Percy Shelly / 珀西·雪莱
Percy Shelly was a famous English poet, born in 1792.
珀西雪莉是位著名的英国诗人，出生于1792年。
Shelly was born into a wealthy family and had a very happy childhood until he was 12 years old.
雪莉雪莱出生在一个富裕的家庭，直到12岁之前过着非常快乐的童年。
However, when he was 12, his parents sent him to Eton school where he was physically and mentally bullied every day by a group of older students.
不过，当他12岁的时候，他的父母把他送去了伊顿公学校，在那里他每天都被一群同学欺负，无论是身体上还是心理上。
Eton is a very famous boarding school which has educates boys from wealthy families including the princes from many royal families.
伊顿公学是一所非常有名的寄宿学校，培养了许多来自富裕家庭的男孩，包括许多王室的王子。
As a result he had no friends at school and so he often got into trouble with the school authorities.
结果他在学校没有朋友，所以经常和学校的老师们闹到一起。
He was very good at science and he would play pranks on other students such as electrifying the door handles to his room.
他在科学方面非常厉害，经常会对其他学生恶作剧，比如给自己房间的门把手通电。
He even blew up a tree using gunpowder.
他甚至用火药炸了棵树。
His main escape from the bullying, however, was literature.
不过，他逃避欺凌的主要方式就是文学。
By the time Shelly was 13, he had published 2 novels and 2 volumes of poetry.
到13岁的时候，雪莉已经发表了两部小说和两本诗集了。
After leaving Eton, he went to study at Oxford University but he was expelled for his radical views.
离开伊顿公学后，他去牛津大学读书，但因为他的激进观点被开除了。
He published papers supporting atheism, pacifism, and free love which were considered deeply offensive at that time.
他发表了支持无神论、和平主义和性自由的论文，那时候这些观点被认为是非常冒犯的。
Shelly’s parents were shocked by his behaviour and demanded that he give up his radical political views and his vegetarianism.
雪莉的父母对他的行为感到震惊，要求他放弃那些极端的政治观点和素食主义。
Shelly responded by running away and marrying Harriet Westbrook, a woman that Shelly’s father did not like.
雪莉的回应就是跑掉了，还有娶给了哈丽特·韦斯特布鲁克，谢利爸爸对这个女人可不太喜欢。
Shelly’s father duly cut off his son’s allowance.
雪莉的爸爸果然把儿子的零花钱给停了。
Shelly soon tired of Harriet and accused her of marrying him for his money.
谢利很快就厌倦了哈里特，还指责她是为了钱才嫁给他的。
The couple separated and Harriet when back to live with her parents.
这对夫妻分开了，哈里特回去和她的父母一起住。
Shelly then met Mary Godwin, the daughter of the feminist activist Mary Wollstonecraft and the writer William Godwin.
雪莉随后遇到了玛丽·戈德温，她是女权主义者玛丽·沃尔斯通克拉夫特和作家威廉·戈德温的女儿。
He fell madly in love with her and threatened to commit suicide if she did not return his feelings.
他疯狂地爱上了她，并威胁如果她不回报他的感情就自杀。
They started a relationship and ran away to Switzerland with Mary’s stepsister Claire.
他们开始了一段关系，并和玛丽的继妹克莱尔一起逃到了瑞士。
When they returned to England, Mary was pregnant and so Shelly’s wife filed for divorce.
当他们回到英国时，玛丽怀孕了，于是雪莉的妻子提出了离婚。
Shelly and Mary were then invited meet another famous English poet called Lord Byron who was living in Geneva.
雪莉和玛丽随后被邀请去见另一位著名的英国诗人拜伦勋爵，他当时住在日内瓦。
They spent the summer in a house on the banks of Lake Geneva and Shelly and Byron became firm friends.
他们在日内瓦湖畔的一座房子里度过了夏天，雪莉和拜伦成了好朋友。
Around this time Shelly’s wife, Harriet, drowned herself when she became pregnant with another man’s child.
大约这个时候，雪莉的妻子哈丽特在怀上另一个男人的孩子时自杀了。
Shelly was now able to marry Mary, and she became Mary Shelly, the author of the famous novel Frankenstein.
雪莉现在能够和玛丽结婚了，她成为了玛丽·雪莉，著名小说《科学怪人》的作者。
Shelly and his new wife returned to England where he continued to write poetry and publish his radical political views.
雪莉和他的新妻子回到了英格兰，他继续写诗并发表他的激进政治观点。
However, fearing prosecution for his views and unpaid debts, they soon left for Italy.
不过，他们很快就去了意大利，因为担心因为自己的观点和未偿还的债务受到起诉。
The family travelled around Italy for 4 years before travelling to Livorno to meet his friend Lord Byron.
这家人环游意大利四年，然后去利沃诺见他的朋友拜伦勋爵。
At Livorno, Shelly bought a boat and on 1st July 1822 set sail with a friend and a crew of 3 men to return to his Italian home.
在利沃诺，雪莉买了一艘船，并于1822年7月1号与一位朋友和三名船员扬帆起航，返回他的意大利家。
Unfortunately, during this voyage, a storm developed and everyone on the boat drowned.
不幸的是，在这次航行中，发生了风暴，船上的所有人都淹死了。
Shelly’s badly decomposed body was washed ashore 10 days later.
10天后，雪莉严重腐烂的尸体被冲上岸。
He was identified by his clothing and a book of poetry in his pocket.
他通过他的衣服和口袋里的诗集被认识别了。
His body was cremated and his ashes were then buried in a cemetery in Rome.
他的遗体被火化，然后他的 骨灰 在罗马的一个公墓里安放。