Peter Pan — Page 1

English → Chinese Chapter I. Level 4/10

PETER BREAKS THROUGH

彼得破茧而出

All children, except one, grow up.

所有的孩子都会长大，除了一个。

They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

他们很快就知道自己会长大，而温迪知道这件事的方式是这样的。

One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

有一天，她两岁的时候正在花园里玩耍，她摘了一朵花，拿着它跑向她的母亲。

I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!"

我想她当时一定看起来十分可爱，因为达林太太将手放在心口，不禁感叹道："哦，你为什么不能永远这样下去！"

This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

这就是她们之间关于这个话题的全部交流，但从那以后，温迪便知道她必须长大。

You always know after you are two.

两岁之后，你就会明白这件事。

Two is the beginning of the end.

两岁是终结的开始。

Of course they lived at 14, and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one.

他们当然住在十四号，在温迪出生之前，她的母亲是家中最重要的人。

She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth.

她是一位可爱的女士，拥有浪漫的心思和一张甜蜜而带着戏谑意味的嘴。

Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.

她浪漫的心思就像那来自神秘东方的层层套叠的小盒子，无论你发现了多少，总还有一个藏在里面；而她那甜蜜戏谑的嘴角有一个吻，是温迪永远无法得到的，尽管它就在那里，清晰可见地停留在右边的嘴角。

The way Mr. Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who had been boys when she was a girl discovered simultaneously that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling, who took a cab and nipped in first, and so he got her.

达林先生赢得她芳心的方式是这样的：许多在她还是少女时便认识她的男士们同时发现自己爱上了她，他们都跑去她家向她求婚，唯独达林先生叫了一辆马车，抢先一步到达，于是他便赢得了她。

