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Chinese → English CHAPTER I Level 8/10

这栋房子被分租成许多小单间,住着各行各业的工人——裁缝、锁匠、厨师、各类德国人、想方设法谋生的女孩、小职员等等。

This house was let out in tiny tenements and was inhabited by working people of all kinds--tailors, locksmiths, cooks, Germans of sorts, girls picking up a living as best they could, petty clerks, etc.

人们不断地穿梭往来于房子的两个大门和两个院子之间。

There was a continual coming and going through the two gates and in the two courtyards of the house.

这栋楼雇用了三四名看门人。

Three or four door-keepers were employed on the building.

这个年轻人庆幸自己一个都没碰到,随即悄悄地从右边的门溜进去,走上楼梯,没有引起任何人的注意。

The young man was very glad to meet none of them, and at once slipped unnoticed through the door on the right, and up the staircase.

那是一道后楼梯,又暗又窄,但他已经熟悉了,认得路,而且他喜欢这样的环境:在如此昏暗的地方,就连最好奇的眼睛也无需惧怕。

It was a back staircase, dark and narrow, but he was familiar with it already, and knew his way, and he liked all these surroundings: in such darkness even the most inquisitive eyes were not to be dreaded.

他不禁自问:"我现在已经如此害怕,要是真的付诸行动,那又将会是什么感受?"——此时他已走到四楼。

"If I am so scared now, what would it be if it somehow came to pass that I were really going to do it?" he could not help asking himself as he reached the fourth storey.

在那里,几个搬运工正忙着从一套公寓里往外搬家具,挡住了他的去路。

There his progress was barred by some porters who were engaged in moving furniture out of a flat.

他知道那套公寓原来住着一位在政府部门任职的德国文员和他的家人。

He knew that the flat had been occupied by a German clerk in the civil service, and his family.

这个德国人正在搬走,因此这段楼梯的四楼将空无他人,只剩下那个老太婆。

This German was moving out then, and so the fourth floor on this staircase would be untenanted except by the old woman.

他心想:"不管怎样,这倒是件好事,"随即按响了老太婆公寓的门铃。

"That's a good thing anyway," he thought to himself, as he rang the bell of the old woman's flat.

Vocabulary

house
房子,供人居住的建筑物
let
出租(房屋)给他人居住
tiny
非常小的,极其微小的
tenements
廉价出租的多户合住公寓楼
inhabited
被人居住的,有人定居的
working
从事劳动的,工人阶层的
kinds
种类,类型,类别
tailors
裁缝,专门缝制衣物的人
locksmiths
锁匠,专门制造或修理锁的工匠
cooks
厨师,烹饪食物的人
Germans
德国人,来自德国的人
sorts
种类,各种各样的类型
living
生计,谋生的方式或手段
petty
小的,级别低的,不重要的
clerks
办事员,文书,低级行政人员
etc
等等,表示还有其他类似的事物
continual
持续不断的,反复发生的
through
介词,穿过,通过某空间或区域
gates
大门,入口处的门
courtyards
庭院,建筑物围绕的露天空间
keepers
看管人,门卫,负责看守的人
employed
被雇用的,受聘在某处工作
glad
高兴的,感到愉快或满足的
none
没有一个,一个也没有
once
一次,此处at once表示"立刻"
slipped
悄悄溜走,不引人注意地移动
unnoticed
未被注意到的,没有引起关注的
right
副词,径直地,正好,立即
staircase
楼梯,连接楼层的台阶通道
dark
黑暗的,光线昏暗的
narrow
狭窄的,宽度很小的
familiar
熟悉的,对某事物很了解的
already
已经,在某时间之前就发生了
surroundings
周围环境,四周的状况和景象
darkness
黑暗,没有光线的状态
even
甚至,连……也,表示递进强调
inquisitive
好奇打探的,爱追问别人的
dreaded
令人害怕的,dread的过去分词
scared
害怕的,感到恐惧的
somehow
不知为何,以某种方式
pass
come to pass表示"发生,实现"
help
此处can't help表示"忍不住"
himself
反身代词,他自己
reached
reach的过去式,到达某地方
fourth
第四,序数词,排列第四的
storey
楼层,建筑物的一层
progress
前进,前行,向前的行进
barred
被阻挡的,受到阻碍无法通过
porters
搬运工,负责搬运货物的工人
engaged
忙于,专注于做某事
moving
搬运,移动物品到另一个地方
furniture
家具,房间内的桌椅柜等物品
flat
公寓,一套楼房中的住宅单元
occupied
被占用的,有人居住使用的
German
德国的,与德国相关的
clerk
办事员,从事文书工作的人员
civil
文职的,与政府行政相关的
service
公务,政府行政机构或服务
floor
楼层,建筑物的某一层
untenanted
无人租住的,空置的房屋
except
除了……之外,不包括某人或事
anyway
无论如何,总之,反正
rang
ring的过去式,按响(门铃)
bell
门铃,发出铃声的装置
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