Peter Pan — Page 5
原来这就是母亲的真相。那些癞蛤蟆！
So this was the truth about mothers. The toads!
不过小心总是好的；而且没有人比孩子更清楚自己该什么时候让步。"温迪，我们回家吧，"约翰和迈克尔一齐喊道。
Still it is best to be careful; and no one knows so quickly as a child when he should give in. "Wendy, let us go home," cried John and Michael together.
"好的，"她说，紧紧抱住他们。
"Yes," she said, clutching them.
"不是今晚吧？"迷失的孩子们困惑地问道。他们内心深处明白，没有母亲一样可以过得很好，只有母亲自己认为孩子们离不开她。
"Not to-night?" asked the lost boys bewildered. They knew in what they called their hearts that one can get on quite well without a mother, and that it is only the mothers who think you can't.
"马上走，"温迪坚定地回答，因为她脑中闪过一个可怕的念头："也许母亲现在已经在服半丧了。"
"At once," Wendy replied resolutely, for the horrible thought had come to her: "Perhaps mother is in half mourning by this time."
这种恐惧使她忘记了彼得此刻的感受，她相当生硬地对他说："彼得，你来做必要的安排好吗？"
This dread made her forgetful of what must be Peter's feelings, and she said to him rather sharply, "Peter, will you make the necessary arrangements?"
"如你所愿，"他回答，神情冷淡，就好像她只是请他递一下坚果一样。
"If you wish it," he replied, as coolly as if she had asked him to pass the nuts.
两人之间连一句"舍不得你走"都没有！如果她不在乎这次分别，彼得也要让她看看，他同样毫不在乎。
Not so much as a sorry-to-lose-you between them! If she did not mind the parting, he was going to show her, was Peter, that neither did he.
但他当然非常在意；他对大人们充满了愤怒，因为他们像往常一样把一切都搞糟了。一回到自己的树里，他就故意急促地喘着短气，大约每秒五下。
But of course he cared very much; and he was so full of wrath against grown-ups, who, as usual, were spoiling everything, that as soon as he got inside his tree he breathed intentionally quick short breaths at the rate of about five to a second.
Vocabulary
- truth
- 真相，真实的事实或情况
- toads
- 蟾蜍，一种两栖动物，此处用作骂人的话
- Still
- 尽管如此，仍然，表示转折
- careful
- 小心的，谨慎的，注意细节的
- quickly
- 迅速地，很快地
- should
- 应该，表示建议或义务的情态动词
- cried
- 喊道，大声说出（cry的过去式）
- together
- 一起，共同，同时
- clutching
- 紧握着，紧紧抓住某人或某物
- lost
- 迷失的，找不到路的
- bewildered
- 困惑的，不知所措的，茫然的
- hearts
- 内心，心灵，感情所在之处
- quite
- 相当，非常，完全
- without
- 没有，缺少某人或某物
- once
- 立刻，马上（at once表示立即）
- replied
- 回答，答复（reply的过去式）
- resolutely
- 坚决地，果断地，毫不犹豫地
- horrible
- 可怕的，令人恐惧的，糟糕的
- thought
- 想法，念头，思想
- Perhaps
- 也许，可能，表示不确定
- half
- 一半，二分之一
- mourning
- 服丧，哀悼，因失去某人而悲痛
- dread
- 恐惧，极度担忧，害怕某事发生
- forgetful
- 健忘的，容易忘记，疏忽的
- must
- 必须，一定，表示强烈义务
- feelings
- 感受，情感，内心的感觉
- rather
- 相当，有点，程度副词
- sharply
- 严厉地，尖锐地，语气严肃
- necessary
- 必要的，必须的，不可缺少的
- arrangements
- 安排，部署，计划好的准备工作
- wish
- 希望，想要，表达愿望
- coolly
- 冷淡地，镇定地，不带感情地
- pass
- 传递，递给，把东西交给某人
- nuts
- 坚果，果仁，可食用的硬壳果实
- between
- 在……之间，介于两者之中
- mind
- 介意，在乎，对某事感到困扰
- parting
- 分离，告别，与某人分开
- show
- 表现，显示，展示感情或态度
- neither
- 两者都不，也不，表示双重否定
- cared
- 在乎，关心，care的过去式
- wrath
- 愤怒，盛怒，强烈的怒气
- against
- 对抗，反对，针对某人或事物
- grown-ups
- 成年人，大人，已长大的人
- usual
- 通常的，惯常的，平常的
- spoiling
- 破坏，损坏，把事情弄糟
- inside
- 在……内部，进入里面
- breathed
- 呼吸，呼气（breathe的过去式）
- intentionally
- 故意地，有意地，刻意为之
- breaths
- 呼吸，一次呼吸，breath的复数
- rate
- 速率，频率，每单位时间的次数
- second
- 秒，时间单位
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