Vocabulary

破茧而出: pò jiǎn ér chū — To break out of a cocoon; emerge transformed
所有: suǒyǒu — All; every; belonging to everyone
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
孩子: háizi — Child; children
都会: dōu huì — All will; everyone will (do something)
长大: zhǎngdà — To grow up; to become an adult
除了: chúle — Except for; apart from; other than
一个: yī gè — One (general measure word for a person or thing)
他们: tāmen — They; them (third person plural)
很快: hěn kuài — Very quickly; soon; before long
就: jiù — Then; just; already (adverb of emphasis or sequence)
知道: zhīdào — To know; to be aware of something
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself; yourself; itself
会: huì — Will; to know how to; can
而: ér — And; but; yet (conjunctive linking particle)
这件事: zhè jiàn shì — This matter; this thing; this affair
方式: fāngshì — Way; method; manner of doing something
是: shì — To be; is; am; are
这样: zhèyàng — Like this; in this way; such
有: yǒu — To have; there is/are; to exist
一天: yī tiān — One day; a certain day; someday
她: tā — She; her (third person singular feminine)
两岁: liǎng suì — Two years old; aged two
时候: shíhou — Time; moment; period; when
正在: zhèngzài — Currently doing; in the process of (action marker)
花园: huāyuán — Garden; a place with flowers and plants
里: lǐ — Inside; within; in (locative particle)
玩耍: wánshuǎ — To play; to frolic; to have fun
摘: zhāi — To pick; to pluck (flowers or fruit)
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or change of state
一朵: yī duǒ — One (flower); measure word for flowers
花: huā — Flower; blossom
拿着: názhe — Holding; carrying in hand (ongoing action)
它: tā — It (third person singular for objects/animals)
跑向: pǎo xiàng — To run toward; to dash in the direction of
母亲: mǔqīn — Mother; one's female parent
我想: wǒ xiǎng — I think; I believe; I suppose
当时: dāngshí — At that time; then; at that moment
一定: yīdìng — Certainly; definitely; must have been
看起来: kàn qǐlái — To look; to appear; to seem a certain way
十分: shífēn — Very; extremely; utterly (intensifying adverb)
可爱: kě'ài — Cute; adorable; lovable
因为: yīnwèi — Because; since; due to the fact that
将: jiāng — To take; to use; (literary marker before object)
手: shǒu — Hand; hands
放在: fàng zài — To place at; to put on or in a location
心口: xīnkǒu — Chest; the area over the heart
不禁: bùjīn — Cannot help but; involuntarily; spontaneously
感叹: gǎntàn — To exclaim; to sigh with emotion or wonder
道: dào — To say; to speak (literary verb for speech)
哦: ó / ò — Oh (exclamation of realization or emotion)
你: nǐ — You (second person singular pronoun)
为什么: wèishénme — Why; for what reason
不能: bù néng — Cannot; not able to; must not
永远: yǒngyuǎn — Forever; always; eternally
下去: xiàqù — To continue; to go on; to keep doing
这: zhè — This (demonstrative pronoun)
就是: jiù shì — Is exactly; that is precisely; just is
她们: tāmen — They; them (feminine third person plural)
之间: zhījiān — Between; among; in the middle of
关于: guānyú — About; regarding; concerning a topic
这个: zhège — This; this one (demonstrative)
话题: huàtí — Topic; subject of conversation
全部: quánbù — All; entire; the whole of something
交流: jiāoliú — To communicate; to exchange ideas or conversation
但: dàn — But; however; yet (conjunction)
从那以后: cóng nà yǐhòu — From then on; ever since that time
便: biàn — Then; so; thereupon (literary adverb)
必须: bìxū — Must; have to; it is necessary to
之后: zhīhòu — After; afterward; following that
就会: jiù huì — Will then; is bound to; shall consequently
明白: míngbai — To understand; to realize; clear and comprehensible
终结: zhōngjié — End; conclusion; termination of something
开始: kāishǐ — To begin; to start; the beginning
当然: dāngrán — Of course; naturally; certainly
住在: zhù zài — To live at; to reside in a place
十四: shísì — Fourteen (the number 14)
号: hào — Number; address number; date
在: zài — At; in; on (preposition of location or time)
出生: chūshēng — To be born; birth
之前: zhīqián — Before; prior to; previously
家中: jiā zhōng — Within the home; in the family; at home
最重要: zuì zhòngyào — Most important; of greatest significance
人: rén — Person; people; human being
一位: yī wèi — One (person); measure word for respected people
女士: nǚshì — Lady; madam; Ms. (polite address for women)
拥有: yōngyǒu — To possess; to own; to have something
浪漫: làngmàn — Romantic; full of romance and imagination
心思: xīnsī — Mind; thoughts; mental disposition or feelings
和: hé — And; together with (conjunction)
一张: yī zhāng — One (flat object); measure word for faces, papers
甜蜜: tiánmì — Sweet; full of sweetness and affection
带着: dàizhe — Carrying; bearing; with (ongoing state)
戏谑: xìxuè — Playful teasing; joking; bantering humor
意味: yìwèi — Meaning; implication; overtone or flavor
嘴: zuǐ — Mouth; lips
就像: jiù xiàng — Just like; similar to; resembling exactly
那: nà — That; those (demonstrative pronoun)
来自: láizì — To come from; originating from a place
神秘: shénmì — Mysterious; enigmatic; full of mystery
东方: dōngfāng — The East; Orient; eastern direction
层层: céngcéng — Layer upon layer; in many layers; nested
套叠: tàodié — Nested; fitting inside one another; stacked layers
小: xiǎo — Small; little; tiny
盒子: hézi — Box; small container
无论: wúlùn — No matter; regardless of; whether or not
发现: fāxiàn — To discover; to find; to realize something
多少: duōshao — How many; how much; however many
总: zǒng — Always; invariably; still (adverb of continuation)
还有: hái yǒu — There is still; also have; and also
藏在: cáng zài — Hidden inside; concealed within a place
里面: lǐmiàn — Inside; the interior; within
嘴角: zuǐjiǎo — Corner of the mouth; lip corner
吻: wěn — A kiss; to kiss
无法: wúfǎ — Unable to; impossible to; cannot
得到: dédào — To get; to obtain; to receive something
尽管: jǐnguǎn — Even though; despite; although
就在: jiù zài — Right at; precisely at (a location or time)
那里: nàlǐ — There; that place; over there
清晰可见: qīngxī kě jiàn — Clearly visible; plainly seen; unmistakably apparent
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
停留: tíngliú — To stay; to remain; to linger somewhere
右边: yòubiān — The right side; on the right
先生: xiānsheng — Mr.; sir; husband; gentleman
赢得: yíngdé — To win; to earn; to gain (affection or prize)
芳心: fāngxīn — A woman's heart; affections of a lady
许多: xǔduō — Many; a lot of; numerous
还是: háishi — Still; or; was still (at a younger time)
少女: shàonǚ — Young girl; maiden; teenage girl
时: shí — When; at the time of (literary time marker)
认识: rènshi — To know; to be acquainted with someone
男士们: nánshìmen — Men; gentlemen (plural)
同时: tóngshí — At the same time; simultaneously; meanwhile
爱上: ài shàng — To fall in love with; to become fond of
都: dōu — All; both; each; without exception
跑去: pǎo qù — To run over to; to hurry to a place
家: jiā — Home; family; house
向: xiàng — Toward; to face; in the direction of
求婚: qiúhūn — To propose marriage; to ask someone to marry
唯独: wéidú — Only; solely; exclusively (one person or thing)
叫: jiào — To call; to hail; to order (a vehicle)
一辆: yī liàng — One (vehicle); measure word for vehicles
马车: mǎchē — Horse carriage; horse-drawn vehicle
抢先: qiǎngxiān — To get ahead of others; to take the lead first
一步: yī bù — One step; one move ahead
到达: dàodá — To arrive; to reach a destination
于是: yúshì — So; therefore; as a result; thereupon
他: tā — He; him (third person singular masculine)

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