董贝父子中董贝的形象 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第12章 Part 14

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第12章 Part 14  

'Why
goodness gracious me
Miss Floy
' returned Miss Nipper
'how can you talk like that
when you have books upon books already
and masterses and mississes a teaching of you everything continual
though my belief is that your Pa
Miss Dombey
never would have learnt you nothing
never would have thought of it
unless you'd asked him - when he couldn't well refuse; but giving consent when asked
and offering when unasked
Miss
is quite o things; I may not have my objections to a young man's keeping pany with me
and when he puts the question
may say "yes
" but that's not saying "would you be so kind as like me."'
'But you can buy me the books
Susan; and you will
when you know why I want them.'
'Well
Miss
and why do you want 'em?' replied Nipper; adding
in a lower voice
'If it was to fling at Mrs Pipchin's head
I'd buy a cart-load.'
“唔。可是您为什么需要它们呢，小姐？”尼珀回答道，然后又低声补上一句，“如果是要把它们拿来向皮普钦太太的头上扔去的话，那么我倒愿意买上一大车！”
'I think I could perhaps give Paul some help
Susan
if I had these books
' said Florence
'and make the ing week a little easier to him. At least I want to try. So buy them for me
dear
and I will never fet how kind it was of you to do it!'
It must have been a harder heart than Susan Nipper's that could have rejected the little purse Florence held out with these words
or the gentle look of entreaty with which she seconded her petition. Susan put the purse in her pocket without reply
and trotted out at once upon her errand.
The books were not easy to procure; and the answer at several shops was
either that they were just out of them
or that they never kept them
or that they had had a great many last month
or that they expected a great many next week But Susan was not easily baffled in such an enterprise; and having entrapped a white-haired youth
in a black calico apron
from a library where she was known
to acpany her in her quest
she led him such a life in going up and down
that he exerted himself to the utmost
if it were only to get rid of her; and finally enabled her to return home in triumph.
With these treasures then
after her own daily lessons were over
Florence sat down at night to track Paul's footsteps through the thorny ways of learning; and being possessed of a naturally quick and sound capacity
and taught by that most wonderful of masters
love
it was not long before she gained upon Paul's heels
and caught and passed him.
capacity
n. 能力；容量；资格，地位；生产力
[ 复数capacities ]
例句：
(1) That is roughly half of its capacity.
这大约是其容量的一半。
(2) I admire the intellect's capacity for work.
我钦佩那位知识分子的工作能力。
(3) Subordination and silence best became their years and capacity.
服从与沉默，最适合他们的年令与能力。
(4) Even with the new capacity it still trails key petitors in China.
即使有新增效益，福特仍然落后于中国的主要竞争者。
(5) The intellectual capacity and passion of teachers shows no boundaries.
教师们的智力能力和工作热情都是无界的。
(6) But relatively low ine levels limit the region's capacity for consumption.
但相对较低的收入水平限制了该地区的消费能力。