董贝父子中董贝的形象 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第11章 Part 9

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第11章 Part 9  

Mrs Pipchin
in her deference
merely muttered at the young man as she passed on
and said
'Oh! he was a precious fellow' - leaving the young man
who was all meekness and incapacity
affected even to tears by the incident. But Mrs Pipchin had a way of falling foul of all meek people; and her friends said who could wonder at it
after the Peruvian mines!
The Doctor was sitting in his portentous study
with a globe at each knee
books all round him
Homer over the door
and Minerva on the mantel-shelf. 'And how do you do
Sir?' he said to Mr Dombey
'and how is my little friend?' Grave as an an was the Doctor's speech; and when he ceased
the great clock in the hall seemed (to Paul at least) to take him up
and to go on saying
'how
is
my
lit
tle
friend? how
is
my
lit
tle
friend?' over and over and over again.
The little friend being something too small to be seen at all from where the Doctor sat
over the books on his table
the Doctor made several futile attempts to get a view of him round the legs; which Mr Dombey perceiving
relieved the Doctor from his embarrassment by taking Paul up in his arms
and sitting him on another little table
over against the Doctor
in the middle of the room.
小朋友太小了，从博士坐着的地方，越过桌子上的书去看是看不见的；博士就试图通过桌腿去看他，但也是徒劳无益；董贝先生看到这一点，就把保罗抱起来，让他坐在房间中间面对着博士的另一张小桌子上，使博士摆脱了困难。
'Ha!' said the Doctor
leaning back in his chair with his hand in his breast. 'Now I see my little friend. How do you do
my little friend?'
The clock in the hall wouldn't subscribe to this alteration in the form of words
but continued to repeat how
is
my
lit
tle
friend? how
is
my
lit
tle
friend?'
'Very well
I thank you
Sir
' returned Paul
answering the clock quite as much as the Doctor.
'Ha!' said Doctor Blimber. 'Shall we make a man of him?'
'Do you hear
Paul?' added Mr Dombey; Paul being silent.
--------①荷马（Homer）：公元前10世纪前后的希腊盲诗人；《伊利亚特》及《奥德赛》两大著名史诗的作者。②米涅瓦（Minerva）：罗马神话中司智慧、学问、战争的女神。
lean vi. 倾斜；倚靠；倾向；依赖
adj. 瘦的；贫乏的，歉收的
vt. 使倾斜
n. 瘦肉；倾斜；倾斜度
[ 过去式leaned或 leant 过去分词leaned或 leant 现在分词leaning ]
例句：
(1) I lean to the group approach.
我赞成集体探讨方法。
(2) He stretched his lean
lithe body.
他伸了伸他那瘦削，灵活的肢体。
(3) The trees lean in the strong wind .
树在强风中倾斜。
(4) To lean out of the window is dangerous.
把身子探出窗外是很危险的。
(5) His early years at the bar were very lean.
他早年在律师界的工作毫无起色。
(6) It also prepares our family for lean times.
这也为家庭的困难时期做了准备。
(7) At times
this can cause him to lean liberal.
当时，这点导致他倾向（自由派）左派。
(8) I was glad to be able sometimes to lean on him.
我引以为幸的是，我有时候能够依靠他办事。
(9) Wise men lean more from fool than fool from wise men.
贤人自蠢人学得者，较蠢人自贤人学得者为多。
(10) His lean limbs and white face were his only language.
削瘦的四肢和白色的脸孔是他仅有的语言。