Romeo and Juliet — Page 11
It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil, and the painter with his nets; but I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
据说鞋匠该管他的尺子，裁缝该管他的鞋楦，渔夫该管他的笔，画家该管他的网；但我奉命去寻找这里写着名字的那些人，却怎么也看不懂这写字的人在这里写的是什么名字。
I must to the learned.
我得去找有学问的人。
In good time!
来得正好！
Enter Benvolio and Romeo.
班伏里奥与罗密欧上。
Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning,
哎，朋友，一把火能扑灭另一把火，
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
一种痛苦能减轻另一种痛苦；
Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;
头晕目眩时，往反方向转便可痊愈；
One desperate grief cures with another's languish:
一种绝望的悲伤能被另一种愁苦所治愈：
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
让你的眼睛染上一种新的迷恋，
And the rank poison of the old will die.
旧日的浓毒便会自然消亡。
Your plantain leaf is excellent for that.
车前草的叶子对那个最好不过了。
For what, I pray thee?
对什么好，你说说？
For your broken shin.
对你那破了皮的腿。
Why, Romeo, art thou mad?
哎，罗密欧，你疯了吗？
Not mad, but bound more than a madman is:
没有疯，但被束缚得比疯子还厉害：
Shut up in prison, kept without my food,
关在牢里，没有食物，
Whipp'd and tormented and—God-den, good fellow.
遭鞭打折磨——上帝保佑，朋友你好。
God gi' go-den. I pray, sir, can you read?
上帝赐您平安。请问，先生，您识字吗？
Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.
识，我在苦难中认识自己的命运。
Perhaps you have learned it without book.
也许您是不靠书本学会的。
But I pray, can you read anything you see?
但请问，您能读懂眼前看到的文字吗？
Ay, If I know the letters and the language.
能，只要我认识那些字母和语言。
Ye say honestly, rest you merry!
您说得实在，祝您快乐！
Stay, fellow; I can read.
等等，朋友；我能读。
[_He reads the letter.
【他读信。
Vocabulary
- 据说
- jùshuō — It is said that; reportedly
- 鞋匠
- xiéjiàng — Shoemaker; cobbler who makes or repairs shoes
- 该
- gāi — Should; ought to; that particular
- 管
- guǎn — To manage; to be in charge of; pipe
- 尺子
- chǐzi — Ruler; a measuring tool used for length
- 裁缝
- cáiféng — Tailor; person who sews and alters clothing
- 渔夫
- yúfū — Fisherman; person who catches fish for living
- 笔
- bǐ — Pen; brush; writing instrument
- 画家
- huàjiā — Painter; artist who creates paintings professionally
- 网
- wǎng — Net; network; web used for catching things
- 但
- dàn — But; however; yet; introduces a contrast
- 奉命
- fèngmìng — To act under orders; to receive a command
- 寻找
- xúnzhǎo — To search for; to look for something
- 写着
- xiězhe — Written on; has written text upon it
- 名字
- míngzi — Name; a person's given name or full name
- 那些
- nàxiē — Those; referring to plural things over there
- 却
- què — Yet; but; however; indicating unexpected contrast
- 怎么也
- zěnme yě — No matter how; cannot manage by any means
- 看不懂
- kànbudǒng — Cannot understand by reading; cannot make sense of
- 写字
- xiězì — To write characters; the act of writing
- 得
- děi — Must; need to; have to do something
- 找
- zhǎo — To find; to look for; to seek
- 有学问
- yǒu xuéwen — Learned; knowledgeable; having scholarly expertise
- 来得
- láide — To arrive just in time; to be opportune
- 正好
- zhènghǎo — Just right; exactly; happens to be perfect timing
- 与
- yǔ — And; with; together with
- 哎
- āi — Hey; ah; interjection expressing mild surprise or call
- 一把火
- yī bǎ huǒ — A fire; one blaze; used metaphorically here
- 扑灭
- pūmiè — To extinguish; to put out a fire completely
- 另
- lìng — Another; other; a different one
- 一把
- yī bǎ — One handful; one bundle; a measure word
- 一种
- yī zhǒng — One kind; a type of; a sort of
- 痛苦
- tòngkǔ — Pain; suffering; agony; great distress
- 减轻
- jiǎnqīng — To reduce; to lighten; to alleviate pain or burden
- 头晕目眩
- tóuyūn mùxuàn — Dizzy and dazzled; feeling of spinning and disorientation
- 时
- shí — When; at the time of; during
- 往
- wǎng — Toward; in the direction of
- 反方向
- fǎn fāngxiàng — Opposite direction; reverse way
- 转
- zhuǎn — To turn; to rotate; to change direction
