Peter Pan — Page 3
她想冒险一试,不管结果如何,但这不是他的做事方式;他的方式是用铅笔和一张纸,如果她用建议打扰他,他就不得不从头再来。
She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again.
"现在别打断我,"他会这样恳求她。
"Now don't interrupt," he would beg of her.
"我这里有一镑十七,办公室里还有两先令六便士;我可以省掉办公室的咖啡,算十先令,加起来是两镑九先令六便士,加上你的十八先令三便士,就是三镑九先令七便士,再加上我支票本里的五镑零零便士,合计八镑九先令七便士——是谁在动?——八镑九先令七便士,记下进位七——别说话,亲爱的——记下进位孩子——你看,你又打断我了!——我说的是九镑九先令七便士吗?是的,我说的是九镑九先令七便士;问题是,我们能靠九镑九先令七便士过一年吗?"
"I have one pound seventeen here, and two and six at the office; I can cut off my coffee at the office, say ten shillings, making two nine and six, with your eighteen and three makes three nine seven, with five naught naught in my cheque-book makes eight nine seven—who is that moving?—eight nine seven, dot and carry seven—don't speak, my own—and the pound you lent to that man who came to the door—quiet, child—dot and carry child—there, you've done it!—did I say nine nine seven? yes, I said nine nine seven; the question is, can we try it for a year on nine nine seven?"
"当然可以,乔治,"她叫道。但她对温迪有所偏袒,而他其实才是两人中更有气度的那一个。
"Of course we can, George," she cried. But she was prejudiced in Wendy's favour, and he was really the grander character of the two.
"别忘了腮腺炎,"他几乎是带着威胁的口吻提醒她,然后又继续算了起来。
"Remember mumps," he warned her almost threateningly, and off he went again.
Vocabulary
- She
- 女性人称代词,指女人或女孩
- wanted
- 过去式,想要或需要某物
- to
- 不定式标记,或表示方向和目的
- risk
- 冒...的风险,或冒险的事物
- it
- 中性代词,指事物或情况
- come
- 来,到达或发生某事
- what
- 疑问代词,询问什么或哪样
- might
- 可能会发生,表示可能性
- but
- 连词,表示转折或对比
- that
- 指示代词或从属连词
- was
- be的过去式,表示存在或状态
- not
- 否定词,表示否定或相反
- his
- 他的,表示所有格
- way
- 方式、方法或路径
- with
- 带有、用或在...一起
- pencil
- 铅笔,用于写字或绘画的工具
- and
- 并列连词,连接两个词或句子
- piece
- 一块、一片或一件东西
- of
- 表示所有、成分或关系的介词
- paper
- 纸张,用于书写或印刷
- if
- 条件连词,引导假设情况
- confused
- 困惑的或使困惑
- him
- 他,男性宾语代词
- suggestions
- 建议或提议,复数形式
- he
- 他,男性主语代词
- had
- have的过去式,表示拥有
- begin
- 开始或着手做某事
- at
- 在...处,表示位置或时间
- the
- 定冠词,特指某个人或事物
- beginning
- 开始或初始阶段
- again
- 再次或再一遍
- Now
- 现在或此刻,表示当前时间
- don
- do not的缩写,表示否定
- interrupt
- 打断或中断某人的话
- would
- 将会,表示过去的未来或推测
- beg
- 恳求或请求
- her
- 她,女性宾语代词
- have
- 有或拥有某物
- one
- 数字一,或泛指某人
- pound
- 英镑,英国货币单位
- seventeen
- 数字十七
- here
- 在这里或此处
- two
- 数字二
- six
- 数字六
- office
- 办公室或办公处所
- can
- 能够或可以做某事
- cut
- 切、割或减少
- off
- 关闭或停止
- my
- 我的,表示所有格
- coffee
- 咖啡,热饮料
- say
- 说或陈述
- ten
- 数字十
- shillings
- 先令,旧英国货币单位
- making
- 制造或创造
- nine
- 数字九
- your
- 你的或你们的
- eighteen
- 数字十八
- three
- 数字三
- makes
- 制造或等于
- seven
- 数字七
- five
- 数字五
- naught
- 零或无,数字0
- in
- 在...内部,表示位置
- cheque-book
- 支票簿,存放支票的本子
- eight
- 数字八
- who
- 谁,疑问代词
- is
- be的现在式,表示存在
- moving
- 移动或搬家
- dot
- 点或小圆点
- carry
- 携带或搬运
- speak
- 说话或讲述
- own
- 自己的,或拥有
- you
- 你或你们
- lent
- lend的过去式,借出
- man
- 男人或成年男性
- came
- come的过去式,到达
- door
- 门,建筑物的出入口
- quiet
- 安静或宁静
- child
- 小孩或儿童
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