Peter Pan — Page 9
当她年纪大到可以开口提问时,那些故事大多是关于彼得·潘的。
When she was old enough to ask them they were mostly about Peter Pan.
她喜欢听关于彼得的故事,温迪在那间育儿室里把自己所能记住的一切都告诉了她——就是那间曾经发生过著名飞行的育儿室。
She loved to hear of Peter, and Wendy told her all she could remember in the very nursery from which the famous flight had taken place.
那间育儿室现在是简的了,因为她的父亲以百分之三的利息从温迪的父亲那里买下了它,温迪的父亲已经不再喜欢爬楼梯了。
It was Jane's nursery now, for her father had bought it at the three per cents from Wendy's father, who was no longer fond of stairs.
达林太太如今已经过世,也被人遗忘了。
Mrs. Darling was now dead and forgotten.
育儿室里现在只有两张床,简的和她保姆的;也没有了狗窝,因为娜娜也已经去世了。
There were only two beds in the nursery now, Jane's and her nurse's; and there was no kennel, for Nana also had passed away.
她死于老年,在生命最后的日子里,她变得相当难以相处;她坚定地认为,除了她自己,没有人知道怎样照顾孩子。
She died of old age, and at the end she had been rather difficult to get on with; being very firmly convinced that no one knew how to look after children except herself.
每周一次,简的保姆会有一个晚上的假期;那时便轮到温迪来哄简上床睡觉了。
Once a week Jane's nurse had her evening off; and then it was Wendy's part to put Jane to bed.
那便是讲故事的时候了。
That was the time for stories.
把床单盖在妈妈和自己头上搭成一顶帐篷,是简的发明,在那可怕的黑暗中低声问道:
It was Jane's invention to raise the sheet over her mother's head and her own, thus making a tent, and in the awful darkness to whisper:
「我们现在看到了什么?」
"What do we see now?"
「我想今晚我什么都看不见,」温迪说,心里觉得要是娜娜在这里,她一定会反对继续聊下去的。
"I don't think I see anything to-night," says Wendy, with a feeling that if Nana were here she would object to further conversation.
「不,你看见了,」简说,「你看见了你还是小女孩的时候。」
"Yes, you do," says Jane, "you see when you were a little girl."
「那是很久以前的事了,亲爱的,」温迪说。「唉,时光飞逝啊!」
"That is a long time ago, sweetheart," says Wendy. "Ah me, how time flies!"
Vocabulary
- she
- 她,女性第三人称代词
- old
- 年老的;也可指年龄大的
- enough
- 足够的,达到所需程度
- to
- 不定式符号,或表示方向的介词
- ask
- 询问,提问,请求
- them
- 他们/她们/它们,宾格代词
- they
- 他们/她们/它们,主格代词
- were
- be动词的过去式复数形式
- mostly
- 大多数情况下,主要地
- about
- 关于;大约
- She
- 她,女性第三人称主格代词
- loved
- 喜爱,热爱,love的过去式
- hear
- 听,听说,得知
- told
- 告诉,讲述,tell的过去式
- her
- 她的;她(宾格)
- all
- 所有的,全部
- could
- could,can的过去式,表示能力或可能
- remember
- 记得,记住,回忆起
- in
- 介词,表示在……里面或在……中
- the
- 定冠词,指特定的人或事物
- very
- 正是,就是;非常(副词)
- nursery
- 育儿室,儿童房间
- from
- 介词,表示来自某处或从……开始
- which
- 哪个,关系代词,引导定语从句
- famous
- 著名的,出名的
- flight
- 飞行;逃跑
- It
- 它,第三人称中性代词
- now
- 现在,此刻
- father
- 父亲,爸爸
- bought
- 购买,buy的过去式
- at
- 介词,表示在某地、某时或某价格
- three
- 数字三,3
- per
- 每,per cent即百分之一
- cents
- 美分;百分之(per cents利率)
- who
- 谁;关系代词,引导定语从句
- no
- 没有,不,否定词
- stairs
- 楼梯,台阶(复数)
- Mrs.
- 夫人,已婚女性的尊称
- dead
- 死的,已去世的
- forgotten
- 被遗忘的,forget的过去分词
- only
- 只有,仅仅
- two
- 数字二,2
- beds
- 床,bed的复数形式
- nurse
- 护士;保姆,照顾孩子的人
- there
- 那里;用于there is/are句型
- kennel
- 狗窝,狗舍
- also
- 也,同样,还
- died
- 死亡,die的过去式
- end
- 结束,末尾,终点
- been
- be的过去分词,用于完成时态
- rather
- 相当,有些,表示程度副词
- difficult
- 困难的,不容易的
- with
- 和,与;一起
- being
- be的现在分词,处于……状态
- firmly
- 坚定地,牢固地
- convinced
- 确信的,被说服的,坚信的
- that
- 那;连词,引导宾语从句
- one
- 一个;泛指某人
- knew
- 知道,了解,know的过去式
- how
- 如何,怎样
- children
- 孩子们,child的复数
- except
- 除了,除……之外
- herself
- 她自己,反身代词
- Once
- 一次;曾经;一旦
- a
- 不定冠词,表示某一个
- week
- 星期,一周,七天
- evening
- 傍晚,晚上
- then
- 然后,那时,接着
- That
- 那,那个,指代前面提到的事物
- time
- 时间,时候,次数
- stories
- 故事,story的复数
- invention
- 发明;此处指故事是她自己编造的
- raise
- 举起,抬起,提高
- sheet
- 床单,薄片
- over
- 在……上方,覆盖
- mother
- 母亲,妈妈
- head
- 头,头部
- thus
- 因此,从而,这样
- making
- 制造,形成,make的现在分词
- tent
- 帐篷
- awful
- 可怕的,糟糕的,令人敬畏的
- darkness
- 黑暗,昏暗
- whisper
- 低声说,耳语
- What
- 什么,用于疑问句
- do
- 做;助动词,用于构成疑问句
- we
- 我们,第一人称复数代词
- see
- 看见,看到
- I
- 我,第一人称单数主格代词
- don
- don't中的缩写,do not的一部分
- 't
- not的缩写,表示否定
- think
- 认为,思考,想
- anything
- 任何东西,任何事物
- to-night
- 今晚,tonight的旧式写法
- says
- 说,say的第三人称单数
- feeling
- 感觉,情感,feel的现在分词
- if
- 如果,假如,是否
- here
- 这里,在这里
- would
- 将会,will的过去式,表示意愿或假设
- further
- 进一步的,更多的
- conversation
- 谈话,对话,交谈
- Yes
- 是的,表示肯定的回答
- you
- 你,你们,第二人称代词
- when
- 当……时候,什么时候
- little
- 小的,年幼的,少量的
- girl
- 女孩,小姑娘
- is
- 是,be动词的第三人称单数现在式
- ago
- 以前,之前,表示过去的时间
- sweetheart
- 亲爱的,心上人,爱人
- Ah
- 啊,表示感叹或惊讶的叹词
- me
- 我,第一人称宾格代词
- flies
- 飞,fly的第三人称单数;时光飞逝
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