A Tale of Two Cities — Page 6
起初，他睡得很沉，但渐渐地开始在床上翻滚辗转，直到他从被窝里探出身来，那一头乱糟糟的尖发看起来随时会把床单撕成碎片。
At first, he slept heavily, but, by degrees, began to roll and surge in bed, until he rose above the surface, with his spiky hair looking as if it must tear the sheets to ribbons.
就在这时，他以一种极度恼怒的声音喊道：
At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation:
"要我说，她又在搞那一套了！"
"Bust me, if she ain't at it agin!"
角落里，一个看起来整洁勤快的女人从跪着的姿势站了起来，她那仓皇惶恐的样子足以表明她正是他所指的那个人。
A woman of orderly and industrious appearance rose from her knees in a corner, with sufficient haste and trepidation to show that she was the person referred to.
"什么！"克伦彻先生一边说，一边从床上伸手去摸靴子，"你又在搞那一套，是吗？"
"What!" said Mr. Cruncher, looking out of bed for a boot. "You're at it agin, are you?"
用这第二声问候迎过早晨之后，他顺手把一只靴子朝那女人扔去，算是第三声招呼。
After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third.
那是一只沾满泥巴的靴子，这倒引出了克伦彻先生家庭经济中一件奇怪的事：他常常在银行打烊之后穿着干净的靴子回家，却往往在第二天早上发现同一双靴子沾满了泥土。
It was a very muddy boot, and may introduce the odd circumstance connected with Mr. Cruncher's domestic economy, that, whereas he often came home after banking hours with clean boots, he often got up next morning to find the same boots covered with clay.
"什么，"克伦彻先生没砸中目标，换了个称呼说道，"你在搞什么名堂，你这磨人精？"
"What," said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark--"what are you up to, Aggerawayter?"
"我只是在做祷告。"
"I was only saying my prayers."
"做祷告！你真是个好女人！你趴在那里对着我祷告是什么意思？"
"Saying your prayers! You're a nice woman! What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying agin me?"
"我不是在对您祷告；我是在为您祷告。"
"I was not praying against you; I was praying for you."
"才不是呢。就算是，我也不允许你这么放肆。喂！小杰里，你妈真是个好女人，在那儿祈祷来妨碍你父亲发财致富。"
"You weren't. And if you were, I won't be took the liberty with. Here! your mother's a nice woman, young Jerry, going a praying agin your father's prosperity."
Vocabulary
- first
- 首先，最初，第一
- slept
- sleep的过去式，指睡觉
- heavily
- 沉重地，深沉地，程度很深
- degrees
- 程度，逐渐，一步一步地
- began
- begin的过去式，开始做某事
- roll
- 滚动，翻滚，辗转反侧
- surge
- 涌动，猛烈翻腾，大幅波动
- until
- 直到……为止，表时间界限
- rose
- rise的过去式，升起，站起来
- above
- 在……上方，高于
- surface
- 表面，水面，物体的外层
- spiky
- 尖刺状的，头发竖立蓬乱的
- must
- 必须，一定，表强烈推测
- tear
- 撕裂，扯破，用力拉开
- sheets
- 床单，被单，薄片状物
- ribbons
- 丝带，缎带，细长条状物
- juncture
- 关键时刻，节点，紧要关头
- exclaimed
- exclaim的过去式，大声呼喊
- voice
- 声音，嗓音，说话的声音
- dire
- 极度的，可怕的，极其严重的
- exasperation
- 极度恼怒，激怒，愤慨之情
- Bust
- 俚语感叹词，表示惊讶或诅咒
- ain't
- 口语，am/is/are not的缩写
- agin
- 方言，again的变体，又，再次
- orderly
- 整洁的，有条理的，井然有序
- industrious
- 勤劳的，勤奋的，努力工作的
- appearance
- 外表，外貌，样子，出现
- knees
- 膝盖，跪下时接触地面的部位
- corner
- 角落，房间或街道的拐角处
- sufficient
- 足够的，充分的，满足需求的
- haste
- 急忙，仓促，迅速行动
- trepidation
- 恐惧，惶恐，内心的忧虑颤抖
- referred
- refer的过去式，指的是，提及
- boot
- 靴子，皮靴，厚底鞋
- hailing
- 打招呼，热情欢呼，致敬
- morn
- 诗意用法，早晨，清晨
- salutation
- 问候，招呼，致意的话语
- threw
- throw的过去式，投掷，抛出
- muddy
- 泥泞的，满是泥巴的
- may
- 可能，也许，表示许可或推测
- introduce
- 介绍，引入，提出某个话题
- odd
- 奇怪的，不寻常的，古怪的
- circumstance
- 情况，环境，具体情形或事件
- connected
- 有关联的，连接的，相关的
- domestic
- 家庭的，家务的，国内的
- economy
- 经济，节约，家庭财务管理
- whereas
- 然而，鉴于，表对比的连词
- banking
- 银行业务，与银行相关的工作
- boots
- 靴子，皮靴的复数形式
- covered
- 覆盖的，盖满了，被遮住的
- clay
- 黏土，泥土，泥巴
- varying
- 不同的，变化的，各种各样的
- apostrophe
- 撇号，标点符号，表示省略或所有
- missing
- 缺失的，丢失的，找不到的
- mark
- 标记，符号，标点
- Aggerawayter
- 方言变体，aggravator，惹人烦者
- prayers
- 祈祷，祷告，向神的祈求
- mean
- 意思是，表示，指的是
- flopping
- 扑通倒下，跪倒，身体重重落下
- praying
- 祈祷，祷告，向神求助
- against
- 反对，对抗，与……相违背
- liberty
- 自由，冒昧，擅自做某事
- prosperity
- 繁荣，富裕，兴旺昌盛
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