Anne of Green Gables — Page 5
马修和玛丽拉两个人住在这偏僻的地方，有点古怪也难怪。
It's no wonder Matthew and Marilla are both a little odd, living away back here by themselves.
树木算不上什么伴儿，虽说天知道这里的树多得很。
Trees aren't much company, though dear knows if they were there'd be enough of them.
我宁愿看人。
I'd ruther look at people.
他们倒是看起来挺满足的；不过我想，他们已经习惯了吧。
To be sure, they seem contented enough; but then, I suppose, they're used to it.
一个人什么都能习惯，就像那个爱尔兰人说的，连上绞架都能习惯。
A body can get used to anything, even to being hanged, as the Irishman said.
说完这话，雷切尔太太从小路走进了绿山墙的后院。
With this Mrs. Rachel stepped out of the lane into the backyard of Green Gables.
那院子非常整洁、干净、规整，一侧种着高大古老的垂柳，另一侧种着笔直的伦巴第杨。
Very green and neat and precise was that yard, set about on one side with great patriarchal willows and on the other with prim Lombardies.
院子里看不到一根散落的树枝或一块石头，因为如果有的话，雷切尔太太早就看到了。
Not a stray stick nor stone was to be seen, for Mrs. Rachel would have seen it if there had been.
她私下里认为，玛丽拉·卡斯伯特打扫那个院子就像打扫屋子一样勤快。
Privately she was of the opinion that Marilla Cuthbert swept that yard over as often as she swept her house.
在那地上吃饭都不会沾上一点尘土，真是一尘不染。
One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt.
雷切尔太太利落地敲了敲厨房的门，听到招呼声便走了进去。
Mrs. Rachel rapped smartly at the kitchen door and stepped in when bidden to do so.
绿山墙的厨房是个令人愉快的房间——要不是因为整洁得过分、显得像间从不使用的客厅的话。
The kitchen at Green Gables was a cheerful apartment--or would have been cheerful if it had not been so painfully clean as to give it something of the appearance of an unused parlor.
Vocabulary
- wonder
- 难怪，对某事感到惊奇或疑问
- odd
- 奇怪的，行为或性格不寻常的
- back
- 偏僻地，处于远离中心的位置
- company
- 陪伴，给人带来伴侣感的存在
- though
- 虽然，表示转折或让步的连词
- ruther
- 宁愿，rather的方言拼写，表偏好
- seem
- 似乎，看起来有某种状态或样子
- contented
- 满足的，对现状感到心满意足
- suppose
- 我想，表示猜测或假设的动词
- used
- 习惯于，对某事已经适应了
- body
- 人，方言中指某人或一个人
- hanged
- 被绞死，以绞刑处决的被动形式
- Irishman
- 爱尔兰人，来自爱尔兰的男性
- stepped
- 走进，迈步进入某个地方
- lane
- 小路，乡间或两侧有围墙的窄道
- backyard
- 后院，房屋后面的庭院或空地
- Gables
- 山墙，屋顶两端的三角形墙面
- neat
- 整洁的，干净有序、井井有条
- precise
- 精确的，一丝不苟、非常规整
- yard
- 院子，房屋周围的庭院空间
- patriarchal
- 像族长般的，古老高大具有权威感
- willows
- 柳树，枝条下垂的落叶乔木
- prim
- 一本正经的，过于规矩、端庄刻板
- Lombardies
- 伦巴第杨树，一种高挺笔直的杨树
- stray
- 乱放的，偏离正常位置的散落物
- nor
- 也不，用于连接两个否定项
- Privately
- 私下地，在内心中不公开的想法
- opinion
- 意见，个人对某事的看法或判断
- swept
- 打扫，sweep的过去式，清扫地面
- meal
- 一顿饭，正式的一次进食
- overbrimming
- 超过，溢出正常限度之外
- proverbial
- 谚语中的，众所周知的典型说法
- peck
- 少量，谚语中指一小撮尘土
- dirt
- 污垢，灰尘或泥土等脏东西
- rapped
- 敲击，用指节轻快地敲门
- smartly
- 利落地，动作干脆有力的方式
- bidden
- 被邀请，bid的过去分词，被叫进去
- cheerful
- 愉快的，气氛明亮令人心情舒畅
- apartment
- 房间，此处指厨房内的空间区域
- painfully
- 令人难受地，程度极端让人不适
- appearance
- 外观，事物呈现出来的样子
- unused
- 未使用的，从未或很少被使用的
- parlor
- 客厅，旧时用于接待客人的正式房间
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