Anne of Green Gables — Page 10

English → Chinese CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised Level 6/10

Rachel prided herself on always speaking her mind; she proceeded to speak it now, having adjusted her mental attitude to this amazing piece of news.

雷切尔一向以直言不讳自居；她已将心态调整好，面对这条令人惊讶的消息，便继续畅所欲言。

"Well, Marilla, I'll just tell you plain that I think you're doing a mighty foolish thing--a risky thing, that's what.

「好吧，玛丽拉，我就直说吧，我觉得你正在做一件极其愚蠢的事——一件冒险的事，就是这样。

You don't know what you're getting.

你根本不知道你会得到什么。

You're bringing a strange child into your house and home and you don't know a single thing about him nor what his disposition is like nor what sort of parents he had nor how he's likely to turn out.

你要把一个陌生的孩子带进你的家，而你对他一无所知，不知道他的性情如何，不知道他父母是什么样的人，也不知道他将来会变成什么样。

Why, it was only last week I read in the paper how a man and his wife up west of the Island took a boy out of an orphan asylum and he set fire to the house at night--set it _on purpose_, Marilla--and nearly burnt them to a crisp in their beds.

你想啊，就在上周我在报纸上读到，岛屿西边有一对夫妇从孤儿院领养了一个男孩，那孩子在夜里放火烧了房子——是故意的，玛丽拉——差点把他们活活烧死在床上。

And I know another case where an adopted boy used to suck the eggs--they couldn't break him of it.

我还知道另一个案例，一个被收养的男孩常常去吸鸡蛋——他们怎么也改不掉他这个毛病。

If you had asked my advice in the matter--which you didn't do, Marilla--I'd have said for mercy's sake not to think of such a thing, that's what."

如果你在这件事上征求过我的意见——而你并没有，玛丽拉——我会说看在老天爷的份上，千万别考虑这种事，就是这样。」

This Job's comforting seemed neither to offend nor to alarm Marilla.

这番约伯式的安慰似乎既没有触怒玛丽拉，也没有让她感到不安。

She knitted steadily on.

她依旧平静地编织着。

"I don't deny there's something in what you say, Rachel.

「我不否认你说的话有几分道理，雷切尔。

I've had some qualms myself.

我自己也曾有过一些顾虑。

But Matthew was terrible set on it.

但是马修非常坚持这件事。

I could see that, so I gave in.

