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

他这个时节一般不进城,也从不串门拜访;就算萝卜种子用完了,他也不会盛装打扮、套上马车去买;他驾车的速度又不够快,不像是去请医生。

He doesn't generally go to town this time of year and he never visits; if he'd run out of turnip seed he wouldn't dress up and take the buggy to go for more; he wasn't driving fast enough to be going for a doctor.

然而昨晚之后一定发生了什么事,才让他出了门。我真是百思不得其解,就是这样,在我弄清楚是什么事把马修·卡斯伯特今天引出埃文利之前,我片刻也无法安心。

Yet something must have happened since last night to start him off. I'm clean puzzled, that's what, and I won't know a minute's peace of mind or conscience until I know what has taken Matthew Cuthbert out of Avonlea today.

于是,喝完茶后,雷切尔太太便出发了;路程并不远——卡斯伯特一家居住的那栋宽大蜿蜒、掩映在果园中的房子,就在林德山谷往上不到四分之一英里的路边。

Accordingly after tea Mrs. Rachel set out; she had not far to go; the big, rambling, orchard-embowered house where the Cuthberts lived was a scant quarter of a mile up the road from Lynde's Hollow.

当然,那条长长的小路使得距离远了不少。

To be sure, the long lane made it a good deal further.

马修·卡斯伯特的父亲和他儿子一样腼腆沉默,在建立家园时,他尽可能地远离人群,几乎要退隐山林了。

Matthew Cuthbert's father, as shy and silent as his son after him, had got as far away as he possibly could from his fellow men without actually retreating into the woods when he founded his homestead.

绿山墙建在他开垦土地的最远边缘,直到今日仍在那里,从埃文利其他房屋林立、热闹亲近的那条大路上几乎望不见它的身影。

Green Gables was built at the furthest edge of his cleared land and there it was to this day, barely visible from the main road along which all the other Avonlea houses were so sociably situated.

雷切尔·林德太太认为,住在这样的地方根本算不上是"生活"。

Mrs. Rachel Lynde did not call living in such a place living at all.

"那只不过是'凑合着待'罢了,就是这样,"她一边说,一边走在那条车辙深深、杂草丛生、两旁野玫瑰花簇拥的小路上。

"It's just staying, that's what," she said as she stepped along the deep-rutted, grassy lane bordered with wild rose bushes.

Vocabulary

generally
通常,一般情况下,大多数时候
town
小镇,城镇,比城市小的居民区
never
从不,绝不,表示在任何时候都不
visits
拜访,探访,第三人称单数现在时形式
turnip
芜菁,大头菜,一种根茎类蔬菜
seed
种子,植物繁殖的基本单位
dress
穿上正式衣服,打扮,装扮
buggy
轻便马车,旧时一种单马拉的小车
driving
驾驶,赶车,操控车辆行驶
Yet
然而,但是,表示转折关系的连词
since
自从,从某时起一直到现在
clean
完全地,彻底地(副词用法,口语)
puzzled
困惑的,不解的,感到迷惑不解
peace
平静,安宁,内心的平和状态
conscience
良心,道德感,内心的是非判断
until
直到,一直到某个时间点为止
Accordingly
因此,于是,相应地,根据情况
rambling
蔓延的,布局散乱的,形容建筑不规则扩展
orchard-embowered
被果园环绕遮蔽的,隐于果树之中
scant
勉强够的,不足的,几乎不到
quarter
四分之一,用于描述距离或数量
mile
英里,长度单位,约1.6公里
Hollow
洼地,低洼处,地势低于周围的地方
lane
小路,小巷,通往某处的窄道
deal
大量,许多,a good deal表示"相当多"
further
更远,更长,比原来距离还要远
shy
害羞的,腼腆的,不善与人交往
silent
沉默的,寡言的,不爱说话
possibly
尽可能地,也许,在能力范围之内
fellow
同类人,男人,泛指同伴或同类
actually
实际上,真正地,事实上
retreating
退缩,撤退,向后退到偏僻之处
woods
树林,丛林,树木茂密的地方
founded
建立,创建,最初建造某地的家园
homestead
宅地,农庄,包含住宅的家园土地
Gables
山墙,三角墙,屋顶两端的三角形部分
furthest
最远的,far的最高级,距离最大
edge
边缘,尽头,某区域的最外侧部分
cleared
已开垦的,清理过树木的,可耕种的
barely
勉强,几乎不,仅仅刚好能够
visible
可见的,能看到的,处于视线之内
main
主要的,干道,the main road主干道
along
沿着,顺着,沿某路线方向前进
sociably
友善地,便于社交地,适合与人往来地
situated
位于,坐落于,处于某个位置
staying
逗留,停留,待在某地而非真正生活
stepped
踏上,迈步走上,走进某条路
deep-rutted
有深车辙的,被车轮压出深沟的道路
grassy
长满草的,覆盖着青草的
bordered
以……为边界,两侧种有或生有某物
wild
野生的,天然的,未经人工栽培的
rose
玫瑰,蔷薇,一种有刺的花卉植物
bushes
灌木丛,矮树丛,bush的复数形式
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