The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 3
吉姆毕竟是个凡人——这个诱惑对他来说实在太大了。
Jim was only human—this attraction was too much for him.
他放下水桶,拿起那颗白色弹珠,俯身凑近那根脚趾,聚精会神地看着绷带一圈圈地解开。
He put down his pail, took the white alley, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound.
片刻之后,他就夹着水桶,屁股上火辣辣的,飞奔下街去了;汤姆则使劲地刷着白灰,波莉姨妈手拿一只拖鞋、眼中满含得意之色,从这场"战役"中凯旋而退。
In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear, Tom was whitewashing with vigor, and Aunt Polly was retiring from the field with a slipper in her hand and triumph in her eye.
但汤姆的干劲并没有持续多久。
But Tom's energy did not last.
他开始想起自己原本为这一天计划好的种种乐趣,心中的烦恼便越积越多。
He began to think of the fun he had planned for this day, and his sorrows multiplied.
不久,那些自由自在的男孩子们就会蹦蹦跳跳地路过,去参加各种各样令人心动的远足活动,他们一定会嘲笑他不得不干活——光是这个念头就像火一样灼烧着他。
Soon the free boys would come tripping along on all sorts of delicious expeditions, and they would make a world of fun of him for having to work—the very thought of it burnt him like fire.
他掏出自己全部的身家财产仔细打量——几件玩具残件、一些弹珠,还有些零碎杂物;这些东西也许够用来换别人帮他干活,但要换来哪怕半个小时的自由,那可远远不够。
He got out his worldly wealth and examined it—bits of toys, marbles, and trash; enough to buy an exchange of work, maybe, but not half enough to buy so much as half an hour of pure freedom.
于是他把那点可怜的家当重新塞回口袋,打消了用钱收买那些男孩子的念头。
So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.
就在这黑暗绝望的时刻,一道灵感忽然迸发出来!那是一道何等伟大、何等壮丽的灵感啊。
At this dark and hopeless moment an inspiration burst upon him! Nothing less than a great, magnificent inspiration.
他拿起刷子,平静从容地干起活来。
He took up his brush and went tranquilly to work.
不一会儿,本·罗杰斯出现在眼前——在所有男孩子当中,偏偏就是这个他最害怕被嘲笑的人。
Ben Rogers hove in sight presently—the very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been dreading.
本走路的姿势是那种蹦蹦跳跳的步伐——这足以证明他心情轻松愉快,满怀着美好的期待。
Ben's gait was the hop-skip-and-jump—proof enough that his heart was light and his anticipations high.
Vocabulary
- was
- 是(过去式),表示过去的状态
- only
- 仅仅、只有,表示唯一或限制
- human
- 人类的、人的,与人相关的
- this
- 这个、这,指代近处的事物
- attraction
- 吸引力、魅力,吸引人的东西
- too
- 也、太,表示过度或额外
- much
- 许多、很多,大量或过度
- for
- 为了、对于,表示目的或关系
- him
- 他(宾格),代替男性名词
- He
- 他(主格),代替男性名词
- put
- 放置、放下,移动到某个位置
- down
- 向下、下方,表示方向或位置
- his
- 他的,表示所有格
- pail
- 桶、提桶,盛水或其他物品的容器
- took
- 拿取、带走,take的过去式
- the
- 定冠词,用于特定名词前
- white
- 白色的、洁白的,颜色
- alley
- 小巷、胡同,狭窄的通道
- and
- 和、与,连接词
- bent
- 弯曲、弯下,bend的过去式
- over
- 在上方、翻过,表示位置或动作
- toe
- 脚趾,脚的最前部分
- with
- 用、与,表示方式或伴随
- absorbing
- 吸收、专心致志的,全神贯注
- interest
- 兴趣、利息,对事物的关注
- while
- 当时、期间,表示时间
- bandage
- 绷带、纱布,包扎伤口的材料
- being
- 存在、生物,be的现在分词
- unwound
- 展开、松开,unwind的过去式
- In
- 在…里面,表示位置
- another
- 另一个、其他的,不同的
- moment
- 片刻、时刻,短暂的时间
- he
- 他,主格代词
- flying
- 飞行、飞快的,fly的现在分词
- street
- 街道、马路,城市的公共通道
- tingling
- 刺痛、麻痒的,tingle的现在分词
- rear
- 后部、后面,背面或最后部分
- whitewashing
- 粉刷、掩盖,用白灰涂刷
- vigor
- 活力、精力,强大的力量
- Aunt
- 阿姨、舅妈,父母的姐妹
- retiring
- 退休、离开,retire的现在分词
- from
- 从…、来自,表示起点
- field
- 田地、领域,开放的地区
- slipper
- 拖鞋、室内鞋,室内穿的鞋
- in
- 在…内、里面,表示位置
- her
- 她的、她,女性代词
- hand
- 手、掌握,身体部分
- triumph
- 胜利、凯旋,成功的喜悦
- eye
- 眼睛、眼光,视觉器官
- But
- 但是、然而,转折连词
- energy
- 能量、精力,活动的力量
- did
- 做、实施,do的过去式
- not
- 不、没有,否定词
- last
- 最后、持续,最终的或继续
- began
- 开始、着手,begin的过去式
- to
- 到、向,表示方向或不定式
- think
- 思考、认为,进行思维活动
- of
- 的、关于,表示所有或关系
- fun
- 乐趣、玩乐,愉快的活动
- planned
- 计划、安排,plan的过去式
- day
- 日子、白天,24小时周期
- sorrows
- 悲伤、悲哀,深深的痛苦
- multiplied
- 增加、乘以,multiply的过去式
- Soon
- 很快、不久,在短时间内
- free
- 自由的、免费的,不受约束
- boys
- 男孩、小伙子,boy的复数
- would
- 会、将会,表示过去未来
- come
- 来、到达,移动到某处
- tripping
- 绊倒、轻快地走,trip的现在分词
- along
- 沿着、一起,表示方向或同行
- on
- 在…上、继续,表示位置
- all
- 全部、所有,整个范围
- sorts
- 种类、类型,不同的种类
- delicious
- 美味的、令人愉快的,味道好
- expeditions
- 探险、远征,有目的的旅行
- they
- 他们、她们,第三人称复数
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