Piccolissima — Page 15
你被放置在阳光下是为了强壮你的翅膀吗？快告诉我你变形的经历，趁我晾干自己的时候。让我们看看，你曾经是毛毛虫，还是蠕虫？你以前有多少条腿？我敢打赌你一条都没有。而我呢，我有三排腿，一共四十二条，至少是这样。来，说吧，告诉我，回答我的问题。
Art thou placed in the sun to strengthen thy wings? Relate to me, quickly, thy metamorphosis whilst I dry myself. Let us see, hast thou been a caterpillar, a worm? How many feet didst thou once have? I will lay a wager thou didst not have any. For me, I had three rows of feet, forty-two in all, at least. Come, then, speak, and tell me; answer my question.
皮科利西玛平时不需要别人催促就会开口说话，但这些问题实在太奇特、太出乎意料，以至于这个小女孩沉默了。"我曾经是毛毛虫还是蠕虫？真是个奇怪的问题，才刚刚认识就这样问。"
Usually Piccolissima did not require to be urged to speak; but these questions were of such an extraordinary nature, so unexpected, that the little girl remained silent. "Whether I have been a caterpillar or a worm? A queer question at the commencement of an acquaintance."
与此同时，那个提问者沉默了。它专心享受着将整个小小的身躯暴露在阳光下的舒适，舒展着翅膀。那翅膀上布满了细密的脉络，每一刻都变得更加厚实，却丝毫不失其精巧细腻。这透明的网状结构，像彩色玻璃窗一样被深色线条分割开来，宛如云母片，有时将阳光分解，呈现出彩虹的色彩。
In the mean time the questioner was silent. Occupied with the comfort of exposing all his little person to the sun, he extended his wings, which, intersected with nerves, became every moment more substantial, without losing any of their delicacy. This transparent network, divided like stained glass windows, by dark lines, resembled isinglass, sometimes decomposing the sun's rays, and showing the colors of the rainbow.
这只昆虫的头部随着晾干变得光亮如缎；那红褐色的眼睛在一圈银色光晕中闪闪发光。在头顶一条细小的黑色带状纹上方，三只柔软的小眼睛探了出来，正如那位年轻的观察者在另一只苍蝇身上已经注意到的那些眼睛一样。
The head of the insect, as it dried, became shiny like satin; the eyes, of a reddish brown, glowed in a circle of silver. Over a little jet band, on the top of his head, three little soft eyes peeped out like those which the young observer had already noticed in the other fly.
Vocabulary
- placed
- 放置、摆放过去式
- in
- 在...里面、内部
- the
- 定冠词
- sun
- 太阳、阳光
- to
- 到、向、朝向
- strengthen
- 加强、增强、使变强壮
- wings
- 翅膀、翼
- Relate
- 讲述、叙述、阐述
- me
- 我（宾格代词）
- quickly
- 迅速地、快速地
- metamorphosis
- 变态、蜕变、完全的转变过程
- dry
- 干的、使干燥
- myself
- 我自己（反身代词）
- Let
- 让、允许
- us
- 我们（宾格代词）
- see
- 看、观察、理解
- been
- 是（be动词过去分词）
- caterpillar
- 毛毛虫、幼虫
- worm
- 虫子、蠕虫
- How
- 怎样、如何
- many
- 许多、多少
- feet
- 脚、英尺（feet是foot的复数）
- once
- 曾经、一次、从前
- have
- 有、拥有
- will
- 将会、意愿、遗嘱
- lay
- 放置、产卵
- wager
- 打赌、赌注
- not
- 不、否定词
- any
- 任何、任何一个
- For
- 因为、为了
- had
- 有（have的过去式）
- three
- 三、三个
- rows
- 行、排列
- of
- 的、属于
- forty-two
- 四十二
- all
- 全部、所有
- at
- 在、位于
- least
- 最少、至少
- Come
- 来、过来
- then
- 然后、那时
- speak
- 说话、讲述
- and
- 和、与
- tell
- 告诉、说
- answer
- 答案、回答
- my
- 我的
- question
- 问题、疑问
- Usually
- 通常、一般来说
- did
- 做（do的过去式）
- require
- 需要、要求
- be
- 是、存在
- urged
- 催促、劝说、鼓励
- but
- 但是、然而
- these
- 这些
- were
- 是（be的过去式复数）
- such
- 这样、如此的
- an
- 一个（元音前的不定冠词）
- extraordinary
- 非凡的、特殊的、超常的
- nature
- 性质、自然、特征
- so
- 所以、如此
- unexpected
- 意想不到的、出乎意料的
- that
- 那、那个
- little
- 小的、少量的
- girl
- 女孩、女童
- remained
- 保持、停留、剩余
- silent
- 沉默的、无声的
- Whether
- 是否、无论
- or
- 或、还是
- queer
- 奇怪的、古怪的
- commencement
- 开始、开端
- acquaintance
- 熟人、认识
- mean
- 意思是、卑劣的、平均的
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