Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
这件事的寓意是——'物以类聚。'
And the moral of that is—'Birds of a feather flock together.'
'可是芥末不是鸟,'爱丽丝说。
'Only mustard isn't a bird,' Alice remarked.
'对,像往常一样,'公爵夫人说:'你表达事情的方式多么清楚啊!'
'Right, as usual,' said the Duchess: 'what a clear way you have of putting things!'
'我想,它是一种矿物,'爱丽丝说。
'It's a mineral, I think,' said Alice.
'当然是了,'公爵夫人说,她似乎准备同意爱丽丝说的一切,'这附近有一个大芥末矿。这件事的寓意是——'我的越多,你的就越少。'
'Of course it is,' said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said; 'there's a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is—'The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.'
'哦,我知道了!'爱丽丝叫道,她没有注意到最后这句话,'它是一种蔬菜。它看起来不像,但它确实是。'
'Oh, I know!' exclaimed Alice, who had not attended to this last remark, 'it's a vegetable. It doesn't look like one, but it is.'
'我完全同意你的看法,'公爵夫人说,'这件事的寓意是——'要显得像你希望别人看到的样子'——或者如果你想说得更简单些——'永远不要想象你自己不是别的样子,因为在别人看来,你现在的样子或可能曾经是的样子,并非不同于你过去的样子在他们看来本应是的别的样子。'
'I quite agree with you,' said the Duchess; 'and the moral of that is—'Be what you would seem to be'—or if you'd like it put more simply—'Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.'
'我想如果把它写下来,我会理解得更好些,'爱丽丝非常礼貌地说,'但你这样说出来,我不太能跟上。'
'I think I should understand that better,' Alice said very politely, 'if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.'
'比起我想说的话,这算不了什么,'公爵夫人用愉快的语气回答道。
'That's nothing to what I could say if I chose,' the Duchess replied, in a pleased tone.
'请不要费心再说得更长了,'爱丽丝说。
'Pray don't trouble yourself to say it any longer than that,' said Alice.
'哦,别提什么费心不费心!'公爵夫人说。
'Oh, don't talk about trouble!' said the Duchess.
Vocabulary
- moral
- 道德寓意；故事的教训或意义
- Birds
- 鸟类，有羽毛会飞的动物（复数）
- feather
- 羽毛，鸟类身上的毛
- flock
- 聚集；一群（鸟或动物）
- together
- 一起，共同地
- Only
- 仅仅，只有；但是
- mustard
- 芥末，一种辛辣调味料
- bird
- 鸟，有羽毛会飞的动物
- remarked
- 评论说，说道
- Right
- 正确的；对的
- as
- 如同；当...时；因为
- usual
- 通常的，平常的
- said
- 说（动词say的过去式）
- Duchess
- 公爵夫人，贵族女性头衔
- clear
- 清楚的，明白的
- way
- 方式，方法；道路
- putting
- 放置；表达（动词put的现在分词）
- things
- 事物，东西（复数）
- mineral
- 矿物质；矿物
- think
- 认为，思考
- course
- 当然；课程
- who
- 谁；关系代词，指人
- seemed
- 似乎，好像（动词seem的过去式）
- ready
- 准备好的；愿意的
- agree
- 同意，赞成
- everything
- 一切，每件事
- large
- 大的，巨大的
- near
- 在附近；接近
- here
- 这里，此处
- more
- 更多的；更
- there
- 那里；有
- mine
- 我的；矿
- less
- 更少的；较少
- yours
- 你的，你们的（所有格）
- know
- 知道，了解
- exclaimed
- 惊呼，大声说
- attended
- 注意；参加（动词attend的过去式）
- last
- 最后的；上一个
- remark
- 评论，言论
- vegetable
- 蔬菜，植物
- look
- 看；看起来
- like
- 像；喜欢
- quite
- 相当，很；完全
- would
- 将会；过去将来时助动词
- seem
- 似乎，好像
- if
- 如果，假如
- put
- 放，放置
- simply
- 简单地；仅仅
- Never
- 从不，决不
- imagine
- 想象，设想
- yourself
- 你自己
- otherwise
- 否则；不同地
- than
- 比，比较
- might
- 可能；也许
- appear
- 出现；看起来
- others
- 其他人，别人
- appeared
- 出现；看起来（动词appear的过去式）
- should
- 应该；应当
- understand
- 理解，明白
- better
- 更好的；更好地
- very
- 非常，很
- politely
- 有礼貌地，客气地
- written
- 写的（动词write的过去分词）
- down
- 向下；记下
- follow
- 跟随；理解
- say
- 说，讲
- nothing
- 没什么，无事
- could
- 能够（can的过去式）
- chose
- 选择（动词choose的过去式）
- replied
- 回答，回复（动词reply的过去式）
- pleased
- 高兴的，满意的
- tone
- 语气，音调
- Pray
- 祈祷；请求
- trouble
- 麻烦；困扰
- any
- 任何的；一些
- longer
- 更长的；更久
- talk
- 谈话，交谈
- about
- 关于；大约
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