Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 1
首先,我要讲述一段久远的爱情故事,那是在杰克逊将军入主白宫、向世人展示真正民主是什么模样之后不久的年代。
First I am to write a love-story of long ago, of a time some little while after General Jackson had got into the White House and had shown the world what a real democracy was.
最初六位总统的时代已经落幕,一个新的时代随之开启。我说的是政治时代。
The Era of the first six Presidents had closed, and a new Era had begun. I am speaking of political Eras.
某些绅士怀着对民主的虔诚信仰,却抱着更为坚定的出人头地之心,纷纷崛起——并登上了权力之巅。
Certain gentlemen, with a pious belief in democracy, but with a firmer determination to get on top, arose,--and got on top.
这些绅士在各州纷纷涌现,他们心思狡黠,善于钻宪法的空子,窃取人民的利益,以至于这个时代可以称作"老板时代"。
So many of these gentlemen arose in the different states, and they were so clever, and they found so many chinks in the Constitution to crawl through and steal the people's chestnuts, that the Era may be called the Boss-Era.
老板之后,出现了一些没有灵魂却居心叵测的庞然大物,它们在宪法中找到了更多漏洞——更大的漏洞,因为这些东西更为庞大,窃取的利益也更多。
After the Boss came along certain Things without souls, but of many minds, and found more chinks in the Constitution: bigger chinks, for the Things were bigger, and they stole more chestnuts.
但我已经跑到我的爱情故事——以及我的书——前面太远了。
But I am getting far ahead of my love-story--and of my book.
请读者注意,这第一段爱情故事将在数章之内走向终结,而且不是一个圆满的结局——否则便不成其为一本书了。
The reader is warned that this first love-story will, in a few chapters, come to an end: and not to a happy end--otherwise there would be no book.
为免读者翻到此页便将书抛在一旁,有必要公正地告知他:倘若他肯继续读下去,后文还有另一段篇幅更长的爱情故事,希望那段故事不会令他失望。
Lest he should throw the book away when he arrives at this page, it is only fair to tell him that there is another and a much longer love story later on, if he will only continue to read, in which, it is hoped, he may not be disappointed.
Vocabulary
- First
- 最初的;第一个
- am
- 是(be动词第一人称现在式)
- to
- 到;向;对于(介词或不定式标记)
- write
- 写;书写
- love-story
- 爱情故事;浪漫的故事
- of
- 的;属于(表所有关系)
- long
- 长的;长时间的
- ago
- 以前;过去
- time
- 时间;时代
- some
- 一些;某些
- little
- 小的;少量的
- while
- 一会儿;尽管(连词或名词)
- after
- 在...之后;以后
- General
- 将军;普遍的;一般的
- had
- 有;已经(过去式或完成体)
- got
- 得到;获得
- into
- 进入;陷入
- the
- 这个;那个(定冠词)
- White
- 白色的;白的
- House
- 房子;白宫
- and
- 和;与;及
- shown
- 显示;展示(过去分词)
- world
- 世界;世人
- what
- 什么;...的东西
- real
- 真实的;真正的
- democracy
- 民主;民主制度
- was
- 是(be动词过去式)
- The
- 这个;那个(定冠词)
- Era
- 时代;纪元
- first
- 首先;最初的
- six
- 六;六个
- Presidents
- 总统;主席
- closed
- 关闭;结束
- new
- 新的;崭新的
- begun
- 开始;着手(过去分词)
- speaking
- 说话;讲话
- political
- 政治的;政治性的
- Eras
- 时代;纪元(复数)
- Certain
- 某些;特定的
- gentlemen
- 绅士;先生们
- with
- 用;拿;与;伴随
- pious
- 虔诚的;敬虔的
- belief
- 信念;信仰
- in
- 在...里面;在...之中
- but
- 但是;可是
- firmer
- 更坚定的;更稳固的
- determination
- 决心;决定;坚定
- get
- 得到;获得
- on
- 在...上;继续
- top
- 顶部;最高位置
- arose
- 出现;产生(过去式)
- So
- 所以;这样
- many
- 许多;很多
- these
- 这些;这个们
- different
- 不同的;差异的
- states
- 州;国家(复数)
- they
- 他们;它们
- were
- 是(be动词过去式复数)
- so
- 那么;这么;非常
- clever
- 聪明的;巧妙的
- found
- 发现;找到
- chinks
- 裂缝;缝隙
- Constitution
- 宪法;体质
- crawl
- 爬行;缓慢行动
- through
- 通过;穿过
- steal
- 偷;盗取
- people
- 人民;人们
- may
- 可能;也许
- be
- 是;存在
- called
- 叫做;被称为
- After
- 在...之后;以后
- Boss
- 老板;上司
- came
- 来;到来(过去式)
- along
- 沿着;一起
- certain
- 某些;特定的
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