Great Expectations — Page 2
她把这件围裙穿得如此频繁，视为自己的一大功德，也作为对乔的强烈指责。
She made it a powerful merit in herself, and a strong reproach against Joe, that she wore this apron so much.
虽然我实在看不出她为何要穿它，
Though I really see no reason why she should have worn it at all;
或者说，就算她真的要穿，为什么不能在她生命中的每一天都把它脱下来呢。
or why, if she did wear it at all, she should not have taken it off, every day of her life.
乔的铁匠铺紧挨着我们的房子，那是一座木房子，就像我们乡下的许多住宅一样——那时候大多数都是如此。
Joe's forge adjoined our house, which was a wooden house, as many of the dwellings in our country were,—most of them, at that time.
当我从墓地跑回家时，铁匠铺已经关门了，乔一个人坐在厨房里。
When I ran home from the churchyard, the forge was shut up, and Joe was sitting alone in the kitchen.
我和乔同病相怜，彼此之间有着共同的秘密，就在我抬起门闩往里窥视、看见他坐在壁炉角落的那一刻，他便向我吐露了一个秘密。
Joe and I being fellow-sufferers, and having confidences as such, Joe imparted a confidence to me, the moment I raised the latch of the door and peeped in at him opposite to it, sitting in the chimney corner.
"乔太太出来找你找了十几次了，皮普。她现在还在外面，这已经是第十三次了。"
"Mrs. Joe has been out a dozen times, looking for you, Pip. And she's out now, making it a baker's dozen."
"是吗？"
"Is she?"
"是的，皮普，"乔说，"更糟的是，她带着'痒痒棍'呢。"
"Yes, Pip," said Joe; "and what's worse, she's got Tickler with her."
听到这个令人沮丧的消息，我转来转去地拨弄着马甲上唯一的那颗纽扣，愁眉苦脸地盯着炉火。
At this dismal intelligence, I twisted the only button on my waistcoat round and round, and looked in great depression at the fire.
'痒痒棍'是一根末端裹着蜡的藤条，因为频繁抽打我的身体而被磨得光滑。
Tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame.
"她坐了下来，"乔说，"然后又站起来，一把抓起'痒痒棍'，就横冲直撞地出去了。"
"She sot down," said Joe, "and she got up, and she made a grab at Tickler, and she Ram-paged out."
Vocabulary
- made
- make的过去式，表示做、制造或使某事发生
- powerful
- 强大的，有力的，影响力大的
- merit
- 优点，功绩，值得称赞的地方
- herself
- 她自己，反身代词，强调主语本人
- strong
- 强烈的，有力的，坚强的
- reproach
- 责备，谴责，表达不满或批评
- against
- 介词，表示反对或针对某人
- wore
- wear的过去式，穿戴
- apron
- 围裙，厨房或工作时穿在前面的防护布
- Though
- 连词，虽然，尽管，表示让步
- reason
- 理由，原因，理性
- should
- 情态动词，应该，表示义务或建议
- worn
- wear的过去分词，穿戴过的
- wear
- 穿戴，佩戴衣物或配件
- forge
- 锻造炉，铁匠铺，用于加热和锻造金属
- adjoined
- adjoin的过去式，紧邻，毗连，与……相接
- wooden
- 木制的，由木头做成的
- dwellings
- 住所，居所，人们居住的建筑
- churchyard
- 教堂墓地，教堂周围的院子或墓地
- shut
- 关闭，关上，使关闭
- alone
- 独自，单独，没有他人
- fellow-sufferers
- 共同受苦者，一起遭受痛苦的人
- confidences
- 秘密，私下分享的信任或私密信息
- imparted
- impart的过去式，传授，透露，给予
- confidence
- 信心，信任，秘密分享
- moment
- 片刻，瞬间，某一时刻
- raised
- raise的过去式，抬起，举起
- latch
- 门闩，插销，门上的简单锁扣
- peeped
- peep的过去式，偷看，从缝隙窥视
- opposite
- 对面的，相对的，在另一侧
- chimney
- 烟囱，壁炉上方排烟的管道
- corner
- 角落，角，房间或街道的转角
- dozen
- 十二个，一打，也泛指许多次
- baker
- 面包师，烤制面包的人
- worse
- 更糟的，bad或badly的比较级
- dismal
- 阴沉的，令人沮丧的，悲惨的
- intelligence
- 消息，信息，也指智力
- twisted
- twist的过去式，扭转，旋转
- button
- 纽扣，按钮
- waistcoat
- 马甲，背心，无袖的正式上衣
- depression
- 沮丧，消沉，抑郁
- wax-ended
- 末端涂蜡的，指末端用蜡包裹的手杖
- cane
- 手杖，藤条，用于惩罚的细杆
- smooth
- 光滑的，平滑的，使变光滑
- collision
- 碰撞，撞击，冲突
- tickled
- tickle的过去式，使发痒，轻触
- frame
- 框架，身体，结构
- sot
- 酒鬼，嗜酒者，长期过度饮酒的人
- grab
- 抓住，夺取，突然伸手拿取
- Ram-paged
- 横冲直撞，狂暴乱跑，失控暴怒行为
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