董贝父子中董贝的形象 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第7章 Part 2

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第7章 Part 2  

'Joey B.
Sir
'the Major would say
with a flourish of his walking-stick
'is worth a dozen of you. If you had a few more of the Bagstock breed among you
Sir
you'd be none the worse for it. Old Joe
Sir
needn't look far for a wile even now
if he was on the look-out; but he's hard-hearted
Sir
is Joe - he's tough
Sir
tough
and de-vilish sly!' After such a declaration
wheezing sounds would be heard; and the Major's blue would deepen into purple
while his eyes strained and started convulsively.
Noithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself
however
the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach is perhaps a better expression
seeing that he was more decidedly endowed with that latter an than with the former. He had no idea of being overlooked or slighted by anybody; least of all
had he the remotest prehension of being overlooked and slighted by Miss Tox.
And yet
Miss Tox
as it appeared
fot him - gradually fot him. She began to fet him soon after her discovery of the Toodle family. She continued to fet him up to the time of the christening. She went on fetting him with pound interest after that. Something or somebody had superseded him as a source of interest.
然而，托克斯小姐看来已把他忘记了——逐渐地把他忘记了。在她发现了图德尔家庭之后不久，她就开始把他忘记了。她继续把他忘记，直到施洗礼的时候。在那以后，她又进一步加倍迅速地把他忘记。什么事情或什么人已代替他成为她兴趣的源泉。
'Good morning
Ma'am
' said the Major
meeting Miss Tox in Princess's Place
some weeks after the changes chronicled in the last chapter.
'Good morning
Sir
' said Miss Tox; very coldly.
'Joe Bagstock
Ma'am
' observed the Major
with his usual gallantry
'has not had the happiness of bowing to you at your window
for a considerable period. Joe has been hardly used
Ma'am. His sun has been behind a cloud.'
Miss Tox inclined her head; but very coldly indeed.
'Joe's luminary has been out of town
Ma'am
perhaps
' inquired the Major.
'I ? out of town ? oh no
I have not been out of town
' said Miss Tox. 'I have been much engaged lately. My time is nearly all devoted to some very intimate friends. I am afraid I have none to spare
even now. Good morning
Sir!'
注释：1. stomach n. 胃；腹部；胃口 vt. 忍受；吃下 vi. 忍受词组:empty stomach 空腹stomach cancer 胃癌stomach trouble 胃病upset stomach 肚子痛on an empty stomach 空腹服用；空腹时stomach pain 胃痛stomach ache 胃疼butterflies in my stomach 七上八下；心里紧张stomach upset n. 肠胃不适，消化不良on a full stomach 饱食后例句：(1). I can hear my stomach roaring.我能听到自己的胃在叫。(2). The knife perated his stomach.刀子刺进他的胃部。(3). As you breathe in
push your stomach forwards.当你吸气时，让腹部向前扩展。(4). Well
this custom may be great for the stomach.嗯，这种习惯对胃来说可能很棒。
2. devote vt. 致力于；奉献[ 过去式devoted 过去分词devoted 现在分词devoting ]词组：devote to把……专用；将……奉献给；投身于；奉献devote to奉献Should Devote应当投入devote… to贡献给例句:(1) he wants to make a difference in the year he has in charge he should devote himself to o policies.如果他想在自己执政的一年时间中有所作为，乔纳森应该专注于两大方针。(2). If we stopped agonising over small choices we could devote more energy to the really big decisions in life.如果我们不为细小的选择而烦恼，我们就能把更多的精力用于生活中的重大决定上。(3). For every person who seeks to hurt
there are many
many more who devote their lives to helping and to healing.对每个人所感受到的痛心，在生命中有很多，很多对别人的帮助和康复。(4). These birds devote most of their energy to finding food and raising their young
instead of wasting it on courtship.这些鸟把他们大多数的精力花在寻找食物以及抚育下一代而不是求爱上。(5). Not me. After I graduate I want to find a part–time job so I can devote most of my time to writing and playing music.这可不是我啊。我想我会在毕业之后找一份兼职，让我可以花大部分的时间去作曲、玩音乐。