Piccolissima — Page 6
一天傍晚，她迷失在一个抽屉的幽深之处，那里存放着一些烟草；她差点因此丧命。
One evening she lost herself in the solitude of a drawer in which was kept some tobacco; she came near dying from the effect of it.
有一次，她差点淹死在一个盛满泡沫蛋花的精美沙拉碗里，她也许把那些泡沫当成了雪山。
Once she was near drowning in a superb salad dish of frothed eggs, which she may have taken for snow mountains.
她对探索充满热情，她的思维和身体都有着惊人的活力，然而人们却找不到任何事情让她去做，
She had a passion for discovery, she had a prodigious activity of mind and body, and yet they could find nothing for her to do,
"因为，"他们说，"她是如此娇小，如此纤弱。"
"because," they said, "she is so little, so delicate."
她无法与同龄的孩子一起玩耍，也不被允许到处奔跑，
She could not play with children of her own age, she was not allowed to run about,
没有目标，没有事情可做，没有学习的途径，没有同伴，没有人关怀体谅，
and without object, without employment, without means of studying, with no companions, no sympathy,
这个可怜的小东西正面临着陷入一种冷漠状态的危险，这种危险比那些人们想要保护她免受的意外事故更令人担忧。
the poor little thing was in danger of falling into a state of apathy, more to be feared than the accidents from which they wished to preserve her.
二月底的一天，小小人儿皮科利西玛被放在了壁炉架上。
One day, towards the end of February, Piccolissima had been placed upon the mantelpiece.
她的母亲出门去了；她的父亲不想费心看管女儿的一举一动，便将她安置在一个没有插针的针垫上，
Her mother had gone out; her father, who did not wish to have the trouble of watching over all his little daughter's movements, seated her upon a pincushion in which there were no pins,
把一本词典当作护栏放在她面前，给了她一根麦芽糖棒让她自娱自乐，
and putting the dictionary as a sort of rampart before her, he gave her a stick of barley sugar to entertain herself with,
叮嘱了几句平日惯常的告诫之后，便让她自己待着发呆去了。
and after the usual admonition, left her to her dreams.
Vocabulary
- one
- 数字1；某一个人或事物
- evening
- 傍晚；黄昏时候
- she
- 女性代词；指女人或女孩
- lost
- 失去；迷路；过去式：lose
- herself
- 她自己；反身代词
- in
- 在...里面；表示位置或时间
- the
- 定冠词；表示特指
- solitude
- 独处；孤独；寂寞的状态
- of
- 属于；表示所属或关系
- drawer
- 抽屉；可以拉出的柜子部分
- which
- 哪个；关系代词
- was
- 是；be动词的过去式
- kept
- 保存；保持；过去式：keep
- some
- 一些；某个；表示不确定数量
- tobacco
- 烟草；烟叶制品
- came
- 来；到达；过去式：come
- near
- 靠近；附近；接近
- dying
- 濒死的；快要死的；present participle
- from
- 来自；从...出发
- effect
- 影响；结果；效果
- it
- 它；代指事物
- once
- 曾经；一次；从前
- drowning
- 溺水；淹没；present participle
- superb
- 极好的；杰出的；优秀的
- salad
- 沙拉；蔬菜色拉
- dish
- 盘子；菜肴；一道菜
- eggs
- 鸡蛋；卵
- may
- 五月；可能；助动词
- have
- 有；持有；具有
- taken
- 拿起；获取；过去分词：take
- for
- 为了；因为；表示目的或原因
- snow
- 雪；下雪；白色物质
- mountains
- 山；山脉；高大的地形
- passion
- 激情；热情；强烈的感情
- discovery
- 发现；被发现的事物
- activity
- 活动；活跃；积极行为
- mind
- 心智；思想；注意
- body
- 身体；躯体；物体
- yet
- 但是；然而；仍然
- they
- 他们；她们；它们
- could
- 能够；可能；过去式：can
- find
- 发现；找到；查找
- nothing
- 什么都没有；毫无
- her
- 她的；她；女性代词
- to
- 到；向；前置词
- do
- 做；进行；执行
- because
- 因为；由于；原因
- said
- 说；据说；过去式：say
- is
- 是；存在；be动词
- so
- 如此；所以；这样
- little
- 小的；少的；幼小的
- delicate
- 精致的；脆弱的；柔嫩的
- not
- 不；否定词
- play
- 玩；播放；表演
- with
- 和；用；伴随
- children
- 儿童；孩子；小孩
- own
- 拥有；自己的；所有
- age
- 年龄；时代；年纪
- allowed
- 允许；准许；过去式：allow
- run
- 跑；运行；流动
- about
- 关于；大约；四处
- without
- 没有；缺乏；不伴随
- object
- 对象；物体；目标
- employment
- 雇用；工作；就业
- means
- 意思是；方式；手段
- studying
- 学习；研究；studying
- no
- 不；否定；没有
- companions
- 伴侣；同伴；朋友
- sympathy
- 同情；同感；共鸣
- poor
- 贫穷的；可怜的；不好的
- thing
- 东西；事情；事物
- danger
- 危险；危害；风险
- falling
- 下降；跌落；present participle
- into
- 进入；到...里面
- state
- 状态；州；陈述
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