董贝父子中董贝的形象 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第六章 Part 4

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第六章 Part 4  

Now
it happened that poor Biler's life had been
since yesterday morning
rendered weary by the costume of the Charitable Grinders. The youth of the streets could not endure it. No young vagabond could be brought to bear its contemplation for a moment
without throwing himself upon the unoffending wearer
and doing him a mischief. His social existence had been more like that of an early Christian
than an innocent child of the nieenth century. He had been stoned in the streets. He had been overthrown into gutters; bespattered with mud; violently flattened against re strangers to his person had lifted his yellow cap off his head
and cast it to the winds. His legs had not only undergone verbal criticisms and reviling
but had been handled and pinched. That very morning
he had received a perfectly unsolicited black eye on his way to the Grinders' establishment
and had been punished for it by the master: a superannuated old Grinder of savage disposition
who had been appointed schoolmaster because he didn't know anything
and wasn't fit for anything
and for whose cruel cane all chubby little boys had a perfect fascination.'
Thus it fell out that Biler
on his way home
sought unfrequented paths; and slunk along by narrow passages and back streets
to avoid his tormentors. Being pelled to emerge into the main road
his ill fortune brought him at last where a small party of boys
headed by a ferocious young butcher
was lying in wait for any means of pleasurable excitement that might happen. These
finding a Charitable Grinder in the midst of them - unaccountably delivered over
as it were
into their hands - set up a general yell and rushed upon him.
But it so fell out likewise
that
at the same time
Polly
looking hopelessly along the road before her
after a good hour's walk
had said it was no use going any further
when suddenly she saw this sight. She no sooner saw it than
uttering a hasty exclamation
and giving Master Dombey to the black-eyed
she started to the rescue of her unhappy little son.
但碰巧就在这个时候，波利来到了。在这之前，她已走了整整一个小时的路程，毫无希望地望着前面的道路，说道，再往前走也没有用了；就在这个时候，她突然看到了这个情景。她一看见它，就性急地惊叫了一声，把董贝少爷递给了黑眼睛，立即开始去抢救她的不幸的幼小的儿子。
Surprises
like misfortunes
rarely e alone. The astonished Susan Nipper and her o young charges were rescued by the bystanders from under the very wheels of a passing carriage before they knew what had happened; and at that moment (it was market day) a thundering alarm of 'Mad Bull!' was raised. With a wild confusion before her
of people running up and down
and shouting
and wheels running over them
and boys fighting
and mad bulls ing up
and the nurse in the midst of all these dangers being torn to pieces
Florence screamed and ran. She ran till she was exhausted
urging Susan to do the same; and then
stopping and wringing her hands as she remembered they had left the other nurse behind
found
with a sensation of terror not to be described
that she was quite alone.
'Susan! Susan!' cried Florence
clapping her hands in the very ecstasy of her alarm. 'Oh
where are they? Where are they?'
'Where are they?' said an old woman
ing hobbling across as fast as she could from the opposite side of the way. 'Why did you run away from 'em?'
'I was frightened
' answered Florence. 'I didn't know what I did. I thought they were with me. Where are they?'
The old woman took her by the wrist
and said
'I'll show you.'
注释：1. ecstasy n. 狂喜；入迷；忘形例句：(1). The first waterfall they passed threw her into ecstasy.他们经过的第一道瀑布使她高兴极了。(2). We were in ecstasy at the thought of going home.一想到回家，我们就兴奋不已。(3). He listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入神。
2. set up v. 建立；装配；开业；竖立v.建立；装配；开业；竖立例句：(1). A few scarecrows were set up in the fields.田里竖起了几个稻草人。(2). He set up in business as an insurance broker.他开始从事保险经纪人的职业。(3). He could follow his own leads and set up his own goals.他可以按照自己的意思行事，树立自己的目标。
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