，美国歌手、作曲家鲍勃·迪伦获得诺贝尔文学奖。
In 2015, it went to Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus, an investigative journalist.
2015年该获的获得者为白俄罗斯记者斯维拉娜·亚历塞维奇。
Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan. He moved with his family to Britain when he was five years old.
石黑一雄出生于日本长崎市。五岁时随父母移民英国。
Although he did not return to Japan until he was in his 30s, Japanese characters were important in his first two novels:"A Pale View of Hills” and “An Artist of the Floating World."
虽然他重返日本已是而立之年，但日本人的特性在其前两部小说——《群山淡景》和《浮世画家》中展露无遗。
The writer will receive 1.1 million dollars in prize money for winning the literature award.
今年诺贝尔文学奖的奖金为110万美元。
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【词汇解析】
1.the Nobel Prize 诺贝尔奖项
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.
他被授予诺贝尔物理学奖。
2.prize money 奖金
An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the prize money.
一个匿名捐助者施以援手提供了奖金。
3.return to 返回
I solemnly vowed that someday I would return to live in Europe.
我郑重发誓，总有一天我将回到欧洲生活。
4.male servant 男仆
His wife praises him as a model husband, but friends say that he is a male servant.
老婆说他是模范丈夫，朋友们调侃他像个“男仆”。
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