不期而爱小说连载第61章 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第11章 Part 5

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第11章 Part 5  

'I have had some munication with the Doctor
Mrs Pipchin
' said Mr Dombey
hitching his chair anxiously a little nearer to the fire
'and he does not consider Paul at all too young for his purpose. He mentioned several instances of boys in Greek at about the same age. If I have any little uneasiness in my own mind
Mrs Pipchin
on the subject of this change
it is not on that head. My son not having known a mother has gradually concentrated much - too much - of his childish affection on his sister. Whether their separation - ' Mr Dombey said no more
but sat silent.
'Hoity-toity!' exclaimed Mrs Pipchin
shaking out her black bombazeen skirts
and plucking up all the ogress within her. 'If she don't like it
Mr Dombey
she must be taught to lump it.' The good lady apologised immediately afterwards for using so mon a figure of speech
but said (and truly) that that was the way she reasoned with 'em.
Mr Dombey waited until Mrs Pipchin had done bridling and shaking her head
and frowning down a legion of Bitherstones and Pankeys; and then said quietly
but correctively
'He
my good madam
he.'
皮普钦太太昂起头来，摇晃了两下，同时对着无数个比瑟斯通与潘基皱了皱眉头；董贝先生等待她把这些动作做完之后，平静地但是正确地说道，“我说的是他，我的好夫人，他。”
Mrs Pipchin's system would have applied very much the same mode of cure to any uneasiness on the part of Paul
too; but as the hard grey eye was sharp enough to see that the recipe
however Mr Dombey might admit its efficacy in the case of the daughter
was not a sovereign remedy for the son
she argued the point; and contended that change
and new society
and the different form of life he would lead at Doctor Blimber's
and the studies he would have to master
would very soon prove sufficient alienations. As this chimed in with Mr Dombey's own hope and belief
it gave that gentleman a still higher opinion of Mrs Pipchin's understanding; and as Mrs Pipchin
at the same time
bewailed the loss of her dear little friend (which was not an overwhelming shock to her
as she had long expected it
and had not looked
in the beginning
for his remaining with her longer than three months)
he formed an equally good opinion of Mrs Pipchin's disinterestedness. It was plain that he had given the subject anxious consideration
for he had formed a plan
which he announced to the ogress
of sending Paul to the Doctor's as a weekly boarder for the first half year
during which time Florence would remain at the Castle
that she might receive her brother there
on Saturdays. This would wean him by degrees
Mr Dombey said; possibly with a recollection of his not having been weaned by degrees on a former occasion.
Mr Dombey finished the interview by expressing his hope that Mrs Pipchin would still remain in office as general superintendent and overseer of his son
pending his studies at Brighton; and having kissed Paul
and shaken hands with Florence
and beheld Master Bitherstone in his collar of state
and made Miss Pankey cry by patting her on the head (in which region she was unmonly tender
on account of a habit Mrs Pipchin had of sounding it with her knuckles
like a cask)
he withdrew to his hotel and dinner: resolved that Paul
now that he was getting so old and well
should begin a vigorous course of education forthwith
to qualify him for the position in which he was to shine; and that Doctor Blimber should take him in hand immediately.
qualify vt. 限制；使具有资格；证明…合格
vi. 取得资格，有资格
[ 过去式qualified 过去分词qualified 现在分词qualifying ]
词组：
qualify for 合格；有…的资格
qualify as 取得……资格；作为……合适
例句：
(1) So does this qualify as a bubble?
那么这是否称得上是泡沫呢？
(2) His skills qualify him for the job.
他的技术使他有资格担任这项工作。
(3) No problem. I guess I qualify then.
没问题，我想我符合这个条件。
(4) That might qualify as bullying
too.
那也许也能称的上是欺负。
(5) I qualify it as a plot.
我说它是一个阴谋。
(6) Can you qualify yourself for the job?
你能证明自己有能力担任这一工作吗?。
(7) Where are you going to work when you qualify ?
取得资格后，你打算在哪里工作?。
(8) Qualify at practice to be able to enter the race.
在实践锻炼，才能有资格进入比赛。