I was a diligent student. I became very interested in the human body. To study life you must also study death. I began to work with dead bodies. I studied the progress of their decay. I examined the change from life to death and from death to life. Then one day I suddenly understood. I was surprised that nobody had discovered the secret before. I had succeeded where other men had failed.
那时，我是个非常勤奋的学生，对人体方面的知识非常感兴趣。要想了解生命，就必须也了解死亡，所以我开始研究尸体，学习尸体腐烂的进程；我监测着从生命到死亡，从死亡再回到生命的过程，直到有一天，我突然领悟了生命的奇迹，我很吃惊没人发现过这个秘密，在无数次前人的失败后，我成功地发现了这个生命的秘密。
I can see your eager expression, my friend, that you want me to tell you the secret. I will not tell you, and soon you will understand why not. Listen to my story, and learn from my example. Knowledge is dangerous. An ambitious man is not a happy man.
我的朋友，我可以看出你迫切求知的表情，你想让我告诉你这个秘密，但是我并不会告诉你，而且你不久后也会知道我为什么选择不告诉你。请先听听我的故事，从我的经验中吸取教训，知识是危险的，一个有野心的人注定不是开心的人。
My first task was to create a body. Any ambition that makes you forget the people you love and the simple pleasures of ordinary life is bad. The leaves fell from the trees, and still I worked. I became anxious and nervous. I avoided other people, I hid myself like a criminal. My creation was nearly done. Soon it would be finished, and then, I promised myself, I would rest and recover my health.
任何让你忘记你爱的人，或是忘记生活中简单的快乐的野心都是不好的，我的第一个任务是创造一个人体，树叶已从树上落下，我还一直工作着，我变得烦躁且紧张，我试着规避与别人的接触，像杀人犯一样藏起来，我的作品很快完成了，我向自己保证，作品完成时我就可以休息了，我就可以恢复我的健康。
I completed my creation one cold rainy night in November. With trembling hands I gathered my instruments to give life to the dead thing that lay at my feet. It was one o’clock in the morning when, by the light of the candle, I saw the yellow eye of the creature open. He breathed. He moved.
在11月的一个冷雨天晚上，我完成了我的作品：用我那颤抖的双手，拿着仪器，把躺在我脚上的死亡物体变活。在凌晨一点的时候，伴着烛光，我看见那物体的黄色眼睛睁开了，它开始呼吸，开始移动。
How can I describe him? I had tried to make him beautiful. Great God! His skin was yellow and wrinkled. His hair was long and black. His eyes were watery. He was monstrous!
我应该如何描述它？我试着把它做得漂亮，我的天呀！它的皮肤是黄色的，皱巴巴的，头发长而黑，眼睛里泛水，简直就是一个怪物！
I had worked for nearly two years for this moment. Now that the moment had come, I felt nothing but horror and disgust.
我为这一刻等了2年，现在这个时刻到来了，我却觉得恐怖又恶心。
My forehead was cold with sweat. By the pale yellow light of the moon, I saw the monster I had created. He was standing beside my bed, looking down at me. He made a sound, grinned at me, and stretched out his hand to touch me. i ran away and spent the rest of the night outside. I was very ill for several months, Henry nursed me. He did not tell my family how ill I was. He did not wish to worry them.
我的额头冒着冷汗，在月光的照耀下，我看清了我一手创造出来的怪物，它发出了响声，对着我笑了，伸出手来要摸我，我跑掉了，在外呆了一晚上。从那一刻起，我就病了好几个月，亨利照顾了我，他没向我家人说明我的情况，他也不想让他们为我担心。
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