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Chinese → English CHAPTER I Level 8/10

我鞠了一躬,回敬了他的祝酒;我开始意识到,为了一群野狗的无礼举止而闷闷不乐地坐着,实在是愚蠢之举;

I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs;

况且,既然他的幽默本性如此,我也不愿意再让他拿我取乐了。

besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn.

他——大概是出于审慎的考量,觉得得罪一个好租客实属不智——稍稍放松了那种惜字如金、省略代词和助动词的简短说话方式,

He—probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant—relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs,

并引入了一个他以为我会感兴趣的话题——就我目前隐居之所的种种利弊得失展开了一番谈论。

and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me,—a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement.

我发现他在我们所谈及的话题上见解颇为深刻;

I found him very intelligent on the topics we touched;

在我回家之前,我已受到鼓舞,竟自告奋勇地提出明天再来拜访。

and before I went home, I was encouraged so far as to volunteer another visit to-morrow.

他显然不希望我再来打扰。

He evidently wished no repetition of my intrusion.

尽管如此,我还是要去。

I shall go, notwithstanding.

与他相比,我竟觉得自己是如此地爱好交际,真令人惊讶。

It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.

Vocabulary

bowed
鞠躬,点头致意表示礼貌
returned
回应,回报某种行为或情感
pledge
承诺;举杯敬酒以示友好
perceive
意识到,察觉,理解某种情况
foolish
愚蠢的,不明智的行为或想法
sulking
生闷气,因不满而沉默愠怒
misbehaviour
不良行为,不当举止或失礼行为
pack
一群,一帮(通常指动物或坏人)
curs
野狗,杂种狗;也指卑鄙之人
besides
此外,而且,表示补充说明
loth
不情愿的,厌恶做某事(同loath)
yield
给予,提供;屈服,让步
fellow
家伙,某人,通常指男性
further
更多的,额外的,进一步的
amusement
娱乐,消遣,令人发笑的事
expense
代价;at one's expense指以某人为笑料
humour
心情,情绪;幽默感
turn
转变,转向,改变方向或态度
probably
大概,很可能,表示较大可能性
swayed
受影响,被左右,动摇
prudential
出于谨慎的,基于实际考虑的
consideration
考虑,权衡,顾虑某种因素
folly
愚蠢,蠢行,不明智的做法
offending
冒犯,得罪,使人不快
tenant
租客,租户,承租房屋的人
relaxed
放松,变得不那么严肃拘谨
laconic
简洁的,言简意赅,话语极少
style
风格,方式,言谈举止的方式
chipping
削去,省略,去掉某些词语
pronouns
代词,如I、he、she等语法词类
auxiliary
助动词的,辅助性的语法功能词
verbs
动词,表示动作或状态的词类
introduced
引入,开始谈及某话题
supposed
认为,以为,推测某事为真
subject
话题,主题,感兴趣的事项
discourse
谈话,交流,讨论某一话题
advantages
优点,好处,有利的条件
disadvantages
缺点,不利之处,不便之处
present
当前的,目前的,现在的
retirement
隐居,退隐,远离社会的生活方式
intelligent
聪明的,有才智的,思维敏锐
topics
话题,主题,谈论的议题
touched
涉及,提到,简略谈及某话题
encouraged
受到鼓励,被激励做某事
volunteer
主动提出,自愿做某事
evidently
显然,明显地,明显可见
repetition
重复,再次发生,重来一次
intrusion
打扰,侵扰,不受欢迎的到访
shall
情态动词,表示将要或决心做
notwithstanding
尽管如此,不顾,仍然
astonishing
令人惊讶的,出乎意料地
sociable
爱社交的,合群的,友善的
compared
相比,与……相比较
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