Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 8
爱丽丝不太知道该怎么回答这个问题，于是她给自己倒了些茶，拿了些黄油面包，然后转向睡鼠，重复了她的问题。「她们为什么住在井底呢？」
Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the Dormouse, and repeated her question. "Why did they live at the bottom of a well?"
睡鼠又花了一两分钟时间思考，然后说：「那是一口糖浆井。」
The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, "It was a treacle-well."
「没有这种东西！」爱丽丝非常生气地开口说，但帽匠和三月兔发出「嘘！嘘！」的声音，睡鼠闷闷不乐地说：「如果你不能礼貌点，你最好自己把故事讲完。」
"There's no such thing!" Alice was beginning very angrily, but the Hatter and the March Hare went "Sh! sh!" and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, "If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself."
「不，请继续说！」爱丽丝非常谦卑地说，「我不会再打断了。我想可能确实有一口这样的井。」
"No, please go on!" Alice said very humbly; "I won't interrupt again. I dare say there may be _one_."
「确实有一口！」睡鼠愤慨地说。不过，他还是同意继续讲下去。「所以这三个小姐妹——你知道的——她们在学画画——」
"One, indeed!" said the Dormouse indignantly. However, he consented to go on. "And so these three little sisters—they were learning to draw, you know—"
「她们画什么？」爱丽丝说，完全忘记了她的承诺。
"What did they draw?" said Alice, quite forgetting her promise.
「糖浆，」睡鼠说，这次完全没有经过思考。
"Treacle," said the Dormouse, without considering at all this time.
「我要一个干净的杯子，」帽匠打断道，「我们都往前移一个位置吧。」
"I want a clean cup," interrupted the Hatter: "let's all move one place on."
他一边说一边移动位置，睡鼠跟着他移动，三月兔移到了睡鼠的位置，爱丽丝相当不情愿地坐到了三月兔的位置上。帽匠是唯一从这次换位中得到好处的人，而爱丽丝的处境比以前糟糕多了，因为三月兔刚刚把牛奶壶打翻在他的盘子里。
He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather unwillingly took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change: and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset the milk-jug into his plate.
Vocabulary
- did
- do的过去式；用于强调或构成疑问、否定句
- quite
- 相当地；完全地；非常
- know
- 知道；了解；认识
- what
- 什么；用于疑问句或从句
- to
- 介词，表示方向、目的；不定式标记
- say
- 说；讲；表达
- this
- 这；这个；指示代词
- so
- 所以；因此；如此
- she
- 她；女性第三人称代词
- helped
- help的过去式，帮助；在此指自己取用
- herself
- 她自己；反身代词
- some
- 一些；若干；某些
- tea
- 茶；茶水
- and
- 和；与；连接词
- bread-and-butter
- 涂黄油的面包
- then
- 然后；接着；那时
- turned
- turn的过去式，转身；转向
- the
- 定冠词，表示特指
- repeated
- repeat的过去式，重复；再说一遍
- her
- 她的；她
- question
- 问题；疑问
- Why
- 为什么；疑问副词
- they
- 他们；她们；它们
- live
- 居住；生活
- at
- 在；介词，表示位置或时间
- bottom
- 底部；最下面
- of
- 属于；关于；介词
- a
- 一个；不定冠词
- well
- 井；水井
- The
- 定冠词，表示特指
- again
- 再次；又
- took
- take的过去式，拿；花费（时间）
- minute
- 分钟；片刻
- or
- 或者；还是
- two
- 二；两个
- think
- 思考；想
- about
- 关于；大约
- it
- 它；代词
- said
- say的过去式，说
- It
- 它；代词
- was
- 是；be动词的过去式
- There's
- there is的缩写，有
- no
- 没有；不
- such
- 这样的；如此的
- thing
- 事物；东西
- beginning
- begin的现在分词，开始
- very
- 非常；很
- angrily
- 生气地；愤怒地
- but
- 但是；可是
- March
- 三月；在此指三月兔
- Hare
- 野兔；爱丽丝故事中的三月兔
- went
- go的过去式，去；说
- remarked
- remark的过去式，评论；说
- If
- 如果；假如
- you
- 你；你们
- can't
- cannot的缩写，不能
- be
- 是；成为
- civil
- 有礼貌的；文明的
- you'd
- you would或you had的缩写
- better
- 更好；最好
- finish
- 完成；结束
- story
- 故事；叙述
- for
- 为了；给
- yourself
- 你自己；反身代词
- No
- 不；否定词
- please
- 请；表示礼貌
- go
- 去；继续
- on
- 继续；在...上
- humbly
- 谦恭地；谦卑地
- I
- 我；第一人称代词
- won't
- will not的缩写，不会
- interrupt
- 打断；中断
- dare
- 敢；胆敢
- there
- 那里；有
- may
- 可能；也许
- One
- 一个；数字一
- indeed
- 确实；的确
- However
- 然而；但是
- he
- 他；男性第三人称代词
- consented
- consent的过去式，同意；允许
- And
- 和；并且
- these
- 这些；指示代词复数
- three
- 三；数字三
- little
- 小的；少的
- sisters
- 姐妹；sister的复数
- were
- 是；be动词的过去式
- learning
- learn的现在分词，学习
- draw
- 画；绘画；拉
- What
- 什么；疑问代词
- forgetting
- forget的现在分词，忘记
- promise
- 承诺；诺言
- without
- 没有；无
- considering
- consider的现在分词，考虑
- all
- 所有；全部
- time
- 时间；次
- want
- 想要；需要
- clean
- 干净的；清洁的
- cup
- 杯子；茶杯
- interrupted
- interrupt的过去式，打断
- let's
- let us的缩写，让我们
- move
- 移动；搬动
- one
- 一个；某个
- place
- 地方；位置
- He
- 他；男性第三人称代词
- moved
- move的过去式，移动了
- as
- 当；作为；随着
- spoke
- speak的过去式，说话
- followed
- follow的过去式，跟随
- him
- 他；宾格
- into
- 进入；到...里面
- rather
- 相当；宁可
- unwillingly
- 不情愿地；勉强地
- only
- 只；仅仅
- who
- 谁；关系代词
- got
- get的过去式，得到；获得
- any
- 任何；一些
- advantage
- 优势；好处
- from
- 从；来自
- change
- 改变；变化
- good
- 好的；良好的
- deal
- 大量；交易
- worse
- 更糟的；bad的比较级
- off
- 离开；表示状态
- than
- 比；与...相比
- before
- 以前；之前
- had
- have的过去式，有；已经
- just
- 刚刚；正好
- upset
- 打翻；弄翻；使不安
- his
- 他的；所有格
- plate
- 盘子；碟子
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