The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 4
汤姆正在吃晚饭，趁机偷吃糖，这时波莉姨妈开始问他问题——这些问题充满了心机，颇为深奥——因为她想诱使他说出对自己不利的话。
While Tom was eating his supper, and stealing sugar as opportunity offered, Aunt Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep—for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments.
和许多其他心地单纯的人一样，她最得意的自负就是相信自己天生具有玩弄神秘外交手段的才能，她喜欢把自己那些最一目了然的小把戏当作精妙绝伦的计谋来欣赏。
Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning.
她说道：
Said she:
「汤姆，学校里今天挺热的，是不是？」
"Tom, it was middling warm in school, warn't it?"
「是的，姨妈。」
"Yes'm."
「很热，是不是？」
"Powerful warm, warn't it?"
「是的，姨妈。」
"Yes'm."
「你不想去游泳吗，汤姆？」
"Didn't you want to go in a-swimming, Tom?"
汤姆心里猛地一紧——一种令人不安的疑虑掠过心头。他仔细打量波莉姨妈的脸，却什么也看不出来。于是他说：
A bit of a scare shot through Tom—a touch of uncomfortable suspicion. He searched Aunt Polly's face, but it told him nothing. So he said:
「没有，姨妈——嗯，也没特别想。」
"No'm—well, not very much."
老太太伸出手摸了摸汤姆的衬衫，说道：
The old lady reached out her hand and felt Tom's shirt, and said:
「但你现在也不觉得热呀。」她暗自得意，觉得自己已经发现了衬衫是干的，而且没有人知道这正是她心里盘算的事。
"But you ain't too warm now, though." And it flattered her to reflect that she had discovered that the shirt was dry without anybody knowing that that was what she had in her mind.
但汤姆不管怎样，现在已经摸清风往哪边吹了。于是他抢先一步，应对可能到来的下一招：
But in spite of her, Tom knew where the wind lay, now. So he forestalled what might be the next move:
「我们几个把水泵到头上冲了冲——我的头发还是湿的呢。你瞧？」
"Some of us pumped on our heads—mine's damp yet. See?"
波莉姨妈气恼地想到，自己竟然忽略了这一点间接证据，白白错过了一招。
Aunt Polly was vexed to think she had overlooked that bit of circumstantial evidence, and missed a trick.
Vocabulary
- While
- 在...期间，当...时候
- was
- 是，动词be的过去式
- eating
- 吃，进食
- his
- 他的，所有格代词
- supper
- 晚饭，晚餐
- and
- 和，连接词
- stealing
- 偷窃，盗取
- sugar
- 糖，甜味物质
- as
- 作为，当...时
- opportunity
- 机会，适当时机
- offered
- 提供，给予
- Aunt
- 姑妈，阿姨
- asked
- 问，询问
- him
- 他，宾格代词
- questions
- 问题，疑问
- that
- 那个，指示代词
- were
- 是，动词be的过去复数形式
- full
- 充满，装满
- of
- 的，表示所属关系
- guile
- 欺骗，狡诈
- very
- 非常，很
- deep
- 深的，深层的
- for
- 为了，因为
- she
- 她，主格代词
- wanted
- 想要，需要
- to
- 到，向，不定式标记
- trap
- 陷阱，使陷入困境
- into
- 进入，陷入
- damaging
- 破坏性的，有害的
- Like
- 像，喜欢
- many
- 许多，多的
- other
- 其他的，另外的
- simple-hearted
- 单纯的，善良的
- souls
- 灵魂，人
- it
- 它，宾格代词
- her
- 她的，她
- pet
- 宠物，特别喜爱的
- vanity
- 虚荣心，自负
- believe
- 相信，认为
- endowed
- 赋予，具有天赋
- with
- 具有，用
- talent
- 才能，天赋
- dark
- 黑暗的，深色的
- mysterious
- 神秘的，奥秘的
- diplomacy
- 外交，手腕
- loved
- 爱，喜爱
- contemplate
- 冥想，思考
- most
- 最，大多数
- transparent
- 透明的，清晰的
- devices
- 装置，手段
- marvels
- 奇迹，奇观
- low
- 低的，卑下的
- cunning
- 狡猾的，狡诈
- Said
- 说，说道
- middling
- 中等的，普通的
- warm
- 温暖的，热烈的
- in
- 在...里，在...中
- school
- 学校，学院
- warn
- 警告，告诫
- Yes
- 是的，好的
- Powerful
- 强大的，有力的
- Didn
- did not的缩写
- you
- 你，你们
- want
- 想要，需要
- go
- 去，前往
- a-swimming
- 去游泳
- bit
- 一点，少量
- scare
- 惊吓，害怕
- shot
- 射击，一次尝试
- through
- 通过，穿过
- touch
- 接触，触摸
- uncomfortable
- 不舒服的，不安的
- suspicion
- 怀疑，疑惑
- He
- 他，主格代词
- searched
- 搜查，寻找
- face
- 脸，面孔
- but
- 但是，然而
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