Great Expectations — Page 6
这感觉就像我必须下定决心从高楼顶端跳下，或者跳入深不见底的水中。
It was as if I had to make up my mind to leap from the top of a high house, or plunge into a great depth of water.
乔的浑然不觉更让这件事难上加难。
And it was made the more difficult by the unconscious Joe.
我们之前提到过，作为同病相怜的难友，我们之间有一种共济会式的默契，加上他一贯对我亲切随和，我们晚上养成了一个习惯——时不时默默地把各自的面包片举起来给对方欣赏，比比谁咬得更有章法，这反而激励着我们越吃越起劲。
In our already-mentioned freemasonry as fellow-sufferers, and in his good-natured companionship with me, it was our evening habit to compare the way we bit through our slices, by silently holding them up to each other's admiration now and then,—which stimulated us to new exertions.
今晚，乔好几次举起他那片越来越小的面包，邀我加入我们平日里那场友好的比赛；然而他每次都发现我一边膝盖上搁着黄色的茶杯，另一边膝盖上放着原封未动的黄油面包。
To-night, Joe several times invited me, by the display of his fast diminishing slice, to enter upon our usual friendly competition; but he found me, each time, with my yellow mug of tea on one knee, and my untouched bread and butter on the other.
最终，我破釜沉舟地想定：这件事非做不可，而且最好以最不显眼、最符合当时情形的方式去做。
At last, I desperately considered that the thing I contemplated must be done, and that it had best be done in the least improbable manner consistent with the circumstances.
我趁乔刚好看了我一眼、随即转开的那一刻，把面包和黄油塞进了裤腿里。
I took advantage of a moment when Joe had just looked at me, and got my bread and butter down my leg.
乔显然被他以为是我食欲不振的样子弄得心神不宁，若有所思地从自己那片面包上咬了一口，却似乎一点也没品出味道。
Joe was evidently made uncomfortable by what he supposed to be my loss of appetite, and took a thoughtful bite out of his slice, which he didn't seem to enjoy.
他在嘴里嚼了比平时长得多的时间，反复思量着，最后像咽药片一样把那口面包硬吞了下去。
He turned it about in his mouth much longer than usual, pondering over it a good deal, and after all gulped it down like a pill.
Vocabulary
- it
- 代词，指代前面提到的事物或情况
- was
- be动词过去式，表示存在或状态
- as
- 连词或介词，表示当...时或作为
- if
- 连词，表示条件或假设
- had
- have的过去式，表示拥有或完成
- to
- 介词或不定式标记，表示方向或目的
- make
- 动词，制造或创造某物
- up
- 副词或动词，表示向上或组成
- my
- 形容词性物主代词，表示我的
- mind
- 名词，思想或意见；动词，介意
- leap
- 动词，跳跃或跳过
- from
- 介词，表示来自或源于
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或事物
- top
- 名词，顶部或最高点
- of
- 介词，表示属于或所有关系
- high
- 形容词，高的或高度大的
- house
- 名词，房子或住宅
- or
- 连词，表示选择或其他选项
- plunge
- 动词，跳入或陷入
- into
- 介词，表示进入或陷入状态
- great
- 形容词，伟大的或程度大的
- depth
- 名词，深度或深层
- water
- 名词，水
- and
- 连词，表示并列或同时
- made
- make的过去式
- more
- 形容词或副词，更多或更
- difficult
- 形容词，困难的或不易的
- by
- 介词，表示被动者或方式
- unconscious
- 形容词，无意识的或不自觉的
- in
- 介词，表示在...内或状态
- our
- 形容词性物主代词，表示我们的
- his
- 形容词性物主代词，表示他的
- companionship
- 名词，陪伴或友谊
- with
- 介词，表示与...一起
- me
- 代词，我的宾格
- evening
- 名词，晚上或傍晚
- habit
- 名词，习惯或习性
- compare
- 动词，比较或对比
- way
- 名词，方式或道路
- we
- 代词，我们
- bit
- 名词，小块或少量
- through
- 介词，穿过或通过
- slices
- 名词，片或切片
- silently
- 副词，无声地或沉默地
- holding
- 动词，握住或拿着
- them
- 代词，他们或它们的宾格
- each
- 形容词或代词，每个或各自
- other
- 代词，彼此或其他
- admiration
- 名词，钦佩或赞赏
- now
- 副词，现在或此时
- then
- 副词，那时或然后
- which
- 代词，哪个或关系代词
- stimulated
- 动词过去式，刺激或鼓舞
- us
- 代词，我们的宾格
- new
- 形容词，新的或崭新的
- several
- 形容词，几个或多个
- times
- 名词，次数或时间
- invited
- 动词过去式，邀请或招待
- display
- 动词或名词，展示或展览
- fast
- 形容词或副词，快速的
- diminishing
- 动词或形容词，减少或递减
- slice
- 名词，一片或一块
- enter
- 动词，进入或开始
- upon
- 介词，在...上面或之后
- usual
- 形容词，通常的或平常的
- friendly
- 形容词，友好的或友善的
- competition
- 名词，竞争或比赛
- but
- 连词，但是或然而
- he
- 代词，他
- found
- 动词过去式，发现或找到
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