Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 9
「你不可能太想学它,」爱丽丝说;「住在海底的话。」
"You couldn't have wanted it much," said Alice; "living at the bottom of the sea."
「我学不起啊。」素甲鱼叹了口气说。「我只上了常规课程。」
"I couldn't afford to learn it." said the Mock Turtle with a sigh. "I only took the regular course."
「那是什么?」爱丽丝问道。
"What was that?" inquired Alice.
「当然是『卷线』和『扭动』,作为开始,」素甲鱼回答;「然后是算术的不同分支——野心、分心、丑化和嘲笑。」
"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied; "and then the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."
「我从没听说过『丑化』,」爱丽丝大着胆子说。「那是什么?」
"I never heard of 'Uglification,'" Alice ventured to say. "What is it?"
鹰头狮惊讶地举起了双爪。「什么!从没听说过丑化!」它惊叫道。「我想你知道美化是什么吧?」
The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. "What! Never heard of uglifying!" it exclaimed. "You know what to beautify is, I suppose?"
「知道,」爱丽丝犹豫地说:「就是——让——任何东西——变得更漂亮。」
"Yes," said Alice doubtfully: "it means—to—make—anything—prettier."
「那么,」鹰头狮继续说,「如果你不知道丑化是什么,你真是个傻瓜。」
"Well, then," the Gryphon went on, "if you don't know what to uglify is, you _are_ a simpleton."
爱丽丝不想再多问这个问题了,于是她转向素甲鱼,说「你还要学什么别的?」
Alice did not feel encouraged to ask any more questions about it, so she turned to the Mock Turtle, and said "What else had you to learn?"
「嗯,还有神秘学,」素甲鱼回答,用鳍状肢数着科目,「——神秘学,古代和现代的,还有海洋地理学:然后是拖腔——拖腔老师是一条老康吉鳗,每周来一次:他教我们拖腔、伸展和盘绕昏厥。」
"Well, there was Mystery," the Mock Turtle replied, counting off the subjects on his flappers, "—Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling—the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: _he_ taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils."
「那是什么样的?」爱丽丝说。
"What was _that_ like?" said Alice.
「嗯,我没法亲自演示给你看,」素甲鱼说:「我太僵硬了。而且鹰头狮从来没学过。」
"Well, I can't show it you myself," the Mock Turtle said: "I'm too stiff. And the Gryphon never learnt it."
「没时间,」鹰头狮说:「不过我去上古典文学老师的课了。」
"Hadn't time," said the Gryphon: "I went to the Classics master, though.
Vocabulary
- You
- 你,第二人称代词
- couldn't
- could not 的缩写,不能
- have
- 有;助动词,用于完成时态
- wanted
- want 的过去式,想要
- it
- 它,第三人称单数代词
- much
- 很多,非常
- said
- say 的过去式,说
- living
- live 的现在分词,居住,生活
- at
- 在(某处),介词
- the
- 定冠词,表示特指
- bottom
- 底部,最下面
- of
- 属于,关于,介词
- sea
- 海洋,大海
- I
- 我,第一人称单数代词
- afford
- 负担得起,有能力做某事
- to
- 到,向;不定式标记
- learn
- 学习,学会
- Mock
- 假的,模拟的;嘲笑
- Turtle
- 海龟
- with
- 和,带有,用,介词
- a
- 一个,不定冠词
- sigh
- 叹气,叹息
- only
- 仅仅,只有
- took
- take 的过去式,拿,学习
- regular
- 常规的,定期的,正常的
- course
- 课程,科目
- What
- 什么,疑问代词
- was
- be 的过去式,是
- that
- 那个,指示代词
- inquired
- inquire 的过去式,询问
- and
- 和,与,连词
- begin
- 开始
- replied
- reply 的过去式,回答
- then
- 然后,那时
- different
- 不同的,各种各样的
- branches
- 分支,科目,部门
- Arithmetic
- 算术,数学
- Ambition
- 野心,雄心(此处为双关语)
- Distraction
- 分心,使人分心的事物(双关语)
- Derision
- 嘲笑,嘲弄(此处为双关语)
- never
- 从不,从未
- heard
- hear 的过去式,听说
- ventured
- venture 的过去式,冒险说
- say
- 说,讲
- is
- be 的第三人称单数,是
- The
- 定冠词,特指
- lifted
- lift 的过去式,举起
- up
- 向上,提高
- both
- 两者都,双方
- its
- 它的,物主代词
- paws
- 爪子(复数)
- in
- 在...里,介词
- surprise
- 惊讶,惊奇
- Never
- 从不,绝不
- exclaimed
- exclaim 的过去式,惊呼
- know
- 知道,了解
- what
- 什么,疑问代词
- beautify
- 美化,使变美
- suppose
- 假设,认为
- Yes
- 是的,表示肯定
- doubtfully
- 怀疑地,不确定地
- means
- mean 的第三人称单数,意思是
- make
- 制作,使得
- anything
- 任何事物
- prettier
- 更漂亮的,pretty 的比较级
- Well
- 好吧,那么,语气词
- went
- go 的过去式,去
- on
- 继续,在...上
- if
- 如果,假如,连词
- you
- 你,第二人称代词
- don't
- do not 的缩写,不
- _are_
- be 动词,是(斜体表示强调)
- simpleton
- 傻瓜,头脑简单的人
- did
- do 的过去式,助动词
- not
- 不,否定词
- feel
- 感觉,觉得
- encouraged
- encourage 的过去分词,受鼓励的
- ask
- 问,询问
- any
- 任何,一些
- more
- 更多,再
- questions
- 问题(复数)
- about
- 关于,大约
- so
- 所以,因此
- she
- 她,第三人称单数代词
- turned
- turn 的过去式,转向
- else
- 其他的,别的
- had
- have 的过去式,有
- there
- 那里,有(there be 结构)
- Mystery
- 神秘,奥秘(此处为双关语)
- counting
- count 的现在分词,数,计算
- off
- 离开,脱落,列举
- subjects
- 科目,主题(复数)
- his
- 他的,物主代词
- ancient
- 古代的,古老的
- modern
- 现代的,当代的
- master
- 老师,大师,主人
- an
- 一个,不定冠词(用于元音前)
- old
- 老的,旧的
- eel
- 鳗鱼
- used
- used to 表示过去常常
- come
- 来,到来
- once
- 一次,曾经
- week
- 星期,周
- _he_
- 他(斜体表示强调)
- taught
- teach 的过去式,教
- us
- 我们,宾格
- Stretching
- 拉伸,伸展(双关 sketching)
- Fainting
- 昏厥,晕倒(双关 painting)
- _that_
- 那个(斜体表示强调)
- like
- 喜欢,像
- can't
- cannot 的缩写,不能
- show
- 展示,显示
- myself
- 我自己,反身代词
- I'm
- I am 的缩写,我是
- too
- 太,也
- stiff
- 僵硬的,不灵活的
- And
- 和,并且,连词
- learnt
- learn 的过去式(英式),学习
- Hadn't
- had not 的缩写,没有
- time
- 时间
- Classics
- 古典文学,经典著作
- though
- 虽然,然而
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