Great Expectations — Page 1
我父亲的姓是皮瑞普,我的教名是菲利普,我那婴儿时期的舌头把这两个名字说来说去,说不出比"皮普"更长或更清楚的音来。
My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.
于是,我管自己叫皮普,也就这样被人叫成了皮普。
So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
我说皮瑞普是我父亲的姓,依据的是他的墓碑,还有我姐姐——乔·葛吉利太太,她嫁给了那个铁匠。
I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,—Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith.
我从未见过我的父亲或母亲,也从未见过他们任何一人的画像(因为他们那个年代,照相术还远未出现),
As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs),
我对他们模样的最初想象,是不合情理地从他们的墓碑上得来的。
my first fancies regarding what they were like were unreasonably derived from their tombstones.
父亲墓碑上字母的形状,让我产生了一个奇怪的念头,觉得他是个方方正正、身材壮实、皮肤黝黑、留着卷曲黑发的男人。
The shape of the letters on my father's, gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair.
从"亦纪念上述之妻乔治安娜"这一碑文的笔迹和行文风格,我得出了一个孩子气的结论:我母亲脸上长着雀斑,身体病弱。
From the character and turn of the inscription, "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly.
他们墓旁整整齐齐排着五块小石碑,每块约一英尺半长,是为了纪念我的五个小兄弟——他们在那场人人都要经历的生存奋斗中,极早便放弃了挣扎。
To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine,—who gave up trying to get a living, exceedingly early in that universal struggle,—
我对这五块小石碑深怀感激,因为它们让我笃信:我的兄弟们生下来就是仰面躺着、双手插在裤袋里的,而且在这世上从未把手拿出来过。
I am indebted for a belief I religiously entertained that they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence.
Vocabulary
- father
- 男性亲生父母中的男性,家庭中的父亲
- family
- 由父母和孩子组成的社会基本单位组织
- name
- 用来识别某人或某物的词语或标签
- being
- 存在,生存或活着的状态或事实
- Christian
- 宗教信仰中的名字,通常指洗礼后获得的名字
- infant
- 非常年幼的婴儿,通常指出生后不久的孩子
- tongue
- 口中用来说话和尝味的肌肉器官
- could
- 能够,有可能,表示过去的能力或可能性
- make
- 制造、创建或产生某样东西的过程
- both
- 两个都,指两个事物或人同时包括
- nothing
- 没有任何东西,完全缺少或不存在某物
- longer
- 更长的,持续更长时间或距离更远的
- explicit
- 明确清楚表达的,不留有歧义或隐含意思的
- So
- 如此,因此,表示结果或方式的连接词
- called
- 给予或有某个名字,被称为或叫做
- myself
- 我自己,用来指代说话人自身的代词
- came
- 来,走向,过去时表示从某处移动到某处
- be
- 存在,表示状态、身份或特性的动词
- give
- 给予,把某物交给他人或转移所有权
- as
- 当做,以某种身份或作为某种角色
- authority
- 权威,有权力或权利去做某事的人或机构
- tombstone
- 墓碑,放在死者坟墓上刻有名字的石头
- sister
- 女性兄弟姐妹,与某人有相同父母的女孩
- Mrs
- 已婚妇女的敬语标题,用在姓氏前面
- who
- 谁,用来询问或指代人的疑问代词或关系代词
- married
- 已婚的,与他人通过法律或仪式结合
- blacksmith
- 铁匠,用锤子和火锻造铁器的工人
- never
- 从未,在任何时候都不发生或不做的
- saw
- 看到,过去时表示用眼睛看或观察
- mother
- 母亲,生育或养育孩子的女性亲属
- any
- 任何,表示不确定或无限制的数量
- likeness
- 相似,两个人或物看起来相同的质量
- either
- 两者之一,在两个选项中选择其一
- days
- 天,二十四小时的时间单位或历史时期
- long
- 长的,延伸很远的距离或持续很久的
- before
- 在...之前,表示时间或顺序较早的介词
- photographs
- 照片,用照相机拍摄的图像记录
- first
- 第一,在顺序中最早或最初出现的
- fancies
- 幻想,想象或不一定真实的信念或想法
- regarding
- 关于,涉及或与某事物有关的介词
- what
- 什么,用来询问或指代事物的疑问词
- like
- 像,相似于或有相同特征的比较词
- unreasonably
- 不合理地,没有合理依据或不理智的方式
- derived
- 衍生出,从某个来源或原始事物得出
- shape
- 形状,物体外表或轮廓的外观或形式
- letters
- 字母,组成文字的基本符号单位
- gave
- 给了,过去时表示把某物交给他人
- odd
- 奇怪的,不寻常或令人困惑的事物
- idea
- 想法,心中形成的思想或概念
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