The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 6
他不是村子里的模范男孩。不过他非常了解那个模范男孩——而且厌恶他。
He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though—and loathed him.
不到两分钟，甚至更短的时间，他便把所有的烦恼都忘了。
Within two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles.
并非因为他的烦恼比大人的烦恼轻一丝一毫，
Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man's are to a man,
而是因为一种新的强烈兴趣将那些烦恼压了下去，暂时将它们从他脑海中驱走——
but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time—
就像人们在新事业的激动中忘却自身的不幸一样。
just as men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises.
这新的兴趣是一种珍贵的口哨新技巧，他刚刚从一个黑人那里学来，迫不及待地想找个没人打扰的地方练习。
This new interest was a valued novelty in whistling, which he had just acquired from a negro, and he was suffering to practise it undisturbed.
这种技巧是一种奇特的鸟鸣般的转音，一种流水般的颤音，
It consisted in a peculiar bird-like turn, a sort of liquid warble,
通过在吹奏过程中每隔短暂的间隔用舌尖触碰上颚来发出这种声音——
produced by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth at short intervals in the midst of the music—
如果读者曾经是个男孩，大概还记得怎么做吧。
the reader probably remembers how to do it, if he has ever been a boy.
勤加练习之后，他很快就掌握了这个诀窍，迈着大步走在街上，嘴里满是悦音，心中充满感激。
Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude.
他的感受就像一位发现了新行星的天文学家——毫无疑问，就纯粹、深刻、真实的快乐而言，占优势的是那个男孩，而不是天文学家。
He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet—no doubt, as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the boy, not the astronomer.
夏日的傍晚总是来得很迟。天还没有黑。
The summer evenings were long. It was not dark, yet.
这时汤姆停住了口哨。前面来了一个陌生人——一个比他稍高一点的男孩。
Presently Tom checked his whistle. A stranger was before him—a boy a shade larger than himself.
Vocabulary
- Model
- 作形容词，表示"模范的、典范的"
- village
- 村庄，农村聚居地
- model
- 模范，值得效仿的人或事物
- though
- 连词，表示"虽然、尽管"
- loathed
- loathe的过去式，表示强烈厌恶
- Within
- 介词，表示"在……之内、不超过"
- forgotten
- forget的过去分词，表示"已忘记"
- troubles
- trouble的复数，烦恼、困难、麻烦
- whit
- 极小量，丝毫，一点点
- heavy
- 形容词，表示"沉重的、严重的"
- bitter
- 形容词，表示"痛苦的、苦涩的"
- powerful
- 形容词，表示"强大的、有力的"
- interest
- 名词，兴趣；使人感兴趣的事物
- bore
- bear的过去式，此处指"压制、承担"
- drove
- drive的过去式，表示"驱逐、排除"
- mind
- 名词，心智、思想、脑海
- misfortunes
- misfortune的复数，不幸、灾难
- excitement
- 名词，兴奋、激动的状态
- enterprises
- enterprise的复数，事业、冒险活动
- valued
- 形容词，珍贵的；value的过去式
- novelty
- 名词，新奇事物、新鲜感
- whistling
- whistle的动名词，吹口哨（的行为）
- acquired
- acquire的过去式，获得、学到
- negro
- （旧称）黑人，此为旧时用语
- suffering
- 名词，苦难；suffer的动名词形式
- practise
- 动词，练习、实践（英式拼写）
- undisturbed
- 形容词，不被打扰的、平静的
- consisted
- consist的过去式，由……构成
- peculiar
- 形容词，奇特的、独特的
- bird-like
- 形容词，像鸟一样的，似鸟的
- turn
- 名词，转动；此处指音调的转折
- sort
- 名词，种类；表示"一种……"
- liquid
- 形容词，此处指声音流畅悦耳
- warble
- 名词/动词，婉转鸣叫、颤音
- produced
- produce的过去式，产生、发出
- touching
- touch的动名词，触碰、接触
- tongue
- 名词，舌头
- roof
- 名词，顶部；口腔上颚
- intervals
- interval的复数，间隔、间歇
- midst
- 名词，当中、中间，"in the midst of"
- reader
- 名词，读者，阅读者
- probably
- 副词，表示"可能、大概"
- Diligence
- 名词，勤奋、努力、刻苦
- attention
- 名词，注意力、专注
- knack
- 名词，诀窍、技巧、才能
- strode
- stride的过去式，大步走、阔步前行
- harmony
- 名词，和谐；此处指悦耳的曲调
- soul
- 名词，灵魂、内心
- gratitude
- 名词，感激之情、感谢
- astronomer
- 名词，天文学家
- discovered
- discover的过去式，发现、探索到
- planet
- 名词，行星
- doubt
- 名词，怀疑；no doubt表示"毫无疑问"
- deep
- 形容词，深刻的、深沉的
- unalloyed
- 形容词，纯粹的、不掺杂的
- pleasure
- 名词，快乐、愉悦
- concerned
- 形容词，有关的；as far as…is concerned指"就……而言"
- advantage
- 名词，优势、好处
- yet
- 副词，表示"还没有、尚未"
- Presently
- 副词，不久、过了一会儿
- checked
- check的过去式，此处指"突然停止"
- whistle
- 名词/动词，口哨；吹口哨
- stranger
- 名词，陌生人、不认识的人
- shade
- 名词，此处指阴影处、树荫下
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