- 便可
- biàn kě — Then one can; thus it is possible to
- 痊愈
- quányù — To fully recover; to be completely healed from illness
- 绝望
- juéwàng — Despair; hopelessness; to lose all hope
- 悲伤
- bēishāng — Sadness; grief; sorrow; feeling deeply unhappy
- 愁苦
- chóukǔ — Grief and worry; distressed sorrow; melancholy pain
- 所
- suǒ — Particle used in passive or nominal constructions
- 治愈
- zhìyù — To cure; to heal; to remedy an illness
- 让
- ràng — To let; to allow; to cause someone to do
- 眼睛
- yǎnjing — Eyes; the organs used for seeing
- 染上
- rǎnshàng — To become infected with; to take on; to acquire
- 迷恋
- míliàn — Infatuation; obsessive love; to be captivated by
- 旧日
- jiùrì — Former days; old times; past days
- 便会
- biàn huì — Then will; consequently will happen
- 自然
- zìrán — Naturally; of course; nature; spontaneously
- 消亡
- xiāowáng — To die out; to fade away; to perish gradually
- 叶子
- yèzi — Leaf; leaves of a plant
- 对
- duì — For; toward; correct; facing; in regard to
- 最好
- zuìhǎo — Best; it would be best to; most good
- 不过
- búguò — However; but; only; no more than
- 说说
- shuōshuo — Tell me; say a little; talk about it casually
- 腿
- tuǐ — Leg; the limb used for walking
- 疯了
- fēngle — Gone crazy; lost one's mind; insane
- 疯
- fēng — Crazy; mad; insane; mentally unwell
- 被
- bèi — Passive marker; by; indicates passive voice
- 束缚
- shùfù — To bind; to restrain; fetters; constraint
- 比
- bǐ — Compared to; than; more than in comparison
- 疯子
- fēngzi — Madman; lunatic; crazy person
- 还
- hái — Still; even more; also; in addition
- 厉害
- lìhai — Fierce; severe; intense; formidable; extreme
- 关
- guān — To shut; to close; to lock up; to confine
- 牢里
- láolǐ — Inside a prison; within a jail cell
- 食物
- shíwù — Food; things to eat; nourishment
- 遭
- zāo — To suffer; to encounter misfortune; to undergo
- 鞭打
- biāndǎ — To whip; to flog; to beat with a whip
- 折磨
- zhémó — To torment; to torture; to cause prolonged suffering
- 上帝保佑
- Shàngdì bǎoyòu — God bless you; may God protect and bless
- 上帝
- Shàngdì — God; the Lord; supreme deity in Christian context
- 赐您
- cì nín — To grant you; to bestow upon you (formal/respectful)
- 平安
- píng'ān — Peace; safety; well-being; safe and sound
- 请问
- qǐngwèn — Excuse me; may I ask; polite question opener
- 先生
- xiānsheng — Mister; sir; teacher; polite address for a man
- 您
- nín — You (formal); polite second-person singular pronoun
- 识字
- shízì — To be literate; to recognize and read characters
- 识
- shí — To know; to recognize; to be acquainted with
- 苦难
- kǔnàn — Suffering; hardship; misery; great difficulty
- 认识
- rènshi — To know; to recognize; to be acquainted with someone
- 自己
- zìjǐ — Oneself; yourself; one's own self
- 命运
- mìngyùn — Fate; destiny; one's fortune in life
- 也许
- yěxǔ — Perhaps; maybe; possibly
- 不靠
- bú kào — Without relying on; not depending on something
- 书本
- shūběn — Books; written texts used for learning
- 学会
- xuéhuì — To learn to; to master; to acquire a skill
- 读懂
- dúdǒng — To read and understand; to comprehend by reading
- 眼前
- yǎnqián — Before one's eyes; right now; at present
- 文字
- wénzì — Written characters; writing; text; script
- 只要
- zhǐyào — As long as; provided that; only if
- 字母
- zìmǔ — Letter of the alphabet; alphabetic character
- 语言
- yǔyán — Language; speech; a system of communication
- 实在
- shízài — Really; truly; indeed; honest and genuine
- 祝您
- zhù nín — I wish you (formal); blessings to you
- 快乐
- kuàilè — Happy; joyful; cheerful; feeling of happiness
- 等等
- děngděng — Wait; hold on; and so on; et cetera
- 读
- dú — To read; to study; to read aloud
- 读信
- dú xìn — To read a letter; reading a written message
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