A Tale of Two Cities — Page 10
尽管他最喜欢称自己为'一个诚实的小商贩'，但他的营生几乎称不上是一门正经买卖。
It could scarcely be called a trade, in spite of his favourite description of himself as "a honest tradesman."
他的全部家当就是一把木凳——那是用一把断了背的椅子截短改造而成的。
His stock consisted of a wooden stool, made out of a broken-backed chair cut down,
每天早晨，小杰里走在父亲身旁，把那把木凳搬到离圣殿栏最近的那家银行的窗户下面。
which stool, young Jerry, walking at his father's side, carried every morning to beneath the banking-house window that was nearest Temple Bar:
再从路过的车辆上随手抓一把稻草垫在脚下，用来隔绝寒气和湿气，这便构成了他一整天的营地。
where, with the addition of the first handful of straw that could be gleaned from any passing vehicle to keep the cold and wet from the odd-job-man's feet, it formed the encampment for the day.
克朗彻先生在这个固定的位置上，就像圣殿栏本身一样，是舰队街和圣殿一带家喻户晓的人物——而且几乎同样地不善与人交往。
On this post of his, Mr. Cruncher was as well known to Fleet-street and the Temple, as the Bar itself,--and was almost as in-looking.
在一个三月份的清晨，寒风凛冽，他在差一刻九点时便已就位，准备好向经过泰尔森银行的那些老先生们脱帽致敬。
Encamped at a quarter before nine, in good time to touch his three-cornered hat to the oldest of men as they passed in to Tellson's,
杰里在这阵风口上站定，小杰里守在他身旁，不时穿过栏门出去溜达一番。
Jerry took up his station on this windy March morning, with young Jerry standing by him, when not engaged in making forays through the Bar,
每逢遇到个头足够矮小、符合他那"仁慈目的"的路过男孩，小杰里便会对其施以身体和精神上的双重折磨。
to inflict bodily and mental injuries of an acute description on passing boys who were small enough for his amiable purpose.
父子二人长得极为相像，默默地注视着舰队街上早晨来往的人流，两人的头靠得像各自的两只眼睛一样近，活脱脱像一对猴子。
Father and son, extremely like each other, looking silently on at the morning traffic in Fleet-street, with their two heads as near to one another as the two eyes of each were, bore a considerable resemblance to a pair of monkeys.
Vocabulary
- could
- 表示可能性或能力的情态动词
- scarcely
- 几乎不，勉强，表示程度极低
- trade
- 贸易，行业，买卖交易活动
- spite
- spite of意为尽管，不管
- favourite
- 最喜爱的，惯用的，偏好的
- description
- 描述，描写，对某事物的说明
- honest
- 诚实的，正直的，不欺骗人的
- tradesman
- 商人，小贩，从事买卖的人
- stock
- 存货，库存，备用的商品物品
- consisted
- 由……组成，包含某些部分
- wooden
- 木制的，由木头做成的
- stool
- 凳子，没有靠背的小椅子
- broken-backed
- 背部断裂的，椅背已损坏的
- beneath
- 在……下面，位于某物之下
- banking-house
- 银行，旧称银行机构的建筑
- Temple
- 寺庙，伦敦地名Temple Bar
- Bar
- 栏杆，关卡，此处为地名组成部分
- addition
- 添加，加上，额外增加的东西
- handful
- 一把，少量，一手能握住的量
- straw
- 稻草，麦秆，铺在地上御寒
- gleaned
- 收集，捡拾，从中零散获取
- vehicle
- 车辆，交通工具，如马车等
- odd-job-man's
- 打零工者的，做杂活工人的
- encampment
- 营地，临时驻扎的地方
- post
- 岗位，职位，驻守的地点
- Fleet-street
- 舰队街，伦敦著名街道名
- almost
- 几乎，差不多，近乎
- in-looking
- 向内看的，眼神内敛朝内望的
- Encamped
- 驻扎，安营，在某处临时停留
- quarter
- 一刻钟，十五分钟，四分之一
- touch
- 触碰，轻触，碰一下以示敬意
- three-cornered
- 三角形的，有三个角的帽子
- station
- 位置，站立处，所在地
- windy
- 多风的，风很大的天气
- engaged
- 忙于，从事，专注于某活动
- forays
- 突袭，侵扰，短暂出击攻击
- inflict
- 施加，造成，使人遭受伤害
- bodily
- 身体上的，肉体的，有关身体
- mental
- 精神的，心理的，思维方面的
- injuries
- 伤害，损伤，身心受到的损害
- acute
- 敏锐的，强烈的，尖锐聪明的
- amiable
- 友善的，和蔼可亲，讨人喜欢
- purpose
- 目的，意图，做某事的原因
- extremely
- 极其，非常，程度极高
- silently
- 默默地，安静地，无声地
- traffic
- 交通，来往车辆，过往行人
- bore
- 具有，显示，bear的过去式
- considerable
- 相当大的，值得注意的，可观的
- resemblance
- 相似，相像，外貌上的相近
- pair
- 一对，两个，成对的东西
- monkeys
- 猴子，monkey的复数形式
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