Peter Pan — Page 7
首先,除了温迪之外,他瞧不起所有的母亲;其次,他是岛上唯一一个既不会写字也不会拼写的男孩,连最简单的单词都不会。
For one thing he despised all mothers except Wendy, and for another he was the only boy on the island who could neither write nor spell; not the smallest word.
他根本不屑于那一类的事情。
He was above all that sort of thing.
顺便一提,那些问题全都是用过去时写的。
By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.
比如,妈妈的眼睛是什么颜色,诸如此类。
What was the colour of Mother's eyes, and so on.
你看,温迪自己也已经开始忘记了。
Wendy, you see, had been forgetting, too.
冒险当然是每天都会发生的事,我们之后会看到;但就在这段时间里,彼得在温迪的帮助下发明了一种新游戏,令他着迷不已,直到他突然对它失去了所有兴趣——正如你已经被告知的那样,这正是他对所有游戏的一贯结局。
Adventures, of course, as we shall see, were of daily occurrence; but about this time Peter invented, with Wendy's help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games.
这个游戏就是假装没有冒险,去做约翰和迈克尔一生都在做的那种事:坐在凳子上把球抛向空中,互相推搡,出门散步,回来时连一头灰熊都没有猎杀过。
It consisted in pretending not to have adventures, in doing the sort of thing John and Michael had been doing all their lives, sitting on stools flinging balls in the air, pushing each other, going out for walks and coming back without having killed so much as a grizzly.
看着彼得无所事事地坐在凳子上,真是一道奇景;每逢这种时候,他忍不住会一脸严肃,因为在他看来,静静地坐着不动简直是一件滑稽可笑的事。
To see Peter doing nothing on a stool was a great sight; he could not help looking solemn at such times, to sit still seemed to him such a comic thing to do.
他还夸口说自己是为了健康才去散步的。
He boasted that he had gone walking for the good of his health.
在好几个太阳的时间里,这些对他来说都是最新奇的冒险;约翰和迈克尔也不得不假装同样乐在其中,否则他就会严厉地对待他们。
For several suns these were the most novel of all adventures to him; and John and Michael had to pretend to be delighted also; otherwise he would have treated them severely.
Vocabulary
- for
- 表示原因、目的或用途的介词
- one
- 数字1,或指代某个单数人或物
- thing
- 事物、东西、事件或情况
- he
- 男性第三人称单数代词
- despised
- 极度厌恶、鄙视或憎恨某人或某物
- all
- 全部、所有或整个
- mothers
- 母亲,女性父母的复数形式
- except
- 除了、除去或不包括某人或某物
- and
- 连接词,用于连接两个词或句子
- another
- 另一个、又一个的数量或单位
- was
- be动词过去式,表示存在或状态
- the
- 定冠词,用于特指名词
- only
- 唯一的、仅有的或只有
- boy
- 男孩、小男孩或年轻男性
- on
- 介词,表示位置、时间或状态
- island
- 岛屿,四面环水的陆地
- who
- 疑问代词或关系代词,指人
- could
- can的过去式,表示能力或可能性
- neither
- 两者都不、既不也不
- write
- 书写、写字或著作
- nor
- 也不、既不用于否定句中
- spell
- 拼写、按字母顺序说出单词
- not
- 否定词,用于表示否定
- smallest
- 最小的、最少的或微不足道的
- word
- 词、单词或言语
- above
- 在上面、超过或以上
- that
- 那个、那、指示代词或连接词
- sort
- 种类、类型或分类
- of
- 属于、来自或表示关系的介词
- by
- 由、通过或在旁边的介词
- way
- 方式、路途或方向
- questions
- 问题、疑问或提出的询问
- written
- write的过去分词,被写的
- in
- 在里面、用某种语言或处于状态
- past
- 过去、已过去的时间
- tense
- 时态、紧张的或拉紧
- What
- 什么、询问事物或情况
- colour
- 颜色、色彩或着色
- Mother
- 母亲、妈妈或母性人物
- eyes
- 眼睛、视力或观察力
- so
- 所以、这样或非常
- you
- 你、你们或被指者
- see
- 看、看见或理解
- had
- have的过去式,拥有或经历
- been
- be的过去分词,曾是
- forgetting
- forget的现在分词,遗忘
- too
- 也、太或过度
- Adventures
- 冒险、奇遇或探险活动
- course
- 当然、课程或路线
- as
- 作为、当时、因为或像
- we
- 我们、代表说话者和他人
- shall
- 将来助动词,表示将要
- daily
- 每天的、日常的或每日
- occurrence
- 发生、事件或出现的事物
- but
- 但是、然而或除了
- about
- 关于、大约或在周围
- this
- 这个、这、指示代词
- time
- 时间、时刻或次数
- invented
- invent的过去式,发明或创造
- with
- 用、和或具有的介词
- help
- 帮助、援助或辅助
- new
- 新的、最近的或未使用的
- game
- 游戏、比赛或运动
- fascinated
- fascinate的过去式,深深吸引
- him
- 他、男性第三人称单数宾语
- enormously
- 极大地、巨大地或非常地
- until
- 直到、到为止的时间连接词
- suddenly
- 突然地、猛地或意外地
- no
- 不、否定或没有的词
- more
- 更多、再也不或额外的
- interest
- 兴趣、利益或引起关注
- it
- 它、事物第三人称单数代词
- which
- 哪个、哪些的疑问或关系代词
- have
- 有、拥有或做某事
- told
- tell的过去式,告诉或讲述
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