The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 5
这时她突然有了新的灵感：
Then she had a new inspiration:
"汤姆，你把领子解开，好往头上浇水——你不会是为了这个才把我缝好的衬衫领子拆掉的吧？把夹克解开！"
"Tom, you didn't have to undo your shirt collar where I sewed it, to pump on your head, did you? Unbutton your jacket!"
汤姆脸上的惊慌消失了。他打开夹克，衬衫领子缝得好好的。
The trouble vanished out of Tom's face. He opened his jacket. His shirt collar was securely sewed.
"哎呀！好吧，走吧走吧。我还以为你逃学去游泳了呢。不过我原谅你，汤姆。我想你就是那种俗话说的'烧焦了的猫'——比看上去强。这一次。"
"Bother! Well, go 'long with you. I'd made sure you'd played hookey and been a-swimming. But I forgive ye, Tom. I reckon you're a kind of a singed cat, as the saying is—better'n you look. This time."
她一半遗憾自己的聪明判断落了空，一半又为汤姆这次碰巧表现得听话而感到高兴。
She was half sorry her sagacity had miscarried, and half glad that Tom had stumbled into obedient conduct for once.
但是席德说：
But Sidney said:
"哎，我记得您缝他领子用的是白线，可这是黑线。"
"Well, now, if I didn't think you sewed his collar with white thread, but it's black."
"什么，我明明用的是白线！汤姆！"
"Why, I did sew it with white! Tom!"
但汤姆没有等她说完。他走出门时说道：
But Tom did not wait for the rest. As he went out at the door he said:
"西蒂，我要为这件事揍你一顿。"
"Siddy, I'll lick you for that."
到了安全的地方，汤姆检查了插在夹克翻领上的两根大针，针上绕着线——一根针上是白线，另一根是黑线。
In a safe place Tom examined two large needles which were thrust into the lapels of his jacket, and had thread bound about them—one needle carried white thread and the other black.
他说："要不是席德，她根本不会注意到。真该死！她有时候用白线缝，有时候用黑线缝。我真希望她能固定用一种——我哪能记得住她用哪种。不过我一定要好好教训席德一顿，让他长记性！"
"She'd never noticed if it hadn't been for Sid. Confound it! sometimes she sews it with white, and sometimes she sews it with black. I wish to gee-miny she'd stick to one or t'other—I can't keep the run of 'em. But I bet you I'll lam Sid for that. I'll learn him!"
Vocabulary
- Then
- 那时；当时
- she
- 女性代词
- had
- have的过去式
- new
- 新的；崭新的
- inspiration
- 灵感；启发
- you
- 你；你们
- didn
- did not的缩写形式
- have
- 有；拥有
- to
- 向；朝向
- undo
- 解开；取消；撤销
- your
- 你的；你们的
- shirt
- 衬衫；衣服
- collar
- 衣领；领口
- where
- 哪里；在...地方
- sewed
- 缝合；缝纫
- it
- 它；代词
- pump
- 泵；打气筒
- on
- 在...上；打开
- head
- 头；首脑
- did
- do的过去式
- Unbutton
- 解开纽扣
- jacket
- 夹克；短外套
- The
- 定冠词
- trouble
- 麻烦；困难
- vanished
- 消失；消失了
- out
- 出来；向外
- of
- 的；由...组成
- face
- 脸；面孔
- He
- 他
- opened
- 打开
- his
- 他的
- was
- 是；be的过去式
- securely
- 牢固地；安全地
- Bother
- 麻烦；讨厌
- Well
- 好吧；很好
- go
- 去；走
- long
- 长的；很久
- with
- 和；用
- made
- make的过去式
- sure
- 确定；肯定
- played
- 玩；表演
- hookey
- 逃学；逃课
- and
- 和；与
- been
- be的过去分词
- But
- 但是；然而
- forgive
- 原谅；宽恕
- reckon
- 认为；估计
- kind
- 善良的；仁慈的
- singed
- 烧焦；烤焦
- cat
- 猫
- as
- 当...时；如同
- saying
- 谚语；说法
- is
- 是；be的现在式
- better
- 更好的；较好
- look
- 看；外观
- This
- 这个；此
- time
- 时间；次数
- She
- 她
- half
- 一半；部分
- sorry
- 抱歉的；遗憾
- her
- 她的；她
- sagacity
- 聪慧；智慧
- miscarried
- 失败；流产
- glad
- 高兴的；乐意
- stumbled
- 跌倒；偶然遇到
- into
- 进入；入
- obedient
- 顺从的；听话
- conduct
- 行为；举止
- for
- 为了；因为
- once
- 一次；曾经
- said
- 说；表示
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