Great Expectations — Page 4
「你确实那样做了，」我说。
"You did," said I.
「那我为什么要那样做，我倒想知道？」我姐姐叫道。
"And why did I do it, I should like to know?" exclaimed my sister.
我抽泣着说：「我不知道。」
I whimpered, "I don't know."
「_我_也不知道！」我姐姐说。「我再也不会那样做了！这一点我清楚得很。我可以如实地说，自从你出生以来，我这条围裙就没从身上摘下来过。做一个铁匠的老婆已经够倒霉的了（何况他还是个嘉杰利），再加上做你的母亲，真是雪上加霜。」
"_I_ don't!" said my sister. "I'd never do it again! I know that. I may truly say I've never had this apron of mine off since born you were. It's bad enough to be a blacksmith's wife (and him a Gargery) without being your mother."
我的思绪从那个问题上游离开去，茫然地凝视着炉火。那个逃犯在沼泽地上拖着铁脚镣奔逃的身影、那个神秘的年轻人、那把锉刀、那些食物，以及我被迫要去那庇护之所行窃的可怕誓言，都在那复仇般燃烧的炭火中一一浮现在我眼前。
My thoughts strayed from that question as I looked disconsolately at the fire. For the fugitive out on the marshes with the ironed leg, the mysterious young man, the file, the food, and the dreadful pledge I was under to commit a larceny on those sheltering premises, rose before me in the avenging coals.
「哈！」乔·嘉杰利太太说，把惩戒棍放回原处。「教堂墓地，真是的！你们两个倒好意思说教堂墓地。」顺便说一句，我们其中一个根本就没说过这话。「你们两个迟早有一天会把_我_逼进教堂墓地的，哦，没有我你们可真是一对好宝贝！」
"Hah!" said Mrs. Joe, restoring Tickler to his station. "Churchyard, indeed! You may well say churchyard, you two." One of us, by the by, had not said it at all. "You'll drive _me_ to the churchyard betwixt you, one of these days, and O, a pr-r-recious pair you'd be without me!"
当她忙着摆弄茶具时，乔从他的腿上方俯身偷偷地瞧了我一眼，神情好像在暗自盘算着我和他两人合在一起，在这预示着的悲惨处境下，究竟能凑成什么样的一对。此后，他坐在那儿，用手摩挲着右边的亚麻色鬈发和络腮胡子，用他那双蓝眼睛跟着乔太太的身影转，这是他每逢风波来临时一贯的神情举止。
As she applied herself to set the tea-things, Joe peeped down at me over his leg, as if he were mentally casting me and himself up, and calculating what kind of pair we practically should make, under the grievous circumstances foreshadowed. After that, he sat feeling his right-side flaxen curls and whisker, and following Mrs. Joe about with his blue eyes, as his manner always was at squally times.
Vocabulary
- You
- 你，代词，指对方
- did
- 过去式助动词，用于强调或疑问句
- said
- 说，过去式，最常见的动词
- And
- 和，连接词，连接两个词或句子
- why
- 为什么，疑问词，用于询问原因
- do
- 做，最常见的动词
- it
- 它，代词，指代物体或事物
- should
- 应该，情态动词，表示责任或建议
- like
- 喜欢，动词或介词，表示偏好
- to
- 向，介词或不定式标记
- know
- 知道，动词，表示了解或认识
- exclaimed
- 惊呼，动词，大声说出
- my
- 我的，物主代词
- sister
- 姐妹，名词，女性兄弟姐妹
- whimpered
- 呜咽，动词，发出低声哭泣声
- don
- 穿上，动词，穿衣服
- _I_
- 我，代词，第一人称
- never
- 从不，副词，表示否定
- again
- 再次，副词，表示重复
- that
- 那个，代词或连接词
- may
- 可能，情态动词，表示许可
- truly
- 真正地，副词，表示真实
- say
- 说，动词，表达言语
- ve
- have的缩写，完成时助动词
- had
- 有，过去式，过去完成时助动词
- this
- 这个，指示代词
- of
- 的，介词，表示所属
- mine
- 我的，物主代词，强调形式
- off
- 脱离，副词或介词，表示分离
- since
- 自从，介词或连接词，表示时间
- born
- 出生，动词过去分词
- were
- 是，be动词过去式复数
- It
- 它，代词，指代物体
- bad
- 坏的，形容词，不好的
- enough
- 足够，形容词或副词
- be
- 是，动词，表示存在
- wife
- 妻子，名词，已婚女性
- and
- 和，连接词
- him
- 他，代词，第三人称宾格
- without
- 没有，介词，表示缺少
- being
- 是，be动词现在分词
- your
- 你的，物主代词
- mother
- 母亲，名词，女性亲属
- My
- 我的，物主代词
- thoughts
- 思想，名词复数，心里想法
- from
- 从，介词，表示来源
- question
- 问题，名词
- as
- 当...时，连接词或介词
- looked
- 看，过去式
- at
- 在，介词，表示位置
- the
- 那个，定冠词
- fire
- 火，名词，燃烧的现象
- For
- 为了，介词或连接词
- out
- 出来，副词或介词
- on
- 在...上，介词
- with
- 有，介词，表示附带
- leg
- 腿，名词
- mysterious
- 神秘的，形容词
- young
- 年轻的，形容词
- man
- 男人，名词
- file
- 锉刀，名词，金属工具
- food
- 食物，名词，吃的东西
- dreadful
- 可怕的，形容词
- was
- 是，be动词过去式单数
- under
- 在...下面，介词
- commit
- 犯，动词，实施罪行
- those
- 那些，指示代词
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