On the Method of Zadig: Essay #1 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" — Page 3
一天,他在一片小树林附近散步,看见一位女王的首席太监匆匆赶来,身后跟着一群官员。
One day, walking near a little wood, he saw, hastening that way, one of the Queen's chief eunuchs, followed by a troop of officials.
这些官员似乎忧心忡忡,像失了魂的人一样东奔西跑,寻找某件失落的宝物。
who appeared to be in the greatest anxiety, running hither and thither like men distraught, in search of some lost treasure.
太监喊道:"年轻人,你有没有看见女王的狗?"
'Young man,' cried the eunuch, 'have you seen the Queen's dog?'
扎迪格谦逊地回答:"我想是一只母狗,不是公狗。"
Zadig answered modestly, 'A bitch, I think, not a dog.'
太监说:"说得对。"扎迪格接着说:"是一只非常小的西班牙猎犬,最近刚生过小狗;它左前腿跛行,耳朵很长。"
'Quite right,' replied the eunuch; and Zadig continued, 'A very small spaniel who has lately had puppies; she limps with the left foreleg, and has very long ears.'
气喘吁吁的太监说:"啊!那你一定见过她了。"
'Ah! you have seen her then,' said the breathless eunuch.
扎迪格回答:"没有,我没有见过她;我甚至根本不知道女王养了一只西班牙猎犬。"
'No,' answered Zadig, 'I have not seen her; and I really was not aware that the Queen possessed a spaniel.'
碰巧的是,就在同一时刻,国王马厩里最俊美的一匹马在巴比伦平原上挣脱了马夫的控制,逃跑了。
By an odd coincidence, at the very same time, the handsomest horse in the King's stables broke away from his groom in the Babylonian plain.
大猎手和他所有的随从都在焦急地寻找那匹马,就像太监和他的手下寻找那只西班牙猎犬一样。
The grand huntsman and all his staff were seeking the horse with as much anxiety as the eunuch and his people the spaniel.
大猎手问扎迪格是否看见国王的马从那条路跑过去了。
and the grand huntsman asked Zadig if he had not seen the King's horse go that way.
扎迪格说:"是一匹头等的快马,蹄子小,五尺高;尾巴长三尺半;马嚼子的颊片是二十三克拉的黄金;马蹄铁是银制的?"
'A first-rate galloper, small-hoofed, five feet high; tail three feet and a half long; cheek pieces of the bit of twenty-three carat gold; shoes silver?' said Zadig.
大猎手喊道:"它往哪边去了?它在哪里?"
'Which way did he go? Where is he?' cried the grand huntsman.
Vocabulary
- day
- 一天,白天,日期
- walking
- 步行,行走
- near
- 靠近,在……附近
- little
- 小的,少量的
- wood
- 树林,小森林
- saw
- 看见(see的过去式)
- hastening
- 匆忙赶路,快步前进
- way
- 方向,道路,方式
- Queen
- 女王,王后
- chief
- 首席的,最高级别的
- eunuchs
- 太监,宦官
- followed
- 跟随,跟在……后面
- troop
- 一群人,一队人
- officials
- 官员,政府工作人员
- appeared
- 看起来,似乎,出现
- greatest
- 最大的,最强烈的
- anxiety
- 焦虑,忧虑,担心的心情
- running
- 跑步,奔跑
- hither
- 到这里,向这边(古语)
- thither
- 到那里,向那边(古语)
- like
- 像,类似于
- distraught
- 心烦意乱的,极度焦虑的
- search
- 搜索,寻找
- lost
- 丢失的,迷路的
- treasure
- 宝物,珍贵的东西
- Young
- 年轻的,年幼的
- cried
- 喊叫,大声说(cry的过去式)
- eunuch
- 太监,宦官
- dog
- 狗,犬
- answered
- 回答,答复(answer的过去式)
- modestly
- 谦虚地,谦逊地
- bitch
- 雌狗,母狗
- Quite
- 完全,相当,正是
- right
- 正确的,对的
- replied
- 回复,答复(reply的过去式)
- continued
- 继续,接着说
- small
- 小的,体型小
- spaniel
- 长耳猎犬,一种小型宠物狗
- lately
- 最近,近来
- puppies
- 小狗,幼犬
- limps
- 跛行,一瘸一拐地走
- left
- 左边的,左侧
- foreleg
- 前腿,动物的前肢
- long
- 长的,长度大的
- ears
- 耳朵
- then
- 那么,然后,那时
- breathless
- 气喘吁吁的,上气不接下气
- really
- 真的,实际上
- aware
- 意识到,知道,察觉
- possessed
- 拥有,持有(possess的过去式)
- odd
- 奇怪的,不寻常的
- coincidence
- 巧合,偶然相同的事情
- same
- 相同的,同样的
- time
- 时间,时刻
- handsomest
- 最英俊的,最漂亮的(handsome最高级)
- horse
- 马,马匹
- King
- 国王,君主
- stables
- 马厩,养马的地方
- broke
- 逃脱,挣脱(break的过去式)
- away
- 离开,逃走
- groom
- 马夫,负责照料马的人
- Babylonian
- 巴比伦的,巴比伦人
- plain
- 平原,平坦的地面
- grand
- 宏大的,高级的,壮观的
- huntsman
- 猎人,负责狩猎的人
- staff
- 员工,工作人员,随从
- seeking
- 寻找,搜寻
- first-rate
- 一流的,顶级的,极好的
- galloper
- 快速奔跑的马,奔腾的马
- small-hoofed
- 蹄子小的,小蹄的
- feet
- 英尺,脚(复数)
- high
- 高的,高度
- tail
- 尾巴
- half
- 一半,半个
- cheek
- 脸颊,面颊
- pieces
- 片,块,部分
- bit
- 马嚼子,马口铁,少量
- carat
- 克拉,黄金纯度单位
- gold
- 金,黄金
- shoes
- 马蹄铁,鞋子
- silver
- 银,银色的
- Which
- 哪个,疑问代词
- Where
- 在哪里,疑问副词
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