我看得出来，所以我让步了。

Vocabulary

一向: yīxiàng — Always, consistently, all along.
以: yǐ — To use; with; by means of.
直言不讳: zhí yán bù huì — Speak frankly without concealment or reservation.
自居: zìjū — Consider oneself as; pride oneself on being.
她: tā — She, her (third-person singular feminine pronoun).
已: yǐ — Already; to have completed an action.
将: jiāng — Will; about to; going to (future marker).
心态: xīntài — Mindset, mental state, psychological attitude.
调整: tiáozhěng — To adjust, regulate, or reorganize something.
好: hǎo — Good; well; to completion satisfactorily.
面对: miànduì — To face, confront, or deal with something.
这条: zhè tiáo — This (piece of) news or item (measure word).
令人惊讶: lìng rén jīngyà — Surprising, astonishing, causing amazement in people.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
消息: xiāoxi — News, information, message about events.
便: biàn — Then, thereupon; immediately after that.
继续: jìxù — To continue, carry on, keep doing something.
畅所欲言: chàng suǒ yù yán — Speak freely and say whatever one wishes.
好吧: hǎo ba — Well then; alright; expressing mild reluctant acceptance.
我: wǒ — I, me (first-person singular pronoun).
就: jiù — Just, right away; indicating immediacy or emphasis.
直说: zhí shuō — Speak directly, say something plainly and bluntly.
吧: ba — Sentence-final particle suggesting suggestion or assumption.
觉得: juéde — To feel, think, or sense; have an opinion.
你: nǐ — You (second-person singular pronoun).
正在: zhèngzài — Currently doing; in the process of an action.
做: zuò — To do, make, perform an action or task.
一件: yī jiàn — One (matter/item); measure word for affairs or clothes.
极其: jíqí — Extremely, exceedingly, to the utmost degree.
愚蠢: yúchǔn — Stupid, foolish, very lacking in good judgment.
事: shì — Matter, affair, thing, event or business.
冒险: màoxiǎn — To take a risk; adventure; risky undertaking.
就是: jiùshì — Exactly, precisely; that is to say; it's just.
这样: zhèyàng — Like this, in this way, such as this.
根本: gēnběn — Fundamentally, at all, simply; basic foundation.
不知道: bù zhīdào — Do not know; be unaware of something.
会: huì — Will; be able to; likely to happen.
得到: dédào — To obtain, get, receive something desired.
什么: shénme — What; whatever; used in questions or indefinitely.
要: yào — To want; need to; going to do something.
把: bǎ — Disposal marker; to take or handle something.
一个: yī gè — One (general measure word for people or things).
陌生: mòshēng — Unfamiliar, strange, unknown to one personally.
孩子: háizi — Child, kid; young person, son or daughter.
带进: dài jìn — To bring into, lead inside a place.
家: jiā — Home, family, household; one's place of residence.
而: ér — And yet, but; connecting contrasting clauses.
对: duì — Toward, regarding; correct; facing something or someone.
他: tā — He, him (third-person singular masculine pronoun).
一无所知: yī wú suǒ zhī — Know absolutely nothing about someone or something.
性情: xìngqíng — Temperament, disposition, nature, personality traits.
如何: rúhé — How, in what way; what is it like.
父母: fùmǔ — Parents; father and mother collectively.
是: shì — To be; is, are, am (linking verb).
什么样: shénme yàng — What kind of; what sort or type of.
人: rén — Person, people, human being.
也: yě — Also, too, as well; even (adverb).
将来: jiānglái — In the future, someday; future time ahead.
变成: biànchéng — To become, turn into, transform into something.
想啊: xiǎng a — Just think about it! (exclamatory expression urging reflection).
就在: jiù zài — Right at; just at a specific time or place.
上周: shàng zhōu — Last week, the previous week.
在: zài — At, in, on; to be located somewhere.
报纸: bàozhǐ — Newspaper, printed daily news publication.
上: shàng — On, above, up; in (a medium or surface).
读到: dú dào — To read and come across; find while reading.
岛屿: dǎoyǔ — Islands; a general term for island landforms.
西边: xībiān — West side, western side or direction.
有: yǒu — To have, there is/are; to exist.
一对: yī duì — A pair, a couple of people or things.
夫妇: fūfù — Husband and wife; a married couple.
从: cóng — From; since; following a source or origin.
孤儿院: gū'éryuàn — Orphanage, institution housing children without parents.
领养: lǐngyǎng — To adopt a child; take in as one's own.
了: le — Completion particle indicating a completed action.
男孩: nánhái — Boy, a male child or young person.
那: nà — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
夜里: yèlǐ — At night, during the nighttime hours.
放火: fàng huǒ — To set fire, commit arson deliberately.
烧了: shāo le — Burned down; destroyed something by fire.
房子: fángzi — House, building used as a dwelling.
故意: gùyì — Deliberately, on purpose, intentionally.
差点: chàdiǎn — Almost, nearly; narrowly avoided something happening.
他们: tāmen — They, them (third-person plural pronoun).
活活: huóhuó — Alive; burned alive, while still living.
烧死: shāo sǐ — To burn to death; die by fire.
床上: chuáng shàng — On the bed, on top of the bed.
还: hái — Still, also, furthermore, in addition.
知道: zhīdào — To know, be aware of, understand a fact.
另一个: lìng yī gè — Another one; a different one from before.
案例: ànlì — Case, example, instance of a situation or event.
被收养: bèi shōuyǎng — To be adopted (passive); received into a family.
常常: chángcháng — Often, frequently, habitually; repeatedly over time.
去: qù — To go; used before verbs to indicate purpose.
吸: xī — To suck, absorb, inhale; draw in liquid.
鸡蛋: jīdàn — Chicken egg; a common food item.
怎么: zěnme — How, why; in what way (question word).
改不掉: gǎi bu diào — Cannot get rid of; unable to change a habit.
这个: zhège — This, this one; referring to something nearby.
毛病: máobìng — Bad habit, flaw, defect; fault or problem.
如果: rúguǒ — If, supposing that; introducing a conditional clause.
这件事: zhè jiàn shì — This matter, this affair, this particular thing.
征求: zhēngqiú — To seek, solicit, ask for opinions or consent.
过: guò — Experiential aspect marker; have done before.
意见: yìjiàn — Opinion, view, suggestion on a matter.
并没有: bìng méiyǒu — Actually did not; emphatically have not done.
说: shuō — To say, speak, talk, tell someone something.
看在: kàn zài — For the sake of; out of consideration for.
老天爷: lǎo tiānyé — Good heavens! God above (exclamatory interjection).
份上: fèn shàng — For the sake of; on account of someone.
千万: qiānwàn — By all means; absolutely must or must not.
别: bié — Don't; used to prohibit or advise against action.
考虑: kǎolǜ — To consider, think over, deliberate about something.
这种: zhè zhǒng — This kind of, this type or sort of thing.
这番: zhè fān — These words; this set of remarks or speech.
式: shì — Style, type, manner; suffix meaning '-style' or '-type'.
安慰: ānwèi — To comfort, console; give emotional reassurance.
似乎: sìhū — Seemingly, apparently; it seems as if.
既: jì — Both...and; since; already (correlative conjunction).
没有: méiyǒu — Do not have; there is not; have not done.
触怒: chùnù — To anger, irritate, provoke someone to rage.
让: ràng — To let, allow, cause someone to do something.
感到: gǎndào — To feel, sense, experience an emotion or state.
不安: bù'ān — Uneasy, restless, anxious, unsettled in mind.
依旧: yījiù — Still, as before, unchanged from previous state.
平静: píngjìng — Calm, peaceful, serene; tranquil without agitation.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb phrase.
编织: biānzhī — To knit, weave, braid; intertwine threads together.
着: zhe — Ongoing aspect particle indicating continuous action.
不否认: bù fǒurèn — Cannot deny; to admit or acknowledge something.
的话: de huà — If (conditional); as for what was said.
几分: jǐ fēn — Some degree of; a measure of; somewhat.
道理: dàolǐ — Reason, logic, truth; sensible principle or argument.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself, self; by oneself, personally.
曾: céng — Once, formerly; indicating past experience or event.
有过: yǒu guò — Have had; previously experienced or possessed something.
一些: yīxiē — Some, a few, a little amount of something.
顾虑: gùlǜ — Misgivings, reservations, worry about potential problems.
但是: dànshì — But, however; introducing a contrasting statement.
非常: fēicháng — Very, extremely, unusually; exceptionally so.
坚持: jiānchí — To persist, insist, persevere; hold firmly to.
看得出来: kàn de chūlái — Can tell, be able to see or perceive clearly.
所以: suǒyǐ — Therefore, so, thus; indicating a logical result.
让步: ràngbù — To yield, give in, make a concession.

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